Night.
Guo Kunnan carried his backpack and walked forward step by step beneath the grand curtain of night.
Though his task was merely to buy beer for his classmates, he felt like an envoy sent to negotiate between warring nations, bearing an enormous mission.
It was the first day of school, and the Snack Street outside was bustling. Stalls stood packed together—Miao Village Diao Zha Bing, Roasted Cold Noodles, Spicy Hot Pot, fried skewers—everywhere filled with enticing aromas. Young-looking freshmen crowded around the stalls buying food like hungry chicks waiting to be fed.
Guo Kunnan ignored the boys, while the girls remained in his heart. He really wanted to tell those girls that the Oden from that stall was bad and they should not buy it, but unfortunately, he held himself back.
Guo Kunnan compared himself to Yu the Great, who passed his home three times without entering. He cast sidelong glances all the way as he headed toward a small shop in the distance.
He did not go to Yucai Supermarket, because he would always remember what Cui Yu and the others had said: every penny they spent there now would become a bullet Wei Xiuyuan fired at Dong Jiayi in the future!
Ma Ge and Cui Yu, who had once made that vow with him, had long since broken their word. Yet Guo Kunnan alone remained as he had always been.
He was a real man! Guo Kunnan stepped into another shop. There were many customers inside, with plenty of students lining up to buy daily necessities—basins, towels, shampoo.
Guo Kunnan boldly scooped up a case of ice-cold beer. He held it in his arms and stood there proudly, standing out from the crowd as the students around him cast strange looks his way.
A case held twelve