The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 15 The dispute begins
Looking at the water that Lin Miaomiao poured for him, Wu Xianyu was very satisfied. He threw a slice of dried lemon into it, took a sip, and found it quite satisfactory, better than boiled water.

Seeing Lin Miaomiao eagerly waiting for him, Wu Xianyu straightened his back and motioned for Lin Miaomiao to come closer.

"There is no perfect solution for this matter. The best solution is to stay out of it. But for someone like you who is already in prison, there is only one way."

At night, the girls' dormitory

Lin Miaomiao washed up as quickly as she could and returned to the dormitory. She found that everything was normal and felt a little relieved, but she didn't dare to go to bed to rest.

Not long after, Deng Xiaoqi returned to the dormitory with a graceful twist of her waist, ready to start taking care of her skin. Seeing Deng Xiaoqi put down the wash basin and reached for the air conditioner remote control, Lin Miaomiao had only one thought in her mind:

"Damn, the thief guessed it right."

Just as Deng Xiaoqi was about to touch the remote control, Lin Miaomiao suddenly stood up from her chair, covered her stomach with one hand, grabbed a pack of paper and walked out of the dormitory, saying as she walked.

"My stomach hurts, I need to go to the toilet"

The other three people in the dormitory were not surprised. After all, Lin Miaomiao had acted rashly like this more than once.

Squatting in the toilet, Lin Miaomiao supported her left cheek, silently calculating the time in her mind, wondering how long it would take the three people in the dormitory to attract the dormitory manager over.

Thinking about it, Lin Miaomiao sighed
"Why did you believe his lies? What a bad idea!"

Wu Xianyu's solution was simple and crude. Since it was impossible to make both parties happy, then make both parties unhappy. He would directly let a high-ranking third party intervene to resolve the conflict. As long as Lin Miaomiao was not present when the incident happened, the dormitory manager would not be able to say much.

Hearing the footsteps outside becoming increasingly frequent, Lin Miaomiao pricked up her ears. When she heard the names of Deng Xiaoqi and others, Lin Miaomiao sighed softly and decided not to go out for a while.

When Lin Miaomiao limped back to the dormitory from the bathroom, the conflict had already been resolved by Teacher Wang. Neither side gained any benefit. The air conditioner remote control was taken away by the teacher, and the teacher controlled when to turn it on and off.

Seeing Lin Miaomiao coming back, Mr. Wang said two words in anger.
"Lin Miaomiao, you too, how can you be a dormitory leader? Everyone in the dormitory almost got into a fight."

"what?"

Lin Miaomiao pretended to be confused and scratched her head, holding a pack of tissues in her arms.
"What happened? I just had a stomachache and went to the bathroom."

Seeing Lin Miaomiao like this, Teacher Wang couldn't vent his anger on Lin Miaomiao. He crossed his arms and glanced at the other three people, leaving a sentence.

"You are all girls. I will save your face and not let you clean the toilets. Next time, I will let you clean the toilets of the entire girls' dormitory."

After saying that, he turned around, turned on the air conditioner, set it to automatically shut off after one hour, and walked out of the dormitory.

When Teacher Wang's footsteps faded away, Lin Miaomiao looked at the three people like an outsider who knew nothing.
"What happened? Why did I get scolded for going to the toilet?"

“It’s none of your business”

"Don't ask."

Seeing that the other three had no intention of involving her, Lin Miaomiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, returned to her bed, and closed her eyes feeling tired.

The next day, when Wu Xianyu saw Lin Miaomiao's tired face, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked in a low voice:

"The plan didn't work?"

"successful"

Lin Miaomiao answered weakly, sat back in her seat, turned around and faced Wu Xianyu.

"It's just that my conscience is a little uneasy. Who did you learn this skill of harming others without benefiting yourself from?"

"Don't worry about it. Just tell me whether the problem has been solved and whether it works well."

Wu Xianyu didn't think there was anything wrong with this plan. If he didn't want to feel guilty, he could choose to stand on one side, but troubles would follow.

Just as the two were whispering, someone found Qian Sanyi who had just arrived in the classroom.
"Um, Brother Yi, I want to ask you about the content of yesterday's physics class. Are you available now?"

Qian Sanyi paused for a moment after putting down his schoolbag, thought about it, and nodded in agreement.
"Sure, you can sit next to me."

What Qian Sanyi didn't expect was that while he was explaining the question, more and more people gathered around him, until it was so dark that he couldn't even see the words on the book.

Qian Sanyi was a little irritated, but he couldn't get angry. The people around him saw Qian Sanyi frowning and looking around, wondering what he was thinking.

"Brother, let's talk on the blackboard. It's spacious over there."

"Is this appropriate?"

Qian Sanyi was obviously tempted, but he still declined. As a result, everyone around him said it was suitable. In that case, Qian Sanyi walked towards the blackboard surrounded by people.

