Chapter 74
Zhou Jinxue was the first to notice the change in Jiang Yunu's appearance. At the beginning of the new week, she carefully observed her junior's hairstyle.
"Did you cut your hair?" Zhou Jinxue asked.
Jiang Yunu shook his head, causing the white hair hanging on his shoulders to sway as well.
"When I went back home during the holiday this time, I asked my aunt to help me cut my hair," she said.
Zhou Jinxue knew the relationship between Qiao Yisen and Jiang Yunu. She once thought that they were siblings, but she felt that the age difference and facial features did not match. Later, she learned that they were cousins. When she heard Jiang Yunu mention aunt, she immediately realized that this should be referring to Qiao Yisen's mother.
The senior student didn’t know that Jiang Yunu and Qiao Yisen’s “cousins” were also fake.
"It looks very good." Zhou Jinxue praised seriously.
But after taking another look at the length of her junior sister's hair, Senior Zhou reached out and brushed the ends of Jiang Yunu's hair that hung on her shoulders.
"I thought you would choose to grow your hair long." Zhou Jinxue said.
When Jiang Yunu heard this, her eyes couldn't help but fall on Zhou Jinxue's long ponytail that was tied up high. After looking at it for a few seconds, she couldn't control her naughty hands and stretched out her claws to grab... Oh no, it should be said that she secretly pinched the tip of her senior sister's ponytail.
"If I had hair as long as your senior student, I might not be able to go out every morning." Jiang Yunu quickly retracted the hand that was pinching the senior student's ponytail.
Zhou Jinxue didn't care about Jiang Yunu's little action. Her tolerance for people she classified as relatives and friends was actually surprisingly high.
Zhou Jinxue was just curious: "Why can't I go out?"
Jiang Yunu's face was filled with sorrow: "I can't take care of long hair."
Not only do they lack the skills to groom their hair, but they also tend to lose patience when it comes to meticulously taking care of their hair.
Jiang Yunu could easily imagine that if she had the same hair as her senior Zhou, with hair that was almost waist-length when it was let down, and she had to comb her hair neatly every day and tie it into a meticulous and perfect high ponytail... She might lose her patience in this hair care step, and become even more impatient and frustrated in the hair-tying step because of repeated failures. In the end, she was so angry that she simply cut her hair and said goodbye to her hair and worries completely.
When hearing such a reason for not growing long hair, people usually tend to give the advice that if you don't know how to do it, just learn, saying something like "There's nothing difficult about taking care of long hair, you'll get better with practice if you try more."
However, Zhou Jinxue said, "Forget it, just do it according to your habits and convenience."
Jiang Yunu felt a touch of doting from his senior schoolmate.
At the same time, a prompt sound indicating that the loading was completed popped up on Jiang Yunu's personal terminal.
"It seems to be fine." She lowered her head and looked at her terminal screen.
The reason why Zhou Jinxue went to see his junior high school sister at the beginning of the new week was that he came specifically to pass on information to Jiang Yunu.
After visiting Aunt Daisy over the weekend, Jiang Yunuo returned to Enger from Chat City with Joyson. On the Sunday night after returning to school, she received another notice and was dragged to the school team's dedicated conference room for a second meeting.
The second school team meeting still revolved around travel, and students were also given some competition items provided by the school.
The information Zhou Jinxue sent to Jiang Yunu was like a "one-on-one tutoring" from a senior to a junior.
——She sent all the documents and materials of previous meetings to Jiang Yunu.
"These materials cover the basic events of the inter-school competition, the scoring criteria for the events over the years, and basic information about the teams from each school participating in this round of competition."
After Zhou Jinxue saw that the file information had been transferred, he briefly introduced the various modules of the information to Jiang Yunu.
She knew Jiang Yunu had a fast reading speed and was also good at integrating his personal information. Zhou Jinxue advised Jiang Yunu, "It's best to finish reading it before you leave. That way, when you participate in the competition, you'll have a better idea of what to expect."
Jiang Yunu received all the information carefully and indeed planned to take a good look at it in the few days before leaving, but Zhou Jinxue's words still made her junior sister blink.
"Senior," Jiang Yunu said, "You're saying this as if I, a reserve student, will actually play in the competition."
Jiang Yunu said this in a joking tone.
The reserve students are mainly there to observe and learn, serving as substitutes, but it has long been a consensus that they will not actually get a chance to play in any of the ten rounds of inter-school competitions.
Zhou Jinxue was stunned by what Jiang Yunu said. A hint of hesitation appeared on her face, as if she was also wondering why she just naturally thought that Jiang Yunu should be ready for the official competition.
Jiang Yunu keenly sensed Zhou Jinxue's hesitation and found a way out for her. "Does this mean that you have such confidence in me that you think I can handle this kind of situation just in case?"
Zhou Jinxue finally agreed: "Maybe."
What if?
There always seem to be many "what ifs" about Jiang Yunu. Anything can happen to her, and it's unpredictable what she might encounter.
