The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 14 One! Drop! Tear!

After finishing a math class, Wu Xianyu seemed to have exhausted all his energy. He lay face down on the table and asked Jiang Tianhao in a muffled voice:
"Haozi, what's the next class?"

"music"

Hearing the answer, Wu Xianyu breathed a sigh of relief

“It’s great, I can take a break.”

“That might disappoint you.”

Jiang Tianhao spoke mysteriously. Wu Xianyu looked up at him, waiting for his next words. Jiang Tianhao put away the textbooks on the table with a smile on his face.
"Music classes are held in the music classroom. Last time, the room had not been cleaned up before the start of the semester and some instruments needed tuning. After a week, they are all ready to use."

"Depend on"

Wu Xianyu put on a mask of pain. The math class had already burned out his brain cells, and now he had to go to music class to burn off his physical strength. Although he liked singing, it was only for his own entertainment. Once this kind of thing turned into study or work, it would be painful.

Before the bell rang, the music class representative came to Jiang Tianhao.

"Jiang Tianhao, please help and get everyone lined up to go to the music classroom together."

"no problem"

Jiang Tianhao agreed immediately and pushed Wu Xianyu.

"Come on, Xianyu, don't you like singing? This is a music class."

After being forced to turn on the phone by Jiang Tianhao, Wu Xianyu dragged his heavy body out of the classroom.

Many people looked excited. After all, they had never taken such a serious music class and had to go to a music classroom.

After arriving at the music classroom, Wu Xianyu became more energetic.

"Wow, a Yamaha piano. Wow, this is Jiangzhou's strength!"

Although Wu Xianyu didn't understand music, he still recognized the logo.

The class hasn't started yet. When we arrived at the music classroom, the students scattered around the classroom curiously.

As the bell rang, the music teacher walked in and the students sat down according to their original class seats. Wu Xianyu lay on the table, wondering if the teacher would sing a lullaby so that he could take a nap.

Unfortunately, Wu Xianyu's delusion did not come true. After talking about some precautions, the music teacher turned on the computer and looked at everyone with a smile on his face.
"In this first class, I will not teach you music theory. I will let you express yourself freely, just like you are in KTV. You can sing whatever you want. The instruments in our school are much better than those in KTV. You must cherish this opportunity."

As soon as the music teacher finished speaking, the classroom suddenly became lively, and the names of various music rang out.

"'Sunny Day'! We have to have a sunny day!"

“I want ‘No Makeup’!!”

"Oldboy!!!"

I don’t know who shouted “Old Boy” the loudest. Even Wu Xianyu looked over there. The music teacher looked over there with a smile.
"Come on, whoever just called out 'Old Boy', come up and sing a song. I just said to sing, not listen."

Sun Chuanchu didn't dare to look up at this time. He was so humble now as he had shouted fiercely just now. Finally, under the instigation of the whole class, Sun Chuanchu also pulled Jiang Tianhao to sing. After the two sang a song "Old Boy", the music teacher took the lead in applauding.

"The singing is OK, with rich emotions, but the tune is seriously off. The courage is commendable."

After Jiang Tianhao and the other man left the stage, the music teacher spoke again.

"Who's coming next?"

The classroom suddenly became quiet. Those who had been shouting so loudly before became silent. Wu Xianyu also sat up straight at this time. Some memories of hearing "Old Boy" just now came to his mind, and he was no longer so sleepy.

Seeing that Wu Xianyu seemed interested, Jiang Tianhao actively spoke up.

"Teacher, Wu Xianyu sings very well. I recommend him to sing a song."

Suddenly turning his head to look at Jiang Tianhao, Wu Xianyu's eyes were full of disbelief that this kid Jiang Tianhao actually stabbed him in the back.

The music teacher was very happy to see this scene and looked down
"Oh? Then please ask Wu Xianyu to sing a song."

Standing up, Wu Xianyu walked forward. Although he was not afraid of the stage, he just hadn't decided what to sing. After getting the microphone, Wu Xianyu scratched his head.

"I haven't decided what to sing yet. Do you want to hear something quiet or something exciting?"

"Hi, hi"

The boy who had originally shrunk became loud again, shouting for more exciting songs, drowning out the voices of the girls who wanted to be quieter.

Wu Xianyu nodded to indicate that he understood. He searched for a while on the player, his eyes lit up, and he clicked on one of the songs, turned off the original version, and then came to the center of the podium.
"I'd like to give you Zhang Jie's song "Obsessed". If anyone can sing, we can all sing along."

As the prelude sounded, the boys in the audience cheered, although they didn't know what they were cheering for.

"In an instant, the laws overturned the gods under my feet and paved a path for me."

