169 Boarding the Plane
“Chu Ning, promise me that you will win an award and show off in front of Ye Ting!”
Xiaomi, who had been silent, suddenly grabbed Chu Ning’s arm and looked at her affectionately.
“You… Why did you startle me?” Chu Ning almost got a fright at Xiaomi’s odd behavior.
“Sob… I’m so upset, Chu Ning. I can accept if anyone did better than me, but why did it have to be her… And her score just happens to be 0.5 points higher than mine?”
Xiaomi said with some grievance; she was on the verge of tears.
“Don’t be sad. I can promise to win an award, but there’s no need to show off,” Chu Ning said confidently, patting Xiaomi’s back gently.
After the morning class had ended, the class teacher, Lin Hao, gathered the top five students, together with Chu Ning, in the office. He informed them that they could start preparing their luggage when they went home at noon, and to return to school at four o’clock in the afternoon.
The location of the national physics competition was in the capital, B City; M City was thousands of kilometers away from B City. Jingyuan High School students, as well as students from several other schools in M City, gathered and took a bus to the nearby airport and then a plane to B City to take the exam.
Chu Ning’s luggage had already been packed earlier, so she was very relaxed after returning home at noon. Her second brother, Chu Jing, was immersed in the digital world and could not extricate himself, especially after Chu Ning had given him powerful new equipment. He could not even tear himself away for meals.
It was already 2:50 p.m. when Chu Ning woke from her afternoon nap. She leisurely picked up her luggage and walked out of the house.
This was the first time she would be going on a long journey after coming to this world.
There were more than 50 students from Jingyuan High School who were participating in the national physics competition. A bus stopped at the school gates. After everyone had boarded the bus, it drove slowly to the airport.
Arriving at the airport, all the students alighted from the bus together and were seated in the departure hall with their luggage. It was difficult for them to hide the excitement on their faces.
Every long trip during the school term would become the best memory of their school days.
Chu Ning looked at them and inexplicably thought of her own high school days before she entered the book, appearing familiarized with the scene before her.
But now, it was as though she had a third-person’s perspective, so she was very indifferent, even reading a thick book in her hands.
A moment later, it was Chu Ning’s turn to board the plane. After her ticket had been checked, and the last person had boarded the plane, the cabin door gradually began to close.
After a few mechanical announcements, the stewardess reminded all the passengers of certain precautions.
A few minutes later, Chu Ning felt a strange push from her back. The plane had taken off.
Chu Ning slowly closed her eyes, unable to adjust to the sudden dizziness. After some time, she felt her bodily discomfort disappear. When she opened her eyes again, the plane had already flown high up in the sky.
Chu Ning looked down through the round window. The buildings on the ground had long turned into small dots, and the surrounding clouds seemed to be within reach.
Because she had taken a nap at home that afternoon, she did not intend to continue resting. Chu Ning then took out the book she had been reading in the departure hall and opened it with the bookmark, continuing to read with great interest.
Other’s backpacks carried learning materials on physics, while Chu Ning brought basic novels.
Seated beside her was a male classmate she didn’t know.
At this time, he saw Chu Ning calmly reading a book. Upon seeing the title of the book, he couldn’t help but say softly, “Classmate, do you also like reading “Don Quixote”?”
The Jingyuan High School uniform that Chu Ning was wearing revealed her identity, so the classmate sitting next to her could be sure that Chu Ning was a student of Jingyuan High School.
“Yes, it’s alright.” Chu Ning nodded, her fingers stroking the page as she slowly turned it.
“But why didn’t you smile when you read “Don Quixote”? I think the protagonist’s various absurd behaviors are quite interesting,” the male student asked, puzzled.
“A thousand readers will have a thousand Hamlets in their hearts, and everyone’s thoughts are different. I don’t think his behavior is absurd. To the protagonist of this book, he is only pursuing the truth he believes and verifying it. He is a very pure person, but in the eyes of most people, it is incomprehensible.”
Chu Ning expressed her opinion.