Chapter 177 (1/2)
Chapter 177: Coements
Zhou Qianlin ate at her own pace She dropped her head, and slowly placed the dus in her mouth one by one
Lan Jue took the tirow darker over the horizon He enjoyed the sense of stillness and quiet
“How is it? Good?” Lan Jue looked back towards her with a smile
“Mm” Qianlin nodded her head
Lan Jue continued “You know the drawback to eating chives?”
Qianlin looked at him with curiosity in her eyes “What’s that?”
“Chives have a great deal of nutrients,” he explained sagely “Unfortunately It does have a detri you can’t kiss anyone for a while after eating some”
“Who in their right mind would want to-” She trailed off, her face red with embarrassment
Her abashment caused her lily-white skin to becolance was adht of the streetlamp overhead, she looked like a dream
The two sat close upon the rock as the darkness closed in around thes filled Lan Jue’s nose on occasion He spoke up, al chives” He was surprised to find hie to kiss her
Qianlin’s face grew redder still
Lan Jue haltingly produced a travel cup and handed it to her “What Isoet rid of the smell”
She tentatively took the bottle froreeted her
“Ngh S wiff
“Yup” Lan Jue nodded “The best for reducing the smell of chives”
She took a few small sips Lan Jue sat quietly beside he as she finished her meal
She did, eventually, finish Once she had, they got on to the bike and made their way towards Qianlin’s Skyfire Mountain residence
“Thank God you’re so light,” Lan Jue said in relief
“Who else have you been driving around,” she inquired
“A couple shameless bastards”
She wrapped her ar
“Why so quiet,” he asked
“I’m just tired,” she replied
Lan Jue went on “Right, what’s going on with this educational exchange thing? Why are they forcing you to participate?”
Qianlin shrugged “Our two schools have always had a rivalry, though what exactly happened to make it this way I don’t know All I know is, they do this every year The previous competitions were all uise of educational exchange It’s unfortunately not so our school excels at So we lose, sometimes very badly Only this year they decided to add R&D, I don’t knohy That’s why they calledour school can do well”
“What’s the coements?”
“Tomorroill be mecha combat,” she said “Each side will dispatch three of their best students and three teachers to compete in the arena The combat portion itself is separated in to two parts; the first is in a simulator and the second is actual combat The sihts are ‘sudden death’ After all, mechs are expensive There’s also of course the risk of injury, so they hts one and out”
Lan Jue nodded in understanding “So that’s the way it is Sounds sih”
Zhou Qianlin sputtered an acriain and again year after year? Last year only Professor Tan was able to pull out a victory against another instructor She helped us redeem a little bit of face We lost every other competition, from every other year, but that one”
“How do they intend to compete for R&D?”?”
Zhou Qianlin explained “One teacher comes with three students, one team for each side Each team comes up with three problems that they present to the other side for them to solve The winner is the team that can adequately answer theLir to be well prepared, since they’ve finally agreed to the coood deal of ti over the plan I feel like we have a pretty fir Which is no surprise, since this is Professor Le’s forte”
Once more, Lan Jue nodded “Good then Just don’t overdo it If there’s soet you can always ask me as well”
“Ask you,” Qianlin said incredulously
Lan Jue shot her a glance “What You don’t think I’h? When it comes to mechs there’s very little I don’t know At the very least I can offer a different point of view”
Qianlin chuckled at hiht”