Chapter 199 Ridiculed Again, Here Comes Two More
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This person has a good appetite when they’re in a good mood.
Zhong Ziang ended up finishing all the remaining dishes, cleaned up the trash, and suddenly felt a knot in his throat.
Out of the blue, he remembered that he still had to report to that d*mn old uncle, and instantly felt deflated.
As he sluggishly made his way to the neighboring laboratory, he happened to bump into the departing assistant.
“Hey~” The assistant smiled and greeted him.
Zhong Ziang also replied with a “hey”, but then realized that he didn’t even know who this person was!
“Young man, courage is commendable. I have high hopes for you, keep it up!”
“Huh?”
“The saying goes, there are no walls that cannot be scaled, only mistresses who don’t try hard enough.”
With that said, the person walked away, leaving Zhong Ziang utterly confused, “What does that have to do with anything? What the h*ll!”
“Come in.” Xie Dingyuan’s cold voice sounded.
Zhong Ziang’s scalp tingled, “Hehe… Uncle, are you looking for me? Is something wrong? If not, I’ll go back now, Grandma is urging me to return quickly.”
Xie Dingyuan, behind his goggles, glanced at him coldly, “Using Grandma to pressure me?”
“How could I?” Zhong Ziang chuckled as he approached, “Who doesn’t know that Grandma cherishes you the most? I wouldn’t use Grandma to pressure you. Really, I just received several calls urging me to go back with her to the countryside rose garden!”
“…Oh.” Unmoved, Xie Dingyuan seemed to say, “I see through your lies, keep going.”
Zhong Ziang: “…”
“Delivering food to Jiang Fuyue?”
Here it comes, based on past experience, this should only be the beginning.
“Y-Yes.” Zhong Ziang straightened his chest, trying to appear more confident, but unfortunately, as soon as he spoke, he stuttered, instantly losing all his momentum.
Xie Dingyuan remained expressionless, “With so much free time, why haven’t I seen you deliver a meal to your own dear uncle?”
“Isn’t someone else doing it?”
“…!”
Zhong Ziang: “Grandma asked you before, whether you wanted Wang Ma to prepare it and have the housemaid deliver it to the school. But you said no, so why are you asking me to deliver it now?”
“Excuses abound when things aren’t done.”
“But… I didn’t lie!” Zhong Ziang felt very innocent, who did he provoke?
“Uncle, are you deliberately trying to mess with me?”
Xie Dingyuan’s eyes remained cold, with just a faint flicker deep within.
Zhong Ziang continued to mutter, “Anyway, you said not to let the household staff deliver it, so it’s not my fault.”
Suddenly, he remembered something and sobered up.
“Uncle, you’re not being fair.”
Xie Dingyuan frowned, his gaze seeming to say: What nonsense are you talking about now?
Zhong Ziang continued to babble, “You share the same laboratory with Jiang Fuyue and you didn’t even tell me! You clearly know I’m pursuing her, yet you’re hiding it. Anyone who doesn’t know might think you’re interested in her…”
“Zhong Ziang! Think before you speak! Your brain isn’t just for decoration!” Somehow triggered by something, the man, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, erupted instantly, full of fire.
Young Master Zhong was directly dumbfounded.
Did he say something wrong?
Veins popped on Xie Dingyuan’s forehead, “Get out!”
“No, I…”
“Now! Immediately! Right away!”
“Oh.” Zhong Ziang drooped his eyes, looking dejected on the surface, but inwardly he was ecstatic.
Oh yeah! Finally, I can leave.
Xie Dingyuan: “Tomorrow, you’re not allowed to deliver food to Jiang Fuyue again.”
Zhong Ziang abruptly turned around, retracting the leg he was about to step out with, “Why?”
“Someone already delivered it to her, didn’t you see?”
“So what? He delivered his, I’ll deliver mine.”
“Heh,” Xie Dingyuan sneered, “Did the person eat what you delivered today?”
“No.” Zhong Ziang shrugged, “But she didn’t eat Ling Xuan’s either.”
“…What do you mean?”
Zhong Ziang explained about Jiang Fuyue giving money to Ling Xuan to bring takeout.
“…She didn’t want mine, nor Ling Xuan’s. She eats her own. My god, how can there be such a good girl? Uncle, let me tell you, the more she refuses, the more determined I am to pursue her until she becomes my wife!”
Xie Dingyuan, after listening to the earlier part, had a hint of surprise in his eyes, then upon hearing Zhong Ziang’s declaration, his complexion, which had just eased, began to darken.
Now what’s up with these kids?
