Chapter 84: The Conflict Sparked by the Christmas Eve Apple

December 24.

Christmas Eve.

In these days, the trend of celebrating Christmas Eve and Christmas domestically has not become widespread.

At least that is the case here in Huizhou.

But in certain groups, it has already begun to gain popularity.

For example: white-collar workers, for example, university students.

This morning, Cao Sheng received several apples at school.

Giving an apple to someone you like on Christmas Eve has become a way to confess one's feelings.

That morning, he rode his bicycle to the bike shed behind the school teaching building and saw Chen Shuyun at a glance, someone he had not seen for quite some time.

This first love from the original timeline, when Cao Sheng saw her today, she was wearing brown trousers, a blue front-fastening padded jacket, and black sneakers, bowing her head to blow warm air onto her hands, while her feet kept stomping on the ground, obviously her hands and feet were cold.

Hearing the sound of the bicycle, she looked up, saw Cao Sheng, her eyes brightened slightly, then she quickly ran over, her cheeks slightly flushed, raised her hand to greet him, "Hi! Good morning!"

Cao Sheng returned a smile and nodded, "Morning!"

Saying this, he parked his bicycle, bent down, and took out the key to lock it.

He had just locked the bike when he saw a big red apple appear before his eyes.

"Here! It's a Red Fuji!"

Chen Shuyun's voice came.

Cao Sheng turned to look at her, saw her face even redder, gently biting her cherry lips, but her black-and-white clear eyes were trying hard to meet his gaze, only her face grew redder and redder, and she bit her lips very tightly.

It was clear she was very nervous.

Cao Sheng has not yet read the love letter she wrote to him.

So, he did not know what she wrote in that love letter; he clearly did not respond to her, yet she still had the courage to come and give him an apple today.

"Please take it! It's very, very delicious."

She said softly again, her tone adding a few notes of pleading.

Cao Sheng smiled slightly and reached out to take the apple.

"Thank you..."

His words of thanks were still floating in the air when she twisted her hips, turned around, and ran off.

When the morning self-study session ended.

Cao Sheng was still bowing his head perfecting the outline of "Shen Mu" when another Red Fuji suddenly appeared beside his hand.

Cao Sheng looked up and saw Wu Can, wearing a white down jacket, pass by him without turning his head, walking very quickly; several classmates nearby looked curiously at Wu Can, then at Cao Sheng.

Song Chao, sitting next to Cao Sheng, gave Cao Sheng a thumbs-up, "Awesome!"

Zheng Xiaoqiang, sitting in front of Cao Sheng, shook his head and sighed, "Damn! Truly, people born of the same parents have different fates!"

Pang Yunhai, sitting behind Cao Sheng, let out a light laugh, "Third Brother! Judging by this, it seems our class beauty still likes you; are you really not considering her?"

Cao Sheng looked at them, said nothing, and simply put away the apple on the desk, after all, the apple was innocent.

When it was noon and time to eat in the cafeteria.

Pang Yunhai, Guan Zhi, and others sitting with Cao Sheng received several more mental shocks in succession.

The group had just gotten their food and sat down, hadn't even taken a few bites, when suddenly a girl came over to give Cao Sheng an apple.

"Senior! I am your book fan, I am Zhao Qian from the Tourism Class; this apple is for you!"

A Miss with a delicate face finished speaking eloquently; before the surprised Cao Sheng, Pang Yunhai, and others could react, she put down a big apple, turned around, and ran off.

Following that, another girl with particularly long legs, wearing blue jeans, ran over, put down an apple in front of Cao Sheng, and ran away; after running a few steps, she suddenly stopped and turned back, her face red, saying, "Senior! I am also from the Tourism Class, my name is Tong Xin, you, you can come find me!"

Having finished speaking, she ran off again.

These two Misses seemed to have given other girls courage; after they came one after another to give apples, several more girls ran over to give apples as if in a relay race.

Each person gave only one apple; when each girl came to give an apple, she stated her class and name.

But none stayed; after giving the apple and stating their class and name, they all ran off.

This made Cao Sheng feel somewhat emotional.

Before his rebirth, some bold Misses could kiss men on the street and have sex with people in parks.

