The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 47 Black Spot on Chin
On September 9, the doomsday documentary "Back to School" is being shown.

Lin Miaomiao, who had become a day student, no longer had to go to the dormitory to make her bed. She went directly to Class 6 of Grade 2, took a seat for herself and Wu Xianyu, then went to the balcony, leaned on the handrail, and watched the people coming and going downstairs.

I’m trying to find the same feeling I once had from those freshmen in high school.

"What are you doing lying here?"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind. Lin Miaomiao was startled and turned around holding the pillar. When she saw that it was Wu Xianyu, the frightened expression on her face disappeared immediately and she patted her chest.

"People scare people to death, do you know that?"

Wu Xianyu was wearing a school uniform and carrying a schoolbag on one shoulder. He looked at Lin Miaomiao with strange eyes.

"What were you thinking about? You were so lost in thought that you didn't even notice someone passing by."

"Go back to the classroom first, the seat is reserved for you."

Without giving a direct answer, Lin Miaomiao felt that she was a little sentimental just now. She was only a sophomore in high school now, and it was not time for her to miss her youth.

When Wu Xianyu walked into the classroom and saw the desks inside, his face twitched. What the hell are these fan-shaped desks? Why are they divided into red and blue? Did he enter a kindergarten by mistake? I haven't heard that Elite Middle School has a kindergarten.

Lin Miaomiao had already arrived at her seat. She liked the layout of the classroom very much. Seeing Wu Xianyu still standing at the door, she reached out to greet him.

"Come in, Xianyu, look at how nice the layout of the arts class is. It's not as rigid as the science class. Even the electric fans are new."

Wu Xianyu struggled to move to the blue desk on the other side of Lin Miaomiao, and glanced around the classroom with a complicated expression.

"Is it too late to change to science now?"

“No, you can’t change it.”

Hearing Wu Xianyu's words, Lin Miaomiao became anxious. She stood up and looked up at Wu Xianyu.

"We agreed to study liberal arts together, what do you mean by running away?"

"I didn't expect it to be arranged like this, so childish."

Sighing, Wu Xianyu did not argue with Lin Miaomiao. He sat down with a look of resignation.

People came into the classroom one after another, and soon, almost all of them were there.

With the experience of the freshman year, the sophomore students moved much faster. When there was still a lot of noise outside, not many sophomore students stayed outside.

Wu Xianyu, who was still chatting with Lin Miaomiao, saw a middle-aged man in the corridor outside the window, driving the students who were still lingering in the corridor in and then walked in himself.

Wu Xianyu noticed that when Lin Miaomiao saw this person, she couldn't help but let out a surprised cry. She turned to look at her, and Lin Miaomiao gave her a look to signal her to wait.

The new teacher saw that the classroom was full and nodded with satisfaction.
"Everyone is very quick. Good. Someone should have guessed it. Yes, I am our head teacher, Tang Yuanming."

Turning back and writing his name on the blackboard, Tang Yuanming continued to introduce himself.

"Tang from the Tang Dynasty, Yuan from the Yuan Dynasty, Ming from the Ming Dynasty"

The students in the audience laughed softly. Taking this opportunity, Lin Miaomiao pulled Wu Xianyu's sleeve and leaned forward.
“This is my uncle-in-law.”

Looking at Lin Miaomiao's proud expression, Wu Xianyu didn't react much. Having a teacher as a relative is not a good thing.

Tang Yuanming's self-introduction on stage continues
"Yes, I'm a history teacher. You can come to me anytime if you have any questions. Okay, the class meeting will end here first. You can use the rest of the time to clean. This classroom has not been used for two months, so it's still a little dusty."

When Tang Yuanming walked out of the classroom, the rest of the students immediately started to move. Lin Miaomiao put the bench on the desk and showed off to Wu Xianyu.
"Haha, the head teacher is my uncle-in-law. My life will be much easier now."

"Yeah, yes, it's better now. Auntie will know the moment your grades drop, and you won't even have a chance to quibble."

Wu Xianyu perfunctorily retorted Lin Miaomiao's boasting, and Lin Miaomiao was choked.
"Not really. Wouldn't it mean that I'm under my parents' supervision all day long?"

"I have to ask you this, don't you know what kind of personality your aunt has?"

After saying that, Wu Xianyu walked to the back of the classroom, picked up the mop and walked towards the mop pool.

Lin Miaomiao stayed where she was, and thinking of her mother's desire for control, she couldn't help but shudder, and picked up the cleaning tools with a sad face.

In short, my second year of high school began like this.

After entering the liberal arts class, Wu Xianyu felt like a bird flying into the sky and a fish entering the sea, no longer bound by any constraints.

Except for mathematics, which requires the use of the brain, the rest only requires memorization. The pressure of study dropped sharply. Not only Wu Xianyu thought so, Lin Miaomiao also felt light-hearted physically and mentally. The two of them directly divided the first and second places in the preliminary examination at the beginning of the school.

