Chapter 137: Losing by One Move
How exactly did Tang Seng get through the Kingdom of Women? Pu Tong really wanted to ask the old master for some advice now.
When parting, he left behind the words, “If we are fated in the next life.” He must have had feelings for her too, right……
Even Master Tang, whose heart toward seeking enlightenment was incomparably steadfast, would be moved when faced with a kind, beautiful, gentle, considerate woman whose eyes were filled with nothing but him, let alone an ordinary mortal like him?
“I’ll give all my tenderness to you, because you’re worth it, and because I’m willing to.”
The instant Yu Wanwan said those words, he really had the urge to make a move, and although it lasted only a moment, that fluttering sensation of his heart racing was still incredibly clear even now.
The weight of those words was truly not light, so much so that Pu Tong felt a little unable to breathe.
“You say that all four things are empty, yet you keep your eyes tightly shut. If you opened your eyes and looked at me, I don’t believe your eyes would be empty. You don’t dare open your eyes to look at me, yet you still talk about all four things being empty?”
“What are you muttering to yourself?” Yu Wanwan listened to Pu Tong’s murmuring, completely unable to understand.
“Nothing.” Pu Tong sighed.
But Tang Seng did not dare open his eyes, worried that he would be unable to hold on to that last bit of clarity……
He also did not dare make a choice lightly. The two of them were both too young, and there were many things in the future that they would have no way to face together. Acting on impulse at a time like this would instead be irresponsible.
It was precisely because he did not want to betray this affection that he thought about it more……
Jiang Yun had originally thought it would take a little longer, but unexpectedly, after only a dozen or so minutes, she saw the two of them walking back side by side.
Well, looks like they stopped short again……
“Auntie Yun, let’s go home!” Yu Wanwan opened the car door and waved goodbye to Pu Tong.
“Mm-hmm……” Jiang Yun ignored her and simply glanced at Pu Tong, discovering that he still looked completely unfazed, neither flushed nor out of breath.
Could it be that nothing really happened?
“Goodbye, Auntie Jiang!” Pu Tong stood by the roadside, watching the two of them drive away.
Looking at Pu Tong, who was still standing there in the rearview mirror, Yu Wanwan smiled faintly, suddenly feeling that this trip had been well worth it.
“Look at you, what’s going on?”
“Nothing, just chatting.”
Too much talking leads to mistakes. Afraid she would not withstand the interrogation, Yu Wanwan immediately started playing with her phone.
Jiang Yun had not been suspicious at first, but Pu Tong watching them leave was very suspicious……
In the past, whenever she drove him back, he would go straight home without even looking back. Now he was practically a different person.
Something must have happened between these two.
After secretly stealing a few glances at Yu Wanwan quietly looking at her phone in the rearview mirror, she really could not bring herself to ask, so she could only drive in silence.
This secret probably only the two people involved knew……
……
“Oh, you’re back this early?” Pu Tong pushed the door open and found his mother playing with her phone beside the sofa, looking as though she had been waiting for him to return.
“You haven’t gone to sleep yet?”
“Of course not!” Ni Hui looked him up and down. “After all, my son went out in the middle of the night, so as his mother, I have to worry a little.”
“Oh, then go to sleep!”
Afraid his mother would start gossiping again, Pu Tong hurried back to his room in three steps and two. But what surprised him was that his mother never asked him anything.
Ni Hui watched Pu Tong go into his room, only looking away after a long while.
“He’s grown up!”
The weekend passed in a flash, and Pu Tong also reviewed and summarized this midterm exam.
To be honest, his study state on Sunday had been pretty bad.
Whenever he picked up his pen, the image of the girl strolling leisurely through the night kept echoing in his mind, close enough to touch.
Fortunately, Pu Tong had already developed the habit of concentrating intensely while studying, and before long he returned to his usual state.
“Damn it! I almost let that little temptress ruin my cultivation!”
Pu Tong was a little irritated on his way to school. If his state of mind had not been steady enough, he probably would have fallen long ago!
If you don’t work hard, you’ll become a woman’s plaything……
He roughly calculated that he had still improved quite a bit on this exam, especially in math, physics, and chemistry, where he had completely risen to the level of the top three in the class.
It was graduation season, so Pu Tong could not help thinking about the college entrance exam as well. If he could work a little harder, getting into a good university would not be a dream!
