My subject turned into a beautiful girl

Six yuan might be enough to fill your stomach in some big cities, but in Jingjiang City, it's more than enough.

There's a local specialty here called Jingjiang Rice Noodles. For six yuan, you can buy three to four ounces of freshly made rice noodles that day. A standard bowl of noodles comes with enough beef for half a day's supply at a Lanzhou noodle shop, as well as a variety of side dishes that can be added for free without limit. Then, it's mixed with a braising liquid that varies from place to place. After finishing the noodles, you can also add free bone broth...

Even on a national scale, it can be described as high quality and low price!

Of course, if you occasionally don't feel like eating rice noodles, you can also choose from glutinous rice, steamed buns, pastries, tofu pudding, etc., which are all reasonably priced.

As for lunch and dinner, An Yi used to eat around the school, but after being caught sneaking into an internet cafe during yesterday's lunch break, his mother ordered him to come home for lunch and dinner now.

There's plenty of time, it's just a little troublesome... but there's nothing we can do about it, he got caught.

An Yi was already used to this kind of thing. Every time he made a mistake, his mother's "control measures" would become much stricter, and then be relaxed again after he behaved well for a while. It was quite like a battle of wits between a prison guard and a prisoner... The difference between the two was that the prison guard controlled the prisoner for his job, while his mother controlled him for his own good.

An Yi was well aware of this.

So even if he is really upset when he is punished, and his emotions rise up for a while, he may even feel resentment, but these emotions will gradually lessen or even dissipate afterward... and then he can't help it again, so the cycle repeats itself.

Sometimes An Yi would even think that it would be better if her mother's punishments were simpler. For example, like in some literature or movies, if they were purely for venting and not mixed with anything like "love," then things would be much simpler.

One of the most painful and agonizing things in the world is when someone loves you, but you can't accept the way they love you... Consequently, your love and hate for that person can't be pure either.

"It'll get better, right?"

After finishing his rice noodles, An Yi boarded bus number 1 and sat down in the front row on the second floor. The morning sun shone down from directly above him, casting dappled golden light across the straight asphalt road. A fresh, cool morning breeze blew in from outside the window, and he squinted, enjoying the warmth on his face.

"It will be alright."

Early morning of August 26, 2016.

The typhoon has passed, and the sun is rising high.

……

"Jiefang West Road Station, we have arrived. Passengers alighting, please exit through the rear door. Passengers not alighting, please make way..."

The bus's rear door folded open to both sides. An Yi peeked out and scanned the area behind her. After confirming that there were no perverts riding electric bikes and trying to "survive in the cracks," she jumped onto the bus stop platform.

He usually walked to school alone, unless he occasionally ran into his good buddy Wang Xinze. However, their wake-up times were quite different, so this was a rare occurrence. It was one thing to walk home together after school, but to specifically team up for school... well, that went a bit beyond the bounds of being good buddies, right?

An Yi walked towards the school gate. The time for morning reading was approaching, and the students were bustling around the breakfast stalls opposite the school gate. After buying their breakfasts, they flowed towards the school gate. The colorful breakfasts and chattering sounds mingled together, creating a kind of vitality that was rarely seen in the classroom.

As is well known, due to the combined effects of favorable timing, location, and human factors, Jingjiang Middle School has always been the most leniently managed among the key high schools in Jingjiang City.

During holidays, it always has the longest vacation time. As long as hair isn't dyed, students can have any hairstyle they like—long or short. While cell phones and early romantic relationships are investigated, teachers generally don't interfere unless students confront or ridicule them…

For example, in An Yi's class, there was a girl who was dating a boy from the next class. Since it didn't affect her grades, when Boss Crab found out, he would just make a few jokes occasionally to lighten the mood.

Based on this, while other schools require students to wear school uniforms every day, Jingjiang Middle School does not have a mandatory requirement. Students only need to wear their school uniform jackets when raising the flag on Monday mornings, so that they can at least look neater when they are gathered together.

To be honest, An Yi has always felt that maintaining a 60-70% first-tier university admission rate every year under this management model is actually quite impressive...

While aimlessly letting her thoughts wander, An Yi merged into the crowd and walked towards the classroom.

Before he even reached the teaching building, he spotted his older brother Xia Qing and "sister-in-law" Zhou Yinshuang among the scattered crowd.

It's not that An Yi has particularly sharp eyesight, but sometimes when you're walking in a crowd, if you notice that the people around you are looking in an unusual angle from time to time, you'll usually look in the same direction as them.

The older brother and his wife have the kind of looks that make them stand out in a crowd. When you see them, it's hard not to feel that they are a completely different style from the people around them.

An Yi has always felt that this suggests the story of Nuwa using two different manufacturing methods when she created humans is probably true, and there is indeed a significant quality difference between meticulously crafted masterpieces and crudely made mass-produced products...

Okay, I don't want to think about such sad things anymore.

The older brother was talking animatedly in the crowd, while his sister-in-law remained expressionless; this was their usual way of interacting.

It's like the summer sun shining on a millennia-old iceberg. One side is intensely warm, while the other remains unchanged through the ages. It's hard to say whether the sun will melt the iceberg first, or whether the iceberg will remain standing until the sun sets and never return.

So far, the sun has shown no sign of setting, and the iceberg has never melted, only occasionally making a crackling sound, indicating that the sun's efforts seem to have not been in vain.

The "crunching" sound of the iceberg refers to a verbal response, and An Yi has always felt that his metaphor is quite vivid.

Of course, he didn't dare mention it to anyone.

"Speaking of which, now that 'sister-in-law' is back, when should I report my 'work progress' to my older brother?"

An Yi pondered for a moment, finding himself in a dilemma.

Yesterday, Zhou Yinshuang was absent for some reason. My older brother was probably bored and saw her studying, which led to their subsequent contact. Thinking about it, my "sister-in-law's" leave was really timely…

In short, now that Zhou Yinshuang is back at school, according to the eldest brother's usual style, he should be focusing on her.

As the younger brother, it would seem rather tactless of me to interrupt my older brother's pursuit of his "sister-in-law" with my own work at a time like this.

Wait a minute, maybe we can change our approach!

An Yi's eyes lit up, and a bold yet seemingly feasible idea popped into his mind.

As the younger brother, you must be prepared to help your older brother woo his "sister-in-law"!