Fleeting Midsummer (Beijing University’s Weakest Student)

Chapter 41

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Swimming Instructor

Do you think I will let you eat my tofu [2]? I think I should be the one eating your tofu.”

My fate was sure painful. I was surrounded by people with big mouths and many teeth. I looked into the mirror. Alas, I had indeed grown a sizable punching bag on my face. It was probably because I got angry too much, so at last, it had objectified onto my face. I didn’t know who had said: No matter how tired you become or how much suffering you go through, just pretend you’re an idiot. If it becomes harder and more dangerous, then pretend you’re stupid and shameless **. In Peking Uni, I had already acted as an idiot, but I didn’t think that I would really have to grow two cheeks too.**Stupid and shameless literally translates to two cheeks, so that’s what she means by growing two cheeks. And by growing two cheeks, she’s referring to her bloated hives.

So it was like this that in the dorm, I repented of my sins, muddle headedly, when at last, a week late, I welcomed the day of my recovery.
For this reason, I rubbed myself all over in the public baths for a whole hour to get rid of all my bad luck. After I finished bathing, I felt that I had become quite a few pounds lighter.

I prepared to go to the school dining hall sauteing area to buy some dishes to celebrate. As for Julie, I wouldn’t be inviting her to eat with me. Who let her comfort me uneasily when she was really mocking me in the midst of many trials and tribulations? HMPH!

I put the dishes onto the table and began to gorge myself. I was feeling great, and my appet.i.te was awesome!

Right when I was enjoying myself to the fullest, Fang Yu Ke came over, carrying his tray.

He carefully observed my face. Not sure, he asked: “You’re all right now?”

My mouth was bulging with food, and I could not speak, so I could only exert all my strength to nod.

Fang Yu Ke was still skeptical as he asked: “Where did the things on your body go?”

There were really too many things shoved into my mouth. I couldn’t swallow it even after a little while, so I could only raise my sleeve and pants to show him my skin.

Fang Yu Ke’s eyes brightened: “Zhou Lin Lin, you’re pretty dark.”

I finally swallowed the food: “Where am I dark? This is called being healthy. I’ve never seen any celebrities running out into the suns.h.i.+ne. Plus, I have to soak in the swimming pool for two more months. Obviously, it’s whitened [from the bleach].”

Fang Yu Ke laughed: “Even after turtles have soaked for 1000 years, they’re still dark.”

“Who are you calling a turtle? You wanna deride this old woman after seeing that she’s gotten better? Say something that makes this old woman happy.” I grabbed the chopsticks and banged them on the plates to urge him on.

“Your face is an oval face.”

I nodded my head, satisfied. This rascal was great at cooperating with people.

“But it’s only an inverted melon seed [1].” Fang Yu Ke said indifferently.

“You look like a celebrity.”

This time, I wasn’t excited anymore. I knew that he was going to pull in his deriding spirit. Even if I tried to stop him, I wouldn’t be able to.

“You look like Han Hong, that’s all.”

Everyone said that my life was not easy. I estimated that my inner mentality was more on guard than even 911 survivors. I covered my head and ate. I had experience with coming into contact with these kinds of people. At these times, I had to express how much I didn’t care, to make the other person think that I was dull. Otherwise, you would be like the small demon Tang Seng forced into suicide from Journey to the West, mutilating yourself, and becoming a waste.

Sure enough, Fang Yu Ke stopped. After a while, he stole a bite of food: “Do you still not know how to swim?”

F**K, he had changed into his mocking front. I shook my head: “I don’t know how to. Who can stay in the water without stretching out their necks like you, staying in the water like a turtle for a millennium?”
“Idiot, turtles don’t have to take a breath underwater. They can only hold their breath for a long time.” Fang Yu Ke lectured me on “Entering Scientific Knowledge” as well as “Animal Kingdom”.

Ignorance was frequently the most humiliating. I didn’t speak and could only silently curse this f**cking tortoise of a millennium, who was really f*cking good at conning people.

Fang Yu Ke didn’t mind, and continued to ask: “Then what do you plan to do?”

It was very difficult for me to have the mood to eat, so after we spoke about these types of depressing emotions, my appet.i.te immediately dried up. I angrily said: “What’s to be done, what about coleslaw?**”**She’s almost saying, Shut up, just eat.

Fang Yu Ke chewed a bite of more food and asked me carelessly: “Why don’t I teach you? Maybe your way isn’t right. After you find the right technique, you will know how to do it. This is just like learning how to ride a bike when one is little.”

I sighed: “The crucial point is that I never learned how to ride a bike……”

TLN: I knew she would say that xD

Fang Yu Ke was a failure at being an advisor, and he was also someone with an honest malicious tongue: “How can you be so stupid?”

I lifted my head towards the sky: “Thank you for your reminder. Otherwise, how would I be aware of my stupidity?”

But Fang Yu Ke was almost like he had hit the evil mark: “But I still want to experiment with how dumb you can really be. Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll teach you swimming.”

I shook my head and did not agree.

Fang Yu Ke got anxious: “I’m doing this out of good intentions, so don’t overthink it. I don’t have any other thoughts. If I really have other thoughts…..”

I looked at Fang Yu Ke’s intense reaction with some unexpectedness: “I know you don’t have any other meanings. Do you think I will let you eat my tofu [2]? I think I should be the one eating your tofu.”

Fang Yu Ke became greatly embarra.s.sed: “I wasn’t pointing to this either…..then why won’t you let me teach you?”

“I didn’t say that I wouldn’t let you teach you. I didn’t even have time to thank you. I only said I couldn’t go tomorrow. My physiology semester hasn’t finished yet. After a few days, I’ll be available.”
Fang Yu Ke drew back the corners of his lips into a smile. His pitch black pupils emitted bright rays of light.

Over the weekend, I rushed to the swimming pool as if I were going on a date. Because of hives, last week, I had taken a break from the swimming cla.s.ses. I had quite a bit of regret: My attire gradually widens to the point of no return, and I am so helpless that nothing can be learned.

TLN: The last line is a poem…so like the sorta rhyming-ness? XD If you guys have something better for the poem part, pls do comment

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