Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 200 - 180 Drinking Water

Chapter 200: Chapter 180: Drinking Water

Chapter 200: Chapter 180: Drinking Water

Xue Yuantong ran to the front of the classroom to get water, but her movements were a bit slow, and another student beat her to the dispenser, turning the indicator light red.

She held her cup and waited beside it for the water to boil.

Jiang Ning, meanwhile, turned his head.

Today, Geng Lu wore a black down jacket with a white turtleneck sweater underneath. She sat close to her desk—perhaps too close, as her puffy sweater seemed to plaintively rest on the desktop.

Jiang Ning glanced at her, then quickly looked away, thinking it impolite to stare.

He silently used his Divine Sense.

Through observing with Divine Sense, Jiang Ning noticed that the space between Geng Lu’s desk and the ones adjacent were quite narrow, making her feel cramped.

In contrast, the space around Jiang Ning’s own desk was quite roomy.

Jiang Ning knew this was Geng Lu’s doing.

He pulled her desk forward slightly, easing her discomfort. The sudden move made her sweater jostle a bit.

“What’s up, Jiang Ning?” Geng Lu asked.

“Don’t sit so squeezed in,” Jiang Ning told her, hoping Geng Lu wouldn’t inconvenience herself just to give him room.

Geng Lu smiled, “It’s fine, I don’t go out much anyway.”

She knew Jiang Ning liked to take walks, and since Xue Yuantong loved to sleep, it always caused problems when he tried to leave.

She had made sure to free up some space for Jiang Ning so that he could easily get out when needed.

Jiang Ning was quite familiar with Geng Lu. Although she seemed gentle towards him, her personality was anything but soft. In fact, she had quarreled with Ma Shicheng when school had just started.

He wouldn’t forget the night they had a power outage during evening self-study; Geng Lu had ambushed him.

If not for his Divine Sense, she might have succeeded.

“Rarely going out isn’t good either, look what it’s done to your clothes,” Jiang Ning said somewhat sternly.

Geng Lu looked down and instantly grasped his point.

‘Why would he say something like that!’

She felt a flush of embarrassment heating her face.

Jiang Ning turned around satisfied, just as Xue Yuantong came over with her cup of water.

Jiang Ning moved to a seat by the window, and Xue Yuantong sat on the outer side.

As soon as she set down her cup, Jiang Ning moved it towards himself:

“Pour me some.”

“I went through all that trouble to get the water, why should I give you any!” Xue Yuantong retorted.

“Are you going to pour it?” Jiang Ning pressed.

Reluctantly verbal but compliant in action, Xue Yuantong poured him some water.

She complained, “You always drink mine.”

“Is my water that delicious?”

Jiang Ning lifted the cup, took a sip, and said, “It’s pretty good.”

During the interval of water-drinking, the homeroom teacher, Shan Qingrong, came to inspect the class—like an emperor touring his lands.

He approached Xue Yuantong with a cheery greeting:

“Ah, Xue Yuantong, you’re drinking water.”

“Yep.” Xue Yuantong, engrossed in her drinking, replied nonchalantly to Shan Qingrong.

“Drinking water is good, it’s healthy,” Shan Qingrong made small talk out of concern.

Jiang Ning seized the opportunity to complain: “Just now, Xue Yuantong had to wait several minutes to get water. All that time could have been spent solving math problems. Getting water sure is troublesome.”

Upon hearing this, Shan Qingrong immediately thought of Experimental Class 1, recalling that they had two water dispensers and that fetching water there was particularly quick.

And he remembered, Hu Hou, the teacher from Class 1, had once tried to poach Xue Yuantong for his class—an incident reported to him by Wang Longlong; otherwise, Hu might have succeeded in his ploy.

‘No, I can’t give Hu Hou a chance.’

‘I absolutely mustn’t lose Xue Yuantong over a water dispenser!’

Shan Qingrong thought to himself. After pondering for a moment, he walked up to the podium, facing everyone.

The students all looked towards him.

“Hu Jun,” Shan Qingrong called out.

“Here, teacher!” the class officer Hu Jun immediately responded.

Shan Qingrong pulled out his wallet, drew two bills, and said, “The water goes quickly in winter, I never noticed before. Take these two hundred and get another water dispenser for the class.”

This was welcome news, and the class burst into cheers.

Xue Yuantong sat on her stool, sipping hot water, swinging her legs like on a swing:

“Jiang Ning, look, my feet can stay off the ground.”

“You can’t, hehe.”

With Jiang Ning’s height, it was indeed difficult to mimic her action, and he admitted:

“I can’t.”

“That’s the disadvantage of being tall,” Xue Yuantong said profoundly.

…

After morning self-study ended, Yang Sheng came looking for Jiang Ning:

“Together?”

They had gone to the security office the night before, but since it was too late, Director Wang had told them to return after morning self-study to help catch the car vandal.

Jiang Ning agreed, and he got up to leave with Yang Sheng.

He didn’t call Xue Yuantong; she wouldn’t be of help in this matter.

Dan Kaiquan was surprised as he watched the pair leave:

‘When did their relationship become so good?’

‘Something’s fishy, definitely.’

He traveled to the back row, sharing what he had observed with Guo Kun Nan and Ma Shicheng.

After he finished, he asked, “What do you think?”

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Guo Kun Nan had just woken up; he had been discussing how to confess to a girl at Brother Ma’s rental place the night before, and they had talked until nearly 3 am—he could barely stay awake and had dozed off during the entire morning self-study.

As for Ma Shicheng, he was still spirited despite having spent the night in an internet cafe; just one night of staying awake was nothing to him.

“Yang Sheng and Jiang Ning must be hiding something from us,” Ma Shicheng said.

Dan Kaiquan asked, “Do you think they might be dating?”

Ma Shicheng was flabbergasted, “What are you thinking, Yang Sheng acts like a guy, who would want her?”

“And Jiang Ning gets along so well with Xue Yuantong.”

“Not to mention, Jiang Ning definitely wouldn’t like her.”

Ma Shicheng spoke with conviction; in his view, Yang Sheng was extremely disagreeable, characterized by a domineering personality, a competitive spirit, and a tendency to arbitrarily give orders—even making him take out the trash, which was utterly lawless.