Chapter 251 WPG02S0: Missed the college entrance examination? Shura field? Is Lu Manman holding An Wuyang on his arm? 134K
The courtyards in the imperial capital refer to those courtyards in the second ring road where more than a dozen families live together.
In the era of 2021, those large courtyards even still use public toilets. Can you believe it?
And there is no independent kitchen. The kitchens are all shared. Can you believe this?
More importantly, a family of five lives in a space of more than ten square meters. Thinking about it is a nightmare, right?
But it’s actually so magical!
Because the locals living in the courtyards are actually the lower-class natives of the city. They want to live and work in peace and contentment in the imperial capital.
It's too difficult.
Living in the imperial capital is not easy!
The same situation exists in Magic City.
"Let me describe the old Western-style building to you, and you will know why I think the current house is very good." Lu Manman sighed.
"When our family used to live in an old foreign-style building, our home was only 22 square meters. There was no independent kitchen or independent bathroom. Instead, there were public toilets and shared kitchens on each floor." Lu Manman said the first thing first.
Xia Yuqing frowned secretly. If there was no independent kitchen, it would be barely acceptable.
But there is no private bathroom
Xia Yuqing found it difficult to accept it!
"The sound insulation of the old western-style building is very poor. You can hear a sneeze clearly from upstairs to downstairs." Lu Manman added, she used 'sneeze' as an example, but the content she wanted to say was obviously not 'sneeze'.
"Besides, bathing in public restrooms is also troublesome. I used to live in an old Western-style building and I never took off my clothes when taking a bath." Lu Manman said another heart-warming thing.
"Our family used to use a chamber pot before. You have probably never heard of this kind of thing, right?" Lu Manman added.
An Wuyang denied, "I've heard of it!"
"Ah?" Lu Manman looked at An Wuyang in confusion.
Xia Yuqing looked at An Wuyang with the same confusion.
An Wuyang responded, "Our family has a medicinal material planting base, and some medicinal materials require special fertilizers, so I really know this stuff."
"." Lu Manman was speechless. What does it mean that his family 'has a medicinal material planting base'?
What kind of niche text is this?
Versailles?
It doesn’t seem like it!
"When I was in the third year of junior high school, our family finally decided to move out of the old foreign-style building, and then we rented our current small house." Lu Manman continued.
"Although the house is small, although I have to sleep with my mother, although it is not an elevator room, and although it is not very soundproof," Lu Manman paused.
"But it has an independent bathroom and an independent kitchen. I'm already very satisfied!" Lu Manman sighed.
"But its monthly rent is 4,000 yuan, you can't believe it?" Lu Manman explained the rent. What she wanted to express was that the rent for this small house with one bedroom and one living room was very expensive.
However, neither An Wuyan nor Xia Yuqing felt anything.
Lu Manman suddenly remembered that the daily rent of the Huashan apartment where Xia Yuqing currently lives is 5,000 yuan!
OK OK!
After all, she was the one who was abrupt, right?
Lu Manman continued, "In order to pay the rent and maintain family expenses, my father works outside all year round, and my mother also works to support the family."
In fact, the salary in Shanghai is not as high as expected!
Because it is difficult for ordinary people to get high wages.
Take service staff as an example. Even in Shanghai, it is difficult for wages to exceed 5,000 yuan, unless they are service staff in high-end restaurants.
However, high-end restaurants have certain requirements for the quality, appearance, and even conversational style of service staff. Not just anyone can serve as a service staff in a high-end restaurant.
Lu Manman's mother, Gu Qingzhi, is an accountant. This profession used to be a good job, so she was able to be assigned to public housing like the old Western-style building.
But as times changed and related companies closed down, Gu Qingzhi had no way to find a better job. He only had more than 5,000 yuan a month, which was barely enough to cover the rent.
That's why Lu Manman's father works outside all year round.
Xia Yuqing was silent after hearing this, and An Wuyang did not comment.
Seven or eight minutes later, everyone arrived at the gate of Tongzhou Gongji University and registered to enter the campus by swiping their ID cards.
An Wuyang took the initiative to start a new topic, "If I had studied a little harder back then, I should have been able to come to this university!"
"." Xia Yuqing tried hard to hold back her smile. She was a professional and she held it back!
An Wuyang studied hard and came to Tongji University?
Lu Manman looked at An Wuyang in confusion, "Then why didn't you choose Tongji University?"
"Ahem!" Xia Yuqing couldn't hold it in any longer!
