SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 8

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MADE IT BEFORE SATURDAY ENDS!

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Even in elementary school, Jiang Cheng never had a chance to pick out candies like this since his parents basically never allowed them to eat candy or any junk food and soft drinks. He always felt as though he lived the life of someone that practiced Daoism[1] to the extent that he still doesn't quite like eating snacks or sugary products right now—it was Pan Zhi who had always stuffed him with a bunch of food that he found tasty.

And now that Gu Fei had scattered a handful of candy on his desk for him to pick out, he suddenly felt very refreshed by the idea.

Coffee candy, milk candy, mint candy, fruit candy... and there was even a difference between soft and hard candies. He stared at them for a long time contemplating before finally picking up a milk candy.

Just as he peeled the wrapper open, Gu Fei reached out again and took away the remaining ones left on the desk.

"Fuck?" Jiang Cheng froze, remembering that Gu Fei had said "pick for yourself' and not "it's all for you"; such tightly-woven logic made him momentarily convinced. Yet, he could not help but look at him, "Are you gonna have Wang Jian Lin[2] riding on your coattail tomorrow from your stingy ways?"

Gu Fei made no sound as he looked down at the candies in his hand, picked out the other two pieces of milk candy, and placed them in front of Jiang Cheng before putting the rest back into his own pocket.

... Sicko!

Jiang Cheng peeled open all three milk candies and jammed them into his mouth, not sure what else he could express.

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The English teacher had a surname of Lu and his class was much more controlled than Lao Xu in the sense that he made sure everyone was focused and quiet as birds. This was because he roared at people, hence his effectiveness in class was better than Lao Xu.

Even though Jiang Cheng felt that the teachers he had met today were incomparable to his previous teachers, Lu Laoshi[3]'s class was exceptionally overdriven. He would wave around his pointer at anyone who dared to scratch their itch and even asked if they needed help. It has been a long time since Jiang Cheng was this concentrated on a lesson and he would instantly be startled back to reality from the slightest distraction.

The class erupted in excitement after the dismissal bell rang and as if they had been greatly suppressed, there were even people who let out a few howls and wails while stretching their backs.

"You!" Lu Laoshi suddenly pointed his pointer to the back of the classroom, "Come with me."

This "you" and this "point" stretched over quite a wide range of possibilities. Everyone's head rolled to the back of the class as if they were passing on hot-potatoes again but Jiang Cheng paid no attention when he felt their gazes fall on him. He was a newly transferred student and the teacher couldn't even put a name on him yet...

"Gu Fei!" Lu Laoshi roared once more.

"... ay," Gu Fei had his head down and was on his phone, but this sudden outcry made his phone fall directly onto the floor. He raised his head to look at Lu Laoshi and then twisted his head slightly to the side in Jiang Cheng's direction, "He's calling you."

"Hm?" Jiang Cheng froze, "He's calling me?"

"Yes, you! Gu Fei's deskmate!" Lu Laoshi pointed his pointer in their direction again and the few heads underneath the path of his pointer all quickly dissipated.