Chapter 9: Group Beating

  I reminded book friends to pay attention to rest their eyes. The painful accompaniment had arrived at the college cafeteria, where many people were already seated. After buying food, I and Yayoi couldn't find a seat, so we stood foolishly in the center of the cafeteria, looking left and right (Monster Dorm Head). Just then, someone pulled on my sleeve, and when I looked down, it was surprisingly the student council member who always carried an arrow bag. He seemed to want us to sit next to him, as there were two empty seats beside him.

  I was about to make some polite remarks, but Yayoi sat down before I could even react: "Thanks a lot, little brother. We must have met before, right? Last time we went into the student council room, it was you who led the way, wasn't it? You're really something else, getting into the student council at such a young age... I think you can't be more than ten years old, right?" (Me: "Uh, actually he's already fourteen or fifteen!") "Oh my, little brother, you're so young and yet you have such a big presence, it's really impressive! You've got the same flair as I did back in the day... when I was invincible, with my spear and armor, my fan and my sword..."

  Yayoi was about to continue speaking when I quickly sat down and covered his mouth, with an embarrassed smile: "Akito, don't mind him, my friend has always been tactless."

  The child raised his head as soon as he heard me call out his name: "You... remember... my name?"

  I smiled: "Yes, I remember you, you're the president of the student council's finance department, Aki Akane. You like archery, don't you? I used to practice it too, and I loved the feeling of drawing back the bowstring. When the wind blew past my ears, I could hear my own heartbeat, a rhythmic thud-thud... even with my eyes closed, I could sense the target in front of me, and the moment I released my hand, the arrow would fly out... sometimes it wouldn't hit, sometimes it would, but whether I hit or not, I was always happy, because shooting arrows is such a joyful thing."

  He suddenly stood up from his seat: "I also love archery! As long as I can be with the bow, no matter what I do, it's okay. As soon as I hold the bow, I will become very happy! I like it too, I like it too!"

  Look at his excited appearance, I stretched out my hand and touched his head: "Okay okay, sit down and eat, there are too many people here. In the future, if Autumn is lonely, you can find me, I will always appear by your side, because I also like archery."

  Actually, I've only shot a couple of times. The first time, I accidentally shot down Master's triangular underwear that was hung in the courtyard by his wife... and it just happened to be picked up by the dog next door... The dog ran away with it, and Master just so happened to have only two pairs of underwear at the time - one on him and the other taken away by the dog! As a result, I got chased around the entire courtyard by Master!

  The second time was when my mom went to a friend's banquet, I brought a small bow and arrow because I was afraid of being bored. They had a boy who was half a year younger than me, he wanted to grab the bow and arrow from me, so I took him to the yard and beat him up badly. After beating him, I made him stand in front of a fake hill with an apple on his head and let me shoot, as a result, I almost shot his little **... it was close, but not quite, however, after being seen by their family members, they were so scared that they dared not to come to our house again.

  Uh... those things I did when I was little were just mistakes, and I don't know what happened to that kid who almost got hit either. I think he probably wouldn't still be holding a grudge against me now, would he?

  Eating while thinking about the past, I suddenly heard someone from the table behind me call out a name: "Lin Fenghe, why are you so late? We've all finished eating already."

  The soup that was just about to be swallowed suddenly sprayed out... Lin Fenghe?!! Is that... the guy who almost got shot by me earlier?! Ah... I was just thinking about how he's doing, and then he appears behind me like a bad omen?! Heaven... embarrassing...

  "Xiao Cha, what's wrong with you? Did you get scalded?" Yayoi immediately handed me a paper towel.

  I coughed and said, "Nothing, nothing... I'm full, I'm full." After finishing speaking, I stood up with a "whoosh" and brushed off Miyu, running out of the cafeteria.

  I ran to a tree more than 500 meters away and collapsed, panting desperately... It's all over, it's not that I'm afraid of him coming to settle accounts or anything, but since I came to this college, although I'm dressed as a man, my name is still the same, and I must have looked a bit like I did when I was a kid, what if he sees me and becomes suspicious?

  "Ugh... being human is exhausting." I said as I slowly sat up against the tree. Before I could even finish sighing, someone behind me suddenly spoke in a very muffled tone, almost scaring me to death!

  "It's very tiring... so I like sleeping..."

  A bead of sweat on my forehead... I turned around and saw that "Sleeping Beauty" was sitting on the other side of the tree, fast asleep.