Wang Shengnan couldn't stop smiling after receiving Tang Yuanming's message. She sat on the sofa, hung up the phone, and patted Lin Dawei's thigh, scaring him so much that his body trembled.

"Dawei, guess what place Miaomiao ranked in this test?"

After pretending to think about it, Lin Dawei reported a ranking.

"Since I'm in the liberal arts class, I should at least rank third or fourth. I can't rank lower than my freshman year."

"Haha, you guessed wrong, Miaomiao is second and Xiaoyu is first"

After saying this, Wang Shengnan was still feeling complacent about her decision to accompany her child to study.

Seeing that his wife was in a good mood, Lin Dawei relaxed and leaned back on the sofa to continue reading the newspaper.

When Lin Miaomiao returned home in the evening, she looked at the table full of delicious food, her eyes widened a little, and she spoke to Wang Shengnan who was still busy in the kitchen.

"Mom, what day is today? It's so rich."

"Our baby got second place in the exam, so let's give you some advice."

Wang Shengnan came out holding a bowl of pork rib soup, her face flushed and she couldn't stop smiling.

"Mom, you already know everything. I wanted to give you a surprise. Have you asked my uncle?"

"It's my fault, it's my fault. I won't ask next time. Let's eat."

Knowing that she was in the wrong, Wang Shengnan did not insist and admitted her mistake calmly.

Halfway through the meal, Lin Miaomiao remembered something, swallowed the ribs in her mouth and spoke

"Mom, I'm going to go to Xianyu's house later. The TV series I'm following is about to end."

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After a moment of silence, Wang Shengnan did not refuse, but still added:

"Just this once, come back after you finish watching"

Lin Miaomiao nodded with a smile on her face, wondering what the ending would be like. Wang Shengnan looked at Lin Miaomiao's smile and had another idea. Xiaoyu even gave Miaomiao the key to his house?
Before the morning reading class began, Wu Xianyu saw Lin Miaomiao lying on the table with dark circles under her eyes, looking absent-minded. He sat down at his seat and looked at her.

"What happened? Did you lose your soul?"

"The finale of "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer" was broadcast last night."

"I know. Didn't you come to my house to watch it? Was this ending not to your liking?"

Sighing, Lin Miaomiao covered her face with her hands.

"Zhang Xianzong is dead, Yue Qiluo is gone too, alas"

Before Wu Xianyu could speak, several girls gathered around and looked at Lin Miaomiao.

"Miao Miao, what did you just say? Zhang Xianzong died again? Yue Qiluo is gone too?" "Yes."

Looking at Lin Miaomiao who was surrounded by many girls, Wu Xianyu consciously did not disturb her.

After several days of rest, Lin Miaomiao finally returned to normal. On this day, Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu were cleaning the radio station when the station manager suddenly pushed the door open with a stack of documents in his hand and asked the two to pause.

"There are a few things I want to say. First of all, several groups of sophomores have been promoted to juniors. As you know, we can't force them to continue broadcasting in this situation, but there is still some time before recruiting new ones. So, there are several solutions now. It depends on which one you choose."

Wu Xianyu and Lin Miaomiao looked at each other and waited for the webmaster's next words.

"The first one is that you two will temporarily separate and take care of your apprentices. You can come back after your apprentices have completed their apprenticeship."

The stationmaster took his attention away from the documents and glanced at the two people in front of him. Seeing that they didn't say anything, he continued speaking.

"Second, you two should go on the radio more often, and when the new members are introduced, you can return to the frequency of once a week. In fact, I prefer the second method. After all, your group is very popular among students, and many teachers also think that your radio broadcasts are very interesting and you have a good sense of proportion. I don't want to break you up. What do you think?"

“I choose the second one”

"Same as above"

Lin Miaomiao spoke first, followed by Wu Xianyu, and the stationmaster nodded with a smile.

"Okay, then you may have to broadcast for two or three days starting next week. I will inform you of the specific schedule. Now comes the second thing."

As he said this, the stationmaster opened the file and frowned.
"You should be familiar with Qian Sanyi. I see you are classmates in the first year of high school."

"I can only say that we know each other. To be honest, our relationship is just average. This person is too arrogant."

Lin Miaomiao told the truth, Wu Xianyu added

“I even had a fight with him.”

“Yeah, I see.”

The stationmaster sighed.
"This person wants to participate in the university's independent enrollment, and needs a special skill certificate. The most convenient and simplest one is our radio station, but I just interviewed this person, and he is indeed a bit arrogant. I wanted to let you guide him, but I heard that you didn't have a good relationship with him, so forget it."

"Okay, that's all, just these two things, you guys continue cleaning."

After saying that, the stationmaster turned and walked out, leaving two people to clean up.

