Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 425 - 423 You are a Crane Flower!

Chapter 425: Chapter 423 You are a Crane Flower!

Wang Nana sneakily glanced at Zhang Yuan’s screen and envied his excellent results. She whispered, "First in the nation is too outrageous, I don’t even have half your score!"

"Because you’re silly!" Zhang Yuan joked with his adorable sister from the same small family, having grown up together, "We eat the same food, and we receive the same education. Why are some people dumb and some smart? It’s not like we were born days apart. Life is so lonely and invincible!"

"You’re the silly one! Ahhh!" Wang Nana pretended to look fierce, clawing at Zhang Yuan’s arm and twisting it hard...

...

After filling out all the reports, the classmates gathered for a complicated emotional meal, which was also their last meal on campus.

After graduation, a few study enthusiasts would go to university, most would choose to travel or find a job they liked, and settle in another city. From now on, they would never again have such a long time to gather together.

While everyone was happy, they also felt somewhat melancholic, which turned into motivation for excessive eating and drinking.

"Today we’ll have spicy crayfish!"

"Another beef offal vermicelli!"

"Can we have pickled fish?"

Today, the school’s regulations were very relaxed, unlike before when robots would come to stop any excessive eating and drinking. Some boys even ordered some red wine, toasting each other like adults.

Zhang Yuan felt that alcohol would damage his brain, and found no joy in drinking it. He much preferred having a soda instead.

The whole class had 30 people, who grew up together like a large family, creating a particularly good atmosphere. Even if some had squabbles normally, at this moment, all was forgiven.

During this gathering, there were particularly many confessions of love, sweet love being something most yearned for at this age...

Several girls from the neighboring class even ran over to confess to Zhang Yuan, surprising him repeatedly.

"Why... me?"

"Because you’re smart, you surely won’t be disadvantaged outside! And you’re pretty handsome!" one girl in denim shorts and large eyes boldly said to Zhang Yuan, "We can start by dating for a while, there’s no rush to register... Everyone needs a partner in life."

"...Register?" Hearing this odd word, Zhang Yuan felt a bit awkward.

The girl continued, "I have an older sister and brother, both have already graduated, and they found their life partners before even leaving school... They all say boys in school are purer. It’s better to have good grades, being lazy is definitely not good."

Looking at her hopeful eyes, Zhang Yuan smiled and declined, "I’m really sorry..."

"Do you already have a girlfriend?"

"No, haha, I’m going to university in Jinghua City. I don’t have such plans for now!"

The girl went silent for a while, seeming a bit disappointed, "Ah, then never mind. I don’t want to leave my siblings’ care yet, can’t follow you to Jinghua City."

Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. If he had to refuse, it had to be immediate, rather than giving her false hope.

Zhang Yuan really had no intention of dating the girl in front of him, although she was indeed cute and very romantic... but he truly had no such intentions.

After repeatedly turning down several others, Wang Nana came over a bit jealously, "What’s the matter, handsome, did you find several others all at once? I knew it, some people turn into scumbags once they step out of the university gates! But I will not allow you to become a scumbag!"

"How am I a scumbag, my... list is clear and clean."

To promote loyalty in relationships, this era allowed people to "register their relationships" just like marriage.

Once registered, one’s dating history would become public information and could not be erased for life.

This way, it was not easy for girls to be deceived by scumbags, as one could simply check the other’s dating records to see everything clearly.

Of course, humans are free in their choices. One could choose a level of relationship or choose not to register, but such cases are mostly considered casual, with both parties consenting, and nobody can really say much...

However, normal girls would still choose to register their relationships. The value of "self-respect and self-love" molded in a closed campus setting could influence them for a lifetime and was not easily erased. Generally, everyone had a strong sense of justice and shame.

Hearing the word "register," a scumbag would give up on a girl to avoid tarnishing his own reputation. Otherwise, if he deceived too many girls, a list of his misdeeds would accumulate, and who would want to associate with him then? Thus, scumbags could only play around within their small circles, preventing their influence from spreading.

Zhang Yuan found this little system quite interesting and somewhat profound. People in this society were naturally innocent and free from the pressures of life, requiring a stronger system to regulate all sorts of messes.

After the meal, it was time to formally part ways.

Zhang Yuan, Wang Nana, and Ma Mingtao were born in the same small family and naturally chose to stay together for a while, while Wang Nana also wanted to climb Mount Everest with the two boys.

However, they also had an older sister, Lin An, who had graduated from school two years earlier. She and her boyfriend had opened a small flower shop in the city, both talented and good-looking, leading a very happy life.

Walking into the flower shop, Zhang Yuan sniffed the air. Flowers in full bloom filled the room with a slightly delicate vitality that seemed quite artistic.

Sister Lin must have put a lot of effort into taking care of this garden. Whenever guests came, she always greeted them with a smile, often giving away flowers for free. After all, in this era, people worked purely for the joy of it, with money being unimportant.

This attitude brought about a very rich and soft beauty.

"You are... a lily!" Sister Lin pinned a lily on Wang Nana’s chest.

Wang Nana was thrilled, proudly showing off to Zhang Yuan, "Thank you, Sister Lin!"

"You are... a crane flower!" Sister Lin then gave a crane flower to Zhang Yuan, a flower that symbolized unconstrained freedom.

"Freedom, huh?" Zhang Yuan accepted it.

"Life is precious, love is even more costly, if for freedom, both can be forsaken. Freedom... truly a wonderful thing."

"Why am I a broccoli!" Ma Mingtao saw the broccoli in Sister Lin’s hand, his face twisted as he loudly complained, causing everyone in the room to burst into uncontrollable laughter, filling the space with a joyful atmosphere.

Sister Lin quickly said, "I grabbed the wrong one, here’s a sunflower for you, hope you’re always happy."

"That’s more like it!" The carefree guy took the sunflower, contemplating whether he could get some seeds from it to snack on.

I’ve heard some people love being chefs, enjoying the process... Right, there’s a cute female classmate who loves cooking, what is she up to now?