Chapter 58

On the other side of the dialog box, the "Input" icon behind Zhou Jinxue's avatar flashed for a while.

Senior Zhou seemed to have typed some words and then canceled them, then carefully organized her words on the other side.

[Zhu Ming Ying Xue]: Six weeks from now, that is, after the midterm exams, I will be away from school for a month as a member of the school team to participate in this year's inter-district school competition. I will probably not return to school until the end of the semester. This is my schedule while I'm away from school.

Jiang Yunu was slightly stunned after reading the text that Zhou Jinxue finally sent.

She looked at the schedule again and finally understood why the content on the form looked unfamiliar at first glance, as if it was not a regular activity in their school.

[Zhu Ming Ying Xue]: This form was newly distributed today. I just got it and I thought I should pass a copy to you.

But Jiang Yunu is not a member of the Engel school team.

Jiang Yunu now knows much more about the so-called "inter-school competition" than when school started - it is a regular school-based competition held in the first semester of every academic year.

Zhou Jinxue sent his game schedule to Jiang Yunu, which made Jiang Yunu confused at first.

However, Jiang Yunu soon understood why Zhou Jinxue had become angry.

——The senior was worried that she would encounter difficulties in study and life while the other party was away competing, but she didn’t know when to contact her.

The schedule was very detailed, specifying the training, rest and competition times for the participating student representatives.

It is especially convenient to find people by referring to the form.

User 24071523: (A cute little animal emoji)

[User 24071523]: Senior, are you worried that I won’t know how to find you when the time comes?

Having already guessed most of the things, Jiang Yunu still had to confirm it with others to be on the safe side.

[Daytime Reflecting Snow]: Yes.

Zhou Jinxue sent a short message.

Jiang Yunu played a string of other cute animal emoticons for her.

Zhou Jinxue was obviously not much older than Jiang Yunu, but in school, it seemed that even if they were only one grade older, older students would easily look at younger students like children.

The age difference of "one year" will be infinitely magnified on campus.

Not to mention that Senior Zhou is two years older than Jiang Yunu, not just one year older. Jiang Yunu also looks younger than his peers, so when Jiang Yunu faces Zhou Jinxue, he sometimes strangely feels a kind of "parental love" from the other party.

[Zhu Ming Ying Xue]: I will contact a few close classmates at that time. If there is an emergency at school and you need help, you can go directly to them.

Jiang Yunu: "..."

Ah, it feels like a parent has to go on a long trip for something, and not only does he have to notify and give instructions in advance, but he also has to ask friends to help take care of his child.

Jiang Yunu had just sent Zhou Jinxue an emoticon package of "little animals lost in thought" and was still thinking about what witty remark to make.

Suddenly, in the chat window, Zhou Jinxue sent a new message with a different tone.

[Zhu Ming Ying Xue]: But I can’t say for sure. I can wait until the results of your competition come out before doing this. What if, by then, you will go with me?

Jiang Yunu paused again when he saw the latest news.

Of course Zhou Jinxue knew that she was going to participate in an on-campus competition.

When Teacher Lei sent the pile of documents to Jiang Yunu's terminal like a flood, Jiang Yunu almost felt dizzy reading the words. On the way, he also consulted Senior Zhou about the school competition.

Zhou Jinxue was surprised at first that Jiang Yunu was going to participate in the school competition, but then she felt happy for her.

At first glance, the internal competition at Enge Primary School for Supernatural Powers might not seem particularly prestigious, considering its star region and current school ranking. However, as a freshman, Jiang Yunu could be specifically recommended by her teachers to participate. With a good finish, just as Teacher Lei had promised, she could potentially join the school team early and show her face at the inter-school competition.

Not to mention that Engel has been innovating everywhere this year, and the school team has already issued a new document notification.

In addition to passing the form to Jiang Yunu so that her "directly taught schoolmate" could keep track of her movements at any time, Zhou Jinxue also brought the new notice to Jiang Yunu.

[Zhu Ming Ying Xue]: The new rule this year is that as long as you can get the top three in the school competition, you can directly become a "reserve student" of the school team. The reserve students will be included in the team for this trip and go out with us directly to observe and learn for a month.

Jiang Yunu's school competition will be next month, just before the midterm exam, and the results of the competition will be known before the school team sets off.

Zhou Jinxue didn't say it explicitly, but she obviously hoped that Jiang Yunu could get a good ranking and go with her in this round.

Jiang Yunu looked back at the spreadsheet in front of the chat window. She suddenly felt that Senior Zhou might not only have saved it for her convenience in finding someone later, but she might also have saved it... thinking that she might look at this spreadsheet sooner or later.

[User 24071523]: Senior, you think so highly of me?

The senior student's expectations and encouragement were very subtle and tactful. Jiang Yunu knew Zhou Jinxue's character, and it was not good for him to always expose other people's thoughts.

