In the grilled fish restaurant, at the open-air tables, groups of customers gather together to chat and enjoy the lively summer night.
Xue Yuantong drank a large glass of ice wine, and the heavy glass fell on the table with a "clang" sound.
She lazily slumped down on the plastic chair and looked around at Jiang Ning and Chu Chu. This moment was probably the best time.
"I'm full." She stroked her waist and abdomen gently.
As soon as he finished speaking, the waiter brought a square pot and placed it on the oven, and the fragrant grilled fork-tail catfish was ready.
Xue Yuantong quickly sat up straight, picked up the snack and started eating.
Jiang Ning picked up the quick-fried chicken and said, "It's cooked. Let's eat."
Hearing this, Xue Chuchu took quick action.
Several more guests arrived nearby, including Dong Qingfeng, Chen Qian, Yu Wen, Jiang Yanan, Shen Qing'e, and four unfamiliar men and women.
Xue Chuchu recognized one of the girls, her deskmate Mu Ying. They had a good relationship and had watched the opening ceremony of the second phase of Lanma Mall together.
As for the other two boys, the one wearing branded clothes and a watch is Jin Yuanhang from the class, and the other one wearing thick glasses is Tao Zhi.
Dong Qingfeng invited the last girl in a gentlemanly manner: "Come together, I've been to this restaurant several times, and the taste is relatively good in the city."
"We have a lot of people, so we can order a few more kinds of fish to try out the flavors," he made an excuse.
The girl in front of me is beautiful. Her light blue suspender skirt is full of French style, and paired with a white lace top, she has an inexplicable noble air.
With Dong Qingfeng's vision, he could easily judge that her family conditions were definitely not bad and she had been raised in wealth since childhood.
Yao Yiyao glanced at the open-air table with a hint of disdain and frowned slightly:
“Are you sure it tastes good?”
Dong Qingfeng smiled like a gentleman, elegant and frank: "I swear to heaven on my character."
Jin Yuanhang is a prominent figure in No. 2 Middle School. With his connections, he not only invited Yao Yiyao, who had business dealings with his family, but also invited Mu Ying to come along.
And then this thing suddenly popped up
"Tao Zhi, what do you think?" he asked.
Tao Zhi said, "I don't mind."
"Okay, let's go together." Jin Yuanhang didn't refute.
So Dong Qingfeng called the boss over. The boss knew Dong Qingfeng and immediately greeted him warmly, "Qingfeng, are you here to eat fish?"
Dong Qingfeng said skillfully: "Uncle, let's share a table."
He also led a few girls to pick fish, looking like a leader.
What does it mean that this makes Jin Yuanhang, who usually acts as the big brother, uncomfortable
He had originally made an appointment with a girl to go shopping at the night market today, and he was in a good mood. As a result, Mu Ying met her good sister on the way, and they got together. Yao Yiyao was also familiar with another good-looking girl.
So Jin Yuanhang became a lonely man.
Now seeing that boy's proud look again, Jin Yuanhang felt depressed.
It was obviously the girl I brought with me, why does she act like she was brought by you
But Jin Yuanhang had no way to counterattack for a while, so he could only stay where he was, playing with the famous watch on his wrist.
Soon, Dong Qingfeng came back. He counted the dishes, "A two-jin black fish, accompanied by four wangya fish, and a four-jin golden fish. The other side dishes are mouth-watering chicken, boiled shrimp, and sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root. I've served a lot. If it's not enough, we can add more."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Yuanhang said calmly, "Thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you to dinner today."
The way he spoke sounded as if he was sending a servant away.
Dong Qingfeng's prestige was frustrated. He gritted his teeth and said generously: "I am the host, I will treat you!"
With the pocket money he has, it will probably cost him a lot of money.
Then, the two started arguing about who should pay for the meal. The more they talked, the more aggressive they became. Jiang Yanan and Shen Qing'e looked at each other in bewilderment.
Yao Yiyao wiped the stool carefully, sat on it, and crossed her legs. "How about you play rock-paper-scissors?"
Dong Qingfeng stopped arguing immediately. He regained his composure and elegantly flicked the round collar of his T-shirt:
"I'm sorry, I made fun of you."
He extended his hand, with a Western invitation gesture, and said to Jin Yuanhang: "Please!"
"Rock, Scissors...Paper!" The game begins.
Three seconds later.
Dong Qingfeng won the right to pay the bill, and he could hardly hide his pride. He said in a victorious manner:
"Thank you."
Jin Yuanhang was unknowingly suppressed.
…
The other side.
Xue Yuantong was puzzled: "They are obviously not familiar with each other, why are they fighting over the bill? Shouldn't they split it equally?"
Jiang Ning: "This is the world of adults."
Xue Yuantong suddenly felt that he was being looked down upon, "You mean I'm young?"
"No," he said.
"Humph, do you dare to compare who eats more? Who eats less, who is younger!" Xue Yuantong was aggressive.
The bystander Xue Chuchu was speechless. Tongtong just said that they were fighting, and now she was fighting with Jiang Ning about who ate more.
