Lin Yaoyang shook his head, his gaze sweeping casually over the roadside stalls.
Then, he saw a familiar figure.
In front of a stall not far away, a thin, frail youth was squatting on the ground, with a simple grill set up in front of him.
A girl with a ponytail stood beside him, helping him tidy up things.
Huo Yuhao.
He was selling grilled fish.
Lin Yaoyang’s footsteps faltered for a moment.
“What’s wrong?” Wang Dong asked, chewing on something, following his gaze, “Oh, who is that again?”
Lin Yaoyang retracted his gaze, “Let’s go, let’s go take a look.”
The two walked over.
Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish stall was very simple: a tin grill, a basin of charcoal, and a few cleaned grass carp arranged on a plate nearby.
He was focused on turning the fish on the grill, mastering the heat perfectly.
The fish skin gradually turned golden yellow, and oil dripped onto the charcoal, making a “sizzling” sound as the aroma wafted everywhere.
“Huo Yuhao?”
Huo Yuhao looked up, saw Lin Yaoyang and Wang Dong, paused slightly, and then smiled somewhat embarrassedly.
“Class Monitor?
Deputy Class Monitor?”
Lin Yaoyang looked at the fish on the grill and asked with a smile: “You’re setting up a stall here to sell grilled fish, why didn’t you tell us?
We could have come to support you.”
Huo Yuhao touched his head, his face turning a little red: “I…
I was just a bit embarrassed.”
“What’s there to be embarrassed about?” Lin Yaoyang patted his shoulder, “Making money is nothing to be ashamed of.”
Huo Yuhao froze for a moment, then his eyes reddened slightly.
He had assumed that a Genius like Lin Yaoyang would look down on a poor student like him.
He hadn’t expected…
“Thank you, Class Monitor.” He lowered his head, his voice very soft.
Tang Ya watched this scene from the side, blinked, and asked: “Little Yuhao, who are these two…?”
Huo Yuhao hurriedly introduced them: “Teacher Tang Ya, they are my classmates.
This is Lin Yaoyang, our Class Monitor.
This is Wang Dong, our Deputy Class Monitor.”
Then he turned to Lin Yaoyang and Wang Dong: “This is Tang Ya, our senior.
She is the one who helped me find this spot to set up the stall.”
Tang Ya slightly lifted her chin, a smile on her face: “Hello, my name is Tang Ya, and I am the current Sect Leader of the Tang Sect!”
Upon hearing the words “Tang Sect,” Wang Dong’s body trembled slightly, and she said in surprise: “Tang Sect?
You are from the Tang Sect?”
“Yes…” Tang Ya was about to continue.
“Give us three grilled fish.” Lin Yaoyang’s voice sounded calmly, interrupting Tang Ya.
Huo Yuhao was stunned: “Ah?
Okay, wait a moment, they aren’t ready yet.”
Lin Yaoyang fished out a gold coin from his pocket and casually placed it in the wooden box nearby.
Huo Yuhao’s eyes widened, and he hurriedly waved his hands: “Class Monitor, ours are five bronze coins each; you only need to give fifteen bronze coins!
This is too much!”
“I don’t have any bronze coins,” Lin Yaoyang said.
“…” Huo Yuhao.
There was a hundredfold difference between five bronze coins and one gold coin.
This Class Monitor was far too generous.
Wang Dong came back to her senses from the side and said: “Two is enough, right?
I can’t eat that much.”
Lin Yaoyang turned his head and looked at her with a peculiar expression.
That gaze was as if he were looking at an idiot.
“Who said it was all for you?”
Wang Dong’s face flushed red instantly: “What kind of look is that!”
“The look of looking at an idiot.”
“You—!”
Huo Yuhao watched the two bickering from the side and couldn’t help but chuckle secretly.
Soon, the three grilled fish were ready.
The golden-yellow fish skin still had glistening oil on it, and a rich aroma continuously wafted from the fish.
Huo Yuhao placed the fish on a small plate and handed it to Lin Yaoyang.
“Class Monitor, it’s ready.”
Beside the stall, Tang Ya had set up a few small tables and stools.
Lin Yaoyang carried the plate over and sat down, and Wang Dong followed and sat down as well.
Lin Yaoyang picked up a grilled fish and took a bite.
