Chapter 13: The Story of Xingxing Campus from the Beginning

  When Cai Muxian threw the quilt that Shan Yong had kicked down back up for the third time, Shan Lao Da finally woke up. The first thing he saw was that the sun was already high in the sky, and his first feeling was that it wasn't early anymore. The noise of people chattering and shouting outside the dormitory building was deafening. His first sentence was to ask his deskmate Xian Di: "What classes do we have this morning?"

  "Hehe, it's already past noon, and we have class this afternoon. Can you still make it?" Simu Xian, who was lying on the lower bunk, said with a smile, turning his head to see Shanyong, who let out an "oh no" and slapped his forehead before falling back onto his pillow.

  I'm really exhausted, fishing for a whole day and night. Last night, Si Mu Xian returned to school first. Shan Yong and Lei Da Peng went to several hotels that collect wild game as usual to deal with the harvest from the reservoir. I heard from Lei Da Peng that they also had some beer near the square, but when they came back it was already midnight. It would be strange if you could get up normally today. Si Mu Xian put down the book in his hand and comforted him: "Don't worry, I answered roll call for you and Da Peng during class today, no one suspected a thing."

  Shang Pu's Dan Yong laughed, not to mention that being a good student is useless, at least when taking attendance in class, his younger brother is very useful. Over the past four years, he has covered for him and Lei Da Peng countless times, no one can count it clearly. The relationship between the brothers is getting stronger because of this. Shang Pu's Dan Yong was lazy for a while, put on his clothes, pulled up his pants, jumped down from the upper bunk, held his fist and made a joke: "Younger brother, Da Peng and I should thank you, we can graduate, thanks to you, haha... give."

  He handed over a few crumpled hundred-yuan bills, fifty-one in total. Simu Xian's heart skipped a beat as he hesitated to take them, knowing they were earnings from selling fish and turtles. Except for the three of them eating, and Leidapeng taking some home, not much money was made. He knew his family situation wasn't good, but every time Lao Da would take care of him in this way, making him feel a bit ashamed. He stood up, pushing it away: "Lao Da, forget it this time, you and Leidapeng have helped me enough, I can't always rely on you guys."

  "Alright, alright. You're being stingy again." Dan Yong said, shoving it into Simu Xian's pocket and lecturing him in a big-brotherly tone: "In this regard, you're not as good as Da Peng - he never minds eating more or taking more... We're all working together, if I were to take everything for myself, that would be even more unreasonable. Here, it's the fruits of our labor. Hmm? How come this guy gets up earlier than me?"

  Yi Zhi pointed to Lei Da Peng's seat, no one was there, which made Dan Yong surprised and changed the subject. Si Mu Xian also couldn't refuse, saying: "I don't know either, I just came back, he rushed out in a hurry, didn't say much... Lao Da, since we were in school, you've taken care of me like this, I don't know how to repay you in the future."

  "Simply, go get a sex change operation and marry me... Haha, with you as my virtuous wife, I'll have fewer worries." Shuang Yu made a joke, but unexpectedly, Si Mu Xian became embarrassed instead. As he spoke, Shuang Yu carelessly took the washbasin and rushed to the bathroom, seemingly not taking it seriously at all.

  Some people are born with a natural leadership quality, and in Simu Xian's eyes, Lao Da Yunong belongs to that category. Being around him makes one surrender, whether it's big or small matters, he handles them all with integrity. When sitting down again, touching the chest area, warm and cozy, in other people's eyes, Yunong and Lei Dapeng are both a bit unconventional, but after being together for a long time, he deeply feels that the reason they are unconventional is because they are too real. And reality is precisely what is lacking around us now.

  "Hey, Mu Xian! I just heard that the strike is still going on. Those stinky feet and Old Bao are really something else. If this keeps up for three to five days, the cafeteria will have to improve their food, or else. I've been wanting to teach those logistics people a lesson for a long time now. They're always looking out for themselves, trying to squeeze every last penny from us poor students. What kind of people are they?"

