Tang San looked at the middle-aged teacher with a sense of relief.
"I am Tang San!"
"Teacher, may I ask why you are looking for me?"
The middle-aged teacher said, "This is the bedding Grandmaster asked me to bring to you."
Tang San immediately stepped forward and took the bedding.
Thinking that his newly acknowledged teacher was so thoughtful, Tang San, who had lacked paternal love since childhood, couldn't help but feel a touch of warmth in his heart.
Even the resentment and embarrassment from being rendered speechless by Yang Yuan's retort earlier dissipated a bit.
After delivering the bedding, the middle-aged teacher assigned the areas the three work-study students, including Yang Yuan, were responsible for cleaning.
After he left, Wang Sheng took the initiative to step forward and said to Yang Yuan,
"Don't worry, Boss. Leave the cleaning of your assigned area to us; we'll make sure it's spotless."
Wang Sheng said this not only because of Yang Yuan's status as the boss of the Seventh Dormitory but also with the intention of currying favor.
After all, with Yang Yuan's talent, he would surely become a renowned powerhouse in the future.
If he could build a good relationship with him now, what if he needed his help someday?
Wang Sheng was the oldest in the Seventh Dormitory, so his mind was naturally the most mature.
Seeing this, Yang Yuan didn't bother with any pretentious refusal.
Without some privileges, could he even be called the boss of the Seventh Dormitory?
On the other side.
While Tang San was making his bed, a work-study student asked in confusion, "Xiao Wu, didn't you bring any bedding?"
Xiao Wu glanced around the Seventh Dormitory, looking embarrassed.
Seeing this, one of the work-study students kindly said, "Why don't you use my bedding for now? I can manage with half-covering myself for a few days."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu couldn't help but look at his quilt.
It wasn't necessarily dirty, but it was mostly tattered and worn.
Xiao Wu's expression immediately turned sour, and her eyes held a hint of disdain.
"Eww... Never mind!"
After Xiao Wu finished speaking, her eyes darted around as she began to inspect the bedding of the others in the Seventh Dormitory.
Seeing this, the kind-hearted work-study student looked embarrassed.
Seeing this from a distance, Yang Yuan said irritably, "You stupid rabbit, it's one thing to look down on others' bedding, but are you actually being picky now?"
"It seems I've been too easy on you."
After saying that, Yang Yuan rubbed his palms together, making a gesture as if he were about to strike.
Xiao Wu immediately shrank her neck and said timidly, "Fine, I won't pick, but I don't even like your bedding anyway!"
Seeing this, Tang San felt an inexplicable pang of pity and stepped forward, saying, "Alright, we're all in the same dormitory, let's be more harmonious."
Yang Yuan glanced at him upon hearing this.
"Why don't you give your bedding to Xiao Wu then?"
Hearing this, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up as she looked at Tang San's clean bedding.
This could work!
In the entire Seventh Dormitory, she only liked Yang Yuan's and Tang San's bedding.
Clean and beautiful.
Tang San suddenly went silent.
This bedding was a gift from his teacher; how could he give it to someone else?
Sleeping together would be okay, but giving away the bedding was out of the question.
Such a thought flashed through Tang San's mind, but he instantly dismissed it.
What a joke.
He, Tang San, was as pure as jade; how could he possibly sleep with a little girl?
Wouldn't that be purely perverted?
After waiting for a while and seeing no reaction from Tang San, Xiao Wu immediately muttered in a low voice.
"If you won't give it, then fine. Sister Xiao Wu will find her own way!"
Actually, she was thinking that they could push two beds together so they could share one quilt.
But she was afraid that if she made that request, that annoying Yang Yuan would find another excuse to beat her up.
That was why Xiao Wu didn't speak up.
A little while later.
Wang Sheng checked the time outside and then said, "It's mealtime, let's go to the academy canteen together."
"Sure." Yang Yuan nodded in agreement.
Tang San spoke up, "You guys go ahead, I won't be going."
His father, Tang Hao, was a drunkard who spent all their money on alcohol, leaving the family dirt poor.
If it hadn't been for the occasional relief from Village Chief Old Jack, Tang San might have starved to death long ago.
Therefore, he had no money to eat at the canteen.
At most, he would make do with the dry rations he brought for a while; once he started working tomorrow, he would receive his wages.
Wang Sheng saw Tang San's embarrassment and waved his hand grandly.
"Tang San, come along too. I'll cover your meals for these two days."
Yang Yuan had already reached the door by then. Hearing Wang Sheng's words, he laughed and said, "Alright, I'm the boss, so this meal is on me."
For one, Wang Sheng and the others were his underlings, and for another, they had to help him complete his duties as a work-study student.
It was only right for him to treat them.
Seeing this, Tang San hesitated for a moment before standing up.
It was just one meal; at worst, he would just treat them back in the future.
Xiao Wu stood to the side and thought, "This guy named Yang might be bad, but he's quite generous. It seems he's not completely rotten yet."
...Soon, The people of the Seventh Dormitory arrived at the canteen entrance.
The Nuoding Academy canteen had two floors.
The food on the second floor was more expensive, primarily serving the academy's teachers and students from wealthy families.
According to Wang Sheng, a meal on the first floor would cost at most seven or eight bronze coins.
But on the second floor, a casual meal could cost seven or eight silver coins.
If converted to bronze coins, that would be seventy or eighty, which was equivalent to one or two months' expenses for an ordinary family of three.
Walking into the canteen, Yang Yuan waved his hand grandly.
"Come on, follow me to the second floor!"
Wang Sheng was startled.
"Boss, the food on the second floor is too expensive; don't waste your money."
In Wang Sheng's view, since Yang Yuan was a work-study student like them, he naturally wouldn't have much money.
Even if he forced himself to treat them to a meal on the second floor, it would likely drain all his savings.
Why bother?
Yang Yuan laughed heartily.
"A thousand gold pieces spent are all returned."
"Follow me, eat your fill this time."
The money bag Old Jerry gave him contained a full seven gold coins, enough for him and the group from the Seventh Dormitory to eat their fill on the second floor.
Of course, Yang Yuan wasn't afraid of running out of money and being unable to afford food later.
In an academy like Nuoding Academy, which had no shortage of wealthy people, there were simply too many ways for someone with his talent and strength to make money.
"Oh, isn't this Wang Sheng?"
"How did you bunch of paupers end up on the second floor?"
"Stay away from us; the stench of your poverty is choking me!"
"Hahahaha!"
Just as Yang Yuan was leading The people of the Seventh Dormitory to the second floor, several disdainful voices suddenly rang out nearby.
Looking toward the source of the voices, they saw a group of senior student standing not far away, pointing and looking at Yang Yuan's group with contempt.
Leading them was a youth who looked to be eleven or twelve years old.
He was dressed in fine silk clothes, exuding an air of arrogance.
When he saw that the person leading the Seventh Dormitory wasn't Wang Sheng but a new face he didn't recognize, he was slightly surprised.
Who is this?
A newcomer?
But why did all the country bumpkins from the Seventh Dormitory seem to follow his every lead?
On the other side, with a grim expression, Wang Sheng explained the situation of work-study students at Nuoding Academy and the grudge between the Seventh Dormitory and Xiao Chenyu.
Xiao Wu was quick to empathize.
Upon learning that the students led by Xiao Chenyu frequently bullied the members of the Seventh Dormitory, she immediately glared at them.
From her posture, it looked as if she were ready to rush forward and give Xiao Chenyu's group a good thrashing at any moment.
(End of Chapter)
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