The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 43: Ling Chi from the Heart (Additional chapter for "I am counting ants")
“Wow, there are so many cats.”

"Isn't this a temple? Why are these cats so fat?"

Hearing the voices of students, the two of them quickly let go of their hands. Wu Xianyu took his hand back and put it on the orange cat, causing a dissatisfied "meow~"

Lin Miaomiao was taking a picture of another black and white cat squatting on the side basking in the sun.

After calming down for a while, Lin Miaomiao stood up and looked at Wu Xianyu.

"I'm going to ask for a lottery, do you want to come with me?"

“No, I don’t believe that.”

In fact, Wu Xianyu had prayed for it in his previous life. He could not remember the content of the lottery clearly, but he still remembered the name of the arhat on the lottery, the 122nd one, the Heavenly King Venerable.

"Actually, I don't believe this either. We are just here for fun. How about I ask for one for you?"

"Sure, thank you."

Lin Miaomiao jumped away. The cat she had just taken a photo of stood up and shook its legs, then slowly came to Wu Xianyu's side, curled up and leaned against Wu Xianyu's thigh.

Because it was a weekday, there were not many people in the temple. Wu Xianyu was basking in the early spring sun and was leaning against a few cats. He could hear bursts of snoring. Not long after, Wu Xianyu sat on the ground, leaning against the wall and fell asleep.

. . . . . .

"Salted fish, salted fish, wake up, get ready to leave"

A voice was heard, Wu Xianyu slowly opened his eyes, and saw it was Jiang Tianhao. He yawned and stretched. As soon as he stretched, Wu Xianyu felt something was wrong. Why are there so many cats?

In addition to the three or four cats that were scared away by Wu Xianyu's stretching, there were still four cats lying on Wu Xianyu's legs. Jiang Tianhao was amazed.
"Xianyu, you don't know how many cats were lying on you just now. Can't you see that you are so popular with the little animals?"

After driving away the remaining cats, Wu Xianyu stood up and stretched his arms and legs.

"I didn't know I had this ability. I've never raised a cat or a dog before."

I brushed off the dust on my body. Fortunately, the temple is cleaned every day, so there is not much dust on my body, but there are many plum blossom marks on my shoulders and legs.

Back in the car, Lin Miaomiao was holding her fortune stick and discussing something with Deng Xiaoqi. Wu Xianyu took a look and saw that it was the 143rd one, Venerable Fenxun.

Sitting back in his seat, Wu Xianyu searched on his phone and couldn't help laughing. Isn't this interpretation referring to Lin Miaomiao?
"Those who receive this verse are restless and impatient, and their hearts are not pure enough. They should be as clear as a mirror and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise, they are likely to make wrong decisions, which will eventually lead to irreparable losses."

Hearing Wu Xianyu's laughter, Lin Miaomiao leaned her head out from the side of her chair, wanting to see why Wu Xianyu was laughing so happily. She had just seen a photo of Wu Xianyu sleeping with a bunch of cats on his body in the class group.

As a result, when she saw the page of the fortune-telling on Wu Xianyu's phone, she immediately understood what he was laughing at. She angrily got down from her seat, came to Wu Xianyu, took another fortune-telling paper in her hand, and looked at Wu Xianyu.

"Now, immediately, forget what you saw, or I won't give you this signature."

Wu Xianyu exited the page in front of Lin Miaomiao and spread his hands.

“This is all I can do.”

"Humph"

After giving Wu Xianyu the lottery ticket she had requested, Lin Miaomiao returned to her seat angrily as the train was about to depart.

Wu Xianyu glanced at the signature in his hand, and Jiang Tianhao also looked over curiously.
"Oh? The third one, the ranking is so high?"

Open your phone and search for the interpretation. In simple terms, it means to correct your behavior, strengthen your beliefs, and don't give up easily. You will eventually be praised by everyone.

Is the praise from everyone a good thing? Little did he know that the fifth-level honor of LOL was also known as the "Swallowing Silence" award. Wu Xianyu took a casual look at it and put it away. He would not change anything because of this signature.

Lin Miaomiao in the front row leaned over again

"Xianyu, what does your signature mean?"

"Do you think it's possible for me to keep silent?"

"impossible"

"You guessed it right, awesome!"

I looked at Wu Xianyu speechlessly. Why did he speak in such a tones like he was coaxing a child?
Sitting in her seat, Lin Miaomiao recalled what the monk beside her said when she was drawing divination for Wu Xianyu.

"If you are asking for fortune for someone else, you should ask for someone very close to you, otherwise the information will not be accurate."

Is he considered a close friend of Wu Xianyu? Probably not yet.

Soon they returned to school. After getting off the bus, everyone returned to the dormitory and lay on their beds. Lin Miaomiao made a comfortable sound.
"Alas, there is no place like home."