An Wuyang looked at Xia Yuqing, and he hummed, "Baby, you don't believe that I can come to Tongji University, do you?"
"I believe it! I believe it!" Xia Yuqing responded quickly.
"I think you just don't believe it!" An Wuyang complained.
"Seriously, with my score of 437, why can't I come to Tongzhou Tongji University?" An Wuyang asked.
"." Lu Manman was also speechless!
437 points?
University in the same boat?
What combination is this?
"You don't believe it either, right?" An Wuyang looked at Lu Manman again.
Lu Manman smiled awkwardly but politely.
As a native of Magic City, could Lu Manman not know about Tongji University?
She doesn't believe that her college entrance examination score of 437 points is connected with Tongji University. What kind of dream is this?
"As soon as I see you don't pay attention to the college entrance examination!" An Wuyang responded.
"With my grades, if you choose an unpopular major like environmental engineering at Tongzhou Tongji University, you may not be able to get into it!" An Wuyang replied.
There is no precedent for such a thing!
It's just that An Wuyang doesn't want to go.
Tongzhou Gongji University is indeed a prestigious school at the 985+211 level, but so what?
If An Wuyang enters, it will not give him any special aura. On the contrary, because the school is so good, it will lead to too much suppression in the school.
For example, like the current situation, An Wuyang does not need to go to school after registering at Eastsoft College, and the school will also issue answers to An Wuyang during the exam.
Can you get this kind of treatment at Tongzhou Tongji University?
Even if you can really get such preferential treatment at Tongji University, someone will definitely be unhappy and secretly expose this kind of thing on the Internet.
Then An Wuyang will be put under a magnifying glass to look for problems again?
But it was different if it was Eastsoft College. When An Wuyang went to school, it was because An Wuyang gave the school face.
Everyone can understand An Wuyang not going to school.
It is also understandable that the school prepared answers for An Wuyang during the exam. After all, it was an open-book exam.
What's more important is that East Soft College is not a prestigious school in the first place, and people don't pay too much attention to it. No matter what An Wuyan does, there is a high probability that he will be forgiven.
If it were Tongzhou Gongji University, Fudan University in Shanghai, or Shuimu University and Imperial University, wouldn't these behaviors be criticized by the entire network?
Think about when someone asked: ‘What is CNKI? ’
And then the consequences of being found out about this person?
If An Wuyang asked "What is CNKI" after receiving his diploma from East Soft College, everyone would just think, did this guy find someone to write his graduation thesis? I’m afraid some people may even question: ‘So do you still need to write a thesis after graduating from school? ’
Faced with An Wuyang's serious words, Xia Yuqing was confused, "Brother Wuyang, are you serious, you can come to Tongji University with a score of 437?"
"It's really possible!" An Wuyang responded affirmatively.
Lu Manman was immediately numb!
She thought An Wuyang was joking, but he turned out to be serious?
The three of them were wandering around the Tongzhou Tongji University campus. Xia Yuqing and Lu Manman walked in front together, and An Wuyang followed behind. He quietly used the character rating subsystem to check Lu Manman's rating information.
……
Lu Manman:
Age: 18
Height: 172cm
Weight: 46.5kg
Appearance: 92
Body: 76
Favorability: 89 [Details+]
Health: 90
Purity: 100
……
Lu Manman’s character rating information has not changed at all
etc!
There are still changes!
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
There is a slight change in the weight column. It seems that he has just eaten lunch and has become a bit heavier, but the character rating subsystem has not marked it.
An Wuyang focused on checking the rating information of the favorability score, which was still the critical value of 89 points.
So just one point away, Lu Manman would think that he is her boyfriend?
But this point requires money ability to unlock!
It's just that An Wuyang doesn't want to unlock it now, because the risk of unlocking this point is relatively high. After all, Lu Manman is Xia Yuqing's friend.
What's more important is that Mr. An can't even beat the fast-acting dancer. Does he still want to challenge the second dancer?
An Wuyang thought about trying to take the little herring over the dragon gate first to see the effect of the final reward.
If he can easily defeat the attack-speed dancer, then he can continue to challenge newcomers!
Otherwise, if the dancers in the fast-acting costumes don't have enough to eat, how would Mr. An have the opportunity to challenge the newcomers?
The three of them were walking on the campus of Tongzhou Tongji University. A boy wearing glasses who looked a bit like a leader came over. He looked at Lu Manman and greeted him proactively, "Hello, classmate, I am Li Ningtao from the Law School. May I ask? Can we get to know each other?”
