Chapter 207: Chapter 184: Baffling Chapter 207: Chapter 184: Baffling Thursday morning.
Class 8’s classroom, during the big break.
So students were talking, others playing with their phones, and so studying, each doing their own thing.
Cui Yu was scrutinizing ng Gui.
ng Gui’s ten-centiter hairstyle was still as sharp as ever. At this mont, ng Gui was unlike any other student in the class.
ng Gui’s expression was calm, his eyes serene, his whole being emanated a special kind of quiet aura from top to bottom.
Cui Yu was puzzled, why did ng Gui seem so off today?
“Gui’er, what’s wrong with you?” asked Cui Yu.
ng Gui said, “Being human is too tiring, I don’t want to be human anymore.”
Cui Yu was dumbfounded. After pondering for a mont, he said, “Then how about you be my dog in your next life? I’ll give you bones to chew on every day, fatten you up, and you can guard my house for .”
A vein on ng Gui’s forehead twitched. If it weren’t for his pursuit of the ultimate Enlightennt, he would have called Cui Yu an idiot.
“I just think ordinary people live too superficially. I want to beco a Saint. I’m pondering over this issue,” he said indifferently, as if he were an elder who had seen through the ages.
“Stop thinking about all this unnecessary stuff. I actually think life’s pretty good right now. Playing with my phone every day, and there’s Jiang Yanan. Why beco a Saint?”
“Besides, it’s the Saints who exhaust themselves. In my mind, Saints are noble, devoid of passions and desires.”
“Aren’t you still chasing Jiang Yanan’s best friend?” Cui Yu shared his insights. High school students may be inexperienced, but through compulsory education, they can still speak so truth.
ng Gui didn’t argue with Cui Yu and replied, “I am pursuing a completely new path to sainthood. I will be the new Saint.”
‘You really know how to talk big,’ Cui Yu thought, never expecting the unassuming ng Gui to harbor such lofty aspirations.
“Don’t disturb my path to Enlightennt,” said ng Gui, hoping Cui Yu would leave soon. He sensed that he was close to Enlightennt, with just one difficult barrier left.
ng Gui looked around the noisy classroom and saw himself sitting alone with his ten-centiter-vertical hairstyle, still towering high and distinctive.
After a mont of silence, Cui Yu asked, “Have you achieved it?”
ng Gui: “Noisy.”
He continued to ponder. Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he had an epiphany!
A Saint is soone who faces their true self and is genuine.
“Starting today, I am a Saint,” ng Gui stated lightly.
Cui Yu couldn’t stand it anymore. “Stop bullshitting, I’m going to find Brother Ma. You coming?”
Having realized the great truth of life, ng Gui’s mood brightened:
“Together, together.”
In the back row of the classroom, Ma Shicheng was playing with his phone while Wang Longlong, as usual, watched him play.
Cui Yu approached with a lecherous look on his face. Naturally thin and with a weasel-like face, he said:
“Brother Ma, I need to ask you for a favor.” His smile grew thicker.
Ma Shicheng, engrossed in his ga, responded, “Go ahead, I’m listening.”
“I’ve heard you’ve got a lot of resources on Baidu Net Disk. Can I use your account?” Cui Yu shalessly asked.
Baidu Net Disk in 2014 was especially useful, offering large space, no speed limit, no ads, and resources were not harmonized—it was simply a conscientious product.
“What kind of resources do you want?” Ma Shicheng, a seasoned web surfer and a regular in various online forums, had multitudes of resources. He had opened several sub-accounts and filled several terabytes of space.
“Your most frequently used one,” said Cui Yu. “Tell the account and password; I’ll log in right now.”
Ma Shicheng reported his account details right away; he had plenty of them, so it was no big deal.
Upon logging in to Brother Ma’s account, Cui Yu began to search through it, scrolling through the list:
“Holy shit, there are so many teachers in here; it’s so comprehensive!”
“Gui’er, see which one you like?” Cui Yu moved the phone a bit towards ng Gui.
ng Gui’s head imdiately leaned over, engrossed in browsing, he exclaid:
“This one, I want this one, I know this teacher!”
“This dramatic one, a 1GB video, must be high-definition. Let tell you, Cui Yu, after lunch at noon, let’s go to the ES restaurant at the school gate, spend one yuan on a cup of water, and download to our hearts’ content, filling up my 16GB mory card.”
ng Gui sounded extrely experienced.
Cui Yu stared at ng Gui, rembering that this kid had just claid he wanted to seek Enlightennt and beco a Saint.
Now what kind of Saint was he supposed to be?
When Wang Longlong heard ng Gui’s words, he said:
“The ES restaurant is known for its romantic ambience, filled with couples cozying up. You two going there to download action movies seems inappropriate, doesn’t it?”
ng Gui: “I don’t care; as long as I’m happy.”
…
In the afternoon, during the break after the second period.
Dan Kaiquan ran to the back row.
Guo Kun Nan was chatting with Ma Shicheng: “Brother Ma, I’m ready. I’m going to confess.”
“What, you’re going to confess!” Dan Kaiquan was incredibly shocked.
Guo Kun Nan was startled and quickly said, “Keep your voice down.”
He hurriedly looked around; thankfully, no one else was paying attention, and he felt much more relieved.
Confessing was still sothing that made Guo Kun Nan very nervous; he didn’t want the people in his class to know.
