Even Gu Chen couldn’t find any fault with this proposal, let alone anyone else.
“Fine, let’s do the testing during this class then,” Teacher Wu Peng announced.
“Boys, run two laps around the playground first. You can’t slack off when it’s time to exercise.”
Following that, Wu Peng assigned tasks to everyone.
The boys thought they would be able to watch the girls’ physical fitness tests for free, but when they found out they had to run laps, they immediately started grumbling.
However, since he was the teacher, they could only obediently follow orders.
After forming a line, they began to run around the playground at a leisurely pace.
“Huff… huff… huff…”
“I can’t… I really can’t run anymore.”
What Guo Ming feared most was gym class, and what he feared most of all was running laps.
It felt like it was costing him half his life.
He hadn’t been running for long before he was panting for breath, and every step he took seemed to send a dull thud through the ground.
“You haven’t even finished half a lap yet. What are you playing dead for?”
Gu Chen shot him a frustrated look.
“Damn it!”
Guo Ming’s fat trembled all over as he looked toward the other side, feeling even more unbalanced.
He cursed under his breath, “That Wu Peng is certainly enjoying himself, taking advantage of the girls while making us work like huskies!”
“Hurry up and stop complaining.”
Gu Chen also glanced over there and sighed.
He had heard Guo Ming’s evaluation of Wu Peng, the gym teacher, before.
To summarize, he was an ill-intentioned lecher.
During every gym class, he would intentionally make physical contact with the girls to take advantage of them.
He was a literal beast in human clothing.
Unfortunately, the guy was extremely cautious and never left any evidence.
His touches were always perfectly timed and appeared to be normal contact on the surface, making it impossible to see a problem, yet it always felt strange.
As someone with his own perverted attributes, Guo Ming was very sensitive to his own kind, so he likely wasn’t guessing wrong.
To cover his tracks, Wu Peng treated the boys much the same way, so the students hadn’t realized there was an issue.
On the other side, Wu Peng stood there holding a clipboard to record data.
After gathering all the girls, he said, “The first item is sit-ups. Everyone must be tested. You can call for a stop when you run out of strength, but you must try your best, understood?”
“Yes!”
According to the procedure, sit-ups required two people to cooperate—one person responsible for holding down or sitting on the other’s feet.
However, Wu Peng claimed that the person holding the feet would also consume physical strength, which would affect the data testing.
Therefore, he would personally hold down the girls’ feet and test them one by one.
His reasoning was very logical and didn’t arouse any suspicion.
The first girl began soon after, lying on the ground.
Wu Peng crouched down, pressing his hand onto her ankles.
As she started, the palm he held her with increased in pressure, and he began counting the repetitions.
Because this movement required sitting up repeatedly, the girl’s sportswear inevitably rolled up a bit.
Her snow-white lower abdomen was exposed, and Wu Peng’s gaze couldn’t help but drift toward it, a smirk occasionally playing on his lips.
“Teacher, I can’t go on…”
After doing twenty-something repetitions, the test ended.
“Hmm, not bad. Your results are okay. Keep it up next time.”
Wu Peng immediately released her ankles, not forgetting to offer praise.
By the time the boys finished their two laps, almost all of them were drenched in sweat and panting heavily.
Even Gu Chen was struggling a bit; his physical stamina had dropped severely.
In the past, he could run three laps without his back aching or his legs hurting, and he could climb five stories in one breath.
‘Ever since learning I was a girl, it’s mostly been my subconscious telling me I shouldn’t have a man’s physical strength…’
As for Guo Ming, he had long since collapsed onto the ground like a pile of rotten meat, looking utterly exhausted.
By the time everyone had enough energy to walk over and watch, more than half of the girls had finished their tests, praying that no other exercises would be arranged.
At this moment, Wang Meng was being tested.
Her physical stamina was at the bottom of the class.
She was exhausted after doing fewer than ten, waving her hand to indicate she had no strength left.
