Chapter 23 EQ Valentine's Day

  Liu Ya returned to her dormitory and flopped down onto Zi Qing's " Simmons" bed, not wanting to move at all.

  "Lei Zhenzi, your bed is too comfortable! I'd be happy to roll around on it even if I'm punished!" Liu Ya murmured lazily after eating and drinking her fill.

  "Roll over?!" Zi Qing stared at Liu Ya as if she was a monster, now she had experienced this girl's 'thunder technique' and it wasn't something she could compare to. This person was someone who said what they meant and might even really roll around on her bed! Wait! She absolutely had to eliminate this idea! "I'm warning you, Liu Ya! If you dare to roll over and be wild on my bed, I'll have Li Zi Hao flick you all the way to the other side of the Pacific Ocean!"

  Pfft——, Huang Ying and Lu Xuan couldn't help it, they burst out laughing! Because, they suddenly thought of Li Zihao, who just because he said this sentence, offended Liu Ya, triggering a series of 'tragedies' for Duck Butt, it's really sinful, sinful!

  "Then tell him to hurry up and practice! Don't let it be too late and not enough strength, or I'll end up falling into the Pacific Ocean." Liu Ya replied lazily.

  "You!......" Zi Qing hesitated for half a day and suddenly said: "You might as well jump into the Pacific Ocean!"

  "Pffft, alright already!" Liu Fang saw Zi Qing jump up and quickly came out to smooth things over, "You really think Ah Ya would actually roll around on your bed? She's not that unrefined."

  "Liu Ya sat up gently and asked with a full face of expectation: 'Sister, why do somersaults have levels too?'"

  "Or else, why don't you go and try?" Lu Xuan urged, "Let's see how Fangfang and Leizhenzi can deal with you?!"

  "Lu Xun! You 'Golden Lion King'! You're so fierce!" Liu Ya glared at Lu Xuan, "I'm sure that if I do what you say, my sister will strangle me to death!" Then, with a 'thud', she flopped back onto Zi Qing's ' Simmons' bed.

  "This isn't even dangerous!" Lu Xuan said with a hint of a smile. "There's something even more dangerous, do you want to know?"

  "Don't want to!" "Want to!" The crowd's gaze turned to Liu Ya, who had said she didn't want to. Liu Ya slightly raised her head, "How did I end up alone again!?" Then, in a gentle and affectionate tone, she coaxed out a sentence: "Want to, hmm..."

  "Ugh!" The beautiful sisters made a vomiting expression. Looking at Liu Ya's lazy state, everyone decided to abandon her. So, Hai Ou gave a signal, and everyone sat down around the desk.

  "Xiao Xuanxuan, didn't you say there's something 'even more dangerous'? Tell me." Seagull asked with a smile.

  "Do you know?! Next week is 'Lover's Day', have you guys found a partner yet?" Lu Xuan blinked her big eyes excitedly, asking the sisters with a joyful face. "Don't end up having no one to pair with oh!" Ahh my, it's really quite thrilling, and not having anyone yet!

  "Guys." Liu Ya sat up with a start, "I've got something to ask you about?"

  "What is 'Lover's Day'?" Liu Ya asked very seriously. She didn't want to have any activities where she ended up alone or unwanted, that would be too embarrassing! So, she had to figure out what this Lover's Day was all about.

  "'EQ Valentine's Day' you don't even know? How can you not know?" Zi Qing asked Liu Ya with her hands spread out and an exaggerated expression, "You actually don't even know about the 'EQ Valentine's Day' that all GGMM are most most most looking forward to?!"

  "I did ask, didn't I?" Liu Ya smiled faintly. "I asked, so I would know, wouldn't I? Guilty, guilty..."

  "What does he know?" Zi Qing walked to the bedside, pulled Liu Ya down from the bed, pressed her to sit with everyone, and then ordered Liu Ya: "Please explain!"

  "EQ is short for 'Emotional Intelligence', a term coined by Daniel Goleman, a professor of psychology at Harvard University in his 1995 book. According to Goleman, EQ includes the ability to control impulses, delay gratification, and adjust one's emotions, as well as the capacity to consider others' feelings and establish good interpersonal relationships... In short, EQ is a kind of personal cultivation, a quality of character." Liu Ya was indeed an excellent student, answering questions with ease and fluency. The beautiful sisters in her dormitory sincerely admired her.

  "That's correct!" Zi Qing led the applause.

  "Dear, what does EQ have to do with being in a relationship?" Liu Ya still didn't understand. Logically speaking, EQ refers to one's temperament and character; but being in a relationship? At her age, shouldn't she be considered too young for that?! If it's an early romance, then what's the point of even talking about temperament or quality?!

