Chapter 146: The Artistic Youth and the Fiery Mature Beauty

As Lu Yuanqiu passed Zheng Yifeng's desk, he casually grabbed him by the collar, only to find that this guy was already awake, apparently roused at the very mention of movie vouchers.

All five of them cared deeply about these movie vouchers, not because they lacked the money to buy tickets, but because the vouchers carried a special significance.

They were the fruit of victory, the result of hard work. For Lu Yuanqiu and Zheng Yifeng, they even held an additional meaning—acting more like an excuse.

The five of them arrived at the grade director’s office. After knocking and entering, they all froze in unison.

Zhong Jincheng immediately covered his crotch, his eyes wide as he hid behind Lu Yuanqiu, then peeked his head out to steal glances toward Ge Ritian’s desk.

Standing beside Ge Ritian's desk was a pale-skinned young man with an artistic aura, wearing black round-rimmed glasses and green cargo pants.

Next to the young man stood a tall, stunningly attractive older beauty with a fiery figure, wearing a leather skirt, black stockings, and stiletto heels, paired with a pink small-fragrance jacket and an impossibly long pair of legs. This older beauty had snow-white skin and lips as red as burning flames.

She was gorgeous, well-made-up, and had an incredible figure. Forget about Zhong Jincheng's reaction; Wang Haoran and Gao Qiang were completely dumbfounded as well.

Lu Yuanqiu glanced at the two of them, then sneaked over to Ge Ritian's side with a cheeky smile, bumping his hip against Ge Ritian's shoulder as he said, "Director, the movie vouchers! The movie vouchers! We're waiting to watch a movie this weekend."

"What movie?! The midterm exams are next Friday, why aren't you studying properly?!"

Ge Ritian scolded Lu Yuanqiu, glaring at him before turning with a smile to introduce him to the artistic young man and the fiery beauty: "This brat right here is Lu Yuanqiu, the student I just told you about who shattered the backboard during the basketball game a few days ago."

Hearing this, the artistic young man looked Lu Yuanqiu up and down in surprise. Honestly, this junior was indeed tall and strongly built—enough to kill him with a single punch.

The fiery beauty's pretty eyes lit up. She immediately reached out and pinched Lu Yuanqiu's cheek: "So it's you! As soon as I heard the director finish telling your story, I became your little fan! You're so amazing, junior! And you're so handsome too—do you have a girlfriend?"

Lu Yuanqiu, caught with his cheek being enthusiastically pinched, smiled awkwardly.

Nearby, the trio of Zhong Jincheng watched this scene like they were standing in punishment. The sudden surge of excitement from getting the movie vouchers vanished, leaving them feeling completely uninspired.

"Ahem." Ge Ritian coughed twice.

Only then did the fiery beauty restrain herself a bit, though she still smiled warmly at Lu Yuanqiu and poked his biceps with a finger sporting a delicate manicure: "So muscular. No wonder you could shatter the backboard, you're amazing."

Lu Yuanqiu finally understood what it felt like when Bai Qingxia poked his arm. It felt rather strange, almost like being sexually harassed.

At that moment, Ge Ritian explained, "This is Qin Luo, Senior Qin. He's a newspaper reporter now."

"Hello, senior," the five boys said in unison.

Qin Luo immediately nodded: "Hello, hello."

"This one here is Chu澜, Senior Sister Chu. They were both my students back then. By the way, which batch were you guys again?"

Qin Luo: "Class of '02, graduates of '05."

"Hi! Hello, juniors! You're all so handsome!" Chu澜 greeted the five boys with great enthusiasm, flashing a sweet smile.

"Hello, Senior Sister!!!"

This time, the response from the trio, especially Zhong Jincheng, was exceptionally loud. Zhong Jincheng licked his lips and awkwardly crossed his legs.

Chu澜 nodded: "Mm-hmm, try your best to get into universities in Zhucheng and come find me to play. Senior Sister will show you all around Zhucheng."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhong Jincheng nodded, agreeing at lightning speed.