Lin Miaomiao was wiping the table and couldn't help asking Wu Xianyu

"Xianyu, do you think Qian Sanyi will have any problems by then?"

"There will be some problems. Didn't we make mistakes at that time?"

Wu Xianyu was talking about the second semester of his senior year in high school when Lin Miaomiao mistakenly called Qingming Festival Labor Day, and it was Wu Xianyu who made up for it later.

"Ah, that time, I was thinking about the holiday, and then I thought about Labor Day, and then I said it unconsciously."

"Haha, I want to laugh when I think of what you said: 'Labor Day brings more longing to people's hearts'"

"Don't laugh! It's been over half a year."

"How can you control the world and the heavens and the earth and control how I laugh?"

Lin Miaomiao has figured out Wu Xianyu's personality this year. He is a donkey that goes along with others and doesn't take any hardship. She walked in front of Wu Xianyu with her hands behind her back. Thinking of what she was going to say, she felt a little shy and blushed slightly, with tears in her eyes.
"Brother Xianyu, please stop laughing at me, okay~"

"hiss"

Feeling his scalp tingling, Wu Xianyu shuddered and the smile on his face faded.
"Okay, okay, I won't laugh anymore, stop it, be normal"

Seeing the hair on Wu Xianyu's arms stand up, Lin Miaomiao couldn't help laughing.

"Hahahaha, I got you."

Seeing that Lin Miaomiao had returned to normal, Wu Xianyu shook his body and didn't dare to say anything more. He put down the broom in his hand and looked at Lin Miaomiao.

"Are you done with your work? Then leave."

"Let's go, let's go, I'm going home to play with my phone"

There was no need to continue provoking her. Lin Miaomiao decided to stop while she was ahead. She hung the rag on the wall and walked out of the radio station with Wu Xianyu.

Facing the orange-red sunset, Lin Miaomiao looked at Wu Xianyu's profile and couldn't help blushing and her heart beating fast. She didn't know when it started, but when she saw the sunlight shining on Wu Xianyu's face, she would get excited like a conditioned reflex.

Lin Miaomiao felt extremely satisfied as she deliberately swung her arms to have physical contact with Wu Xianyu.

However, the distance from the radio station to the stairs is always limited, and the sunlight is blocked by the wall. Lin Miaomiao looked at Wu Xianyu's chin and touched her own chin.

When she came downstairs, Lin Miaomiao couldn't help but ask Wu Xianyu

"Did you put a black pen on your chin? Why are there so many black spots?"

"Ok?"

Wu Xianyu stopped and touched his chin. Feeling the touch, he couldn't help laughing.
"This is my beard, and you don't have one. Do you want to try it out?"

Wu Xianyu tilted his neck provocatively, but when he saw Lin Miaomiao's eyes light up, he immediately retracted his gaze, speaking with disbelief.
"No way, you really want to try it? Doesn't my uncle have a beard too?"

"My dad is my dad, and you are you, so it's different."

Lin Miaomiao felt a little regretful that she didn't get to touch Wu Xianyu's first beard.

The two parted at the intersection, Wu Xianyu was going back to the dormitory, and Lin Miaomiao was going out of the school and home.

Along the way, Wu Xianyu touched his chin and felt a little addicted.

Jiang Tianhao returned to the dormitory, opened the door, and paused after going to bed early. He then relaxed after seeing that it was Wu Xianyu.

Wu Xianyu took a look

“I really don’t understand what’s so fun about mobile phones”

"Xianyu, you who can get your phone at any time, can't understand how we feel. It's just right for you to help keep watch. Remind the teacher when he comes."

"Wait a minute, I have to go wash up first."

After washing up, Jiang Tianhao had already put away his phone. Wu Xianyu asked

"Don't want to play anymore? Then I won't be the watchdog anymore."

"My phone is out of battery, so I won't play for a while. Hey, I have something to ask you."

After Wu Xianyu put away her toiletries, Jiang Tianhao sat opposite Wu Xianyu with a mysterious look on his face.

"I found that Xiaoqi seems to have become more beautiful again. Does love have such a magical power?"

Wu Xianyu paused and looked at Jiang Tianhao with complicated eyes. This was probably not the magic of love. This was something someone had spent a lot of effort to achieve.

"Don't ask me. I'm not in a relationship and I don't care. By the way, Haozi, our station manager said today that Qian Sanyi has joined the radio station. What about your basketball team?"

"Damn, I get angry when I talk about this"

Hearing Wu Xianyu's words, Jiang Tianhao's smile immediately turned into anger.
"He said that the radio station didn't take up much time and wouldn't affect his usual training, and he also said that he had told the physical education teacher about it. But today he didn't go to training and the physical education teacher came to ask me about it. It turned out that he had never told the teacher about it, so the teacher scolded me and I was so angry."

(End of this chapter)