  "Don't you understand?" Huang Ying looked at Liu Ya with a smile, continuing to explain: "Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is also known as emotional intelligence, a concept proposed by psychologists in recent years that corresponds to intelligence and IQ. It mainly refers to the quality of a person's emotions, feelings, willpower, and ability to withstand setbacks. In the past, it was believed that whether a person could achieve success in life depended on their level of intelligence, i.e., the higher the IQ, the greater the possibility of achieving success. However, psychologists now generally believe that the level of emotional intelligence also has a significant impact on whether a person can achieve success, and sometimes its impact even exceeds that of intelligence."

  American psychologists believe that emotional intelligence includes the following aspects:

  1. Recognizing one's own emotions, because only by recognizing oneself can one become the master of their own life.

  2. Being able to properly manage one's own emotions, i.e., being able to control oneself;

  3. Self-motivation, which enables people to get out of the low tide of life and start anew.

  4. Recognizing others' emotions, which is the foundation for normal communication with others and achieving smooth communication.

  5. Managing interpersonal relationships, i.e., leadership and management abilities.

  The level of EQ is not as accurately represented by test scores as the level of IQ, and can only be judged based on an individual's overall performance. Psychologists also believe that people with high EQ have the following characteristics: strong social skills, outgoing and cheerful, not easily trapped in fear or sadness, more dedicated to their careers, honest, rich in sympathy, emotionally rich but not excessive, and able to feel at ease whether alone or with many people. Experts also believe that whether a person has a higher EQ is closely related to education and upbringing in childhood. Therefore, cultivating EQ should start from an early age.

  So, to enable a person's comprehensive EQ to be exercised at a higher level, our college organizes an "EQ Valentine's Day" every year. Two students, one male and one female, form a pair and participate in a 7-day activity. The content of this activity includes:

  1. Both male and female students must volunteer;

  2. They must stay together for the full 7 days without separating halfway;

  3. During the 7 days, they can call each other affectionate names;

  4. During the 7 days, they must take care of each other like real couples;

  5. When encountering any issue during the 7 days, both parties must communicate first before resolving it;

  6. On the 7th day, they must tell each other that they are breaking up;

  7. If both parties agree, they can extend the activity for another 7 days.

  The school uses this activity to assess students' EQ exercise standards.

  "Yeh?!" Liu Ya was greatly shocked! "It can be like this?! Then, then, is personal safety guaranteed?"

  "Of course!" Seagull patted Liu Ya's shoulder and said, "Those who want to form a romantic relationship must register in the class where both students are located, under the supervision of teachers, and carry out reasonable and proper activities within the school regulations. It's not that you can do whatever you want. The school also puts the personal safety of students first."

  "Of course!" Huang Ying took over, "Although the school has a regulated activity area, this activity is still very popular among ggmm. Those with crushes can use this activity to confess to their crushes, so this festival is also called 'Lüjiang Youth Festival'."

  "Oh! I see! So that's how it is!" Liu Ya seemed to have understood a lot, but then another question arose, so Liu Ya continued to ask: "Then what if there are no objects for the ggmm to accept assessment?"

  "This isn't simple at all!" Zi Qing slapped the table with a bright smile, although it caused a wave of disdain, she ignored it and replied: "Those single GGMs will just be paired up! This is integrating resources and those singles are cheap." After finishing, she didn't forget to glance at Liu Ya, "Of course, if you're as young as you look, even if you don't have a partner, the officials won't fail your EQ training course. But it's still better for you to find someone more suitable. Who knows when the officials might get their heads stuck in the mud, and then your subject will be failed."

  "That's forcing us to fall in love prematurely!" Liu Ya heard Zi Qing say this, and shook her head with a helpless expression. "You're all infatuated young men and women, this show is quite suitable for you."

  "Hmm, I mean...!" The beautiful sisters heard Liu Ya say this and each gave off fierce signals. Seeing the situation was not good, Liu Ya immediately changed her words: "Uh, no, what I meant to say is that you are all young men and women in their prime, suitable for you, suitable for you."

  "Alas..." The seagull and the oriole sighed, looking worried.

  "What's wrong? Seabird, Birdman?" Liu Ya couldn't help but show concern as she saw the two of them change their stance too quickly.

  "We've been had by Xiaoxiao, and we still don't have a target... Sigh... " Seagull sighed from time to time, shaking his head in frustration.

  "Really?!" Huang Ying picked up the conversation, "This Prince Charming hasn't appeared yet, and Valentine's Day is almost here."