Ge Ritian frowned: "Play, play, play, all you know is playing. This Senior Sister Chu of yours graduated and stayed at home for a whole year before finally going out to find a job, and what kind of weird thing did she end up doing again?"

Chu澜 shook her black-stockinged legs, pouting her red lips and acting spoiled: "Oh, Director, don't expose me like that!"

Zhong Jincheng couldn't take it anymore. Crossing his legs as if he urgently needed to pee, he patted Wang Haoran's arm: "Help me take my movie voucher... I'm going to the restroom." "Oh, okay."

Lu Yuanqiu grew anxious: "Director, what about the movie vouchers?!"

Zheng Yifeng also urged impatiently, "The vouchers."

Ge Ritian reprimanded them: "What's the rush?! Your two senior alumni came to reminisce with me, where are your manners?!"

"It's fine, it's fine!" Chu澜 bit her red lip with a smile, stepped forward in her high heels, and gently poked Lu Yuanqiu's arm again: "Junior is so handsome, Senior Sister just loves your type~"

Lu Yuanqiu smiled dryly and twitched the corner of his mouth.

*Sorry, I like pure ones, not flirtatious ones.*

*Besides, Zheng Yifeng right next to me is obviously more handsome, why do you keep poking me alone? Poke him!*

Lu Yuanqiu shrank his arm back, making Chu澜 cover her mouth and giggle.

At that moment, Gao Qiang curiously asked Qin Luo, "Senior Qin, since you're a reporter, does that mean you get to travel all over the country?"

Hearing this, Qin Luo smiled, shaking his head with a bitter expression: "Junior, you have too romantic a view of journalism. Forget about freedom; even the places we go to and the people we interview are completely out of our control. Guess where I went a few days ago, and who I interviewed?"

"Let me say, let me say!" Chu澜 raised her hand excitedly.

Qin Luo frowned at her: "Let the juniors guess."

Zheng Yifeng raised an eyebrow slightly and guessed, "A death row inmate?"

"Oh! How did you know?!" Qin Luo looked at him in surprise.

Zheng Yifeng shrugged: "I guessed it from the expression on your face. Newspapers have really loved publishing those kinds of articles lately."

Qin Luo sighed: "That's why this industry forces you to blindly follow trends. When other newspapers write those kinds of articles, my editor makes me go interview and write about them too. I still have to rush to finish my manuscript tonight."

Lu Yuanqiu knew this concept as "involution," though the term hadn't become popular yet in 2010.

At that moment, Ge Ritian took twenty-five movie vouchers from his drawer and distributed them to the four boys standing before him.

Seeing this, Chu澜's pretty eyes lit up, and she asked in a sweet voice, "Wow... I want to see it too. Is there any kind-hearted junior willing to share a voucher with me? I'm not heading back to Zhucheng until next Monday, and staying in Lucheng for these two days is so boring. All my friends are out of town, and this guy Qin Luo won't keep me company."

"I have one," Wang Haoran said, then handed one of Zhong Jincheng's movie vouchers over: "Senior Sister, here."

"Thank you, junior~"

Chu澜 happily accepted it, then immediately asked, "Are you guys going tomorrow? Let's go together!"

Gao Qiang nodded: "Yes, we've all agreed on the nine o'clock morning screening tomorrow."

"Awesome."

Going to the movies tomorrow on Saturday—aside from Wang Haoran, who was planning a separate date with Hu Caiwei on Sunday, Lu Yuanqiu, Gao Qiang, Zhong Jincheng, and Zheng Yifeng all intended to watch the nine o'clock morning screening of *My Sassy Girl 2*.

Of course, Lu Yuanqiu planned to bring Bai Qingxia along. Gao Qiang was about to head to the office to ask their head teacher, Liu Wei, if she wanted to join them, while Zheng Yifeng was waiting for Gao Qiang to make a move before following suit.