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Chapter 598: Chapter 379: Thousands and Thousands_2
He shouted loudly, and not far away, Xu Yan glanced at him.
Guo Kunnan felt as if Divine blessings shone upon him. As he turned his head towards Xu Yan, he halted abruptly like a dog happily barking in the countryside suddenly kicked by its owner.
"Damn, what was I doing just now! Xu Yan is the class monitor of class 11!"
Guo Kunnan sheepishly returned to class 8’s lineup.
Xue Yuantong rode the dragon boat, so fast, it felt like she was flying!
The whole scene caught Zhao Jinyang’s attention, he turned around, and saw class 8’s dragon boat soaring towards him as if unsealing a seal.
Zhao Jinyang panicked, eager to win the championship, he couldn’t help but shout,
"Right, left, slow motion!"
Tang Fu at the finish line had a puzzled look on her face?
Class 8’s dragon boat soon overtook class 11’s dragon boat and continued to race forward. Class 7 didn’t last long, and in despair, Zhao Jinyang watched helplessly as the unstoppable dragon boat rushed to the finish line.
As everyone let go, the inflatable dragon boat landed, and Xue Yuantong felt a pang of regret; she wasn’t done riding yet.
Bai Yuxia handed out wet wipes to several girls.
Chen Siyu wiped the fine sweat beads off her forehead and fanned herself, complaining, "So exhausting; I didn’t expect it to be this tiring."
Hearing this, Bai Yuxia deliberately asked, "Tired, right, Tongtong?"
Xue Yuantong’s face was red with bashfulness, "Yes, so tiring."
...
The competition ended with class 8’s dragon boat, led by Jiang Ning, achieving the shortest time and winning the championship.
Class 7 strongly protested, and Zhao Jinyang ran to Director Yan, demanding a rematch.
Because they were disrupted by Cui Yu from class 8, otherwise, they would have been the team with the shortest time.
Director Yan was indecisive, but Du Chuan from the first year said, "Even if it were a fair race, you guys couldn’t have beaten class 8."
Zhao Jinyang got furious on the spot, "What do you know?"
Then Du Chuan listed a speed formula on the spot based on the competition data, restoring the race between class 8 and class 7 accurately with physics and mathematics, proving who was right and who was wrong.
Zhao Jinyang: "You think you know better than me?"
Gao Heshuai after seeing the formulas: "You think you know better than me?"
Thus, class 8 remained the special prize winner.
Class 7 got the first prize.
Jiang Ning and the ten people from the dragon boat team received beautiful sticky rice dumpling cups, and Cui Yu showed off the cups to class 7, parading around them.
If it weren’t for class 7’s head teacher still being there, Cui Yu might not have made it out of class 7.
Xue Yuantong had three dumpling coupons, one a regular coupon that every student in the school got.
The other two were premium coupons, a prize for the special award winners; every student in their class got one, and the winning dragon boat members got two, which could be exchanged for premium dumplings like pork ribs and egg yolk dumplings, fruit dumplings, etc.
"Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, shall we go back to the classroom, or shall we go to the canteen to exchange for dumplings?" Xue Yuantong left the decision to him.
Chen Siyu looked at the large crowd gathering towards the canteen, worried, "There must be a lot of people exchanging for dumplings now."
With the dragon boat competition over, the first year was on holiday; many students carried the idea of taking dumplings home.
Even though the second year wouldn’t have a holiday until after evening self-study, many students also exchanged dumplings.
Jiang Ning clutched the two coupons, "There’s a separate window for premium coupons, let’s go directly to exchange; it’ll save us time in line."
Xue Yuantong: "How do you know?"
Jiang Ning: "I can see the canteen."
"Hmph, lying to me." Xue Yuantong didn’t believe it but still obediently followed him.
Upon reaching the canteen, the spacious hall was packed with people.
Three windows had lines snaking out, much longer than the earlier inflatable dragon.
As for the premium window, it had fewer people, only about fifteen or so.
When Chen Siyu exchanged for premium dumplings, she sweet-talked the auntie into also exchanging a regular coupon.
After exchanging the dumplings, they all headed back to their classroom together.
At that moment, Cui Yu’s voice echoed in the class, "Awesome or not, awesome or not?"
Guo Kunnan: "Awesome."
Cui Yu looked smug.
Xue Yuantong exchanged for fruit dumplings; these were chilled dumplings, peeled off the wrapping leaves, revealing crystal clear and uniquely distinctive dumplings.