  "Pfft!" Liu Ya couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Sisters, with your looks, don't even mention standing at the school gate, even if you stand in front of our dormitory door and shout 'Looking for a partner!', I reckon those men will line up all the way to the main gate. Still worried about not having a partner?!"

  "Little princess, you don't understand this!" Zi Qing patted Liu Ya's shoulder. "Although this is a virtual couple activity that only lasts for 7 days, who wouldn't want to save their 'first time' for a handsome guy they like? You guys say, isn't it?" Zi Qing also asked Lu Xuan and the others.

  "It is, it is." The crowd chorused in unison.

  "You're still 'first-timers'!?" Liu Ya scanned them back and forth a few times with the speed of software, saying very affirmatively, "Aren't you all 'veterans' now?!"

  "Isn't that an exaggeration!?" Lu Xuan patted her small face with her hand, a smile in her eyebrows, "Those aren't our dishes, just messing around with them."

  "What dishes do you have?" Liu Ya asked casually, but suddenly found the atmosphere around her a bit strange. She looked vigilantly at Lu Xuan, Huang Ying and Liu Fang sitting across from her, while Zi Qing and Hai Yan beside her made her feel even more pressured. Finally, unable to bear the pressure, she begged them, "Sisters, please be kind, don't scare me, okay? If there's something going on, just say it! I'll help if I can."

  "This is what you said!" Zi Qing was the first to smile and pounce over, hugging Liu Ya tightly. Liu Ya was terrified and moved her body back a bit, saying "Dear, what are you doing?!"

  "It's nothing, we just want you to help us out." Looking at Zi Qing's flirtatious smile, Liu Ya felt terrified.

  "Speak!" Liu Ya glanced at Zi Qing, "It's just helping out, can help me, I, Liu Ya, have never refused."

  "Last time you won against Liu Jia Wei and the others, didn't you have three chances to get them to help you unconditionally? Besides helping with carrying water last time, there were two other times, right?" Zi Qing and Lu Xuan looked at Liu Ya very seriously, and when Liu Ya heard what Zi Qing said, she knew what they wanted to do. It turned out that they were after the "Four Great School Hotties"!

  "This won't do!" Liu Ya struggled out of Zi Qing's arms, "Others have their own choices too, I shouldn't force them into a dead end, should I?!"

  "This is a dead end!" Zi Qing pointed to the seagulls, canary and Lu Xuan's discontented expression, "This is clearly the 'Sunshine Avenue' leading to a happy life!"

  "Right! Right!" Lu Xuan also echoed. Liu Ya saw this scene, the corner of her mouth twitched irregularly: I've seen people with thick skin and plenty of blood, but never anyone as thick-skinned as this!

  "No! No! No!" Liu Yake didn't want to do those matchmaker things, who knows if those four "rascals" had girlfriends they liked? So, Liu Ya said very seriously, "Although the four big school grasses are lovely, I, Liu Ya, can't force people to do something difficult, right? Besides, if you really like someone, just tell them directly, isn't that okay?"

  "We've discussed it and think you're more convenient to deal with!" Zi Qing said, accompanied by Lu Xuan, Hai Ou, and Huang Ying.

  "Sister! ——" Liu Ya looked at her own sister, Liu Fang, who was sitting across from her with a wronged expression.

  "Although I want to help you," Liu Fang said sincerely, "but I think it's also pretty cool to have a handsome EQ companion."

  "That's right! The overall direction can't be wrong!" The beauties chorused in unison.

  "Oh no! The beauties are starting to play tricks on me!" Liu Ya cried out to the heavens, feeling wronged by the four 'rascals'. Of course, Liu Ya couldn't win against those beautiful sisters and really went to be their matchmaker. Later on, Zi Qing and Mu Lin Feng, Li Jin Yi and Lu Xuan, Xiao Yu and Hai Yan, Liu Fang and Liu Jia Wei, Huang Ying and Xia Tian all actually paired up together.

  On the first day of 'Lover's Day', all the handsome boys brought breakfast to the classroom for their girlfriends, only to find out that Liu Ya was actually single! However, she also became a famous 'matchmaker'! It turned out that Liu Ya had asked around and wouldn't get in trouble with her subjects. This way, she didn't go against her promise to her dad not to have an early romance.

  The next morning, Liu Ya found her desk filled with breakfast, but she had no idea who sent them. As long as there's food, that's all that matters! "It turns out being a matchmaker isn't bad at all, the food is really plentiful!" Liu Ya looked at the full table of food and felt delighted in her heart.

  Digression

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