Li Ningtao had a bit of a look, but he was not looking for Xia Yuqing, because Xia Yuqing was wearing a Patek Philippe watch on her left hand and two Van Cleef & Arpels five-flower bracelets on her right hand.
Regardless of the issue of authenticity, just dressing up like this, if it is true, it means that Xia Yuqing is very rich or that Xia Yuqing has a way to make money.
Even if it is fake, it means that he loves vanity and is also a master of spending money!
So Li Ningtao chose Lu Manman, who looked more plain, as his chat partner.
However, Lu Manman ignored Li Ningtao's intention and instead turned to look at An Wuyang.
An Wuyang took two steps forward and spoke proactively, "Brother, what are you doing?"
Li Ningtao looked at An Wuyang. The couple's sportswear worn by An Wuyang and Xia Yuqing today looked very low-key. If it weren't for the Patek Philippe watch worn on his left hand, there would be nothing extraordinary about it.
Through the couple's sportswear, Li Ningtao judged that An Wuyang and Xia Yuqing were boyfriend and girlfriend. He said, "Brother, I want to meet your girlfriend's friends."
However, the next moment, Lu Manman walked up to An Wuyang, took the initiative to hold An Wuyang's arm, and then said, "I am his girlfriend too!"
"Ah?" Li Ningtao was stunned.
Is this okay?
He couldn't help but look at Xia Yuqing, but Xia Yuqing directly took An Wuyang's other arm and showed a sweet smile.
"Brother, that's awesome!" Li Ningtao gave a thumbs up, then turned and left.
After Li Ningtao left, Lu Manman let go of An Wuyang and apologized to Xia Yuqing, "I'm sorry, Qingqing, I can borrow your boyfriend to prevent that guy from harassing me."
Xia Yuqing responded with a half-smiling expression, "It doesn't matter!"
"Our brother is always willing to help others!" Xia Yuqing added.
An Wuyang responded affirmatively, "Who makes me a good person?"
Is it okay to issue yourself a good person card?
Although Xia Yuqing said it didn't matter, the atmosphere between the three of them was still a bit strange.
Just at this time, An Wuyang's cell phone rang with an incoming call. He quickly took out his cell phone to check and found that the caller ID was Qin Sheng.
An Wuyang immediately swiped the screen to answer, "Hey, Lao Qin, what's the matter?"
Qin Sheng asked, "Mr. An, are you free now? Let's have afternoon tea together?"
"Okay!" An Wuyang agreed directly. Qin Sheng made an appointment for afternoon tea at this time, which was a lifesaver!
"Oh, no time... ah?" Qin Sheng responded habitually. He thought An Wuyang was going to refuse.
An Wuyang asked directly, "Where shall we meet?"
"What do you decide about this?" Qin Sheng asked, "If Mr. An doesn't want to go anywhere, we can go to Bulgari. Their afternoon tea is very popular with girls."
"Forget it Bvlgari! There are too many celebrities taking pictures there, I think it's a bit noisy!" An Wuyang responded in refusal.
"There is a rooftop coffee bar near Jingjing Temple. I will send you the address and name and we will go there right away." An Wuyang added.
"Okay." Qin Sheng agreed.
After waiting for the call to end, An Wuyang took the initiative and said, "Baby, Lao Qin asked us to have afternoon tea. I have decided to stay at the Jingjing Temple near the school. Do you think you want to go have afternoon tea with me, or do you want to have fun by yourself?"
Xia Yuqing looked at Lu Manman, and she took the initiative to make an offer, "Manman, how about you go have afternoon tea with us?"
Lu Manman agreed generously, "Okay!"
? ? ?
An Wuyang said that he had many question marks.
Xia Yuqing seemed to have shot herself in the foot again. She deliberately invited Lu Manman, but it turned out to be a bit of a joke, right?
Faced with Lu Manman's promise, Xia Yuqing responded indifferently, "Then let's go back and drive directly."
"Okay!" An Wuyang agreed.
Seven or eight minutes later, the three of them returned downstairs to Lu Manman's house. This time An Wuyang was driving, Lu Manman sat in the back seat, and Xia Yuqing naturally sat in the passenger seat.
Lu Manman, who is 172cm tall, sits in the back seat of the Porsche 911 Targa, which can be said to be quite reluctant.
But An Wuyang seemed not to have seen it. He neither suggested that Xia Yuqing drive and Lu Manman sit in the passenger seat. He felt aggrieved, nor did he propose to ask Lu Manman out next time.
So the three of them drove quietly to the rooftop coffee bar of Jingjing Temple.
(End of chapter)