[Zhu Ming Ying Xue]: I think you can do it, and you should also like this kind of activity where you can meet teachers and students from different schools.

Sister Zhou was right about this point.

Jiang Yunu really likes it. She is a person who never minds getting to know more people and never resists being placed in a new environment.

Jiang Yunu immediately praised Zhou Jinxue, mainly because the senior sister was so gentle and considerate and caring about her, and then she firmly stated that she would never let her down.

[User 24071523]: Don't worry, senior, I will definitely try my best to get a good ranking!

Originally, this intramural competition was a bit forced for Jiang Yunu, as it was a new additional event that was accidentally triggered when she handed in the "punishment essay" to Reis Daniel.

She was quite serious about the preparations for the competition, but it wasn't like she really took the competition seriously.

But everything changed after receiving these messages from Zhou Jinxue.

After Jiang Yunu finished chatting with Zhou Jinxue, his mindset had completely changed. He was no longer in the mood of "Let's give it a try, just participate as fate dictates", but instead thought, "I must try to get a place!"

With such a refreshed mood, Jiang Yunu lay down on the hard bed on the second floor of the small garbage room.

This bed is completely different from the beds in the school dormitory. It doesn't even have a mattress, and the sheets were collected from a recycling bin in a certain block when Jiang Yunu was sweeping through Xia Te's charity recycling bins.

It was washed very clean before she left for school, put into a dust bag and placed at the bottom of the storage box. When she came back, it was turned out and the corners were smoothed and laid on the bed.

Jiang Yunu still slept soundly in this simple sleeping environment.

The next morning, Jiang Yunu's biological clock made him wake up early naturally even without an alarm clock.

When she opened her eyes, the children's curfew in the entire Chat City had just been lifted.

It's still early for the Qiao family to have breakfast.

Jiang Yunu washed up briefly, put on casual clothes, and quietly left the dilapidated street.

When she came back yesterday, she and Joyson ran all the way into the narrow streets, making the stone slabs clatter under their feet. This morning, she restrained herself when she went out alone. She first took a walk around the nearby streets and felt the atmosphere of life in Chat City, which she had not experienced for almost a month.

Then, Jiang Yunu went to Gin Street on the 32nd circular track.

Gin Street is indeed a small commercial street on the 32nd track. Even though it is still early in the morning, the street is busier than other residential areas along the way.

Many small shops along the street have already opened their doors, and the human and robot clerks on duty are busy. Some are continuing to take care of the store and prepare for the influx of customers after nine in the morning, while others have already welcomed the first batch of morning customers and are busy doing their own small business.

Jiang Yunu came directly from the small garbage room, so of course he didn't have breakfast.

She touched her belly, declined the solicitation of a small robot clerk, and walked into a bakery in the middle of Gin Street.

The bakery counter was still very high, but it seemed not as high as Jiang Yunu remembered.

She walked into the store, and the voice wreath at the door said to her cheerfully, "Welcome!"

There was no one in the store yet. Both the robot and human employees were probably still in the inner room, and most of the display counters in the outer room were still empty.

Jiang Yunu compared her height with the counter and found that she must have grown taller.

The counter that used to completely hide her with just a pile of sample boxes could no longer hide her even with more boxes piled on it.

This was the bakery that Jiang Yunu entered on the first day he arrived in Chat City.

Hearing the sound of guests arriving outside, footsteps were soon heard behind the hidden door leading to the inner room, and someone hurriedly came out from the inner room.

"I'm so sorry, sir!" the visitor said loudly as he walked quickly. "The first batch of bread from this morning is still baking. You'll need to wait another fifteen minutes. The only items we have for sale right now are egg tarts and cookies."

Jiang Yunu stopped in front of the only counter with goods on it and made eye contact with the young woman who had rushed over.

The young female clerk may not have recognized Jiang Yunu at first, or maybe she worked here every day and greeted and saw off many customers, so she did not remember that there was a little girl who ran into the store during the new product tasting time that night.

Jiang Yunu met the other person's gaze and smiled at him openly.

"I can wait fifteen minutes," Jiang Yunu said. "I want to buy some bread."

The young female clerk nodded immediately out of professional habit, and said politely, "Then you'll have to wait a moment."

Then the other party continued to stare at Jiang Yunu's face, his expression gradually becoming uncertain: "Excuse me, have you been to our store before?"

The female clerk asked with an embarrassed smile on her face: "I think you look a little familiar."

Jiang Yunu's clothes today also had a hood. Upon hearing this, she turned the hood out and put it on, then squatted down a little next to the counter.

"Does this look more familiar?" Jiang Yunu said with a smile, "Pretty sister, I could only ask you for samples that night, but today I can come to you to buy bread."