PFC Chapter 14 East of East
Chapter 14 East of East
"So, this chloroplast..."
Qu Ning looked at Mr. Gorokibe who was talking nonstop on the stage. With a gentle smile, he was pouring out knowledge points in a way that Qu Ning thought was quite interesting. Unfortunately, Qu Ning himself looked drowsy. Although his head was not nodding, his eyes were narrowed into slits.
"Damn it, I didn't sleep well yesterday and I got up too early today..." Qu Ning pinched the bridge of his nose between his eyes and thought slowly.
"Although the teacher's lectures are pretty good, few people listen." Qu Ning, trying to cheer himself up, held up his head and glanced around the somewhat dull classroom.
"Yeah, they're all killer related, there's no point in learning them."
Looking around, except for a few people like Ichinose Haru who were studying, the rest of the black class students were doing other things. Some were painting their nails, some were staring out the window in a daze, and some were looking straight ahead but were obviously distracted. Kenmochi was revising the script, Chizu and Kiritani Tsukasa were smiling at each other, probably chatting. The most conspicuous was Ying, who was sitting in the corner. She was sitting on a set of desks and chairs that looked very expensive, and there were even some decorations on them, which was completely different from the ordinary desks around her. But it seemed that Ying was also studying.
The most annoying thing is Zou Niang who was sleeping on the table. She had agreed to call Qu Ning at 5 o'clock, but she came to knock on the door at o'clock this morning. She looked very energetic and took Qu Ning to a place where he would go for classes or activities. Qu Ning was so annoyed that she wanted to tell Zou Niang that she would only go to school for seven days at most. After that, she hurriedly ate breakfast and arrived in the classroom just in time for class. I thought Zou Niang would continue to be energetic, but she fell asleep on the table in the classroom.
Unfortunately, Qu Ning suffered. Although his physical strength was much higher, he had only received it for a few days, and his habits and mentality were still at the stage where he felt uncomfortable if he didn't sleep for ten hours. Therefore, although he was not tired, he felt drowsy all the time and couldn't fall asleep.
I'm not sure about other places in the Star Academy, but at least the black class doesn't have textbooks. They study entirely with something like a tablet. Qu Ning's computer was given to him by teacher Lu Mubian after he arrived at the classroom. It also came with a shoulder bag that contained some pens and notebooks.
Therefore, there was no way to cover up their behavior with textbooks. All the students in the black class were doing their own things openly and without hesitation. And even if there was a way to cover up, few of them would do it. This scene was worse than the worst elective course that Qu Ning had taken in the past. It was hard for Mr. Golu Mubian to continue teaching so calmly as if nothing had happened.
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After a long time, it was almost noon and school was over. Qu Ning had already adjusted his state of mind. With the mentality of revisiting the past, he listened to a few classes.
"Hey, I probably only have a few days left to live, but I'm still here attending classes. I'm really a talented person..." Although he had some intention to attend classes, after several years of university training, Qu Ning couldn't help but lose his concentration and began to have random thoughts.
Suddenly, a message popped up on Qu Ning's tablet computer during class, it was Zou Niu.
"Let's go eat together later."
It was an affirmative sentence. Qu Ning was a little confused, not knowing what this kid was up to. But it didn't matter. After all, Qu Ning calculated that he didn't have much time left.
"I really don't know why you dragged someone like me who has no sense of survival into this..." Qu Ning thought indifferently, and gave Zou Niang an "OK" gesture to show that he understood.
Fortunately, Qu Ning was a professional at daydreaming, and soon it was time to end the get out of class. Before Qu Ning had packed up his things, Zou Niu had already arrived at Qu Ning's desk.
Looking at Zou Niu who was waiting, Qu Ning couldn't help but speed up the pace of packing his things. After all, it was a bit embarrassing to make others wait for him.
Because Qu Ning was familiar with the road and it was no longer the hand-in-hand duo who led the way, they went much faster this time and they arrived at the cafeteria entrance quickly.
Just as Qu Ning was looking at the people coming and going and lamenting that even the rich second generation were very enthusiastic about eating, Zou Niu suddenly slowed down, turned sideways and said to Qu Ning: "Actually, you don't have to pack your things and carry your schoolbag."
Qu Ning was stunned for a moment before he realized that no one else in the black class seemed to have taken anything. His tense expression almost broke again: "No wonder Teacher Goulu Mubian looked at me with such satisfaction. Did he think I was going to take my backpack back to study?"
"Besides, what's the point of reminding me now? We're already in the cafeteria. Damn it."
Qu Ning realized that Zou Niu was having a bad time again, and he prepared his expression. He rolled his eyes in his heart and quickly typed a few words: "I love to study."
Zou Feng's grin deepened a little, and he turned around and continued to quicken his pace: "Oh, I didn't expect that the person who was about to fall asleep in class was actually a good kid who loved to study."
Qu Ning did not continue to pay attention to her. Instead, he smelled the aroma of the food and felt his own hunger. He quickly ran to the cafeteria window and asked for lunch with "this" and "that". At this time, Zou Niu was still walking slowly towards him.
