No. 45 Hey, picking up scraps

  Cheng Hui wanted to beat Tang Jun for a very simple reason, which would likely make people laugh when said out loud. The conflict between them was triggered by Tang Jun releasing Cheng Hui's pigeons during the day because he had class, and Cheng Hui went to confront him at night, leading to a verbal argument that escalated into a physical fight. Cheng Hui then threatened to break one of Tang Jun's legs so he couldn't attend school the next day, and what happened afterwards is clear to everyone.

  The hearts of seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boys and girls are extremely difficult to grasp, they usually express their inner feelings in an extreme way. If Wang Jian hadn't gone or had gone a bit later yesterday, Tang Jun wouldn't have been able to attend class the next day, and possibly he wouldn't have been able to set foot in the classroom until the start of summer vacation.

  "Did you call me so early just for this?" Wang Jian said with a toothbrush in his mouth, standing in front of the sink in the public toilet, continuing Da Wei's phone call: "You got up pretty early."

  "I didn't sleep all night." Dawei's voice was a bit hoarse: "My sister came back yesterday, and I got caught red-handed by her. She scolded me until after 3 am, but she herself left on a plane at 4 am. What about me?"

  "You're having your day too."

  Wang Jian's tone was filled with a very obvious schadenfreude, and this tone made Dawei silent for a long time:

  "You mock me..."

  "I'm just ridiculing you. A grown man being lectured by his sister until three in the morning, isn't that laughable?"

  "You will have a sister, and you will end up like this too."

  "Hey, I really didn't. Your sister must be an old maid over thirty who's still unmarried."

  "Nonsense, my sister is only four minutes older than me, we're twins, alright, I won't waste any more words with you, let's talk later when we meet."

  He hung up the phone and spat out the toothpaste foam in his mouth, muttering to himself: "And there's a twin sister too, not bad."

  "What's so good about it?"

  Tianran Er's voice floated faintly into Wang Jian's ears, and Wang Jian straightened up, seeing Tianran Er wearing a sports vest behind him in the mirror, and gave a vague greeting.

  "I came back to look for you yesterday, but you weren't there."

  "Oh, I'm going out to make some extra money."

  Tianran squinted his eyes and pinched his chin: "A Jian, tell the truth, do you like my sister?"

  Wang Jian was just about to rinse his mouth when he heard Tian Ran's words, and a mouthful of water sprayed out, taking the soup with it. He turned around in surprise, looking at Tian Ran: "What did you say?"

  Tianran also seemed a bit unnatural, coughed twice, and his face turned red: "I'm asking you, do you like my sister? She... she should find a boyfriend now, if you like..."

  "Stop!" Wang Jian randomly wiped his face with water: "What's wrong with all of you? Why are you so entangled in this matter?"

  "Not, not." Tianran's hands fluttered about as he grew flustered: "Listen to me explain..."

  "No time." Wang Jian lowered his head to clean the toothpaste foam from the corner of his mouth and said in a calm tone, "I'm actually quite annoyed with her, and can't you guys not worry about this kind of thing?"

  Tianran Er stood behind him, not knowing how to respond, his hands tugging at the hem of his clothes as he twisted back and forth, his lips opening and closing several times without making a sound, his eyes looking wronged, like a scolded kitten.

  "Hey, stop looking at me with that kind of eyes early in the morning." Wang Jian raised his head, speechless and hung up the towel, walking out by himself: "I told her yesterday, if she continues to behave like this, she'll have to spend a lifetime with cucumber."

  "Huh?" Tianran followed closely behind Wang Jian, quickening his pace: "What cucumber? Why is it a cucumber?"

  Wang Jian shook his head: "Just casual talk, it's also possible that it was an eggplant."

  And before they had taken two steps, a sporty and handsome Kai Zixu quickly caught up from behind, running alongside Tianran Er with a sunny face: "Rofin, good morning."

  But then seeing Wang Jian, his voice suddenly became low and deep: "Early."

  "Early." Wang Jian nodded and said, "Your body is so weak, getting up this early every day won't do, it's easy to die suddenly. Morning exercise also depends on the person, you're most suitable for evening exercise."

  "My body is not weak, don't believe it..."

  Kai Zi Xu Gang wanted to say "don't believe we can compare physical strength", but suddenly thought of Wang Jian being a pure wild beast, comparing physical strength with him... that's like looking for death by hitting a lantern on the toilet. So the words were spat out halfway, but were forcibly swallowed back in.

  "Ah Jian, Ah Jian, come to my house for dinner tonight. There's too much food at home that can't be finished." Tian Er suddenly seemed to think of this and had a sly look on his face: "Later I'll also help you bring some to school to eat, it would be a waste if we can't finish it."

  "Hmm." Wang Jian nodded: "Don't mention your sister again."

  "Oh..."

  Seeing Wang Jian and Tianran Er being so intimate, Kai Zi Xu's face almost turned red with anger, but he could only stand by helplessly. Earlier, he also heard that when Tianran Er invited Wang Jian to dinner, there was no intention of inviting him at all. This feeling seemed to be called "destined to be lonely for a lifetime".

  Kai Zi Xu couldn't help but complain in his heart, he had always been the center of attention from women since he was young, whether it was in middle school, university or after entering society. It seemed like he was always the focal point in a crowd, and most of the time he was the one avoiding others, when had he ever received such cold treatment?

  Thinking and thinking... this kind of distance that feels like a thousand miles makes him feel very uncomfortable, his eyes are dry, he has the urge to cry, but doesn't know where Wang Ruolin is.

