Chapter 152: 152, Two Ren Xiaosus

"You said you sent your bicycle for maintenance?" Yang Xiaojin confirmed with a peculiar expression.

"Yeah," Ren Xiaosu, glancing at the other's expression, vaguely sensed he might have said something wrong, though he hadn't yet realized where he went wrong...

Then, Ren Xiaosu saw Yang Xiaojin laughing so hard at the school gate under the open sky that she couldn't straighten her waist...

"What's so funny?" Ren Xiaosu, his face dark, walked into the campus gate, leaving Yang Xiaojin alone to continue her foolish grin at the entrance.

As soon as Ren Xiaosu entered the classroom, Yang Xiaojin followed in, and the two of them sat in the last row, becoming new desk mates. At this moment, Yang Xiaojin struggled to avoid looking at Ren Xiaosu, lest she burst into laughter again upon seeing him.

"Is it really that funny?" Ren Xiaosu wondered.

"If you haven't learned to ride a bike, you haven't learned to ride a bike. Why make such a clumsy excuse..."

"But yesterday I asked Luo Lan about his car, and he said his car was sent for maintenance," Ren Xiaosu replied, puzzled.

"That's a car," Yang Xiaojin explained with a smile: "Car maintenance refers to replacing engine oil and filters. Does your bicycle even have such things?"

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu finally understood where he had gone wrong...

It turned out bicycles don't need maintenance. He had suffered the consequences of poverty!

Ren Xiaosu raised his eyebrows: "So what if I can't ride a bike? Can you master it in one try?!"

Yang Xiaojin said seriously: "Exactly, I learned it in one try."

Ren Xiaosu fell silent, thinking to himself that he might as well try using the basic-level skill learning map to see if he could extract a bicycle skill from her. Based on past experience, Yang Xiaojin's bicycle skills were likely advanced, or even master-level.

But now Ren Xiaosu was smarter. Before learning, he always asked the Palace first: "What level is Yang Xiaojin's bicycle skill?"

The Palace replied: "The other party has no bicycle-related skills."

Ren Xiaosu turned to stare at Yang Xiaojin in a daze. Then why are you bragging? Why don't you just fly to heaven?

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu realized that Yang Xiaojin could lie without even drafting it first, speaking fluently!

Back when Ren Xiaosu was in the academy listening to lectures, he had learned this idiom, but later, when he checked the old dictionary collected by Zhang Jinglin, he found it should be "Zhangkou jlai." He asked Zhang Jinglin about it.

As a result, Zhang Jinglin said that the original might have been a homograph, and now it's written as "Zhang," describing someone who talks nonsense.

After the bicycle incident, Ren Xiaosu felt that information from Yang Xiaojin should be viewed dialectically.

The class bell rang, and the math teacher for Senior 3 Class 3 walked in. He stood on the podium and said slowly: "I'll be teaching your math class for now. Open your books; today we'll review probability."

These courses beyond the township were incomprehensible to Ren Xiaosu, so he simply followed his own plan to review, hoping to catch up quickly.

According to Jiang Wu, the final exam was coming soon. This time, he would definitely know nothing, so he could only hope to do better in the next exam.

As Jiang Wu said, as long as one spends enough energy, they could complete three years of high school courses in a year. If smart enough, half a year was possible.

Ren Xiaosu thought, if he could catch up by the time of the college entrance exam, maybe he could even visit a university.

Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu noticed Yang Xiaojin had already fallen asleep on the desk. He wrote a small note and poked Yang Xiaojin's arm: "Don't you study? Why come to school for class?"

Yang Xiaojin sat up and glanced at him, returning a note: "To sleep."

Ren Xiaosu replied with a note: "Why sleep here instead of at home?"

Yang Xiaojin: "Sleep soundly at school."

In fact, Ren Xiaosu had another purpose in writing the note: to confirm whether the person who had slipped notes into their shop's door gap was really Yang Xiaojin.

However, Yang Xiaojin seemed to have perceived Ren Xiaosu's intention. The two sat as desk mates, each pretending to be confused while probing each other.

Ren Xiaosu kept writing notes, while Yang Xiaojin deliberately avoided her usual handwriting.

Ren Xiaosu wrote: "Is there anything good to eat around here?"

"Besides bicycles that can't be maintained, what other vehicles can't be maintained?"

"What did you eat last night?"

The notes between them were mostly nonsense. Ren Xiaosu didn't believe Yang Xiaojin could keep up the act!

A series of meaningless notes passed back and forth. Yang Xiaojin frowned and changed her handwriting to her usual style: "The note in the shop was placed by me. Just say what you want to do!"

No more pretense, laying it all bare!

Ren Xiaosu replied: "So you told me to leave this place because you were impersonating my name, fearing I'd find out?"

This time, Yang Xiaojin completely ignored Ren Xiaosu.

Suddenly, the math teacher on the podium said: "Those two students stop passing notes..."

All the classmates looked at Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin with ambiguous gazes. The math teacher asked: "What are your two names?"

"I'm Ren Xiaosu."

"I'm also Ren Xiaosu!"

The math teacher was immediately angry: "Do you think I'm easy to fool?"

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu felt he was truly being wronged...

A student whispered to the math teacher: "Teacher, they really are both named Ren Xiaosu."

"Mmm, teacher, it's true..."

The math teacher was stunned. He went to the office and brought back the list of students from Senior 3 Class 7, only to find two Ren Xiaosus! What the hell!

After pondering for a while, he realized it was indeed a misunderstanding, but the matter couldn't remain stuck: "The one wearing the duck-billed hat, Ren Xiaosu, answer the question on the board."

Ren Xiaosu was delighted. Yang Xiaojin, you've had your day too!

But the next moment, Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He watched Yang Xiaojin nonchalantly take off the duck-billed hat and put it on his own head.

What kind of operation is this?!

But at this moment, Ren Xiaosu didn't think of anything else. He was deeply shocked by Yang Xiaojin's delicate and astonishing beauty.

In an instant, Ren Xiaosu felt that Yang Xiaojin might have worn the duck-billed hat purely to conceal her beauty, not to hide her identity.

This should be the first time Ren Xiaosu had seen her remove the duck-billed hat, like a fleeting glimpse of a startled swan.

All the classmates held their breath. They, like Ren Xiaosu, hadn't expected Yang Xiaojin to be so beautiful.

The classroom was left only with the aged math teacher, who remained calm: "The one wearing the hat, Ren Xiaosu, answer the question."

Ren Xiaosu came back to his senses and pointed at himself: "Me?"

"Yes, you," the math teacher said.

Ren Xiaosu was shocked again: "Teacher, didn't you see the hat was just put on me?"

The math teacher also laughed: "The girl is so pretty, I can't bring myself to ask questions. Hurry up and answer."

Ren Xiaosu: "???"