The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 19 Please God
Wu Xianyu sighed and pulled his hand off his arm.
"Haozi, I really didn't see it, but I have a feeling that we will see it soon."

"What's the meaning"

Jiang Tianhao had originally felt a little hope, but after hearing Wu Xianyu's words, he suddenly felt uncertain again.

Wu Xianyu didn't explain, just shook his head.

As expected, this week, Deng Xiaoqi and Qian Sanyi demonstrated to everyone what it means to cover one's ears and steal a bell.

During physical education class, the two sat under the shade of a tree, with a distance of at least two people between them, but there were only two of them in that direction; during music class, during the last few minutes of song request time, Deng Xiaoqi rarely requested a sweet love song; every time after lunch, Qian Sanyi would find a bottle of milk on his desk.

Wu Xianyu leaned on the handrail of the corridor with his arms folded, and pushed Lin Miaomiao who was also drinking milk beside him.
"Just tell me if I'm right, didn't we all see it? Although we didn't drink milk tea together, it was better than that, right?"

"really"

After shaking the milk carton to make sure there was nothing left, Lin Miaomiao continued

"Deng Xiaoqi has been very cold to me recently. She always sits close to Qian Sanyi when eating."

"Did you hear that?"

Wu Xianyu kicked Jiang Tianhao, who was squatting at his feet like a lost dog.

"Don't give up yet, your goddess is so attentive to you."

Jiang Tianhao held his head and stuffed his face between his legs. After a long time, a muffled sound came from his body.

"Qian Sanyi hasn't said anything yet, has he? Maybe Xiaoqi won't be able to hold on for long, and she'll give up on me."

Without waiting for Jiang Tianhao to finish his words, Wu Xianyu left Jiang Tianhao in disgust.

"You are a rich second-generation after all, you are such a wimp. No, I'm going to get my phone to take a picture of you in this dog-like state."

Having said that, Wu Xianyu really walked towards the office.

Lin Miaomiao was playing with the milk carton in her hand. She felt like she had heard what Wu Xianyu said before. After thinking for a long time, she slapped her head. At that moment, she heard the shutter sound of a mobile phone camera. Lin Miaomiao turned around and said excitedly:

"Xianyu, I remember where I heard what you just said. The last line of "A Chinese Odyssey", 'Look at that man, he looks like a dog'"

"Please don't criticize Stephen Chow. Is Haozi worthy of this?"

Wu Xianyu curled his lips and saved the photo he had just taken. He saved it in QQ album, mobile phone cloud disk, and Baidu network disk. He had already decided that this photo must be taken out to show off at future class reunions.

Listening to the chattering of the couple, Jiang Tianhao felt even more upset. He felt that he should cry at this time, and it would be best if he could shed a few tears, but he failed to do so.

So he fooled herself by saying that he was a man and wouldn't cry easily.

While they were chatting, Qian Sanyi also returned to the classroom. Seeing the milk on the table, he pursed his lips tightly, as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. He picked up the bottle of milk and put it in front of Deng Xiaoqi, repeating what he had said four times, this was the fifth time.
"Thank you for the milk, but I don't need it"

Seeing this scene, Lin Miaomiao cheered, ran into the classroom, sat next to Deng Xiaoqi, and waited eagerly to be fed.

But this time the situation changed. Deng Xiaoqi did not give the milk to Lin Miaomiao. Instead, she grabbed the milk and rushed out of the classroom, walking towards the bathroom.

Lin Miaomiao followed him out and looked in the direction where Deng Xiaoqi disappeared, and asked Wu Xianyu

"What is Xiaoqi going to do?"

"What else can we do? We can do what American businessmen did last century, and pour the milk into the sink."

Wu Xianyu yawned, as if he had already anticipated the development of the matter.

“The second phase has begun.”

After saying that, Jiang Tianhao returned to the classroom without paying attention to the fact that his eyes had already followed Deng Xiaoqi. A week had passed, so he naturally had to leave a deeper impression on Qian Sanyi, otherwise what if the two of them forgot about him.

Sure enough, not long after, Lin Miaomiao returned to her seat carrying the crying Deng Xiaoqi.

Wu Xianyu looked at Qian Sanyi's hand holding the pen and suddenly clenched it, and couldn't help shaking his head.
"Poor Tom was played around with"

After the last class, Lin Miaomiao looked at Deng Xiaoqi who was still in low spirits and felt a little worried.
"Xiao Qi, are you sure you don't want me to wait for the bus with you? You don't look very well."

Deng Xiaoqi raised her head, revealing a tearful face. Wu Xianyu couldn't help but sigh that every movement and expression of hers was really designed.

"No, Miaomiao, you go back first, I have to go back to the dormitory later."

