Chapter 59

In just a few short days, Tang Zhendong and Old Ye had only done one and a half deals, but they had already earned as much as what Tang Zhendong would make selling fruit for two years. Each of them got nearly twenty thousand yuan, and Tang Zhendong felt much more financially comfortable.

Yesterday afternoon, Tang Zhendong had planned to take some time to bring the money back to his parents. Suddenly, he remembered that Yu Qingying had invited him to visit Kōngtóng Island over the weekend. He took out his phone and saw that it was already Friday.

Early in the morning, after finishing his boxing, Tang Zhendong headed to the small dock where he had agreed to meet Yu Qingying the night before.

Kōngtóng Island is a completely sea-surrounded island, not very large, and can only be reached by boat. The port is small, allowing only medium and small boats to dock. There are not many households on the island, only about one or two hundred.

However, Tang Zhendong had never been there; he had never had the chance. He grew up in the countryside, then came to Haicheng to study under a master, and later accidentally killed someone and went to prison. He was released last year and had been busy making a living ever since. He had no time to wander around.

"Tang Zhendong, over here!" Yu Qingying, dressed in Adidas sportswear, looked fresh and bright, waving at him.

Tang Zhendong ran a few steps, took a small run-up, and with a "whoosh," he flipped over the iron railing of the small dock, which was about a person's height. This was Tang Zhendong's specialty.

Tang Zhendong had always been physically fit as a child, excelling in running, jumping, and explosive power. His specialty was flipping over iron railings.

At the high school in Haicheng where Tang Zhendong studied, there was a small market behind the school playground, but the playground had no gate. It took at least ten minutes to walk around from the school's main gate to the small market, so many students would climb over an iron railing at the back of the playground.

No one knew whether the students had cut the iron railing to make it easier to go to the market or whether the market vendors had cut it to attract students. In any case, the iron railing was often cut in one place.

The cut iron railing was just wide enough for a student to squeeze through, so during lunch and dinner times, many students who were too lazy to walk would crawl through the cut railing to buy food at the small market.

Tang Zhendong's specialty was doing a backflip over the railing. After a run-up of about ten steps, he would push off with his feet and perform a beautiful front flip to get over the railing. Many of his classmates at Haicheng No. 1 High School had seen this trick of his.

Although Yu Qingying and Tang Zhendong were in the same class, she had never seen this trick of his. When Tang Zhendong leaped up, Yu Qingying covered her mouth tightly, afraid that he might accidentally be impaled by the sharp iron spikes on top of the railing.

However, it was clear that Tang Zhendong landed safely before Yu Qingying could even scream.

"You really scared me to death!" Yu Qingying patted her chest repeatedly, trying to calm down. The sight of her was incredibly alluring to Tang Zhendong.

But Tang Zhendong practiced the Ghost Valley internal martial arts, which gave him excellent control over his spirit and energy. He was only momentarily distracted and quickly returned to normal. "Haha, don't worry, I often do this. I saw you were in a hurry and didn't want you to wait, so I took a shortcut."

"Don't do such dangerous things in the future."

Faced with her concern, Tang Zhendong quickly agreed, "Okay, okay."

Yu Qingying arrived quite early today, and not many of her colleagues from the newspaper had shown up yet. Tang Zhendong had planned to arrive early and wait for her, but he didn't expect her to be there even earlier.

Tang Zhendong didn't know what Yu Qingying was thinking. She was so excited thinking about Tang Zhendong meeting her colleagues from the newspaper that she couldn't sleep. Especially when she thought about the newspaper's rule that family members could join, which meant that Tang Zhendong would be attending the newspaper's organized trip as her family member.

This was like publicly acknowledging their relationship, how could Yu Qingying not be excited?

Excitement kept her awake. She hardly slept in the second half of the night and got up early at three in the morning. She tried on her clothes again and again, even though she had already chosen her outfit the night before. In the morning, she tried on her sportswear again until she was satisfied.

When Yu Qingying arrived at the small dock, it was exactly six o'clock. The activity was scheduled to start at 7:30, so there was still an hour and a half to go.

The weather in early September was still a bit cool, but Yu Qingying didn't feel the chill at all. Her heart was filled with excitement and anticipation, and more than that, a sense of shyness.

By half past six, some of her colleagues had started to arrive. Tang Zhendong also arrived at 6:40. He had planned to wait for Yu Qingying, as it was normal for a man to wait for a woman, but he didn't get the chance.

"Have you eaten?" Yu Qingying asked, noticing the sweat on Tang Zhendong's forehead.

"Not yet, have you?"

"I haven't either. Let's go eat something." Actually, Yu Qingying had brought some food in her bag and had eaten a sausage on the way.

There was a breakfast stall nearby selling fried dough sticks and soy milk. They ordered three yuan worth of fried dough sticks, a bowl of tofu pudding, and a bowl of soy milk. Tang Zhendong had a particular fondness for tofu pudding and never drank soy milk when tofu pudding was available. However, Yu Qingying preferred soy milk, saying it was good for beauty.

"Since soy milk is good for beauty, you shouldn't drink it. You're already so beautiful, how can ordinary people live if you get even more beautiful?"

"Really, you're so annoying. What if someone hears and laughs?" Yu Qingying tapped Tang Zhendong, signaling him to be mindful of their surroundings.

Tang Zhendong took a sip of tofu pudding, feeling a bit wronged, "I'm just telling the truth. You're already so beautiful, why be afraid of people saying so?"

"You're going to die! I told you not to say it, and you still did?" Yu Qingying continued to tap Tang Zhendong's arm lightly and frequently with her small hand.

However, there weren't many people at the breakfast stall at this hour. Although it was breakfast time, it was the weekend, and many people's biological clocks were one to two hours later than usual.

The owner of the breakfast stall, seeing the young couple flirting, probably reminisced about his own past and smiled at them, his laughter not too quiet. This made the already shy Yu Qingying blush and lower her head.

The result of Yu Qingying lowering her head was that nearly a pound of fried dough sticks and a bowl of tofu pudding ended up in Tang Zhendong's stomach.

"Are you full?" Yu Qingying asked, seeing how enthusiastically Tang Zhendong was eating.

"I'm full, but it looks like you don't have much of an appetite." Tang Zhendong pointed to the bowl of soy milk in front of Yu Qingying, which she had barely touched.

"I'm not used to eating much in the morning."

"Ah, women, spiritual food is more important than physical food. I praise you, and you get so happy that you can't even eat. Haha." Tang Zhendong couldn't help but laugh at the end.

"You're going to die!" Yu Qingying chased after Tang Zhendong, who was dodging. The owner of the breakfast stall, watching the young couple flirt, shook his head and suddenly remembered something: this couple hadn't paid yet!

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