CH 38.1

The abrupt silence made the atmosphere very awkward. Especially since they were also in a small and enclosed space. Even if they wanted to pretend to ignore it, they couldn’t.

This elevator in the hotel was very slow as well. The doors opened and closed as if they were doing so in slow motion. Fortunately, they were on the second floor. Not long after Lu Xu Nan humphed, the “ding” signaling arrival sounded like nature in the ears of the three bystanders.

They got off the elevator one by one. Fang Ci saw that Lu Xu Nan’s lips were tightly pursed like a bottle gourd with the mouth cut off. Clearly, he wasn’t going to speak.

His eyes turned and, seeing the drink in the girls’ hands, he thought himself clever to ease the atmosphere. “Oh, this brand’s yogurt drink is pretty good, you guys also like to drink it!”

Neither Ning Yi nor Ju Meng responded.

The former thought this topic was meaningless, the latter simply thought this topic was accurately stepping on a mine.

Mu Wanqing didn’t think so much, she only thought no one speaking embarrassed Fang Ci instead and kindly replied, “I haven’t drank it yet. Classmate Xu brought it for us just now, I think the taste should be pretty good.”

Fang Ci who vaguely felt like he heard the sound of gritting teeth: “…”

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Just when Fang Ci sighed sorrowfully, Lu Xu Nan who seemed like he hadn’t been paying attention to the situation suddenly moved.

“That’s enough, the chili peppers in this dish are too spicy. Do you not want your stomach anymore?”

Lu Xu Nan’s tone carried a dislike, but it was very natural. His long arm reached out and took that dish in front of Ning Yi away.

Ning Yi, holding her chopsticks, stopped in mid-air. Her eyes still reluctantly staring at the dish in Lu Xu Nan’s hands, she tried to fight for herself, “Teacher Liu wants everything cleared. He said to eat all that you take, there can’t be leftovers.”

Lu Xu Nan’s eyebrows rose and he swept the remaining food on the dish into his own bowl, picked up his chopsticks again, and calmly ate.

“This chili pepper…”

Ning Yi saw him pour even the chili peppers in and wanted to remind him that it was really very spicy. She had been picking them to eat, but seeing that he didn’t seem to have any problems while eating it, she regretfully withdrew her gaze.

Even though it was spicy, it was really very tasty.

Placed in front of her, she could finish two bowls of rice with these peppers!

Lu Xu Nan looked at her pitiful appearance and lowered his eyes, his lips hooking into a faint smile.

“Eat this silky steamed egg with prawn, this is also tasty and also good for the stomach.” Xu Xing Ji put a small bowl in front of Ning Yi.

Ning Yi, settling for second best, picked up the spoon and scooped some.

The egg was tender and smooth with a faint taste of minced meat and shrimp, delicious!

Ning Yi’s eyes lit up, her dismay from Lu Xu Nan taking away her favorite dish was thoroughly swept away. “Delicious!”

Xu Xing Ji conveniently filled her cup with lukewarm lemon water, smiling as he said, “Then eat while it’s hot.”

Lu Xu Nan’s action of getting food paused, following which he stuffed all the food in his bowl into his mouth in a few sweeps of his chopsticks like he was venting his anger.

Watching him, Fang Ci felt what fear and trepidation in the face of disaster was and consoled in a small voice, “Hey hey, It’s not like you can take spicy food well. There’s no need ah, Brother Nan.”

Lu Xu Nan swallowed without much chewing and drank two cups of water in a row before taking care of the spiciness somewhat.

“Oh, the itinerary notice has come!”

“Wow! Our class and Class 2 have outdoor activity in the afternoon! Awesome!”

Ju Meng tapped on her screen and happily informed everyone of the notice.

In order to avoid overcrowding, the itinerary of the several classes intersected.

With the announcement at this moment, Class 1 and Class 2 students were crazy happy.

Because the indoor activity was visiting the plant science museum led by the professor from A University. How was this any different from having class at school?

But the outdoor activity was different. Each group will receive a plant handbook and students will go out on their own to find the same types of plants, then in the corresponding area, paste the plant’s leaf or other part on it.

The point was to put knowledge in practice, but look beyond its appearance and it becomes just like a scavenger hunt. After finding the specimens, they also needed to get the handbook stamped which gives them a sense of accomplishment and fun.

Once the notification of the activities were sent out, everyone’s minds floated far away. They only hated that they couldn’t immediately fly out and be free.

Ning Yi and her group rapidly finished their food and went out to meet up with the others in the small square outside the hotel according to the time in the notice.

Xiangfeng Mountain was called a mountain, but in reality, it was a mature congregation of a separate museum, collection, and garden into one scenic botanical garden. There weren’t any tall, dangerous elements at all and the distribution of the vegetation revealed paths that could be followed.

So the school didn’t require that students must be with a teacher and rather gave them ample time to go around themselves, but every group leader needed to post a picture in the group chat on time to report just in case.

Ning Yi and Lu Xu Nan weren’t interested in being the group leader. Fang Ci, Ju Meng, and Mu Wanqing felt like they were not qualified. In the end, the very thoughtful and good-tempered Xu Xing Ji lived up to expectations and became the group leader.

Liu Ming handed the handbooks to Xu Xing Ji as he laughingly said, “Not bad ah, Leader Xu. It looks like your new student life is pretty good.”

Xu Xing Ji also laughed, “All the classmates are very friendly.”

Liu Ming explained the checking-in requirement in detail, gave some warnings, and then said, “Alright, you guys organize time to play on your own. Pay attention to safety.”

After they had a simple discussion, they unanimously felt they didn’t need to return to their rooms to rest and treated walking while they completed the activity as digesting.

Evidently there were many people that thought the same. Therefore, the greater half of the students from the two classes followed the map and majestically set out into the garden.

Ning Yi moved forward unhurriedly with the majority of the group while thinking back on the original plot that she recalled before.

Speaking of which, the field trip could really be considered a romantic trip for the hero and the heroine.

In the novel, because Mu Wanqing’s interpersonal relationships weren’t good, adding on that she was intentionally ostracized by “Ning Yi”, no one was willing to be in a group with her for the outdoor practice. Lu Xu Nan wasn’t able to put up with it and spoke up to get her out of the predicament.

“Ning Yi” was not reconciled in her heart, but didn’t want to go against Lu Xu Nan’s face. She could only grit her teeth and group up with Mu Wanqing, but intentionally made her serve as group leader and ordered her to do this and that.

At night, she even used “finding the way ahead” as a reason to make her go out first on her own to find the place with fireflies and even purposely giving her the wrong location. It got to the point that Mu Wanqing sprained her ankle, got lost in the garden, and in the end, she was rescued by Lu Xu Nan. The two people even spent a wonderful night surrounded by fireflies together.

Ning Yi briefly thought about the life habits of fireflies and in the end, attributed the end of September and that grand gathering of fireflies to the novel’s romantic embellishments.

But thinking of this, she also couldn’t help looking forward to the firefly trip.