Chapter 4: Pride (2)
“There is sufficient air conditioning in the canteen.” Peng Zige looked up at the central air conditioning air vent: “I feel the temperature is just right. I really want to laze around in the canteen and never leave.”
Neither Lin Erqin or Rong Si answered his question. The two people silently lowered their heads and ate.
After it became nice and cold, the silent Li Erqin found that she could feel the mild warmth that came from Rong Si’s arm beside her, which brought with it a bit of some unclear throbbing.
She lowered her head and concealed her expression while she ate, but suddenly her heartbeat began to accelerate again.
But even if it was like this, Rong Si still noticed her abnormality: “What’s up?”
“Noth…….nothing much!”
Rong Si looked at her for a while, not seeing any clues, when he suddenly asked: “Your name is Li Erqin?”
Li Erqin nodded.
“Oh.” Rong Si gently said: “It is a name that is very easy to remember.”
“Hahahahaha!” Peng Zige laughed, and butt in: “I also remembered it in a flash, but Li Erqin, when your parents named you, they really weren’t mindful enough.”
This time, Li Erqin’s face completely reddened: “Erqin means double the diligence [1].”
[1] 二勤 (Erqin). 二 means two. 勤 means diligence. So it ends up meaning: double the diligence.The other two people heard what was said. Peng Zige laughed loudly, and even Rong Si couldn’t help but gently laugh: “It’s a very cute name.”
“Right,” Peng Zige thought of something: “I called you to eat together, because I want to scout out the girls in our class.”
Li Erqin: “What do you want to know?”
“Are there many beautiful maidens?”
Li Erqin: “……”
Rong Si: “……”
Li Erqin hadn’t ordered a lot for dinner initially, and now she had already eaten her fill, so she put down her spoon and earnestly responded: “Everyone is great.”
Peng Zige: “Who do you think is the prettiest?”
Li Erqin earnestly thought about it again: “There is a girl called Su Zi. No matter how much the sun tans her, she never gets dark, and is very beautiful.”
“How does she do that?” Peng Zige repeated it and then looked onto Rong Si’s face, laughing mischievously with profound meaning
Rong Si ignored him like before.
“But you didn’t really get tan.” Peng Zige said to Li Erqin.
“You got really tan.” Li Erqin frankly replied.
Peng Zige: “……”
After they finished eating, Li Erqin returned to the dorm. After she greetedher dormmates, she got into the bathroom and began to shower and wash her clothes. When she put her clothes up to dry, she heard her roommates discussing information from the teacher in charge of the class. Thus, she pricked up her ears to listen in.
“Alas, I heard the number 1 of the whole city is our class!”
“For real? Boy or girl?”
“Boy, and I even heard he got so many national awards.”
“Wow! So good!”
“It must be a scholar, who can only study, right?”
Li Erqin had unexpectedly thought of Rong Si unconsciously and she refuted: “It might even be an excellent boy.”
“Read less novels, okay? Erqin!”
She had been overruled in seconds, and she had even been mocked.
Li Erqin curled her lip and didn’t retort, and continued drying her clothes.
“But I met a super hot guy in the supermarket just now.” Her dormmate’s topics turned around again.
“How hot?”
“Super hot! Tall and skinny, and super white.”
“Then isn’t it a pretty boy! I like the more “man” type.”
Li Erqin thought of Rong Si again and said: “There are people who look white but they aren’t pretty boys.”
The person who had mentioned the hot guy immediately agreed: “Yep, yep. That person definitely won’t make you think of a pretty boy!”
“For real? I don’t know if he’ll be in our class.”
“If it’s real then that’s too lucky! We’ll have hot guys to look at daily.”
After Li Erqin finished hanging up the clothes, she silently said in her heart, it would be pretty lucky.
She had six dormmates, and four had been chosen to participate in the military parade ceremony. The previous night, someone had mentioned a hot guy, so everyone talked super late into the night before falling asleep.
The second day at 5:50, the chaos began.
Only one person confusedly flipped around, and then climbed up from the bed super sluggishly, as he yelled at his dormmates: “GET UP……”
Li Erqin got up from bed in a daze after everyone else, as she washed her face. Then, she bought a bowl of iced mung bean soup. As she drank it readily, she heard someone else call her: “Li Erqin!!”
