Chapter 1129: Chapter 645: Did You Do It or Not?
Night had fallen deeply.
In the north, the Huishui River flowed quietly. Moonlight scattered across the river’s surface, glistening as if one could reach out and fish the moon out of the water.
The moon in the sky wasn’t satisfied with a single river, spreading its light over the earth, from the woods to the fields, finally resting upon a row of bungalows on the expansive land.
The outer walls of the bungalows reflected the night; inside, they were bathed in pure white light.
"Chuchu, what are you writing?" Xue Yuantong asked.
Xue Chuchu, dressed in a white nightgown, sat quietly at the desk, her legs together like a freshly blooming lily, clean and pure.
She held an ink pen, writing and drawing on exam papers with the pen tip.
As Xue Yuantong spoke, he leaned over to look and discovered that she was working on junior high exam papers.
Xue Yuantong was perplexed: "You’re in high school now, why are you doing junior high exams?"
Xue Chuchu replied, "I tidied up my old books today and found two exam papers I hadn’t done."
"Money was spent on them; it would be a pity to throw them away." Her words were tranquil.
"Alright then." Xue Yuantong remembered that they paid a fee when they bought the exam papers.
Thinking of this, Xue Yuantong went to the bookshelf and browsed through Chuchu’s old books.
After buying a house at the river dam, Aunt Hua went back to the countryside twice and brought almost everything she could take from the old adobe house there to the river dam, including Xue Chuchu’s old books and certificates.
Evidently, she does not plan to return to that backward village.
After all, Hua Fengmei works in the urban area. Her best friend, Sister Gu, is also at the river dam. Her own daughter has grown into a beauty, and during junior high, boys even followed her after late-night study sessions. That rundown rural place, Hua Fengmei doesn’t particularly miss.
Even for the upcoming New Year, they plan to spend it at the river dam and join Sister Gu’s family to celebrate together.
Xue Yuantong pulled out a primary school textbook and casually flipped it open to the lesson about "Guilin’s Scenery is the Best Under Heaven." She remembered clearly that the lesson required memorizing the full text.
She couldn’t help but read aloud: "Guilin’s mountains are truly amazing, rising sharply in different shapes like old men, like giant elephants..."
She intentionally used a rhythmic tone that matched her crisp voice, making it quite amusing.
Xue Chuchu worked on the junior high exam paper with ease and simply turned around to listen to Tongtong read.
Xue Yuantong laughed as she spoke, and then asked, "Chuchu, you haven’t sold your books?"
Xue Chuchu replied, "You’ve sold your books?"
She truly didn’t know about this.
As they spoke further, Xue Yuantong puffed her cheeks and said, "I initially planned to sell them. I collected 7 kilograms of textbooks, intending to sell them all at once. I was going to buy spicy sticks and seven dwarves ice creams to eat."
Xue Chuchu: "Uh-huh, and then?"
She remembered clearly that summer when she didn’t get to eat Tongtong’s spicy sticks and ice creams.
"You know, Chuchu, the ones who collect waste pay by weight. To get a good price for the sale, I splashed water on the books, and added a total of 2 kilograms of water!" Mentioning this, Xue Yuantong felt proud of her cleverness.
Xue Chuchu’s eyebrows showed a look of anticipation, her eyes bright: "Were you discovered by the waste collector later?"
Xue Yuantong’s mouth lifted with an expression of smugness: "How could that be, my technique was flawless, no one could find out!"
"Then why didn’t you sell them later?" Now, this really piqued Xue Chuchu’s curiosity.
Xue Yuantong pouted, still angry about it: "The old man who collected waste weighed my books and told me that all the textbooks weighed 5 kilograms!"
Xue Chuchu was speechless.
Xue Yuantong, at such a young age, already felt the treacheries of society.
"Not selling them is quite good, keeping them in the room for times of reminiscing." Xue Chuchu advised.
Her gaze swept over the stacks and stacks of old books in the bookshelf, many of which still had protective covers on them—a habit from years ago to preserve the books.
Xue Yuantong: "We spent so much money buying them, but when selling, they’re worthless, alas!"
Her little mouth sighed.
Xue Chuchu stared at the books one by one, as if thousands of thoughts were weaving in her mind, and she seemed to see a small thin girl studying diligently through time.
That steadfast spirit transcended time and merged within her own, Xue Chuchu’s brows gradually relaxed, and the light in her eyes softened.
She showed a faint smile and spoke: "Because you’ve absorbed all the knowledge, the waste paper naturally isn’t worth anything anymore."
...
In the urban area, in a taxi, Yu Wen, Jiang Yanan, and Huang Zhongfei were riding together.
Huang Zhongfei sat in the front passenger seat.
In the back seat were Jiang Yanan and Yu Wen.
As the car drove along, the neon lights from the buildings outside the windows shone into the car.
Today, Yu Wen saw the class monitor’s thumbs-up on Meng Guifa’s post about cleaning the room and got inspired. It turns out the class monitor likes cleanliness!
Yu Wen had finally found Huang Zhongfei’s weakness, and being afraid to hesitate and miss the opportunity, she decided to act decisively and win over the class monitor tonight.
To this end, she spent resources hiring housekeeping to clean every corner of her house spotless.
It just so happened tonight, her parents were on business trips, a godsend opportunity, how could she miss it?