  "Hey, junk collector, I have an electric rice cooker here, want it?"

  When the three of them passed by a building, a fat woman on the second floor shouted loudly at Wang Jian: "If you want to, come up for a bit."

  "Wait a minute, just wait."

  Wang Jian didn't mince words, after responding with a single sound, he turned around and drilled into the door hole, then turned around and said to Tianran Er: "You run by yourself, I'm going to work, wait for me later."

  After a moment of silence, Kaito Xu suddenly felt a sense of clarity and after a series of twists and turns in his heart, his mood became clear: "Ah, he's just a junk collector, what threat could he pose to me? How could someone like that possibly be worthy of Yorihime?" With this thought firmly in mind, he suddenly turned to look at Tenrai.

  "Wakabayashi, what do you like best usually?"

  "Scallions... scallion greens..."

  It's natural to feel a little shy about it, after all, this hobby is absolutely rare. I've heard of people who like narcissus, roses, and stones, but rarely have I heard of anyone who likes leeks...

  So even Kai Zixu fell silent, who likes leeks, how can they show their status? Are you kidding me by wrapping a bunch of leeks in a gold gift box?

  "And what's your second favorite..."

  "Leek pancake..."

  Kai Zi Xu took a deep breath, looked up at the sky and bit his lip: "Is there something normal... that has nothing to do with leeks?"

  Sleeping...

  A sense of powerlessness surged up from the bottom of Ke Zi Xu's heart, and the momentum that had been stirred up had already dissipated by more than half: "What about the others, such as famous brands, luxury watches, cosmetics, where do you like to go on vacation, these?"

  "I have a watch." The cartoon watch on her wrist swung back and forth: "It was a birthday gift from a student last year."

  "What about makeup?"

  "I use SK-II... My skin is relatively dry and I also especially like that fragrant smell."

  Ba Xian Guo, 65 yuan for a bottle, this kind of thing seems... no matter how you look at it, it just doesn't seem high-end. So Kai Zi Xu could only look at Tian Ran Er with a helpless expression: "Then where do you want to go on vacation?"

  "I want to go to the South Heavenly Gate, I've always heard that Yang Jian is guarding the gate there, I want to see his dog." Tian Ran's eyes were filled with yearning: "And it should be very beautiful there too, I've always wanted to sleep on the clouds and drift with the wind..."

  That's it! Damn Yang Jian, damn the South Heaven Gate, damn the Xiang Tian dog, damn the floating Ah Floating! Kai Zi Xu is finally in a state of near collapse. He never thought that in this era, there would still be such women. He really can't imagine how someone like Tian Er could live to be so old!

  After taking several deep breaths, he finally calmed down, but at this time Wang Jian had already caught up with a broken electric rice cooker from behind, turned his head and said to Tianran Er: "I've been doing pretty well in business these past two days, I made 200-300 yuan, after you finish eating the leftovers at your house, I'll treat you to fish."

  "You can't fool me." Tian Ran's eyes lit up with excitement: "I want the crispy fried small fish, the kind that's fried until it's crunchy."

  "It doesn't matter."

  "Hey, A Jian. Can you make leek pancakes?" Tian Ran's eyes sparkled: "It's made with leeks, eggs and flour."

  "Add the chili sauce I made, it's absolutely delicious. Wait till tonight and I'll get a second-hand electromagnetic stove, tomorrow morning I'll make some for you to try."

  Wang Jian's mood seemed to be good too, although he was just a trash collector holding a broken electric rice cooker, but this did not affect Wang Jian's exceptionally bright and cheerful mood.

  His good mood was infectious, and the first to be affected was Tian Ran Er. After being invited to try the scallion pancake, she suddenly jumped up like a kid, and then hummed all the way, her mood so good it could bloom into flowers.

  "Oh, by the way, those pickled flower petals are ready, want to try some?"

  "Alright, alright." Tian Ran clapped his hands twice: "Hurry up and go, I haven't eaten yet."

  Kai Zixu's face was gloomy on the side, his heart filled with a sense of defeat from being beaten by a stinky rag picker, but after hearing their conversation, his curiosity surged again, and he asked ignorantly: "What to eat?"

  "Oh, flower."

  Soon, Wang Jian brought the two to his garage and fished out a ceramic urn from the corner that looked like an ash box. He opened the lid sealed with wax, and a sour aroma burst out. Tian Er couldn't help but swallow two mouthfuls of saliva after smelling it.

  "Eat up."

  Wang Jian carefully took out a petal that had turned blue-purple from inside and handed it to Tianran Er. Tianran Er first sniffed it like a small dog, then gently nibbled the petal from Wang Jian's hand, and after taking a bite, she closed her eyes and shuddered... This action made Kezi Xu look so tragic, his heart was even more sour than the petal...

  "Sour and sweet." Tian Ran licked her lips: "Delicious!"

  "What is this?" Kezi Xu looked at the stall with full of curiosity: "It smells strange."

  Wang Jian also handed him a piece, but he didn't use his mouth to hold it... After eating, he nodded: "Delicious fruit leather, what kind of fruit?"

  "It's rose petals." Wang Jian looked at Kai Zi Xu with a somewhat strange gaze: "Guess, where did these petals come from?"

  Kai Zi Xu was not a natural two, he knew it at the time, his heart shook, and he couldn't wait to raise his hand and smash over a few mountains. Blue Fairy... After searching hard for half the city, I finally found 999 blue fairies, but they were made into dried fruit by these two people, fifteen pieces per catty...

  "You're going to die a miserable death! I'm going to kill you!"

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