In the evening, after finishing his training, Mike walked back with the three Cooper family members, feeling satisfied.
That afternoon, he gained three points of physique attribute from Aaron.
On the other side, Cady also left Regina's house in a daze.
That afternoon, she certainly updated her understanding.
In the room, she first learned the little secret of Regina's notebook, and then, for the rest of the time, she spent the afternoon learning cheerleading dance with the enthusiastic June in the living room on the second floor.
Because of joining The Plastics, Cady was also required to join the school cheerleading team.
The Summer League was about to begin, and June, who couldn't sit still, specially choreographed a hot warm-up dance for her daughter's cheerleading team.
Thinking of those bold and flamboyant dance moves, Cady only felt embarrassed.
However, compared to the hot dance, Regina's notebook, filled with little secrets, worried Cady even more.
After a night of psychological struggle, early the next morning, Cady went to find her good friends, twelfth grade's Janis and Damian.
Damian's dim basement became the trio's secret base.
Here, Cady told her two friends about Regina's notebook.
Janis was excited after hearing it: "That's great, Cady—"
Janis didn't expect Cady to find out Regina's secret in just over a week. She continued: "If we can get that notebook and make it public, we can definitely ruin that bitch Regina's reputation..."
Janis, imagining that scene, couldn't help but smile happily.
She had waited a long time for this day.
"No—" Cady rejected her friend's suggestion and expressed her concerns.
While that notebook could certainly make Regina unlucky, the content recorded in it was too far-reaching, and it could easily lead to more serious consequences.
Cady, being kind, did not want to see that.
On the other hand, Janis, though eager for revenge, calmed down after hearing Cady's concerns.
After a while, Janis continued: "Forget it, even without that notebook, we can still take down Regina."
She led the gaze of the other two in the basement to a small blackboard, picked up a piece of chalk, and said: "The reason Regina is so arrogant is entirely because she has many followers at school.
As long as we make those followers leave Regina, then she will be nothing..."
Cady listened intently, nodded, and chimed in: "How do we do that?"
"It's simple—" Janis wrote the words "figure" and "charm" on the small blackboard.
Then, she explained: "As long as Regina doesn't have these two things, she will no longer be the Queen Bee..."
"Excuse me, a quick interruption." The effeminate Damian raised his hand: "Although I don't want to admit it, Regina is indeed incredibly charming. And given how much she cares about her figure, we don't have a chance to act."
"No, we didn't before. But now we have Cady..." Janis told them her plan.
The general idea was for Cady to use her identity as a member of The Plastics to provide Regina with free foreign "cosmetics" and "weight loss products."
Then, from these two points, replace the cosmetics with inferior products and the weight loss products with weight gain products.
Fundamentally, turn Regina into a hateful fat woman.
Seeing that Janis's plan only targeted Regina.
Cady, who already felt that Regina needed some punishment, immediately expressed her willingness to cooperate.
After the long-term plan was finalized, Janis proposed another short-term plan targeting Regina.
That was for Cady, who was on the cheerleading team, to find an opportunity to ruin Regina's team uniform.
Imagine Regina, as captain, wearing a ruined cheerleading uniform; that scene would certainly be very interesting.
Then, the two girls continued to discuss the details of dealing with Regina.
Watching Cady seem to be possessed, led by Janis's rhythm. The effeminate Damian spoke up to remind her: "Cady, do you still remember your initial goal? To win Mike, Regina is not your only opponent."
Cady had heard some news that Mike had been getting close to female classmates during this time. Especially yesterday, she even saw Mike sitting with a girl with her own eyes.
Thinking of this situation, Cady fell silent, momentarily unsure of what to do.
"Cady, don't think so much." Janis comforted her: "Once you're done with Regina, those little girls in eleventh grade are no match for you."
However, while saying these words, Janis also seemed a bit guilty. Clearly, her personal grudge with Regina had affected her judgment.
Yet, Cady, who didn't know what to do, found strength in her friend's words at this moment.
She fantasized that as long as she became the Queen Bee, she would surely be able to win back Mike's heart.
Thus, Cady's resolve to deal with Regina became even firmer.
At the same time, on the last day of the weekend, Mike also chose not to continue exercising, but instead came to Cooper's house to watch the NFL (professional football event) broadcast with Coach George's family.
In front of the TV, George watched the game while explaining game techniques to Mike.
Professional football games are divided into four quarters, each fifteen minutes long. And two quarters are called a half.
There is a two-minute break between each quarter, and a twenty-minute break in the middle of the halves.
There are three ways to score in football: touchdown, field goal, and safety.
Touchdown: An offensive player, carrying the ball, enters the defensive team's end zone, scoring 6 points. (And gets one extra point attempt.)
Field Goal: The offensive team's kicker kicks the ball towards the opponent's goalposts. If it goes in, 3 points are scored.
Safety: This is a scoring method only available to the defensive team. If the offensive team is tackled, goes out of bounds, or commits a foul in their own end zone, it can be a safety, and the defensive team scores 2 points.
The performance game between the Cardinals and the Longhorn Team on TV had already reached the third quarter.
The Longhorn Team was on offense but was pushed back near their own end zone by the defensive Cardinals.
It was likely that the next confrontation would be a scoring opportunity for the Cardinals via a safety.
Generally, the probability of scoring a safety in a game is very small, unless the strength difference between the two teams is too great.
Seeing that the Longhorn Team's four offensive opportunities were about to end, George excitedly shouted: "Damn it, if you don't want to get a safety, send the punter on quickly!"
Due to his sympathy for the weaker team, George clearly immersed himself in the Longhorn Team.
Four Downs: When on offense, the offensive team has four opportunities to advance. If they gain 10 yards cumulatively in 4 attempts, they get another set of downs; otherwise, possession changes.
Punt: If the offensive team anticipates they cannot gain 10 yards, on their fourth down, they can choose to kick the ball into the opponent's backfield. This allows them to gain a longer defensive distance after the change of possession.
Indeed, on the field, the Longhorn Team's coach thought the same as George. On the fourth down, he called a timeout and sent in the punter.
"That's it!" George waved his hand.
Although the situation on the field was unfavorable for the Longhorn Team, there was still the fourth quarter, and anything was possible.