Seeing the two of them bickering, Ji Chen thought that this is bad, these two people two don’t get along.
Jiang Xuan doesn’t want to see this junior who likes to fight, however, he has always said that he likes him.
He hastened to smooth things over: “So what, student Zimao wants to sign up for the Command Competition, I’d like to help him with his homework in advance.”
Jiang Xuan thought that Ji Chen’s call was really intimate, looked at Lin Zimao, and said: “Ji Chen’s grades are mediocre, he can’t tutor you.”
Lin Zimao said lightly: “Just now, senior said that his grades are pretty good, cannot believe what he said?”
Jiang Xuan: “Cannot.”
Lin Zimao: “But I think he can.”
Jiang Xuan: “He’s no good.”
Lin Zimao: “He’s good.”
Ji Chen laughed bitterly in his heart: Don’t slander your own brother like this! He’s good, okay?
He finally managed to create an opportunity for himself to get along with Lin Zimao, but in the end, his brother ruined it with just a few words1三言兩語 (sān yán liǎng yǔ): in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly; just a few words; concise language; in one or two words..
Really good brother, had he know it earlier, he wouldn’t have drag him out just now.
Ji Chen’s brain turned quickly, he felt that Jiang Xuan and Lin Zimao needed to turn weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk2化乾戈為玉帛 (huà qián gē wéi yù bó): T/N: should be 化干戈為玉帛 (huà gān gē wéi yù bó), lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility into friendship; to bury the hatchet.!
If this goes on like this, every time we meet, he will be torn down by his brother, is that all right? He still hasn’t succeed in chasing this junior!
Ji Chen came up with an excellent idea: “You haven’t had lunch yet, have you, why don’t I treat you lunch.”
Ji Chen didn’t feel hungry when he said this to Lin Zimao, but he did feel a little hungry after he said it.
Lin Zimao said: “Really?”
Ji Chen didn’t want them to keep fighting, put his hand on Lin Zimao’s shoulder and pushed him away: “Of course, let’s go, let’s go, meeting is fate, I’m starving to death.”
Jiang Xian stared coldly at Jichen’s hand and followed.
Ten minutes later, they appeared in a fairly high-end restaurant in the school, but it was not very crowded, many professors and some well-off students like to eat here.
Each booth is separated by a special material barrier, there are also special effects such as clouds and mist rolling over it.
Ji Chen deliberately let them sit on the same side, maybe the relationship between the two of them would get better if they are closer?
But after sitting down, neither Lin Zimao nor Jiang Xuan took the initiative to talk to each other.
Ji Chen instantly understood that it was a wrong decision to let the two of them sit together.
The question is, why didn’t you two just say no?
Ji Chen was thinking about how to start a new topic when the robot waiter brought the fruit juice.
The robot directly put down the three glasses of juice, and they had to each take their own.
Jiang Xuan sat on the outside, Lin Zimao sat on the inside, when Ji Chen was about to ask what Lin Zimao ordered, Jiang Xian smoothly handed over Lin Zimao’s apple juice.
Ji Chen thought to himself, it seems that the brothers actually don’t hate Lin Zimao as much as he appear to, at least he is still a gentlemanly senior now.
Lin Zimao sipped his own juice and asked Ji Chen: “Senior Ji, how do you play the Command Competition?”
After changing the subject, the atmosphere finally became less awkward: “Unlike the Mecha Simulation Cabin Competition, we have a Command Competition with holographic program, just play online, the man-machine war between the top three and the command AI will be held in the auditorium.”
Lin Zimao nodded: “That means, I can compete at home.”
Ji Chen explained to him: “Yes, but command battles are not that simple, they are all simulated battlegrounds, have to manipulate many mechas to attack the opponent, whoever hits the opponent’s base camp first will win first.”
Lin Zimao had a rough estimate in his heart.
Ji Chen said confidently: “When the time comes for us to face off, I’ll go easy on you.”
