novelraw Chapter 52 : Classmate, You Have to Be Strong
Chapter 52 : Classmate, You Have to Be Strong
Chapter 52: Classmate, You Have to Be Strong
Being surrounded by beauties on both sides was impossible, but at least imagining it was fine. After all, who hadn’t envied that guy with the curly instant-noodle hair?
Getting caught staring blankly at another man’s woman made Lin Mo feel embarrassed. How was this different from that classmate Xiao Huang drooling over the Iron-Lung Diva?
He quickly pretended to cough twice to ease the awkwardness, then took out the box containing the Nautilus and placed it on the table as he spoke:
“Cough cough, uh, Sister Rushuang, yesterday I didn’t know the price of this watch. It’s too expensive, maybe let’s just forget it. Anyway, you already bought me clothes.”
Looking at the box on the table, Liu Rushuang’s smile didn’t fade. Instead, she asked: “You don’t like it? How about I take you out and let you pick one yourself?”
“No no no, what I mean is, it’s too valuable. My classmate told me this watch is worth at least more than four hundred thousand. What I gave you isn’t worth that much at all.”
Lin Mo, though he had a bit of money in hand now, still carried the poor man’s mindset. He felt such an expensive thing was far beyond what he could afford.
Hearing that, Liu Rushuang pursed her lips, propped her chin with one hand, and gently stirred her Lafite with the spoon in the other. Her fingers were long and slender, a blessing to hand-lovers, but Lin Mo’s attention wasn’t on that at the moment.
“You know I don’t lack money. Besides, what you gave me never had a clear market price. Yuanyuan was just throwing out a number. Honestly, I even think she offered too little. You’re underestimating how attractive this thing is to women.”
In fact, Lin Mo knew this item was valuable in certain people’s eyes. But poverty had limited his imagination—consumption levels were simply not in the same league.
“But Sister Yuan, she...”
Before he could finish, Liu Rushuang waved her hand to cut him off: “Yuanyuan is Yuanyuan, I am me. We keep things separate. But do you really not want it? This is a men’s model. I can’t wear it, and it can’t be returned either. If you don’t take it... then the loss will be even bigger.”
Hearing that, Lin Mo felt conflicted. Finally, he gritted his teeth: “How about this—I still have more than two hundred thousand. If we count that along with what I gave you, consider it that I bought it?”
“Giggle giggle giggle—” Liu Rushuang laughed so hard her whole body trembled. She opened the watch box, grabbed his hand, and put it back on him. “Alright, alright, I won’t tease you anymore. You really can’t handle being teased. Look at you, acting so petty. It’s just a watch. Since I gave it to you, how could I take your money?
But~~~ the way you looked just now was actually pretty cute. Keep it up!”
Lin Mo: ...
He didn’t know how he looked in Liu Rushuang’s eyes just now, but describing him as cute—wasn’t that a bit disrespectful? How about we meet at Xuanwu Gate and fight it out? I’m afraid it’s you who wouldn’t dare.
After some thought, Lin Mo dug around in his pocket and placed three items on the table—two bottles and an envelope. The bottles were the small porcelain ones he had previously used to hold facial cleanser. Inside them were ten Poria Throat Lozenges, some Tujia Honey, and two scar removal patches.
“What’s this? Is it the same as last time...” Liu Rushuang, seeing him take out porcelain bottles again, thought it was another secret formula like before, looking somewhat excited.
“No, not this time. One is Poria Throat Lozenges for clearing phlegm and lungs. One is honey, to be brewed daily, good for detox and digestion. The last one is scar patches. All three things are very effective. I’ve tried them myself. Just take them as thanks for the watch.” Lin Mo lifted the Nautilus on his wrist as he spoke.
He had planned this earlier—if Liu Rushuang refused to accept, he would trade with her. In his eyes, these items were all quite valuable.
Especially the Poria Throat Lozenges. He had already eaten some himself and had most of the bottle left, planning to save it for his parents later, since his father was a long-time smoker.
As for why he didn’t mail it back home—it wasn’t that such things couldn’t be bought outside, but the effect was worlds apart. He was afraid his parents would treat it like an ordinary product and toss it.
Hearing his explanation, Liu Rushuang glanced at him in slight surprise, then opened each one to check. Finding that they weren’t the same as last time, she looked a little disappointed.
Then, seeing Lin Mo’s determined expression, she picked up the envelope with a smile: “I’ll accept this then—the scar patches sound good. As for the other two, forget it. Sister already has honey at home.”
Hearing that, Lin Mo nodded. He could tell Liu Rushuang didn’t care much. Accepting the so-called scar patches was just her way of acknowledging his sincerity.
As she said, with her wealth, the honey in her home was top-grade. She wouldn’t drink this. And those loose Poria Throat Lozenges—at the end of the day, they were medicine.
Forget the wealthy and powerful—even ordinary folks wouldn’t casually eat medicine without proper branding. What if it harmed them? That kind of thinking was normal.
As for the scar patches—since they didn’t need to be ingested, were easy to carry, and easy to keep, she accepted them.
Since she hadn’t witnessed the effects herself, Lin Mo didn’t insist. He gave them, she didn’t take them—that was no longer his problem.
After accepting the envelope, both were satisfied. Lin Mo then treated her to lunch at a restaurant downstairs from her company. The two had a simple meal together. After all, he couldn’t just let her gift stand and not reciprocate.
By the time he returned to school, it was already two in the afternoon. At the supermarket near the back gate, Lin Mo bought some fruit and headed back.
Just as he reached the dorm building and was about to go upstairs, he heard someone calling him.
“Classmate, classmate!”
Lin Mo turned and saw the Dormitory Supervisor Auntie at the duty room door, softly calling to him while glancing around nervously.
“What is it, Auntie? Is something wrong?” Lin Mo asked.
Hearing this, the Dormitory Supervisor Auntie stepped forward, pulled him outside the dorm, and whispered, hesitant:
“Classmate... Auntie... Auntie doesn’t know how to say this. You have to be strong!”
As she spoke, her eyes toward him showed pity.
Lin Mo: ???
“What’s wrong with me? What do you mean, Auntie?”
He was truly baffled. Why was she telling him to be strong?
“Strictly speaking, this isn’t something Auntie should interfere in. I wasn’t even going to question you bringing your girlfriend into the dorm. But Auntie really couldn’t stand by anymore. Your... your little girlfriend is with another male student in the dorm behind your back. The two are being intimate right now, going at it wildly.” The Dormitory Supervisor Auntie said with a troubled face.
“What?” Lin Mo exclaimed.
Seeing this, the Auntie quickly tried to calm him down: “Child, listen to Auntie. Don’t be impulsive. At worst, just break up. But don’t resort to violence—it’s not worth it for that kind of girl!
Yesterday when you fought, I thought you were in the wrong. But now it looks like you must have found something out, right? Auntie was wrong. You should’ve given her a good beating.”
Lin Mo: ...
By now, he had already guessed what was going on.
The Dormitory Supervisor Auntie even accompanied him upstairs, afraid he might lose control and do something irreversible.
As soon as they reached the dorm door, a familiar voice came from inside.
“Baby, you smell so good!”
Lin Mo: ...
Dormitory Supervisor Auntie: →_→ (See? Auntie wasn’t lying.)
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