I'm in high school, is my dating system working correctly?

I walked into the store and glanced at the prices.

Forty for a single item, seventy for two items.

That's good; it's obvious they're not trying to cheat single people.

"Do all you guys like playing with such dirty stuff?"

Despite her initial disdain, Zhou Qianyun obediently picked up the apron with paint and mud stains, tried it on, and then took it off to get a new one.

Oh, the first apron is a bit too fitted; it might feel a little stuffy in my chest.

"It's like you never played this when you were a kid."

Lu Yu sat next to Zhou Qianyun.

When they were in kindergarten, Lu Yu and Zhou Qianyun often shoveled sand to build sandcastles. Back then, they would chant things like, "I'm the prince, you're the princess, we'll get married in the future." Looking back now, it's pure embarrassing history.

The instructor was a woman in her thirties. She gave a brief introduction and then let the two of them get started.

"Look."

Zhou Qianyun, that woman, is known for her stubbornness. She got so engrossed in making mud bricks that she excitedly nudged Lu Yu to show him.

"Am I really a genius in ceramics?"

The clay in front of her had already spun and transformed into the shape of a cup.

"I think you're a genius at playing dumb."

Lu Yu responded sarcastically.

"And what are you making?"

Zhou Qianyun looked at the figure in front of Lu Yu, which resembled both a pot and a jar.

"When you're seventy or eighty years old, and can't even walk, you'll need a chamber pot when you have Alzheimer's."

"Get lost! I'll dump a pot on your head then."

Her fair legs gently kicked Lu Yu.

The aunt looked at the two of them and smiled like a doting aunt.

Here, "auntie's smile" refers to both the smile of an aunt and a slang term, achieving a double entendre that is both amusing and endearing.

No, why bother explaining lame jokes? That'll cost you money!

After a lot of sculpting, decorating, and coloring, the two finally completed their "work".

Zhou Qianyun's cup had a very fancy handle and a very ugly-looking smiley face on its surface. It used a yellow and purple color scheme, to put it simply, to the point that even Uncle Neil, the artist, would cry if he saw it.

Lu Yu's teapot, as he himself said, is a very ordinary teapot in both shape and color.

However, the addition of the word "chamber pot" makes the otherwise ordinary pot look rather disgusting.

Looking at the two's "masterpiece," the woman in her thirties smiled slightly awkwardly.

"Are you sure you want it like this? It can't be changed after firing."

"Confirmed." "1."

They both answered at the same time.

"After you pay, leave your phone number. It will be ready in one to two weeks, then you can come and pick it up. You can use the group-buying voucher to redeem it."

drop--

After redeeming the coupon and leaving their phone numbers, Lu Yu and Zhou Qianyun left the pottery shop. It was almost dinnertime.

"Don't transfer money, how about you treat me to a meal instead?"

Lu Yu stopped Zhou Qianyun from transferring seventy yuan.

The parents were already planning to find a place for a second gathering that evening, and Grandpa Zhou also sent a message saying that he had already eaten, so the two of them would have to fend for themselves.

"Okay, as long as it's not McDonald's."

Zhou Qianyun pursed her lips, worried that Lu Yu might pull a fast one.

"There's a mala tang (spicy hot pot) place on the basement floor that I saw has good reviews."

Lu Yu chose the one that could be resolved within forty days on average.

"Oh, that place is really good."

After all, it was her neighbor's place, and Zhou Qianyun had tried both takeout and dine-in options many times.

The two went downstairs and found the authentic Chongqing-style spicy hot pot restaurant, which was almost full. They each took a small plastic basin to get their ingredients.

Lu Yu took some meat rolls, beef balls, oyster mushrooms, winter melon slices, radish slices, chrysanthemum greens, etc., weighed them, and they came to be about forty.

"I'll pay."

Zhou Qianyun paid with a tap.

Her own small plastic bowl contained mostly vegetables, with only a little meat, and it cost less than thirty yuan.

Is this woman going to try and steal my meat later?

Lu Yu watched Zhou Qianyun pay the bill with suspicion.

"...What are you looking at?"

Zhou Qianyun noticed his gaze and, thinking her skirt was dirty, looked down to check.

The soup in this mala tang is quite white, huh?

Lu Yu looked away, took the number plate, and found a seat against the wall where the two of them sat side by side.

On the way, Lu Yu caught a glimpse of red soup in someone else's pot and thought he should get some drinks.

