According to the 'Third Year Night Study Agreement', night study will start at 6: 15 in the afternoon and end at 8: 00 in the afternoon. Dinner can be eaten around 5: 00 to 6: 00 in the afternoon.
An hour of dinner time should be plenty of time. Students who are close to home (like me) can even go home and eat dinner. But it's still a bit rushed. For example, Eunuch Cao's family lives in the Yulong district behind the school, so it's worth it to go home before night study.
According to previous experiences, most students will choose to eat some snacks to fill their stomachs. Then they will wait until 8: 00 in the evening study period before going home to eat a sumptuous dinner prepared by their parents.
Even though the night study period hadn't started yet, the three of us were already eating snacks at 6: 15. Zhuang Ni and Gong CaiCai, who were halfway through drawing the blackboard, were sitting far away from us and eating the food from the thermos lunch box.
I already knew Zhuang Ni's cooking skills were surprisingly good when I was at the class leader's house. It was something she learned by studying witchcraft's' Potions'.
I originally wanted to eat with the class leader, but now I'm eating with Gong CaiCai. It's not a waste.
"Is, is this curried mushroom?" Gong CaiCai washed her hands before coming to eat. She used a pair of chopsticks to pick up a piece of food and asked in surprise.
"Yes." Although Zhuang Ni was also holding a pair of chopsticks, she didn't have much of an appetite, "I know you don't like meat, so I prepared mostly vegetarian food."
"But, wasn't this originally prepared for the class leader …"
"Ha, are you jealous?" Zhuang Ni reached out and pinched Gong CaiCai's little face, causing the latter's delicate skin to turn into a cute mound.
"It's the same for you and the class leader. The reason I only used a small amount of meat was because I could have prepared it for you."
Gong CaiCai replied with an "oh" and easily accepted Zhuang Ni's explanation. I can't believe it was easy for Gong CaiCai to accept being treated like a 'spare tire'.
"Is the curried mushroom I made delicious?"
"Um … it's a bit spicy, but it's pretty good."
"What about the stewed mushrooms on the side? This is sweet and sour, I'll feed you! "
They looked like a dazzling couple. Gong CaiCai couldn't refuse and could only eat a piece of Abalone Mushroom that Zhuang Ni picked up.
"Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha! "Xiong YaoYue, who finished the roasted kidney in a few bites, suddenly slapped the table and laughed.
"Zhuang Ni is known to hate men the most, but the dishes she makes are all mushrooms! If you like mushrooms, how can you hate men!? "
Damn, Xiong YaoYue, your joke is a little dirty! It would have been fine if everyone present was a girl, but there was clearly a guy here! Do you really think of me as your best friend!?
Xiao Qin whispered, "I also like your mushrooms. I like them both."
Hey, the two of you, hurry up and form a dirty joke duo and go do crosstalk! A group of junior high school girls who specialized in dirty jokes might change the current situation of the crosstalk world not having any famous female artists. Then, even Guo Degang would not be able to resist criticizing them for being vulgar!
As soon as Xiong YaoYue connected mushrooms with men, Gong CaiCai choked and coughed so hard her chest shook. Zhuang Ni looked at Xiong YaoYue with resentment and patted Gong CaiCai's back.
"I like to use mushrooms as ingredients because mushrooms don't need sunlight to grow."
Zhuang Ni said coldly.
"Also, there are a lot of recipes that use mushrooms, especially poisonous mushrooms — — do you guys want to try?"
Xiong YaoYue's fear increased and she shivered.
Zhuang Ni continued: "No matter how you connect mushrooms with male organs, it won't affect me. You have to know, the first step to cooking with mushrooms is to cut them …"
This time it was my turn to shiver.
"You're not allowed to hurt Ye Lin classmate!" Xiao Qin extended her arms in front of me and acted like a protector, "I'll protect Ye Lin classmate's mushrooms!"
I don't need you to protect such a vulgar thing! It's already embarrassing just thinking about it, but you actually said it with a straight face! Do you think you're a magical girl from an anime? Even if you're a magical girl, you should protect your world, your dreams, and your companions! What kind of magical girl is a mushroom that protects a male classmate! A magical girl from an H anime?!
"By the way, Cai Cai, do Zhuang Ni's mushrooms taste good?"
Xiong YaoYue liked to think about other people's food when she didn't have anything to eat. She seemed to have forgotten that she just mocked Zhuang Ni and immediately stared at the two people's lunchboxes.
Since Zhuang Ni never had much of an appetite and could only survive on water and air, Gong CaiCai was the only one eating the two people's lunchboxes. Also, Gong CaiCai's appetite was small, so there was still half of the lunchboxes left untouched.
"It's delicious, do you want to try it?" Gong CaiCai shivered as soon as she said that. She was afraid that Zhuang Ni would be mad at her for inviting Xiong YaoYue to try the food.
Zhuang Ni looked at Xiong YaoYue with disdain: "You don't mind if there's a bit of Cai Cai's saliva in the lunchboxes?"
"I don't mind!" Xiong YaoYue replied, "As long as the food is delicious, it doesn't matter if someone bites it! By the way, does Zhuang Ni really know how to cook? Cai Cai, don't lie to me! "
"Hmph, I mind." Zhuang Ni squinted at Xiong YaoYue and said, "Cai Cai's saliva is still useful to me, how can I give it to you? Saliva is a very important witchcraft material … "
Gong CaiCai was so shocked that she dropped her pair of chopsticks on the ground.
