CHAPTER 352: CHAPTER 352: COMFORT FROM MY FRIENDS

Chapter 352

When Ji You heard this, her face immediately blossomed into a smile, and she couldn’t resist saying, "Classmate Chen Yan, I didn’t expect that not only are you beautiful, but your taste is also exceptionally good. This really shocked me. I’ve made up my mind, from now on, I’ll only charge you half the standard fee for proof."

Chen Yan: "..."

What the heck?

Normally, shouldn’t it be no charge at all?

Ji You laughed heartily, "Not charging is impossible, impossible in this lifetime. Even if you are really beautiful and have long legs, it’s still impossible."

Chen Yan: "Goodbye!"

After speaking, she quickened her steps, decidedly leaving Ji You behind.

Ji You didn’t mind at all, she kept up her steady pace and leisurely said, "Don’t forget to pay the bill later."

Chen Yan couldn’t resist turning her head and glaring at Ji You: "Farewell."

...

The charging and paying that Ji You talked about wasn’t a direct financial transaction. To avoid trouble and prevent situations like Lin Lele’s, where she didn’t actually run but still forcibly had Ji You help with false certification, from happening again, Ji You made a requirement to all the self-funded students: if they wanted her to vouch for them, they had to trade with knowledge they possessed and personally organized.

However, these underachievers were all loafers just waiting for meals. What knowledge could they possibly have? Thus, Ji You’s demands weren’t high. Knowledge on techniques of Mecha Manufacturing...

Basics of Material Processing...

Secrets to driving large machinery...

Or even, where in the Alliance the tastiest food was, the most beautiful scenery, tips for Military Academy Students on how to successfully romance someone, a ranking list of easy-to-find bargains on Star Network’s stores...

And so on.

Anything that was useful or interesting could be organized and sent to Ji You as compensation.

Of course, Ji You wasn’t a heartless merchant. Generally, Ji You would charge only once, but these things had to be reviewed by Ji You herself, ensuring that the other person had taken heart in organizing them and that they were truly interesting or useful.

Thus far, over half of the self-funded students still owed Ji You a debt yet to be cleared.

Chen Yan was one of them.

This Chen Yan, she was truly not fond of studying. She had no interest in machinery, nor in Mecha, manufacturing, materials, and so on. The only thing she was interested in was writing romance stories.

But?

She was also very unimaginative, her stories so stiff and boring that they left Ji You dumbfounded. After reading them once, Ji You wanted to advise her to give it up and find some proper work to do.

However?

Chen Yan felt Ji You’s words were nonsense and had no desire to listen.

Then—

Chen Yan became stubborn, vowing to write a story even more sensational than "Ex-wife’s Temptation". However, she procrastinated for a long time without starting to write.

So, Chen Yan remained in debt to Ji You.

Let’s skip these details.

Although a little episode occurred, Ji You still managed to run 4 laps within 1 hour. After finishing the run, she was nearly exhausted. After a short rest, she dragged her weary body back to the dormitory.

After washing up.

She took a ride in Sheng Qingyan’s Floating Car--a free chauffeur service--and hurried to the cafeteria to buy some breakfast. Just as she left the food line, she heard a buzz of discussion behind her:

"Is that Ji You?"

"The same Ji You who challenged Xu Siyu?"

"It’s her."

"So that means, she’s the girl who had her admission revoked last year due to plagiarism?"

"Yes, that’s her."

"Unexpected that it’s really her. After being expelled, she still had the courage to come back as a self-funded student."

"What do you think is the real truth?"

"Did Ji You plagiarize, or did Xu Siyu?"

"How could it be Xu Siyu? Xu Siyu would never plagiarize!"

"That’s hard to say—"

"Actually, Ji You may not necessarily be the plagiarist, right? Who would dare to challenge Xu Siyu head-on if they weren’t confident in their own skills?"

"Hard to say, who knows what the truth really is? Anyway, one of them is definitely a plagiarist."

