novelbest Chapter 878: Xiao Chong Extra 6
Chapter 878: Xiao Chong Extra 6
After night study, the two returned to the neighborhood one after the other, as usual.
This evening, Lin Wanwan’s grandpa had to work the night shift again, so Lin Wanwan was home alone. She took a glass tumbler, washed it clean, and then opened the fridge to take out her grandpa’s homemade sour plum juice, filling the cup seven-tenths full.
The weather was too hot, and Xiao Chong took a shower as soon as he got home. Hearing the doorbell downstairs, he walked out of the bathroom, picked up his phone, and looked through the electronic peephole.
Under the dim streetlight, Lin Wanwan stood outside the yard gate, holding the glass, muttering to herself.
Xiao Chong smiled slightly, picked up his t-shirt, and walked while putting it on.
The gate opened, and Lin Wanwan looked at Xiao Chong, whose hair was still damp and appeared a bit lazy. She reached out and said, "This cup is yours, thank you. It’s sour plum juice inside, quite refreshing to drink in summer. You should try it."
Xiao Chong received it with a smile, and said casually, "Thank you, it already sounds very appetizing, I’ll try it later."
"Well, I won’t bother you. Goodnight." Lin Wanwan nodded slightly, waved her hand, and walked towards her own house.
"Goodnight."
Xiao Chong watched her leaving figure, his lips unknowingly curving into a smile.
The first month of study ended, and Lin Wanwan basically hadn’t interacted with her classmates, only exchanging a few words with the neighbors around her seat.
There were many faces and names of classmates that she couldn’t match.
Every day, whether in or out of class, she focused on studying diligently, unconcerned with other matters.
The only person she became very familiar with was Xiao Chong, the neighbor behind her desk.
This was because Xiao Chong brought her a cup of freshly ground soy milk every morning, saying that he couldn’t finish it alone, so they might as well share it.
Lin Wanwan would then give him a cup of sour plum juice every night as a return gift, and Xiao Chong would occasionally throw snacks to Lin Wanwan’s room through the study window.
Sometimes it was chocolate, sometimes fruit, other times packaged beef jerky or pork jerky.
Lin Wanwan expressed that this neighbor was truly enthusiastic, completely contradicting her deskmate Qi Bingqiong’s claim that Xiao Chong appeared gentle but was actually hard to approach.
Regarding the treats thrown her way, Lin Wanwan had expressed multiple times that there was no need, but the person opposite seemed to go his own way.
During the hot summer, her room had no air conditioning, only an old electric fan. Lin Wanwan couldn’t close the window and suffocate herself.
So gradually, she got used to it.
During this month, her neighbor had a strong presence everywhere, so to speak, "excelled in both literature and martial arts."
Not only did he achieve results surpassing those of the sports special admissions students at the school sports meet, but he also ranked first in the year-end mock exam at the end of the month, making Teacher Chen Guoyi smile widely.
The campus was filled with tales of Xiao Chong, and even though Lin Wanwan stayed "oblivious to things outside her window," she couldn’t ignore the gossip about him.
It was really because Lin Wanwan’s deskmate Qi Bingqiong was too skilled at sharing.
In the first month, Lin Wanwan also received quite a few love letters, but compared to Xiao Chong’s popularity, it was like comparing a small witch to a great wizard.
After all, Lin Wanwan’s academic performance in the class was only at the bottom, while he was the leading star.
Strangely, Xiao Chong, who was popular at school, was also like a fish in water in the neighborhood.
The security guards at the gate, the property staff all knew him, and would greet him every time he went in or out. Even Lin Wanwan’s grandpa had asked her to deliver a melon grown in his yard to him; truly a social butterfly, most people could only sigh in admiration.
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On the last day of the National Day holiday, because the class achieved brilliant results in the sports meet, Teacher Chen Guoyi fulfilled his promise and organized an autumn outing for the students.
In the morning, they went to the forest park to get close to nature, and in the afternoon, they visited the museum near the forest park to see genuine antiquities. This route was jointly discussed by Teacher Chen Guoyi and the class committee.
The forest park is located at the southern end of the main axis line of Chuzhou’s central urban area, completed the year before, and is open free of charge.
The museum next to it covers an area of 20 acres and is a rather famous private museum, built by a patriotic businessman, Lu Xinghua.
Most of its contents are the Lu family’s collections passed down through generations, along with some antique treasures bought overseas at auctions.
Since 2003, Lu’s Museum has been open to the public free of charge, and entrance is by reservation only.
Because it is said that the exhibits are all genuine, unlike some places that display imitations and hide the real items, the museum has strict limits on the flow, and the reservation is hard to secure due to the strict reviews.
Qi Bingqiong, as the vice class monitor, volunteered to take on the task of reserving this private museum.