Chapter 534: Affectionate Numbers, Kissing in the Street (Part 2)
Although time always makes people grow old
Although love always makes people troubled
Although we cannot know what the future holds
Is it too early to say goodbye now?
…
When the song ended, the audience burst into applause.
Jiang Fuyue turned to look at Xie Dingyuan and happened to meet his deep gaze. She didn't think much about it and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"I want to ask you—"
At that moment, he almost blurted out.
Do you like me? Just like I like you.
But when the words came to my lips, they took a turn and became: "Are you cold?"
"Ah?" Jiang Fuyue shook her head, "It's not cold."
She couldn't help but look down at her windbreaker. Did she look cold in any way?
Xie Dingyuan: "The song is over."
Jiang Fuyue nodded: "You sang very well."
"What else do you want to hear?"
“No more.”
The two continued walking forward.
I came across a small stall with music playing. There were quite a few people inside and outside, most of them were having a raffle.
"Did you guess it right?"
"You guessed it! It's just a brain teaser, no problem~"
"Which question did you guess?"
"There is a snake in the forest, but it never bites people. Why?"
My friend was a little confused: "Yeah, w-why?"
"Because there's no one in the forest!"
"Oh—I see! You're amazing! How about trying the final question?"
"What's the final question?"
"It's a pair."
"Two orioles singing in the green willows, a line of egrets flying in the blue sky?"
"Uh... almost, but instead of words, they're numbers."
"ah?"
"220, let me help you with the numbers."
"022 in reverse?"
"No, someone answered this just now, and the stall owner said it was wrong."
"Is it so magical? The numbers can even match? Let's go over and take a look..."
The two had already come out, but turned around and squeezed back into the crowd.
Jiang Fuyue stood there, lost in thought.
Xie Dingyuan couldn't help but wonder what was so special about 220...
"Let's go and take a look?" Jiang Fuyue suggested.
Xie Dingyuan nodded: "Okay."
The two of them squeezed to the front, and someone was just answering the final question.
"220 must correspond to 330! Otherwise, it must be 110!"
The stall owner was a middle-aged man wearing glasses and holding a book at hand. He looked bookish and looked very cultured.
Next to him stood a little kid, fat and strong, with very white skin and a pair of black eyes, like a fat elf.
At this moment, the little kid shook his head seriously at the adult who was several times taller than him: "Uncle, it's not 330, and it's not 110 either."
"What is that?" someone teased him.
"Sister, even though you're very beautiful, I still can't tell you. You have to guess it yourself to get the prize!"
Even though the girl was rejected, her smile was even brighter than if she had answered correctly: "Oh my god! Why are you so cute? Did you grow up eating kawaii food?"
The little kid lowered his head shyly, his cheeks flushed.
Jiang Fuyue felt so itchy that she wanted to pinch it.
Jiang Chenxing: “?” Do you have other little brothers?
Another person answered: "Of course 220 is right for 221, they're right next to each other!"
"Yeah, it's so simple, why didn't I think of it?"
“The hardest is the easiest?”
"No, no, no, if 221 is OK, then 219 is OK too. They're right next to each other."
"this……"
Everyone began to feel troubled.
Everyone scratched their heads.
The little kid still shook his head: "Neither 219 nor 221 is right."
Jiang Fuyue glanced at the three numbers 220 on the paper, and her eyes swept over the book "Theory of Heaped Prime Numbers" by Hua Luogeng in the middle-aged man's hand.
I already have a rough idea in my mind.
She turned to look at Xie Dingyuan and asked him in a low voice, "Do you have an answer?"
"Um."
Professor Xie is indeed worthy of his name.
It was very interesting for the two of them to stand in the crowd and watch everyone racking their brains while they themselves had the answer.
Suddenly, the little kid grabbed the hem of Jiang Fuyue's windbreaker—
"Beautiful sister, do you know the answer?"
Jiang Fuyue thought for a moment and asked, "What's the reward for answering correctly?"
Xiaodouding: "A new model of learning machine!"
"But I don't need a learning machine, what should I do?"
"Well...what about something else?"
Jiang Fuyue nodded: "Sure! How about you?"
The middle-aged man, who was as still as a mountain, finally moved his eyes and looked at Jiang Fuyue's face after hearing this.
Azuki Chome looked frightened: "D-Do you want me?"
"right."
"No, no, human trafficking is illegal!"
