1novels Chapter 58: A Quick Guide to Folding Blankets!
Chapter 58: A Quick Guide to Folding Blankets!
"Awesome! I want one too!"
Gu Dapeng was the first to rush forward, grabbing Su Ze's leg. "Second Brother! Godfather! Save the child! I don't want to lecture you! Give me a purchase link!"
Lin Le pushed up his glasses, his eyes gleaming with longing: "I need one of these physical cheat codes too."
Su Ze laughed heartily and casually pulled out three identical packaging bags from a box under the bed.
"You don't need to buy them, we've already prepared them for you!"
"One set for each person, take them and use them!"
"This is the spirit of our 404 dormitory!"
Gu Dapeng and Lin Le were overjoyed, and carrying the magical artifact, they went back to their own beds with profuse thanks.
Su Ze handed the last set to Jiang Bai:
"Hey, third brother, this is yours."
"Here you go. I saw you were sweating buckets folding these. This will save you time."
Jiang Bai looked at the cheating device, then looked back at the "iron pancake tofu" that had been pressed out of his bed by absolute force.
shook his head.
"Thanks, second brother."
"but……"
Jiang Bai pointed to his blanket:
"I think mine is good enough."
"If I stuff another board in, I'm afraid the blanket will explode."
Su Ze peeked at Jiang Bai's blanket.
silent.
The blanket... was as smooth as a steel plate.
The edges were as sharp as a freshly sharpened knife.
"hiss--"
Su Ze gasped.
"Third brother, are you folding the blanket?"
"Are you trying to completely outmaneuver the blanket?"
"With that grip strength... if anyone dares to be gay with you in the future, won't you crush them to death?"
Jiang Bai: "..."
Can't you speak properly?
What does it mean to be gay?
I am number 1...
Oh wait, I'm straight!
"Get out! Get your things sorted out right now!"
Jiang Bai shooed Su Ze back to bed in a huff.
With the help of cheating devices, the housekeeping level of dormitory 404 jumped from "refugee camp" to "model company".
The group placed the hard, solid blanket on the headboard, and looking at the perfectly straight lines of the blanket, they felt incredibly comfortable.
"It's safe."
"This time it's safe."
Su Ze even took a picture with his phone in a showy manner and posted it on his WeChat Moments with the caption:
Talent is something you can't envy.
Having settled everything, the group reverted to their reclusive sedentary nature, pulling out their phones to start playing games together.
Not long after, a cacophony of footsteps and shouts echoed down the corridor.
"Hey you! Stand still!"
"Look at how you folded your blankets! They're like steamed buns, all piled up!"
"Has the floor been swept? Huh? Even a pigsty is cleaner than this!"
The instructors have come to check the dormitories.
Hearing the wails coming from the next dorm room, the three members of room 404 were not panicked at all; instead, they were secretly looking forward to it with a bit of schadenfreude.
Is this the composure of a top student?
"Knock knock knock".
There was a knock on the door.
"Open the door! I'm checking your belongings!"
Gu Dapeng scurried over and opened the door.
Three instructors stood at the entrance. The one in the lead held a grading sheet in his hand and looked very serious.
Upon entering.
The instructor frowned slightly.
The floor was swept haphazardly, and there were leftover snack bags on the table. Underwear hanging on the balcony fluttered in the wind.
The housekeeping is just so-so.
I was just about to say something critical.
The instructor's gaze shifted and landed on the four beds.
moment.
His eyes were fixed.
Four.
Four in total!
A perfectly square tofu block, with sharp edges and no wrinkles!
They were like four green bricks, neatly stacked at the head of the bed.
Especially the area on Jiang Bai's bed, flat and sharp, exuding a chilling aura!
The other three pieces, although not as flat, had lines so straight they looked as if they had been drawn with a ruler.
"hiss--"
The instructor gasped.
He walked quickly to the bedside and even bent down to take a closer look.
"good!"
"Very good!"
The instructor turned around abruptly, his eyes filled with surprise:
"Who folded this blanket?"
Su Ze, Gu Dapeng, and Lin Le immediately puffed out their chests, their faces beaming with pride:
"Report, Instructor! We folded them ourselves!"
"Really?" The instructor was still a little skeptical. "A freshman can fold clothes to this level? That's almost as good as our veteran sergeant's skills!"
"Report! Talent!" Su Ze boasted shamelessly.
The instructor was delighted and wrote a perfect score on the evaluation sheet.
"You guys are pretty good, you've been keeping your skills hidden!"
"The room is a bit messy, but the blankets are folded beautifully!"
Just as the group was secretly pleased, thinking they had gotten through this hurdle,
The instructor suddenly closed his notebook and looked at them with eager eyes:
"Since you're so talented, that's perfect!"
"In addition to the parade and military boxing, our military training performance this time also includes a special formation—the dormitory inspection formation."
"That means demonstrating how to fold a quilt live in front of the entire school's teachers, students, and leaders!"
"This formation is a few people short, but I think the four of you are perfect!"
"It's settled then! The four of you are selected!"
Boom!
a bolt from the blue.
Su Ze's smile froze.
Gu Dapeng's mouth dropped open.
Lin Le's glasses almost fell to the ground.
Performing folding of blankets?
In front of the entire school?
Wouldn't that expose our secret?!
Were they stacked up? They were propped up with boards!
If they were to perform live without boards, all they would stack would be a ball!
