Chapter 76

When most people had almost finished eating, the main activity for the day finally kicked off.

The teachers in the park first organized the children to enter different classrooms, and the parents also went to the places that had been arranged in advance to take the first round of written tests.

At that time, there were more than 60 children present. It was unknown whether the staff had divided them in advance or randomly assigned them. Very quickly, the children were taken into the classrooms in groups of about 20 each.

By the time Ji Ruochu sat in her seat with a completely calm expression, the children in the classroom had already started a new round of playing.

Some were quietly building blocks, some were laughing hard while playing slides with their little friends, and some were gathered together to dress their dolls. In short, the scene was very lively.

But Ji Ruochu did not intend to join in. Instead, she propped up her little chin, confirmed that the kindergarten teacher nearby was not organizing any other activities, yawned cutely, and began to feel sleepy.

"Sister, this is for you."

Suddenly, a childish voice sounded in Ji Ruochu's ear.

She struggled to open her eyes and found that it was Fang Zhiyuan.

The little guy was wearing a crescent white gown with a pair of embroidered cloud shoes on his feet. The simple attire already gave him a touch of grace beyond his tender age.

"Thank you."

Ji Ruochu slowly straightened up and took the foreign doll from the other party.

"Sister, aren't you going over there to play with the other kids?" Fang Zhiyuan asked curiously.

Ji Ruochu shook her head: "No, too noisy."

The more children she interacted with, the stronger Ji Ruochu's desire for quietness became. If possible, she wished she could graduate from kindergarten right away.

Fang Zhiyuan thought about it and felt that the sister made perfect sense. He then walked to the small stool next to him.

"Can I sit here?"

Ji Ruochu nodded. She thought to herself that this kid was quite gentlemanly, not at all like a child raised by Fang Yan.

He probably took after his mother. Of course, Fang Zhiyuan did not know that the thoughts of the little sister next to him had wandered so far. Sensing that the sister liked quietness, he did not bother her either. Instead, he busied himself trying to solve the little Rubik's Cube in his hand.

This made Ji Ruochu a little surprised. Goodness, he's playing with Rubik's cube at the age of four already? Memorizing all those formulas at such a young age?

However, Ji Ruochu soon realized she was overthinking it. This kid was obviously still at the learning stage. After just a short while, he had already twisted the Rubik's Cube into a mess.

Perhaps noticing Ji Ruochu's gaze, Fang Zhiyuan looked up. A hint of embarrassment flashed across his clear almond eyes.

The fair little face blushed slightly as he gently asked, "I don't really know how to do this. Sister, do you want to try it?"

Ji Ruochu shook her head. She decided not to show off her skills at this moment.

Bullying the young was just too shameless.

Seeing that the sister had gone back to staring blankly out of the window again, Fang Zhiyuan lowered his head and continued to concentrate on twisting the Rubik's Cube in his hand.

"So stupid, that's not how you do it."

Just a few seconds of quietness later, another childish voice sounded from the side. Ji Ruochu and Fang Zhiyuan turned their heads at the same time, and then fell silent at the same time.

The reason was simple. The attire of the kid was rather eye-catching. He had actually put on the dragon robe.

While the dragon robe did look quite majestic, the problem was that this guy was just too chubby. Not only did he fail to demonstrate the majesty of the dragon robe, but he also wore it with a somewhat... festive air.

"Do you know how to solve it?" Fang Zhiyuan was not angry at all. Instead, he humbly asked for advice.

"Of course." The chubby-faced kid's face lifted arrogantly as he took over the Rubik's Cube from Fang Zhiyuan's hand. After carefully observing it for a while, his fat little hands started twisting it.

At that moment, the chubby little guy in the dragon robe had his face full of self-importance and arrogance, as if he was not solving a Rubik's Cube right now, but accomplishing something with great sense of achievement.

With contempt for the masses, the little fat guy succeeded in twisting the Rubik's Cube into an even bigger mess.

