Today is the day Jiang Yumo participated in the provincial entrance examination.
Everyone is unsure how long she will take the exam, and they are all worried about her. However, they all tacitly refrain from calling or messaging her because they don’t want to add any pressure at this time.
After the morning self-study session, the first and second-year students are still doing morning exercises, while the third-year students have already occupied the cafeteria.
Zhou Ji has now joined Duan Ye’s team.
The four boys Duan Ye, Zhou Ji, Zhao Zheng, and Guo Shichao sat aside, eating breakfast without much appetite. Yan Qing and Sun Mengting ran into Ning Zhiyu who was walking alone on their way to the cafeteria. Now Ning Zhiyu has a good relationship with them, so the three girls walked together. As soon as they entered the cafeteria, they heard Zhao Zheng’s loud voice saying, “Yan Qing, over here! Come sit here!”
Yan Qing : “…”
The whole cafeteria heard Zhao Zheng’s voice, and everyone in the cafeteria now knows her name is Yan Qing!
The three girls continued walking towards that direction, and Zhao Zheng and Guo Shichao worked together to drag over a nearby table for four, making it an eight-person table.
Zhao Zheng was still lamenting, “If Sister Mo were here, we would be exactly eight people, without wasting a seat.”
Yan Qing pulled Sun Mengting and Ning Zhiyu to sit down, and sighed when she heard his words, “Yeah, I wonder how Yumo is doing now, but it’s probably not time for exams yet.”
While Guo Shichao wasn’t paying attention, Zhou Ji took the opportunity to switch seats with him, and Ning Zhiyu happened to sit across from him.
Ning Zhiyu didn’t look at Zhou Ji, but asked Yan Qing and Sun Mengting, “What do you want to eat? I’ll go buy it.”
Every time they went out, Yan Qing and the others would take the initiative to buy food.
There should be reciprocity among friends. Whenever she had the chance, Ning Zhiyu wanted to treat them to something.
Yan Qing wasn’t a hesitant person either. Knowing Ning Zhiyu’s intentions, she wouldn’t refuse, so she nodded and said, “Sure, I want to have crab sticks noodles. Mengting, how about you?”
Sun Mengting didn’t want to deal with Ning Zhiyu’s indecisiveness, so she said, “I’ll also have the crab sticks noodles.”
Ning Zhiyu was just about to get up when Zhou Ji already beat her to it. “I’ll go buy it. What do you want to eat?”
Ning Zhiyu glanced at him. “No need.”
Zhou Ji, acting unreasonable, rushed out already. His voice drifted back, “Both of them are having crab sticks noodles. It must taste good. You should have that too, and I’ll buy something else later.”
Ning Zhiyu : “…”
How can he just act like nothing happened? Wasn’t he acting like he wanted to break up last night? She thought that after last night’s incident, he wouldn’t come near her again.
She had no choice but to sit down.
Zhou Ji was fast. While the rest of them were still chatting, he single-handedly brought over three bowls of crab sticks noodles.
Zhao Zheng teased him, “Nice job, Zhou Ji. You could become a circus performer in the future, guaranteed to be a hit.”
“You better…” Zhou Ji initially wanted to say ‘get lost,’ but he quickly remembered his mentor and good friend, Duan Ye, who never used such words in front of him. He decisively changed his wording, “You better go aside.”
The four boys had almost finished eating.
The three girls just started. The boys didn’t plan to leave and were still sitting here with the girls.
“I wonder how the weather is in the provincial capital today,” Yan Qing said. “It should be similar to our side since it’s not far away.”
In Ningcheng, it’s a sunny day today.
Even the temperature has risen, and it’s not as cold anymore.
Duan Ye said in a deep voice, “It’s cloudy in the provincial capital, with a maximum temperature of eight degrees and a minimum temperature of three degrees.”
Everyone was surprised for a moment.
They didn’t expect him to report the weather in the provincial capital so accurately.
Zhao Zheng smiled mischievously and said, “Brother Duan is missing Sister Mo, huh? Well, it’s understandable. Sister Mo has been away for a few days. Not just Brother Duan, even I’m feeling a bit strange.”
“You feeling strange, my foot,” Guo Shichao said. “She finished the exam today, so she can come back today, right?”
Duan Ye shook his head. “She should be back the day after tomorrow around noon.”
“May heaven bless her, may the Buddha bless her. Yumo must pass the provincial examination!” Yan Qing looked worried. “Although she has ten years of dance experience, but… sigh, I don’t know what to say. I couldn’t sleep last night. I wanted to call Yumo, but I was afraid of disturbing her. It’s so annoying!”
Sun Mengting lost her appetite too. “I think there shouldn’t be a problem. Yumo is a great dancer. If she had chosen this path earlier, she would definitely pass with flying colors. Yumo is really amazing. She has participated in several competitions before and won trophies.”
Ning Zhiyu whispered, “She will definitely make it.”
Seeing the girls worrying, Zhao Zheng and Guo Shichao exchanged a glance, and quickly tried to lighten the mood. “I say, when Sister Mo comes back, should we treat her to a celebration? It’s shown on TV like that, and Sister Mo loves to eat. Of course, we should cater to her preferences.”
“That’s a good idea,” Yan Qing said. “There’s a grilled fish restaurant that just opened in the new city district. Yumo likes to eat fish, so let’s go there!”
She reached into her pocket, took out her pink wallet, and took out about fifty. “I’ll contribute fifty.”
Sun Mengting quickly followed suit, “I’ll also contribute fifty.”
Ning Zhiyu also took out fifty, and the three girls gathered a total of one hundred fifty.
Duan Ye spoke up, “No need for that, I’ll take care of it.”
Yan Qing retorted, “This is our intention too. We are also Yumo’s friends, and treating her to a celebration is our responsibility.”
If we really want to talk about it, she actually knew Yumo earlier than Duan Ye did. They are best friends!
Duan Ye finally nodded and said, “Okay.”
The other boys also took out money one after another.
They all contributed fifty yuan each, which was just the right amount. It wasn’t too much for them, but it was also an amount they could afford.
Zhou Ji… didn’t have fifty yuan in his wallet, and he was afraid that Ning Zhiyu would misunderstand him or think that he didn’t fit in. So he took out one hundred yuan and also took Zhao Zheng’s fifty yuan, saying, “Consider it my fifty yuan.”
Guo Shichao : “…”
The girls burst into laughter, and even a hint of a smile appeared on Ning Zhiyu’s lips.
Except for Duan Ye, the six of them collected three hundred yuan.
Three hundred yuan was enough for them to have a delicious grilled fish meal.
Duan Ye took the money and said, “I’ll hold onto it for now. Thanks. I’ll take care of other arrangements later.”
In other words, it wasn’t just about arranging the grilled fish meal.
“Sounds good, really good,” Zhao Zheng teased. “Brother Duan is collecting money as a family member to arrange a welcome and celebration banquet for Sister Mo.”