"OK then"

Lin Miaomiao walked out of the classroom a little worriedly and caught up with Wu Xianyu who had already walked some distance away.

"Xianyu, do you think it was Qian Sanyi who accompanied Deng Xiaoqi to wait for the bus?"

"Impossible. Let's not talk about whether Qian Sanyi would do this. Even Deng Xiaoqi would not allow this to happen."

Wu Xianyu was playing with his phone and answering casually, which puzzled Lin Miaomiao.

"Why? Isn't it Qian Sanyi's fault that Deng Xiaoqi is like this? If Qian Sanyi took the initiative, Deng Xiaoqi should be happy, right?"

Wu Xianyu raised his head, looked at the door not far away, and turned off his phone.
"You should go home and ask your uncle and aunt if you want me to take you to the bus stop?"

"No need, my classmates are all at the bus stop anyway, and my dad is waiting for me at the terminal."

Lin Miaomiao refused casually. She was not that delicate. After hearing what Lin Miaomiao said, Wu Xianyu did not stop and waved to Lin Miaomiao.
"Okay, I'm going home now. Bye." "Bye."

Lin Miaomiao took the bus home with doubts, and couldn't wait to talk to Lin Dawei and Wang Shengnan about what happened today. The two of them were smiling at first, but their expressions became stiffer as they listened. Finally, they looked at each other, and Lin Dawei touched Lin Miaomiao's head with a complicated expression on his face.
"Miao Miao, I, your father, usually don't care who you make friends with, but this time, I must warn you that you can't make close friends with Deng Xiaoqi. She has a big problem. If she needs your help in the future, you must ask Wu Xianyu."

Lin Miaomiao was confused by the serious expressions of her parents. If it were in the past, she would have made a fuss if her parents had intervened in her friendships. But this time she just nodded. She could still understand the atmosphere at home. Now it was Lin Dawei who was discussing with her, and if she showed any displeasure, Wang Shengnan would use coercive measures.

Look, who says children are difficult to discipline? Children are born with the ability to understand adults' emotions. As long as you are serious enough, even the most naughty children will be obedient, of course, with the exception of Chaoxiong.

When she returned to school, Lin Miaomiao found that Deng Xiaoqi seemed like a different person. She didn't treat Qian Sanyi well, didn't ask him questions, and for the first time ever, she took the initiative to ask Jiang Tianhao math problems.

Jiang Tianhao was so shocked that he was stunned for a long time. The subsequent topics were also irrelevant, but Deng Xiaoqi listened to them patiently.

When Deng Xiaoqi returned to her seat, Jiang Tianhao slapped himself in annoyance.
"What the hell am I talking about?"

Lin Miaomiao, with a lollipop hanging from her mouth, looked at this somewhat magical scene and looked at Wu Xianyu in confusion.

"What's going on? Has Xiaoqi fallen in love with someone else?"

"I said, the second stage"

Wu Xianyu didn't explain much and continued to look at the collection of wrong questions he had compiled. It was very difficult to read, but he had to read it. He wanted to try whether he could get into the top university in the country in his two lifetimes combined. Forget about studying abroad because it was more chaotic and inconvenient with his identity.

When Lin Miaomiao heard this answer which was the same as no explanation at all, she curled her lips and imitated Wu Xianyu to look back at her previous weekly test papers.

The monthly exam starts on Wednesday and lasts for three days. We will have a holiday right after the exam and get the results when we come back. Then there will be a parent-teacher meeting on the weekend.

Now in the whole classroom, except for those three people, everyone's mind should be on the exam. Qian Sanyi felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his mentality. The exam was obviously coming soon, but he could not concentrate on reading the book at all. The scene of Deng Xiaoqi asking Jiang Tianhao questions just now kept replaying in his mind.

He was sure that he didn't like Deng Xiaoqi, but why was he nervous? Qian Sanyi and his family had cultivated his self-confidence for more than ten years, but it was slowly corroded by the red powder and a small hole was left in his heart.

Human beings are creatures that are easily influenced by their environment. Lin Miaomiao's restless nature also calmed down in Wu Xianyu's atmosphere. She was able to solve some math problems that she didn't understand by careful analysis. If she really couldn't solve the problem, she could turn back and ask Wu Xianyu. Although he himself said that he was not very good at science, after being tested by Lin Miaomiao, she found that he was much better than herself.