Bold girls seemed to be everywhere.

Unlike the girls now, who blushed at the slightest thing; like the girls just now, they were already considered very bold.

"I can't eat this meal anymore!"

Song Chao suddenly threw his chopsticks on the table, looking at the several big, red apples in front of Cao Sheng, feeling both envious and jealous.

The others were much the same.

Pang Yunhai used his chopsticks to stir his food, sighed, and seemed to have lost his appetite as well.

Wei Dongming put down his chopsticks, took out half a pack of Baisha, lit a cigarette while bowing his head, raised his eyebrows at Song Chao, "Ah Chao, aren't you also writing a novel? You've written quite a few words, right? Since you are both writing novels, why is the gap between you and Cao Sheng so huge? Why doesn't a single girl come to give you an apple? Don't tell me you don't have a single female book fan? Haha."

Song Chao glared at him, "If you're so awesome, you write it! Let's see how many female book fans you can write to come give you apples!"

Wei Dongming let out a light laugh.

Guan Zhi reached out and took an apple from in front of Cao Sheng, smiling, "Third Brother, since you have so many apples, I won't go buy one; I'll take one and give it to Xu Ling later; no problem, right?"

Cao Sheng laughed helplessly, "Sure! Anyone else wanting to give one to a girlfriend? Take one yourself!"

But no one took one.

Pang Yunhai shook his head, "I'll pass! My girlfriend isn't here."

Zhai Jun also shook his head, "I don't have a girlfriend."

Wei Dongming flicked off some ash and laughed, "I'll buy my girlfriend two more jin later—your apples, I won't take! By the way, I almost forgot to tell you—I've got a girlfriend now. I can't make it these two days, but I'll treat you all to dinner in a couple days! Everyone come!"

Wei Dongming's sudden announcement that he had a girlfriend left everyone stunned.

They all began asking curiously.

Wei Dongming answered with a beaming smile, feeling a sense of triumph.

Their dorm had a tradition: whoever had good news treated everyone.

When Guan Zhi was the first to get a girlfriend, everyone teased him until he treated them.

When Cao Sheng's novel was published, everyone teased him until he treated them.

At the start of this semester, Pang Yunhai announced he had a girlfriend and, amid their teasing, happily treated everyone to a meal.

But previously, whenever someone treated everyone, it was always the roommates who teased first, then the person gave in.

Wei Dongming was the first to ever voluntarily offer to treat them.

But he got slapped in the face.

Song Chao frowned and said, "I'm busy. You guys go eat."

Wei Dongming's smile froze. Before he could ask why,

Xu Fengmao suddenly said, "So you found a girlfriend? Big deal. You're not even the first in our dorm to find one—what are you showing off for? I'm not going!"

Zheng Xiaoqiang, the youngest in the dorm, snorted with laughter and chimed in, "Exactly! You're not the first to get a girlfriend, and we're not too poor to eat—we don't need your treat!"

Wei Dongming jumped up, slammed his palm on the dining table, and roared, "Are you guys being unreasonable? I'm offering to treat you out of kindness, and you're humiliating me like this? Are you really that ungrateful?"

Cao Sheng: "???"

Cao Sheng, who hadn't slept in the dorm a single day this semester, couldn't understand this scene.

He could understand Song Chao refusing—he'd just been mocked by Wei Dongming.

But why were Xu Fengmao, usually so good-natured, and Zheng Xiaoqiang, the youngest, also giving Wei Dongming the cold shoulder?

"Did they have a falling out?"

Cao Sheng whispered to Zhai Jun beside him.

Zhai Jun smirked, leaned close to Cao Sheng's ear, and whispered, "It's all because Wei Dongming's mouth is too sharp—he's had a few clashes with them this semester."

Cao Sheng: "??? "

After the argument, Wei Dongming overturned the food on the table and stormed out in fury.

Seeing how angry he was, Song Chao and the others laughed happily.

Cao Sheng's curiosity was piqued; as he left the cafeteria with them, he couldn't help pressing for an explanation.

Through Song Chao and the others' back-and-forth explanations, Cao Sheng gradually understood what had happened.