Deng Xiaoqi, who was originally in a bad mood at her seat, immediately brightened up when she saw Qian Sanyi. She took the opportunity to blend into the crowd and successfully stood in the position closest to Qian Sanyi.

Qian Sanyi, who had been frowning because someone was blocking the light, relaxed a lot when he saw it was Deng Xiaoqi. Although he had no interest in Deng Xiaoqi, it was a face-saving thing to have such a class beauty as his fan.

Wu Xianyu and Lin Miaomiao were both stunned when they saw this scene. They looked at each other, and Wu Xianyu looked a little strange.

“I thought this was a star-chasing scene.”

Don't blame Wu Xianyu for never having seen this kind of scene. In his previous life, when he explained questions to others, he would only explain them to people with similar levels. He would politely refuse those whose levels were much lower than his. This is not really discrimination. People who have had the same experience will understand.

This was the first time Wu Xianyu had met someone like Qian Sanyi who taught without discrimination. He was still a little impressed by him, but when he saw the group of girls nodding no matter what Qian Sanyi said, Wu Xianyu felt relieved.

But Jiang Tianhao, who had just arrived in the classroom, didn’t know this. When he saw this scene, his eyes almost popped out and were full of confusion. But no matter whether he understood it or not, the morning reading had to begin.

I thought the matter was over, but during the break, Qian Sanyi was brought to the podium by a group of people and was asked to explain the questions to them.

Wu Xianyu looked carefully and found that the few people who had actually attended the lecture in the morning did not go this time. Although the rest of the people had paper and pen in their hands, none of them made any move to take notes.

But Jiang Tianhao seemed unable to accept it. He stared at Qian Sanyi's back, and occasionally glanced at Deng Xiaoqi's smiling face, his anger increasing.

Jiang Tianhao was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up.
"Why? I, Jiang Tianhao, am the top elite after all, and I am also respected as 'Brother Hao'. When have I ever been ignored like this?"

Everyone in the classroom was attracted by the movement here. Several people on the podium also turned their heads to look over. Qian Sanyi reacted the fastest and threw the chalk in his hand.

"Let's stop here. I'm already starting to become annoying."

"No, brother, keep talking, I don't understand yet."

"That's right, brother, don't listen to Jiang Tianhao having a seizure."

Deng Xiaoqi was unwilling to miss the opportunity to interact with Qian Sanyi, so she turned around and looked at Jiang Tianhao.

"Haozi! What's wrong with you? Just go play your ball and stop being an eyesore."

After saying that, he looked at Qian Sanyi with a smile on his face.
"Let's continue and ignore him."

Qian Sanyi looked at Jiang Tianhao who was still standing there stupidly with a smile, and felt a sense of revenge. He exchanged glances with Deng Xiaoqi.

"Then shall we continue?" Seeing his girl being rude to him and using sweet words to people she disliked, Jiang Tianhao felt his body go limp and he sat back in his chair, leaning on the table.

Lin Miaomiao, who was eating snacks and watching the show, saw Jiang Tianhao like this and looked at him with sympathy.
"Haozi won't be unable to recover from this, right?"

Wu Xianyu, who looked like an old man behind him, glanced at Jiang Tianhao.
"Don't worry about him. A bootlicker will not die a good death. You should scold him like this. It would be best if he can wake up. These bootlickers can do nothing except drive up prices."

"Price gouging? What price did Jiang Tianhao gouged?"

Lin Miaomiao turned to look at Wu Xianyu. Wu Xianyu pondered for a moment and decided not to instill too much nonsense into the innocent little girl.

"Nothing, just saying whatever comes to mind."

"Oh"

Lin Miaomiao didn't think much about it. She looked at Jiang Tianhao who was still lying on the table and took out a bag of dried fruits and put it on his table.
"Haozi, cheer up soon"

Hearing someone talking to him, Jiang Tianhao raised his head, clenched his fists, and looked determined.

"From today on, the battle for the top spot in the elite middle school begins. Qian Sanyi and I will not stop until we die!"

Seeing the last few words Jiang Tianhao said with gritted teeth, Wu Xianyu shook his head. He was not interested in participating in this drama of bulls fighting for cows.

The first scene of this fight soon took place. In a math class, Lao Zhao talked about using a calculator to calculate the value of trigonometric functions. At the end of the class, he wrote down a few trigonometric functions and turned to look at the audience.

"Come on, use your calculators to solve these problems for me, and you will get a reward."

Seeing that everyone's attention was drawn, Lao Zhao continued

"The first person to figure it out will be exempt from this week's homework"

Now everyone's emotions were aroused, and the classroom fell into silence, with the sound of calculator keys being the only sound.

Wu Xianyu was not interested in this. It would not be allowed to bring calculators to the exam. He knew what Lao Zhao's intention was in asking this question, which was to train everyone to use calculators.