  He slowly rubbed his eyes and stood up, looked me up and down for a long time before spitting out another sentence: "You... I'm a bit familiar with you... where have I seen you before?"

  "Hmm... this guy must have Alzheimer's! I just saw him in the classroom, and now he's acting like he's never seen me before. If I didn't have a strong will, I would have fallen over already. For example, if it were my master... he would definitely give him a punch and send him out of the solar system first."

  "We're just classmates." My mouth twitched a little and I said the simplest words in the simplest way, without even using a subject. Tsk tsk.

  That guy stood under the tree for a long time, and finally thought of it: "Oh, you're the one who's willing to share the script with me, right?" He said as he sat down beside me: "What role are you playing? I think I'm playing the prince."

  "----! Uh, I'm playing Princess Aurora." a woman said in a very soft voice.

  "So we can practice together then. Please guide me more in the future. My name is Yasser Slorance." He was indeed straightforward.

  Looking at his faint smile, I suddenly felt puzzled. My classmates obviously didn't think much of this play, so why was he being so serious and actually wanting to practice?! Honestly, I hadn't planned on practicing either. If they wanted me to be that stupid princess, I'd rather be a refugee.

  After finishing the self-introduction, we started practicing in earnest. Hmm... actually, I couldn't understand what was written on this script at all. Although I'm not very interested in fairy tales, "Sleeping Beauty" is a well-known story, and I should be able to know something about its content, but why are the lines on this crappy script so weird?!

  For example, "You are the god in my heart", "My love for you is like a surging river flowing endlessly", "As long as you can wake up, I'd be willing to have my heart taken away"...

  The Sleeping Beauty boy opposite me saw that I was stuck there with a twitching mouth, thinking I didn't know how to use this script for practice. He kindly took over the script and guided me: "Since you're playing the princess and I'm playing the prince, we should have a lot of confrontational scenes. You look at this, Aurora here refers to your lines, you read this, and I'll read that."

  He patiently continued to explain to me: "You know, just follow my lead and recite with me. I'll go through the sequence here, and when I'm done, it's your turn, okay?"

  "Oh... actually... our classmates aren't interested in this play at all... probably no one will show up... and there are only two of us acting." I muttered to myself before looking at the script with him.

  "It's okay, they're actually good kids, they'll settle down in a few days. They're just throwing a tantrum." The Sleeping Beauty boy's words left me stunned for half a day... Just throwing a small tantrum? They're all good kids...

  Here is the exercise schedule:

  A certain woman (who, if dressed as a man now should be called a certain man, but since her nature is female, let's just skip it for now) spoke very generously: "Ah, I am about to die in this place, dear Prince, when can I see your beautiful face?"

  "Oh, dear princess, you must hold on, I, Filio, will definitely rescue you from this hell-like castle, even if it costs me everything."

  A woman stood up and stretched out her hand to touch the spinning wheel (now replaced by a tree branch). At the moment of contact, she exclaimed: "Beloved Prince, I am about to fall asleep. Please use gentle... uh, gentle... gentle, that thing..."

  I really can't go on reading this script! Where did that idiot teacher get it from?! And what's with the "tender lips"?! I'm speechless, how am I supposed to read this?!

  "Please, with gentle lips, awaken my beautiful face. I will dedicate all the love of the castle to you."

  "——___——! I know how to read the lines below, it's just that...I really don't think I'm suited for playing a princess. Every time I see these kinds of lines, I feel nauseous." The woman explained very honestly.

  Yasser smiled: "No, I think this script is well written."

  My... lips are twitching... and someone actually said this script is well-written?! This person must be incredibly strong, I reckon they've read Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet thirty times and think the dialogue in that play is classic among classics. Back when I was in school learning about Romeo

  In "Romeo and Juliet", when they recited the dialogue on the other side of the tomb, I almost spit out my lunch... Inside, extremely beautiful, elegant, cheesy, and suffocating decorative language was used, which is N times more cheesy than the script I'm using now (倾城傻妃)！So people who haven't undergone such training feel that it's impossible to recite these lines so calmly!

  When we were rehearsing to the end, I suddenly thought of a question: "This script to the end...the prince and princess won't really kiss, will they? Hehehe, I think it's impossible, at that time, they must make some fake movements to cover up."

