C21 Best Friend

The tall man wearing glasses was called Wang Tuo — a veteran technician who loved to mess with electronics.

The short, chubby man's name was Wei Dacheng who had only two hobbies in his life: eating delicacies and playing games.

The three of them were best buddies who had grown up together. However, having gone to different high schools, the three of them were forced to separate and rarely got the chance to meet up with one another.

However, with their mutual love for video games, they swore to play games with each other in the arcade for all three years in high school.

After much planning, they agreed to meet up and act in accordance with their plan during the two hours lunch break they were given at noon.

Having ditched his friends for the past few days, Ye Hong could not blame them for holding such deep grudges.

"Let's go, I'll treat you guys to lunch as a form of apology. Then, I'll have a word with you guys."

Wang Tuo and Wei Dacheng looked at each other in confusion.

Since Ye Hong grew up with a family of average background, he rarely treated the two of them to dinner, other than certain joyous events.

Could it be that the sun had risen from the west today?

With that, they walked towards a nearby restaurant and ordered a few dishes to share together.

After the dishes were served, Wang Tuo and Wei Dacheng began devouring their food like two hungry wolves.

Having two mouthfuls of red-braised pork, Ye Hong let out a disappointing frown.

Ever since he had improved his culinary skills, his taste for food had become rather picky.

Acting as a judge from a food competition, he began criticizing the red-braised pork — saying how it was not cooked long enough, how its color was darker than usual, and how it exploded with grease in his mouth.

He believed that if he made this red-braised pork himself, it would taste much better.

[Ding! Eating food... Cooking ability: +1...]

Ye Hong put down his chopsticks and said to the two gluttons with a serious tone, "I won't be able to hang out much with you two at this time in the future. You guys should also take a moment to reflect on your life and begin taking your studies more seriously."

The two of them looked dumbfounded as if it they did not know the person sitting across them. They then proceeded to ask, "Do you have a fever today? Is your brain still working fine?"

"Oh, stop it..." Ye Hong let out a heavy sigh and said, "How can a mere sparrow understand the will of a swan?"

"You're crazy!"

The two of them rolled their eyes at Ye Hong and continued munching down the food on the table — thinking that he was just joking around.

However, they really did not know that Ye Hong had changed and was not kidding around with them.

Ever since that day, the two of them never saw Ye Hong again during their lunch break.

What could Ye Hong be doing during that period?

"…"

After Ye Hong sent away his two best friends, he walked back alone to the library of Zhicai High School.

Just as he stated previously, he intended to use his free time to flip through the books in the library to enhance his various abilities.

Although Zhicai High School has only been established for less than ten years, the Board Members are all rich people who possessing great influence in the County.

Using their wealth and influence, not only did Zhicai High School manage to poach a large number of excellent teachers from other schools, but they even paid a huge sum of money to construct this library, which can be considered as the most luxurious library in all of Anming County.

It is even stated that the library contains more than two hundred thousand books — covering subjects from science to fine arts.

Although the library was only built on the first floor, it was nevertheless extremely spacious.

Furthermore, the exterior of library was covered with a layer of bluestone tiles, creating a solemn and serene atmosphere in the library.

In front of the large glass door to the library, a identification scanner was placed to only allow students and teachers from Zhicai High School to enter and leave whenever they feel like it.

*Di——*

After swiping the card, Ye Hong walked into the library with his head held high.

Although Ye Hong had already visited the library prior, he was still astonished by the vast number of books stacked one after another in the never-ending rows of shelves.

Rows after rows of bookshelves were arranged neatly within the library, leaving one dazzled at the remarkable sight.

Ye Hong trembled with a great sense of excitement and thought to himself, "One day, I will flip through all the books in the library!"

"Excuse me, the library is not open during lunch break."

A soft and gentle female voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

The sweet voice lingering past his ears reminded him of the soothing lullaby of an angel.