Here is the translation of the Chinese chapter:
Zhōu Dōngdōng cried for a while, then stood there, biting her fingers, watching Liu Chang’an selling dog meat, while repeating a sentence in her mouth.
Not long after, someone saw Liu Chang’an’s display and came over to take a look. Liu Chang’an’s grandmother wiped her nose and asked Liu Chang’an where he got the dog from.
“Last night, I helped someone at a construction site and met a dog. The dog ran over and wanted to bite me, so I punched it in the head and killed it. The dog’s owner was very good about it and didn’t bother me, leaving the dog behind and even invited me for tea.”
“No way, you think you’re Wu Song?” Liu Chang’an’s grandmother said disdainfully. “It’s not believable. This dog couldn’t have rabies, right?”
“It can’t. These kinds of dogs are usually vaccinated, and if it was rabid, it would be skinny, with many broken skin wounds. Take a look at this dog’s plump skin, does it look like a sick dog?”
Liu Chang’an’s grandmother nodded and extended three fingers, thinking for a moment before extending five fingers.
Many people in Junsha liked to eat dog meat, but they didn’t like to buy it from vendors at the market. Firstly, it didn’t look clean, and secondly, they were worried about the source of the dog. But this dog, which Liu Chang’an had killed himself, was fresh, and people wanted to eat it. A 100-plus kilogram dog, with each person getting three or five kilograms, and it was sold out in one morning.
Liu Chang’an gave Zhōu Dōngdōng three kilograms of dog meat, who was crying and looking at the dog meat in her hand. She cried even harder, carrying the dog meat and running back home.
When selling dog meat, the internal organs were also cooked and ready, but there was no time to make dog meat paste. Liu Chang’an was late for school again.
“Are you late again? You might as well stay at home and study,” said Huang Shan, blocking Liu Chang’an at the school gate.
“I killed a dog last night and sold its meat, earning over 1,000 yuan,” Liu Chang’an explained his reason for being late.
Huang Shan raised his hand, unsure what to say. He was very clear that this was not an excuse made up by Liu Chang’an, and that was why Huang Shan felt even more frustrated. This was a reason he had never heard before in his teaching career.
“Go in,” Huang Shan waved his hand, shaking his head helplessly, seeing that Liu Chang’an was not like an ordinary student, and couldn’t be bothered to argue with him.
Liu Chang’an arrived at the classroom, where Miǎo Yíngyíng was sitting in his seat, chatting with Bai Ru. Liu Chang’an returned to his original seat and told An Nuǎn and Gāo Déwēi, “I killed a dog last night, and you’re welcome to come to my house to eat dog meat tonight.”
“Not going, I have to study,” Gāo Déwēi said, still obsessed with studying and uninterested in anything else.
“What about you?”
“Me…me…”
“Fine, I’ll eat it myself.”
An Nuǎn picked up a paper ball and threw it at Liu Chang’an, who dodged it agilely. The ball hit Miǎo Yíngyíng, who was walking back.
“Sorry, sorry, it wasn’t on purpose…”
“Yes, yes, it’s all Liu Chang’an’s fault…”
Miǎo Yíngyíng sat down, looking at Gāo Déwēi, who was focused on his homework, and then turned to look at Lín Xīnhuái, who was sleeping at his desk. It was clear that Lín Xīnhuái had stayed up late playing games at the internet cafe again last night.
Today, Bai Ru was still ignoring Liu Chang’an and wearing a mask with a cute duck drawn on it.
At noon, Bai Ru took off the mask, looking unhappy because she had secretly noticed that Liu Chang’an often read a book called “Zǐ Bù Yǔ”, and he had inserted a bookmark on the page with “Yā Jī” (duck) written on it. When he left the classroom, Bai Ru took a glance and felt her face burning with shame.
Why didn’t she realize earlier that there was someone like Liu Chang’an in her class, whom she had thought liked her for three years, making her feel embarrassed and ashamed?
In the afternoon, during the second-to-last class, An Nuǎn discovered that Huang Shan’s car had left early and wasn’t waiting for class to end. She packed her bag and left from the back of the classroom, not afraid of being reported, since the last class was just a self-study session anyway.
Liu Chang’an also left leisurely, and Miǎo Yíngyíng couldn’t help but push Gāo Déwēi, who was sitting beside her, “Liu Chang’an and An Nuǎn often skip class. How can you get along with them?”
Gāo Déwēi thought for a moment and looked at Miǎo Yíngyíng, “Because they’re good at studying.”
Miǎo Yíngyíng rolled her eyes at Gāo Déwēi, who would probably still be single when he went to university.
Actually, An Nuǎn didn’t often skip class. She just sometimes went to practice basketball, and most of the time she wasn’t in the classroom, but in the gym. Liu Chang’an wasn’t being framed.
An Nuǎn was waiting for Liu Chang’an by the green wall, not during lunch or after school, but at a time when they would certainly be questioned by the guard, so it was better to climb the wall.
Seeing Liu Chang’an walking slowly, An Nuǎn jumped up and waved her hand, signaling him to hurry up, as she had to go home by 8 pm, and if they were to escape one class, they had better hurry.
“I didn’t climb the wall,” An Nuǎn said with her hands behind her back, looking at the high wall with difficulty. The wall in this area was old, made of red bricks, with broken glass on top to prevent climbing, but since many people had climbed it, there were gaps in the broken glass.
“You can climb trees fast, what’s difficult about climbing this wall?” Liu Chang’an said disbelievingly, as an athlete, especially a basketball player, had good jumping ability, and climbing this wall would be easy.
“When did I climb trees fast?” An Nuǎn stomped her foot, loving sports didn’t mean she wasn’t a lady, and ladies didn’t climb trees.
“In your first year of high school, during physical education class, you were playing badminton, and the shuttlecock flew onto a tree. You climbed the tree like a monkey and picked it down.”
An Nuǎn was a bit happy that Liu Chang’an remembered things she didn’t, but unhappy that he remembered her climbing a tree and even described her as a monkey.
An Nuǎn lifted her leg to kick Liu Chang’an, who dodged agilely. An Nuǎn glared at him, “Give me a push.”
Since she had been exposed, An Nuǎn didn’t care anymore, jumped up, and grabbed the wall, turning around to signal Liu Chang’an to push her, as climbing the wall still required some care, and it was better to have someone’s help to avoid scratching herself on the broken glass.
Liu Chang’an extended his hand to support An Nuǎn’s buttocks and pushed her up. An Nuǎn felt a strange sensation in her heart, climbed onto the wall, and sat down, her slender legs swinging back and forth, “I won’t let you up now!”
Liu Chang’an looked up at her swinging legs, with the sunlight behind her, her hair fluttering in the orange light, her gentle face and shallow smile, her eyes sparkling with playfulness and contentment, as if he could see the musical notes floating out, accompanied by her beautiful, swaying legs.
An Nuǎn’s legs were very long, making her entire leg look tight and slender, extremely beautiful.
“Fool,” An Nuǎn said, seeing Liu Chang’an smiling at her, pouted, and said, “Hurry up and come up.”
A girl’s mind can change in an instant. Just now she didn’t want him to come up, but now she was calling him a fool for not coming up quickly.
Liu Chang’an climbed up, sat down beside An Nuǎn, and they both sat on the moss-covered, green wall for five minutes before getting down and heading towards Liu Chang’an’s home.
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