Chapter 6: Linghu Chong II 3

  Dugu Qiu's defeat was justified in his own conscience, although he had a bit of vanity. Every day, he just signed documents, chatted with people, and dozed off during meetings. However, after the school anniversary celebration, Bian Da gained fame, secured funding, and started building new facilities. Principal Dugu laid some foundation for the future.

  However, there are still people who are not satisfied. Being in the position of President of Bian Da University, no matter how well you do, there will always be someone who is not satisfied. This reason may be attributed to the fact that there are too many idealists among students, such as Linghu Chong.

  Linghu Cong was a person who liked to show off, but unfortunately, the school anniversary was just an occasion for him to watch others show off. Linghu Cong was extremely frustrated with the tourist groups waving small flags and disturbing his vision in the campus. He was not interested in the activities of the school anniversary, nor did he have the money to buy various souvenirs on campus, nor could he understand the profound and obscure lectures that filled the sky. However, what made him most regretful was the school anniversary gala co-organized with Da Song TV station. Linghu Cong watched the dress rehearsal and felt that he saw many ridiculous things.

  For example, the famous martial arts TV series star Langzi Yanqing sang a song. He said emotionally: "When I was young, I liked to read books, but later I was selected by director Song Jiang and joined the entertainment industry. In these years, although I also filmed some influential films and television dramas, even collaborated with internationally renowned film stars Li Kui and Lin Chong, filming a movie "Zhaonan Ode", preparing to impact next year's Oscars, but I also lost many opportunities to learn. I feel very regretful, and I'm glad to have the opportunity to come to Binzhou University and celebrate this centennial school with everyone...

  Another famous female star and host, Li Shishi, wore a light cheongsam with a low-cut back and a sensual dress, elegantly walking onto the stage. She first smiled and waved at the audience with a thousand charms, then said emotionally: "Bin Da is a place that makes me so nostalgic, my first boyfriend was from Bin Da..."

  After the crazy applause and glow stick waving below the stage, Li Shishi smiled and said: "In the future, I also hope to get to know more young talents from Bianjing, the future of Song Dynasty will be created by you!"

  While the brothers around him were applauding, Linghu Chong sat alone in the crowd with his hands clasped together and a cold smile on his face: "I wonder who your first boyfriend was, what an unlucky guy."

  Linghu Chong is a true bystander in the crowd.

  Actually, everyone is just a bystander, and our angry youth feels particularly bored and somewhat resentful. He originally thought that the centennial school celebration should be their own thing, but he was standing on the side, dazedly watching a group of unrelated people singing and dancing.

  In the solitary pavilion two miles away from the dormitory building, Dugu Qiubai did not know that there was a person named Linghu Chong who hated him so much in this school celebration. However, he may not need to be too sad, because no matter what he does, people like Linghu Chong can always find fault.

  Linghu Cong had just finished his meal and sat down in the dormitory, when he picked up his rice bowl and started talking: "That old man Dugu Qiubai again..." This had almost become a habit. If he didn't mention Dugu Qiubai's name with great hatred at least twice while eating, Linghu Cong would inevitably feel unfulfilled. However, Linghu Cong hadn't noticed that after the grand school celebration, Dugu Qiubai had gradually become cold and distant towards him. Finally, one morning, Dugu Qiubai packed his things and left Du Du Xuan. The next morning, there was a new face in front of the principal's office desk.

  The subtle change that followed was the replacement of signatures on various school orders with a new one - "Dongfang Bubai" in dragon and phoenix script.

  In a corner of the campus of Bian Da, Linghu Chong was still eating and drinking loudly, criticizing Dugu Qiubai. Until one day, Yang Kang casually mentioned how Principal Dongfang Bubai was doing, and Linghu Chong suddenly realized that Dugu Qiubai was no longer there. It's unclear whether it was because he had lost his opponent, but at that moment, Linghu Chong truly felt a sense of desolation and loneliness.