One afternoon, students in the second and third years of high school returned to school one after another and attended classes as usual the next day.

Back in the classroom, Wu Xianyu sat back in his seat and reached into the desk to take out the Chinese textbook, but he touched something. He pulled it out and looked at it, his eyebrows raised.

"Oh, here it comes, a must-have for top-notch men's high school students - love letters"

After hearing Wu Xianyu's words, everyone around him fell silent. Lin Miaomiao turned around suddenly and saw the pink envelope in Wu Xianyu's hand. Her heart skipped a beat. Although she had been mentally prepared that a man like Wu Xianyu would definitely attract many women, she had not expected it to happen so soon.

Wu Xianyu lowered his head and searched in the desk. He found a box of chocolates. After taking it out, Wu Xianyu handed the box and the chocolates to Lin Miaomiao without even opening the envelope.

"Come on, Xiao Miaozi, do me a favor, check who sent it and return it."

After saying that, Wu Xianyu handed Lin Miaomiao the envelope and chocolate while she was still in a daze. Seeing that she was still in a daze, he shook the things in his hand.

"Come back to your senses, can you help me?"

"Uh, okay, then I have to open it and see if there is a name left on it."

"Then just wait and see. Remember to do the transaction privately and save face for others."

After explaining everything, Wu Xianyu took out his Chinese textbook and prepared to start morning reading as if nothing had happened.

Jiang Tianhao on the side looked envious

"Xianyu, you have great luck with women."

"My luck with love is shit. All those who disturb my studies are bad luck with love"

Wu Xianyu's words were not suppressed at all, and many people in the classroom heard them. Qian Sanyi even lowered his head unconsciously, but he had no way out.

Lin Miaomiao in the front row shuddered and leaned back suddenly, the back of her chair hitting Wu Xianyu's desk. Wu Xianyu couldn't help but speak.

"What are you doing? You're so startled."

"Eh~ I can't stand it anymore, I feel like there are ants crawling on my body"

Lin Miaomiao put away the love letter in her hand, closed her eyes, frowned, and opened her eyes again after a long time.

“It’s so corny, I can’t stand it, ahhhhh, it’s so uncomfortable”

Seeing Lin Miaomiao like this, Wu Xianyu was somewhat glad that he didn't look, otherwise he would be the one who felt uncomfortable.

Lin Miaomiao twisted in her position for a while before turning back to look at Wu Xianyu and Jiang Tianhao.

"I've never seen such an annoying love letter. I'm afraid it was copied from somewhere. But I do know why you were confessed to, Xianyu." "Why? I will definitely change it."

Wu Xianyu's words were so decisive that some people couldn't help laughing when they heard them.

Lin Miaomiao glanced at him, her apple muscles continued to rise, but she kept suppressing her smile.

"She said that people who are liked by cats must be very gentle people."

"what??"

I thought of thousands of possibilities, but I didn't think of this possibility. Wu Xianyu couldn't help but raise his voice a little.

"What do you mean? I still have this face because of the cat."

"It seems that she is an innocent little girl who was deceived by illusions."

Jiang Tianhao's precise comments

"I have never seen the word gentleness in Xianyu. How can these two words have anything to do with Wu Xianyu? This mouth is like a knife, it tortures the soul."

He glanced at Jiang Tianhao and decided not to argue with him because he was made to cry by his singing.

As the bell rang, the morning reading class began.

When the bell rang for the break, Lin Miaomiao rushed out of the classroom with a love letter and chocolates. Seeing her like this, Jiang Tianhao turned to Wu Xianyu and said,
"Look, Lin Miaomiao pays so much attention to your love letter"

"I think she wanted to steal the box of chocolates, after all, it was Ferrero's."

Wu Xianyu had already reached a tacit understanding with Lin Miaomiao, so he naturally would not acknowledge such suggestive words.

Before the class bell rang, Lin Miaomiao rushed back with the chocolate in her hand already opened. Judging from her smiling face, she had probably already started eating it.

When Lin Miaomiao returned to her position, Jiang Tianhao was more active than Wu Xianyu.
"Hey, Lin Miaomiao, who wrote the love letter to Xianyu?"

"I can't tell you. I promised to keep it a secret. You can tell that I'm an introvert. I heard that Wu Xianyu almost cried before she even read the love letter. If I hadn't persuaded her, she might still be crying now."

Lin Miaomiao was eating chocolate and bragging about her abilities. Jiang Tianhao obviously didn't believe her. Seeing his skeptical look, Lin Miaomiao slammed the table.

"Seeing that you didn't believe it, I told her directly what Xianyu had done and said, and how he made you cry while singing. The girl immediately took back the love letter and said she was ready to reconsider it."

"No, it has nothing to do with me. I'm not crying because of salted fish."

Jiang Tianhao was anxious. It was already embarrassing to cry loudly in front of the two of them, but Lin Miaomiao even mistook it as Wu Xianyu's battle record.

