The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 58 Transfer Students

"I saw her today when we were eating Tanghulu on the subway. She was standing behind us while we were waiting for the subway."

Lin Miaomiao's tone was very confident, because she felt that the girl looked familiar, as if she was from the same junior high school as her, but she didn't know her.

"Oh, call the police!"

He didn't respond to Lin Miaomiao's words because Wu Xianyu saw the boy's parents call the police directly. After all, it was already late and no one wanted to freeze outside in such a cold weather, so he just brought up the matter directly.

"Call the police."

Lin Miaomiao's tone was a little regretful. Now there was no more excitement to watch. She looked at the girl a few more times and said to Wu Xianyu
"Let's go, it's getting late."

After saying that, the two of them did not stop and walked towards home.

Mai Ju, who was held in his mother's arms, felt the gazes of other people. His already bad mental state became even worse. He took a last look at the boy opposite him who didn't dare to say anything. Mai Ju lost hope and turned around to stop facing him.

But she unexpectedly saw the two people she saw while waiting for the subway today. She had no impression of the boy, and she remembered that the girl should be from the same junior high school. She was not sure about her specific name, but she was very envious now. She recalled what she heard from the boy today. They were both an underground couple, so why did the boy dare to say those words?
After returning to the community, Lin Miaomiao did not rush back to her own home. Instead, she went to Wu Xianyu's home and picked up the two kittens to strengthen their relationship. No matter how the two kittens struggled, they could not escape from Lin Miaomiao's clutches.

During the last few days of winter vacation, neither of them planned to go out. Wang Shengnan said nothing when she saw them bringing the cat upstairs. She also brought two cats upstairs when she was at home.

In the last few days, the two met the big stray cat downstairs again, but there was one less kitten following it. Laotie and Yuwan were a little nervous when they saw the big cat, which huddled at their feet and only dared to call out to it from a distance.

The old cat also responded twice, but neither side came closer. Lin Miaomiao went to the store to buy some food for the big cat. After the big cat left, Yuwan and Laotie started to move around, running on the grass downstairs. After being cooped up for a whole winter, they were finally able to move around.

But the two cats didn't run for long. As domestic cats, they had become a little delicate and ran into Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu's arms and refused to come out.

Afraid that the two cats would get cold, the two did not stay downstairs for long and returned home. After all, it was still winter.

After returning to school and handing in their homework, everyone talked about what happened during the winter vacation. Lin Miaomiao was also chatting with a few girls. She didn't chat with Wu Xianyu because the two of them had been together for the entire winter vacation and had almost talked about everything they needed to talk about.

Not long after, Tang Yuanming came in, followed by a girl. The classroom immediately became quiet, and many people cast curious glances at the girl.

Lin Miaomiao looked at the girl with a look of shock. She stared at the girl intently and patted Wu Xianyu on the shoulder. But before she could say anything, Tang Yuanming spoke first.
"Okay, school has started. Everyone, please concentrate. Let me introduce you to my classmate, Mai Ju. She is a new transfer student studying dance. Welcome everyone."

There was applause from the audience. Wu Xianyu was clapped several times by Lin Miaomiao. In the end, he didn't know what was going on. He clapped his hands perfunctorily and asked Lin Miaomiao:

"What did you just say?"

"That girl"

Lin Miaomiao's eyes never moved away, but she still explained in a low voice
"The one we met at the subway station before, the one who scratched a guy's face because of a breakup and called the police, don't you have any impression of her at all?"

Wu Xianyu looked at the girl with a high ponytail and catfish whisker bangs, frowned and thought for a long time, and finally spoke uncertainly

"I remember that I saw a girl with thick bangs covering her forehead and long hair. How did you remember her face with that hairstyle? I have no impression of her at all."

"Oh, it doesn't matter if you can't remember. The main thing is that she knows that we have a special relationship. I have to go find out the situation later."

Lin Miaomiao was too lazy to explain so much to Wu Xianyu, and she listened absentmindedly to Tang Yuanming's class meeting. Wu Xianyu, who was standing by, didn't have so many thoughts.
"It's okay if it's exposed. At most we can keep a low profile. With good grades, the teachers won't make things difficult for us."

Lin Miaomiao turned to look at him. Although she felt relieved to hear these words, there would be no need to go to that extent if she could get the help of Mai Ju.

After class, Tang Yuanming walked out of the classroom. Some others walked out of the classroom. Some secretly looked at Mai Jue. Dancers have outstanding figures and temperament. Many boys were attracted by her. But Wu Xianyu felt that this person gave off an aura that said "keep away from strangers".

Thinking back to what I saw a few days ago, it is normal to have this mental state.