  Many years later, Linghu Chong recalled the time at Huashan School and mentioned the school principal, still talking about how great Dugu Qiubai was. To Linghu Chong, Dugu Qiubai was synonymous with the principal. The more he thought about it, the more flavorful this domineering name became. But if someone corrected him, saying that later on it was Dongfang who became the principal, Linghu Chong would wave his hand and say "don't bother, don't bother", as Dongfang's ascension to power were events that took place afterwards.

  In Linghu Chong's mind, Dugu Qiubai was the only principal of the Wudang Sect.

  But now let's go back to the school anniversary, back to the evening three days before the school anniversary.

  That night, only Linghu Chong and Yang Kang were left in the dormitory, excitedly occupying the computer to play "Samurai Spirits".

  Linghu Chong and Yang Kang used to compete in this fighting game on the computer, and have already been recognized as the top two masters of the "Tale of the Blade" in Guo Jing's dormitory. Of course, since no newcomers have joined the game yet, the third place is still vacant.

  Huang Rong's sudden appearance thoroughly disrupted the dormitory's Jianghu order, as if a sword had come from the west and made everyone bow their heads. Even combining the strengths of Linghu Chong and Yang Kang would only refresh the number of rounds Huang Rong won. Linghu Chong was okay; he had thick skin, so when he lost, he just admitted defeat and retreated like a turtle. Yang Kang, on the other hand, was more tragic; he had lost countless chicken legs to Huang Rong in this game. His habit was to first bet one leg, then if he lost, he would owe an IOU and bet two legs again. If he succeeded, he could recover his losses, but if he failed, he would continue to owe and bet four legs. When Yang Kang raised the stakes to 52 legs, he completely collapsed, declaring that he would retire from Jianghu for life and refusing to pay back Huang Rong's chicken legs even when gritting his teeth.

  Two mighty heroes of the Jianghu, ultimately reduced to secretly practicing their martial arts only during the intervals when Huang Rong takes Guo Jing out to party. The misery is simply pitiful. However, taking advantage of the opportunity to relive past glories while the witch takes Guo Jing out to party, Linghu Chong and Yang Kang do not feel any shame.

  Linghu Cong became excited and forgot about his duty as the class monitor, with six tickets to the school anniversary gala in his shirt pocket. They were originally meant to be "fairly" distributed among all the students in the class.

  Fairness is always a big issue, especially when someone is serious about it.

  There are people like Yang Kang in the world who don't take things seriously. Yang Kang didn't live with others from the biology department, and had no idea how the six tickets for each class were distributed. He was also very lazy and didn't even bother to ask. All he knew was that the class monitor came to him saying that the tickets for their class had been allocated. Yang Kang stuck his head out from under the covers and asked if he had one. The monitor said no, and told him to go find his dad to get a ticket. Yang Kang said "Then why bother me?" The monitor said "I'm just doing this democratically, notifying you of the ticket allocation results." Yang Kang had brought a new big white pillow from home, and stuck his head into it, saying "I don't want democracy, I want sleep."

  Yang Kang didn't care because he could get the tickets from his father, Wanyan Honglie. Linghu Chong also didn't care, as he thought it was a waste of time to watch Li Shishi's back when he could buy a fashion magazine on the street instead. The problem was that Linghu Chong assumed everyone else felt the same way and completely forgot about the six tickets. If someone hadn't reminded him, he might have even used them to wash his clothes with detergent the next day.

  "Is Monitor here? Is Monitor here?" A clear and crisp female voice.

  "Ah Zhu?"

  "This round doesn't count," Linghu Chong left the keyboard to open the door, and Yang Kang's controlled Jueying took the opportunity to slash Linghu Chong's Bawangquan with a knife.

  Just as the door opened, Ah Zhu poked her head in through the crack and looked around: "Are you all dressed? Are you all dressed? If there's no flasher, I'm coming in."

