Love? The Reborn Me Just Wants to Obtain Rewards

Chapter 85: Chapter 68 A World Where Everyone is Hurt_4

Kuokuo’s eyes became round, her excitement leaving her tongue-tied.

“Want! Mr. Huai, what should I do? I’ll listen to you, bro!”

“I can send you inside to help, but you’ll have to follow the boss’s orders…”

“Sure, sure, sure, no problem at all!”

Chu Changkuo jumped high in excitement, dragging Su Huai towards the back.

Su Huai pushed open the door on the back side and greeted Li Chengguo, “Li, this is my classmate; he’s here to help and can do heavy work!”

Li Chengguo was overjoyed.

Everyone who knows about the kitchen knows…

That place is really stuffy and hot, and exhausting.

The big pot for cooking sour plum soup holds 600 liters and weighs about 800 pounds. It’s too heavy for several people to move, so they can only use a big spoon to scoop the cooked sour plum soup into buckets and then chill or cool it.

Ordinary students start faltering after half an hour with the big spoon. The main workforce has always been Li Chengguo and his original helpers, and they are utterly exhausted.

“Come on, young fella, let me show you how to wield the big spoon!”

Chu Changkuo rushed over with glee, “Just watch, I promise not to screw up!”

Chen Nuanhan: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

You damn thing, is this what you call solving my problem?!!!

Really, at that moment she was ready to grab a rolling pin…

Luckily, Su Huai kept his distance and didn’t follow.

Then, when Wu Tianyou saw Chu Changkuo mixing in, he couldn’t accept it.

“Mr. Huai, how can you be partial? Why help a stranger instead of a classmate?”

Heh, I knew you’d want to meddle!

Gou Huai held back a laugh, his face showing difficulty, “You’re so pampered; I just didn’t want you to get tired.”

“Crap! Looking down on who? Bro, I’m good at all eight sports events, okay?”

Wu Tianyou thumped his chest as if he were standing on the Langya Mountain, “Count me in, if I spill even a cup I’ll pay for the whole pot!”

So they kept working from shortly after dinner until after 9 PM, spinning the big spoon until sparks flew…

At first, they still had the energy to bicker, but later they whined and groaned. If they weren’t so reluctant to give in to each other, they would have probably given up long ago…

Chen Nuanhan was just as exhausted, and she didn’t even have the energy to rebuke them.

Capping the bottles and handing them out looked simple, but it was relentless!

By the end, her arms didn’t even feel like her own.

The first thing she did after finishing work was to rush out flailing her fists, looking for Su Huai. That damn guy, come here!

Little Potato held back a laugh, reminding her, “Don’t bother; he ran off long ago!”

Bai Huitian couldn’t hold back, laughing like a big goose, her eyes brimming with tears.

So, everyone got hurt except for Gou Huai, who made a clean profit.

Then, as Chen Nuanhan was silently gathering her energy, her phone suddenly chimed with a notification. Opening it, she saw a transfer for 1500 yuan and a message… presumably of encouragement.

“Not bad, you’ve impressed me. This is what you deserve, Sour Plum Soup Goddess!”

Chen Nuanhan felt both annoyed and amused, suddenly caught in a dilemma.

Su Huai was undoubtedly a dog.

But making an extra 500 yuan in three hours doesn’t seem too bad, right?

And that damn guy called me a goddess…

After much thought, Chen Nuanhan lightly tapped to receive the payment and decided not to hold it against him.

“Let’s go, sisters, let’s have a treat! Durian, Qingwang cherries, today we also realize fruit freedom!”

“Oh yeah!”

“Warm Sister, you’re the best!”

The three sisters cheerfully turned out of the school gate and went shopping at the fruit supermarket outside.

Meanwhile, Chu Changkuo and Wu Tianyou, too exhausted to utter another word, exchanged a silent look and turned away from each other, their faces sullen as they trudged back to their dorm.

Su Huai… how cunning!

At that moment, the heavily profited Su Huai had already walked to the northwest gate of the university’s main campus, ready to take the path back to North District One.

As he passed the family area and ivy corridor on the edge of the campus, he could see a figure dressed in white from a distance.

She squatted there, holding something in her hand, gently calling out.

“Mimi, come here, it’s me! Do you remember me? Look what I’ve brought you! Come, come to sister…”

Su Huai subconsciously slowed his steps.

Capital Normal University had a group of stray cats, initially only two or three, later expanding to around ten, regularly seen around the campus.

Girls often fed them, so these cats were not afraid of people but not exactly friendly either.

Every winter, they would occupy the teaching buildings, administrative buildings, or inside the library, jokingly regarded as senior students.

The most aloof of them was a yellow and white tabby, and the most shy one was a ragdoll.

At this moment, the girl was calling out to that ragdoll, called Chuchu.

Su Huai originally thought Chuchu wouldn’t respond to the young lady, but upon closer inspection, my goodness, it was darting towards her!

The little cat stepped forward, waggling its butt as it walked, quickly reaching the girl and then flopping down on the ground, revealing its belly.

“Haha! Mimi, you still remember me, huh? Good girl!”

The girl’s voice was tinged with excitement, quickly pushing away the cat treats to feed Chuchu.

By this time, Su Huai was very close, and the more he listened, the more something seemed off.

How come this milk foam voice sounded so familiar?

Just as he was trying to recall, the girl also heard footsteps and turned her head slightly.

In the moment of eye contact, Su Huai had only one thought: “What a coincidence.”

The girl was Gu Jiuyue.

But she seemed not to recognize Su Huai, cautiously moved further to the side, giving up most of the corridor, and lowered her head again.

My goodness, are you a goldfish?

Only 7 seconds of memory?

Su Huai felt slightly embarrassed, being forgotten by his own little gold mine, how ordinary I must be…

However, he didn’t rush to do anything.

Just walking by as normal, lightening his footsteps, careful not to disturb them.

Only when passing by, did he softly remind: “She has a name, it’s Chuchu.”

“Ah?”

Gu Jiuyue turned back to look at the shadow, squinting her eyes, as if trying to recognize: “You are… Su Huai?”

So, it’s not that you didn’t remember, but you’re nearsighted?

Su Huai felt a bit amused, stepping into the light.

“Yes. Hello, Gu Jiuyue.”

“Hello.”

She nodded slightly, seemingly a bit awkward.

Su Huai responded with an understanding smile, waving his hand, “I’m just on my way back to the dorm, you keep her company… head home early.”

Looking at her slender figure, Su Huai couldn’t help adding another word of concern.

This kind of paternal care seemed like a natural response of a middle-aged man, so smooth that it didn’t even pass through his mind.

“Okay.”

Gu Jiuyue nodded slightly, and then added a quick “Thank you.”

The third time now.

Su Huai silently kept count, not sure if she was just super polite or habitually said thank you when she didn’t know what else to say…

The two of them passed by each other, with Su Huai quickening his pace slightly, soon disappearing into the night.

The greatest comfort adults can offer is maintaining the right distance at the right moment.

Gu Jiuyue felt much more at ease and continued to call out to the cats.

This time, she was calling for Chuchu.

“So you do have a name, huh? Called Chuchu, is it? That’s really nice…”

The shy but beautiful ragdoll hugged her hand, making contented purring sounds, as if responding.

Under a clear moon and sparse stars, the beauty appeared jade-like, and in the tranquil night, a girl, a cat, and the backdrop comprising the long corridor, the creeping vines, forests, and grass all merged to form a harmonious scene.

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