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Chapter 354: Chapter 266: Unveiling the Truth
𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
After Ma Shicheng had finished settling the accounts, it was already eleven o’clock at night.
The barbecue stall received another batch of customers.
They looked like high school students and sat down in groups of three or five to chat.
Dan Kaiquan observed for a while and realized they were seniors from Fourth Middle School.
At Fourth Middle School, seniors had evening self-study until eleven o’clock, and if they stayed in the classroom to study on their own, they could even stay until midnight.
Contrastingly, freshmen had a lot more free time, finishing school at nine-thirty, and aside from those in the experimental class, few students from regular classes would stay in the classroom to study.
Dan Kaiquan suggested, "Brothers, shall we go for another round?"
He had just finished enjoying the barbecue, which was great, but felt a bit lonely because Guo Kunnan was there, showing off his online girlfriend.
He put his hands in his pockets, thought about messaging Bai Yuxia, but feared being too brash towards the beauty.
Walking under the night sky, feeling the breeze, he felt even lonelier.
Wang Longlong had planned to go home, but upon hearing this, he said,
"Wow, are we going for a second round?"
Ma Shicheng waved his hand, "Come on, I’ll pay for the second round!"
Guo Kunnan, who was nearby and intended to pay, usually was generous and had often treated Dan Kaiquan to food. He had even invited Ma Shicheng for skewers to win over Manman from the school.
However, he touched his wallet and sighed internally. He could have treated them, but to support Ah Cha’s business, he had bought one hundred yuan’s worth of tea.
That seriously depleted his wallet.
When Dan Kaiquan heard Ma Shicheng speak, he didn’t take advantage of the offer and instead volunteered,
"I know a place that sells rice wine with cut fruit, let’s go there to cleanse the palate."
Wang Longlong, surprised, said, "That’s odd, it’s the first time I’ve seen Kaiquan treating."
Dan Kaiquan answered, "Don’t fuss, just tell me if you’re coming or not."
Ma Shicheng added, "I would definitely show my respect to Brother Quan."
"Let’s go, let’s go." Wang Longlong had already called his family to say he was studying late at school, so going home late was not a problem.
Like the others, Ma Shicheng rented a place outside, while Guo Kunnan and his friends were boarders, so it didn’t matter how late they went back.
They rushed towards the rice wine stall.
The rice wine stall was quite crowded. It shared tables and chairs with the neighboring fried food stall, and customers often paired their fried food with some rice wine.
Dan Kaiquan ordered five cups of rice wine and grabbed two plates of fresh cut honeydew.
The group sat there, eating and bragging.
Guo Kunnan put down his phone and boasted,
"Guys, Ah Cha told me she’s coming to Yuzhou to see me during summer break."
Dan Kaiquan immediately looked over,
"Really? You’re finally meeting in person?"
He had only heard about it and had never seen it happen in real life.
"There’s no lie, Ah Cha has never deceived me," Guo Kunnan declared confidently.
He sighed, "When a girl is willing to cross mountains and seas to see you, what kind of love is that?"
"But, I didn’t ask her to come, I told her, ’You just stand still, and I’ll cross the mountains and seas to see you.’"
Ma Shicheng glanced at him, feeling Guo Kunnan was damn poisoned by love.
Such a mature Guo Kunnan was totally unlike himself.
He couldn’t understand why Guo Kunnan, the moment he saw a woman, seemed to have his IQ halved.
Suddenly, Ma Shicheng asked, "Nan, how many grams of tea did you buy?"
Guo Kunnan startled, then replied,
"I have no clue, Ah Cha asked me how much I spent on tea, and I just said one hundred."
Ma Shicheng was a bit stunned, "You didn’t ask the price?"
Guo Kunnan, facing the group, straightened his body,
"Hey, brothers, let me be honest."
"Tea or no tea, it doesn’t matter, I mainly enjoy the happiness from helping others."
"Ah Cha is my girlfriend, what does it matter if I spend something on her? After all, she is going to be my wife. A man should not be too petty sometimes."
"Just for the fact that she still chats with me at eleven o’clock at night, you tell me, isn’t that worth one hundred yuan?"
Dan Kaiquan was the first to agree, "I think it’s worth it."
If Bai Yuxia could chat with him at eleven o’clock at night, never mind one hundred yuan, Dan Kaiquan would willingly give his heart to Bai Yuxia.
Love is priceless.
Wang Longlong said, "I don’t understand, but what you said sounds pretty reasonable."
Hu Jun took a piece of honeydew with a bamboo stick, sucked and slurped on it without making a comment.
Guo Kunnan picked up his rice wine and took a big gulp.
Just then, his QQ notification sound went off, and Guo Kunnan, wanting to make his friends envious, deliberately turned his phone’s ringer on.
As high school students, to avoid being caught by teachers, they usually kept their phones on silent, so now the QQ sound was especially attention-grabbing.
Guo Kunnan felt even more comfortable.
"Guys, Ah Cha is messaging me again, let me reply to her, and I’ll chat with you all later."
Dan Kaiquan, hearing that special notification sound, knew he also had someone special he cared about.
Unfortunately, that friend had never taken the initiative to message him.
Guo Kunnan was replying to the message, and everyone originally thought he would be quick, but he actually started a chat with Ah Cha, and Guo Kunnan’s demeanor was a bit off.
He tapped the screen furiously.
Ma Shicheng asked, "Nan, what’s wrong?"
Guo Kunnan put down his phone and heaved a deep sigh, lamenting,
"Guys, after getting a partner, I’ve realized how poor I am."
Dan Kaiquan said, "Definitely, having a partner costs a lot."
He used to love spending money on Bai Yuxia, but Bai Yuxia never accepted it.
Guo Kunnan shook his head, "Ah Cha is really struggling, she told me she’s still selling tea."
"She said she sells online and encounters many annoying customers."
"I told her to rest early, she didn’t listen. At last, after I said it several times, she finally told me, today she sold too little, still has the last 80 yuan of tea left, if she can’t sell it all, she won’t be able to sleep."