“I just wonder how she did.” Thinking about his own future, he once again inexplicably started thinking on Yu Wanwan’s behalf.
She was an entertainer, so she would probably go to a film academy, drama academy, or something like that……
Pu Tong shook his head, deciding not to think about so much for now. There were some things that were useless to think about, and they could only talk about them when the time came.
But first, he should see how she did this time! Pu Tong suddenly remembered that he and Yu Wanwan still had a bet that was in effect.
Judging from his estimated score, Yu Wanwan should not have a single subject in which she could beat him, unless she had an extraordinary performance.
Pu Tong subconsciously glanced at the school bulletin board and found that once again, there were no published results for their first-year class.
Looks like if he wanted to know the exam results, he would still have to go through Zhang Binyan……
When he arrived at the classroom, he realized that he was a little late today. Yu Wanwan, Lin Yuxi, and Yi Zhi Xuenai had already arrived and were gathered together chatting.
“Morning!”
Yu Wanwan glanced at him, then quickly looked away, pretending as though nothing had happened.
Pu Tong responded stiffly, inexplicably feeling a little nervous……
Yu Wanwan wouldn’t have told anyone, would she? Although nothing had actually happened, just the fact that a man and a woman had “met secretly” at night was already quite indescribable.
“Morning what morning, in the morning you should say I love you!” Yi Zhi Xuenai slapped the desk, directly giving the two people who had exchanged morning greetings a score of zero.
“Hope your exam results are like that too!” Pu Tong replied blandly.
Judging by this, Yu Wanwan probably had not told anyone after all.
Lin Yuxi looked at the two of them with interest, suddenly feeling that there seemed to be something slightly different about them……
“Hmph, I’m not nervous at all!” Yi Zhi Xuenai looked extremely cocky. “There’s no room for me to fall any further!”
Was that really something to be proud of, second from the bottom?
“I calculated it, and my score should be about the same as last time……” Lin Yuxi twirled her pen, looking completely relaxed.
“Then you should have improved!” This exam was harder than the last one, so maintaining the same score was already a form of improvement.
In a certain sense, she really was an all-rounder. Her studies were not bad, she was good-looking, and she was talented in many areas. Although she was not top-tier in any one field, her overall ability was indeed strong.
“What about you?” Lin Yuxi asked with a smile. “Did you write another essay that even my grandma couldn’t stop praising?”
“Stop making fun of me!”
The group discussed their scores for a while, with only Yu Wanwan quietly chiming in from the side a few times without talking about herself.
“How did Wanwan do?” The moment Yi Zhi Xuenai asked, she had already caught sight of the smile at the corner of her mouth, and already had her answer.
Well, looks like I’m the only one who’s actually a hopeless student.
Looks like she did pretty well……
Yu Wanwan was usually not good at hiding what was on her mind. Everything she thought and felt could be seen in her eyes.
Only when acting would she show the exact opposite kind of performance, and Pu Tong had no idea how she managed to do it.
Could this be what they called talent?
During morning self-study, amid everyone’s anticipation, the homeroom teacher walked into the classroom holding a sheet of paper, his expression impossible to read.
The classroom immediately quieted down, waiting for him to speak……
“Study your books properly!” Zhang Binyan snorted coldly, frightening everyone into making their recitation several levels louder.
He merely stood at the podium holding the grade sheet, looking at this person from time to time, then that person, without saying anything about the scores. He made everyone’s hair stand on end, the pressure completely overwhelming.
You really know how to keep people in suspense!
It was not until the bell signaling the end of morning self-study rang that Zhang Binyan tossed the grade sheet to the class monitor, telling him to put it up on the wall, then walked away without looking back.
Judging by this, their class should have done pretty well……
A crowd of students swarmed over, completely surrounding the class monitor, Lu Shunyu.
“I’ll put it up first, then you can look!” Amid the pushing and shoving, he posted the grade sheet on the small bulletin board in the classroom, and that place immediately became the new center of the crowd.
Pu Tong and the others were not in a hurry. Sooner or later, they would know what they needed to know……
But Yu Wanwan seemed to care a lot about it. As soon as the crowd thinned out, she excitedly ran over and stared longingly beneath the bulletin board, like a child bursting with curiosity.
Before long, she returned with a dejected look, the word “sad” practically written all over her face.
“Didn’t do well?”
Yu Wanwan shook her head.
“Still didn’t beat you, lost by one move!”
(End of chapter)
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