But someone was so stubborn that he sat in the empty seat next to Mai Ju and handed her a bag of dried fruits.

"Mai Ju, have some snacks. Where did you go to junior high school? I feel like we know each other."

Mai Ju turned around and looked at the familiar-looking girl. He glanced at the dried fruit in her hand and took it after a moment of hesitation.

"Yes, I went to No. 1 Middle School for junior high school, and we met during the winter vacation."

"Stop, don't talk about winter vacation first."

Lin Miaomiao interrupted Mai Jue with a guilty conscience.
"I hope you can keep it a secret for us, and we won't tell anyone about what happened to you that day."

Mai Ju looked at Lin Miaomiao and felt that she was a little too naive. She couldn't hide this from him. If she hadn't been diagnosed with depression, what happened that day wouldn't have ended so easily.

But then he thought about how he had already left his old school and his friends. Although he had become somewhat distant from them because of his relationship, now that he was in a new school and starting a new life, he should start over again. He reached out his hand to Lin Miaomiao.
"Hello, my name is Mai Ju, thank you for the snacks"

Lin Miaomiao hurriedly held Mai Ju's hand, feeling a little uncomfortable
"Ah, you're welcome. My name is Lin Miaomiao."

With Lin Miaomiao's introduction, many girls also came over. However, what Lin Miaomiao didn't expect was that Mai Ju himself told the reason for transferring schools.

Lin Miaomiao looked at Mai Jue in shock as he talked about his own affairs.
".At first, he took the initiative to pursue me. I persisted for more than a year and finally agreed to him in my second year of high school. But after I agreed, he was not as nice as before. He often took me to show off to his friends. I didn't think much of it at the time. I just thought he brought me into his circle of friends. Now I think about it, he was just showing off how great he was and how he could pursue me."

Many girls had sympathy in their eyes. As girls, they could definitely relate to that situation. Someone couldn't help but ask

“Then you haven’t been taken advantage of.”

Mai Ju glanced at Qiao Huiyun, wondering why this girl was thinking about those things, but the girls around her were already used to it and were waiting for Mai Ju's answer instead.

Mai Jue shook his head

"No, we just held hands. After all, it was a premature love, so I didn't dare to go too far. During breaks, I had to practice dancing, so I didn't have time to spend time with him. We basically just chatted."

When Lin Miaomiao heard what Mai Jue said, she thought that this was the correct way to have a premature love affair. No one could get through it in just one night.

"Then why did you break up? I saw you seemed to be quite something at the beginning."

“Enjoy it, don’t you?”

Mai Ju added what the girl didn't dare to say. Although his tone was disdainful, there was a hint of grievance in his eyes.

"Tsk, he invited me out for dinner during the winter vacation, but because I didn't want to kiss him, he turned his face away, and then he broke up with me because of this. I was so scared at the time that I followed him and didn't dare to say anything. Later, when we were alone, he tried to kiss me forcefully, but I slapped him in the face, scratching his face. After that, I ran home, and his mother came to find me and called the police. After the examination, they found that I had depression tendencies. His mother didn't dare to make a big fuss, so the matter was left alone. But my parents helped me transfer to another school for my health." Everyone around Mai Ju fell silent, and even Lin Miaomiao, who was eating, stopped chewing. Can this kind of thing be talked about? Isn't it a bit too exciting?

bell--
The class bell rang, and everyone came to their senses and returned to their seats.

The news that a new student had transferred to the liberal arts class spread throughout the entire grade in just one morning, and her experience quickly spread from one person to a hundred. At least most of the girls knew about it. Many girls sympathized with her experience and were very nice to her, but it was hard to say how long this kindness would last.

When he returned to the dormitory at noon, Jiang Tianhao came up to Wu Xianyu immediately after seeing him.

"Xianyu, I heard there's a transfer student in your class, and she's very pretty."

"She's a transfer student. Like Deng Xiaoqi, she's an arts student studying dance. As for whether she's pretty or not, I don't know. After all, in my eyes, she's just like that."

Wu Xianyu has always had a habit of getting along with people more based on feelings rather than looks. This has been the case since his previous life. When he was working in real estate sales in his previous life, he would often meet girls who were dressed very brightly and beautifully. Most of his colleagues would add the girl’s contact information and chat with her privately, but Wu Xianyu usually chose to stay away from them.

To put it simply, Wu Xianyu is not so obsessed with good-looking or not. He prefers to speak based on his feelings. For example, he feels that he can't get along well with Mai Ju, but Lin Miaomiao is willing to play with her, so he just needs to be polite to her.