"A teardrop, looking back halfway, I can only fight~fight~"

The familiar chorus started, and a boy in the audience said "WTF!"
"I've heard this song before, it turns out to be this one"

After saying that, he started humming along.

During the interlude, Wu Xianyu asked the audience
"Don't you all know how to sing exciting songs together to create an atmosphere?"

Jiang Tianhao in the back is very supportive of his brother
“Who doesn’t know this?”

"Okay, then we'll be together later."

Wu Xianyu finished speaking, and within a few seconds he started the second part.
"Who is whispering in the fog? The highest glory is to enjoy loneliness"

Seeing the boys in the audience start to sing along, the music teacher looked at Wu Xianyu in surprise. He really had a great stage presence, but what surprised her was yet to come.

"One! tear! Looking back halfway, I only have..."

Wu Xianyu showed off his angry voice. Although the students in the audience didn't understand how Wu Xianyu did it, they felt great and took the microphone Wu Xianyu held out.

“Fight! Fight!”

After taking back the microphone, Wu Xianyu's breath was a little short, but he quickly adjusted himself.

"After the stars fell, I prayed not to leave, not to leave
That temperature can no longer be retained, love has become completely cold~."

With the last two "cold" parts, Wu Xianyu turned back to his clear voice, making the whole song not only restless, but also with a hint of the unique drive of young people.

When a song ended, the people in the audience clapped spontaneously without the teacher's applause. The boys even stood up and made all kinds of noises, just like monkeys on the mountain.

The atmosphere was successfully heated up, and many people wanted to perform. After Wu Xianyu returned to his seat, more people continued to go on stage to perform.

Lin Miaomiao turned her head and looked at him, her face flushed with excitement.
"Damn, Xianyu, you are so awesome, this song seems to be different from the original one"

“Well, I changed it on the spur of the moment.”

Wu Xianyu felt a little guilty when he said this, after all, this is Zhang Jie's live version in 2024. Originally, Wu Xianyu only knew Zhang Jie's "Reverse War" and those high-pitched songs. After watching his concert live on the short video, he also fell in love with this song "Obsessed". There's nothing else to it, it's just exciting enough.

"Great, great! I'll definitely invite you to sing next time."

"Hey, if you want to sing, you don't have to wait until next time. You have the chance now."

After hearing what Wu Xianyu said, Lin Miaomiao's face suddenly changed. Before she could speak to stop him, Wu Xianyu took advantage of the fact that no one wanted to go on stage and shouted, "Teacher, Lin Miaomiao said she wanted to sing a song."

"Okay, there's no one here right now, Lin Miaomiao, come on."

Lin Miaomiao glared at Wu Xianyu angrily, then went up to the stage shyly. After selecting the song, she stood on the podium.

"Uh, let me bring you a song called "Hallucination" by Xu Song."

"When I'm far away, I always miss you to the point of tears"

. . . . . .

Lin Miaomiao's voice had a bit of a baby tone, and her singing was not as sad as the original song, but rather a bit cute and naive. Wu Xianyu listened with his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised.

As the song ended, Wu Xianyu took the initiative to applaud and whistled.

Resisting the urge to give Wu Xianyu a slap, Lin Miaomiao sat back in her seat with a red face. The class passed quickly and everyone was still reluctant to leave before the class was over.

As the teacher walked to the classroom, the students also walked out of the music classroom in twos and threes and walked towards their original classrooms.

Lin Miaomiao found Wu Xianyu and without saying anything, she hit him twice on the back. When Wu Xianyu turned around with a grin, he saw Lin Miaomiao's provocative expression.
"I told you to frame me and blow the whistle on me"

Wu Xianyu reached out and touched the place where he was hit, and said harshly to Lin Miaomiao
"Okay, I admit it this time. Don't give me a chance to retaliate."

"Who is afraid of who, slightly"

Seeing Lin Miaomiao sticking out her tongue like a primary school student, Wu Xian laughed out loud in anger.
"Okay, okay, you want to play like this, right?"

Unfortunately, Lin Miaomiao had already run far away and didn't hear what Wu Xianyu said.

After returning to the classroom, everyone was a little excited, and the air conditioner had been turned off because no one was in the classroom before, causing people who returned to the classroom to feel stuffy and hot, so they turned on the air conditioner directly.

As we all know, everyone's physique is different. Some people are afraid of heat while others are afraid of cold. So, when Wu Xianyu and Jiang Tianhao and their group of boys came back, they saw two groups of people arguing in the classroom. Jiang Tianhao rushed over and separated the two groups.

"Hey, hey, hey, stop making noise, what happened?"

After saying that, he looked at Deng Xiaoqi
"Xiao Qi, tell me first, what's going on?"

