Chapter 142
Chapter 142: Campus North-South War
The campus was quiet at noon.
It was cold outside, and students were reluctant to go out, so the classrooms were livelier.
Voices gathered in clusters. The group Wen Yu was in had a cheerful atmosphere mixed with joy.
After studying for a while, Lu Min took out a box of candies from her bag and handed them out one by one, saying softly, “These were brought by relatives during the Spring Festival. It’s my first time trying them, they’re delicious! Try some~”
Wen Yu held one in her hand and looked at it. The packaging was inconspicuous, but the all-English labeling gave it a classy feel.
Xiao Gua also took one, squinting as she read the English product name on it, “Mm-hmm” After a long time, she breathed out heavily, happily exclaiming, “…Toffee!”
Fu Chengque and Fang Ling nodded vigorously beside her, “Toffee!”
Wen Yu peeled one and said with a smile, “Westerners always come up with strange names.”
Fu Chengque agreed repeatedly, and then she peeled one, popped it into her mouth, and praised, “So fragrant! It’s milky!”
Lu Min added, “If you like it, I have more at home. I can bring them for you.”
Fu Chengque clapped her hands in joy, “Great! I love them!”
Xiao Gua sniffed, hesitated, and ate one, “I’m going to get fat again…”
Fang Ling thought of something else, “I found out that Chengque loves eating!”
She tilted her head to look at Fu Chengque and sighed, “Envy, after the Spring Festival, didn’t gain any weight.”
Fu Chengque immediately exclaimed, “I did, I did!”
As she spoke, she raised her arm and rolled up her sleeve, revealing a piece of white arm, and pinched a lump of flesh, trying to demonstrate her weight gain.
But before she could finish, Fang Ling hugged her and teased, “Stop showing off here. You gluttons didn’t gain any weight, which is really annoying! After the Spring Festival, I gained three kilograms!”
After saying that, she slumped back into her chair, looking dejected.
But she only looked dejected for a moment before perking up again because she thought of food.
“Yuanxiao Festival is coming soon!”
“Wow, yes! We can eat yuanxiao!” Fu Chengque became cheerful again.
Lu Min asked curiously, “What’s ‘rolling yuanxiao’?”
“It’s literally rolling them, shaking them like this.” Fu Chengque held her hands up and swayed lightly.
Except for Wen Yu, the Southern girls looked at each other in confusion.
Wen Yu smiled on the side, guessing that it was probably the first time they talked about yuanxiao with Fu Chengque. They probably didn’t know that the Fu Family mainly ate Northern yuanxiao, not Southern tangyuan, which was mainly to compromise with her father’s personal taste.
He thought of the North-South disputes in his previous life.
So he interjected, “Fu Chengque’s dad is from the North, so her family eats Northern yuanxiao, with fillings rolled in glutinous rice flour. We in Jiangcheng usually eat tangyuan, which are boiled.”
The three of them all said “Oh” together.
Fang Ling asked, “Do all Northern people eat yuanxiao?”
Wen Yu thought for a moment and shook his head, “Not all Northern people, some also eat tangyuan.”
Xiao Gua suddenly realized and made a declaration of war directly, “Southern people eat tangyuan, authentic; Northern people eat yuanxiao, traditional!”
Fang Ling suddenly became enthusiastic, grabbed Fu Chengque’s hand, and teased in a playful tone, “a~u~v~, of course we Northerners eat yuanxiao. After rolling them in glutinous rice flour, hm, the flavor, so authentic~”
Fu Chengque exclaimed, pushed away Fang Ling’s hand, pinched Xiao Gua’s cheek, and scolded angrily, “You guys are so good at talking! You guys are so good at talking! I’m also from Jiangcheng, not considered a Northerner!”
“Then do you eat yuanxiao?” Fang Ling asked with a smile.
“Yuanxiao is delicious, better than tangyuan!” Fu Chengque said stubbornly.
“Tangyuan is delicious, I’ve never heard of yuanxiao!” Fang Ling retorted.
“Yuanxiao seems to have meat filling, feels like the texture would be weird…” Lu Min also cautiously expressed her opinion.
The Empress took a look and realized that almost half of the cabinet didn’t support her!
She cast her final glance at Wen Yu, who smiled and said, “I’m fine with both tangyuan and yuanxiao, but I prefer tangyuan a bit more.”
Alas!
The world is in danger!!
The country’s future is uncertain, yet the cabinet is already in chaos. Her decree unexpectedly didn’t receive mindless approval from the officials! Even her closest aides had completely opposite opinions!
Even the most core strategist, Wen, was ambiguous, and even slightly leaning towards the tangyuan party!
Fu Chengque lamented, “Wow—You guys, you guys want to undermine us!”
With traitors in power, the rats are ruling the house!
The state of the country is worrying—
Disastrous!
Xiao Gua suddenly slammed the table and declared, “Decided, I’m going to Sparrow’s family to eat yuanxiao!”
Fu Chengque was energized, tearfully hugged Xiao Gua, “Wuwuwu, Gua Qing, you’re too kind! I’ll make you a Princess, Kunning Palace will be yours!!”
Xiao Gua laughed heartily, hugged Fu Chengque back, and patted her head comfortingly.
After a while, Fu Chengque checked the time on her phone, “Ah, it’s next Saturday, so we can come on Sunday, let’s play yuanxiao together!”
The girls’ eyes lit up instantly, and after looking at each other, they exclaimed with joy, “Great, great!”
Yuanxiao is secondary, it’s important to relax together.
This matter was temporarily settled.
After a while, Fang Ling stood up and said, “Friends, I’m going to patrol the world on behalf of Chengque, who’s coming with me?”
Lu Min chuckled softly, “I’ll go too.”
Fu Chengque’s gaze followed Fang Ling and Lu Min’s figures as they moved away, quickly retracting as the classroom door closed behind them and disappeared.
She suddenly said, “Xiao Min’s birthday is coming soon.”
Xiao Gua nodded, “It seems so! It’s at the end of February, if she’s born a few days later, it would be every four years.”
Wen Yu recalled last year’s events and said, “Lu Min helped a lot when we celebrated our birthdays together.”
“Indeed,” Fu Chengque nodded, “We should do something for her.”
“What do you think she would like?”
“Well… probably nothing too extravagant,” Fu Chengque chimed in.
“But it shouldn’t be too casual either, right? The gifts she gave us before were quite valuable,” Xiao Gua added.
“Let’s ask Fang Ling to join us and brainstorm,” Fu Chengque suggested.
Xiao Gua exclaimed, “Let’s create a group chat!”
She shouted and took out her phone to prepare to create the group.
Fu Chengque glanced over and then quietly turned her gaze to the sky, leaning on the table with her chin resting on her hand, letting out a soft sigh.
She felt like she had so many things to do, from finding a way to be Empress, to studying for the university entrance examination, to working hard to raise the profile of the study group, and now also thinking about the birthdays of the members of their small circle.
This was a great opportunity to rally people around Empress, and it couldn’t be missed.
Currently, she could be considered to have five loyal supporters. Losing one was like directly losing 20% of the national strength, which would make them fall from a developed country to a developing one in one fell swoop.
She couldn’t let that happen!
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