  "This isn't very clear, the script says 'Prince Philip kisses Sleeping Beauty awake', but the teacher didn't explain. Even if it's a real kiss, it doesn't matter, we're all boys." He said it so casually, ah, I'm a girl, I'm a real woman, even if my breasts are a bit small...I'm still a woman!

  Today's script practice ended in nothing, because Sleeping Beauty boy Yasser is also a student union member, of course we went back together on the way. At that time, he heard that I was a transfer student living in the student union building and asked me with a puzzled face: "When did our college have a transfer student?"

  Anyone who is still alive can be suffocated by him! I really don't know how this kind of guy managed to get into the student union, if I were the president of the student union, a pig like him who always sleeps would have been kicked out long ago!

  As I walked to the student council building, I saw Yayoi squatting by the pillar at the entrance, drawing on the ground with his finger. Half of the sunlight was shining on his clean school uniform, and from a distance... he looked just like a lost prince!

  But when he looked up and saw me... his prince-like image instantly collapsed...

  He rushed to my front and grabbed me: "Xiao Cha, Xiao Cha, why did you run away? The meal was only half eaten! Wuuu wuuu, it made me rush out without finishing eating too, I'm starving to death!"

  "Who told you to follow me out? You could have finished eating first and then come out." I said with a reproachful tone, then turned my head to ask the sleeping youth Yasser behind me: "Is there a kitchen in your student union?"

  "Kitchen? Let me think... I should have one." He muttered to himself.

  "Lend me something, I'll cook something for my friend to eat (evil ice arrogant sky)." I pointed to Miyu who was shrinking away like a child. Miyu even squeezed out two tears on purpose.

  He took me to the kitchen and then I drove them out, working alone in the almost rusty kitchen. This kitchen really hasn't been used for a long time, the water coming out of the faucet is yellow, and there are cobwebs on the iron pot! The most depressing thing is the cabinet, the bowls inside are dirty and stuffed in! I twitched my mouth while moving all those things down to the sink to wash, washing hard.

  I almost cleaned up the entire kitchen before I started cooking, because there was nothing left in the kitchen. I just went upstairs to my mom's instant noodles and heated them up casually and served them out.

  Yi Sheng started crying as soon as he saw me take out instant noodles, saying "don't eat it!" while sobbing. I pressed his head and forced him to eat, saying "Eat or not?! If you don't eat, I'll let you starve to death and won't care about you! Who told you not to finish the food in the cafeteria? You wanted to come out and suffer from hunger... Now that I can make instant noodles for you is already good enough, if you're still picky, then I don't want to see your face!"

  Yoshiko tearfully started eating the instant noodles.

  Yasser, who was standing on the side, seemed to have never seen instant noodles before and stared curiously at Miyu, who was slurping away. Seeing that Yasser was interested in the noodles, Miyu pushed the bowl towards him: "You try some."

  Yaxi didn't refuse either, and somehow pulled out a fork from somewhere in his pocket and speared several pieces into his mouth... chewing...

  Eyes "brightened": "This is delicious!"

  "Then you eat."

  Because Masa gave his instant noodles to Yasser, so in the end he went back on an empty stomach. As soon as I returned to my room, I started calculating today's expenses and found that apart from spending 3.5 yuan on breakfast, I didn't have any other expenses, which means I only spent 3.5 yuan today. Secretly delighted, thinking that if I save money like this for three years, I might be able to buy a house and move out, getting rid of my fiancé whom I've never even met, and those weird people on his side (a play on words).

  But anyway, speaking of my fiancé, who will it be in the end? I hope he doesn't look like that muscular guy from the old Gold Gang, or like that guy who went to the abandoned warehouse with me. Those guys are really unimpressive, not as good-looking as Yayoi at least.

  The day passed quickly, and the next morning's sunshine poured in. I got up with messy hair to brush my teeth, wash my face, and change clothes. When I went downstairs, I saw several handsome guys standing in the large hall below. They should all be members of the student council who came, originally wanted to say hello properly, but the early class bell rang at this time, I shouted loudly and rushed down from upstairs like flying, bursting through the door and running out, leaving only a soft sentence: "Everyone goodbye!"

  Hurry up, hurry up, if you don't hurry I'll be late again! Heaven, heaven, please grant me strength!!!!!

  The stairs really can't be walked, and it's better to climb in from the window! I did a side somersault and jumped into the second floor window from the first floor, but unexpectedly, there was someone at the second floor window. Before I could see that person's movement clearly, I sat on his body with a thud.