On the other side, several girls led by Liang Yunshu rolled their eyes in unison, expressing their dissatisfaction with Jiang Tianhao's unfair dog-licking behavior.

Just as Jiang Tianhao went to mediate the conflict, Wu Xianyu sat back in his seat and asked Lin Miaomiao in the front row

"What happened? Do you know?"

Lin Miaomiao glanced at Wu Xianyu warily, fearing that he would retaliate, and moved her chair forward before speaking.

"Liang Yunshu and his group felt it was too hot and wanted to turn on the air conditioner, but Deng Xiaoqi and his group thought the weather was just right and not too hot, so there was no need to turn on the air conditioner. Because of this, they started arguing."

"Oh, about this."

Wu Xianyu lost interest in this. It was a classic air conditioning issue, and the issue could be debated until ten years later.

Seeing that Wu Xianyu didn't move, Lin Miaomiao carefully turned to the side and watched Jiang Tianhao wiping the sweat from his forehead while worrying about what to do. She touched Wu Xianyu.

"Xianyu, if I asked you to deal with it, what would you do?"

"What else can I do? I can wear clothes when it's cold, but I can't peel off my skin when it's hot."

Wu Xianyu said this as a matter of course, but added

"This is just a judgment based on my personality. There is no fairness in it. If my opinion is adopted, any problems that arise have nothing to do with me."

Lin Miaomiao looked at Wu Xianyu strangely

"Why are you so careful? No one said they were going to cause you any trouble."

Wu Xianyu shook his head. People nowadays don’t understand how terrifying the future will be. In the future, anyone who goes online will have to put on several layers of armor before speaking, otherwise who can withstand the pressure of several hats?

"But what you said does make sense. If it's cold, you can put on more clothes, but if it's hot, you can't just peel off your skin. I'll go talk to Jiang Tianhao."

“I advise you not to go.”

Wu Xianyu sat still, and when he saw Lin Miaomiao trying to get up, he just advised her to do so, without making any move to stop her.

"Haozi is meddling in other people's business. Originally, it was just a problem between two girls. If he gets involved, he will definitely offend one of them. If he doesn't handle it well, he might offend both sides. If you go in and say something now, you will become Haozi's scapegoat."

After listening to Wu Xianyu's explanation, Lin Miaomiao couldn't help but shudder and rubbed her arms.
"After hearing what you said, I feel that human nature is so complicated"

Lin Miaomiao followed Wu Xianyu's example and watched the whole process from her position. Seeing Jiang Tianhao being squeezed in the middle by the two sides with a painful look on his face, Wu Xianyu couldn't help but laugh.
"Haozi's expression is like a mask of pain"

"What is the Mask of Pain?"

Lin Miaomiao obviously didn't play the mobile game. Wu Xianyu didn't want to explain the joke, so he waved his hand.
"Go ask other boys, just tell them that Haozi's expression is like a mask of pain, and they will explain it themselves."

Lin Miaomiao, who was skeptical, walked to the other boys and repeated what Wu Xianyu had said. Sure enough, everyone started laughing, and some even laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs. Amidst everyone's discussion, Lin Miaomiao finally understood what it meant.

After returning to her position, Lin Miaomiao was very emotional

"Xianyu, Xianyu, I didn't expect you to be so smart and talk so funny."

"Humph"

Wu Xianyu chuckled and looked at Lin Miaomiao with deep eyes.
"Now here comes the question. If I remember correctly, Deng Xiaoqi and Liang Yunshu are in the same dormitory as you. If they quarrel over the air conditioning in the future, will you intervene? How will you intervene? Oh, and you seem to be the dormitory head, right?"

Patting Lin Miaomiao who was already dumbfounded, Wu Xianyu smiled sinisterly.

"This is the price of your two punches. I hope you can have a good sleep tonight."

Lin Miaomiao felt her soul trembling. How could there be such a bad person? Compared with him, she was like a little lamb. She felt dizzy and fell on the table with lifeless eyes.
"Is it too late to ask for leave now?"

"correct"

Hearing Wu Xianyu's voice, Lin Miaomiao felt like she had found a life-saving straw.

"Brother Xianyu, you say"

Wu Xianyu smiled, but Lin Miaomiao shook unconsciously.

"They are now confronting each other openly, so they won't do anything shady. But when they return to the dormitory, where there are only a few people in the dormitory, do you think they will do something?"

"Click"

As if she could hear the sound of her own heart breaking, Lin Miaomiao felt like she was about to cry. She clasped her hands together and begged Wu Xianyu to

"Brother, I was wrong. I will never go against you again. Please save my life."

"Ouch, my mouth is a bit dry."

"I'll pour you some water"

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(End of this chapter)