“It’s okay, keep trying next time.”
“Get up first and move around a bit, otherwise your body will be even more sore tomorrow.”
Facing Wang Meng, the class beauty, Wu Peng was clearly more enthusiastic.
He moved to grab her arm to help her up, his movements very smooth.
As for what he was thinking, only he knew.
But this time, before his wandering hand could touch Wang Meng, his body suddenly stiffened, and a pained expression crossed his face.
He subconsciously clutched his waist as he barely managed to stand up.
“Teacher, what’s wrong?”
Tang Ziya asked curiously.
“It’s nothing. I accidentally strained my back two days ago. It’s not a big deal,” Wu Peng gritted his teeth and explained casually.
‘How old is he that he’s already throwing out his back?’
Gu Chen complained silently.
‘He’s probably getting karma for doing too many shameful things.’
‘Back pain?!’
Just as the thought crossed his mind, Gu Chen was suddenly startled.
A memory from two days ago flashed through his head—the campus pervert incident he and Tang Ziya had unexpectedly encountered.
He hadn’t caught the guy then, but he had managed to land a blow on him.
It seemed he had kicked that guy right in the lower back!
How could it be such a coincidence?
Wu Peng had also strained his back two days ago?
He even suddenly felt that the guy he encountered last time had a very similar build to Wu Peng!
‘Could it be…’
Realizing this, Gu Chen’s expression changed.
To verify his theory, he turned and ran toward Guo Ming, who was still lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, unable to move at all.
“Hey, get up!”
“Big brother, I really can’t move. Go buy things yourself this time,” Guo Ming wailed piteously, thinking Gu Chen wanted him to go to the canteen to buy drinks again.
“It’s not that!”
“The thing I asked you to look into—is there any news?” Gu Chen rolled his eyes.
“What do you mean?”
“About Li Fugui!”
“Oh, oh, I found out. According to his roommates, Li Fugui’s back is perfectly fine. No injuries, not even a mark.”
Only then did Guo Ming remember that he had forgotten to tell him.
Li Fugui usually loved to show off his muscles everywhere; he was the type who wanted to walk around shirtless even in winter.
This was something Gu Chen had thought of later.
To determine if Li Fugui was the person from that night, he only needed to investigate whether his back was injured.
That had been a full-force kick; an ordinary person would be bedridden for several days, and even someone with a strong physique would lose a layer of skin.
Unless Li Fugui had practiced some kind of invincible golden bell technique, it was absolutely impossible for him to be fine.
Besides, he didn’t look like much of a monk…
After receiving confirmation, Gu Chen could draw a conclusion: the person he and Tang Ziya encountered that night was definitely not Li Fugui!
Was it a copycat?
After gathering all the clues, Gu Chen reconstructed the events in his mind.
Wu Peng was a teacher, after all.
No matter how shameless he was, he wouldn’t dare take advantage too openly.
He could only do it secretly.
The appearance of the flasher pervert had actually given him inspiration.
He had directly transformed into a copycat, kidnapping Chu Xiaomeng that night and trying to drag her to a secluded spot to assault her, only to be stopped by Gu Chen.
And this incident was naturally blamed on that flasher pervert.
No one would suspect a thing.
Different methods, a back injury, and a similar build.
When all the characteristics were combined, the answer was obvious!
Wu Peng was the pervert from that night.
He usually had a hard time holding back, so how could he pass up such a good opportunity to push the blame onto someone else?
And the reason he tried to frame Gu Chen—only for Guo Ming to take the fall—was likely because he had been kicked and held a grudge, which led to his retaliation.
“Damn! What a piece of trash!”
Gu Chen cursed out loud, then rubbed his chin.
He nodded with a sigh.
In those few seconds, it felt as though he had been possessed by Qi Xia; his mind was clear, and his thoughts moved at lightning speed.
Holy crap!
Qi Xia really is the God of the End Land!!!
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