"No, no, no! Instructor!"
Jiang Bai reacted the fastest, being the first to jump out and refuse.
He pointed to himself:
"Reporting, Instructor!"
"I'm already the model student in our class!"
"I'll be standing at the very front leading the marching, I won't have time to fold blankets!"
The instructor was taken aback, then slapped his forehead:
"Oh right, I forgot about you."
"You're a model worker, so you really can't leave."
"Okay, then you don't need to go."
Jiang Bai breathed a sigh of relief, gave his roommates a "good luck" look, and then stepped aside to watch the show.
The instructor turned to look at the remaining three:
"Then the three of you are perfect, you can fill the vacancy."
"No...no, instructor!"
Su Ze broke out in a cold sweat and stammered, trying to find an excuse:
"I...I'm dizzy from the blankets!"
"Look at my hands, they shake so easily when I'm nervous, they're not presentable!"
Gu Dapeng hummed along, "I...I have a bad back, I can't bend down."
Lin Le pushed up his glasses: "I have trypophobia. I feel like throwing up when I see a lot of people."
The instructor frowned, his face darkening.
"What kind of ridiculous reason is that?"
"Didn't you just say it was talent?"
"Why can't you even demonstrate it?"
The instructor looked suspiciously at the three flustered individuals, then glanced at the almost too perfect blankets on the bed.
As a veteran, his intuition told him that something was fishy about this!
"This blanket is folded so neatly, I'll take it out and show it to the other dorm rooms..."
As the instructor spoke, he reached out and touched the "tofu block" on Su Ze's bed.
This gesture scared the three of them out of their wits.
The blanket was filled with cardboard and acrylic!
It feels hard to the touch; even a fool could tell!
This is blatant cheating! It's deceiving the instructors!
They will be publicly criticized, and may even have their military training results canceled!
"Don't!"
"Don't touch me, Instructor!"
At the critical moment.
Su Ze let out a scream and lunged forward to block the blanket.
Gu Dapeng and Lin Le acted like goalkeepers, fiercely protecting their beds.
"What are you doing?!" The instructor was startled, his hand hovering in mid-air. "Are you rebelling?"
Su Ze was covered in sweat, and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace.
"No...no!"
"Reporting, Instructor! We're...too excited!"
"Yes! I'm so excited!"
"It is a great honor for us to be selected for the 'Folding Blankets' formation!"
"We're willing to go! Absolutely!"
"Yes, yes, yes! I love folding blankets the most!"
Gu Dapeng nodded frantically.
"This is an affirmation of our expertise in geometry."
Lin Le was also talking nonsense.
As long as the instructors don't touch the blankets, they'll tolerate anything, even if it's just folding blankets or forming human pyramids!
The instructor was a little confused by the three people's unpredictable behavior.
"Your back was aching and your hands were shaking just now, but now you're willing?"
He withdrew his hand and looked at the three of them suspiciously.
But since they had already agreed, he couldn't say anything more.
After all, we still need to check the next dormitory.
"Okay, it's settled then."
"Training is scheduled for this afternoon, don't be late!"
The instructor gave a brief instruction, then turned and left.
"Bang."
The dormitory door was closed.
Dormitory 404 fell into a deathly silence.
Su Ze, Gu Dapeng, and Lin Le seemed to have all their strength drained away, and slid down the edge of the bed to sit on the floor.
They looked at each other in bewilderment.
I want to cry without tears.
"It's over..."
Su Ze covered his face and let out a desperate wail:
"This time it's really over."
"That's a live performance!"
"Without boards or any special tools, what are we supposed to do up there? Just fold something pointless?"
Gu Dapeng looked on with a simple, sad expression: "I think the steamed buns I folded might not meet aesthetic standards."
Lin Le was utterly despondent: "Statistically speaking, the probability of us being killed in front of the whole school is 100%."
That situation just now.
Either confess to using cheating devices, get caught red-handed, and accept punishment.
Either bite the bullet and agree to join the formation, and figure out a way later.
Between two evils, choose the lesser.
They could only choose the latter.
Jiang Bai leaned against the cabinet, looking at the three unlucky guys. Although he really didn't want to laugh, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up in a crazy smile.
"That's just fate."
Jiang Bai unscrewed the thermos, took a sip of goji berry water, and said leisurely:
"Actually, folding blankets is quite nice."
"Think about it, the other formations are marching in the sun, exhausted like dogs."
"And you?"
"Sit in the shade, play with the cotton, and chat."
"How easy is that?"
"Is this a kind of... 'lying down' situation?"
Su Ze suddenly looked up, staring intently at Jiang Bai, his eyes filled with resentment:
"Third brother, it's easy for you to say that when you're not in my shoes!"
"You're having a good time, being a model worker just means standing around."
"We're going to be performing magic tricks in front of thousands of eyes!"
"We're going to turn a lump of cotton into tofu!"
"Teach me, how the hell do you change this?"
Jiang Bai shrugged:
"I can't teach that."
"I have my own methods, but they're not suitable for you."
"or……"
Jiang Bai chuckled mischievously:
"Why don't you guys take advantage of these next couple of days to practice?"
"Maybe it's possible to develop... muscle memory?"
The trio looked at the soft, fluffy blanket on the bed, then at the cardboard hidden in their hands.
I feel like my life is completely bleak!
Help! SOS! How can I quickly become a master at folding blankets?!