Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 79 - 78 Warm Man_1

79: Chapter 78 Warm Man_1

79 -78 Warm Man_1

Hu Wenwu hung his head low, not daring to face those gazes,

“Old Hu, our lives are all in your hands, don’t screw it up!”

Fang Mingyuan teased.

Hu Wenwu parked the tricycle on the track of the playground.

“You two, unload the cart!”

Lin Baici picked up a case of mineral water, returned to the formation, tore open the packaging, casually took out a few bottles, tossed them to the students of Class 01, and then single-handedly gave one bottle to Instructor Li.

“You’re quite generous, kid.”

Instructor Li chuckled, his fondness for Lin Baici growing.

He had been responsible for training college students in military drills for seven or eight years, but he had only seen three students buy water for their classmates until now.

“Classmate, don’t we get any?”

A playful male student chimed in.

“Get it yourself, what, you’re waiting for me to feed you?”

Lin Baici finished distributing the mineral water from the box and returned to the side of the electric tricycle: “Let’s go, grab a case each, and head over to the girls!”

“Ah?” Hu Wenwu was stunned and then shook his head: “You guys go, you two can carry three cases of water!”

“Dumb, Old White’s giving us a chance to make an impression!”

Fang Mingyuan instantly understood Lin Baici’s kindness, otherwise, with his physique, carrying five cases alone wouldn’t be a problem.

Hu Wenwu was shy by nature and didn’t dare to go.

“Don’t you want to get rid of your single status?”

Fang Mingyuan picked up a case of water and handed it to Hu Wenwu.

“Old Hu, now that you’re in college, change a bit!”

Lin Baici was not only talking about Hu Wenwu; he, too, was ready to change and become a better version of himself.

Hu Wenwu bit his teeth and nodded.

The three of them, each carrying a case, made their way to the formation of the female students of Software Engineering Class 01.

The girls had already noticed the three of them.

Fang Mingyuan was into sports and had an outgoing personality: “Girls of Class 01, come out and have some water!”

“Wow!”

“Thank you!”

“Then I won’t be shy!”

The girls from Class 01 hadn’t expected the mineral water to be for them, and they suddenly felt blessed as if treated gently by the world.

Following that, a sense of superiority welled up inside them.

It couldn’t be helped, everyone was training together, enduring the scorching sun, and now they suddenly got to drink mineral water.

They couldn’t help but feel superior.

Their male classmates were generous and considerate; it looked like the next four years would be quite enjoyable.

Some girls were too shy to take the water, but Ji Xinyan stepped forward to distribute it.

“Don’t waste the student’s good will!”

Ji Xinyan said, glancing at Lin Baici who was handing water to the instructor.

She hadn’t expected that the boy she had seen in the cafe yesterday was actually in her class—fate indeed!

“If you can’t finish it, give it to someone else!”

Lin Baici instructed Ji Xinyan.

With three cases, totaling 72 bottles, Lin Baici figured the girls of Class 01 definitely couldn’t finish it all.

“Who paid for this water?”

Ji Xinyan asked seemingly offhandedly.

“The boys pitched in together!”

Lin Baici had already thought of an answer.

Hearing this, Hu Wenwu was startled.

Why had Old White said that?

Fang Mingyuan wasn’t about to take credit and immediately contradicted: “Don’t listen to him.

He paid for it himself.

We’re just the errand runners.”

The girls, who had initially thought all the boys in the class were nice after hearing Lin Baici’s reply, were suddenly surprised by Fang Mingyuan’s explanation and all turned to look at Lin Baici.

If it was your money, why say it was the boys’?

Wouldn’t that lessen the gratitude they felt towards you?

“I just thought of it first.

If I hadn’t bought you water, someone else would have!”

Lin Baici said with a hearty laugh.

At times like this, one needed to be humble.

And when the girl asked, he couldn’t very well say it was his money—that would be too showy.

“That’s not the case!”

Ji Xinyan seamlessly interjected.

“Alright, we won’t disturb you anymore.

Take care to rest.

Don’t get heatstroke!”

Lin Baici bid them farewell.

“What’s your name?”

Ji Xinyan inquired, and other girls, even those not from Class 01, were very interested in Lin Baici’s name.

“He’s Hu Wenwu, good in both arts and martial arts, the highest scorer on the college entrance exam in our dorm.

This one is Fang Mingyuan, amazing at basketball, a member of the school team.

I’m Lin Baici, pretty average!”

Lin Baici introduced himself.

“An ordinary Lin Baici, huh?”

Ji Xinyan thought to herself, with that face of yours, you dare to call yourself ordinary?

Believe it or not, rich ladies would be fighting to have your babies!

After the Lin Baici trio left, the girls immediately began to chat and evaluate.

“That Lin Baici is kind of handsome!”

“What?

Just kind of?

You set a high bar for handsome.”

“He’s a warm man!”

“Don’t speak too soon.

He might just be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Just look at you now; with just a bottle of water, he’s already got you all swooning!”

“A wolf?

Isn’t that even better?

I like bad boys!”

The girls giggled and chattered, all forming a favorable impression of Lin Baici.

After the water-delivery interlude, military training continued, but with a change: the boys from other classes didn’t want to be outdone.

On the third day, during a break, everyone went to buy water for the girls in their classes.

Every evening after training, Lin Baici would chat with Hua Yue Yu and Kim Myungjin after washing up, then check the Origin Forum.

Without his mom nagging, he was living a carefree life.

