novelraw Chapter 74 : Finally Shipped
Chapter 74 : Finally Shipped
Chapter 74: Finally Shipped
The “agitating method,” a tactic passed down since ancient times, although simple and crude, was extremely useful.
Of course, Professor Mu was not actually using the agitating method at all. She simply felt that Wang Chu was weak, very weak.
On the contrary, Wang Chu was provoked. You could say he was fat, but you could not say he was weak.
“Wait, you’re not tired?”
After Professor Mu left, Wang Chu looked at Lin Mo, whose forehead was sweaty but whose legs did not tremble in the slightest. He felt somewhat disheartened, not expecting such a big difference between them.
“Still okay. A couple of days ago, I was only a little better than you. Now it looks like the training is really working. Just didn’t expect you to be so weak. Even an old lady is stronger than you,” Lin Mo said with a laugh, completely forgetting how he had once doubted himself when he was crushed by that very old lady.
At present, he could already stand in one go for about ten minutes, mainly because he had slowly mastered the technique.
“Weak? Impossible. I just had a bad stomach from last night, diarrhea, that’s all. Wait till tomorrow when I recover, I’ll show you what it means to be a man of iron!” Wang Chu sat on the ground, his legs twitching every now and then, looking rather comical.
“Then this man of iron shouldn’t just sit there. Come on, let’s get breakfast, and bring one back for Sichuan Girl.” Lin Mo reached out, pulled Wang Chu up from the ground, and supported him toward the cafeteria.
On the way, Wang Chu looked like Old Wu No.2, the one who had a stroke, legs not obeying his command.
In the cafeteria, the two found a seat. Wang Chu, probably because he had emptied his stomach last night, ate noticeably more than usual for breakfast.
“Honestly, I don’t see the man of iron, but the rice bucket man is fully on display,” Lin Mo said with a laugh as he looked at the amount of food.
Wang Chu shot him a glare: “If you had diarrhea for two hours like me, you’d be eating just as much.”
They chatted casually, when suddenly Zhao Tingting appeared not far away with her food tray.
Both of them saw her, fell silent at once, then exchanged a glance.
After what had happened last night, with Wang Chu even forced to pray to Mazu, it had taken great resolve to give up. And now, meeting her again, honestly speaking, even Lin Mo, just an outsider, felt the awkwardness.
“Morning!”
Instead, Zhao Tingting greeted them openly, showing no sign of embarrassment.
“Mm, morning,” Lin Mo nodded in reply.
Wang Chu, however, only gave a nod, without saying a word, then lowered his head to continue eating.
Seeing Wang Chu’s reaction, Zhao Tingting looked a little unnatural, then carried her tray to sit at a seat further away.
“Impressive, Wang Chu, really decisive. To give up just like that—Mazu is truly mighty.”
When Zhao Tingting was out of earshot, Lin Mo whispered, looking at Wang Chu with new respect. After all, it was a girl he had liked for three years. If it had been Lin Mo, he was not sure he could have been so decisive.
“Mazu was one reason, but more importantly, before you came out last night, I thought long and hard, smoking nearly a whole pack.
You don’t smoke, so you don’t understand. When a man sits there smoking non-stop, by the time he gets up, he has already made a decision on a major matter of his life.
Different from alcohol-driven impulses, decisions made after smoking are always the result of deep thought. That was the case for me too.
So, when it’s time to cut, cut clean, no need to suffer. Mazu Empress had already given me that hint, so naturally, I had to hold my head high!”
Wang Chu spoke calmly, chewing on a bun.
“Not bad. Just a pity about the gift you bought yesterday. Must have cost a few hundred, right? If I’d known, we could’ve had a nice meal with Sichuan Girl instead!” Lin Mo laughed.
Wang Chu burst out laughing: “You call a few hundred a loss? That’s me making a profit!”
“True,” Lin Mo was taken aback, then quickly agreed with Wang Chu.
After all, if they really had gotten together, judging by Zhao Tingting’s previous boyfriends’ conditions, Wang Chu would have been bled dry. Compared to that, losing a few hundred was indeed a bargain.
After breakfast, they packed food for Sichuan Girl in the dorm. When they returned, Sichuan Girl already had a new “dad” today.
Lin Mo washed up, changed his clothes, and headed straight for the library with the Massage and Bone Setting (Intermediate Volume) and Brain Platinum.
After taking the supplement and boosting his brain, Lin Mo noticed his memory had improved again compared to yesterday.
Just a quick read-through of the book’s contents allowed him to remember most of it. This thing was practically a holy grail for liberal arts students.
Since he had already mastered the basics of massage and bone setting, he was no longer in a rush. He read leisurely, knowing that sooner or later he would master it fully. No need to spend the entire day in the library like yesterday.
By noon, students in the library were getting up one after another to head for the cafeteria. Lin Mo also planned to take a break.
But just as he stood up, a voice came from beside him:
“Lin Mo, heading to the cafeteria? Let’s go together.”
Seeing who it was, Lin Mo was stunned: “You were here too?”
He had not noticed Zhao Tingting at all, but as long as she did not disturb him, he did not care.
“Mm, came to look up some materials.”
As they spoke, they walked out of the library together.
“By the way, are you free tonight? Want to have dinner together? This time I’ll treat you alone, as an apology for last night.” Once outside the library, Zhao Tingting suddenly said.
Lin Mo’s face showed no expression as he replied coolly: “No need for an apology, it wasn’t your fault. And even if there really should be one, it should be to Wang Bo, don’t you think?”
Hearing this, Zhao Tingting looked flustered, forcing a slightly awkward smile. Lin Mo continued:
“Yesterday’s message you sent to Wang Bo—we all knew about it in the dorm. You should know he has feelings for you, right?”
“I only just found out yesterday. I already explained it then, don’t misunderstand, I...” Zhao Tingting quickly explained, but Lin Mo raised his hand to cut her off.
“I know. And precisely because of that, I don’t think badly of you. If you had known long ago that Wang Bo liked you, and yet you invited him to your birthday while having no interest in him, and then accepted his gift openly—then I would have despised you.
We may not be in the same class, but after all, we’ve been in the same major for three years. I don’t want to be too blunt, but things should remain as they were. Don’t you think?”
As he said, Zhao Tingting was not a bad person. She had not done anything wrong—at most, she had a little scheming.
As for seeking out boyfriends with good conditions, that was her own ability. To dislike her solely for that would be unreasonable.
Hearing this, Zhao Tingting looked uneasy. Clearly, with her emotional intelligence, she understood his meaning, and realized Lin Mo had no interest in her.
“I... I see. Alright then, I suddenly remembered something at the dorm. I’ll go first!”
With that, Zhao Tingting ran off. Lin Mo let out a sigh of relief. Finally, it was settled.
After lunch, Lin Mo returned to the dorm. He did not mention anything about Zhao Tingting, for the sake of Wang Chu’s dignity.
In the afternoon, under Sichuan Girl’s persistent coaxing, he drove them to see apartments with an agent.
Before he knew it, the afternoon had slipped away.
That night, at midnight, staring at the shopping page on his phone, Lin Mo’s hand trembled with excitement.
【AWP Sniper Rifle; 10 bullets; Eggplant, catch my sniper; ￥0.79】
【Electric Nose Hair Trimmer; one charge lasts a year; ￥1.8】
【Triple-folding Phone; triple-folding, fold however you want, always a screen; ￥7.6】
【Tongrentang Angong Niuhuang Pills (80 years old) *2; ￥10.8】
“Damn, finally shipped!”
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