Are there different levels of childishness
Dong Qingfeng's two-in-one table was not far from Jiang Ning, so several people couldn't help but look around.
Mu Ying saw Xue Chuchu and waved, and Xue Chuchu smiled back.
Shen Qing'e said nothing, but she looked at the extremely beautiful girl next to Jiang Ning for a while longer.
Yao Yiyao also noticed Jiang Ning. She had met Jiang Ning before when she was having dinner at Jiang Junlong's house. Her only impression of this person was that the watermelon he brought was very, very delicious.
After eating that amazing piece of watermelon, all other watermelons this summer pale in comparison.
Recalling the delicious taste, Yao Yiyao couldn't help but ask Shen Qing'e: "Has he been to your house recently?"
She asked in a slightly obscure way, not naming anyone, but Shen Qing'e actually answered, "I haven't been here for a while."
"Oh, okay." Yao Yiyao stopped asking and shook her sandals.
Jin Yuanhang noticed Xue Chuchu and Jiang Ning over there.
He had a vague recollection that before at the Lanma Shopping Mall, he suggested that Mu Ying and Xue Chuchu play a game of catching dolls, hoping to show off his power, but ended up failing miserably.
In the end, Jiang Ning caught a lot of dolls, and Jin Yuanhang suffered a setback that day.
After returning home, he bought a claw machine and practiced his technique of grabbing dolls. Now, his skills have reached the pinnacle, but the little bit of dissatisfaction he had at the beginning has disappeared.
Because he and Jiang Ning are no longer on the same level.
"Xue Chuchu is here." Jin Yuanhang was surprised.
Shen Qing'e suddenly asked: "Who is Xue Chuchu?"
"We are in the same class." Mu Ying said.
Shen Qing'e originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but then the boss came over.
During the dinner.
Dong Qingfeng and Jin Yuanhang were chatting and laughing, looking like knowledgeable people who knew everything about astronomy and geography. On the contrary, Chen Qian and Tao Zhi were just eating fish in silence.
Dong Qingfeng helped pour water, scald the dishes quickly, adjusted the positions of the dishes, and took care of every girl equally:
"Yanan, I know you like cilantro. Come here, I asked the boss to cut some for you."
"Qing'e, try the osmanthus lotus root, it's guaranteed to be soft and sticky."
"Mu Ying, you can't drink cold drinks, so I asked the boss to make red dates and peanut soup for you."
"Yaoyao, is Wang Ya's fish stew to your taste?"
He asked each of them one by one with a caring attitude, which warmed the hearts of all the girls.
Jin Yuanhang was stunned, and he finally formed a preliminary impression of Dong Qingfeng.
I can't really put my finger on what's wrong, but it just feels wrong.
The topics of conversation among high school students are varied, but there are always some unavoidable points, such as academic studies.
Jin Yuanhang tidied his appearance. When it comes to academic performance, I am not bragging. As a student in the Tsinghua and Peking University class of Yuzhou No. 2 Middle School, he is undoubtedly in the top 100 among the tens of thousands of students in the same class in the entire city.
After revealing Erzhong's identity, Jin Yuanhang received several surprised looks.
Especially the girl named Jiang Yanan, who has amazingly fair skin.
Although No. 2 Middle School is good, it is difficult for the beautiful girls in other schools to overwhelm those in other schools. A fair-skinned and pretty girl like Jiang Yanan would definitely be popular in No. 2 Middle School.
Dong Qingfeng was oppressed and had no way to express his pain.
In terms of performance, even someone as hard-working as Chen Qian would probably be slightly inferior to Jin Yuanhang.
But No. 4 Middle School is not without opportunities to win. Dong Qingfeng said: "We still have one week of final exams, and then we will have a holiday."
Speaking of this, No. 2 Middle School is very envious. They are a top middle school and it is great to have a one-month summer vacation.
Jiang Yanan said anxiously: "The results of the final exam will determine the quality of my summer vacation. I wonder if the math test is difficult?"
Yu Wen, "Fatty Gao said earlier that he was in charge of making the test papers."
Jiang Yanan: "That's it, I'm afraid I won't pass."
She looked like she was in trouble.
Dong Qingfeng took a sip of Coke and said comfortingly: "It's okay, if you want, I can write your name on the exam."
Jiang Yanan felt warmed.
Chen Qian finally spoke: "Is math difficult? Let my grandma take the test, and she can easily pass it."
Jiang Yanan's face changed.
Jin Yuanhang was amused. He didn't understand why there could be such an arrogant person in No. 4 Middle School, a place of exile.
He retorted: "Dude, you are kidding. Your grandmother is in her seventies or eighties, right?"
Chen Qian: "My grandmother is a retired high school math teacher."
…
After the meal, Jiang Ning paid the bill. The three of them spent only a hundred yuan in total.
Xue Yuantong was keeping accounts again. He spent 100 yuan but still made a profit of more than 700 yuan.
From the south entrance of Hongxing Street, go back north, the mountain bikes and electric vehicles are still parked there.