As soon as Lin Miaomiao said this, many boys who were on good terms with Jiang Tianhao came over and asked him with malicious smiles about the incident in which Wu Xianyu's singing made him cry.

The matter about the love letter has come to an end. Wu Xianyu has made it very clear that we should not consider these things before graduation. It is not known yet whether this can dispel the thoughts of some girls.

As May approaches, the temperature gradually rises, summer uniforms begin to appear in schools, and the atmosphere gradually becomes tense.

For the senior high school students, there is only one month left, and all the teachers and students in the school are giving in to them.

Lin: The following is a song called "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart". I hope that the high school students can hold their last breath, make a good sprint, and use up their last bit of strength for the final college entrance examination.

As the music played, Lin Miaomiao turned off the microphone, went to the table on the other side, and started eating dinner.

"Xianyu, you remember saying you wanted to apply for the liberal arts major, right?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just feel a little tired thinking about having to compete with Ms. Wang Shengnan again."

Thinking of that scene, Lin Miaomiao became a little absent-minded while eating the ribs.

"Why think so much? The school gives priority to our ideas. If you insist on applying for the liberal arts department, I won't change your mind even if I talk my mouth off. The worst that can happen is that you will be nagged for a while. You will always be a coward, right?"

Wu Xianyu gave Lin Miaomiao some bad advice. Glancing at Wu Xianyu who was eating with big mouthfuls of food, Lin Miaomiao sighed.

"I still want to reach an agreement. After all, Wang Shengnan is my mother. As long as she is not angry, then everything will be fine in our family."

Wu Xianyu, who had finished his meal, wiped his mouth with paper, cleaned up his seat, and patted Lin Miaomiao on the shoulder.
"Do your best and obey destiny"

After saying that, he walked to the microphone, turned on the power, and began his closing remarks for today's broadcast.

Looking at the word "liberal arts" behind her name, Lin Miaomiao put down her pen, walked out of the crowd, and sighed silently in her heart. The real war has just begun.

When she got home and was having dinner, Lin Miaomiao said silently:

"I have already applied for the liberal arts course and submitted it."

Originally thought there would be a violent storm, but after a moment of silence, Lin Miaomiao only heard the sound of chopsticks and bowls colliding, and Lin Dawei and Wang Shengnan did not speak.

However, the more this happened, the more frightened Lin Miaomiao became, and the psychological preparation she had prepared slowly collapsed amidst her self-doubt.

Finally, as Lin Miaomiao was doubting herself, Wang Shengnan spoke up.
"You've already signed up, what else can I do? After all, you study for yourself, so just don't regret it later. Don't wait until you find a job in the future and start blaming your dad and me for not stopping you from studying liberal arts."

"No, I definitely won't blame you."

Lin Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the response and immediately agreed to Wang Shengnan's words.

Seeing Lin Miaomiao's relaxed expression, Wang Shengnan's expression did not change at all and continued to speak.

"You can study liberal arts, but I also have my own requirements. When you are in your second year of high school, I will go to study with you and rent a house near the school, and then you can change to a day student."

"what??"

Lin Miaomiao obviously didn't expect this to happen and was caught off guard.

If I change to a day student, then the time I spend with Wu Xianyu will be less. No, it’s not less, because we don’t live together.

If I think about it this way, if I move out of the dormitory, I won't have to face Deng Xiaoqi anymore? I won't have to get caught in the middle of the fight between her and Liang Yunshu. That's a good thing!

Seeing Lin Miaomiao's gradually revealing happy smile, Wang Shengnan was at a loss. Given Lin Miaomiao's personality of wanting to escape from her, shouldn't she be very unhappy when she heard about this?

I had planned to agree to let her study liberal arts in exchange for accompanying her, hoping that this would significantly reduce resistance, but now it seems unnecessary?
Seeing Wang Shengnan's expression, Lin Miaomiao guessed it, so she explained to Wang Shengnan and Lin Dawei who had been silent.

"You don't know how bad the atmosphere in our dormitory is. Whenever there is a chance, Deng Xiaoqi and Liang Yunshu will quarrel with each other. I am stuck in the middle and it is really hard for me to get any good results."

Thinking of the air conditioning incident last semester, Lin Dawei nodded and spoke for the first time.

"It's true that girls tend to have friction over trivial matters, but now that you've left, there's no buffer in between, and it'll be like a collision between Mars and the Earth."

"Why bother with them? Just take care of yourself. Miaomiao is just the head of the dormitory, not their mother. If you ask me, Miaomiao is too kind, just like you."

After Wang Shengnan said this, Lin Dawei pretended to be dead again. After all, he had been looking for a suitable house for a whole semester and had not found one.

In his opinion, Wang Shengnan is still obsessed with the second house in Country Garden.

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