On the fourth day, Lin Baici participated in the selection for the flagbearer, involving standing at attention and marching.

On the fifth day, Lin Baici saw at the edge of the playground a tall, handsome boy practicing marching with the red flag.

In the evening, after dinner at eight o’clock, there was an emergency assembly.

Everyone brought their stools to the playground, where, under Instructor Li’s orders, they sat in a circle.

“Tonight is the mixer, come on, let’s mix up the seating—guys and gals alternating.”

Instructor Zhang, who was in charge of the female platoon, was quite strict and not much of a talker.

“Anyone got a special talent to show off, hurry up and give us a demo.

You never know, a girl might just start secretly liking you!”

Instructor Li encouraged.

After ten minutes of silence, a short-haired boy took to the stage.

“Let’s give him a round of applause!”

Instructor Li led the clapping.

The short-haired boy sang a Cantonese song, and he was pretty good—it was clearly a talent he’d been saving.

“Girls, it’s your turn, don’t let the boys outshine you!”

Instructor Li provoked.

Once someone started, everyone became more lively, taking turns to show off.

It must be said, the freshmen nowadays really are a group of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

Fang Mingyuan also got on stage, showing off some freestyle basketball moves, while Qian Jiahui played a piece on the guitar.

“Who’s next?”

As soon as Instructor Li finished asking, Xu Daguan started calling out to Lin Baici.

“Old White, your turn!”

Xu Daguan was somewhat vengeful, hoping Lin Baici lacked talents and would make a fool of himself in front of everyone.

Lin Baici shook his head.

He had sung two songs before and uploaded them to Bilibili, only to receive a lukewarm response that took a toll on his confidence, so he wasn’t really interested.

“Old White, don’t be so secretive, we’re all waiting to be dazzled by your skills.

Come on, show us something!”

Xu Daguan started clapping rhythmically.

Everyone else also started egging him on, joining in the clapping.

Because of the water delivery incident that day and coupled with his good looks, Lin Baici had gained some popularity among the new software engineering students.

“Show us something!”

“Show us something!”

“Show us something!”

The crowd chanted in unison.

Lin Baici had no choice but to stand up and walk to the center of the circle.

“Then I’ll sing ‘The Brightest Star in the Night Sky’.”

Lin Baici sang casually, without using Divine Grace.

After he finished, everyone applauded.

“Your singing is just so-so!”

“It’s alright, at least he wasn’t out of tune!”

“Who cares if he butchered the song?

Am I here to listen to music or to look at him?”

The girls chattered away.

The mixer was boisterous, and by the time it was dismissed, Instructor Li called Lin Baici aside, “Baici, come here for a moment!”

Lin Baici guessed it had something to do with being the flagbearer.

Instructor Li hesitated, unsure of how to broach the subject.

Lin Baici looked at the glowing windows of the female dormitory, patiently waiting.

“Ah, about that flagbearer thing, it’s not happening.”

Instructor Li sighed.

“You’ve been troubled, Instructor.”

Lin Baici expressed his gratitude.

“A student named Zheng Haixuan has been appointed as the flagbearer, designated by your vice dean!”

Instructor Li disclosed.

Despite all instructors having recommended candidates for flagbearer and having held selection trials the day before, in truth, those candidates were just for show, doomed to be passed over.

Instructor Li felt uncomfortable as it was he who had encouraged Lin Baici, only to end up with such disappointing results.

“I understand!”

Lin Baici nodded, truthfully he didn’t care much about being the flagbearer or not.

“It’s good that you’re taking it so calmly!”

Instructor Li patted Lin Baici’s shoulder, appreciating his carefree attitude.

…

Time, like fine sand in the hands of a young girl, slipped by swiftly!

The nine days of military training were over, and tomorrow would be the performance review.

“I can’t wait for this to be over!”

Xu Daguan was thoroughly irritated by such formalities.

Lin Baici lay on his bed, chatting with Xia Hongyao.

Great Detective Xia: The vice minister has already signed off, the process is underway; you should be able to get the prize money within a week at most.

Lin Xia Dai Yue Gui: Thanks for the hassle.

Great Detective Xia: It’s my duty.

Great Detective Xia: Are you guys going to have a few days off after military training?

Lin Xia Dai Yue Gui: Three days; we’ll officially start classes next Monday.

Great Detective Xia: Are you free the day after tomorrow?

I’ll take you to a fun place.

Lin Xia Dai Yue Gui: How fun is it?

Great Detective Xia: Fun enough to make you forget home!

“Lin Baici, Instructor Li is looking for you!”

In the corridor, someone suddenly shouted.

“Got it, I’m on my way!”

Lin Baici got out of bed.

Lin Xia Dai Yue Gui: The instructor’s calling for me!

Great Detective Xia: Go ahead.

Oh, and keep an eye out for me—have you noticed any suspicious individuals lurking around your school lately?

Lin Xia Dai Yue Gui: What’s up?

Great Detective Xia: There have been five fatal incidents on the two streets next to Haijing Polytechnic lately, and we suspect they’re caused by Taboo things.

Lin Xia Dai Yue Gui: Got it.

Lin Baici put away his phone to meet the instructor, while considering whether he should take a walk outside.

Perhaps he could use Eater God’s sense of hunger to locate the Taboo thing.

But that would definitely be dangerous.

Instructor Li was at the stairwell, anxiously smoking a cigarette, and upon seeing Lin Baici, he hesitated for a moment before finally speaking up, “Baici, can you do a favor for Brother Li?”