newbobooks Chapter 227 Secret Competition
Chapter 227 Secret Competition
Nan Qiao was a little surprised. Did Fang Xuyao go straight to the store after taking a break from military training? If he didn't run faster, there was no way he could grab so much water.
Fang Xuyao placed the water on the ground. His eyes softened instantly when he saw Nan Qiao. He said, "Four bottles of water are definitely not enough for you to drink this afternoon. Here, this much is definitely enough."
As he spoke, he neatly opened the outer packaging of the mineral water, took out a bottle, skillfully unscrewed the cap, and handed it directly to Nan Qiao.
Seeing this, Nan Qiao took it and said softly, "Thank you."
The gathering of handsome men and beautiful women immediately attracted the attention of the people around them, who couldn't help but exclaim and whisper.
Zhang Xin's eyes darted between Jiang Linkai and Fang Xuyao several times, the gossipy look on his face becoming more and more intense, as if he was silently concocting all kinds of fantastic plots in his mind.
Chen Jing and Xu Qing looked at Nan Qiao with great interest. Both Nan Qiaos extended olive branches to them. I wonder how Nan Qiao would respond?
Chen Wanning returned to the playground empty-handed and feeling disappointed. She had thought that with her beauty and initiative, she could at least get a bottle of water from Fang Xuyao, even if it was just to catch his attention briefly.
But she didn't expect the other party to be so disrespectful to her and directly refused.
This made Chen Wanning, who had never been rejected since childhood, immediately become popular.
She kept comforting herself that Fang Xuyao treated everyone the same and no girl was special, so she would always have a chance.
But when she returned to the playground, what caught her eye was the scene of Fang Xuyao personally unscrewing the cap of the mineral water bottle and handing it to Nan Qiao.
At that moment, Chen Wanning felt a sour feeling rising from the bottom of her heart and quickly spreading throughout her body.
The feeling of humiliation was like a surging tide, completely drowning her.
Her cheeks turned red instantly, and her delicate red lips were tightly bitten by her pearly teeth. She glared at Nan Qiao fiercely, her eyes full of jealousy and unwillingness.
Then he turned around and ran away quickly.
Here, a hint of displeasure flashed across Jiang Linkai's face. He frowned slightly and said to Fang Xuyao, "I went too late. The boss refused to sell me more."
"I didn't expect that Mr. Fang would be so generous. It was my fault for not considering it carefully enough." Although there was humility in his words, there was also a hint of unwillingness to be outdone.
Fang Xuyao ignored Jiang Linkai's words and just looked at Nan Qiao intently, with an uninhibited smile on his lips: "What else do you want to eat? I'll go buy it for you."
Seeing Fang Xuyao so enthusiastic, Nan Qiao didn't bother to be polite with him. She rolled her eyes and said crisply, "I want some ice cream too. Can you bring one for each of my roommates?"
The original rebellious look on Fang Xuyao's face disappeared in an instant, and he nodded obediently like a tamed little animal.
Without hesitation, he turned around and ran towards the store, his back revealing a hint of joy.
Zhang Xin and several roommates witnessed this scene and were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped to the ground. After being stunned for a moment, they quickly exchanged meaningful glances, and the same thought popped up in their minds at the same time: There must be something fishy about these two people!
Jiang Linkai also keenly noticed the unusual atmosphere between Nan Qiao and Fang Xuyao at the moment. This feeling was completely different from how the two of them interacted at his grandfather's birthday party!
He couldn't help but frown slightly, and his expression became a little ugly.
Jiang Linkai felt like a stone was blocking his heart, and finally couldn't help asking, "You and Fang Xuyao...when did your relationship become so good?"
He originally wanted to ask, are you together with Fang Xuyao?
But it was too abrupt. He and Nan Qiao were just ordinary friends and had no special status to ask so directly, so he had to ask in a different way.
Nan Qiao was slightly startled when she heard Jiang Linkai's question, then smiled and replied easily, "Really? Maybe we've been interacting with each other recently and have become more familiar with each other. He's actually not as difficult to get along with as he seems."
Jiang Linkai looked at her calm expression. Although he didn't believe it, he didn't dare to ask any further questions.
Not long after, Fang Xuyao hurried back, not only carrying a bag full of ice cream, but also bought some extra snacks.
There were beads of sweat on his forehead, but he didn't care. He walked straight towards Nan Qiao and handed the thing to her.
Nan Qiao distributed the ice cream to her roommates one by one, and finally opened the package and said, "It's delicious, thank you."
Fang Xuyao nodded without saying anything. He just looked at Jiang Linkai proudly and opened the water he bought for himself and started drinking it.
"By the way, how did you get into Peking University?" Nan Qiao was eating ice cream when she suddenly remembered something and asked Fang Xuyao, "Did Grandpa Fang pay for you to get in?"
Fang Xuyao was a little angry, and said with his hands on his hips, "What do you mean I paid money to get in? I passed the exam to get in."
"Aren't you the school bully?"
"So what if you're a school bully? Who says bullies have bad grades?" Fang Xuyao snorted. "During the months you were absent from class, I always ranked first in the monthly exams."
Nan Qiao was shocked. She didn’t expect Fang Xuyao to be the top student in the grade. She really didn’t know this!
As expected, some people can just play around and still get good grades. This kind of genius must be Fang Xuyao.
The halftime break soon arrived, and the sharp assembly whistle startled all the freshmen. Then the freshmen sighed helplessly and slumped back to their seats.
Before the instructor gave any instructions, Zhang Xin hurriedly approached Nan Qiao and asked curiously, "How did you get to know so many handsome guys?"
Nan Qiao replied casually, "They are all students from No. 1 High School, alumni, so naturally they know each other."
Zhang Xin suddenly understood and nodded, "So that's how it is."
The military training continued, the sun was scorching high in the sky, as if it was going to melt the earth.
The instructor first organized everyone to practice marching, requiring that each step be highly consistent and the pace be neat and powerful.
Chen Wanning was secretly competing with her, deliberately raising the height of her legs, hoping to overwhelm Nan Qiao in momentum, but after taking a few steps, she lost her rhythm because of excessive force.
In contrast, Nan Qiao walked steadily, each step precisely on the rhythm point, his posture was as straight as a pine tree, and his arms swung naturally and powerfully, attracting admiring glances from the instructor next to him.
After the goose-stepping, it was time for training to stand at attention. Chen Wanning wanted to stand out and be praised by the instructor, so she forced herself to stand up straight with a stubborn look on her face.
However, as time passed, sweat slid down her cheeks and dripped onto the hot ground.
Her legs began to tremble slightly and her eyes became wandering.
Like most of her classmates, Chen Wanning couldn't stand it and took a break.
But Nan Qiao was like a statue, motionless, looking straight ahead with a firm gaze, as if he could not feel the scorching sun or the length of time, and was praised by the instructor again.
During the subsequent military boxing practice, Chen Wanning vowed to defeat Nan Qiao this time.
In order to show off, she punched with great force, but because her movements were not standard, she stumbled and almost fell, looking very embarrassed.