Bonus (Revised)

The commendation ceremony during recess was a school-wide gathering held in the gymnasium. The principal gave a speech, talking about the glorious traditions of the affiliated high school and the many young heroes who had emerged from Affiliated High School. He talked about the Xinhai Revolution, the May Fourth Movement, and how people from the hometown of Comrade ** should carry forward this spirit in the new era. Finally, he gave special praise to Liu Chang'an and the three male classmates who rescued people together.

Although Bai Hui bore certain responsibilities as the organizer of the event, it was ultimately not her fault. Moreover, she remained calm and took prompt first aid measures when the incident occurred, demonstrating the high quality of a contemporary teenager, and was commended for it.

Bai Hui vividly recounted the situation, especially when describing how Liu Chang'an struggled underwater to push Zhao Wuqiang to the surface while she herself fainted. Her eyes glistened with tears of emotion, earning her enthusiastic applause from the audience.

Huang Shan was also proud, after all, they were all his students. He thought that Liu Chang'an had finally earned him some face before graduation... Teachers, like anyone else in the system or public institutions, care a lot about face.

The school decided to award Liu Chang'an 200,000 yuan, the three male students who saved the person would each receive 20,000 yuan, Bai Hui would receive 10,000 yuan, and Huang Shan, as the homeroom teacher, would also receive 10,000 yuan.

The reward was unexpected, as Huang Shan had only heard beforehand that the school would offer a substantial reward, but he did not expect it to be such a high amount.

Back in the classroom, the whole room went a little crazy. After all, this amount of money was a huge sum for the students, especially for Liu Chang'an. Everyone knew that he was an orphan, and this was 200,000 yuan that he could freely spend. How ardent and thirsty young men and women at this age were for financial freedom!

"Liu Chang'an, you absolutely have to treat us! Let's do it this weekend, St. Regis buffet!" Lin Xinhuai urged.

"You want a beating, don't you!" An Nuan sternly silenced the students who were egging her on. "Anyone who dares to ask Liu Chang'an to treat them to a meal will have their names sent to the broadcasting room and be publicly criticized throughout the school!"

And the St. Regis buffet costs over 400 yuan on weekdays, and over 600 yuan per person on weekends. That's no small amount. I only treated Lu Ning to a five-star hotel buffet once for his birthday, which cost just over 200 yuan per person. I only invited about 20 familiar classmates and friends, and they went in batches because many high-end buffet restaurants don't accept groups of more than ten people.

After all, it's a prestigious public school, and the Affiliated High School high school has a good school spirit. Everyone was just making a fuss; they didn't really expect Liu Chang'an to be so extravagant in treating them.

An Nuan, on the other hand, became the target of ridicule.

"You're already managing your wallet?" Zhang Taole said with a grin.

"It's the bride price, the bride price!" Miao Yingying teased.

"Forget about us, Liu Chang'an. You and An Nuan go to Wang Steak Steakhouse for steak."

"Go to the restaurants on Juzhou! The ambiance is great, and they're high-class!"

"The food at Juzhou isn't good. Let's go to Slope Street and eat fish maw instead. They also have a great frog and eel hot pot!"

An Nuan's cheeks flushed red. She stole a glance at Liu Chang'an, but he seemed indifferent, always smiling, and didn't look like he would help An Nuan out of the predicament. An Nuan simply slammed her hand on the table, chasing away all the jeering people.

"Let's have lunch together," An Nuan whispered to Liu Chang'an.

"Of course." It's only natural.

"You said you want to use 200,000 to buy practice problem sets, how many can you buy?" Gao Dewei, who had been pondering this question, looked up. "Do the math: is it more to buy test paper sets or book-sized practice problem sets? If you stack up A4-sized practice problem sets, how high would that be?"

"Did you trip over your head?" Miao Yingying rolled her eyes at Gao Dewei. "You silly goose, so adorable."

"I was joking, you know?"

"You can joke? You look like you're joking?" Miao Yingying really couldn't believe it. If Gao Dewei really had this much, Miao Yingying wouldn't be too surprised.

"If I had 200,000, I'd build an Alienware desktop with an i9-7980XE processor, 32GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD + 2TB hard drive, dual GTX 1080T 111GB dedicated graphics cards, and a 34-inch curved monitor for gaming. I'd still have over 100,000 left," Lin Xinhuai said with boundless anticipation, then a hint of regret. "If I'd known the prize was this big, I'd be willing to die at Yan'gui Lake."

"You're a real handful too!" Miao Yingying was even less polite to Lin Xinhuai, giving him a hard slap.

An Nuan was quite envious of Miao Yingying, because Miao Yingying treated Lin Xinhuai so well, and Lin Xinhuai always gave in to her. An Nuan remembered that when Liu Chang'an used to sit with her, she hit him, and he retaliated by bumping into her chest. Really!

Liu Chang'an returned to his seat. Bai Hui was scribbling on a piece of paper, seemingly planning how to spend the money. When Bai Hui noticed Liu Chang'an watching, she said somewhat embarrassedly, "I plan to spend it myself and not let my family know."

