Math professor returns to routine

Chapter 490 Arrows Moving Towards Each Other

Dark night, bright street.

Cold wind and noisy sounds.

After filling their stomachs, Lu You and his group didn’t linger for long before leaving the hot pot restaurant and starting their journey home.

Lu You and Zhang Zhichuang walked side by side in front.

"Brother Lu, look across the street! Nowadays, even plums have specialty stores!"

"You don't know much, do you? Not only is it a monopoly, it's also a chain store, and it's a time-honored brand."

"That's great! I'll go to the other side later and buy two bags to try."

"Two bags? Did you win the lottery?"

"What do you mean? Are plums expensive?"

"I went shopping with Tang Wan and bought some once. She didn't even look at the price and just scooped up two spoonfuls. Can you guess how much it was?"

"How many?"

"This number." Lu You made a six gesture.

"sixty?"

Lu You shook his head and said, "Be a man and multiply by ten."

"Hiss—six hundred!?" Zhang Zhichuang was so shocked that he almost jumped up. "What kind of plums can be so expensive? Did they come from the Tiangong space station?"

Lu You shook his head and said, "I don't know. Anyway, after buying plums there once, I would avoid plum shops whenever I saw one."

"Mr. Lu is extremely wealthy, but he can't even afford it?" Zhang Zhichuang asked in surprise.

"Whether you can afford it or not is one thing, and whether you are willing to eat it is another. This thing that costs hundreds of dollars doesn't taste special, and it doesn't provide emotional value. I admit that it was a rip-off the first time I bought it. After all, I have never eaten it, so I just regard it as paying tuition. If I have to buy it a second time, whoever wants to be the sucker can be the one, but I won't be."

As we talked, the time-honored plum shop was right before our eyes.

The simple blue bricks, dark dripping tiles and black background with gold line plaque fully demonstrate the style of this time-honored brand.

"Here we are. Are you planning on going in and buying two bags?"

"Forget it. These are the royal plums. Common people like us are only fit to look at them, not to eat them."

At this time, Zhang Zhichuang saw a stylishly decorated store not far ahead, with a store name consisting of a string of English letters.

"Brother Lu, what does that store sell?"

"Swiss rolls, there is a branch in Guangzhou. My mother was obsessed with it for a while and would buy two rolls every few days."

"Is it delicious?"

"It's OK. The skin is soft and the flavors are varied. Although there is a certain price premium, it is still much better than the plums just now."

"I believe you. Let's go buy two for a midnight snack. It's my treat."

Lu You raised five fingers and said, "The starting number is fifty per scroll."

Zhang Zhichuang remained silent on the spot.

"I suddenly felt that the five-dollar pineapple buns at school were really good value for money."

"I'm kindly reminding you that if you go shopping with Qin Xiyue in the future and see a store with stylish decoration like this, don't go in unless you have several thousand dollars in your card. Every one of them is filled with high-priced Assassin products."

"I remember that." Zhang Zhichuang nodded heavily. "Hey, does your mother still buy Swiss rolls now?"

“I haven’t bought it for a long time.”

"Tired of eating?"

Lu You had a complicated expression, a mixture of regret and pain, and said, "One time I was mean and said something that wasn't as good as what I made. From that day on, my mom never bought it again."

"My dear, this is it."

Lu You and Zhang Zhichuang were chatting about this and that. Bi Yangde followed behind them, using the two of them as a wall, looking down at his phone, deep in thought.

After some slightly awkward and unfamiliar greetings, he successfully obtained Xiao Airen's basic information and changed the remarks.

【Guanghua-Accounting-Xiao Airen】

After that, Bi Yangde was confused.

What should we talk about next? How should we talk? What tone should we use? Should we be polite or casual? What should we do if we accidentally step on a bad point?

I have never experienced this before and I am completely in the dark.

After much deliberation, Bi Yangde decided to consult his predecessors and learn from their experience.

Bi Yangde patted Lu You on the shoulder and said, "Master, I have a question to ask you."

"Hmm?" Lu You stopped and looked back, "What's the problem?"

"When you and Tang Wan first met, how did you chat? What topics did you use?"

Lu You opened his mouth and uttered a word, "Cat."

"cat?"

"We met because of our cat. Whenever I wanted to contact her, I would take a photo of my cat and send it to her. In most cases, she would reply immediately."

"Besides cats, are there any other tricks?"

"Haven't you heard that one trick can conquer all?"

Bi Yangde thought about it for a while and felt that Lu You’s method was not bad.

Girls are more emotional by nature, and cute animals can more easily touch their hearts.

But on second thought, the school has a clear rule that pets are not allowed in student dormitories. This trick can only be used when you go to a cat cafe or meet a wild cat senior, and it is not universally applicable.

"Hemorrhoids, where are you and Qin Xiyue?"

Zhang Zhichuang twisted his mouth and said arrogantly: "What can you call hemorrhoids? Call me uncle and I will guide you."

"forget it."

Bi Yangde would rather be single for the rest of his life than bow to Zhang Zhichuang.

This face is so disgusting!

"Lao Bi, let me ask you, what kind of two people do you think can chat together?" Lu You said.

Bi Yangde lowered his brows in thought, and tentatively replied: "Same-minded?"

"So, you know how to find a topic?"

Bi Yangde was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"understood!"

Bi Yangde's mind was immersed in his mobile phone, and his fingers tapped the screen quickly, making a slight "click-click-click" sound.

Zhang Zhichuang put his hands in his pockets and looked at Bi Yangde who was concentrating on editing the news. He seemed to see himself when he and Qin Xiyue had not yet confirmed their relationship and were separated from each other.

