Strange Cards

Chapter 23 Drinking Tea

"Sister Liu An, being late isn't a problem, but does anyone else know how to drive?"

Liu An crossed her long legs, which were now covered in flesh-colored stockings, and counted on her fingers.

"Those three drunkards are now lying in bed, fast asleep, like pigs. Xiao Guanyun can't drive, so it's just me and Yuyan left."

"But even Yu Yan, that girl, gets lost using a map app. Do you really expect her to be able to navigate?"

"Did she use a despicable map?"

"It's not just immoral, Xiao Guanyun even specially made a navigation system for her that is so accurate that it can be controlled by the car's AI, but she is still just as bad at directions."

"Slow down, son."

After mentally preparing himself for a while, Shi Yu got into Liu An's car. The first thing he did after getting in was to find the seatbelt and secure himself firmly in the seat.

Shi Yu even took out his combat uniform from last night and wrapped himself in it. Liu An gave him a disapproving look and said...

"Just you wait, I guarantee you'll have a comfortable drive."

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"Yue!"

The moment Shi Yu got off the bus, she rushed into a public toilet by the roadside and started vomiting, while Liu An looked at the numbers on the timer and couldn't help but feel happy.

"The burst speed of the fourth stage is surprisingly fast, reaching it in just 2 minutes and 59 seconds."

"Next time, let's try driving purely manually and see if we can go faster?"

After vomiting for a while, Shi Yu finally managed to walk out, leaning against the wall. Liu An took a lunchbox from the car and threw it to Shi Yu.

"You vomited so badly just now, there's no stuff in your stomach now. This box contains food, so remember to eat some."

After receiving the box, Shiyu forced herself to suppress the urge to vomit again and slowly walked towards the school gate.

When he saw the long line at the school gate, he remembered that the school was checking school uniforms today, and at that moment he was walking around in his casual clothes, looking a bit dazed.

"Why weren't you wearing your school uniform when you were being cared for in your old age?"

Huo Yun patted Shi Yu on the shoulder from behind and looked her up and down.

"This is an order personally given by the director, and you dare not wear it? Have you grown bolder in just a few days?"

Shi Yu walked to the wall, hugged the lunchbox tightly with one hand, and used the bricks next to her for leverage to climb over into the school.

"You can wait in line, son. I'll go in first."

Shi Yu waved to Huo Yun, opened her lunchbox, and slowly ate her food while making her way to the classroom.

When Shi Yu arrived at the classroom, her lunchbox was empty. After walking to her seat, she skillfully took out a bottle of iced milk from Lin Musen's drawer and then reached into her own drawer, where she found a jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe).

"Announce!"

Shiyu sat there and slowly started munching on her food. Just then, the school bell rang.

Huo Yun, exhausted, ran to the classroom and saw Shi Yu sitting there leisurely eating breakfast. His face instantly turned red.

If anything can express a boy's feelings, then his blushing face is more powerful than most words.

"So you were hiding this trick from back then, weren't you?"

"When you were teaching us, I knew you were holding back some knowledge. Hurry up and find an opportunity to teach me."

"Everyone, the bell has rung, get back to your seats! What kind of nonsense is this?"

A stern-looking female teacher walked in and slammed the test paper she was holding onto the table.

Upon seeing the teacher, Huo Yun scurried back to his seat as quickly as a cat caught a mouse, while Shi Yu glanced at the teacher and realized that she had no recollection of him.

Shi Yu glanced at the teacher, who calmly plugged an electric kettle into the socket next to his seat and started boiling water.

Lin Musen heard the sound of boiling water and looked in Shi Yu's direction, but the teacher's voice, which was explaining a problem, actually drowned out the sound of the kettle boiling.

"Want a drink?"

Shiyu pulled out another tea set from somewhere, placed it on her table, put the tea leaves into a bowl, and started brewing tea.

Shi Yu poured two cups, gave one to Lin Musen, and then took the other cup and began to slowly sip it.

"Hmm... Xuan!"

"The director was right after all; the tea in that restaurant is indeed much better than what you get outside."

"No wonder he was so heartbroken when I only took one pound. Next time I'll have to take two pounds from him."

"He'll get used to feeling sorry for you."

Shi Yu was still engrossed in sipping his tea, completely unaware that the female teacher had already walked up to him.

"This student, it's quite an elegant thing for you to come up to the classroom for tea."

"You flatter me! Would you like a drink too?"

After pouring a cup of tea, Shi Yu picked it up and gestured to the female teacher. At this moment, the female teacher's facial expression completely broke down.

"Stand up!"

"Is there no discipline left in teaching? I haven't even had tea while I'm explaining the test papers, so why should you?"

"I'm not stupid enough to know I'm thirsty and need to drink water, and your saliva almost flew onto my face and into my teacup."

The female teacher slammed the test paper onto Shiyu's desk, causing the teacup to bounce instantly.

Shi Yu caught the teacup quickly and poured another cup of tea, then slowly savored it.

"Don't be impatient. If you're impatient, you won't live long and you'll age quickly. Why rush things?"

"well!!!"

The female teacher rushed to the blackboard and wrote a question, pointing to the blackboard as she spoke.

Why doesn't magnesium react with hydrogen gas?

"If you can't answer this, you'll be standing in the director's office all day!!!"

Shi Yu glanced at the question but didn't answer. Instead, she poured herself another cup of tea, took a sip, and said...

Magnesium can only be used as a reducing agent because its lowest valence is zero.

"If hydrogen is reduced only by itself as an oxidant, it will be in a negative oxidation state. Magnesium's reducing power is insufficient to reduce hydrogen to a negative oxidation state."

"And this doesn't seem like something we'd be learning in high school, does it?"

After taking another sip of tea, Shiyu sat down on her own, regardless of whether the teacher agreed or not, and then took out some small tea snacks from somewhere and started placing them on the table.

The female teacher's anger vanished the moment Shiyu solved the problem. Thanks to her strong mental fortitude, she acted as if nothing had happened and continued explaining the problem to herself.

Lin Musen looked at Shi Yu, who was sitting there pouring water from her teacup onto the golden garlic turtle, and asked curiously.

"Wei Shiyu, how do you know that question wasn't something we learned in high school?"

Shiyu handed him another cup of tea, popped a piece of pastry into her mouth, took a sip of tea, and slowly said.

"Read more books and newspapers, eat fewer snacks, and sleep more."