  Linghu Chong and his friends were led by the strong and robust Guo Jing, and in the summer, everyone was used to stripping down to take a cool shower. Ah Zhu was a bit reckless and always rushed in without knocking on the door. One time, Linghu Chong had just taken off everything except his underwear and was holding a washbasin to go out. When Ah Zhu came in, the only thing he could do was use the washbasin to cover his face. Ah Zhu pushed open the door and was stunned on the spot. Fortunately, Linghu Chong was relatively calm and said in a hoarse voice, "Can't you see who I am?" Ah Zhu said she couldn't see. Linghu Chong ran out while saying, "Then it's easy to handle." But Ah Zhu smiled with a red face behind his back, saying, "Linghu Chong, why do you use the washbasin to cover your face instead of other places?" Linghu Chong had already run into the corridor and almost fell over when he heard this.

  There was another time during the summer vacation. At noon, Duan Yu was covered in stinky sweat and thought no girls would come, so he stripped naked to go take a shower. Just as he was completely undressed, Ah Zhu's high-heeled sandals tapped on the floor outside. Poor Duan Yu could only lift up several months' worth of uncovered quilts and wrap himself tightly, pretending to be asleep. Linghu Chong didn't dare laugh or speak, and seriously chatted with Ah Zhu for a few sentences, also letting her see the software CDs in his hand. It wasn't until after more than 15 minutes that Ah Zhu finally stood up and said she was leaving. Linghu Chong sneaked a peek at Duan Yu's pale face, which had already turned bright red from the heat. As Ah Zhu walked to the door, she turned back and said, "You guys still cover yourselves with quilts in the summer, aren't you afraid of getting heat rash?" Linghu Chong thought to himself, "Big sister, if you don't leave soon, he'll become a roasted pig, where's the concern about getting heat rash?"

  Later, Ah Zhu found out about this and immediately shared it with all the girls at the dormitory meeting. For a while, Duan Yu became a somewhat famous figure, and Qiao Feng later came to see if there were any rashes on Duan Yu's body, which made Duan Yu almost faint. However, after that Ah Zhu was educated by Qiao Feng and gradually became more ladylike. Every time she entered the boys' dormitory, Ah Zhu would no longer directly push open the door, but instead shout loudly at the door saying "You all put on your clothes, I'm coming in!" - When not around Qiao Feng, Ah Zhu was actually quite mischievous.

  "What about the tickets for the school anniversary dinner party?" Ah Zhu asked Leng Qiu as soon as she entered the house, without even sitting down.

  "Tickets?" Linghu Chong finally remembered, patting his chest, "I have six tickets, but only one life!"

  "Stop bothering me! So many girls have been asking me, I'm so annoyed. You first give me the girls' votes, and I'll distribute them to avoid their constant calling by my ear," Ah Zhu was busy with Qiao Feng these days, and she was also rushed by the girls who wanted votes from her.

  "Really?" Linghu Chong's eyes widened, "You guys also want to go see Li Shishi?"

  "Who's going to see Li Shishi..."

  "It's not like Li Shishi needs votes so urgently." Linghu Chong muttered.

  "A Zi wants to go see Yan Qing..."

  "Shameful!" Linghu Chong waved his hand with great vigor, "Being bewildered by a pretty face is our fault as men."

  "Huh?"

  "Is it because we usually don't care enough about girls, otherwise how could Ah Zi fall for Xiao Bai Lian?"

  "Pfft!" Ah Zhu laughed and spat at him, "I don't like pretty boys, but I don't have to like your kind of ugly face either."

  "Listen," Linghu Chong said to Yang Kang, "nowadays girls don't smoke much, they've all switched to heroin."

  "Three should be enough, right?" Linghu Cong handed three to Ah Zhu, "Big sister, you take half and go back, don't tell Qiao Feng that I bullied you."

  A Zhu's face turned slightly red, she shook her hair and ran away with a "humph".

  "Come on, come on, let's fight three hundred rounds, let's fight three hundred rounds," Linghu Chong said with a smile as he exchanged blows with Yang Kang again.