My Demon Friends-Chapter 478 - 466: Rainy Day_2

Zhou Li seriously responded but kept his voice very low.

Actually, I wanted to remind Brother Nan that looking at these now is meaningless, since the small excavators produced in a few years will be different. However, after hesitating, I chose to give up. People like Brother Nan, with such a clear mind, are really rare.

A class passed just like that. I didn’t listen to the lecture, only chatted about excavators. It seemed pretty pointless.

Zhou Li didn’t want to climb over the fence in the rain, but for Tuanzi’s sake, he still decided to go home.

It was difficult to hail a cab on rainy days, and calling a ride-share took forever with no one picking up. After a moment’s hesitation, he chose to walk. Luckily, Tuanzi was cuddled up warmly in his arms, coiled into a small bundle. Holding her felt soft and warm, making the walk quite pleasant.

"Zhou Ni, do you miss Lord Dumpling?" Tuanzi asked in her clear, crisp voice.

"I do."

"Hee hee."

"Is Lord Dumpling having a good time at Brother Nan’s place?"

"Yes! It’s fun!" Tuanzi, sounding quite excited, answered quickly. "Brother Nan’s dorm is really fun! Next time you and Lord Dumpling should come back together, and Lord Dumpling will show you around!"

"Boys can’t enter girls’ dorms."

"Huh?"

"I can’t get in."

"MEOW... How pitiful!" Tuanzi said softly. "Lord Dumpling also wanted to show you the pretty little clothes and bowls in Mianmian and Qian Qian’s closet."

"...Does Brother Nan have them in her closet too?"

"Lord Dumpling hasn’t been..." Tuanzi said, sounding regretful and a bit dejected, then began to tattle, "Brother Lan won’t let Lord Dumpling in. Brother Lan said she would beat Lord Dumpling to death if Lord Dumpling went in."

"She’s just trying to scare Lord Dumpling."

"Lord Dumpling knows, Lord Dumpling is very smart! Lord Dumpling’s intelligence is equivalent to that of a two-thousand-year-old human child!" Tuanzi earnestly explained to him. "But Lord Dumpling is still afraid to go in."

"Is Lord Dumpling very scared of Brother Nan?"

"Scared, yes!"

"Then does Lord Dumpling like Brother Nan?"

"Likes her, yes!"

"Why is Lord Dumpling scared of Brother Nan, yet still likes her?"

"Brother Lan hits Lord Dumpling."

"But Lord Dumpling still likes her very much," Zhou Li prompted.

"Brother Lan plays with Lord Dumpling."

"I see." Zhou Li lifted Tuanzi a bit higher, resting his chin on her head and nuzzling her gently. "So Lord Dumpling keeps those feelings separate, huh."

"Lord Dumpling is one! Just one!"

"Alright, alright..."

The roads were nearly empty on this rainy day. There was almost only Zhou Li’s umbrella in sight, along with a line of streetlights. It wasn’t monotonous, though; the streetlight glow was beautifully diffused by the rain into lovely shapes, and the sound of the rain was also pleasant.

Occasionally, a car would pass by, slowing down as it neared him due to the standing water on the road.

Zhou Li walked at a leisurely pace, feeling no urgent desire to rush home in the rain. The Tuanzi he was holding kept sliding down with his steps, so he jiggled her a bit to hold her higher. "Lord Dumpling, who do you think treats you better, me or Brother Nan?"

"You!" Tuanzi answered without hesitation.

"And what if Brother Nan asks you?" Zhou Li asked again.

"Brother Lan!" Still without hesitation.

"Haha!" Zhou Li laughed.

He couldn’t resist pinching her tail. This little thing is just too cute. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Tuanzi, in turn, wrapped her arms around his neck and said in her clear, crisp voice, "Lord Dumpling discovered a dish that tastes even better than rice with fish soup!"

"What is it? Is it expensive?"

"Fish Soup Kaokao!"

"What’s Fish Soup Kaokao?"

"It’s..." Tuanzi struggled to explain, so she had to change tactics. "Brother Lan knows!"

"Then I’ll ask her."

It took Zhou Li over an hour to walk home. He immediately asked Brother Nan, and it turned out that "Fish Soup Kaokao" was fish soup mixed with corn mush. The corn mush replaced the rice typically used in the fish soup and rice dish. The people of Yi Province called mush ’kaokao’; the word could also be a verb meaning ’to stir.’ As for how ’kaokao’ was actually written, Zhou Li had no idea.

The next day, he made it himself. He got the corn flour from Brother Nan and made the fish soup by following a video tutorial. Honestly, the mixture looked terrible. Not only was it unappetizing due to its color and texture, but it was also somewhat nauseating.

But Tuanzi still ate it happily.

「The 7th, Saturday.」

Brother Nan invited Zhou Li to watch another department’s freshmen welcome party. It’s probably the Computer Science Institute’s.

Welcome parties held by technical institutes like the Computer Science Institute generally didn’t interest many people, unlike those of the Sports Institute, Music Institute, or Literature Academy. They didn’t require tickets, and the seats were never full, often leaving the back rows empty. What was puzzling, though, was their reluctance to let students from other departments watch. Are they afraid of being ridiculed?

But today, their welcome party seemed quite popular. Zhou Li thought for a moment. Perhaps it’s because, during the pandemic, everyone was deprived of entertainment and thus developed a strange fascination with joining crowds. Also, the Computer Science Institute was the first to hold their welcome party, giving them the advantage of timing.

"They went in!"

"Let’s go! We’ll follow them!"

"Don’t be so sneaky! Stop looking around like that!" Brother Nan patiently instructed Zhou Li, "Don’t be nervous. We *are* from the Computer Science Institute; we’re just sophomores."

"There are student council members guarding the entrance," Zhou Li said.

"Don’t worry!"

"Got it."

Pulling Zhou Li to the auditorium entrance, Brother Nan was composed, even nodding to a student council member at the door.

"Hi, Brother Nan!"

"Thanks!"

"You’re welcome!"

Zhou Li felt the student give him a quick, curious glance before quickly looking away. Then Zhou Li looked towards Brother Nan, expecting her to be looking back at him with a triumphant gaze, as if to flaunt her influence. However, that wasn’t the case; Brother Nan was eyeing the legs of a female student from the etiquette team under her qipao, like an old pervert.