A Girl of Serene Grace
As Liu Chang'an returned in the morning light, he encountered the girls who had finished breakfast and were also coming back. Bi Wanwan greeted Liu Chang'an, while Liu Chang'a Zhao Xiaotong glanced at Liu Chang'an indifferently before turning her eyes away. As if she had thought of something, she smiled in another direction, revealing a soft and charming profile.
Liu Chang'an thought for a moment. An Nuan had made many requests of him today, but she hadn't mentioned how to deal with Zhao Xiaotong. So, she probably had no requests. Therefore, Liu Chang'an ignored them and left after a forced smile.
"He's so arrogant!" Ding Lin exclaimed.
"If I were that awesome, I'd be even more arrogant than him," Gu Meng remarked.
"When you all have boyfriends, you'll all hope they act all high and mighty when they're around other girls," Bi Wanwan said knowingly. "Let me tell you something. There used to be a really pretty girl in our class. Everyone said Liu Chang'an had a crush on her for three years. Then one time at karaoke, a lot of people confessed to her. She actually liked Liu Chang'an too and was waiting for him to confess. But Liu Chang'an just said that the girl he'd liked for three years was An Nuan. That made the girl so angry that now she wants to compete with An Nuan and steal Liu Chang'an away."
Wow, that's amazing!
That's really embarrassing!
Is that girl still at our school?
"Then I can't say!"
"That can't be a coincidence, it's too dramatic."
Yin and Yang give rise to Taiji, Taiji gives rise to Liangyi, Liangyi gives rise to Sixiang, Sixiang gives rise to Bagua, and this is Bagua. As for how it was passed down, that is naturally not important, because before Yin and Yang there was chaos, which is a mess.
"No man is immune to infidelity. Many men are all talk and no action, but they'll seize any opportunity to ask for your WeChat." Zhao Xiaotong scoffed as she listened to these stories. "Maybe that woman has already hooked up with Liu Chang'an, An Nuan just doesn't know."
The other girls looked at Zhao Xiaotong, feeling that what she said was inappropriate. Zhao Xiaotong quickly smiled and said, "Just kidding, you didn't take it seriously, did you?"
Girls don't easily fall out over gossip from third parties, so no one said anything and they went home together.
Liu Chang'an went to a store to buy shoes.
The open campus is dotted with many shops and supermarkets of all sizes, many of which are owned by faculty and staff family members. Liu Chang'an walked into one and asked about shoes for military training. The shopkeeper was prepared, as this kind of business happens every year at this time. He casually pointed to a shelf in the corner and told Liu Chang'an to find some.
Liu Chang'an found a pair and saw Yan Qingcheng walk in as well.
"Good morning." Yan Qingcheng hesitated for a moment before greeting Liu Chang'an.
"Good morning." Liu Chang'an went to pay the bill and also grabbed a bottle of orange juice.
Yan Qingcheng and glanced at Liu Chang'an's orange juice.
It feels weird for a person with the word "orange" in his name to always drink orange juice when he meets her, but it should be considered normal. After all, there are many people with the word "orange" in their name, and there are also many people who like to drink orange juice.
"Are you... are you going to participate in military training today?" As the person in charge of military training, Yan Qingcheng asked out of a sense of responsibility.
"Join."
Why did you buy shoes?
"A pair is broken."
Yan Qingcheng nodded, looked at the new shoes in Liu Chang'an's hand, opened her mouth and said, "Actually... actually I can repair shoes."
"Huh?" Liu Chang'an held his orange juice, somewhat surprised, because this was truly a skill that very few people could master.
"But it's nothing. It's normal for a young master like you to just replace it when it breaks." After saying that, Yan Qingcheng turned and walked away in another direction without looking back.
Liu Chang'an felt bewildered. How did he become a rich young master? He clearly exuded the air of a simple, frugal, and poor scholar. This was his self-perception in life. Yan Qingcheng's words made him somewhat unhappy.