Chen Siyu looked at the dumplings, a bit shocked, "Why are these dumplings transparent, did they use jelly?"
Bai Yuxia had seen and knew a lot, she calmly said, "These are sticky rice dumplings steamed with sago."
Their conversation drew the attention of other students, who all marveled.
Xue Yuantong took a bite, soft and chewy, sweet in his mouth.
"How does it taste?" Chen Siyu asked.
"Delicious!" Xue Yuantong took another bite and drank some water.
"It’s filled with pineapple," she said.
After hearing this, Yu Wen and the others quickly formed a group to exchange their dumplings for fruit-flavored ones in the cafeteria.
By the time they arrived, the limited fruit dumplings had already been exchanged.
...
At four in the afternoon, outside the school.
Hu Jun: "Aren’t you going home today?"
Dan Kaiquan: "It’s too much hassle, I need to go to the bus station first, and I have to change buses in the middle, so there’s no time."
"Alright, then let’s hang out," Guo Kunnan suggested.
Hu Jun said, "I’m going to get my hair washed."
Saying this, he dashed towards the small salon run by a young woman.
The remaining two continued to wander.
Suddenly, Guo Kunnan nudged him: "Look."
Across the street, Bai Yuxia from their class was waiting by the roadside.
Her figure was graceful, her eyes and eyebrows delicate, her temperament outstanding. Just standing by the roadside, she was a stunning sight, drawing amazed looks from passersby.
Dan Kaiquan’s expression was complex; she was the woman he had once loved... but now, there was no connection.
It had been many days since he had last spoken to Bai Yuxia.
Seeing his good friend’s expression, Guo Kunnan knew he hadn’t moved on.
He patted his friend’s shoulder, comforting: "Brother Quan, let’s go. I’ll treat you to some fried food, two large chicken strips from the vendor, with chili and a sprinkle of cumin."
Dan Kaiquan didn’t move, still standing still, looking at Bai Yuxia’s profile, at this moment, there was only her and him in the whole world.
The more Dan Kaiquan looked, the more monologues raced through his mind, ’Why is she waiting on the road I take home, could she be waiting for me?’
Immediately, he shook his head, ’Impossible.’
Dan Kaiquan sighed internally, "Brother Nan, I should get back to life."
Guo Kunnan: "That’s right, Kaiquan, you finally figured it out."
Dan Kaiquan walked forward, on this side of the road, Bai Yuxia on that side.
A road between them, like the Heavenly River, separated him and Bai Yuxia. Though it was Dragon Boat Festival, he couldn’t help but think of Chinese Valentine’s Day.
Niu Lang and the Weaver were also separated by the Heavenly River.
Dan Kaiquan kept walking without stopping until he was parallel with Bai Yuxia, but he didn’t stop.
He felt increasingly relieved, his mood becoming lighter, even the sun in the sky no longer seemed so dazzling.
His past burdens, he laid down today.
But just then, a car drove up in the distance, and the large grille of the BMW allowed Dan Kaiquan to recognize the brand—BMW.
The BMW adhered to the road, heading straight towards Bai Yuxia, as if to hit her.
Dan Kaiquan suddenly remembered something he’d seen in the news before, a BMW driver drunk and aggressively hitting a pedestrian.
His heart tightened, his vision blurred, his brain cells whirring at speed, in his imagination, the BMW suddenly accelerated, and Bai Yuxia at the roadside was completely unaware.
Just as she was about to be violently hit by the BMW, at the critical moment, he decisively burst forth, his speed surpassing human limits.
He lunged and pushed Bai Yuxia away, and he himself was hit by the BMW and thrown ten meters, flipping 720° to land.
He heard Bai Yuxia’s pained cry.
Dan Kaiquan lay on the ground, barely breathing, Bai Yuxia holding his head, crying out, "Don’t die, don’t die!"
Dan Kaiquan faintly smiled: "For you, a thousand, a thousand times!"
With those words, Dan Kaiquan’s life wilted.
For the next hundred years, Bai Yuxia remained unmarried.
"Brother Quan, Brother Quan, what are you laughing at!" Guo Kunnan shook him.
Dan Kaiquan’s smile froze, his vision slowly sharpened, and he looked back at Bai Yuxia, only to see that white BMW parked by the roadside, the driver was a refined-looking middle-aged man.
Bai Yuxia called out, "Dad."
