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Chapter 339: Chapter 259: Prelude to Action_2
Chen Siyu waited a moment before asking her,
"Xue Yuantong, can you tell me what it feels like to score 130 on a math test?"
Xue Yuantong lifted her head, looking at her in surprise,
"I’ve never scored that low, so I’m not sure."
Chen Siyu: "Huh?"
Then, her expression changed to one of numbness.
After a while, Chen Siyu adjusted her mood. She was an optimistic girl and wouldn’t easily be driven to reclusiveness by such a sting.
Next period was gym class, and she let her imaginations run wild:
"Bai Yuxia, I brought a ping pong ball. Let’s play ping pong next period."
Bai Yuxia agreed. She was quite fond of sports, had taken dance lessons before, and wasn’t the kind of girl to sit in her seat all day long.
"Jiang Ning, are you coming?" Chen Siyu said.
During the previous gym classes, she and her sister had played badminton using Jiang Ning’s rackets.
Jiang Ning thought about it and said, "I might not have a chance to play."
"What? Why not?" Chen Siyu didn’t understand. Was Jiang Ning planning to skip class?
"You’ll find out when class starts," he said.
By then, Xue Yuantong had finished her game. She stretched her hand into the desk hole, pulled out a bag of snacks, tore it open, and shared one with everyone.
"Assorted fruit jelly, I’ve had it before. It used to be advertised on TV," Chen Siyu said as she accepted the jelly, expressing her thanks.
Xue Yuantong gave Jiang Ning two.
After they were done sharing, they all headed out to the sports field.
The sports representative, Zhang Chi, was already in position, directing everyone to line up properly.
Cui Yu shouted, "Why be so serious every time? It’s just for the roll call and a lap around the track."
"Absolutely right," Meng Gui echoed.
Then, the PE teacher, Gu Wei, arrived and called roll. All the students were present.
Gu Wei announced, "Class, we’re not running today."
Upon hearing this, everyone was pleasantly surprised. If they weren’t running, didn’t that mean they could play whatever they wanted for the remaining time?
Cui Yu had already started walking away.
Gu Wei pointed at him: "Where do you think you’re going?"
Cui Yu looked back, puzzled,
"It’s not dismissal?"
Gu Wei said, "Get back here. Today’s lesson is all about Tai Chi."
He blew his whistle,
"Alright, line up everyone. Let’s review the first form we learned yesterday."
Then, the students of Class 8 spent the whole period practicing Tai Chi.
Only when the bell rang and class was dismissed did they stop.
Cui Yu grumbled, "I would’ve rather had a math lesson with Fatty Gao!"
A real gym class was truly torturous.
He had hardly finished speaking when the loudspeaker from the academic building started up again:
"All first and second-year students, hurry up and gather in front of the academic building."
...
Before evening self-study began.
In the second-to-last row.
Lu Qiqi and Yu Wen were discussing the latest news about the K-pop group EXO. Yu Wen played a video of EXO dancing on her phone.
Now that the class had WiFi, they could watch videos anytime, and although the internet was slow, it was much better than not having it at all.
Wang Longlong watched Brother Ma play a game. It was a crucial match; if Brother Ma won, he would devour the opposing team’s points and top the server.
If he lost, Brother Ma would need to play two more matches to get his points back.
A tension-filled moment.
Cui Yu, holding his phone, rushed to the back row and shared a new discovery with a few of his good brothers.
"Brothers, I found this kickass video player!"
"Just enter the URL, and you can watch videos directly and even download them!"
He spread out his phone to show them the player’s icon—a red circle on the outside with a black filling and a blue triangle in the center.
Seeing the familiar icon, Wang Longlong exclaimed,
"Brother Ma’s phone has this app."
Cui Yu glanced at Yu Wen and Lu Qiqi in front of him and said,
"For watching movies."
Hearing this, Yu Wen asked a few people,
"What kind of movies?"
Hu Jun replied, "Art films."
Yu Wen, uninterested, continued to discuss celebrities with Lu Qiqi.
Wang Longlong said, "Didn’t Brother Ma give you a cloud storage link already? Why are you still looking?"
Hu Jun, with an air of a connoisseur,
"You just don’t understand, Longlong. Men, you see, fancy what’s in the pot even though they’re eating from their bowl."
Cui Yu shifted his phone closer and explained, 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"This player is wicked cool; let me show you."
Saying that, he entered a mysterious string (letters + numbers) and the loading progress bar zoomed forward.
"Damn!"
Longlong was stunned. Cui Yu was too bold, doing this right here in the classroom.
Under the bright daylight, and in such a respectable space, to engage in such vulgar behavior!
Truly a disgrace to Fourth Middle School!
Cui Yu let out a sleazy laugh.
Lu Qiqi turned around and said, "Cui Yu, your laugh is disgusting."
Cui Yu replied, "You better stuff your ears."
His crush was Jiang Yanan, not Lu Qiqi. When it came to impressing Jiang Yanan, only then would Cui Yu show his utmost tenderness and chivalry.
"I’ll show you guys a movie."
It must be said, having WiFi in class was truly wonderful.
Then, Cui Yu randomly selected a video and clicked play, placing the phone on its side.
The first scene that came into view was a tidy and clean room with no excess clutter and a large leather sofa with a woman sitting upright on it.
The woman was not particularly beautiful, but she possessed a distinct look of worldliness.
Guo Kunnan, who was chatting nearby, couldn’t help but glance over. Just one look and he was embarrassed.
He was a decent person!
Now he had an online friend, Ah Cha, who was the kindest, most innocent, most pitiable girl in the world.
Guo Kunnan silently vowed to guard Ah Cha, saving everything for her.
Including, he decided, never watching those films again.
Because even glancing over made him feel unclean, as if his soul was sullied and unworthy of Ah Cha.
Boys are always like this. Sometimes, for love, they can do many outrageous and irrational things.
Guo Kunnan now had loftier topics like dreams, music, and philosophy to talk about with Ah Cha. This vulgar art was beneath him.