"I trust the school’s initial judgment. Since the school decided it was Ji You who plagiarized, then it must be Ji You."

...

Ji You, holding her tray, listened to the discussions behind her. Her back remained straight, her steps unfaltering. She calmly found an empty table, sat down, and leisurely started eating her breakfast.

Now—

The whole school is discussing this matter, and Xu Siyu must have received the news by now, so—how does she plan to deal with it?

Ji You is very much looking forward to it.

To tell the truth, Ji You is busy studying and training every day, and the fact that she hasn’t approached Xu Siyu is already being quite polite to her. But the first thing Xu Siyu does when she returns to school is to suppress Ji You?

Heh heh...

Then—Ji You will just have to see this through to the end.

Nevertheless, Xu Siyu should not even think about using those filthy tricks again to spread rumors and slander Ji You. Ji You is above engaging in such petty schemes. If it’s a smackdown she wants, then they’ll have a proper smackdown.

Who’s afraid of who, huh?

So—

This matter must be brought into the sunlight, to be clear and unmistakable for all to see.

Xu Siyu—are you brave enough to fight?

One bite.

Two bites.

Three bites.

...

Ji You quickly gobbled down a tasty, crispy fried dough stick, when suddenly a tall shadow fell over her head. She looked up to find Sheng Qingyan standing there.

Ji You gave her a glance and said, "What’s up?"

Sheng Qingyan placed a cup of soy milk from her own tray in front of Ji You, huffing, "Poor as a church mouse, always a church mouse... Eating fried dough sticks without soy milk is simply heresy... Seeing how pitiful you are, this Little Cutie is treating you to a cup..."

Ji You smirked with a smile, "Whoa! The sun has risen from the west, Spicy Eye Little Cutie is actually treating me to soy milk? I can’t believe it!"

Sheng Qingyan pursed her lips, "If you don’t want it, give it back then."

Ji You grabbed the soy milk and took a big gulp, snappily saying, "Stingy... Meat delivered to the mouth and you want to take it back? No way."

Sheng Qingyan set down her tray and decided to ignore Ji You, starting to eat her own breakfast.

Then—

Chu Jiaojiao came over, placing a stack of steamed buns in front of Ji You, "Ji You, you’re looking especially pretty today, please have these steamed buns on me."

Ji You: "???"

Yue Qiguang tossed over a sesame pancake, carelessly saying, "Treat for the fool."

Yue Qiyuan followed with a big steamed bun, saying, "Eat more, it’s good for your brain."

Ji You: "???"

What’s with all these guys? Ji You couldn’t understand their string of actions. All these stingy misers, why had they all changed their ways?

Is the sky falling down?

Thus, Ji You watched Shen Changqing as he walked over last, noting his plate looked quite ordinary, nothing special, and he wasn’t holding any other food, so Ji You felt slightly relieved.

Then—

Shen Changqing sat across from Ji You, his fingers well-defined as he picked up a long-legged chicken egg and gently tapped it, slowly peeling the shell.

Just as Ji You thought he was going to eat it himself, Shen Changqing unexpectedly held out the peeled long-legged chicken egg to her.

Ji You: "???"

Shen Changqing: "For you."

Ji You, wide-eyed: "Huh???"

What on earth had happened?

Why couldn’t she understand?

Seeing that Ji You wouldn’t take it, Shen Changqing simply placed the long-legged chicken egg on Ji You’s tray and said nothing more, beginning to eat from his own.

In the cafeteria, the discussions about Ji You and Xu Siyu continued, a buzz of noise, and as Ji You listened, she began to understand the intention behind her stingy friends’ actions.

Is this their way of consoling me?

Ji You felt a warmth in her heart and said, "You people, not a single one of you can spit out anything nice, only Shen Changqing is somewhat decent, even bothering to peel an egg for me."

Everyone: "..."

What to do if they wanted to hit her?

This one, she doesn’t need consoling, right?

Right?