Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 464 - 30: Going to School is Really Tough

The task for Shi Suifeng came just like that.

Up to now, he still hasn’t explained clearly what he does; everyone in the military district calls him captain. The problem is, an ordinary captain can’t get an allowance of 66 yuan a month.

Chu River isn’t someone who cares about the amount of allowance; she just has one painful concern—

Before Shi Suifeng left, he packed some buns, but in this weather, they can’t be kept for long, and have to be finished in two meals. Yet, this mission will take at least a week... how painful!

Little Chu, bearing a mask of pain, was visibly low in spirits, and the bright and clever new student, Little Xuan, was also frightened by the educational philosophy of rolling on the ground!

"Teacher Xiao Chu, can I opt out of rolling on the ground?"

As a new student, he really didn’t want to be so out of place, but rolling on the ground seriously challenged his limits!

Chu River wasn’t in the mood for rolling on the ground either: "Alright then, since Liu Jia Bao didn’t demonstrate today, we’ll play a new game—Eagle Catches the Chicks!"

Liu Jia Bao: ... ???

He just threw a tantrum yesterday! Everyone played without him yesterday, and today they shouldn’t trick him into demonstrating.

But who doesn’t like playing games?

As a chubby and hefty Fatty, he quickly became the mother hen in the new game, thanks to the safety he could offer.

Little Xuan: ...

He... he really wasn’t interested.

Wouldn’t learning more be more joyful than this activity?

So he crouched in the corridor with Teacher Xiao Chu: "Teacher, why are you unhappy?"

Teacher Xiao Chu sighed deeply: "Because it’s too hot, my buns are going to spoil."

Little Xuan pondered: "How long do you want them to last? Placing them in the well should hold until tomorrow, right!"

"That’s not enough."

Chu River angrily slapped her thigh: "What a misery!"

"Going on a task for so long, it barely leaves me a way of life. If only I had a refrigerator, I could have frozen three meals a day, and then my life wouldn’t be so miserable."

As she spoke, she held herself in pain.

Little Xuan: ...

A child’s gaze is the most honest: "Teacher Xiao Chu, you seem a bit whiter and taller than you were on the train."

Not at all does it seem like life is miserable.

Besides... Grandpa said he wanted to see what Teacher Xiao Chu lacked, so he could find a way to give it, but a refrigerator...

He only heard Grandpa mention it once, and there’s simply no way to buy it now!

Powerless, Little Xuan sighed in sadness.

...

Little Xuan returned home at noon, and unsurprisingly, the house was cold and deserted. He skillfully took a lunch box to the cafeteria to get some food and went to the office building to find his grandpa.

"How was it? What did you learn in class today?"

The old man couldn’t bear to go home; he was fiddling with an abacus, the clattering sound was smooth and rhythmic.

Little Xuan mimicked Teacher Xiao Chu’s manner, sighing deeply.

"School is really too hard."

Not only do you have to roll on the ground, focus on bathroom breaks, but you also have to play games.

And as a chick, he was always the first to get caught. Sure enough, adults are deceptive; he wasn’t smart at all.

However, Liu Jia Bao, as the mother hen, didn’t protect the chicks well. After school, he even gave Little Xuan a piece of candy: "Don’t worry, it was my mistake today; tomorrow, when you’re a chick again, I promise the eagle won’t catch you."

At that moment, Little Xuan strangely felt a sense of security.

But Professor Zheng didn’t know any of this.

His mind was still immersed in the formulas at hand, not even raising his head: "It’s rare for you to sigh... By the way, did you ask Teacher Xiao Chu what she likes?"

He still hadn’t repaid the life-saving grace, which was also quite pressuring.

Little Xuan thought of that humanly unattainable refrigerator, got lost in thought for a moment, and then said, "I didn’t ask."

"Why don’t, Grandpa, we invite the teacher to our home for a meal tomorrow, prepare a bit more food."

Tomorrow Teacher Xiao Chu won’t have buns to eat; she can get more food from the cafeteria, which can also express gratitude.

Professor Zheng didn’t lift his head: "Sure, then get a bit more tomorrow."

Oh, that benefactor’s appetite is no small thing.

For Teacher Xiao Chu, someone inviting her to dinner is naturally an offer she couldn’t refuse. Even though the invitation is for cafeteria food, she doesn’t have anything else to eat anyway, so she will definitely go.

Little Xuan looked at his grandfather who was still engrossed in assembling parts, silently sighed, and felt that he, as a child, was really burdened too much.

...

In fact, since Professor Zheng was specifically transferred here, his importance goes without saying. But now, with the nationwide tense atmosphere, he had always been cautious; didn’t dare to request a bodyguard, anyway living in the troop where there’s the cafeteria and dormitory, it was much more comfortable than before in the cowshed.

Therefore, without researching the things on hand for years, he appeared especially diligent.

Little Xuan carried a large basin of food painstakingly back home, right as Teacher Xiao Chu came over. She had no inclination of polite manners, came empty-handed, and as she entered, she saw Professor Zheng bent over on the floor, not sure what he was looking for.

Little Xuan put the food on the table: "Grandpa, what did you lose?"

Professor Zheng was a bit anxious: "A small part, Little Xuan, quickly help look, am I too old to see clearly?"

Then he added a description: "A small screw, made of new material, about the size of a grain of rice. Not very magnetic, so don’t use a magnet, it’s useless."

Little Xuan: ...

Silently, he put the horseshoe-shaped magnet back.

Looking at the uneven cement floor underfoot, he also fell into silence.

Chu River, on the other hand, casually remarked: "Lost something, sweep..."

Originally, she wanted to say scan, but couldn’t think of what to scan with, so she sidetracked her words: "Sweep with a broom?"

"That’s no good, this part is too small, there’s no replacement, if too much dust gets in, it’ll be hard to clean later."

Then Chu River had no solution: "Divide the floor into fixed sections, and search piece by piece slowly."

Glancing at the table cluttered with all sorts of items, she reached in to sort through them. Then looking at the pair searching on the floor carefully, and the pathetically neglected basin of food...

She let out a deep sigh from her heart.

—They agreed to eat together...

The invitee doesn’t mention eating, but her patience is there. Feeling utterly bored, she started randomly cobbling together the stuff on the table.

Some items clearly didn’t match, semi-old and semi-new parts, it’s unknown where they were dismantled and gathered from, but she didn’t mind. When things didn’t fit, she resorted to force to snap them together.

Before long, she had put together something absurd the size of a brick in her hands.

At this moment, although the food hadn’t gone cold, the grandfather and grandson were still on the floor, looking for that small piece without any luck. Just that small area yet they couldn’t find such a tiny thing.

Chu River took a look at the food in the basin; today, the cafeteria served noodle strips with minced meat and scrambled eggs, considered a big dish, cannot be wasted by time!

She tinkered with the black brick in her hand for a bit, then crouched down, using that thing, she moved back and forth on the floor—

Once, twice, three times...

"Zzzz zzz..."

Soon enough, the floor tile released an eerie buzzing electrical sound.

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