She turned around. It was Peng Zige. This time, Rong SI wasn’t by her side.
“Do you mind if we eat together?” Peng Zige took her bowl and sat down next to her.
Li Erqin laughed: “You’ve already sat down.”
Peng Zige still loudly spoke drivel. Then, she turned towards Li Erqin’s dormmates and introduced herself: “I’m Peng Zige, from Class 2.”
“They’re all my dormmates, and also in our class.” Li Erqin explained.
“Really?!” Peng Zige’s interest was piqued: “When there’s time, I’ll call the boys over, and you can bring the girls and we can get to know each other at the sports field, all right?”
“Sure!” Immediately, everyone happily responded.
Li Erqin didn’t speak at all. Her mung bean soup was almost to the bottom, before she asked slowly: “You’re not with Rong Si today?”
Compared to the previous sentence, Peng Zige replied very quickly: “He was called to the military instructor’s place earlier. I don’t know what’s up.”
Li Erqin gave an ‘oh’, and didn’t continue.
After finishing their food, on the way to the assembly, someone secretly said into Li Erqin’s ear: “Peng Zige is pretty hot! He’s just darker than usual.”
“When I just met him, he was pretty white.” Li Erqin earnestly helped Peng Zige explain.
“When you just met each other? How long have you known each other?”
“When I just began military training, and I was being injected with a needle in the infirmary.”
“Oh……”
They didn’t continue talking as Li Erqin walked towards the instructor with just two steps.
She was still the same, not choosing to open her mouth as she silently stood.
Instructor Wang felt someone behind him and turned his head to see Li Erqin. He awkwardly stood: “You still came?”
Li Erqin nodded.
Instructor Wang’s mood was a little complicated. He believed that this student in front of him had a very unique brain. No matter what he could say, he felt nothing was right, so he patted her shoulder in the end and said: “The organization is proud for you.”
Li Erqin: “……”
Of course, when Instructor Wang realized what he said, his expression changed into Li Erqin’s expression.
Instructor Wang: “……”
Chapter 4: Pride (2)
“There is sufficient air conditioning in the canteen.” Peng Zige looked up at the central air conditioning air vent: “I feel the temperature is just right. I really want to laze around in the canteen and never leave.”
Neither Lin Erqin or Rong Si answered his question. The two people silently lowered their heads and ate.
After it became nice and cold, the silent Li Erqin found that she could feel the mild warmth that came from Rong Si’s arm beside her, which brought with it a bit of some unclear throbbing.
She lowered her head and concealed her expression while she ate, but suddenly her heartbeat began to accelerate again.
But even if it was like this, Rong Si still noticed her abnormality: “What’s up?”
“Noth…….nothing much!”
Rong Si looked at her for a while, not seeing any clues, when he suddenly asked: “Your name is Li Erqin?”
Li Erqin nodded.
“Oh.” Rong Si gently said: “It is a name that is very easy to remember.”
“Hahahahaha!” Peng Zige laughed, and butt in: “I also remembered it in a flash, but Li Erqin, when your parents named you, they really weren’t mindful enough.”
This time, Li Erqin’s face completely reddened: “Erqin means double the diligence [1].”
[1] 二勤 (Erqin). 二 means two. 勤 means diligence. So it ends up meaning: double the diligence.The other two people heard what was said. Peng Zige laughed loudly, and even Rong Si couldn’t help but gently laugh: “It’s a very cute name.”
“Right,” Peng Zige thought of something: “I called you to eat together, because I want to scout out the girls in our class.”
Li Erqin: “What do you want to know?”
“Are there many beautiful maidens?”
Li Erqin: “……”
Rong Si: “……”
Li Erqin hadn’t ordered a lot for dinner initially, and now she had already eaten her fill, so she put down her spoon and earnestly responded: “Everyone is great.”
Peng Zige: “Who do you think is the prettiest?”
Li Erqin earnestly thought about it again: “There is a girl called Su Zi. No matter how much the sun tans her, she never gets dark, and is very beautiful.”
“How does she do that?” Peng Zige repeated it and then looked onto Rong Si’s face, laughing mischievously with profound meaning
Rong Si ignored him like before.
