Chapter 559
Delivering Food
Translated by newbienoona
Edited by anks
“Something happened.” Han Qilu heads down the stairs without saying much. Halfway through the meal, he says suddenly, “Come with me to a place tonight after training.”
Tonight…
An Chuxia asks subconsciously, “Why don’t you ask Xiang Mankuai?”
“Do you always have to mention her?” He puts down his glass of milk as he stands up. “I’m full.”
She truly didn’t mean to say her name… .
A slight joy in her heart springs, but doubt shrouds it as well. Han Qilu seems to be like his former self… like the version of him before his memory loss.
Today, she seems to be a bit more absent-minded. The teacher caught her in a trance during class, and now, he wants to talk to her after class in his office. The teacher gives her a spirited speech, leaving her embarrassed; her face, hot.
Upon returning to the classroom, a figure suddenly appears before her. As she looks up, she realizes it’s Meng Xiaonan.
Meng Xiaonan looks at her inquisitively. Embarrassed with the way she is looking at her, An Chuxia grabs the edge of her shirt and asks, “What’s with the look?”
“I’m wondering if I should ask a few mages to do a magical rite for you. ” She curls her fingers to a fist before resting her chin on it.
“What do you mean?” An Chuxia glares. “You’ve got nerve!”
After staring at each other for a moment, Meng Xiaonan suddenly squats down and laughs, clutching her stomach. “You’ve been like this all morning, like you’ve been caught in something evil. As I think about it more, has the top student, An Chuxia, been in class at all today?”
An Chuxia catches her friend’s hint and drops her head. “Shut up. Do you want to know what happened?”
Meng Xiaonan suddenly becomes serious, and pulls An Chuxia to the side of the corridor, avoiding all eyes and ears.
An Chuxia shakes her head and drops her voice. “Han Qilu asked me to go to a place with him tonight after training.”
“Really?” Her friend is surprised. “Where?”
She shakes her head, confused. “I don’t know.”
“Oh-.” A strange tone emerges from Meng Xiaonan’s mouth. “No wonder why you were so absent-minded today. You’d be thinking about it even if you want to ignore it. Don’t worry, whatever happens, he’s still going to take you there. However, you still have to study and take good lecture notes.”
The usually laid-back Meng Xiaonan has done a complete change, making An Chuxia frown. “When did you start caring about my studies?’
“I’m not!” Meng Xiaonan takes a deep breath and shivers. Pointing a finger at An Chuxia’s nose, “You want to attend university, right?”
An Chuxia touches the back of her head. As if that’s even an option!
It turns out that the headmaster has received a notice regarding a ten-school joint exam from the college next week. The top 20 students will have the opportunity to enter XXX University. The entry score to that university is quite high. Countless people struggle day and night in the sea of questions just to get into that university. For An Chuxia, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to get ahead!
“Are you serious?” An Chuxia looks a little confused. She knew nothing about this.
Many in class probably think they won’t be able to enter the top 20, so it’s useless mentioning it at all.
“Madame, you need to prep yourself accordingly. A great man once said that the body is the capital of the revolution, so don’t be too nervous… .”
An Chuxia hurries out of the classroom despite Meng Xiaonan still talking. Meng Xiaonan anxiously hurries to catch up. “Hey, where are you going?”
An Chuxia says without looking back, “To get the test papers!”
The whole morning passes quickly, and everyone has left the classroom except An Chuxia. Meng Xiaonan approaches her and says, “If you can’t do the problem, don’t force it, okay? You can eat first and come back and finish it.”
In front of An Chuxia, there’s an open book which is densely filled with various numbers on it. She is barely listening to Meng Xiaonan, telling her to eat by herself. She has to finish the question before night falls. She knows that if she stops now, she has to start from the very beginning. Again.
Meng Xiaonan flattens her palm against her belly and sighs. “Okay, if you’re continuing on, I will just bring you something to eat. Don’t go to the cafeteria anymore.”
Once she leaves, the classroom is quiet. The only sound that can be heard is the pen rustling against the book.
***
Meng Xiaonan arrives in the crowded cafeteria. Usually, these young ladies and young masters like to eat outside. It’s unusual to see them indoors today.
Then she realizes why: Han Qilu is eating in the cafeteria!