Ji Ruochu & Fang Zhiyuan: ...How embarrassing.

The little chubby guy obviously also realized that he had screwed up. He was even sweating in the nicely air-conditioned classroom.

"There's something wrong with this Rubik's Cube!"

In the end, the little chubby guy who was desperate to save face angrily threw the Rubik's Cube onto the ground and huffed.

Ji Ruochu blinked her eyes and lazily responded with an "oh". Fang Zhiyuan next to her also cooperatively nodded.

Although they did not think the Rubik's Cube was really broken, they had to admit that this little fat guy did have some skills. After all, just now he had solved it to the last side before messing it up again.

They just wondered which step he did wrong that made it increasingly disordered.

"Really!" But the little chubby guy was anxious. "It must be something wrong with the Rubik's Cube. This is how I solve the one at home!"

Just as the little chubby guy was so anxious that he was about to invite the two unfamiliar little buddies in front of him who were obviously just humoring him to come over to his house— "Brother, your Rubik's Cube."

It turned out that the Rubik's Cube he threw away just now was picked up by a child who had been quietly building blocks not far away the whole time.

The kid wearing a sky blue gown stood up swiftly after looking around, then walked over to them and handed the Rubik's Cube in his hand to the little chubby guy.

"That's not mine," the little chubby guy was busy inviting Ji Ruochu and Fang Zhiyuan over to his house, so he naturally did not care. He pushed the Rubik's Cube away and said, "Besides, this Rubik's Cube is broken. Just put it aside."

"Broken?" The little guy looked at the Rubik's Cube in his hand that was pushed away. Somewhat curiously, he tilted his head and asked with certainty, "Doesn't seem broken to me?"

As he was mumbling, he started twisting it. When the three of them noticed something wrong and looked over at him, the messy Rubik's Cube had nearly been solved.

Click.

When the last color returned to its place, the Rubik’s Cube reverted to its original state.

"Wow!"

Ji Ruochu stretched out her little hand and clapped hard to show her appreciation.

Qi Yibin: ...So annoying.

Fang Zhiyuan: ...How embarrassing.

And so, the four little guys who were each minding their own business at first gathered together in this harmonious yet awkward manner. Ji Ruochu hugged her doll and watched the three little boys practice their Rubik's Cube skills diligently.

The few kids had already exchanged names with each other earlier, so Ji Ruochu also knew what they were called. Apart from Fang Zhiyuan, the chubby little guy's full name was Qi Yibin, and the little Rubik’s Cube prodigy who came later was called Jiang Zhi.

Although she was not very keen on making new friends, well...since she had nothing to do, watching cute little kids rack their brains to solve the Rubik's Cube could be quite interesting.

"Ruoru sister, do you want to try it?" Seeing Ji Ruochu keep looking at them, Fang Zhiyuan was afraid she might feel bored alone and tentatively invited her again.

"Let's just play among ourselves. Girls definitely won't like this kind of stuff." Qi Yibin pouted and added, "My grandma said girls' brains are dumber anyway, so they definitely can't do it."

"Brother, it's very impolite for you to say that." Jiang Zhi was unhappy that the sister he just met was being mocked. "My mom said boys who look down on girls are the dumbest!"

"Who are you calling dumb?!" The little fat guy got angry.

Afraid that the two might start fighting, Fang Zhiyuan quickly stepped forward to stop them, but he stood on the same side as Jiang Zhi: "I think Jiang Zhi is right. It's wrong for you to say that about sister."

Qi Yibin's little mouth pouted even more as he got more upset: "But I didn't say anything wrong. She really doesn't know how!"

Just after he finished speaking, the Rubik's Cube in his hand was snatched away. The little chubby guy reflexively turned his head and met Ji Ruochu's bright fox eyes.

"Who said I don't know how?"

Ji Ruochu stuffed the doll into Jiang Zhi's arms, and then—