CHAPTER 388: CHAPTER 387: EVENT ARRANGEMENT

When Zhen Yu entered the classroom with her head, body, and even hands all wet, everyone was shocked! Could it be that even the invincible top dog has such miserable moments?!

Zhen Yu didn’t care about those strange looks, but as soon as she took her seat, she was startled by Lu Huai’s words.

"Ha ha! Don’t tell me you fell into a puddle first thing in the morning!"

For Zhen Yu at this moment, the words ’puddle’ were the same as ’go die’! As soon as she heard Lu Huai curse her, she instantly retorted without thinking: "You’re the one who fell into a puddle!"

Lu Huai felt that her tone was a bit off, hesitated for a moment, but still didn’t dare to talk back.

After taking off her wet jacket, Zhen Yu took out tissues from her backpack to wipe her face and hands, but there was no way to deal with her pants! Since they were not too wet, she had no choice but to let them stay damp against her body.

Not even halfway through morning self-study, Zhen Yu had already shivered several times!

It bothered Lu Huai to the point where he couldn’t stand it anymore. Silently, he took off his school uniform jacket and handed it to her, "Put it on quickly, don’t catch a cold!"

Zhen Yu hesitated for only a moment with pursed lips, then reached out and put it on.

This wasn’t just because she had come to regard Lu Huai as a friend after spending so much time together. It was also because Lu Huai was currently just an oblivious little brat! In his eyes, friends were the same, regardless of gender.

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As morning self-study was about to end, the class teacher suddenly entered the room.

Teacher Liu stood on the podium and coughed lightly, "Ahem! There is something to notify the students who are participating in various competitions. Because there are so many of us, I’m just going to announce it here in class."

Small murmurs rose from below the podium, Zhen Yu and Lu Huai exchanged a knowing look.

Teacher Liu did indeed come to notify about competition dates, "Those previously notified to go to the province for competitions, the unified departure date is May 8th. We will stay in Harbin for three nights, returning on May 11th. Make sure you communicate with your parents in advance, if someone can’t participate at the last minute, you must tell me before May Day!"

The classroom went quiet for a moment, and then an even louder buzz of conversation erupted.

"Quiet! There’s no change, right?! Then I’ll proceed to the competition schedule. Competitions are concentrated over the weekend: on the morning of the 9th, the mathematical Olympiad provincial finals! In the afternoon, the English speaking competition! On the morning of the 10th, the China ’Shengtao Cup’ essay provincial finals! In the afternoon, physics and chemistry province finals, which are also the national semifinals! Anyone unclear?"

Teacher Liu waited for a bit, and seeing that the students had no reaction, said, "That’s all then! Class dismissed!"

As soon as the class teacher left, the classroom immediately became a hubbub.

Lu Huai leaned over to Zhen Yu and muttered, "So there’s an essay competition too! How come I’m only hearing about this today?"

Zhen Yu gave him a glance, "Mind your own math Olympiad! What does a science overlord like you care for essay contests!"

"Heh heh... True that!"

After Lu Huai fell silent, Zhen Yu’s thoughts began to drift away...

She hadn’t expected that while she was on the phone calming Han Mingyue last night, urging her not to be anxious, today she would find out the exact dates! These competition dates indeed all got squeezed together! Really... so joyful!

Feeling happy, Zhen Yu decided to find something to do! But for a moment, she didn’t know what to do. This was a school, after all, where all she had around were books, notebooks, and pens...

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Lu Huai craned his neck towards the ’doodle’ Zhen Yu was drawing, "Sss! The person you’re drawing looks familiar..."

"Shut up." Zhen Yu promptly interrupted Lu Huai, preventing him from guessing any further.

Lu Huai wasn’t annoyed, and switched to asking, "Hey? Have you learned to draw before?"

"No." Zhen Yu had never learned drawing in this life or the last.

It was just that in her previous life, when she was bored, she didn’t like talking to people and would often sit at her desk doodling alone after class. She practiced so much that her drawings turned out pretty decently! Just like the posters in internet cafes, after putting them up, she never heard anyone say they were ugly! In fact, a few girls had even asked Zhen Yu how to draw Q-version characters...

"Zhen Yu! I’m serious! Calligraphy and painting go hand in hand, look at your beautiful handwriting, and your drawings aren’t bad either! Why don’t you join our Calligraphy Club! Learn how to write with a brush, what’s wrong with that?! Later on, I can also introduce you to learn traditional Chinese painting! I’m really familiar with them, you can even sit in on the classes without enrolling!"

For some reason, Zhen Yu hesitated for a moment, "I’ll consider it."

This was the first time Zhen Yu gave in after so many persuasions from Lu Huai, seeing this he immediately put more effort into convincing her, "I’m telling you! Don’t think I only love science! But writing with a brush really calms the mind! Sometimes when I can’t solve a problem and get really irritable, I write with a brush! It always works wonders! I tell you, the effects are immediate!"

Zhen Yu looked at him amused, "You still run into problems you can’t solve?"

Lu Huai felt as if he had been pierced in the chest, an embarrassed flush instantly spreading across his face.

"..."

——

Due to the constant rain, there were especially many students queuing for lunch in the canteen.

Zhen Yu and Lu Huai were lined up one after the other, with two boys up front joking around. One of them pretended to be profound and said, "If I had a lot of money on my meal card, I’d treat you to braised pork! Do I have money on my card? No. So, unfortunately, I can’t treat you."

After listening, the other boy laughed and cursed, "Buzz off!"

Zhen Yu raised her eyebrows, the familiar phrasing instantly reminded her of the novel "First Intimate Contact" by the rogue writer Cai!

So, she seized the moment and tapped the ’script-spouting’ boy on the shoulder, "Hello there, classmate!"

Lu Huai was shocked behind Zhen Yu! The sun from the west, ah no, the sun hadn’t come out today! How could Zhen Yu possibly take the initiative to strike up a conversation with a stranger?! This was against all reason!

"Ah, ah! Hello!" The tapped boy turned around and froze!

He really didn’t expect that in his lifetime he would be approached by a beautiful female classmate.

Pretending not to notice his astonished face, Zhen Yu gently asked, "That line you just said..."

"Ah? That! Ha ha..." The boy scratched his head somewhat embarrassingly, "I got it from a book!"

"What book?" Zhen Yu coaxed gently.

"It’s a novel called ’First Intimate Contact’! Everyone in our class is reading it!"

Without showing any emotion, Zhen Yu nodded and said thanks. The boy, seeing she had nothing else to say, had to turn back around.

Zhen Yu on the surface showed no sign of disturbance, but inside waves of tremendous turmoil had already begun, "Here we go again... What pen name will it be this time?! Is it those two familiar plagiarists, or... has some newcomer popped up?!"