  The big brother has always been someone who doesn't get involved in trivial matters, but actually he's not even eating at the cafeteria and yet he likes to interfere with these things. As soon as this was mentioned, Si Mu Xian started advising Dan Yong to be careful, saying that during class this morning everyone had already discussed this matter privately, and all levels of student union cadres, including party members and those who want to join the party, were mobilized to do work in each department and class to prevent people from making a fuss. Although there weren't many people eating at noon today, it's still an improvement, and the purpose of the advice is that if the department or student affairs office finds out he was involved, it wouldn't be good for him.

  Dan Yongyi casually slung a towel over his shoulder and said disdainfully, "What's there to be afraid of? Even if it's just the two of you, I'm in the dormitory. If they dare to come and investigate, I'll beat them up first. What right do they have to investigate? Do they have evidence? Are they invading our personal privacy?"

  Just as they were not paying attention, the door to their dormitory was kicked open with a loud bang. Simu Xian and Shanyong were startled and turned around, both of them looking stunned. Lei Dapeng looked like he had been wronged, glaring at Shanyong and then at Simu Xian, before ignoring them and walking over to his bed, where he flopped down with a loud thud. He looked even more pitiful than an orphan.

  "Yo yo...... what's wrong, who bullied Da Peng?" Dan Yong asked with a smile as he closed the door.

  "What's wrong, Le Ge? I've never seen you so down before." Si Mu Xian asked with concern, as someone like Lei Da Peng who is usually carefree and thick-skinned rarely gets this unhappy.

  Lei Dapeng, he can't hold two ounces of goods in his belly. If there's any grievance, he won't say it and almost choke to death. Now, as soon as someone asks, he sits up again, staring straight at Shan Yong and Si Mu Xian: "You two are harming me."

  "Ah!? What are you talking about? We wouldn't harm you even if we wanted to, what a ridiculous sense of superiority!" Dan Yong laughed and said, Si Mu Xian also followed suit. The two of them were amused, but Lei Da Peng was even more unhappy, slapping his thigh and shouting: "Still saying you didn't harm me, what kind of thing did you two do, it's ruined my stomach... From last night to this morning, I've run to the toilet seven times, and only stopped after taking six doses of diarrhea medicine. I haven't even slept well."

  "Can't be, we're eating from the same pot, and you're the one with diarrhea?" Dan Yong asked anxiously, disbelieving. Si Mu Xian suspected, "Is it because you ate too much?"

  "Stop making excuses, I didn't eat that much last time, and just because none of you had diarrhea from the same pot, why did I get it? This is proof that you guys are framing me." Lei Dapeng found a good excuse, his logic was tight, his thinking clear, and it really left no room for argument. Si Muxian thought about it, but couldn't think of a way to convince Lei Ge. Looking at Shan Yong, Shan Yong stared at the sulking Lei Dapeng and suddenly blurted out: "Yesterday when we were fishing, did you secretly eat the bait? I was wondering why we didn't catch any big fish."

  "No, absolutely not." Lei Dapeng was startled, shook his head, and rolled his eyes around.

  With this expression, Dan Yong knew he had guessed correctly and smiled: "Ah, Da Peng, this is my fault for not reminding you that the bait and nest material both contain medicine. The name of the medicine is called Dahuang. Not only can it increase the fragrance of the bait, but also accelerate digestion and excretion functions. The fish will be off the hook and will come to bite again... That fish is so stupid, catching whatever it eats. Da Peng, you are so smart, definitely won't eat the fish's bait, but I don't know why you have a stomachache, think about it yourself."

  Before he could finish, Si Mu Xian was already laughing hysterically. Lei Da Peng's face turned red with rage, his eyes bulging as he tried to say something but couldn't get the words out. He stomped his foot and fell onto the pillow, panting heavily as he said: "Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier? You've ruined my life! I'm so unlucky, I was careless in choosing friends... now my butt is burning like it's been blown up!"

