"Alright, alright." Jiang Ning ordered Dongdong to drive away.
Tang Yaohan was rather upset, observing the situation. For so reason, he felt like one person was giving a dowry and the other was giving a bride price...
The key point is, it’s just a candied hawthorn stick!
No matter how experienced Tang Yaohan was, when it ca to his most beloved granddaughter, he couldn’t help but tremble with rage, pointing at Jiang Ning’s distant figure, and asked loudly, "What’s so good about that boy?"
Tang Fu said, "He can run 100 ters in 10.86 seconds!"
Tang Yaohan saw his granddaughter defending him and beca even angrier: "What’s so great about 10.86 seconds? When I was young..."
Tang Fu looked at her grandfather and said, "You couldn’t break 10.86 seconds when you were young."
Tang Yaohan was unconvinced, so he asked a few executives beside him, "Is 10.86 seconds for 100 ters impressive?"
Minister Wang from the sales departnt, who often runs, knew how impressive a feat it was, but he feigned ignorance at first: "I don’t know if it’s impressive either!"
Then he changed the tone: "But sir, on the stage of life, you’ve gone both fast and far, which wins over many people. I must learn more from you in the future!"
Tang Yaohan, being clever enough to beco a boss, easily understood the implication.
He was a strong-minded person. Alas, having lived to this age, he had seen too many sycophants.
Tang Yaohan sighed with lack of interest: "I’m old and useless!"
Tang Fu said, "Grandpa, it’s not you who is old and useless."
He had grown tired of others’ comfort, but his granddaughter’s comfort was rare, and his ambitious heart felt eased.
Then Tang Fu added, "It’s the useless you who is old."
Tang Yaohan felt pained: "You brat!"
...
Lin Zida couldn’t catch any fish; he brought along snacks like walnuts and pecans, pretending to offer snacks while secretly learning.
After observing for a while, Xue Yuantong’s fish container was filled with eight or nine silver carp. Her fishing hook seed dicated, catching nothing but silver carp.
Lin Zida left, puzzled and disappointed.
Xue Yuantong ate several walnut kernels without needing to peel, perfect for a lazy person like her.
Just then, Bai Yuxia carried a tray, serving her freshly brewed milk tea to Tongtong and the twins.
Fearing she hadn’t cooked it well and wasted materials, she used very miniature cups to let everyone taste it.
In the icy snow, Tongtong took a sip of hot tea, feeling a warm stream flowing out of her body, completely unafraid of the cold, and comnted, "Yuxia, you’re quite nice."
The milk tea brewed from Hu Qi Mountain’s young cow milk, Jiang Ning’s tea leaves, and white sugar was rich in taste and fragrance, leaving a lingering mory.
Chen Siyu held the tiny cup, daring only to sip a little each ti, afraid of finishing it.
Xue Yuantong asked, "Is there any more tea?"
Bai Yuxia replied, "There’s half left."
Xue Yuantong directed, "Go give it to Lin Zida and the others, Yuxia. After that, brew a big pot. Yours is quite tasty."
Seeing Tongtong giving orders, Chen Siyu suddenly felt she was quite formidable, being able to boss Yuxia around, truly impressive!
Unlike herself, who was entirely rebellious!
Xue Yuantong’s next words were, "Siyu, put a bag in the trash bin; I’ll be killing fish later to make delicious food for you."
Recalling Tongtong’s cooking skills, which she had tasted during sumr vacation, absolutely delectable, Chen Siyu promptly complied, "Understood!"
Xue Yuantong continued to fish.
...
Returning from his learning spree, Lin Zida had a lucky strike, finally catching a small crucian carp, approximately 15 centiters long and over two ounces in weight.
Even so, he nearly cried tears of joy!
Xu Wenyi noticed his near-crying excitent and chuckled from the side: "Wild crucian carp are quite rare. Each year, my dad would specifically find people to buy so for making crucian carp tofu soup, which is incredibly fragrant."
She was indeed attractive. Her slightly uneven teeth only made her appear more genuine.