But Wu Xianyu is from northern Jiangsu. No matter in his past life or this life, this province will do anything for the college entrance examination. Everything that is beneficial to the college entrance examination must be learned well, and everything that is not beneficial to the college entrance examination must be discarded. Wu Xianyu has long been brainwashed by this idea. When he entered society, this idea evolved into pragmatism.

So, in fact, Wu Xianyu really disdains calculators. Since he can't use them in exams, he won't waste time on them.

So, while everyone was pressing the buttons on the calculator, Wu Xianyu was pressing it casually and somehow brought up a game, a very classic poker game - Fried Golden Flower.

Since he had nothing to do anyway, Wu Xianyu tried his luck twice. Unfortunately, the cards were not as exciting as the physical ones. He yawned out of boredom and looked up. No one had figured out the trigonometric functions yet.

But in the eyes of Old Zhao who was standing, Wu Xianyu who looked up was very conspicuous. He originally thought that he had calculated it, but it didn't seem like that.

Just as Lao Zhao was still daydreaming, a hand was raised and a voice rang out.

"Teacher, I figured it out."

Seeing that it was Qian Sanyi, Lao Zhao's eyes lit up and he smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Okay, come on, tell your classmates the answer."

As a string of numbers came out, Lao Zhao was very happy and took the lead in clapping.

"Yes, that's all correct. You don't have to do your homework this week. By the way, your position is too far back. Do you want me to move you a little forward?"

At this time, the classmate on Wu Xianyu's left suddenly spoke up

"Teacher, how about I switch seats with Qian Sanyi? I just can't sit anywhere else and it blocks the view of the students behind me. I'll just sit in the last row."

Wu Xianyu looked over and saw that the brother's legs were indeed stretched out in the aisle, which really felt a bit unfair to him.

Lao Zhao looked at it and found that it was true, so he waved his hand.
"Okay, then you and Qian Sanyi switch places."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bell rang. Without staying any longer, Lao Zhao packed up his things and walked out of the classroom.

The boy on Wu Xianyu's right happily moved his desk to the last row. Looking at his smiling face, he probably had been thinking about this day for a long time.

Not only this brother was happy, but also Deng Xiaoqi. After the seat change, Qian Sanyi sat directly behind her, making it more convenient for them to interact in the future.

When some people are happy, some people are unhappy, such as Jiang Tianhao. The reason is very simple, because it is not him sitting in that position.

He turned his head and looked past Wu Xianyu at Qian Sanyi, his eyes seemed to be burning with flames. When he retracted his gaze, he suddenly glanced at Wu Xianyu's calculator page and suddenly had an idea.

During the break, Jiang Tianhao rarely went to play basketball. Not only did he not go, but he also didn't allow others to go. Others who wanted to play basketball had no choice since Jiang Tianhao was the only one who brought a basketball.

Wu Xianyu was lying on the table to catch up on his sleep when he suddenly heard the sound of a heavy object being put down. He opened his eyes dazedly and found Jiang Tianhao bringing a box of water. Seeing that Wu Xianyu was awake, Jiang Tianhao waved to Wu Xianyu heroically.
"Come on, Xianyu, help me open it"

Wu Xianyu raised his eyebrows and said nothing. He opened the box and took out a bottle of water. Jiang Tianhao was still talking.
"I recently researched a way to play. The stakes are water. The loser has to drink a bottle of water in one go. Is there anyone who dares to play? Hey, Xianyu, why did you take my water?"

Seeing Wu Xianyu take a bottle of water, Jiang Tianhao was a little reluctant. Wu Xianyu turned to look at Jiang Tianhao and pushed his glasses.
"Oh? You think I work for free?"

"Uh"

He was so busy showing off that he forgot that this person was petty, so Jiang Tianhao had no choice but to admit defeat.

"Okay, okay, you can take it."

After the recent publicity, many people with nothing to do have gathered here.

Lin Miaomiao was a person who liked to be around people. Deng Xiaoqi, who was originally chatting with her, also approached Qian Sanyi by talking about the topic. She was bored at the time, and when she saw the excitement, she immediately joined in.
"What what, what game, Haozi, I want to play"

"Do you know how to play poker?"

Lin Miaomiao obviously had never played before and stood there in a daze.

"How to play?"

Jiang Tianhao simply took Lin Miaomiao as the first move, called up the Golden Flower app on the calculator, played the cards himself, and then handed the calculator to Lin Miaomiao.

"Come on, click here"

Lin Miaomiao pressed the button obediently, and then she saw on the screen that Jiang Tianhao had won.

Jiang Tianhao and the boys around him immediately started to make a noise.

"Oh! You lose, drink some water"

"Ah, so you lose already?"

Lin Miaomiao was a little bit unbelievable, but the water had already been stuffed into her hands.

(End of this chapter)