  Complaints filled the air, unbearable bitterness, Xiao Yu and Si Mu Xian laughed, Xiao Yu no longer provoked Da Peng, the upper berth flipped through the medicine box, found a box of penicillin injection, this thing is always stocked, directly tapping on the glass seal, let Lei Da Peng drink two tubes, saying that the unit dose contained in it is large, taking effect quickly, this time Lei Da Peng listened obediently, no longer complaining, honestly holding it, tilted his head and poured down two tubes.

  Unexpectedly, the door was slammed open again with a "bang" sound. Lei Dapeng was so frightened that he almost got his mouth cut by the glass shards. He grabbed an injection needle and slammed it against the wall, cursing loudly.

  "Who's there? Grandpa is unhappy when no one is looking."

  "What's going on here?" A thin guy with a slicked-back head and wearing sportswear stood at the door, staring blankly. Another big and tall guy squeezed in, laughing and asked: "Who offended Brother Lei? Don't want to mix anymore... Tell me, brothers will help you out."

  "Go away, I'm busy." Lei Dapeng waved his hand and curled up in bed. The ones who came in were Bao Tiegang and Zhao Xiangyang, a year lower, from the physical education department. They had fought once because of a ball game, but after fighting, they became sworn brothers. They were known as Old Bao and Stinky Foot by Lao Da. Knowing that these two were the culprits behind the trouble in the dormitory, Si Mu Xian thought it was not good. Especially this guy called Stinky Foot, who had a belly full of evil water. Because he didn't like a certain instructor's cultural class, he specially collected all the unwashed sports shoes from the boys in the physical education department and put them in the classroom, scaring that instructor away with the smell.

  It really was guessed correctly. As soon as the two entered, they closed the door and Bao Tiegang whispered: "Egg brother, you have to come up with a plan, the momentum is not big enough yet."

  "Egg brother, it's still far from being enough, we can't hold on much longer. The school is ignoring us and someone has already gone to the authorities today. If this goes on for another two or three days, it'll be over." Stinky-foot Zhao was also stirring up trouble.

  At the sound of trouble, Lei Dapeng, who was lying down, rolled his eyes and perked up his ears, getting excited.

  Shan Yong, however, was suspicious and said: "Weren't you guys supposed to find Song Siyun? How come it hasn't been publicized yet? That girl is afraid the world isn't chaotic enough. Can't have her not showing up and always making trouble for you guys, right?"

  "They found him, but he didn't get caught, the reporter came when that person had already dispersed. As a result, the school took the reporter to eat and even the reporter didn't come back. Song Siying said the school did public relations, so the report won't be published."

  Lao Bao said with a bitter face, "I didn't think that in this harmonious society, making a fuss about something would be so difficult."

  Shan Yong pointed with one hand, saying in a huff: "I knew you people would be incompetent and cause trouble... And what about the internet? Stir it up! Once it reaches a certain point, it will naturally erupt. This is something that will make everyone angry, don't worry that there won't be resonance. At the critical moment, release more explosive material."

  "Can't stir-fry, can't get it up." Zhao Yang rolled his eyes and said, this big guy has a special foot, not much better than Lei Dapeng in other aspects. He speaks directly with a thick tongue: "Nowadays, Egg Brother, you don't know yet, everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door, who cares about the frost on someone else's roof? The post we sent out had no clicks, couldn't get it up, and sank after a while. We topped it for a few people, our hands were sore from topping, but still couldn't top it to the front..."

  "The top is broken and two mice are useless." Old Bao stood up with two fingers, adding solemnly.

  At this level of organization, it's indeed a bit lacking. Simu Xian couldn't help but laugh secretly. Shanyou thought for a moment and let Simu Xian open the computer. In this dormitory, only Lei Dapeng had a laptop with a game configuration, which was extremely fast. Lao Bao clicked on the web pages in the Luzhou Bar, Luzi Institute Bar, and the city portal website, but there were only a few posts that could be vaguely seen, and they had sunk to an inconspicuous position. The effect was naturally several streets away from being good.