While it's rare to see someone who can repair shoes, is it really that remarkable? Liu Chang'an happens to be able to do it too. Speaking of shoe repair, it's something that has evolved with the progress of human civilization.
For example, in ancient times, humans often went barefoot, and going barefoot in tropical regions made it easy to get parasites. Some people's feet would develop a thick layer of grime, which could be scraped off over time, revealing many worms that had burrowed into their flesh. This situation still exists in Africa today, where shoe repair involves scraping the feet.
Shoe repair officially became a profession when humans learned to make handcrafted shoes such as woven shoes, wooden shoes, animal skin shoes, and cloth shoes, and shoemakers emerged during this period.
Often, being a shoemaker means not only repairing shoes but also making them. In times of economic prosperity, more people are willing to be shoemakers rather than simply repairers. In modern society, a pair of shoes is rarely carefully maintained and worn for three to five years, requiring repairs for another three years, making shoe repair a rare skill.
Some people buy sneakers but are reluctant to wear them. If they accidentally get them rained on or washed and they fade or get stained, they might wonder if there's any possibility of repair.
Most of the time, shoes should be thrown away or replaced when they are worn out. Looking at his new shoes, Liu Chang'an couldn't help but think that he was really good at integrating into the lives of ordinary people. He was so meticulous and impeccable.
After finishing the orange juice, Liu Chang'an threw the bottle into a trash can fifty meters away.
Liu Chang'an went to his dormitory to change his shoes, then read for a while before going to meet up with Sun Shutong and Qin Zhiqiang at the retired faculty and staff activity center.
"I've saved up 5600 diamonds, just enough for twenty pulls. In a couple of days, there will be a rate-up event for Judas's Oath and Otto's Stigmata. Maybe I'll get them in one pull..." Qin Zhiqiang said, using game terms that others couldn't understand, and was quite pleased with himself.
At noon, everyone went to the cafeteria for lunch. Sun Shutong saw Wei Xuanyi and Yan Qingcheng sitting on either side of a long table, so he went over and sat down with them.
Wei Xuanyi said he wanted to discuss it with Yan Qingcheng. Other colleges and classes were very active in holding various social events and class activities, so he wondered if their class should consider doing the same.
Wei Xuanyi does have some organizational skills in this regard... Many abilities demonstrated in university actually rely on enthusiasm and initiative; whether this reflects future potential is hard to say.
Seeing Liu Chang'an sit down, Wei Xuanyi couldn't help but glance at Liu Chang'an's plate, which contained only an ordinary dish and a soup.
Across from her, Yan Qingcheng seemed to be from a truly modest family, so she only ordered stir-fried green beans with pork and a complimentary seaweed soup.
Liu Chang'an also had stir-fried green beans with pork and seaweed soup.
Yan Qingcheng also saw Liu Chang'an's plate, paused for a moment, picked up the soup bowl and took a sip.
"Liu Chang'an, what a coincidence! You and Yan Qingcheng are really on the same wavelength. You ordered the exact same dishes and soup. We both ordered seaweed soup. Do you have something going on?" Wei Xuanyi really wanted to bring up what he had seen yesterday, but remembering Yan Qingcheng's warning, he held back.
"What are you talking about?" Yan Qingcheng looked at Wei Xuanyi expressionlessly. "I don't like jokes like that."
"Don't take it so seriously... Really, you can't even joke around with me," Wei Xuanyi said somewhat awkwardly.
"Forget it, forget it. Liu Chang'an has a girlfriend. It's really inappropriate for you to say that." Ever since Wei Xuanyi became the person in charge of military training, Sun Shutong has also felt that Wei Xuanyi sometimes takes himself too seriously and gets arrogant.
After exchanging a few words, the group realized that Liu Chang'an had no reaction at all. Turning their heads, they found that Liu Chang'an was looking in another direction of the cafeteria, where a girl in a lake-green dress was sitting. There was a plate in front of her, and she was holding a book in her hand, which was covering her face. A strand of hair was swaying on the edge of the book, and her forehead was covered with neat bangs. She had a gentle and serene scholarly air about her.