The Foolish Bookworm of the Aristocratic Boys’ School chapter 84.1

Chapter 84: He Has Already Placed His Bet on Wen Rong part 1

Five o’clock was still too early; after the messages were sent, he didn’t get an immediate response.

Wen Rong finished washing up. As he was packing his things to go out, his phone buzzed zzzt, finally receiving a reply.

Zhou Xie: [First time seeing snow?]

Wen Rong thought for a moment and answered honestly: [First time seeing such beautiful snow scenery.]

[Poor people don’t realize beautiful scenery. Congratulations, you have temporarily crossed the class divide.]

Wen Rong’s good mood vanished instantly.

He didn’t want to talk to Zhou Xie.

The snow was still falling. After putting his phone in his pocket, he opened his umbrella and stepped onto the fluffy white ground.

The soles of the school’s custom-made leather shoes were made of animal hide, crafted extremely thin for aesthetics. They couldn’t block the temperature of the snow. A slow walk quickly turned into a brisk hop.

On the endless white expanse, a trail of footprints leading to the cafeteria was left behind.

After getting a bowl of noodles and sitting down, messages started trickling into his phone.

Shi Ye: [It’s sunny here] [Image] Shi Ye: [Training is so boring.] Shi Ye: [Can you come a bit earlier? I have no friends here; I can only play tennis alone.] Shi Ye: [My phone is about to be confiscated again. If I don’t reply, I’m fighting a bloody battle.]

Lin Qizheng: [Such heavy snow. It wasn’t this heavy last year, was it?]

Zhang Lin: [Image] Zhang Lin: [Made a snowman downstairs. Pretty, right?]

Wen Rong pursed his lips in a smile. Just as he was about to reply “Pretty,” a new message appeared in the group.

Lin Qizheng: [Youngest, no need to go to Room 100 today. Zhang Lin and I both have to work on the project.]

Wen Rong: [Mn mn, good luck!]

Wen Rong went directly to the library after class. Surprisingly, without club activities, his study progress didn’t speed up.

Snow drifted outside the window, accumulating a thick layer of white on the trees.

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Wen Rong guessed that because it was his first time looking at snow so carefully, he could no longer focus on the things in the books.

He indulged himself.

And selfishly, he wanted to continue indulging.

He watched the snow intermittently for three days.

The day the snow melted was particularly cold. The snow turned to ice, and Wen Rong didn’t dare look at his phone while walking on the road.

Splat.

Leather shoes stepped on the ice, almost causing a fall.

Like a “duck” learning to walk, he swayed his body and moved forward slowly.

When he finally entered the heated academic building, the noise and heat hit him simultaneously.

“Did you watch the match? Shi Ye seems even more amazing than last year.”

“It’s a crush against anyone. If it weren’t written ‘Professional Tennis Open’ on the side, I would have thought he was abusing elementary schoolers.”

“Zhao Zeyang performed pretty well this time too. He must have trained intensely after dropping out.”

“Nonsense. He was expelled. If he doesn’t get good results in the competition, he’s basically finished.”

“I heard he practiced with last year’s runner-up for a long time, probably wanting to defeat Shi Ye in the finals.”

“Maybe he really can beat Shi Ye. He got lucky this time, going into the guaranteed entry group. He won’t meet any difficult opponents at all; he’ll probably only clash with Shi Ye in the finals.”

Not only was everyone in the school paying attention to Shi Ye’s match, but Bluebook was also in full swing.

Bluebook’s homepage icon had turned into a tennis ball, and all small decorations used fluorescent green, seemingly trying hard to transmit the atmosphere of the Tennis Open to everyone through the screen.

Wen Rong could see Shi Ye’s name just by clicking on any trending topic. After confirming the time and location of the finals, he searched for guides on booking hotels and flight tickets, and started downloading apps onto his phone.

【Host, you can’t book tickets at this time anymore.】

“Huh?”

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Wen Rong put down his phone. “Then I’ll book tonight.”

【What I mean is, the tennis match is too popular. Flight tickets to the finals city are likely sold out now, and hotels are probably fully booked.】

“What about train tickets?”

