novelraw Chapter 672: Poor Soul~
Chapter 672: Poor Soul~
After dinner, the group hurried towards the horse stables and rabbit shed.
When they arrived, all the horses in the stables were still wandering about in the ranch; Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, and Sheng Qingyan each had to split up and lead the horses back to their stalls, tie them up, before they could start cleaning.
The horses raised on the ranch were full of wildness and didn’t cooperate at all, and every day the students had to expend half a day’s effort to get all the horses back. Later on, after suffering many setbacks, the students found a method. As the saying goes, "capture the leader to capture the gang," and once they subdued the lead horse, the others fell in line. This improved their efficiency.
Nevertheless, it still took them about one hour to finish cleaning the stable.
Afterward,
the group rushed to the rabbit shed in a hurry.
Now that Ji You had five free helpers, cleaning the rabbit shed was much faster.
When they arrived at the rabbit shed, they unexpectedly ran into Lin Lele, who was supposed to be responsible for another area of the rabbit shed. Ji You was a bit puzzled: Why had Lin Lele come to her side? It wasn’t usually easy to get her to come over voluntarily.
Could it be—were there other people in the rabbit shed?
Here, seeing Ji You and her group, Lin Lele’s face showed a trace of displeasure, and she didn’t even greet them. With a huff, she turned her head and left.
Yue Qiguang grabbed his hair, annoyed: "Just seeing her face makes me feel physically sick."
Yue Qiyuan clenched his fist: "Itching for a fight."
Chu Jiaojiao glanced sideways at the two and scolded: "Cowards! You don’t even dare to fight back when bullied by a girl."
Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan: "..."
Yue Qiguang exploded: "Anyone can talk big. You haven’t had to deal with such a complicated and troublesome relative. If I really give her a beating, her grandma, her mom would cry at our house ’til the end of time..."
Sheng Qingyan clicked his tongue twice, and chuckled: "Poor thing..."
"Cough cough..." Ji You cleared her throat to interrupt them and said, "Stop talking such nonsense. You big and rough men gossiping behind a girl’s back, that’s not nice. Hurry up and get the work done."
"Cough cough..." Chu Jiaojiao coughed softly, protesting: "Ji You, I’m not a rough man, I’m a girl."
This statement made the atmosphere on the scene slightly odd.
Then—
Ji You, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, Sheng Qingyan, Shen Changqing all opened their mouths in unison: "You’re not."
Chu Jiaojiao: "..."
Yue Qiguang casually added insult to injury: "You’re not even a person."
Chu Jiaojiao clenched her fists tighter, her tone carrying a hint of menace: "Yue Qiguang, say that one more time!"
Yue Qiguang put on his mask, changed into a cleaner’s uniform, and immediately ran a few meters away: "Dad’s not bullshitting with you."
Chu Jiaojiao snorted and cursed: "You’re just scared to fight me!"
Ji You glared at them and scolded: "Are you going to clean or not? Time is money, time is life! Time isn’t for you to waste like this."
Chu Jiaojiao immediately came closer, grinning: "Ji You is right, I’ll go clean right now. Little bunnies... your Sister Jiao Jiao is coming..." Saying this, she hopped away like a little girl.
Ji You raised her hand to her forehead: This Jiaojiao, you say she’s a girl, but she isn’t.
If you say she isn’t, sometimes she truly is.
In any case—
Upon verification, she can only be classified as—an unidentified species!
Ji You, dressed neatly, was also ready to start cleaning. She chose an area where the rabbits were a bit more obedient. As she was taking a detour there, preparing to squat down, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught sight of a curled-up figure.
Ji You jumped in fright: "Holy shit! Dude, are you a person or a ghost?"
The person curled up in the corner, clearly also startled by Ji You’s alarm, lifted his head, exposing his entire face
—Beautiful and pale.
It was Liu Fufeng.
He squatted in the corner, holding two pure white rabbits in his arms, gently stroking the rabbits’ fur with slender fingers, very softly, very tenderly...