What if in this year's inter-school competition, there happens to be an opportunity for a reserve student to compete?
Jiang Yunu spent a week looking at the information, during which time he continued to receive greetings from relatives, friends and acquaintances.
The midterm exam is over, and the final exam is still far away. It is a time for students to relax and have some leisure time.
The Crystal Core Team had originally wanted to arrange another online game with Jiang Yunu. They had also seen the rankings posted on the school website, and were somewhat shocked that a schoolgirl who loved gaming could achieve such high scores. Unfortunately, Jiang Yunu simply didn't have time to visit the Pamper Simulator recently. Her only free weekend, last week, was allocated to visiting Aunt Daisy in Chat City. As for this weekend, the school team was leaving.
The leader of the Crystal Core Team said, "We'll talk about it when you get back. The Crystal Core from the boss we defeated last time was sold at the exchange. I've transferred your share of gold coins online to your game account. Remember to check it when you log back in."
Jiang Yunu's eyes lit up when he heard that there were gold coins coming in - even if they were from the game.
"I'll collect it as soon as I get back online!" Jiang Yunu said excitedly.
On the Friday before the Engel school team set off, the school team held an "official departure meeting" in the afternoon and repeatedly reminded all students to have a good rest tonight and to gather early tomorrow morning.
"Don't get too excited tonight, or you'll oversleep tomorrow." Lu Xixi stood behind the podium. Her tone wasn't harsh, but she had an aura of authority that came from not being angry.
She glanced at the students in the audience and said, "If anyone does that, the teacher will be very angry. Do you understand?"
The senior students who were seen by Lu Xixi all lowered their heads obediently, except Jiang Yunu and other newcomers to the school team. None of them had seen the "true face of Teacher Lu", so they looked back at her with a pair of innocent and clear eyes.
After the meeting, Xie Shi, who had been stripped of the title of "youngest student in the school team", happened to sit not far from Jiang Yunu. When he came, he looked at Jiang Yunu and snorted coldly before sitting down. Now that the meeting was over, he stood up and left, looking at Jiang Yunu again, snorted coldly again, and left.
Jiang Yunu: "..."
Jiang Yunu felt that this classmate Xie Shi was like a humming machine.
She and Zhou Jinxue went to the South Canteen together.
In the South Cafeteria, Joyce and the others had already secured seats and had ordered meals for both of them in advance.
"Tonight is a farewell dinner for Xiao Jiang and Senior Zhou." Joyson announced the theme of the dinner in a serious tone. The attendees were still the familiar ones. Senior Bambi and Jiang Yunu's quiet roommate had already taken their seats.
Zhou Jinxue and her roommates never have dinner together. She used to think that such occasions of eating with so many people were troublesome. However, because of Jiang Yunu, she had the experience of having such dinner together with so many people several times. As long as her junior schoolmates were present, Zhou Jinxue felt that such things did not seem to be as troublesome as she had expected.
"Thank you." Zhou Jinxue said politely.
"Thank you everyone!" Jiang Yunu was the first to raise his drink with a smile, "I wish us all the best and hope we can go home early!"
After the simple toast ceremony was over, Zhou Jinxue put down his cup and then quietly corrected him, "Don't go early and leave early. Going early and leaving early usually means you'll be eliminated quickly."
"...I wish we can fight until the end!" Jiang Yunu quickly raised his glass again.
The sight of her frantically trying to rescue and repair the problem made everyone laugh, and the table was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Amidst the laughter and cheers, someone passed by the table and suddenly said a resounding "Hmph!"
Jiang Yunu: “?”
Although he had a premonition before looking up, when he actually looked up and saw Xie Shi's figure leaving the table, Jiang Yunu still felt...
"He's like a humming machine." She still said this.
Joyson was very dissatisfied with Xie Shi's attitude. He rolled his eyes at him and did not forget to pick up on Jiang Yunu's question: "What hum-hum machine?"
"It's similar to the voice wreaths hung at the door of a small shop to welcome guests." Jiang Yunu gestured. Their Xiate City has no shortage of such small shops and various welcoming gadgets.
"It's just that others recognize the guest and automatically say 'Welcome,' but this Xie Shi recognizes me and automatically says 'Hmph.'"
Jiang Yunu seemed to have no awareness that he was being targeted, nor did he feel bothered.
She explained with gestures what a "humming machine" was, then turned around and rubbed her chin.
Zhou Jinxue seemed to see an invisible light bulb, which suddenly lit up above her junior's head with a "pop", meaning that her junior had another sudden "good idea".
"Tell me," Jiang Yunu said eagerly, "If I just hang out in front of him every day during the inter-school competition, and see him face to face every once in a while, will he hum every time? Can he hum like that all day long?"
Zhou Jinxue: “…”
Joyson: “…”
Senior Bambi: “…”
Quiet roommate: "..."
Ah, proud classmate Xie, I hope you are strong in spirit!
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