  "Oh no, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" I immediately stood up and apologized profusely.

  That person slowly got up, leaning against the wall. When I saw his face clearly, I was really scared to death! Although it's very different from the cute face of his childhood, that look in his eyes that doesn't care about anything hasn't changed at all! It's Lin Fenghe!!!!!! That stupid guy who almost got shot by me!!!!!

  He raised his head and gave me a cold look, suddenly furrowing his brow... Oh no, oh no, won't I be recognized?!

  "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! It's all my fault, I'm an idiot, I'm a fool. Please don't mind me, I'm just a ordinary person. To be able to meet you in this beautiful, lovely, peaceful and noble men's college (especially emphasizing the word 'men') is really my good fortune for three lifetimes. From now on, please take care of me, I am a student from class X of year one, reporting to you here. Ahahah, class is about to start, I won't linger here any longer, goodbye!"

  "Whoosh—" A gust of wind passed, and the girl had already disappeared into the corridor, leaving only the boy standing there in a daze... Does first grade have an X class? Why do I only remember it ending with H class?

  Rushed back to the classroom, I was completely paralyzed. Hoooo... I was really scared to death just now! I never thought that I would actually run into Lin Fenghe! He is indeed very different from before, and now he even gives people a little bit of pressure. It seems that he has also learned martial arts. Don't tell me it's because of that thing from childhood that he harbors hatred in his heart and practices martial arts to settle accounts with me?!

  "Morning." As I sat back in my seat, the Sleeping Beauty... or rather, Yasser, who was sitting in front of me, actually lifted his head and greeted me. I was stunned - wasn't this guy just in the student union building a moment ago?!

  "Actually, I had already spoken to the driver and arranged for you to ride with us, but before I could tell you, you ran off." Yasser explained kindly.

  Good grief! That means I didn't have to run so hard today after all.

  "But your speed is really fast, we just arrived." He continued with another sentence.

  I immediately pretended to be silly and laughed: "Hahaha, I came by plane, haha... Oh, what's today's lesson? It shouldn't be like yesterday discussing the school festival or anything, right? Anyway, no one would go...". I stopped halfway through my sentence because I clearly saw that all the boys' desks had the script from yesterday that was thrown away, and not a single copy of the script was left on my desk, not even scraps?!

  These guys... weren't they all stuck up yesterday?! Why today... have they all suddenly become serious?! Some people even went to reprint the script that couldn't be found originally?!

  Suddenly, what Yasser said to me yesterday flashed through my mind...

  It's okay, they are actually good kids, they will become serious after a few days. Now they are just throwing a tantrum.

  It seems that what he said was not wrong at all, these young masters are just fond of putting on airs and throwing tantrums, but in fact they have a good heart. Hehe, it seems I also need to work harder, if I continue to slack off, this performance might be ruined by my hands.

  Just as I was about to listen carefully, the classroom door suddenly opened and the original leader of the Golden Gang and the original leader of the Blood Gang rushed in, shouting at me: "Boss, boss! There's actually a kid who dares to provoke our Beverage Gang! Please come with us to teach those ignorant little gangs a lesson!"

  "If you're just a bunch of ignorant little rascals, then don't bother calling me, go solve it yourselves!"

  "No way, boss! You're the symbol of our beverage squad. Without you, we can't make a move. With you here, we can take action. Come with us for once!"

  Before I could even react, those two guys had already sandwiched me and carried me out...

  When I stood on the playground, I realized... The reason these guys called me out wasn't because they couldn't move without me, but because they didn't dare to move without me... Because there were hundreds of people on the other side! We only had over 50 people on our side! What? Don't tell me that all the members of the Diamond and Blood factions combined are just this many?! Uh... No wonder they're so weak, I can cut them down with just a casual swing.

  That little brat opposite is shouting loudly: "Hey, if you have the ability, then take action! Why don't you take action? If you have the ability, defeat our Xuan Guan Sect!"

  This kid... is absolutely not the boss, if he can make such a big fuss... the boss should not be this kind of idiot who can't even control his temper and has weaknesses from every angle, right? This kind of idiot can even be easily taken down by those two original gang leaders beside me.

  "Boss, the representative of the Xuan Guan Pian has arrived." Just as I was about to yawn, someone reminded me.

  Raised his head and looked over... Ahhh, Lim Bong-hwa?!?!

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