“Maths is really hard.” Ning An chewed on the dried vegetable strips He Xin had given him, making crunching sounds as he poured out his grievances to Ning Meng. “It"s not like I intend to operate any mechas in the future; why do I need to draw sectional diagrams of one? I also don"t plan to fly a starship; why must I calculate its energy consumption and mileage?”
“The value of knowledge lies in its uselessness.” Ning Meng said pretentiously, but after only maintaining it for a few seconds, she broke her facade. “I"m just kidding. I read that sentence in a book today; I think it suits you very well. Keep studying and you will become a smarter person.”
“I"ll probably be a baldy before I become smart.” Ning An was depressed and frustrated as he stuffed vegetable strips into his mouth. He bit them to pieces as though he was chewing on all the homework he had to do for each course. Suddenly exerting too much force, he bit down hard on his teeth. “Ah! Cough Cough! Pei!”
“You should also be a little more careful. I have already mailed the shampoo to you. Remember to use it every day.” Ning Meng saw Ning An appear in front of the camera again. “Brother, did you request for leave yet? Is it inconvenient to apply? How about I just let my cla.s.smate accompany me?”
“Don"t worry, I"ve already gotten my leave approved. I"ll see you in a few days!” It would be fine if Ning Meng hadn"t mentioned it, but as soon as she raised this topic, Ning An once again stabbed at the voodoo doll of Qin Zhao in his heart.
“You"re requesting leave for so many days. This will be very difficult for me to approve.” Although Qin Zhao said this, his expression was completely at ease. “5 days ah……”
“Instructor, there are two rest days in between.” Ning An was afraid that there would be complications and hence prepared his words. “I"ll only miss 3 days of cla.s.ses.”
“3 days ah…… Have you finished writing your research report on the changes in the use of mecha I mentioned last time?” Qin Cong propped up his arm on the table and spun a pen in his hand. “If you hand me your report after you come back from your leave, I will sign off your request.”
This bloodsucking demon! Ning An cursed and raged in his heart while maintaining a smile on his face. “Then, thank you instructor.”
“You"re welcome.” Qin Zhao stopped spinning the pen and elegantly signed off the leave request form. He then filed it to the school through his terminal. “I look forward to receiving your research report. Remember that it must also include diagrams.”
To h.e.l.l with the diagrams! He needed to draw the front view, side view, top view, internal cross sectional view. Ning An felt like his head was going to explode.
“Oh right. Brother, what"s that you"re eating?” Ning Meng knew that Ning An ate nutrition packs every day, and in order to temper his abdominal muscles, he wouldn"t eat late night snacks. This was the first time that she saw him eat something.
“This? They"re dried vegetable strips. My roommate gave them to me. His family made them.” Ning An looked at the bag that still had more than half the vegetable strips left. Wiping his hands, he sealed up the opening of the bag. “I"ll bring some for you to try.”
“There"s no need, just eat them yourself.” Ning Meng had recently been eating vegetable salads to lose weight. Seeing the vegetable strips, she didn"t have the slightest bit of appet.i.te.
“Alright, you should rest early.”
“Okay, goodnight brother.”
Although he had successfully applied for leave and booked a ticket in advance, he still had an additional research report to write. Ning An didn"t want to write the report while he accompanied Ning Meng. That kind of company was useless.
“I"m sorry for troubling you to accompany me again.” Ning An had separated a small portion of the vegetable strips into a small packet to give to Fu Ke. “These are pretty tasty.”
“En.” Fu Ke nodded and took the pack. He then opened the book in front of him. “Then, we should start early and end early. If there"s anything you don"t understand, just ask me.”
“Okay.” Ning An took off his personal terminal and put it on the table. He then turned on the display screen and set it so that Fu Ke could also see it. Finally, he flipped open the book he had already prepared and started to write his report.
Ning An didn"t have any problems regarding the theory, but his weak point was in drawing diagrams. Asking help from Fu Ke sitting beside him, Ning An"s progress became a lot faster than he expected.
“I remember seeing a book on mecha designs before. Where did I put it? I"ll go look for it……” Ning An said this and left his seat, disappearing amongst the tall bookshelves.