Moreover, Lin Miaomiao discovered that Wu Xianyu's temperament changed when he became serious. Originally, he always had a frivolous and lazy aura around him, but now he became rigorous and efficient. All things except studying could be solved in the simplest and most time-saving way. In short, Lin Miaomiao's eyes were broadened.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner take no more than twenty minutes to finish, including the time going to and from the cafeteria; she carries a piece of paper full of English words on her body, which she looks at whenever she has time; she sleeps for no more than twenty minutes at noon, and uses the rest of the time to go back to the classroom to do math problems, and if she knows what she learned in the textbook, she uses extracurricular problems to do; sometimes, Lin Miaomiao is tired and wants to chat with Wu Xianyu, but as soon as she opens her mouth, Wu Xianyu frowns, and Lin Miaomiao dares not speak anymore, as she really feels like she is seeing her teacher.

Looking around, the only ones who are free are Deng Xiaoqi and Jiang Tianhao, but their situation is very strange now. It is said that Deng Xiaoqi gave Jiang Tianhao a chance, but there has been no substantial progress. It can be said that there has been no change. Deng Xiaoqi does often talk to Jiang Tianhao, and it seems that things are developing in a good direction.

Sighing, Lin Miaomiao rubbed her face and continued to look at the math problem in front of her. She never thought she was so smart that she could understand such a math problem.

It was Wednesday morning reading time, and there was still half an hour before the exam. We didn’t stand to read today, but no one wasted time either. The classroom was filled with the buzz of reading: Chinese, English, politics, history, geography, and even some people memorizing math and physics formulas.

With five minutes left before the end of get out of class, the sound of reading in the classroom became louder, but Lin Miaomiao felt that the sound behind her had disappeared. She turned around and saw Wu Xianyu closing his eyes with a calm face.

She looked back several times, but Wu Xianyu's movements did not change. The last time, Lin Miaomiao could not help it and quietly asked Wu Xianyu

"Xianyu, what's wrong with you? It's not a good time to catch up on some sleep."

“This is called praying to the gods.”

"Please God? Which God?"

bell---
Like a charge horn, the people in the classroom stopped reading, picked up their exam supplies, and walked out of the classroom with firm steps. When Wu Xianyu passed by Lin Miaomiao, a smile curved up his lips.

"Please Confucius, please bless me to get high scores in the exam"

Lin Miaomiao was stunned on the spot, and only reacted when most people in the classroom had left.

"Fuck, I got tricked again"

She angrily packed up her stationery and ran to the examination room, thinking about how to take revenge after the exam. When she got the test paper, Lin Miaomiao found that her brain was very flexible. She was not like before, when she could not remember things she knew and ended up doing very badly on the exam.

After Lin Miaomiao finished the entire test paper fluently, she found that there were still forty minutes left. She was a little stunned. Every time she took the Chinese exam before, there was always not enough time. What happened this time?
Before the second math test began, Lin Miaomiao imitated Wu Xianyu, closed her eyes, thought of all the math masters from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, and asked them to bless her to get a high score.

After feeling calm, Lin Miaomiao felt like she was possessed by a god when she wrote. She could mentally calculate the answers to questions that would have stumped her for several minutes before she had even finished writing the formulas. There were also many familiar question types, and after substituting those numbers, the answers came out so easily.

After lunch, Lin Miaomiao returned to the classroom. She looked at Wu Xianyu seriously. Wu Xianyu felt a little scared when he was stared at. He couldn't help but speak.

"No, just say what you want to say, I admit my eyes are not as big as yours, stop glaring at me."

Lin Miaomiao's expression remained unchanged. She looked around vigilantly, then approached Wu Xianyu and whispered
"Your method of praying to the gods is very effective. I feel like I did well in Chinese and math. I just checked the answers with Liang Yunshu, and they were basically all correct except for a few uncertainties."

Wu Xianyu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect it to be this. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had also seen Lin Miaomiao's review in the past few days. This was obviously the result of her own hard work. There was no need to ask for help from the gods. But he still cleared his throat and his expression became serious.

"Student Lin Miaomiao, before my math test, I felt that my power in summoning the gods was a little weak. Do you have any ideas?"

Lin Miaomiao leaned back unconsciously, scratching her temples with her fingers, avoiding looking at Wu Xianyu, and mumbling.

"Uh, I don't know."

Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao's guilty look and felt like he couldn't hold it in any longer. He kept taking deep breaths and pursing his lips hard. If he laughed at this moment, all his efforts would be wasted.

Lin Miaomiao turned her head and looked at the strange expression on Wu Xianyu's face. She thought that she had stolen his power to summon the gods. She didn't dare to look at him any longer and turned around to look at the content of the afternoon exam.

Seeing Lin Miaomiao turned her head, Wu Xianyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, covered his face with the book, and laughed silently.

Deng Xiaoqi, who was secretly observing Qian Sanyi with a small mirror, accidentally glanced at Wu Xianyu and was immediately startled. Why was this man's face so red and his temples bulging? Was he smiling?

(End of this chapter)