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Chapter 434: Chapter 303: Catch Together...
"Great poem, great poem!"
Ma Shicheng clapped his hands in praise.
Wang Longlong waved his hand, unable to hide his pride, "Keep it low-key, low-key."
Over there, Cui Yu started making noise and came over to gather information,
"Brother Ma, Brother Long, do you guys know who that girl downstairs is?"
"Her figure is just amazing!"
Even someone like him, who doesn’t care much about figures, was tempted.
Wang Longlong said, "Don’t you already have someone you like?"
The fact that Cui Yu liked Jiang Yanan was known by a few brothers sitting behind.
When Cui Yu had decided to make a move, he had informed them in advance to avoid targeting the same person.
Cui Yu scratched his head, "Right, I do, but I’m just curious."
"And besides, my brother Meng Gui doesn’t have anyone yet!"
Saying that, he brought Meng Gui over.
Meng Gui’s eyes were fixed on the badminton girl downstairs.
He said, "I have someone I like, I like Jiang Yanan’s best friend."
He and Cui Yu had both liked Jiang Yanan in the past, but then one day, he met Jiang Yanan’s best friend, Mu Ying, and was immediately entranced, thus his affections shifted.
Cui Yu said, "Mu Ying is from Second Middle School, long-distance relationships don’t last long, you should give up."
Ma Shicheng looked down at the girl playing badminton; despite the crowd of boys making noise, she continued to play, clearly maintaining a good mindset.
"She is from Class 3, Yun Tingting," Ma Shicheng explained.
Wang Longlong added, "Brother Cui, just take a look and let it be. I went to the same junior high as Yun Tingting, she was quite famous back then, and she has said she won’t date anyone until university."
Dong Qingfeng swayed over from somewhere, "Not dating is good, not dating is good!"
Yun Tingting wasn’t in his class, and he couldn’t take care of her, how could he bear her falling into someone else’s arms.
Ma Shicheng said, "Don’t believe that kind of talk. It’s not that she won’t date, it’s more likely that there’s just no one she fancies around her."
Cui Yu’s eyes lit up, "Brother Ma, are you serious?"
Guo Kunnan had been heartbroken before and had deeply studied love; he grimly said,
"Try having the class monitor chase her and see if she dates or not."
A few of them discussed this in the corridor.
Inside the classroom, Chen Qian heard the shouting from outside and coldly smiled, thinking they were ignorant!
Hadn’t they learned physics?
If the yelling resonated with the structure of the teaching building, the whole building would collapse!
But even if it collapsed, Chen Qian would still diligently continue solving problems.
...
Outside the school.
Zhang Chi wandered the streets alone.
Having finished his meal, he was now out to buy something; he intended to buy a thermos.
Ever since high school started, Zhang Chi had never bought a thermos, always mooching off his dorm mates or acquaintances.
Eventually, as he mooched too much, others stopped letting him.
Zhang Chi had resisted for a while, living without a thermos.
He returned to the dorm to drink water that he had fetched from the class, solving his drinking water issue.
Washing his face, feet, and bathing were fine for Zhang Chi, with his excellent physical fitness, he managed all with cold water.
However, washing his hair—that he couldn’t handle anymore. Always using cold water made Zhang Chi’s blood vessels uncomfortable, and his head felt groggy.
Left with no choice, Zhang Chi had to buy a thermos.
Zhang Chi, rich with life experience, knew that buying a thermos from a store would definitely be expensive, so he opted for a small stall outside.
After patrolling for a few minutes, Zhang Chi found a stall run by a kind old man.
He picked a red thermos and asked, "How much for this thermos?"
The old man opened his mouth, "18."
Zhang Chi wielded his Dragon Slayer Sword bargaining technique, "Too expensive, how about 12."
Normally, one would start with a low offer, and then both sides would negotiate around this lower figure.
This was standard procedure.
Zhang Chi was waiting for the old man to counter-offer.
But the old man just said, "Okay, 12 it is, deal."
Zhang Chi was stunned on the spot. Though the deal was made, for some reason, he suddenly felt regret...
Had he gone too high?
The old man cheerily said, "12, take it now."
If it were an ordinary person, they might just pay up for the sake of face, but Zhang Chi was clearly not an ordinary person.
Zhang Chi said, "I just remembered, I only have 5 bucks on me."
He threw out a new low price of 5.
In the end, the old man shooed Zhang Chi away; not only did he not get the thermos, but he also got scolded.
Not willing to give up, Zhang Chi decided to splurge and walked over to a fruit stand, realizing it had been a long time since he had last eaten fruit.
He asked about the price, and upon learning the apples were 4 bucks a pound, Zhang Chi fell silent.
...
Inside the classroom.
Jiang Ning and Geng Lu were chatting, "The crayfish are really tasty."
Geng Lu said, "They’re especially tasty, but crayfish are too expensive, a pot costs 88."
It pained her to eat it.
But if she was with Jiang Ning, then the price wasn’t an issue.
She pondered over the nearby crayfish places that were tasty.
Xue Yuantong said, "Don’t worry about it, I’ll cover the crayfish."
She rolled up her sleeves, revealing her smooth, white wrists.
"I used to catch crayfish by the river all the time. The crayfish at home were all caught by me, one by one."
Jiang Ning watched her boast.
He remembered that previously, Xue Yuantong had said that all the fish they ate at home were caught by her, even though she didn’t know how to fish.
