"Another year's big exam was over..."
Chen Shu munched on a peach while watching the news and muttered, almost to himself, "What's with all these students being interviewed? I remember the post-exam interviews used to be pretty serious. People either said they hadn't done well or were brimming with confidence. Why's everyone doing comedy bits now?"
Ning Qing came up behind him and rubbed his closely cropped head. After he ducked away, she sat down beside him.
"What do you think, Student Ning?"
"Who are you calling Student Ning?"
"Childish."
"Tch..."
Chen Shu took another bite of his peach and shook his head. "Still, they're nowhere near as good as I was back then... Tsk. They don't know how to ride a celebrity's fame or use public opinion. With ordinary jokes like these, they'll never go as viral as I did."
"Show-off!"
"This peach is delicious!" Chen Shu stole a glance at her and rested a hand on her thigh. It felt warm and soft. "Want one?"
"Woof?"
Not far away, White Cat craned its neck to look over.
Ning Qing said nothing. Her expression remained mild; since he said they were good, she casually picked one up.
The peaches had been sent by Master Tongdeng, from the trees on the mountain at New Orthodox Temple. Only after receiving them had Chen Shu realized it was already peach season. Master Tongdeng had sent enough to last them the year.
"Slurp!"
Ning Qing bit into it. Juice flooded her mouth.
She had heard that the mountain covered in peach trees at New Orthodox Temple was a thousand years old. Did that make this a variety from a thousand years ago, too? Perhaps that was why the peaches were small, only about the size of an egg, and looked fairly ordinary. But