Soon Zou Niu prepared the meal, pulled Qu Ning, who was about to find an empty seat to sit down, pointed to the seat by the window, and walked over first.
"Ah, isn't this Ichinose Haru? Why are you alone? Where did Toujiao go? When she greets me later, should I nod or respond?" Qu Ning, who was following Zou Niu with his meal, saw Ichinose Haru sitting alone in the window seat. Before he could think clearly, he saw Zou Niu pass Ichinose Haru and sit opposite her.
Qu Ning was stunned for a moment, looked at the two of them, hesitated for a moment, and simply sat down at the next table.
"Mr. Zou Niu, you're here, and also Mr. Qu?" Ichinose Haru quickly greeted the two of them when she saw them.
"Hey -- because you two are both asking Dong Zhidong." Zou Niu also replied with a long tone, "Student Qu, if you insist on sitting there, you can hear me, right?"
Qu Ning made an OK gesture and started eating while thinking, "Oh, right, she called me to eat with her. It seems like she had something to do. I actually forgot and just followed her out of habit."
"Is Tujiao's family really that great?" Ichinose Haru's curious question interrupted Qu Ning's thoughts.
"It's more than amazing." Zou Niu said as he leaned forward towards Ichinose Haru, then returned to his original position, stroking his chest with his hand and said, "In our world, as long as we talk about the Dong family..."
At this time, Zou Niu paused for a moment, hugged himself with both hands, closed his eyes and pretended to tremble, saying: "That was simply..."
When Zou Niu was trembling, even Qu Ning had to look up. The hair that kept jumping as she trembled was really eye-catching. After all, this was something that could not be seen in the real world.
"Famous?" Ichinose Haru also interrupted with a question at the right time.
"Everyone knows about this. Everyone knows about this." Zou Niu also stopped shaking and raised his finger with a serious look. His voice also switched to the mode of telling horror stories to scare children. "Since ancient times, there has been a clan of killers who have dominated the dark side of this country, the 'East of East' and the 'West of Kudzu Leaves'. They serve those in power and manipulate the direction of history behind the scenes..."
Ichinose Haru didn't know if she was really scared or just cooperating, and she swallowed fearfully.
"Boom!"
At this moment, a tray with food on it fell on the table of both of them, making a loud noise. It startled Qu Ning who was eating next to them, and Zou Niu stopped telling the story.
"Black class rules, rule two." It was Dongtujiao.
"Ahaha, Tujiao-san, you're eating curry again." Zou Niang laughed, as if trying to brush it off, "You really do love curry."
Dong Tujiao, who had already taken his seat, ignored her interruption and continued, "Shouldn't we let people outside the black class know about this?"
"I'm the arbitrator." Zou Niu said as he blinked and tilted his head to make a cute pose. At the end he simply closed his eyes and stuck out his little tongue.
Unfortunately, Qu Ning, who was startled by Dongtujiao's arrival and was concentrating on eating, did not see this lovely scene. He just listened to the conversation between the two and thought silently: "What is an arbitrator? Zou Feng didn't tell me anything. Did he do it on purpose? Forget it, I know what the name means. It doesn't matter if it's wrong. Anyway, I don't plan to kill anyone."
"Usagiku-san, um..." Ichinose Haru's voice also rang out.
Higashi Rabbit completely ignored Zou Niu's performance and interrupted Ichinose Haru's explanation: "If you have anything to ask, don't ask that third-rate guy, ask me directly."
Zou Feng had no sense of being ignored, but saluted and said in a funny way: "I am third-rate!"
Poor thing, even Ichinose Haru ignored her performance this time, and asked Tou Kaku cautiously: "Then... who is in your family?"
Before Dongtujiao could answer, Zouyuan once again complained in a funny voice: "You are on a blind date!"
"I have never seen my father. My mother died after giving birth to me. I was raised by my grandmother. Other relatives..."
The poor walking butterfly was naturally ignored again, and Dongtujiao seemed to be lost in sad memories when he said this. After a while, he continued, "No more."
"Oh, what a coincidence. To be honest, I'm alone too." Zou Niu's voice, which seemed a little happy, sounded again, covering up Ichinose Haru's apology.
Before Zou Yuu finished speaking, Dong Tu Jiao decisively replied, "Not interested."
"Oh my~" Zou Niu seemed to be deflated, and his posture collapsed. "In that case, I'll go over there. After all, the information shows that he is alone."
Qu Ning paused while eating and watched Zou Niang sit opposite him, while Dong Tujiao also stared at Qu Ning who was sitting next to her.
"Actually, I'm almost like this now..." Ichinose Haru's low voice sounded, easing the almost frozen atmosphere.
"Ah, what's the direction this is going, it's like an orphanage, why, does the author of Devil's Mystery have such a bad taste?" Qu Ning complained silently while pretending to be "oblivious to everything else and only focused on doing his job".
Soon, the lunch passed in a slightly dull atmosphere.