Already excited, Lin Zida, upon receiving complints from the gentle dancer, almost felt light-headed.
Fortunately, he wasn’t just any boy. He imdiately reined in his pride and humbly said, "It’s alright. When I catch more, we can have your cousin make so crucian carp soup."
Wang Yong was talented, knowledgeable about Yuzhou’s places, impressively versatile, and dependable. He was also adept at preparing hotpot and barbecue.
Otherwise, with his family background, Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui wouldn’t typically hang out with him.
Of course, Zhuang Jianhui did not make Wang Yong work for nothing; over the past year, Wang Yong’s father was promoted, now a district-level director with real power, a threshold that could block soone a lifeti.
Upon seeing Lin Zida with fish, Xu Wenyi also acted as a ssenger, informing Wang Yong.
Wang Yong left Lou Keke to co and congratulate Lin Zida.
Bai Yuxia arrived with tea, witnessing the whole scene, thinking inwardly: ’Why such fuss over a small fish?’
Bai Yuxia wore a gentle smile like lake water: "Thank you for the nuts. I brewed so tea; have a taste."
Wang Yong noticed the best girl from class 8 and pondered internally: ’Jiang Ning sure has good relations, to have Bai Yuxia join us.’
Wang Yong had vast connections, not limited to class 8. He mingled throughout his grade and even the entire school, being aware of Bai Yuxia’s excellence.
Not only his peers, many students from freshman and junior year also couldn’t forget Bai Yuxia, secretly having crushes.
However, since her father drove a BMW, few boys dared to muster the courage.
Wang Yong received the cup made of rice husk: "Thanks."
Lin Zida noted the tea being from Jiang Ning’s tent. He imdiately surveyed it, noticing the small cup: "Jiang Ning sure has style. Such cups resemble drinking baijiu, pretty nice and high-class."
Bai Yuxia felt embarrassed, clearly having brewed less due to reluctance to misuse ingredients.
Her face still held a slight smile: "Savoring tastes better."
After serving the three, she went to Lin Zida and the others’ tent, where Zhuang Jianhui was about to grab the hook fishing device. Bai Yuxia gracefully walked to him: "Hello, we’ve brewed tea over there, try it."
Though Zhuang Jianhui had so face blindness, he rembered Bai Yuxia, a girl from class 8.
His handso face showed a bright smile, and he said, "Alright, thanks."
Just like during the freshman military training, the sunny boy made a slam dunk in the lilight.
Coincidentally feeling thirsty, he boldly picked a cup of milk tea, drinking it in one go.
Zhuang Jianhui only felt the rich milk and refreshing tea perfectly blending, leaving an unending savor, a silky smooth taste.
Zhuang Jianhui paused: ’This tea, absolutely superb.’
His tea knowledge was not as deep as Lin Zida and Ding Shuyan’s, simply appreciating the taste.
Intending to ask Bai Yuxia where she bought the tea, Bai Yuxia looked toward the tent door to see the pale-skinned gloomy girl sitting there.
Bai Yuxia said, "We brewed so tea..."
Knocked down, Lou Keke’s already gloomy, fragile heart retreated into darkness, sinking perpetually into endless darkness with no light in sight.
She couldn’t find the aning of life, only wanting to stay in the dark, constantly tornting herself. This was the genuine horror of bipolar disorder, making one feel suicidal frequently during episodes.
Treating this condition requires not only dication but also, when necessary, electrotherapy for control.
Lou Keke’s spirit was already affected by her illness; she couldn’t master her emotions, taking the milk tea, glaring at Bai Yuxia, and said coldly, "Offering tea? Just such a small cup? Haha."
Bai Yuxia failed to imdiately understand if the other person was normal. Though attractive, she seed so odd.
While Bai Yuxia hesitated on how to respond, Zhuang Jianhui, who couldn’t let go of the milk tea, was already annoyed with Lou Keke.
He simply seized the milk tea from Lou Keke’s hand, with a calm tone: "Now you don’t have even a cup."
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