School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert-Chapter 432 : Once in a Century

"Are you ready!!" A thousand people in the crowd shouted in unison, the sound was overwhelming and majestic. It nearly burst the eardrums of the teachers present.

"No!" Xiao Han waved his hand, then revealed a sly smile and said, "I don't want you to answer with words; I need you to give the most beautiful answer through your actions, okay?"

"Yes!" The roar was immense once again.

Li Hengzhong was excited, Xiao Han's impromptu speech was so uplifting that it was incredibly motivating. Li Hengzhong hurried onto the podium and said, "Well said. Past glories are but rotting flowers of yesterday. The final miracle will be created by you all!!"

The students seemed as if they had been injected with excitement, each one of their eyes shone mischievously bright.

"Xiao Han, thank you," Li Hengzhong walked up to Xiao Han, firmly grasping his hand and said, "You have taught not only the children a lesson but also an old teacher like me, and our school too. You've shown me that one cannot dwell in past glories because they are already decayed flowers of yesterday; we should look forward, always forward. Today we have won the title of National Model Middle School, and we must win it again tomorrow!"

The applause thundered like a storm...

Xiao Han's speech lasted over twenty minutes before he returned to Chen Zihan's side.

"Xiao Han, you were amazing!" Chen Zihan excitedly looked at Xiao Han and said, "Do you know how wonderful your speech was just now?"

"Was it really that good?" Xiao Han smiled.

"Yes!" Chen Zihan excitedly said, "Xiao Han, I'm really happy for you."

"Thank you," Xiao Han gently squeezed Chen Zihan's hand. Chen Zihan's face turned slightly red.

After the speech had ended, Li Hengzhong spoke passionately with the students onsite for another ten minutes. Then, he asked the teachers to take the students back to class. The event with Xiao Han's speech was officially concluded.

Li Hengzhong and Liu Jinmei wanted to invite Xiao Han for dinner, but he declined.

"I appreciate Principal Li and Teacher Liu's kind offer," Xiao Han apologetically said, "but I haven't seen Han for a long time, so I'd like to catch up. I plan to find a place to have dinner with her tonight!"

"That's fine!" Seeing this, Li Hengzhong nodded and said, "Since you've already made plans, then let it be."

Xiao Han smiled slightly, then walked out of the school with Chen Zihan.

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Li Hengzhong personally escorted Xiao Han to the school gate. Indeed, for Li Hengzhong, Xiao Han was also a benefactor to Linjiang No.1 Middle School. Without Xiao Han, Linjiang No.1 Middle School might not have been as famous as it is today. If not for Xiao Han, Linjiang No.1 Middle School might have just been a provincial key middle school. Now, not only is it a national key middle school but also a National Model Middle School. Many prestigious schools' teachers came in groups to learn from it, and for this reason, the government even allocated a special hospitality budget to Linjiang No.1 Middle School.

Linjiang No.1 Middle School became a national model, a sacred place where everyone wanted to come and learn.

Watching Xiao Han leave, Li Hengzhong sighed and said, "I fear Linjiang No.1 Middle School might never yield another student like Xiao Han."

"Yes," Liu Jinmei nodded and said, "It might be very difficult to find such a talent in the next hundred years."

"Once in a century," Li Hengzhong agreed.

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Leaving Linjiang No.1 Middle School.

Xiao Han held Chen Zihan's hand as they walked slowly along the school's perimeter wall. Walking under this wall, it felt like returning to their school days. He felt the passage of time, the swiftness of the years.

"Back then, we also walked here hand in hand like this..." Chen Zihan's face turned red.

"Yes!" Xiao Han nodded and said, "I can't believe how quickly time has passed, almost a year has gone by."

"Yes!" Chen Zihan nodded and said, "A year has passed. We've gone from being juniors to seniors. From youngsters to young adults."

"Shall we have dinner together tonight?" Xiao Han looked at Chen Zihan.

"Yes!" Chen Zihan nodded and said, "I'll send a message to my mom."

After speaking, Chen Zihan bowed her head to compose a text message and then hit send. After sending it, she immediately chose to turn off her phone. After shutting it down, she let out a deep sigh of relief. She was throwing caution to the wind. Her previous concessions had made her lose Xiao Han, but today, she chose to be with Xiao Han without counting the cost, even if just for one night, she was fearless.

There was still some time before dinner. Xiao Han led Chen Zihan slowly along the city streets.

The two reminisced about their previous times, their school days, always naive and tender. It felt like stepping out from Linjiang No.1 Middle School into society, although college was also somewhat like entering society. After entering college, it was like entering society; there was no more of that naive campus life as before.

Unknowingly, the two walked into a marshland behind the school.

