[007] Helping my cousin
"Test paper, coming?" Gu Juan's deskmate, Xu Yang, nudged him with his arm. In the past, Gu Juan would spend most of his morning self-study time like the others, either reading, playing on his phone, or just daydreaming, occasionally playing cards with them. But today, Gu Juan had suddenly become a good student, and Xu Yang felt a bit uneasy.
"No." Gu Juan shook his head and recited the knowledge in the textbook eagerly.
"Look, we have another good student in our class. It's a cause for celebration!" Xu Yang said sarcastically.
Gu Juan ignored him, his eyes still on the textbook, as if he didn't hear what he said.
Xu Yang was a little upset, snorted coldly, and was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore.
The senior year courses were completed in the second year of high school, and the senior year was basically review. Math and comprehensive science were just endless practice exercises; Chinese and English were either memorized or practice exercises, which was very boring.
At nine o'clock in the evening, after evening self-study, Gu Juan went to the supermarket on campus for a late-night snack. The supermarket owner often cooked instant noodles for the students, charging an extra two yuan for adding an egg or a sausage, and the noodle business was booming.
The campus is much quieter than during the day, with only five or six street lights on. The dim lights and the dark woods make the campus even more tranquil.
There were many students who shared the same idea as Gu Juan. The girls were talking and laughing, and the boys were arm in arm, all rushing in the same direction.
Gu Juan asked the shopkeeper to cook him two packets of noodles with two eggs, but he only ate half of them and bought two more tea eggs. When he came out of the supermarket, he saw Gu Yinyin and a girl walking towards him.
He thought for a moment and walked over, "Yin Yin."
Gu Yinyin stopped and said, "Call me sister! Let's go back to the dormitory?"
The schedule in the third year of high school is tight, and the school does not allow third-year students to attend school as a day student. They have to live in the school from Monday to Friday.
"Well, come down to our dormitory building later. I have something for you."
"Okay, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Gu Yinyin noticed that her friend was looking at Gu Juan curiously, so she pulled her and left quickly.
The girl said in surprise, "Is he really your cousin Gu Juan? He's changed a lot compared to before... He's quite handsome."
Gu Yinyin secretly rolled her eyes. Gu Juan was indeed quite handsome, but she also wanted him to be admitted to a good school and was determined to prevent him from falling in love too early. "Really? Let's go faster. The lights will be turned off at ten o'clock."
Gu Juan went back to the supermarket and bought a new water cup.
After only seven or eight minutes, he returned to the men's dormitory. He had forgotten his room number, but he remembered its location: the second room on the right on the third floor. There were six bunk beds in one room, housing twelve people. The sanitation was appalling. Dirty shoes and socks were scattered under the beds, and several basins were overflowing with laundry. Gu Juan hadn't cared much about it, but now his sense of smell was very acute. The smell in the dormitory was indeed unpleasant, and he couldn't help but frown.
There were only two boys in the dormitory, lying on the bed playing with their cell phones. They glanced at him lightly and then looked away.
Gu Juan had an average relationship with his roommates and ignored them. He took a new water cup to the bathroom and, while no one else was around, filled the cup with about one-eighth of spiritual spring water. He then used his true essence to squeeze the juice from two spiritual fruits and put it in the cup. He added some ordinary water and then tightened the lid.
Gu Yinyin's grades were only average in her class. One reason was her lack of talent, and another was her family's neglect, which unconsciously led to her lack of motivation in her studies. All Gu Juan could do now was to improve her memory by giving her spiritual spring water and spiritual fruit.
The fruits in the space were mostly not found on Earth, so he could only squeeze the juice from the spiritual fruits. When the fruits from his newly planted fruit trees ripened, he would give Gu Yinyin two fruits every day, which would also subtly strengthen her memory.
Hearing Gu Yinyin calling him downstairs, Gu Juan returned to the dormitory, took two tea eggs, went downstairs with a cup of water, and gave both the cup and the tea eggs to Gu Yinyin.
"The medicine in this cup is for your health. It's sweet. Don't pour it out, and don't let anyone else drink it. Wash the cup and return it to me every morning. Then come back to me in the evening and drink it every day."
Gu Yinyin was worried, "Where did you get the recipe? Did you drink it too? Will it cause any problems?"
"A friend got it. I tried it too, and it worked well. You might have some abdominal pain the first time you drink it, but that's normal. There won't be any problems after that."
Gu Yinyin didn't ask any more questions, "Okay, I will drink it."
"No matter who asks you, including Gu Haojie, just say it's ordinary juice. This recipe is a secret recipe, and that person doesn't let me tell it." Gu Juan stared into her eyes.
Gu Yinyin nodded solemnly, "Don't worry." She prefers her cousin to her biological brother, which is a kind of sadness.
"The lights are about to be turned off. Hurry up and go upstairs to wash up and get some rest early." Gu Yinyin stuffed the bag of tea eggs back into his hand, turned around and ran away, waving her hands as she ran.
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