"Zhuang Ni, what are you doing! Collecting my saliva, are you going to use witchcraft on me? Don't turn me into something weird! Especially don't turn me into a toad … "
"I won't," Zhuang Ni gently stroked the curly hair on Gong CaiCai's head and comforted her, "Cai Cai is so cute, how can I bear to turn you into a toad? If I want to turn you, I'll turn you into a little white rabbit and feed you carrots all day … "
"Hahahaha … Carrots!"
Xiong YaoYue, who had a low threshold for humor, laughed again. She had hung out with guys for too long, so as long as she heard things like mushrooms, cucumbers, eggplants, and carrots, she would immediately think of dirty jokes, which could make other guys blush.
Zhuang Ni glared at Xiong YaoYue, then continued to say to Gong CaiCai: "After I get your saliva, I'll at most use a little 'love witchcraft' to improve our relationship, don't worry."
At this time, Gong CaiCai picked up the chopsticks on the ground and apologized to Zhuang Ni: "Sorry, I dropped your chopsticks, I'll go to the bathroom to wash them."
"It's okay, you can use my chopsticks first, we'll talk about it when you're full."
"I, I'm already full!" Gong CaiCai said in a panic, "I was full just now! Thank you for the treat! Zhuang Ni classmate's cooking is delicious! Please don't use witchcraft on me … "
"It's just a small spell to make our relationship better …" Zhuang Ni faked a sigh, "Do you hate me? Don't you want our relationship to become better? "
"No, there's no such thing!" Gong CaiCai, who was afraid of hurting others, quickly denied, "Although Zhuang Ni classmate is a bit strange, but thanks to Zhuang Ni classmate and the class leader, I wasn't bullied by a lot of people in first grade! Zhuang Ni classmate treats me really well! "
"Although, although you sometimes lie to me …" Gong CaiCai weakly added.
Zhuang Ni's mouth revealed a subtle smile, then she put away the remaining half of the lunch box. It seems like she really wanted to go home and use some unreliable love witchcraft.
"Tsk, it's fine if you don't want to eat, who cares!" Xiong YaoYue leaned back in her chair and said insincerely.
"Don't admit defeat!" Xiao Qin encouraged her best friend, "I have dried fish snacks in my bag! I'll take them out for everyone to eat! "
Soon enough, a 16 gram bag of dried fish snacks was given to me and Xiong YaoYue. Xiao Qin even held a few bags of dried fish to show off to Zhuang Ni and Gong CaiCai:
"As long as you guys promise not to hurt Ye Lin classmate's mushrooms, I'll also give you some dried fish!"
"I, I'm planning on becoming a vegetarian." Gong CaiCai lowered her head and said, "Also, I've never thought about hurting anyone …"
Zhuang Ni glanced coldly at Xiao Qin, "I don't have an appetite, you can keep the dried fish."
Xiao Qin pouted and walked back. She gave a few pieces of dried fish to Xiong YaoYue. Xiong YaoYue ate very quickly. After eating, she even licked her fingers to recall the salty taste.
I didn't really like fish, so I only ate one dried fish and gave the rest to Xiao Qin for her to split with Xiong YaoYue.
After eating and drinking to her heart's content, Xiong YaoYue didn't plan on going home. She planned on staying with me and Xiao Qin to watch Zhuang Ni and Gong CaiCai finish drawing the blackboard.
As a specialist in calligraphy, Gong CaiCai had suggested two blackboard headlines. One was "Go! I can do it! " The other was "A new beginning for the new semester", but both were rejected by Zhuang Ni.
Zhuang Ni felt that the two headlines didn't have any personality and they were filled with positive energy, which didn't fit her dark aesthetic.
Especially when Gong CaiCai suggested "Go! I can do it! "below, she drew a cute boy and girl, which was naturally rejected by Zhuang Ni.
"I can draw two girls, but I'll never draw dirty things like men."
"(* ^ _ _ ^ *) Hehe …" Xiao Qin laughed from behind, "It seems like Zhuang Ni's drawing skills aren't flawless. I can't believe she doesn't even know how to draw men. I've drawn a lot of men in my manga. "
No, rather than men, it's more like eggplants with long beards and potatoes with double chins. When it comes to women, she often makes the vegetables wear a flower …
In the end, Zhuang Ni decided on the style of the blackboard: Cold Starry Sky.
In the dark blue universe, galaxies and stars scattered throughout. From time to time, distorted clusters of stars and gloomy black holes could be seen. It couldn't help but remind people of the cold universe described by Liu Cixin in The Three-Body Problem.
Most people could only achieve this effect with watercolor, but Zhuang Ni achieved it with chalk. Moreover, she completed it very quickly. The entire blackboard was filled with cold colors and a dark beauty.
There wasn't a single Chinese word on the page, but at the top, Gong CaiCai wrote a string of handwritten English words, which translates to "A new beginning, there is still hope."
This was the result of taking Gong CaiCai's opinion into consideration, but it still looked like it was filled with emptiness and despair.
Is it that difficult to write "A new beginning, there is still hope"? Why does it make people feel like it's a self-deceiving lie like "humans won't be wiped out by the Three Body Planet"?
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