"I'll buy you milk tea. What flavor would you like?"

He put down the number plate to reserve a seat.

"Orchid Latte, no ice, slightly sweet."

Zhou Qianyun took two tissues from the tissue box on the table and wiped the chair against the wall.

"Am I the kind of person who can afford Chayan Yuese? Of course, I'm Xue Wang."

"...The jasmine milk green tea, no ice, 50% sugar."

Zhou Qianyun rolled her eyes at him.

"walk slowly."

Lu Yu wandered off to buy milk tea.

Zhou Qianyun's gaze fell from the number plate on his table to the empty chair, and she habitually pulled out a tissue from the shop to wipe the surface of the chair.

Hmm, the chair seems a bit far away. He's so big, he might disturb the guests next to him.

Thinking this, Zhou Qianyun took the opportunity to pull Lu Yu's chair a little closer to her.

After doing all that, she looked up a little guilty.

Fortunately, no one noticed.

the other side.

Lu Yu joined the queue for milk tea. While playing on his phone, a cold, indifferent text notification popped up in his field of vision.

Today's training goal has been met.

[Current number of days of consistent training: 3 days]

Shopping is definitely a form of exercise.

Six thousand seven steps! That's more than many useless college students get in half a month of exercise during their summer vacation.

When Lu Yu returned with two cups of milk tea, the shop assistant brought out two bowls of spicy hot pot.

Shancheng Malatang, as the name suggests, is not the kind of spicy hot pot from Northeast China that is mixed with sesame paste, but rather has an authentic red oil and bone broth base.

It's delicious, but spicy.

It was so spicy that my nose started running.

Lu Yu reached out to Zhou Qianyun halfway through his meal.

"tissue."

Zhou Qianyun casually tore off two bills and handed them to him.

Steamed clams.

Lu Yu took it and said something completely out of the blue.

"What's wrong with you?"

Zhou Qianyun almost choked on the chili oil and quickly took two sips of milk tea. When she was a child, Mixue Ice Cream hadn't spread all over the country yet, and she drank the cheap instant milk tea sold near the school gate. Later, her family moved to a better place and the milk tea was upgraded to Chayan Yuese. She really rarely drank Snow King.

It tastes quite different now.

She ate slowly, afraid of getting soup on her clothes while slurping noodles.

Lu Yu, on the other hand, wolfed down his food like a novice, finishing the whole bowl in no time, and leisurely nibbled on the straw of his lemonade.

"We'll go back after we finish our milk tea."

Why?

Zhou Qianyun turned her head away, thinking that Lu Yu had something to tell her.

"Because drinking Snow King outside will get you attacked by the Oriental Pearl Tower."

"...The Oriental Pearl Tower is 800 kilometers away from here."

Is all you can do is spout weird stuff?

She ignored Lu Yu and finished eating the rest of her food. After wiping her mouth properly, she stood up and straightened her skirt.

When the two went downstairs, the mischievous child who had been playing the piano was gone. Only the transparent piano stood forlornly in the center of the lobby. Lu Yu vaguely remembered that Zhou Qianyun could play it, but he hadn't heard it in a long time.

"I'll walk you to the entrance of your apartment complex; there's a bus stop right there."

Lu Yu glanced at the message his mother had sent.

This lovey-dovey old couple has forgotten about their child again, and Zhou Qianyun's parents have no time to take care of their daughter either.

The two stepped out of the air-conditioned mall. The hot, sticky air outside made them sweat profusely after just a few steps. No wonder it was one of the four "furnaces" in the country; it was unbearably hot. If it were to rain without regard for the weather, it would be like a sauna.

At the entrance of the residential compound, Zhou Qianyun passed through the access control system by scanning her face.

Watching her walk away, Lu Yu suddenly spoke up.

"Oh, right."

Zhou Qianyun frowned and turned around, thinking that Lu Yu was going to do something abstract again.

"You look quite pretty today."

However, the boy spoke up so naturally.

Under the dim streetlights, the girl couldn't see the other person's expression.

"......Neuropathy."

After hesitating for a moment, he muttered a curse and turned to continue walking inside.

Only the corners of the mouth.

Unconsciously, it traced a curve.

Outside the gate of the residential compound.

Lu Yu watched the light blue figure walk in before shifting his gaze to the indifferent, cold words that had just appeared.

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