Lin Zimao: “Senior don’t have to, I won’t go easy on you when we face off, it’s no fun if I go easy.”
Ji Chen is joking with him: “It can’t be that you want me to taste the five-minute curse, right?”
Lin Zimao: “You can try it if you want, will definitely meet your requirements. Is it possible to use an anonymous vest3馬甲 (mǎ jiǎ): corset; sockpuppet (Internet slang); vest (dialect). for this online competition?” He was just reading the rules.
Ji Chen: “Yes.”
Lin Zimao: “Then you don’t have to be afraid to lose to me when the time comes, I’ll use an anonymous vest.”
Ji Chen laughed: “I won’t lose to you.”
Lin Zimao: “Wait and see4拭目以待 (shì mù yǐ dài): lit. to wipe one’s eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see; to anticipate or wait for something to happen; wait expectantly for sth to happen..”
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Chen’s face appeared in front of Lin Zimao, as well as the phrase ‘Brother Jiang Xuan’ that lingered in his ears for a long time.
Not only Lin Zimao was surprised, even Jiang Xuan and Ji Chen were slightly surprised by Cheng Chen’s appearance.
Cheng Chen is always everywhere these days, no matter where he go, he can meet him.
“Brother Jiang Xuan, Brother Ji Chen, why are you eating here?” He automatically ignores Lin Zimao, who is also a first-year student, he was a little jealous of Lin Zimao, who was able to sit with Jiang Xuan, that seat should be his.
However, he couldn’t grab the seat next to Jiang Xuan, so he just sat next to Ji Chen, not seeing that Ji Chen’s attitude towards him was different from before.
Ji Chen didn’t intend to drive him away, so he asked him: “Where’s your brother?”
Cheng Chen said: “He was supposed to eat with me, but he left midway.”
Ji Chen: “Oh, did you order yet?”
Cheng Chen: “No, what are you eating?”
Only Ji Chen is speaking to Cheng Chen, there were only two people talking at the table, Lin Zimao and Jiang Xuan kept silent.
After the robot delivered the lunch, Jiang Xuan pushed Lin Zimao’s meal in front of him.
Then Lin Zimao ate quietly, when his fingers were stained with some curry sauce, Jiang Xuan handed him a tissue, it was very smooth.
Lin Zimao took it, and wiped off the curry sauce on his fingers little by little.
Ji Chen felt more and more that it would be no problem for them to sit together! Look how harmonious it is!
In contrast, Cheng Chen, who had taken someone else’s seat5蹭座位 (cèng zuòwèi): means ‘taken someone else’s seat’ or ‘borrowed a seat’ in a slightly negative connotation, implying that Cheng Chen took the seat without permission or approval., grew increasingly resentful towards Lin Zimao, why did Brother Jiang Xuan pass him a tissue, he has never received a tissue from Jiang Xuan.
After lunch, Lin Zimao decided to leave first, he still had classes in the afternoon, and wanted to go to the classroom to find a place to lie down for a while.
Jiang Xuan said that he was going the same way and he also left with him.
After they left, Cheng Chen started his eccentric questioning mode again, asking Ji Chen: “Brother Jiang Xuan and Lin Zimao seem to know each other well.”
Ji Chen said: “They don’t know each other well, Jiang Xuan and Lin Zimao don’t get along, can’t you see it?”
Cheng Chen suspects he’s blind: “Is that so?”
Ji Chen: “Of course, I invited them to dinner today, otherwise, do you think they would sit together, didn’t you see that they both didn’t talk to each other?”
Cheng Chen breathed a sigh of relief: “So that’s how it is, indeed didn’t talk.”
Looking at the backs of the two of them leaving together, he always feel weird.
Why are the two people who are at odds with each other walking at the same pace, and are still so close.
Is he thinking too much?
Far away from Cheng Chen and Ji Chen, Lin Zimao remained silent.