  Shan Yong opened a post titled "Luzhou Academy's strike event, thousands of people besieged the cafeteria", Shan Yong shook his head, very dissatisfied, and turned to another post titled "Supporting the strike with ten thousand signatures". He clicked the mouse and left a comment: "Not right, wrong approach. This thing is not eye-catching at all, I'm not even interested in reading it."

  "We've worked hard on this, and the article is written with great passion and emotion. Everyone who's read it says it's good." Lao Bao said, puzzled. Flipping through the web pages, filled with text and photos, they'd indeed spent a lot of brain cells on it. Chou Jiao chimed in, "Egg Brother, didn't you say there was a trick to this? Doesn't this have a trick to it?"

  "The content is interesting, but the title isn't, it's not enough to attract people in, one look and you know the result already, who would still watch? How can it resonate if no one watches... I've told you guys many times, big shots care about national affairs, small shots care about trivial matters, you're both 'boycotting' and 'besieging', these words are so intimidating, just a glance and I'll skip over. Didn't even have the heart to read the denunciation letter of the cafeteria, how can we show support?"

  Dan Yong Education Road, those two sports department brothers were stunned, and one of them spread his hands: "Egg brother, you say it, what to do?"

  "Doing this job... you guys need to ask for advice..." Shuang Yong said mysteriously, turning his head back when Lei Da Peng had already sat up, his eyes shining brightly. Shuang Yong smiled and pointed: "Tian Lei Ge, this is an unusual matter, so you guys need to find someone with unconventional thinking."

  Lao Bao and Chou Jiao pursed their lips, staring at each other, both knowing that Lei Da Peng's brain wasn't very useful and it was notorious. He often rolled dice to choose ABCD during exams, and the answers had to be stuffed into that irregularly shaped head, which was a bit inexplicable. As expected, Lei Da Peng met Lao Bao and Chou Jiao's eager gaze with a hint of guilt, muttering to Dan Yong: "Egg brother, this...this is how I'm supposed to do it? I've never done it before......this really has some difficulty."

  "You thought of this, Da Peng. I remember you once hastily downloaded a movie titled 'Seven Men and One Woman's Wild Battle', but when you opened it, what was it?" asked Shan Yong with a smile.

  "Golden Calabaza."

  "What about the beast war?" asked Shan Yong again.

  "Nezha causes chaos in the sea." Lei Dapeng blurted out again, even faster than a quick answer.

  Haha... Si Mu Xian and Lao Bao, Chou Jiao burst out laughing, knowing that Lei Da Peng had been tricked into downloading an animation instead of a lewd movie. Speaking of which, Lei Da Peng didn't laugh, looking at Shan Yong, he knew that Egg Brother's words had deeper meaning, and was already on the verge of saying something. Just then, Shan Yong pointed out: "For example, this photo, don't use 'harassment', 'surrounding' or other sensitive words, look at all these girls in the picture, directly change it to... 'Sexy female college students' collective indecent photos', how about that? One sentence can evoke everyone's hidden desires."

  Shan Yong said, everyone was stunned, can it be changed like this? However, the one with the highest understanding was Lei Da Peng, who slapped his palm, jumped out of bed excitedly, and said with shining eyes: "I understand... Change the title, even fools will come. This title is changed like this... Good things from Lushan College's rooftop secretly took a shot of an unbearable scene, (with pictures and truth)."

  Everyone took a glance, still surrounded by the canteen photos, the title was changed like this, both in line with the picture and intriguing, making Simu Xian listen to it in stunned silence, never discovering that Lei Dapeng had such writing skills.

  Everyone was shocked, and Lei Dapeng's words were no longer surprising. He simply planned and arranged everything:

  "This title changed like this...... The mother of the girls' dormitory was sweeping the floor and saw this scene, she was shocked at that time, ellipsis with brackets, diagram."