【Same.】

【And the tickets for the finals sold out a long time ago.】

Wen Rong swallowed his saliva. His brain worked slowly, finally realizing he seemed to have made a mistake.

It was his first time attending such a grand event; he didn’t even know to book tickets in advance.

“I didn’t expect it to be like this.”

“Brother, what should I do? I promised Shi Ye.”

The System wanted to say you can use points to exchange, but thinking that the Host didn’t even have enough points to survive, and every point was precious now, he definitely couldn’t use them.

So it suggested: 【How about explaining the situation to Shi Ye and not going?】

But…

Originally, it was true that he didn’t plan to go because he had no money. But now that he had decided to go, finding out he couldn’t go made his heart itch. It was a bit hard to accept.

Wen Rong scratched his head, falling into a dilemma.

Perhaps he was thinking too deeply, for his vision suddenly darkened as he bumped into something.

He stumbled back two steps, quickly grabbing the wall to steady himself. He looked up to see the person in front of him—dark eyes sunken behind black-rimmed glasses, carrying a chill. Combined with a rather skeletal face, he looked scarier than a skull.

Being so close, he also discovered that Zhou Xie’s eyeballs seemed to float above his lower eyelids, looking frightening.

Wen Rong apologized, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to.”

“I meant to.”

“Huh?”

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Zhou Xie narrowed his eyes. “You aren’t sharp enough. You are ignorant of what’s happening around you. If you encounter a sudden situation, you won’t be able to react in time.”

Wen Rong was speechless.

Zhou Xie’s appearance rate in his life had been very high recently, and his various behaviors were very different from before.

The only similarity was that he always left Wen Rong confused.

“I followed you the whole way and you didn’t notice. If I had used a knife to stab you, you would be dead.”

“Do you have to stab me to death with a knife?”

“I’m just using a metaphor.”

Wen Rong: “You said you followed me all the way. Do you have business with me?”

Zhou Xie: “What were you thinking about?”

“I wasn’t—”

Zhou Xie interrupted him decisively. “I suggest answering directly.”

“I don’t want to encounter the events of the anniversary celebration again. Human patience has limits.”

The word “limits” was bitten out heavily by both of them. Wen Rong couldn’t help shivering and answered honestly, “I was just thinking about how to buy plane tickets.”

“Never bought a plane ticket?”

“No…”

Wen Rong quickly explained again, “It’s not that I don’t know how to buy plane tickets. I looked at a guide just now; I know the operation. It’s just… I want to go see Shi Ye’s finals, but tickets aren’t available online anymore.”

“You have to buy your own ticket to see Shi Ye’s finals?”

“C-Can I not?”

“Shi Ye didn’t arrange it for you?”

“No.”

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After answering, seeing Zhou Xie’s expression turn strange, Wen Rong added, “I’m going to watch his match, why should he arrange it for me?”

Zhou Xie was silent for a moment, then turned around. “Follow me.”

Wen Rong actually didn’t want to follow, but Zhou Xie’s expression was fierce, carrying an inexplicable intimidation. A voice in his heart told him: If you don’t obey, the consequences will be miserable.

Currently, there were no disagreements on principle, so better to be obedient.

The two passed seven or eight classrooms, turned a corner upstairs, and stopped at the door of a classroom on the left hand side of the upper floor.

Inside were all strange faces.

And the classroom was very quiet; it seemed no one cared about the Tennis Open.

Zhou Xie suddenly asked with his back to him: “Do you know what power is?”

Wen Rong shook his head, then realizing Zhou Xie was facing away, opened his mouth: “I don’t know.”

“No need to waste brain cells thinking of twisting schemes. You only need to open your mouth, and the problem is solved.”

Wen Rong displayed the “ignorance” from when he first learned knowledge, standing straight and obediently listening.

But Zhou Xie stopped talking and walked in. “Come in with me.”

Wen Rong didn’t dare move. “N-No need, right?”

“Come in.”

Wen Rong bit the bullet and walked into the classroom.