His terminal screen was still open and a reminder notification suddenly popped up. Fu Ke habitually took a glance and froze.
[Estrus date is in three days.]
Fu Ke quietly selected the red cross in the upper right corner of the notification box. He tried to pretend that he didn"t see anything, but his mind was filled with the word ‘estrus". His curiosity getting the best of him, he sent Fu Yue a message.
[What should I pay attention to when an Omega goes into estrus?]
This must be exactly what I thought! Seeing this message, the mask on Fu Yue"s face almost fell off in shock. Reapplying the mask, she quickly sent over a big chunk of text explaining the things to take note off. In the end, she also added:
[Brother, why are you suddenly interested in this kind of thing? Did you find me a sister-in-law?]
Fu Ke looked at Ning An, who was earnestly drawing diagrams next to him. Then he looked at the message Fu Yue had sent him again. Seeing the word ‘sister-in-law", an inexplicable feeling rose in his heart.
[It"s nothing. I just need it for academic research purposes.]
f.u.c.k your academic research purposes! Fu Yue really wanted to give him a video call and yell at him, but thinking of Fu Ke"s solemn face, she didn"t have the courage to do so. Hence, she could only switch to sending Derek a message.
[Hey Derek, did my brother make any new friends at school?]
[Why are you suddenly so concerned about your brother?]
[That"s none of your business. So did he? Hurry up and tell me!]
[Well, I suppose he did. Your brother has been following him to the library these days.]
Ha, I knew it! In her heart, Fu Yue gave her own intuition a like.
[What"s his name? What kind of person is he?]
[Ning An ah. He"s a pretty hardworking person.]
Ning An. Fu Yue thought, isn"t he Ning Meng"s brother? “Ning Meng Meng, your brother is a Beta, right?”
“Mhm.” Ning Meng was checking the inventory of food she was going to give Ning An when he arrives. Looking up, she said, “He"ll come in a few days to accompany me.”
Then it shouldn"t be him. Don"t tell me that my brother had hidden it so deep that even Derek didn"t know?
[Is there anyone else besides him?]
[No. Don"t you know your own brother? Isn"t it already good that he could make one friend? How many more friends do you want him to make?]
[Mm…… is there an Omega in your year?]
[Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Sis, are you trying to make me laugh to death? In reality, it"s impossible for there to be an Omega in our school. Did you read too many novels?]
[Alright, enough. I understand. You can continue lifting your dumbbells.] Fu Yue looked at that long string of hahahahaha"s and resentfully beat up her bear-shaped body pillow to vent her anger.
Humph! What no Omega? My brother found one!
Ning An and Fu Ke didn"t leave the library until it was about to close. Since their dormitory buildings were next to each other, they walked together on the way back.
“That, you should properly rest these days and take care of your body.” Fu Ke thought of the things Fu Yue had sent him and tried to make his voice sound as superficial as possible.
“Hm, are my dark circles that serious?” Ning An hadn"t applied the eye cream for a few days. Did they reappear that fast? When he gets back to the dorm, he should apply some more. He must not let Ning Meng see it!
“You don"t have any dark circles.” Fu Ke even stopped and carefully looked at Ning An. Thinking that he was still too thin, he said, “You should also eat more, like meat.”
“Meat is too greasy. If I eat too much, I won"t be able to develop abs.” Ning An looked at his smooth stomach and felt depressed. He had trained every day without slacking off!
“Speaking of which, Derek"s figure is so good ah.” Especially is abs.
“Actually, my figure is as good as his.” Fu Ke blurted out without thinking. “Do you want to look?”
After saying this, Fu Ke felt as if the atmosphere had changed. There was no expression on his face, but in his heart, he really wished he had sewn his mouth shut a minute ago. What was he saying!
“Hahahahaha!” Ning An was momentarily dazed before letting out a laugh. “You are really amusing.” He then patted Fu Ke"s shoulder. “Okay, if I get the opportunity, I"ll be very honoured to feast my eyes on your body.”
Unknowingly, they had reached the fork in the road leading to their dormitory buildings. After saying goodbye to Fu Ke, Ning An let out a sigh of relief. He had discovered something—–
The top students all liked to kill the atmosphere!