Ji You was momentarily speechless, then couldn’t help but ask, "Student Liu Fufeng, what are you doing squatting here?"
A clear annoyance flashed through Liu Fufeng’s dark eyes. He gently patted the rabbit in his arms and muttered, "Student Ji You, you’re speaking too loudly, you scared the little rabbit."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You felt a bit embarrassed for being criticized for her loud voice, and noticing the two trembling little rabbits in Liu Fufeng’s arms, she realized the rabbits were very small, probably just born today. Which rabbit had given birth to them? She leaned in closer and exclaimed with surprise, "So it was number 888 that gave birth."
Each rabbit here had its own number for identification. Having managed this section for some time, Ji You was of course somewhat familiar with the rabbits. As soon as a little rabbit is born, the rabbit shed’s automated management system would assign it a number straight away, so there was no chance of a mistake. But after a moment of thought, Ji You couldn’t suppress her curiosity and said, "I remember that number 888 is a grey rabbit."
"The male rabbit used for breeding is also a grey rabbit."
"How did it end up giving birth to two white rabbits? Isn’t this like a giant green hat scenario?" Ji You started to grumble.
Liu Fufeng stopped petting the rabbits and suddenly started coughing, "Cough cough..."
The coughing became more and more severe.
Ji You was startled, and seeing the two little rabbits were about to fall, she quickly took them from his hands. After carefully placing the rabbits to one side, she then went to support Liu Fufeng.
With one hand on the wall, Liu Fufeng refused Ji You’s support.
Seeing this, Ji You didn’t insist and asked, "What’s wrong? Do you have some kind of respiratory problem? If so, you shouldn’t come to the rabbit shed, because there’s rabbit fur everywhere here, and the rabbits are quite lively."
Liu Fufeng shook his head, took about 30 seconds to ease his breathing, and then opened his mouth to say, "It’s not that."
Two words, both spoken lightly and weakly, sounding breathless...
Hmm?
Ji You frowned, "Are you sick?"
Liu Fufeng shook his head again, but his pale complexion couldn’t hide anything.
Ji You said, "Let me call an ambulance from the school for you."
At this moment, others began to gather around. Seeing Liu Fufeng’s frail appearance, as if a gust of wind could knock him down, and noting his obviously labored breathing, Chu Jiaojiao and the others didn’t get too close, giving him enough space to breathe.
Liu Fufeng then took a good while longer to catch his breath before shaking his head again and saying, "Thank you, but there’s no need. I have medicine in my car."
After that, he let go of the wall and prepared to leave.
Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, and others all furrowed their brows—
Liu Fufeng had just taken two steps when he turned to Ji You and said, "Student Ji You, those two rabbits are innately weak. You need to be careful with them."
Ji You said, "Hurry and take your medicine. Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of them." These newly born rabbits would contribute to Teacher Mu Jianling and others’ commissions; she definitely couldn’t be careless. If anything happened, Teacher Mu and his colleagues would surely find an excuse to deduct her money.
Upon hearing this, Liu Fufeng finally started walking away slowly.
One step.
Two steps.
Three steps.
...
Liu Fufeng left the rabbit shed, and Ji You and the others watched him, making sure he was truly alright before they turned back around.
Chu Jiaojiao furrowed her brows and commented, "Student Liu Fufeng’s health is so poor; no wonder he didn’t attend the assessment today."
Shen Changqing pondered for a moment and said, "The school should have already exempted him from all assessments; they will directly issue him a diploma at the end."
Yue Qiguang tightened his brows and said, "Dad would not be jealous at all; it’s better to have a healthy body. Otherwise, being so fragile and sickly all the time, I couldn’t stand it."
The others thoroughly agreed. Although being able to obtain a diploma without the hardship of studying or training was somewhat enviable, putting oneself in Liu Fufeng’s shoes and actually having such frail health — no longer being able to hop around, to fight wholeheartedly on the battlefield...
That life—
Would be tough!
For a time, everyone felt an immense sympathy for Liu Fufeng.
Poor guy~