“Huh?” Bi Shi San froze for a moment, turning his head to look at Zhou Sheng Chen: “That’s right.”
Yu Hao paused his eating. He didn’t expect anyone to be able to give the correct answer the first time they heard this parable. It was simply too absurd.
Lu Qiao Chuan’s expression was one of complete bewilderment. What kind of crazy parable had a correct answer?
Xiao Hai Yang, having experienced the oddity of freshmen life for two years, burst into laughter: “This is amazing! Zhou Sheng Chen, how did you figure it out?”
Zhou Sheng Chen said calmly: “Because I and Bi Shi San are the same kind of people, so I can understand his parable.”
“The same kind of people?” Xiao Hai Yang looked at Zhou Sheng Chen with a puzzled expression.
Yu Hao and the others also focused their attention on Zhou Sheng Chen.
Zhou Sheng Chen said calmly: “Bi Shi San and I are both intelligent people, so I can understand his parable.”
Xiao Hai Yang: “…..Is that a way of saying I’m stupid?”
Yu Hao: “……”
Bi Shi San thought to himself: “This is a deep statement.”
Lu Qiao Chuan: “……I may have, should have, seemingly, perhaps understood it, so I am also an intelligent person.”
“You guys go ahead. I’m going to take a walk downstairs to digest. ” Zhou Sheng Chen got up and walked out.
“Don’t forget to pick up your training uniforms.” Lu Qiao Chuan reminded him.
“Got it!” Zhou Sheng Chen replied.
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Reaching the vicinity of the campus field, Zhou Sheng Chen discovered that it was full of trees and shaded ponds, a very beautiful environment.
Zhou Sheng Chen walked around the field for a while, and came to a small river.
This river was about ten meters wide, and the water flowed straight out of the school.
The surrounding environment was very natural, with birds singing their songs, bamboo trees shading the banks, and clear streams flowing along the path. The whole environment was tranquil and refreshing, making people feel comfortable and relaxed.
A river breeze blew by, bringing with it a touch of coolness and the fragrance of soil. Zhou Sheng Chen faced the wind, letting the river breeze gently brush his black hair.
“I didn’t expect the school to have such beautiful scenery, coming here was the right choice.” Zhou Sheng Chen walked towards the river with light steps.
He found a large rock by the water's edge, sat down on it, and without any hesitation, threw his slippers aside and put his feet into the cool river water.
“So comfortable!”
Zhou Sheng Chen suddenly lay down, leisurely enjoying the beautiful scenery of the sky.
The sky was like a clean wash, beautiful and stunning. The white clouds were like silk threads, dancing and flying freely, making him feel like he was in a dream.
The sunlight reflected on the calm surface of the river, leaving a crimson ribbon in the water. A bird dove into the water, causing the ribbon to ripple and turn into countless sparkling waves.
After playing around for a while, Zhou Sheng Chen put on his slippers, stepped onto the path by the river, and continued to stroll leisurely.
Suddenly, he noticed a familiar face sitting on an armchair not far ahead.
“Fan Xiao Yu?”
Zhou Sheng Chen looked at the beautiful woman, slightly frowning, because he noticed that her eyes were red and she occasionally shed a few tears.
Silently walking over to Fan Xiao Yu and sitting down beside her, Zhou Sheng Chen took out a tissue and handed it to her without saying anything.
Looking at the tissue that suddenly appeared in front of her, and then at the somewhat familiar person beside her, Fan Xiao Yu wiped away her tears, calmed down, and said: "Excuse me."
Zhou Sheng Chen comforted her: “Everyone has times when they are unhappy, there’s nothing to apologize for. Did you run into some difficulties? If so, you can tell me about it.”
Fan Xiao Yu shook her head and didn't say anything.
Remembering that Fan Xiao Yu had no money to pay tuition fees at the beginning of the semester, Zhou Sheng Chen said: “Is it because you’re short of money? If so, I think I can help a little.”
“No!”
Fan Xiao Yu flatly denied it.
Although she was indeed short of money now, she wasn't crying because of money.
However, if we were to get to the root of the problem, it did have a little bit to do with money.
The incident happened yesterday when Fan Xiao Yu went to pay her tuition fees.
At that time, when she swiped her card to pay, she was told that her balance was insufficient. As a rich girl, how could her card be insufficient for just tuition fees?
Fan Xiao Yu only needed to think about it for a second to realize that her father, Fan De Biao, had stopped her credit card.
The suspension of Fan Xiao Yu’s credit card was not an accident.
Her father, Fan De Biao, divorced her mother and immediately married a woman who was three months pregnant!
Fan Xiao Yu was so angry that she deliberately prepared a box of broken shoes for each person’s chair at the wedding venue, and also prepared a “surprise” video, which completely humiliated Fan De Biao.
Fan Xiao Yu wanted to get revenge for her mother, but her mother felt that her actions were too childish and would only result in her father's family assets being given to the mistress.
Her mother even forced Fan Xiao Yu to apologize to Fan De Biao.
But Fan Xiao Yu refused. She felt that her parents were already divorced and that the house and money had been given to her father during the property division. Now that she had even vented her anger, why would she need to apologize?
She could perfectly live a good life with her mother, with dignity.
But her mother felt that she had been wronged and didn't want to give up everything she had worked hard for to others. She kept urging Fan Xiao Yu to fight for her inheritance.
She was clearly doing it for her mother's sake, yet her mother still reprimanded her. Fan Xiao Yu was so wronged that she cried.
“I think it’s because you’re short of money.” Zhou Sheng Chen smiled, pulling out a wad of money from somewhere and stuffing it into Fan Xiao Yu's hand. “When you have money, remember to pay me back.”
Fan Xiao Yu quickly tried to return the money: “I really don’t...”
Zhou Sheng Chen pushed the money back again, looking at her steadily: “You need money.”
Fan Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, then still took the money. "I am currently facing a few small problems, and I will pay you back as soon as possible."
Zhou Sheng Chen smiled and nodded.
“Let’s add each other on WeChat. When I have money, I’ll pay you back.” Fan Xiao Yu took out her phone and said.
Zhou Sheng Chen opened his phone, added her on WeChat, saved her phone number, chatted with her for a few more sentences, and then left.
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Under the blazing sun, Zhou Sheng Chen joined the long queue to receive training uniforms.
Before Zhou Sheng Chen arrived, the person at the end of the line was Ren Yi Fan, the childhood friend of Lu Qiao Chuan and Zhong Bai.
As for Lu Qiao Chuan and Xiao Hai Yang from the same dorm, Zhou Sheng Chen didn't see them. He guessed they had already received their uniforms or were still hanging out in the dorm.
“Mr. Ren, you’ve been waiting for a long time.”
At this moment, Lu Qiao Chuan and Xiao Hai Yang walked over together. Then Lu Qiao Chuan apologized to Ren Yi Fan with a look of regret.
It turned out that Lu Qiao Chuan had made an appointment with Ren Yi Fan to come and collect training uniforms, but he had been delayed for some reason, so he apologized.
“No problem.” Ren Yi Fan shrugged and said very casually: “A student just felt that the training uniform didn't fit well, so he fought with the registration clerk for a while. It was quite exciting.”
“Here you go, this is yours.”
“Zhong Bai bought so many things, and she threw them all together. I spent a long time sorting them out before I could come here.”
Lu Qiao Chuan smiled, then handed a bag of things to Ren Yi Fan.
“The heavy burden of maternal love.” Ren Yi Fan said with a smile.
Then, under Xiao Hai Yang’s curiosity, Lu Qiao Chuan and Ren Yi Fan told him and Zhou Sheng Chen about their relationship with Zhong Bai.