Chapter Fifty-Five: The Magnate’s University

Since Manman Yu herself had encouraged them to propose boldly, she could only ask, "Why do you want to set up a kitchen?"

Shishi Li replied, "If there's a kitchen in the gymnasium, we can provide the players with more reasonable and healthy meals, which will better strengthen their bodies and, in turn, unlock their athletic potential."

Seeing Manman Yu nod in agreement, Shishi Li continued, "Moreover, I've noticed there are many unused rooms in this gym. I think we could use one of the larger ones and convert it into a kitchen-cum-cafeteria."

"Pretty sister, what do you think?" Shishi Li gazed at Manman Yu with her adorable, wide eyes.

Manman Yu thought to herself: Setting up a cafeteria here would not only improve the players’ nutrition, but also save them the time spent going back and forth to the school canteen.

Suddenly she remembered Xiao Er, and mused: Ha, it would even save the players' meal expenses.

Given so many advantages... Manman Yu declared, "All right, we can have a kitchen and cafeteria!"

Seeing her suggestion accepted, Shishi Li danced with joy. "Pretty sister, from now on, the cooking and meal prep is all on me!"

Manman Yu thought: It's rare nowadays to find young people who cook for themselves.

"I can help too." Having been away from home for a long time, Mimi Yang couldn’t help but want to show off her culinary skills.

Ling Lin said casually, "I can’t cook, so you two can take care of that."

Shishi Li remembered something else and raised her slender arm again. "Pretty sister, I have another idea."

Looking at Shishi Li’s sweet, slightly childish demeanor, Manman Yu smiled, "No need to raise your hand, just say it."

"Pretty sister, aside from converting a kitchen and cafeteria, aren't there still many vacant rooms here?"

"Since they're going to sleep and rest in the gym at night, why not convert a few rooms into dormitories for the players? That way, they won’t have to sleep on the floor anymore."

"If they sleep well at night, they'll wake up refreshed in the morning and can enter training faster and better."

"Pretty sister, do you think I’m right?"

Manman Yu nodded, "Makes sense, we can do that too."

She thought: I need a dormitory myself, or else I’ll end up being peeped at by this bunch of nerdy boys at night in my underwear. Especially that Xiao Er kid—he often stares at my chest and has even had nosebleeds several times...

The more Manman Yu thought about it, the angrier she became. She stood up, whip in hand, and strode toward Geng Haoshi. At that moment, Geng Haoshi was practicing his shots.

Ling Lin, Mimi Yang, and Shishi Li were at a loss.

Bang!

A thunderous crack exploded on the floor near Geng Haoshi!

Then came Manman Yu’s furious shout, "Xiao Er, if you dare to make only one basket out of ten shots in a game again, I’ll castrate you!"

Geng Haoshi stared, stunned, thinking: Why did she suddenly bring this up? No warning at all... Whew, I almost wet myself!

"From now on, you must practice shooting ten thousand times every day! Did you hear me?"

With that, Manman Yu lashed the floor beside him again.

Geng Haoshi clutched his fragile heart, watching as Manman Yu turned back toward Mimi Yang and the others. He thought: What’s all this for? All right, I’ll practice ten thousand times, but why scare me like that?

Manman Yu took a deep breath, feeling much better, and looked at the three girls before her. "Let’s continue."

Ling Lin, Mimi Yang, and Shishi Li exchanged confused glances—they didn’t understand Manman Yu’s outburst at all.

Of course, that didn’t dampen their enthusiasm for discussion in the slightest.

Night was falling, and it was time for dinner.

The twelve members of the basketball team and the three beautiful managers walked together to the nearest cafeteria to Chen Zhi Gymnasium.

Once everyone had gotten their food and sat down, Shishi Li said excitedly, "Senior, guess what? Today I secured a dedicated kitchen, cafeteria, and dormitory for the basketball team!"

"Senior, aren’t I amazing?" Shishi Li looked at Geng Haoshi with her sparkling eyes, clearly hoping for praise.

"You really should thank little Shishi," Ling Lin began, "Once the kitchen and cafeteria are finished, you won’t have to eat at the school canteen anymore—you’ll save a lot of money—"

Before Ling Lin could finish, Geng Haoshi’s eyes lit up. "So, does that mean meals will be free from now on?"

"Yes, senior."

Remembering that Geng Haoshi had complained about running out of money for food, Shishi Li suddenly stood up, grasped his hands across the table, and said affectionately, "Senior, am I not very virtuous and good at managing a household?"

Where did this come from... The atmosphere grew awkward again. Geng Haoshi hurried to change the subject, "Let’s eat quickly, or the pretty coach will kill us for coming back late!"

At this point, Geng Haoshi lacked the courage to confess to Mimi Yang, and also lacked the guts to reject Shishi Li.

There were many reasons why he didn’t dare confess to Mimi Yang—she was a rich city girl, while he was poor; she stood 171 centimeters, while he was only 170; she was from the city, he from the countryside... No matter how he looked at it, he just didn’t feel worthy.

If he didn’t confess, at least they could remain good friends. If he confessed and got rejected... Just the thought terrified him, so he preferred to keep things as they were.

As for why he couldn’t reject Shishi Li, the main reason was that Geng Haoshi had no experience in this area. After all, she was the first girl ever to confess to him, and so warmly at that. Imagining how it would feel to be rejected by Mimi Yang, he couldn’t bear to reject Shishi Li.

So, due to his lack of romantic experience, Geng Haoshi found himself torn between the two.

After dinner, the team members returned to Chen Zhi Gymnasium for their usual training, while the three beautiful managers continued planning how best to utilize the vacant rooms in the gym.

The next morning, a little after nine, several renovation teams arrived at Chen Zhi Gymnasium and began work on a few empty rooms.

The players, seeing all the commotion, stopped their activities.

Zhu Di said, "Whoa, I didn’t expect this to actually happen!"

Zhou Xiaoshan added, "Looks like there’s going to be a major overhaul!"

Geng Haoshi remarked, "Funding came through so quickly—no wonder it’s called the wealthiest university in the East District."

He had always thought that, no matter how rich Tiansheng Polytechnic was, it had little to do with him. But seeing all this, and thinking about the free meals soon to come—saving him a ‘huge amount of money’—he couldn’t help but sigh, "No wonder so many people clamor to be friends with the rich."

Xu Gaofeng adjusted his glasses. "Do you know why Tiansheng Polytechnic is called ‘the wealthiest university in the East District’?"