Jiang Tianhao expressed his doubts about Wu Xianyu's words. After all, many people thought it was beautiful, but Wu Xianyu was the only one who was not clear about it. So Jiang Tianhao asked Wu Xianyu tentatively:

"Then what do you think Deng Xiaoqi is like?"

Wu Xianyu frowned and thought about Deng Xiaoqi's appearance, then spoke

"She looks pretty, but her personality and temperament are not good"

"Case solved"

Jiang Tianhao made the final decision and pointed at Wu Xianyu with a look of certainty.
"You are face blind"

"Who are you calling face blind?"

Wu Xianyu definitely couldn't recognize him. He felt that he was quite good at recognizing people. As long as he had come into contact with someone, he would definitely not forget them in a short period of time, at least not within half a year.

"Then tell me what Lin Miaomiao looks like."

As soon as Jiang Tianhao said this, Wu Xianyu closed his mouth, squinted at Jiang Tianhao, and finally ignored him and lay down on the bed.

“Who talked to you about this?”

It can't be said that in his feelings Lin Miaomiao is more like the bright sunshine in spring, that would be too ambiguous. Lin Miaomiao is not ready to make it public yet, so he can't hold her back.

Jiang Tianhao was not angry at being ignored. After all, he had already determined that the two were together, and Wu Xianyu's unwillingness to say more did not affect his perception.

But he also made up his mind to go and see for himself in the afternoon. Don't get me wrong, he didn't want to see the new girl because he heard that she was pretty, he was just curious.

Mai Ju actually regretted saying so much, which caused her classmates to be a little too enthusiastic, but she was very resistant to this feeling in her heart. She didn't stay in the dormitory for long before she found an excuse to leave.

Walking alone on the road, Mai Ju was actually a little sad. What girl doesn't have spring love in her heart? She had also thought about how wonderful her first love would be. In the end, she found out that it was all her fantasy, just wishful thinking. The other party only regarded her as a tool to show off, and pursued her only because there were too many people who liked her. It was the most difficult thing, but the sense of accomplishment was the strongest when he was the one who succeeded.

As they walked, they returned to the classroom and found that there were still a few people in the classroom, especially Lin Miaomiao. Mai Ju looked around the classroom in confusion, and the boy seemed to be gone.

Returning to her seat, Lin Miaomiao glanced at her, and immediately came over after explaining the question to the classmate next to her.

"Mai Jue, why don't you go back to the dormitory and rest for a while?"

Shaking his head, Mai Ju said nothing, but looked at Lin Miaomiao

"Why isn't your deskmate in the classroom with you?"

"I am a day student and he is a boarding student. It is definitely more comfortable to go back to the dormitory for lunch break."

Lin Miaomiao answered as a matter of course.

"Don't you want him to accompany you?"

Mai Ju lowered her voice. She promised Lin Miaomiao to keep it a secret.

Lin Miaomiao looked at Mai Ju with a strange look in her eyes

"I'm not a child anymore, why do I need someone to accompany me every day? Sometimes he's afraid that I'll be bored alone, so he comes back to the classroom to accompany me, just to cultivate feelings. And this is puppy love, what do you want to do by being so blatant?"

When Mai Ju heard Lin Miaomiao's words, he felt a little aggrieved for some reason. He sniffed and looked at Lin Miaomiao pitifully.

"Why can't I meet someone who cares about me? I always give in to him."

Seeing Mai Ju's red eyes and the look as if he was about to cry, Lin Miaomiao understood what it meant to be pitiful. Mai Ju had a small face and very fair skin. Perhaps it was because of her poor health or bad mood, but her skin was abnormally white. Her red eyes were very obvious. She pursed her lips, frowned, and looked up at Lin Miaomiao.

Lin Miaomiao quickly sucked in her saliva, and her smile became silly.

"You are so beautiful, no wonder so many people chase you."

Mai Ju, who was about to cry, was shocked by Lin Miaomiao's words. His eyes widened, but the tears did not fall in the end. He looked at Lin Miaomiao in disbelief.

“You’re not bisexual, are you?”

"What are you talking about? I'm sure I'm heterosexual. The main reason is that your expression just now was so beautiful. If Haozi were here, he would probably work like a slave for you. If you think about it this way, it's not impossible to play tricks on the princes with beacons. For example, King You of Zhou happened to be a person like Haozi."

"Who is Haozi?"

Lin Miaomiao thought about it and explained to Mai Ju

"He's my and Xianyu's friend. Ah, Xianyu is my someone. It doesn't matter. I tell you, if you meet a guy named Jiang Tianhao, stay away from him. He's not only a rich second-generation, but also a bootlicker. He once cried heartbreakingly for a girl, and the most important thing is that the girl had clearly rejected him a long time ago."

(End of this chapter)