Thus, Yu Wen took advantage of inviting Huang Zhongfei to a movie as a reason to get him and Jiang Yanan out, because it was hard to invite Huang Zhongfei alone.
Yu Wen sneaked a glance at Huang Zhongfei in the front and typed in the phone notes, handing it over to Jiang Yanan to see: "Later, use the excuse of staying over at my house to sleep. Let’s invite the class monitor to come up for a cup of tea, then find a chance to leave."
Jiang Yanan gestured an agreement with a hand sign.
Yu Wen was thrilled inside. She was finally going to be alone with the class monitor, just the two of them!
Imagine, in the quiet night, her and the class monitor together in a room, is it tea they’re drinking? No, it’s the air of romance!
With such a good opportunity, their relationship will definitely take a step further and become an official couple.
Just imagining the handsome and dashing class representative becoming her boyfriend made Yu Wen’s eyes sparkle, and she felt like she could hardly breathe.
Jiang Yanan quickly patted her on the back.
Huang Zhongfei heard the commotion and turned to ask, "What’s wrong?"
Jiang Yanan had a sudden idea and played the ultimate assist: "Yu Wen is a bit carsick, she’s feeling terrible!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Wen kicked her legs and started pretending to faint.
She cried out in pain, "I can’t take it, I can’t take it, I’m so dizzy!"
While screaming, she thought beautifully to herself, later she could let the class representative take her upstairs, what a perfect plan!
Five minutes later, the taxi arrived at the entrance of Yu Wen’s apartment complex.
Jiang Yanan helped Yu Wen out of the car and said to Huang Zhongfei, "Hey, class representative, she’s so heavy, I can’t hold her anymore!"
Yu Wen muttered inwardly: ’Who are you calling heavy?’
But at this crucial moment, she didn’t mind her friend’s offense.
Jiang Yanan and Huang Zhongfei worked together to help Yu Wen into the elevator, and Yu Wen, to make it look real, kept pretending to slump!
This made it tough for Jiang Yanan and Huang Zhongfei, and when they finally got Yu Wen to her doorstep, both wiped sweat from their brows.
Finally, they arrived at Yu Wen’s doorstep.
Yu Wen took out the key to open the door and turned on the light, revealing the room was extremely clean, almost shining.
Huang Zhongfei said, "Your place is pretty clean!"
Yu Wen was delighted in her heart: "Of course, I mop every day. Class representative, you worked hard just now, come in and have a glass of water."
She shouted inwardly: ’Class representative loves clean places the most!’
’Hahaha, today Wenwen is going to succeed!’
Huang Zhongfei glanced inside again and said, "Your place is too clean, I won’t drink water, or I’ll dirty it by going in."
After saying that, Huang Zhongfei said goodbye and left.
...
At the river dam.
After Xue Chuchu finished her test paper, Xue Yuantong took her along to Jiang Ning’s place to play.
She and Chuchu played a two-player game, while Jiang Ning sat nearby studying the green jade.
Xue Yuantong was happily dominating in the game world when suddenly, the phone on the table lit up.
She didn’t have many contacts, so the people who messaged her were usually quite important.
Xue Yuantong picked up the phone and glanced at it, her mom had sent a message: "Don’t play games too late tonight, go to bed early."
Xue Yuantong saw it but pretended not to and set it aside.
No way!
A little while later, her mom sent another message: "It’s getting late, you can come home to sleep."
Xue Yuantong continued to ignore it.
Two minutes later, another message came through: "I brought a bunch of fresh green grapes from the office, do you want to come home to eat?"
Xue Yuantong hurriedly replied: "Eat! Eat!"
She quickly put down the controller and said to Chuchu, "Wait for me!"
With that, she dashed back home.
This left Chuchu in front of the screen, and she paused the game.
After running home, Xue Yuantong burst into her mom’s bedroom, her black eyes full of anticipation: "Where are the green grapes, Mom?"
Aunt Gu grabbed her by the ear: "No green grapes, I just wanted to see if you got the message, why didn’t you reply when I texted you?"
Xue Yuantong was busted.
With her personal freedom restricted, she couldn’t meet with Chuchu tonight.
The saddest part was, her phone was also confiscated by her mom, so she couldn’t inform Chuchu.
Xue Chuchu thought Tongtong would come back quickly after getting home, but after waiting several minutes, there was still no sign of her.
Now, in the room, it was just her and Jiang Ning, and with the previous misunderstandings, Xue Chuchu couldn’t help feeling uneasy.
Especially knowing Jiang Ning was behind her, in such an environment, the thought of turning her head only to meet Jiang Ning’s deep gaze made Xue Chuchu shiver inside.
Xue Chuchu couldn’t help but send a message to Tongtong, asking where she was, and the next second, the phone screen on the desk lit up.
’Ah, didn’t Tongtong take her phone?’ Xue Chuchu was surprised.
She picked up the phone on the desk, entered Tongtong’s password, successfully unlocked it, and clicked on the message.
She saw the chat page, and it wasn’t her who sent a message, but another girl marked as ’Bai Yuxia’ sent a message:
A photo of a girl’s delicate hand.
Very pretty hand, long and slender, seemingly finely crafted, exuding an elegant grace.
Xue Chuchu realized this wasn’t Tongtong’s phone but Jiang Ning’s phone.
She was about to hand it to Jiang Ning, and then another message popped up:
"Did you do it tonight?"
Xue Chuchu’s cold expression froze, then her lips tightened.