The bonus was deposited directly into his bank account, but it hasn't arrived yet... Liu Chang'an didn't have any plans at all. He knew very well that the reason this reward was so high was related to Ma Xingguo and Qin Yanan's visit to the school some time ago.

He didn't care about any of that. Zhao Wuqiang didn't come to school today, so it seems that his hand injury is serious enough to prevent him from taking the college entrance examination.

It's such a pity. There was nothing he could do when he was trying to save him; with such a large log falling on him, who could have saved him?

It's a pity, but that's fate, and it's also a form of growth.

"Let me treat you to lunch. Without you, I wouldn't have gotten the bonus, and if something really happened, I'd probably get punished by the school," Bai Hui said softly, because after Liu Chang'an sat down, Qian Ning and Lu Yuan's attention shifted to him.

Bai Hui suddenly felt annoyed. Why were they always staring at her like that? Couldn't they find something of their own interest to focus on?

"I made plans with An Nuan."

"Then next time."

Liu Chang'an still seemed indifferent to everything. Bai Hui wanted to ask him how he planned to spend the 200,000 yuan, but she felt that he didn't care about it at all.

Her mood wasn't very high. As a girl, she was still sensitive, and her intuition told her that Liu Chang'an seemed to have encountered something during the holiday. Although he usually seemed to be doing nothing, his gentle aura always made people feel as if a breeze was passing through the forest, making it more refreshing and pleasant. Unlike now, it seemed that the dense branches and leaves completely blocked the wind.

"Have the flowers bloomed on my face?" Liu Chang'an suddenly turned to Bai Hui and asked.

Bai Hui's cheeks flushed. She realized she had probably overthought things. Someone like Liu Chang'an, when faced with a flood, would probably just float with the current and then slowly decide whether to do the breaststroke or the butterfly stroke.

Liu Chang'an didn't pay much attention in class that morning, and neither did Bai Hui. They watched as Liu Chang'an drew a young woman in the style of the Republic of China era in his exercise book. Her features were captivating, and her charm seemed to be a vivid portrayal of her appearance, making one feel her emotions.

"Who is this?" Bai Hui couldn't help but ask.

"Su Mei."

Liu Chang'an and An Nuan went to lunch together.

The birds in the trees chirped and urinated and defecated wherever they pleased.

Liu Chang'an pushed a bicycle with bird droppings on the crossbar, An Nuan found a pink one.

Liu Chang'an followed behind An Nuan, watching her ride her bicycle. Her legs were on the pedals, and she hummed a folk song that seemed to drift in the wind. Her calves looked particularly long, pulling her rounded thighs along. Because she was sitting, the girl's well-developed curves were even fuller. As she twisted her waist, her Butterfly blades popped up, her shoulders swayed, and her long hair swayed like foxtail grass in the wind. Her two ears, slightly pinker than her skin, were quite cute. As Liu Chang'an brushed past her, he reached out and pinched her ear, then chuckled twice and pedaled the bicycle faster.

"You..." An Nuan's ears burned with embarrassment. How could a girl's ears be touched so casually? An Nuan quickly sped up to catch up, wanting to retaliate by pulling on his ear.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Liu Chang'an parked the car, and An Nuan caught up with him and successfully pulled his ear.

"I only found out today that you can swim a little, but don't be a half-baked swimmer anymore. I haven't bullied you enough yet," An Nuan said seriously, releasing his ear.

"When did you become able to bully me?" Liu Chang'an reminded her, somewhat surprised, "You're just imagining things."

"Get your point straight!"

The point is, I can swim, but you can't.

Is that the point?!

"Of course, you can find an excuse to ask me to teach you to swim during summer vacation, you silly girl."

"You're the stupid one..." An Nuan retorted instinctively, then came to her senses with a hint of surprise, "You're not going out to play during summer vacation?"

"Haven't you bullied me enough? Let's have a summer showdown and see who can bully whom."

"It must be me who bullied you!" An Nuan said happily, tugging at Liu Chang'an's sleeve.

The two entered the restaurant, ordered food, An Nuan took out a small wooden plaque tied with a red string from her bag and handed it to Liu Chang'an. "When I prayed to the Guanyin of the South China Sea, I got you a wishing plaque to bless your college entrance exam. Remember to take it with you when you enter the exam hall; it will protect you."

An Nuan carefully tied the red string to Liu Chang'an's hand first.

"I still have classes this afternoon, how am I supposed to do my homework with this hanging on?"

Are you doing your homework?

"All right."

Liu Chang'an's attitude was good today, and An Nuan was very satisfied. Actually, she had also asked for a wishing plaque related to love, but she was too embarrassed to take it out, and she didn't know if it would work... However, Guanyin Bodhisattva definitely didn't like a guy like Liu Chang'an, so maybe the wish would go astray... Pshaw, wishing on Liu Chang'an would be the one going astray.

Seeing the wishing plaque hanging on Liu Chang'an's hand, An Nuan couldn't help but think of her mother making a wish there so furtively. What about the wishing plaque she brought back? Well, even the wishing plaque for the college entrance exam was made by An Nuan herself. Who knows what she wished for?