Thoughts are rolling like waves, emotions are surging and hard to suppress, and I wish the chat could go on forever.

"Brother Lu, do you think Xiao Bi's plan can be successful?"

Lu You didn't beat around the bush and replied bluntly: "It's hard to say. I know too little about the other party. I don't have enough known conditions to make an analysis."

"If it doesn't work, won't Xiao Bi's current behavior be very clownish?"

Lu You slapped Zhang Zhichuang on the back of the head without any warning.

"Ah! Why are you hitting me?" Zhang Zhichuang covered his head, looking confused.

"You deserve to be beaten!" Lu You gave Zhang Zhichuang a cold look and said, "Moving towards the unknown in your heart is called courage. Doing something knowing it is impossible and even deceiving yourself is called a clown. Or do you have the ability to predict the future?"

"That would be great if it were true!"

……

In a hotpot restaurant.

Xiao Airen ate the food absentmindedly. He would glance at the mobile phone next to him after taking two or three bites, for fear of missing out on important information.

Park Soo-young scooped up a spoonful of the boiled mutton rolls, picked up two slices and put them in Xiao Airen's bowl, and said in a motherly tone: "Just focus on eating. What's the big deal about eating while looking at your phone?"

Xiao Airen dipped the mutton roll in the sauce and put it into his mouth. Without even looking up, he said, "Head of the dormitory, you yourself usually keep your phone in your hand while eating. How dare you criticize me?"

Park Soo-young was silent for a few seconds and chose to skip this topic.

"How was your conversation with Yang Guo?"

"It went very smoothly! I have already asked about his major, class and name!" Perhaps because he was too happy, there was an obvious excitement in Xiao Airen's words.

Tang Wan looked at Xiao Airen with an amused look in her eyes and jokingly said, "Why don't you take advantage of the momentum and get the photo as well, and use it as your WeChat profile picture?"

"Ah? You want photos right after adding me on WeChat? Isn't that too fast?" Xiao Airen's cheeks felt slightly hot, and he said, "I want to meet a few more times and get to know each other better before asking for photos."

"Don't listen to Tang Wan's nonsense. She is just a fun-loving person who doesn't mind getting into trouble." Park Soo-young gave Tang Wan a warning look and continued, "Relationships are very personal matters. What others say can only be used as a reference. Just follow your own pace. Speed ​​doesn't matter."

Ding-dong-

The phone, which was in half-off state, lights up again.

There was new news, and Xiao Airen hurriedly looked down to check.

"What did you receive?" Park Soo-young asked.

After reading the message, Xiao Airen replied, "He asked me what I like to do in my spare time."

"Wow, you asked me about my hobbies! It seems like I'm quite interested in you!"

Xiao Airen was so delighted by Tang Wan's words that he couldn't stop the upward curve of his lips.

"Sister Wanwan, what do you think is a better response for me?"

"What do you think?" Tang Wan asked back.

"How about playing games? I see a lot of boys like playing games."

“What types of games have you played before?”

"Hmm..." Xiao Airen counted on his fingers and said, "I've played 2048, Connect the Dots, Fruit Cutting, Watermelon Combination, Subway Surfers... I think that's it."

Tang Wan's eyebrows twitched and she couldn't help but complain in her heart.

Which forest did this primitive man come from?

Tang Wan first heard about these games ten years ago when she was in the third grade of elementary school.

"You haven't played any games like League of Legends, Honor of Kings, or Game for Peace?"

"My family is very strict, so I don't have a chance to play! It's good enough to have one hour a week to use my phone freely!"

Tang Wan was only allowed to use her cell phone freely for one hour a week. She felt suffocated just by hearing about it and at the same time, she felt infinite gratitude towards Zhao Huijuan.

Thank you Ms. Zhao for your magnanimity and for giving me enough freedom to love you forever!

Liu Qingmeng didn't react much. Her family situation was special and she relied entirely on self-discipline to study. Besides, she seldom used her mobile phone before the college entrance examination. She could go without using it for a month, let alone a week.

Park Chae-young frowned and wanted to say something, but after careful consideration, she stopped talking.

The full picture is unknown and declined to comment.

"After the college entrance examination results came out, did your parents still control you strictly?" Park Soo-young asked.

"It's a little loose, but they still don't allow me to play with my phone every day. They say they're afraid I'll lose my ambition."

Tang Wan admired Xiao Airen from the bottom of her heart. In such a family environment, he was still able to grow up without any obvious psychological problems, and was successfully admitted to Capital University. He was definitely a legendary pressure-resistant king.

"In this way, you can directly reply that you like to read books and watch TV series, and then use this as a starting point to share the books you have read and the TV series you have watched, and recommend them to him. Once the relationship has a common point, it will be easy to develop in the future."

"I understand the logic, but will boys like the books and TV series we girls read?" Xiao Airen asked doubtfully.

Tang Wan thought for a while and said, "In fact, boys are very tolerant. As long as the work is not particularly shitty or crosses the psychological bottom line, they can generally accept it."

"Okay, I'll reply right away."

"As for the game, you can explore it on your own for a while and learn some basic knowledge, so as to avoid making a joke of mistaking The Legend of Zelda for Genshin Impact," Tang Wan added.

"I know about Genshin Impact. I saw its advertisement when I was reading novels. What kind of game is Zelda? Is it a domestic product? Is it as famous as Genshin Impact?" Xiao Airen tilted his head and asked in confusion.

Logan:......

"Let you finish the string."

"String? What do you mean?" Xiao Airen wrinkled her nose, always feeling that Tang Wan was saying bad things about her.

Tang Wan waved her hand and said, "It's okay, I'll reply to your message!"

(End of this chapter)