“But you didn’t really get tan.” Peng Zige said to Li Erqin.
“You got really tan.” Li Erqin frankly replied.
Peng Zige: “……”
After they finished eating, Li Erqin returned to the dorm. After she greetedher dormmates, she got into the bathroom and began to shower and wash her clothes. When she put her clothes up to dry, she heard her roommates discussing information from the teacher in charge of the class. Thus, she pricked up her ears to listen in.
“Alas, I heard the number 1 of the whole city is our class!”
“For real? Boy or girl?”
“Boy, and I even heard he got so many national awards.”
“Wow! So good!”
“It must be a scholar, who can only study, right?”
Li Erqin had unexpectedly thought of Rong Si unconsciously and she refuted: “It might even be an excellent boy.”
“Read less novels, okay? Erqin!”
She had been overruled in seconds, and she had even been mocked.
Li Erqin curled her lip and didn’t retort, and continued drying her clothes.
“But I met a super hot guy in the supermarket just now.” Her dormmate’s topics turned around again.
“How hot?”
“Super hot! Tall and skinny, and super white.”
“Then isn’t it a pretty boy! I like the more “man” type.”
Li Erqin thought of Rong Si again and said: “There are people who look white but they aren’t pretty boys.”
The person who had mentioned the hot guy immediately agreed: “Yep, yep. That person definitely won’t make you think of a pretty boy!”
“For real? I don’t know if he’ll be in our class.”
“If it’s real then that’s too lucky! We’ll have hot guys to look at daily.”
After Li Erqin finished hanging up the clothes, she silently said in her heart, it would be pretty lucky.
She had six dormmates, and four had been chosen to participate in the military parade ceremony. The previous night, someone had mentioned a hot guy, so everyone talked super late into the night before falling asleep.
The second day at 5:50, the chaos began.
Only one person confusedly flipped around, and then climbed up from the bed super sluggishly, as he yelled at his dormmates: “GET UP……”
Li Erqin got up from bed in a daze after everyone else, as she washed her face. Then, she bought a bowl of iced mung bean soup. As she drank it readily, she heard someone else call her: “Li Erqin!!”
She turned around. It was Peng Zige. This time, Rong SI wasn’t by her side.
“Do you mind if we eat together?” Peng Zige took her bowl and sat down next to her.
Li Erqin laughed: “You’ve already sat down.”
Peng Zige still loudly spoke drivel. Then, she turned towards Li Erqin’s dormmates and introduced herself: “I’m Peng Zige, from Class 2.”
“They’re all my dormmates, and also in our class.” Li Erqin explained.
“Really?!” Peng Zige’s interest was piqued: “When there’s time, I’ll call the boys over, and you can bring the girls and we can get to know each other at the sports field, all right?”
“Sure!” Immediately, everyone happily responded.
Li Erqin didn’t speak at all. Her mung bean soup was almost to the bottom, before she asked slowly: “You’re not with Rong Si today?”
Compared to the previous sentence, Peng Zige replied very quickly: “He was called to the military instructor’s place earlier. I don’t know what’s up.”
Li Erqin gave an ‘oh’, and didn’t continue.
After finishing their food, on the way to the assembly, someone secretly said into Li Erqin’s ear: “Peng Zige is pretty hot! He’s just darker than usual.”
“When I just met him, he was pretty white.” Li Erqin earnestly helped Peng Zige explain.
“When you just met each other? How long have you known each other?”
“When I just began military training, and I was being injected with a needle in the infirmary.”
“Oh……”
They didn’t continue talking as Li Erqin walked towards the instructor with just two steps.
She was still the same, not choosing to open her mouth as she silently stood.
Instructor Wang felt someone behind him and turned his head to see Li Erqin. He awkwardly stood: “You still came?”
Li Erqin nodded.
Instructor Wang’s mood was a little complicated. He believed that this student in front of him had a very unique brain. No matter what he could say, he felt nothing was right, so he patted her shoulder in the end and said: “The organization is proud for you.”
Li Erqin: “……”
Of course, when Instructor Wang realized what he said, his expression changed into Li Erqin’s expression.
Instructor Wang: “……”