The moment his teeth touched the fish skin, a slight “crack” sound was emitted; the fish skin was grilled to a crisp, but there was no burnt taste at all.
Beneath the crispy fish skin was fresh, tender, juicy, and perfectly seasoned fish meat that melted in his mouth, leaving a lingering fragrance.
Lin Yaoyang’s eyes lit up.
Yuhao’s grilled fish truly lived up to its reputation!
Wang Dong took a bite and was also stunned, then she began to eat rapidly, her cheeks puffing up again.
Guests at other nearby stalls smelled the aroma and all looked over.
Someone couldn’t help but walk over and ask: “Student, how do you sell this grilled fish?”
Huo Yuhao hurriedly stood up to greet them: “Five bronze coins each!”
That person didn’t say a word, took out money to buy one, took a bite, and his eyes also lit up.
“Delicious!!”
Soon, a line formed in front of Huo Yuhao’s stall.
Lin Yaoyang sat by the small table, slowly eating his grilled fish, watching this scene, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.
Just then, several female students wearing purple school uniforms walked over from the distance.
The girl walking in the front attracted everyone’s gaze as soon as she appeared.
She looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, with a slender and well-proportioned figure.
Her long, golden hair cascaded in large waves behind her head, her skin was whiter than snow, and her eyes were like clear water.
She wore a well-fitted purple school uniform, which accentuated her upright posture and elegant temperament.
Her appearance seemed to make everything around her dim.
“Sister Nan, it smells so good, what is that scent?” another female student beside her sniffed curiously.
The stunning girl clearly smelled the aroma too, and her gaze turned toward Huo Yuhao’s stall.
The girls walked over, chatting and laughing.
The stunning girl was about to ask for the price when her gaze inadvertently swept over the small table nearby.
Then she froze.
“Yaoyang?!”
Lin Yaoyang looked up, saw that familiar face, and waved with a smile: “Nannan, long time no see.”
A brilliant smile instantly bloomed on Jiang Nannan’s face, and she trotted over to him, her eyes sparkling.
“You really came!
I thought you were just saying it casually!”
“How could that be?” Lin Yaoyang shifted to the side, making room for her, “Sit down, there’s still one grilled fish here.”
Jiang Nannan didn’t stand on ceremony, sat down beside him, picked up the grilled fish, and began to eat it in small bites.
Her movements were very elegant, but she didn’t eat slowly at all.
Wang Dong watched this scene from the side, and the grilled fish she was chewing suddenly didn’t taste right.
She looked at Jiang Nannan, then at Lin Yaoyang, hesitated for a moment, and asked: “Lin…
Brother Lin, is this…
your girlfriend?”
Lin Yaoyang shook his head: “No.
This is Jiang Nannan, my friend.”
He turned to Jiang Nannan: “Nannan, this is Wang Dong, my roommate.”
Jiang Nannan looked up and smiled slightly at Wang Dong: “Hello.”
“Hello,” Wang Dong responded blankly.
But in her heart, she was thinking, is it really just friends?
She felt that if Lin Yaoyang hadn’t been sitting down, Jiang Nannan might have just thrown herself into his arms earlier.
The way this girl looked at Lin Yaoyang, that tenderness and joy, couldn’t be hidden at all.
The few female students accompanying Jiang Nannan also gathered around, and seeing that she seemed very familiar with this orange-haired young handsome guy, their hearts burned with gossip.
“Sister Nan, who is this little handsome guy?”
“Could this be your boyfriend?”
“Introduce him to us~”
The few of them spoke one after another, asking Jiang Nannan until she felt a bit embarrassed, a blush spreading across her pretty face.
“No…
it’s not that.
Just…
ordinary friends.”
“Ordinary friends?
Sister Nan, your face is red!”
“Exactly, exactly!”
Jiang Nannan’s face turned even redder; she lowered her head to focus on eating the fish, not daring to look at Lin Yaoyang again.
Just then, another person came to the stall.
“Give me a grilled fish.”
Huo Yuhao looked at the fish on the grill; there were only two left.
He said somewhat embarrassedly: “Sorry, today’s grilled fish has already sold out.
These last two are reserved for others.”
These two were reserved for Tang Ya and Bei Bei.
The person’s expression immediately darkened: “Kid, you dare not sell to me?”
The voice was not soft, carrying anger, and it immediately attracted the attention of the people around.
See you in the next one!