Jiang Fuyue: "I don't buy or sell. This is a prize, a gift. There is no money involved."
"T-That won't work! I can't give it to you!"
"Why?"
The little bean's eyes darted around, his clever little head rapidly thinking of a countermeasure, and suddenly his eyebrows lit up -
"If you want to exchange your prize, you can only exchange it for something of equal value. I'm much more expensive than a learning machine, so I won't give it to you!"
Jiang Fuyue smiled. This child was smarter than she thought...
"Is that so? Then what can you get in exchange for this learning machine? For example, a hug? A wink?"
The little kid glanced at the middle-aged man, but got no response. He then thought to himself, "Hmm...my hug doesn't seem that valuable, and I don't even wink. How about I give you a kiss?"
Jiang Fuyue snapped his fingers: "Deal."
"So...are you going to answer the question?"
"Yes. 220 is certainly correct..."
The little kid swallowed his saliva.
Jiang Fuyue: "284."
"Sister got the answer right! Sister is so awesome!" The little short legs jumped up and clapped their little hands loudly.
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and looked at her again.
The people around him were all confused——
"Why 220 versus 284? There's no connection between these two numbers."
"You're not just saying that casually, are you?"
"A hired helper?"
"It's not that serious. It's just a learning machine. Besides, the girl didn't ask for it. She just asked for a kiss..."
"Uh! Did we accidentally stumble into some filming location and become the subject of observation?"
"Hurry up and look for any cameras around..."
There are many people who speculate, and most of them believe everything they hear.
But there are also those who don’t understand and ask questions——
"Little girl, why is it 284? Can you tell us?"
Jiang Fuyue: "220 and 284 are the first and smallest pair of amicable numbers discovered by humans."
"Affinity number? What is that?"
"A long time ago, people discovered that there is a special relationship between certain natural numbers: if two numbers a and b, the sum of all the factors of a except itself is equal to b, and the sum of all the factors of b except itself is equal to a, then a and b are called a pair of friendly numbers."
"So that's how it is! Ugh... I thought it was a brain teaser test, but it turns out it's a math test."
"The poor student who graduated with no idea what affinity numbers are slipped away quietly..."
"Brother, add me in."
After a while, the crowd dispersed on its own.
Jiang Fuyue didn't leave because she hadn't received her prize yet.
The little kid looked at her and blinked his big eyes.
"Sister, you can receive the award now."
Jiang Fuyue smiled and moved forward, waiting for a soft, milky kiss.
Xie Dingyuan beside him looked at the little kid with a hint of hostility in his eyes.
Tsk, but just relying on his younger age...
Unexpectedly, the little kid stepped back, looking puzzled: "Sister, what are you doing?"
Jiang Fuyue: "Aren't you going to receive the award? Where's your mum?"
"I'm going to give the right to this kiss to the uncle next to me, you can ask him for it~"
The little kid also wanted to kiss the beautiful sister.
But Dad said that sisters who have boyfriends cannot be kissed casually. He is a good boy, so let his sister’s boyfriend give her the reward!
Ah! He is simply the most lovable little angel in the world~
Jiang Fuyue: “?”
Xie Dingyuan: “!” This kid is quite cute...
Seeing the two of them standing there motionless, Xiaodouding immediately started clapping: "Kiss! Kiss! Uncle kisses sister!"
The crowd that had not yet dispersed smelled the gossip and immediately gathered again.
Follow the blind cheer -
"Give me a kiss!"
"Give me a kiss!"
"Receive your award!"
"Or what?"
Jiang Fuyue was dumbfounded. This...
Looking at Xie Dingyuan again, the man was probably a little confused, and his eyes looked a little dull when he looked at her.
The waves of sound grew louder and louder, and the applause became more and more uniform.
This scene...
It seems like it would be embarrassing if I didn’t kiss him?
Jiang Fuyue: "What should we do?"
Xie Dingyuan: "I... don't know either." In fact, his Adam's apple rolled and he was secretly swallowing.
"How about we run away?"
The man looked around and said, "It's all blocked."
"Then...how about we cooperate?"
Jiang Fuyue stood there in a daze. Is this something Xie Dingyuan would say?
Before she could react, the man's warm and powerful hands had already cupped her cheeks, their eyes met, their breaths getting closer and closer...
Second update, 3,000 words.
Ahhh——Do you want to kiss me?!
There is a third watch at half past twelve.
(End of this chapter)
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