Luo Chao really didn't know whether it was right or wrong to call this guy out. Was he stabbing himself in the back or comforting himself?
Li Dacheng also felt he had misspoken and quickly tried to redy it: "Hey, hey, that's not what I ant. My point is that ti reveals a person's true heart, and distance tests a horse's strength."
Luo Chao's gaze dimd further. Anxious, Li Dacheng just wanted to smack his own mouth—how could he blurt out sothing about testing horses when Luo Chao wasn't one!
"Alright, I don't bla you. I know you're well-intentioned. It's just that this school is so strange: when you don't do well, they look down on you; when you excel, they don't believe you. But what's that got to do with ? I'm not here for school!"
Luo Chao said lightly, but he also revealed a bit of his own secret, which Li Dacheng interpreted differently.
"With the boss's abilities, naturally, you wouldn't need school, but you're here for Jiang Yuanyuan, right? Are you coming all this way for love?"
Luo Chao rolled his eyes at Li Dacheng but didn't explain further, letting him interpret it as he wished. It might make handling things at school more convenient.
Seeing Luo Chao's expression, Li Dacheng assud Luo Chao was tacitly admitting it and ntally applauded Luo Chao's romantic devotion.
"By the way, I called you out today to ask you sothing. Do you know anything about the city next to Linjiang City?" Luo Chao asked tentatively.
Li Dacheng froze—he actually ca from a neighboring city but had settled here. So he asked, "There are quite a few cities neighboring Linjiang City. Which one do you want to know about?"
"Haiyang City," Luo Chao said.
"Oh, my hotown. What's up? Tell , let's see if I can help," Li Dacheng said, feeling a sense of pride just at the ntion of Haiyang City.
It's a natural human reaction; ntioning one's hotown always evokes so warmth.
When Luo Chao heard Li Dacheng's words, he countered, "Aren't you from Linjiang City? Since when are you from Haiyang City?"
"You don't know? I transferred here in middle school; I used to live in Haiyang City," Li Dacheng explained.
Luo Chao nodded, then shifted the topic again: "Do you know where we can get so dicinal herbs in our city?"
"dicinal herbs?" Li Dacheng found it hard to follow Luo Chao's train of thought; how did dicinal herbs relate to Haiyang City?
"Yes, dicinal herbs, Chinese herbs," Luo Chao replied.
Li Dacheng scratched his head and said, "If you want to buy dicine, you should go to a pharmacy."
Luo Chao suddenly realized he was right. He used to gather herbs from the mountains himself, and his family had a reserve, so he never needed to go to a pharmacy. Li Dacheng's reminder enlightened him.
"Oh..." Luo Chao thought aningfully. The dicine he needed was quite common; a regular pharmacy should have it.
Li Dacheng stood there, not knowing what Luo Chao was thinking, and asked, "Luo Chao, are you buying dicine?"
Luo Chao nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes."
"Why do you want to buy dicine? If you're sick, go see a doctor." Li Dacheng looked at Luo Chao with so concern, thinking maybe Luo Chao was unwell and wanted to buy dicine himself. Nowadays, dicine works quickly, so Western dicine is better; if not, you can just get an injection at the hospital unless it's sothing really serious.
Luo Chao shook his head and said, "I'm fine, just asking for a friend. Okay, I'm good now, let's head back."
What... that was baffling.
"Didn't you just ask about Haiyang City? If you have anything to deal with, I can help you, just tell ," Li Dacheng volunteered, referencing their earlier conversation.
Luo Chao thought for a mont, then asked, "Do you know about a dical family in Haiyang City, probably with the surna Mao?"
"Mao Zhonghua?" Li Dacheng imdiately thought of the na Mao Zhonghua when Luo Chao ntioned a dical family, and hearing the surna confird it.
Luo Chao was surprised. It seed the Mao Family was indeed well-known in Haiyang City since Li Dacheng knew of them so readily.
"Yes, Mao Zhonghua. Do you know him?" Luo Chao asked.
Li Dacheng shook his head and said, "Mao Zhonghua is a titan in the dical world. How could I know him? I've just heard of him."
Luo Chao rolled his eyes at Li Dacheng, thinking this was all just hot air.
"So do you know if Mao Zhonghua has any quirks?" Luo Chao pondered for a mont before asking, "Like maybe he has a thing for handso guys?"
"Handso guys?" Li Dacheng burst into loud laughter, slapping his thigh as he laughed, and said, "Of course, he likes handso guys."
Don't all won like handso n?
Luo Chao frowned slightly. It seed the old man wasn't lying—this Mao Zhonghua indeed liked n. Luo Chao then nodded and said, "I see."
With that, he was ready to head back, and naturally, Li Dacheng followed him.
"What's really going on, Luo Chao? First it's herbs, and then asking about Mao Zhonghua—do you have so kind of unspeakable secret?" At this point in his rambling, Li Dacheng glanced below Luo Chao's belt. Luo Chao imdiately caught on and kicked Li Dacheng's leg, cursing, "You're the one with an unspeakable secret!"
Finished speaking, he strode back toward the teaching building.
"Luo Chao!"
A female voice called from behind, sounding sowhat familiar. Luo Chao turned his head to see Zhong Yu waving at him from outside the teaching building.
Li Dacheng played the part of seeing nothing and quickly ran into the teaching building.
Luo Chao didn't care about the fool and walked toward Zhong Yu.
"Are you looking for about sothing?" Luo Chao asked in an official tone, all because Li Dacheng had really ticked him off today, leaving him in a foul mood.
Does he have an unspeakable secret? Once, when a female spy tried to seduce him, didn't she claim she could leave all n unsatisfied, yet ended up ecstatic?
Zhong Yu didn't know what was going on with Luo Chao. She had seen his na high up in the rankings at school and was thrilled, which was why she had rushed out to find him. But Luo Chao's apparent bad mood left her a bit deflated.
"Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted to congratulate you. You did well, and it seems my worries were unnecessary," Zhong Yu said shyly.
It was only now that Luo Chao rembered the math notes Zhong Yu had given him, probably because she was worried he wouldn't perform well.
"I haven't thanked you yet. Thank you for the notes. I barely managed to do well in math because of them," Luo Chao said modestly, though in reality, his math score was only a few points lower than Zhong Yu's.
Upon hearing Luo Chao's sincere gratitude, Zhong Yu genuinely smiled, revealing two adorable little tiger teeth, and shook her head at Luo Chao, saying, "It's nothing. I just felt I couldn't repay your life-saving kindness from that day, so I hastily put together so notes for you."
Luo Chao was stunned to realize that the notes were sothing Zhong Yu had compiled in just one day. Considering that everyone else questioned his results, only Zhong Yu was genuinely happy for him, he felt warm inside and smiled more warmly as he said, "The notes are very precious. Thank you, and I didn't save your life. Your gift is too valuable."
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