After walking a few steps, I came across a pet stall. The stall owner's clothes were very old and had changed color due to washing. He was rubbing his rough hands together.
The poor little rabbit was trapped in the cage with only very little space to move around.
Xue Yuantong squatted in front of the cage, staring at the little rabbit.
She said sadly: "Chu Chu, it has no freedom anymore."
"Do you want to buy some to eat?" Xue Chuchu went straight to the point.
Xue Yuantong's melancholy disappeared by 30% in an instant. She found that Chuchu had changed and no longer had any childlike innocence!
"I just want it to go see its parents." Xue Yuantong is a kind child.
The stall owner dressed as an old farmer said, "For sale, old rabbits for sale, sold to the barbecue stall."
Xue Yuantong looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a glowing sign at the edge of the barbecue stall that read "Roasted whole rabbit, half for 30, whole for 50."
The old farmer suggested: "Little girl, give me 10 yuan and I will send the rabbit to the roasting stall to ensure that its family can be reunited."
Xue Yuantong left this cruel place.
On the way back, she found a candy stand on the roadside, so she asked Chuchu to get Jiang Ning away.
The female boss reminded: "The candy you picked up is for teasing people. It's very sour on the outside, so sour that you want to spit it out, but if you melt it a little, it's very sweet on the inside."
Xue Yuantong said he understood. When he was in junior high school, it was a trend in the class where students would trick each other into eating.
I had the good fortune to meet her tonight and uncovered her dusty memories.
"It's you!"
Xue Yuantong spent two yuan to buy a handful of candies. She carefully packed the sour and non-sour candies separately.
On the way home.
Xue Yuantong sat in the back seat, pinching candy, feeling smug in her heart. Tonight she watched her brutally torture Jiang Ning and let him order her around all day long.
If the tiger doesn't show its power, people will think she is a sick cat!
She poked Jiang Ning on the back and said seriously, "Jiang Ning, you performed very well today. Chu Chu and I are very satisfied."
"Treasure, please."
As she spoke, she took out a candy from her right pocket and handed it to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning held the candy in one hand and rode the bike with one hand, and was reluctant to eat it.
Xue Yuantong couldn't help feeling guilty. "Will he find out?"
On second thought, Chuchu was the one who gave me the tip when I bought the candies, and she was the most reliable.
Therefore, she was definitely not exposed and there was no need to worry.
"Why don't you eat the candy I gave you?" she said innocently and brightly.
Jiang Ning sneered in his heart, he had already discovered Xue Yuantong's plan.
"You eat first," he said.
Xue Yuantong felt that she was being questioned and was very unhappy, "You don't know how to appreciate kindness, just eat it!"
She took out a non-sour candy from her left pocket, tore open the wrapper without even looking at it, and quickly put it into her mouth.
Xue Yuantong had just eaten the candy and was savoring the sweetness, but the next moment, an overwhelming sour taste came from all directions, making her shiver.
She spit it out quickly, but the sour taste could not be eliminated in a short time, and she was so uncomfortable that she couldn't speak.
At this moment, Jiang Ning stuffed another sweet candy into her little mouth, and Xue Yuantong was so scared that she was about to scream.
A sweet taste spread in the mouth, diluting the previous sourness.
…
late at night.
Xue Yuantong slipped out of Jiang Ning's room and returned to his own room in the night.
Mom said that she couldn't stay up late at night and had to leave Jiang Ning's place at 12 o'clock. Xue Yuantong always strictly followed this.
She brought Jiang Ning's iPad home and played with it on the soft quilt. Her room was very cool and she didn't need a mat.
Aunt Gu pushed open the door, saw her daughter's appearance, and told her: "Stop playing and go to sleep. Only by sleeping more can you grow taller."
Xue Yuantong pouted because her mother thought she was too short.
It was obvious that Jiang Ning didn't dislike her. Jiang Ning was tall enough, so why did she have to be so tall
"Go to sleep." Xue Yuantong put away the iPad.
She grabbed the quilt, rolled over, and hid herself in the quilt.
Aunt Gu closed the door with satisfaction.
Xue Yuantong pricked up his ears and listened for a while. Half a minute later, a hand stretched out from under the quilt and snatched the iPad away.
She hid under the covers and played games.
At one o'clock in the morning, Xue Yuantong was having more and more fun, full of energy and unable to stop.
Suddenly, the door opened. Aunt Gu looked at the light coming from the quilt and scolded her daughter: "Aren't you asleep? Why are you still playing with your phone? You always lie to me. Have you become more capable?"
Xue Yuantong never expected that his mother would launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night!
In panic, Xue Yuantong's mind went blank.
But she was so smart that she came up with a brilliant idea:
"Mom, it was because you pushed the door so loudly that you woke me up. I thought it was morning and I was checking the time on my tablet."
After saying this, Xue Yuantong almost believed it herself. She was so smart, she was an unparalleled genius!
Aunt Gu: "That's nonsense. Jiang Ning said you were asleep and setting off firecrackers wouldn't wake you up!"