Chapter Fifty-Six: East Gate

  "What's that?" Lin Yijin didn't know if Xiao Xiao was praising herself or talking about herself, and she let out a couple of soft hums, her face turning red.

  Xiao Xiao saw her face turn red and he liked it very much. He asked the shop owner how much the skateboard cost.

  Two hundred thirty-eight.

  "Cheaper." The haggling continued with a series of sharp, toothy grins.

  "What?" The shop owner sized up the situation, observed the subtleties, and saw that it was a boy buying for a girl. He spoke firmly: "No discount." He was a businessman, knowing that in such situations, boys never wanted to appear stingy in front of girls.

  "You look really cool, how can you be so stingy?" Xiao Xiao teased the shop owner.

  "It's really can't be cheaper! Brother." The shop owner said with a bitter tone that the current cost is already high, and there's no profit left for himself.

  "Alright." Xiao Xiao said: "If it's not cheap, then it's not cheap. However, you have to throw in a backpack and some stickers. I know how much profit you're making here, otherwise we won't buy it."

  The owner understood that Xiao Xiao was a connoisseur of such things and readily agreed. He went inside to look for something and handed Xiao Xiao a black skateboard bag.

  Xiao Xiao was very satisfied with the skateboard bag and handed it over to Lin Yi. Then, she asked the shop owner, "Can the stickers be printed on site?"

  The shop owner nodded and asked what he wanted to play. If it's too complicated, it won't work, and if it's too complicated, you'll have to pay more.

  He was fed up with this stingy shop owner, really no trick is left untried in business. But since he had already agreed to it, there's nothing he could do about it now. He thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled and stuck out his tongue, saying with a smile: "Just write five words: Xiao Pangniu, jiayou."

  Lin Yi listened and suddenly felt a thrill in his heart, very hot, as if it was a sign of excitement.

  The shop owner smiled and took out the skateboard backpack that Xiao wanted. Sitting in front of the computer, he used software to design a few cute fonts and added a red heart. He printed the words on sticker paper with adhesive backing. He took it out, tore off the backing, and stuck it on the skateboard.

  Xiao Xiao took out the skateboard and looked at the few words and the small red heart, very satisfied, and generously patted the money to give it to the shop owner.

  The shop owner counted the money in front of him, not a single cent short.

  Xiao Xiao held the skateboard with both hands, stretched out her arms, and solemnly handed it to Lin Yi. With a meaningful tone, she instructed: "Little fatty, from now on, after eating dinner, you can't immediately go to sleep. You have to play with the skateboard first. Got it?"

  "Uh-huh." Lin Yi took the skateboard and looked at the back of it, where "Little Chubby, go for it!" was written in big letters. He felt happy and said to Xiao Xiao: "Ah, you must be really good at this. Quickly show me one."

  "My skills are too dazzling, it's easy to get dizzy. After watching me, you'll feel inferior and have a shadow in your heart, so you won't want to learn skateboarding anymore." Xiao said domineeringly.

  "Uh-huh, give me a slide then." Lin Yi twisted her massive waist and pouted.

  "Good." Xiao Xiao couldn't resist her sweet words, took the skateboard with both hands, and slapped it onto the ground. The skateboard was instantly placed very steadily.

  Lin Yi saw that his hands were very handsome and he puffed out his two small chubby hands, full of expectation.

  The left foot stepped on the front end of the skateboard with a swoosh, steady and stable, while the right foot slid across the ground.

  "Bang!" A loud noise.

  Xiao Xiao's heavy heart was unstable, and he fell to the ground with a thud. He quickly got up, covering his buttocks, and said awkwardly: "I didn't expect this thing to be so difficult to master."

  "Huh?" Lin Yi exclaimed in surprise: "You won't ah wa."

  Shaking her explosive hair, pretending to be carefree, she smiled and said: "It's not that I won't do it, but rather I'm very good at it. Don't worry, when the time comes, I'll accompany you in having fun, we'll progress together."

  The shop owner watched Xiao Xiao fall over and burst out laughing, thinking that this guy's technique was really bad. Usually when guys show off to their girlfriends, they would use their best skills, but unexpectedly this kid bought a skateboard for his girlfriend and ended up falling flat on his face.

  Although the other party is a chubby girl and not very popular, this kid is so ugly that it's probably hopeless.

  Xiao Xiao picked up the skateboard and looked towards the end of Changchun Street, saying to Lin Yi: "Further east is the eastern gate of our school. Let's go take a look at the new sports stadium."

  "Alright." Lin Yi replied, carrying an empty skateboard bag on his back.

  The two of them arrived at the end of Changchun Street and saw a road sign here. The sign indicated that south was Changchun Street, east was Baishun Street. The east gate of the Agricultural University is located on Baishun Street.

  Xiao Xiao and Lin Yi turned the corner, heading north to Baishun Street, where they saw many snack stalls and shops, no less than those on Changchun Street.

  Two people continued walking north and after a while arrived at the east gate of Nongda. They saw several black cars parked outside the east gate.

  The South Gate is the main entrance of Nongda, and management is very strict. One thing that is prohibited is setting up stalls, black cars picking up passengers and other messy business projects.

  But the east gate of Nongda is not the main gate, and there are fewer people passing by, so it's a bit more relaxed. Black cars can be parked near the school gate to solicit business.

  Dongmen also has a pedestrian overpass, but one end of the overpass is inside the campus and the other end is directly connected to the newly built stadium.

  This pedestrian overpass is directly accessible for students of Nongda when they have physical education class. Outsiders and idlers are not allowed to walk on this overpass.

  Xiao Moguai and Xiao Pangniu entered the east gate and arrived at the pedestrian overpass, looking up at the new stadium. The newly built Agricultural University Stadium was really magnificent.

  The closest to the street are several circles of plastic running tracks, with grass lawns inside the tracks. Outside the tracks there are stepped spectator stands, which have been completed and can be used.

  To the left of the runway is a new outdoor basketball court, with a smooth and shiny floor that is no longer cement, and a sturdy basketball frame standing there, very majestic.

  Behind the track is a large football field covered with grass, although it has not been built yet, but its grandeur has already come out. On the right side of the track are indoor basketball courts, swimming pools and gymnastics halls under construction, each with its own unique shape and stylish style.

  Various types of engineering machinery are moving around these unfinished venues day and night, working hard for the early completion of the new stadium of Agricultural University.

  Next to these construction sites stand signs reading "Eternal Group Construction Company at work."

  Lin Yi had been walking under the sun for half a day, and she was already quite plump to begin with. Now she was panting heavily, her whole body covered in sweat. She stood beside Xiao Xiao, smelling the sweat on his body, and felt an inexplicable feeling deep down.

  "Go! Little girl." Xiao Xiao patted Lin Yi's shoulder, and the two of them walked through the street overpass and onto the rubber track.

  On the track filled with tiny particles, a gentle breeze blows by, bringing a hint of rubber smell. The small grass in the nearby lawn is in its youth, fearless and growing angrily. The sprinkler embedded in the lawn intermittently sprays out a line of clear water, turning into countless water droplets. Bringing a touch of coolness at the same time, it wipes out a beautiful rainbow in mid-air.