They keep talking about love and marriage, can’t they think of something related to studying? Can’t they have some higher ideals and pursuits?
“Heh, just based on you?” Xie Dingyuan sneered.
Zhong Ziang was not convinced, “What’s wrong with me? Handsome, good family background, rich, and fit. I’m a little wolf, barking, barking, barking!”
Xie Dingyuan: “…”
“And, Jiang Fuyue and I are classmates! In the same school! Do you know what that means? It means we have plenty of opportunities to develop feelings for each other!”
Xie Dingyuan: “That delivery guy is also from the same school as her. He’s not worse looking than you, behaves well, has a pretty good family background, is also rich and fit, and most importantly, his academic performance is better than yours. He even qualified for the summer camp of the Physics Olympiad, with a chance to participate in the IPhO international competition with Jiang Fuyue in the future. What about you?”
Zhong Ziang was stunned.
Xie Dingyuan gave him a disdainful look, thinking to himself: I didn’t realize that little guy had so many advantages. Hmm!
“Uncle! You’re doing this on purpose!” Zhong Ziang began to act childish, stomping his feet on the spot.
Xie Dingyuan: “I’m just helping you face reality.”
“That doesn’t count! Anyway, Jiang Fuyue didn’t eat my food, nor did she eat Ling Xuan’s. That means I’m still on the same starting line as him!”
Xie Dingyuan: “Self-deception.”
“No, wait,” Zhong Ziang remembered suddenly, his anger turning into laughter, “I should be ahead of him.”
“?”
“Although Jiang Fuyue didn’t eat the food I brought, she accepted the dessert I bought! With just this dessert, I’m even more outstanding than Ling Xuan!”
Xie Dingyuan’s eyes darkened.
Zhong Ziang, oblivious to this, continued, “Ah! She must have taken a liking to me, that’s why she accepted my dessert. Doesn’t this mean I’ve touched her heart deeply?”
“…Get lost.”
“That’s right! It must be like this. Will my pursuit of my wife finally see the light at the end of the tunnel? Oh my God, please call me the favorite of God…”
The veins on the man’s forehead twitched, “I told you to get lost!”
“Okay, okay, I’m leaving. Since I’m going to have a girlfriend, I won’t lower myself to your level as a perennial bachelor, hehe~”
Xie Dingyuan: “…Zhong…Zi…Ang!”
The young man had already disappeared in a flash.
…
This was the fourth day in the lab. Jiang Fuyue marked down the progress of the experiment in her notebook.
Only ten percent left, barring any accidents, she could finish it tomorrow afternoon.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
Opening her computer, she pulled up the paper and started working on the experimental section. As the sun set, when the door was knocked again, Jiang Fuyue finally tore her gaze away from the screen.
Glancing at the clock on the wall, she realized three hours had passed. It was dinner time at this point.
She opened the door, unexpectedly seeing Ling Xuan and Zhong Ziang both standing there. Each holding a meal box.
Ling Xuan: “I came to bring you dinner.” This reason was quite legitimate.
Zhong Ziang: “I brought dinner, let’s eat together.” He didn’t say he was bringing it for Jiang Fuyue, only that he was going to eat. It seemed like she had no grounds to refuse.
Jiang Fuyue: “…”
Then, when the assistant brought dinner to Xie Dingyuan, he once again witnessed the strange sight of the three of them together at noon.
“Oh my god! Aren’t they supposed to fight and determine the winner? How come they’re still deadlocked? Amazing!”
He put the food down and casually mentioned it in front of Xie Dingyuan.
Hmm, he had warned himself not to speak, but he couldn’t resist!
“Oh?” Xie Dingyuan raised an eyebrow, looking relatively calm, “Three people again?”
Assistant: “Exactly! These two boys are quite something too.”
Xie Dingyuan twitched his mouth.
The assistant leaned against the window again, watching the excitement.
With his backside facing the experiment table… Xie Dingyuan.
The latter: “…”
Suddenly, the assistant exclaimed, then recoiled, nearly hitting his head on the wall, his expression dumbfounded, as if he had been frightened by something.
“Oh my god, am I seeing things?” Hmm, let’s take another look.
Saying that, he stuck his head out again.
The result this time was genuine confusion, with a dumbfounded expression and trembling lips.
Xie Dingyuan frowned, “What’s going on?”
The assistant hesitated, looked at him, and finally choked out, “…Professor, are all the girls nowadays this… awful?”
“?”
“Two more boys came to the door, both delivering food to the girl next door. And the thing is, the first two haven’t left yet, so now there are one, two, three… five of them! My god!”
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