A clean lake, surrounded by wild grass and no farmland, though the flat areas around it were cultivated by nearby residents, planting plenty of vegetable fields. The lush green vegetables and the heads of large white radishes peeking out looked enticing indeed.

The two walked along the muddy path through the tall grass cutting through the patches of vegetable fields towards the lake.

"This radish must be delicious," Xiao Han said.

"Why?" Chen Zihan asked curiously.

"Because there's been frost these past few days," Xiao Han replied, "Radishes after a frost are especially sweet."

"So..." Chen Zihan looked at Xiao Han with mischievous delight.

"Shall we sneakily pull a couple of radishes out to eat?" Xiao Han chuckled.

"Sure!" Chen Zihan was instantly thrilled. She had never done such a thing before; during her school days, she was always quite shy. This was also her first time in this vegetable patch, and hearing Xiao Han say the radishes were sweet, she really wanted to try them.

Xiao Han glanced around him, and seeing no one around, he immediately pulled out a large radish. It was thicker than Xiao Han's calf and over twenty centimeters long.

"Wow, it's so big," Chen Zihan exclaimed.

"Let's go!" Xiao Han, holding the radish, quickly dragged Chen Zihan towards the lakeside.

Xiao Han rolled up his sleeves, ready to wash the radish clean.

Chen Zihan was somewhat worried, "Be careful."

"Don't worry, it's fine," Xiao Han immediately rolled up his sleeves. Although the bandage on his hand was torn, the wound hadn't completely healed. He couldn't care less about the icy lake water as he vigorously washed the radish.

"How should we eat it?" Chen Zihan looked at the enormous radish and was a bit perplexed.

The radish was beautiful, clear and translucent, looking very much like a piece of white jade radish, very appealing.

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Xiao Han broke the radish into two halves with his hands.

"Wow!" Chen Zihan was stunned and said, "How... how are you so strong?"

"The radish is very crisp!" Xiao Han smiled and then said, "Just looking at it, you can tell it's tasty."

As he spoke, Xiao Han took a big bite, savoring the juiciness.

"It looks delicious," Chen Zihan also took a bite. The radish was crisp, and its flesh was delicious. Eating it was a pleasure; large chunks of radish were full of water. Although not as sweet as an apple or watermelon, the post-frost radish had its own sweet flavor, especially the delightful taste at first bite. Chen Zihan nodded continuously, "It's tasty, it kind of tastes like ginseng fruit."

"Right!" Xiao Han nodded.

Xiao Han quickly gnawed half the radish away. Chen Zihan hastily handed her own piece over to him, "You eat."

"Hehe!" Xiao Han didn't mind at all, took it from her and started eating.

Chen Zihan watched Xiao Han biting the radish she had bitten. She felt a secret joy, at least indicating that Xiao Han did not disdain her. She joyfully linked arms with Xiao Han, and the two played beside the lake. Eventually, Xiao Han and Chen Zihan sat down on a withered tree. The surroundings were lush green, making Chen Zihan's pink dress look particularly vibrant. She snuggled in Xiao Han's arms, looking exceptionally happy and content.

The lake was as calm as a mirror, blue; the blue sky was like a beautiful young lady applying makeup in front of this mirror.

"I really wish it could be like this every day," Chen Zihan whispered softly.

"Yes," Xiao Han sighed, "It would be great if you could stay in the country. Then we could see each other often."

Chen Zihan remained silent.

Actually, the greatest distance is not from China to the United States, nor from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, but the distance between two people separated by a mother. Chen Zihan's mother strongly opposed her daughter being together with Xiao Han because she believed that Xiao Han's family background was not good enough for her daughter.

"It's okay, when I come back to the country, we can still see each other often!" Chen Zihan gave a forced smile, knowing in her heart how difficult and painful it was to be separated by a mother.

"Hmm!" Xiao Han nodded. He picked a piece of foxtail grass and carefully folded it into a ring, then he smiled, "I give you this ring, do you like it?"

"I like everything you fold!" Chen Zihan eagerly took it, looked at it for a moment, and said, "Help me put it on."

Xiao Han hesitated, then smilingly placed it on her ring finger, "Right here, it's perfect."

Chen Zihan's face turned slightly red, "Do you know what it means to wear a ring on this finger?"

"Hmm?" Xiao Han was taken aback, then asked, "Meaning? What meaning?"

"Never mind, I really like it!" Chen Zihan giggled. Her gaze stayed fixed on the grass-made ring.

Although it was winter, the scenery was beautiful. The sun was also very warm; the afternoon sunlight bathed them both, making the lake in front of them appear more translucent and clear. They stayed here for an afternoon because it was quiet, because no one bothered them here.