Jiang Xuan stood still: “Lin Zimao.”
Lin Zimao looked at him sideways: “What?”
Jiang Xuan: “Jiaoyan has a physical examination tomorrow afternoon, you go or I go?”
Lin Zimao said: “My cat, I’ll go by myself.”
Jiang Xuan: “Okay, your cat, you go.”
He didn’t know why he was a little angry, so he turned around and left.
In fact, he lied when he told Ji Chen that he and Lin Zimao were going in the same direction.
Lin Zimao watched him leave, turned his head and left.
That night, Ji Chen learned from somewhere that Lin Zimao went to the library every day, so he decisively gave up the rich nightlife and ran to the library to deliver milk tea to Lin Zimao, intending to give the other party a surprise.
Lin Zimao looked at the cloyingly sweet6甜膩 (tián nì): sweet and unctuous; (fig.) overly sentimental. milk tea on the table, and thought to himself that he didn’t like to drink overly sweet beverages: “Senior Ji, how did you know I was in the library?”
Ji Chen said in a low voice: “Someone on the forum said they saw you at the library, so I came over.”
The location Lin Zimao chose was right by the window, it took him a long time to find it, he is indeed reading books, but what he reads is not the books of his major, but the books of other departments.
Ji Chen asked him: “Why did you read design department book?”
Lin Zimao said: “Nothing, just looking around, the professor said that the mecha maintenance should also know a little design knowledge. Just like the plumbing and electrics in a house building, only after knowing how they are arranged can you know how to maintain them.”
For the first time, Ji Chen thinks that design and maintenance can actually come together, and thought it was quite interesting, but it could really come together?
“That’s interesting, do you know anything about the Command Competition?”
Lin Zimao said: “Yeah, after the registration is successful, I just need to go up and register an account, right?”
Ji Chen: “Yes, don’t tell me your account number yet, wait for me to guess which one is you.”
Lin Zimao smiled: “Okay.”
The fact that the Command Department held competitions has attracted many students who are interested in military combat, moreover, commanding is easier than fighting with mecha, it’s also easier to learn, the entry level is shallow, the number of people who signed up is actually not less than that of the Mecha Simulation Competition, furthermore, the Command Competition is not limited to grades, first- to fourth-year students can sign up. However, third- and fourth-year students usually do not participate in the competition, some are preparing for postgraduate entrance examinations, and some are preparing for work after graduation.
They were just talking when the man who had a glass of water next to them came back.
Lin Zimao looked up, it was his acquaintance, Jiang Xuan, who was holding a glass of apple juice he just bought in his hand, with a calm expression on his face.
Ji Chen was surprised: “Why are you here?”
Jiang Xuan said: “I come to the library once in a while.” He placed the apple juice where Lin Zimao could get it easily, and then turned on the computer he carried with him.
Ji Chen seriously suspects that Jiang Xuan is here to hinder his pursuit of his junior!
But he couldn’t drag Jiang Xuan away in the library, students are strictly prohibited from occupying seats in the library, Jiang Xuan and Lin Zimao happened to be sitting here, god damn it, meeting is fate, Ji Chen regretted that he had said such a thing.
Lin Zimao put away the design books, read books of his major instead, and did his homework by the way.
Ji Chen couldn’t, he could only take out his own book.
Perhaps he had gotten lost in reading, Lin Zimao felt that the milk tea in his hand didn’t seem so sweet.
His eyes were a little sore from reading, he pinched the center of his brows, but he didn’t notice that what he was drinking was not milk tea, but apple juice bought by Jiang Xuan, Lin Zimao put the apple juice glass back to its original position.
Jiang Xuan didn’t seem to notice, reached out and picked up the juice, took a sip and put it back.
Ji Chen, who accidentally saw this scene, almost lose composure on his face: “…”
His brother has an obsession with cleanliness! Shit, shit, shit! What to do?
What to do, indeed… LoL
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