Capítulo 29: Master In Living Skills
Editor: Henyee Translations
The extreme wilderness survival camp for special people, as its name mentioned, was a camp for special people like game addicts or bottom-feeders with too much energy, like Cen Yi for example. It was for children who liked to steal money, fall in love at a young age, or had other bad habits.
These children had huge problems that their parents thought were extremely serious and couldn't change no matter how much they tried.
Thus, parents hoped their children would be able to quit their bad habits through this kind of extreme survival camp.
Qiao Lingxiang's application form was sent here.
In her first year of attendance, she was still very young. She didn't know anything and could only pant heavily as she followed the instructor to catch bugs to eat in the forest, spear fish in the water, drill wood to make fire, and sleep in tree holes… All the children present were her peers and they had all kinds of problems.
No one looked down on anyone else because they were all frowned upon by their families. That was why they were sent there for reformation.
Qiao Lingxiang found the camp very fun but she didn't tell her parents so.
After that first year, Hou Manrong asked her to apply for the camp herself so she would always apply for this extreme wilderness survival camp for special people.
This was a place where Qiao Lingxiang felt she could breathe properly. It was a survival camp where she felt truly happy. Very soon, fewer people applied for the survival camp and the instructor asked for a higher salary. Because of all these problems, the camp couldn't survive anymore and closed down.
However, Qiao Lingxiang fell in love with wilderness survival and developed a huge interest in it.
She always watched documentaries on wilderness survival and bought related books to read. She would also watch news about it. She was more interested in such news.
As time went by, Qiao Lingxiang became an expert in wilderness survival.
No one thought a fatty like her could actually survive better in the wild than in the city.
In the wild, she could fill up her stomach. But in the city, she always had to go hungry.
Not only would she go hungry, but she also got fatter and fatter. She was so fat that she would pant after taking a few steps.
Qiao Lingxiang always assumed she hadn't gotten diabetes or heart disease because she attended the survival camps at a young age. They laid a good foundation for her.
After some time, the other person sent a message in response.
"Alright, I choose you. We're interested in a mission: Going to the Cold Snake Tower to look for energy stones. You don't need to worry about anything along the way. You're just in charge of making food for us. When we find the energy stones, we will split them evenly."
The Cold Snake Tower? Qiao Lingxiang drew a map in her mind. The Cold Snake Tower was around four to five hours away from Xiang City. She wouldn't be able to go and come back in a day.
She was afraid they might run into problems because the journey was too far. The other person wouldn't know when they would return either, so Qiao Lingxiang didn't want to go. She replied to the person directly, "I'm sorry, the Cold Snake Tower is too far. I don't want to go so far. I want something closer so I can leave on Friday night and come back on Sunday night."
The message was sent out. Cen Yi, who was standing in front of the quest center, frowned when he saw the message. He said to Lu Zhengqing who was looking at the mission board, "This master of living skills rejected me."
"He rejected you?"
Lu Zhengqing lowered his head and thought for a moment. Then he replied, "Let's wait and see. We're going really far so we won't know when we'll be back. We can't carry enough food and there are ten of us. How are we supposed to find food?"
"Alright, let's wait and see."
Cen Yi kept his phone and placed his hands in the pockets of his school uniform. He scanned the mission board with Lu Zhengqing.
During the last morning lesson, there were only a few female students left in the classroom. After the lesson ended, they picked up their papers and pens and prepared to go to the cafeteria to eat their lunch.
Qiao Lingxiang moved slowly and lagged behind everyone. There was no point in leaving quickly. She didn't have any food coupons so she had to drink the watery and tasteless soup. It was fine to be a little slow.
Cen Yi said he would lend her food coupons during lunch but she assumed he was being polite and hadn't taken it to heart.
However, as she took her time leaving her classroom, she noticed Qiao Yuelan walking towards her furiously.
Qiao Lingxiang stood on the spot quietly. She didn't even address her sister.
The pretty Qiao Yuelan walked over and scolded her directly in the face, "Qiao Lingxiang, are you crazy? Why did you fight with two male students bright and early in the morning? Don't you know what self-respect is? If Mom finds out what you've become at school, she'd be infuriated. What's wrong with your head? All my classmates were laughing at me the entire morning."
Actually, everyone laughed at Qiao Yuelan not because Qiao Lingxiang fought with two male students at the gate. They laughed at her because Cen Yi showed up after that and beat Cheng Tian up.
To them, Cen Yi was obviously helping Qiao Lingxiang. Who would fight for someone twice? If he wasn't trying to chase Qiao Yuelan, what were his intentions?
Thus, everyone joked about Qiao Yuelan and Cen Yi.
Because of this, Qiao Yuelan was furious. She didn't like Cen Yi. Cen Yi's grades were so poor. What kind of bright future could he have?
Aside from fighting, what else did Cen Yi know?
Qiao Yuelan spoke straightforwardly: "Do you know that when you did this, I now have to owe Cen Yi a huge favor? I already said I don't like him. Can you stop making me owe him any more favors?"
When Qiao Lingxiang listened to Qiao Yuelan's rant in the hallway, she suddenly found it very ear-piercing. She felt angry.
In the past, when her mother and sister scolded her, she just felt wronged, sad, and somber. She would never be angry. Reality told her that her life didn't give her the right to be angry.
However, now, Qiao Lingxiang could feel her anger. Cen Yi was a good person. Why was Qiao Yuelan looking down on him?
Some good people had good results and good personalities. They could win the approval of their parents and teachers. Some good people had good dispositions. They gave off a bright and cheerful aura.
Even if Qiao Yuelan didn't like Cen Yi, she could speak directly. Why couldn't she reject him tactfully? Cen Yi was a good person. He shouldn't be given the cold shoulder.
Really, Cen Yi wasn't as bad as Qiao Yuelan made him out to be.
Qiao Lingxiang looked at Qiao Yuelan and suddenly opened her mouth.
"I'll repay your debt myself. You don't have to owe him anything. Sister, is there anything else? If not, I'll be leaving."
She was very cold. She didn't show Qiao Yuelan any respect or politeness. She gave off an attitude like "I don't want to stand here and listen to you talking".
At this moment, Qiao Lingxiang's stomach started to hurt again. She was famished. Suddenly, she felt that there was no reason for her to be standing there and listening to Qiao Yuelan defaming Cen Yi. It was pointless and a waste of time.
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