Miao Zhe in the corner looked over; he heard everything.
But, what of it?
Love in this world often follows the sa old patterns.
Yet his love with Yun Ni was the real deal.
Just thinking about Yun Ni brought a smile to his lips.
Miao Zhe’s sturdy heart would always lt at the thought of Yun Ni.
“Brother Nan, are you confessing to that girl you’ve been chatting with?” Dan Kaiquan asked. Over this period, he noticed that every ti Brother Nan returned to the dorm, he would always be typing away on his phone, occasionally breaking into that kind of smile.
Dan Kaiquan imdiately sensed sothing off about Brother Nan and, under his relentless questioning, found out Brother Nan had been chatting with a girl from school.
This was big news.
At the start of the school term, he and Brother Nan set their targets: he would pursue Bai Yuxia, while Brother Nan would go after Shen Qing’e. Half a year had passed; his resolution was unaltered, persistent as ever, whereas Brother Nan had given up early on.
He felt regretful back then, but now, seeing his good brother declaring his love for the girl he liked, he couldn’t help feeling pleased.
Dan Kaiquan asked, “Brother Nan, how confident are you?”
Guo Kunnan said, “How much confidence can there be? If it works out, it’s one hundred percent; if not, zero.”
He had planned to wait a bit longer, but his affection could not be contained any longer, and Guo Kunnan chose today to confess.
Or rather, to lay everything bare to Manman.
Ma Shicheng put down his phone: “That’s how love is, success or failure, no dilly-dallying. If it works out, great; if not, move on to the next one.”
“It’s good that you’re making your move, better than continuing like this.”
As the mont approached, Guo Kunnan felt less nervous than before, and he chuckled casually,
“Of course, I definitely hope it works out.”
“If I succeed today, let’s hit up the barbecue stand tonight.”
Ma Shicheng wasn’t optimistic, feeling like there’d be no barbecue for dinner.
Seeing Brother Nan so spirited, Dan Kaiquan felt challenged. Brother Nan was launching his final assault, and there he was, still in a stalemate with Bai Yuxia after half a year. He needed to be braver!
Dan Kaiquan tapped his Bluetooth earpiece to connect it to his phone and opened NetEase Cloud Music.
He played a blasting electronic track.
The vibe got his spirits burning, his body energized.
He strode forward to the front row to talk to Jiang Ning.
This was Dan Kaiquan’s strategy; he always did this—approaching Bai Yuxia to talk seed too forced, but talking to Jiang Ning posed no such issue.
“Jiang Ning, rember my charging cable went missing the other day? The one I ordered has arrived,” he boasted.
Beside the lecture podium, Dan Xiao looked back at him, then turned around again. His next target was Qi Tianheng from Experintal Class 2.
Dan Xiao couldn’t believe Fourth Middle School housed such wealthy individuals.
So, the small earpieces of Dan Kaiquan he no longer coveted.
Jiang Ning said, “Good that you bought one, rember to keep it safe next ti.”
Dan Kaiquan disdainfully said, “That’s all that thief is capable of, stealing charging cables. Pathetic.”
“Our class has been stolen from quite a few tis. Watch, next ti I’ll set a trap and catch him.”
He was showcasing his strengths, trying to catch Bai Yuxia’s attention. However, Bai Yuxia was chatting with Chen Siyu and not once turned around.
Jiang Ning saw through Dan Kaiquan’s intentions but was happy to indulge him:
“If you really catch the thief, I bet a lot of people in the class would thank you.”
Dan Kaiquan said, “Thanks or no thanks doesn’t matter; he offended , and I’ll make him realize that there are so people in Class 8 he shouldn’t ss with.”
Dan Xiao, standing further up, couldn’t listen any longer. He ca over with a buffoonish smile: “Dan Kaiquan, you’ll definitely catch him, I believe in you.”
Dan Kaiquan had a pretty good impression of Dan Xiao, who was always cordial with everyone.
“Definitely.”
Dan Xiao continued to smile, but his eyes suddenly caught Jiang Ning’s gentle deanor, and a deep sense of horror suddenly overwheld him.
Years of thieving undetected had sharpened his observational skills.
A skilled thief has so talents, after all.
And now, looking at Jiang Ning, Dan Xiao inexplicably felt a terror he couldn’t na.
He instinctively felt Jiang Ning was not to be trifled with.
Dan Xiao was a man of instinct; he didn’t linger long there, offered Dan Kaiquan a few perfunctory words, and quickly returned to his seat.
Dan Kaiquan, left alone in the aisle, continued talking. Seeing Bai Yuxia still hadn’t turned around, he took the initiative:
“Bai Yuxia, have you had anything stolen?”
Only then did Bai Yuxia turn slightly, her eyebrows faintly furrowed, her voice light and pleasing:
“I haven’t been stolen from.”
Chen Siyu said, “I lost a hairclip; it was definitely stolen.”
“Even stealing hairclips, that’s really low,” Dan Kaiquan comnted.
Dan Xiao at the front felt indignant, fed up with being maligned; hairclips and other girly things weren’t even worth his effort, indicating that Chen Siyu had probably just lost it.
“Bai Yuxia, be careful with your belongings; make sure nothing gets stolen,” Dan Kaiquan said with concern.
Out of politeness, Bai Yuxia replied, “I know.”
She felt none of Dan Kaiquan’s concern, just a sense of bewildernt.
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