  "The revised version is like this: The head of the logistics management department of the Rongyu Institute secretly took photos of several female students, and the indecent photos were exposed."

  "A female student at this school was surrounded and attacked by multiple males on campus. The school administration attempted to handle the situation on site but were unsuccessful, as shown in the picture..."

  "This... someone secretly took indecent photos of male and female students in a university dormitory, multiple people in the pictures..."

  "This was changed into: a young woman from the Rongyu Institute attempted to take her own life, attracting over a thousand onlookers... Can't write about jumping off buildings, everyone knows it's fake when they see someone jump off a building, can't report it."

  Sparks flew, and Lei Dapeng's words were as smooth as a leaky faucet. His thoughts flowed like a burst dam, giving them several options in one go. When he finally stopped to catch his breath, he turned around to see that the two sports brothers and Simu Xian had all been stunned into confusion by him.

  It wasn't until a while later that Old Bao hesitantly asked: "Is this going to work? It sounds like some shady website."

  His smelly feet also felt a bit guilty, and his face asked unnaturally: "That's right, why do I feel like it's gone wrong?"

  "What's wrong with that, what's the point of making a fuss if it's not lively and interesting? If it's not lively, who would think it's interesting? What's the point of playing if it's not interesting?" Lei Dapeng said with his eyes wide open, not allowing his idea to be doubted. Shan Yong added, "Whether it works or not, you have to try it out. If you want to make a big deal about this, you have to lead everyone in first. Who would know if they don't come in? It's like those... advertisements for hooligans, they still make you know."

  Lao Bao and Chou Jiao exchanged a glance, gritted their teeth, and nodded slightly. The two of them did have some experience after all. They pulled out the network cable and directly inserted the mobile phone card to access the internet on the computer. Since they bought it online, it was hard to track the IP address. Using Da Peng's computer, they edited each post one by one. It only took a moment, and then they put the computer away. The two of them browsed through web pages, looking at the click-through rate.

  At this time, Lei Da Peng easily showed off for a while, feeling pleased with himself, laughing so hard his whole body was shaking. Si Mu Xian gave him a glance, speechless yet admiring the extraordinary thinking in that head of his.

  What was the effect? Five heads gathered in front of the computer, and within twenty minutes, Lao Bao's eyes widened, Chou Jiao's lips drooped, Si Mu Xian looked disbelieving, and Lao Bao's F5 refresh speed accelerated. Before long, he exclaimed in surprise: "Damn it! It's been pinned to the top... The post about the unwritten rules of female students, this is just a short while ago, 6,000 clicks... There are really many people with nothing better to do."

  As he spoke, he turned his head and stared at Lei Dapeng in shock, it seemed that he had to re-recognize Big Brother Lei. He then turned his head again and asked Dan Yong: "Egg brother, what's next?"

  "Let's organize a school beauty pageant, our school has many girls, let them participate, don't think that only boys have dark corners in their hearts, actually girls are the same, they love to understand handsome guys' secret thoughts, including private parts. Two things put together, make a link, if you want to vote, first sign your name and cheer for the event, then go find Song Siying, create some excitement, let her think of ways to get media attention. Then we'll sit down and think about it again, come up with a beehive plan... If we don't stir things up, nothing will happen, but if we do, they'll be in an uproar."

  Shan Yong said a somewhat dubious idea, and the two of them were overjoyed, responding in unison, and walked away with glee.

  Two were sent away, and there were more fun in the dormitory. When he turned back, Si Mu Xian shook his head slightly with a speechless expression. Lei Da Peng smiled with narrowed eyes, asking Shan Yong: "Egg brother, do you think I'm a talented person?"

  Xiao Mu Xian heard this and his stomach churned with acid, he couldn't help but laugh, afraid that the more he talked, the more spirited he would become.