There are long lines where lines shouldn’t exist. Meng Xiaonan’s volleyball team mates also stand around. Meng Xiaonan looks back at the “culprits” causing the commotion. Suddenly, three members of the volleyball team approach the “culprits”.
Full of hostility, Meng Xiaonan walks over, shocking the intercepted team mates.
Before any of them can speak, Meng Xiaonan says, “You three young masters having fun disrupting the cafeteria? Can’t you let us, simple folk, suffer in peace?”
“It is normal to experience common people’s struggles from time to time; hence, the cafeteria,” Ling Hanyu responds.
Xiao Mingluo glares at Ling Hanyu as he pulls Meng Xiaonan to his side to sit. “We waited for you for a long time. I thought you went outside to eat. Oh, yeah, where’s An Chuxia?”
Meng Xiaonan notices Han Qilu’s eyes jump the moment he hears An Chuxia’s name. Excitement courses through her when she makes the discovery. Does this mean Han Qilu cares for An Chuxia again? The thought makes her little heart jump for joy.
“En, why didn’t Chuxia accompany you?” Xiao Mingluo reiterates the question.
Meng Xiaonan deliberately exaggerates her distressed look. “Ugh, don’t ask… The silly girl found out that if she is one of the top twenty students who ace the entrance exam, she will get into XXX University. So yeah, I’ve yet to have lunch. After trying to convince her to come down for lunch, she still sent me away. She said she has to finish the problem she’s solving in the classroom.”
“What do you mean?” Han Qilu stands up, shocked. “She won’t eat lunch?”
Meng Xiaonan raises her eyes to him before refocusing on the dishes on the table. She curses the three stupid, but extravagant, young masters before picking up the unused disposable chopsticks and starts eating.
Anyway, seeing Han Qilu like this will definitely help An Chuxia solve the lunch problem, so she doesn’t have to worry about this.
By the time she takes a bite out of a greasy braised pork, Han Qilu has already left and walked over to the ordering side of the cafeteria. Meng Xiaonan smiles. The next time she looks up, Ling Hanyu stands up, too.
At this point, Ling Hanyu can’t do anything. After all, Han Qilu is the person An Chuxia likes. Ling Hanyu is a good man, but he’s not whom An Chuxia wants.
As she thinks this through, Meng Xiaonan grabs Ling Hanyu. “Can you, please, hand me the orange juice by your side?”
Impatience covers Ling Hanyu’s face, but he hands the drink to her. By the time he finishes the transaction with Meng Xiaonan, Han Qilu has already walked out of the canteen with two bags.
Meng Xiaonan secretly flashes Han Qilu a “V” gesture as she finishes her drink. Xiao Mingluo acknowledges him as he leaves.
Han Qilu takes the bags all the way to the teaching building. When he arrives at An Chuxia’s classroom, strange eyes from passerbys land on him. Everyone is still eating at this time, so An Chuxia is the only one in the classroom.
Lowering her head to concentrate on the topic, she suddenly realizes that someone seems to be staring at her. This sixth sense is so strong that she stops the pen in her hand and looks at the door of the classroom.
Sure enough, someone stands by the threshold. She squints, and becomes shocked when she recognizes the figure.
“What are you doing here?” She really didn’t expect Han Qilu to appear with what appears to be lunch in his hands!
“Didn’t you say you wanted to be admitted to a good university?” He answers her unspoken question.
She hesitates in responding, but still nods. She doesn’t know why he asked this question, especially when it’s not laced with malice.
People are really weird, obviously when the two met for the first time they fought, but now the relationship is…
Wait… .
An Chuxia suddenly stands up and looks at him directly. “How did you know that I said that I wanted to enter a good university? I mean, do you remember?”
If memory serves her right, she once confided to him her wish long back, but the new Han Qilu won’t know; he would’ve forgotten about it.
Momentarily stunned, he shakes his head. “I don’t know how I know… Maybe the idea’s buried subconsciously? Since you want to enter a good university, you should eat well. Don’t die before surviving the college entrance exam.”
After that, he steps forward and puts the two bags on the table before leaving.
Although An Chuxia is puzzled, she can’t think of anything else, so she has to give up. Maybe Han Qilu is slowly recovering, if that’s the case, it is definitely great news.
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