  "Genius!? No way." Shuang Yong intentionally made a disapproving face, and Lei Dapeng suddenly became unhappy. Unexpectedly, Shuang Yong's tone changed, and he excitedly pointed out: "Everyone acknowledges that you're very stupid, if you add the character for 'two' to the top of the character for 'person', what is it? Genius! Dapeng!"

  Xiao Murong's proud smile was amused by Shan Yong's pretentious attitude, and what made him even more amused was that Lei Dapeng was very self-satisfied with this praise, delighted to the point of calling himself a genius. He followed Shan Yong, who had really caused trouble this time, saying that no matter what, he couldn't leave out his genius brother Lei Ge.

  After all the commotion, lunch was delayed. When they thought of going out to eat together, another guest arrived. The class monitor, Ding Yizhi, shouted at the three on the stairs: "Shan Yong, Si Muxian, Lei Dapeng, there is a lecture at 4 pm in the third-floor staircase classroom this afternoon. The department has notified everyone to attend and will take roll call."

  "Ah, got it." Simu Xian responded, and the class monitor hurried off to notify the next dormitory. Shan Yong casually asked, "What lecture is it, Mu Xian?"

  "The spirit of ancient Chinese classical philosophy." said Sima Xian.

  "What's the point of studying all that nonsense in school? Two-thirds of graduates can't even find a job, and you're still worrying about learning philosophy? You'll starve to death before you master it." said Shan Yong.

  Xiao Mu laughed and said, "For a pragmatist like Single Lao Da, I'm afraid he won't be interested in philosophy." As they walked, he explained, "He's a visiting scholar, a friend of Professor Song from our department. He was specially invited, and I heard his lectures are quite popular."

  "Not interested, bother you to call out loud, I and Da Peng will not go, I'll cultivate my spirit, Da Peng will cultivate his skin." Dan Yong said with a smile.

  "No, no, I'm not sleeping, I'm going to the lecture." Lei Dapeng was unexpectedly diligent after hearing this, and his diligence surprised Simu Xian and Shan Yong so much that they looked at each other twice. Simu Xian said: "You won't skip class too much, have you found your conscience?"

  "Conscience is not that big, Da Peng. I'm not saying I don't support you going to the lecture, but I'm afraid you'll scare the lecturer away. Be careful, or else you might just do that."

  Shan Yong was joking, but Lei Da Peng had his own plans. He raised his hand in a swearing gesture and said with a pleased expression: "I declare that from today on, I will get up on time, attend classes on time, do my homework on time, and go to the library on time... Don't look at me like that, and don't worry that I'll study more than you guys. I want to establish a brand new image."

  The more they talked, the less reliable it became. Si Mu Xian and Shan Yong looked at each other, unable to understand Lei Da Peng anymore. This guy had fewer fishing trips in four years of school than he did now, suddenly changing like this, even the teachers wouldn't be able to take it, how could they not be surprised?

  Lei Dapeng looked at his own transformation and no one understood, he clapped his hands and said: "Why don't you guys understand? I want to pursue Wang Huating, if I don't change my ways and become a new person, how can I do it? And with you two still hanging out together, she will definitely look down on me. From now on, when we go out together, the order needs to be changed, you two need to follow behind me, at least pretend to be younger brothers, to set off my powerful aura... Ah, wait a minute, I'm so hungry, damn it, let me go to the bathroom for a while, and then we'll go eat together."

  Covering his stomach, he hadn't fully recovered yet, and quickly ran to the public toilet near the dormitory building, shouting as he ran: Don't run away, I'll finish my business and we can eat together.

  This remark was too heavy with innuendo, and the two couples passing by on the side of the road couldn't help but burst out laughing. Danyong and Simu Xian were so embarrassed that they stood there in silence, waiting for Leiguo to finish his meal before eating themselves. They didn't dare respond or leave, instead turning their heads sideways to cover half their faces, pretending they had nothing to do with him...