The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 9 Beating up my teammates
The morning class ended quickly. At lunchtime, Lin Miaomiao pulled Deng Xiaoqi to sit at the table behind Wu Xianyu. Lin Miaomiao nudged Wu Xianyu with her elbow and asked for credit.
"Seeing you're all alone, I came to accompany you. How about that? That's quite nice of you, isn't it?"

"Yes, yes, thank you, Sister Miao."

Wu Xianyu thanked Lin Miaomiao perfunctorily. He didn't think there was anything wrong with eating alone. Eating alone was the norm for him after work. After getting used to it, he even felt uncomfortable eating with others.

After dinner, Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao and the other two girls following him, thought for a moment, and invited them to
"Please drink some water and go."

“Let’s go and say goodbye!”

Lin Miaomiao, who had already stepped out of the dormitory, immediately changed direction, pulled Deng Xiaoqi towards the canteen, and waved to Wu Xianyu.

"Let's go, let's go, we need to drink something cool today, I don't know why the weather is getting hotter and hotter"

The three of them were walking towards the store. Lin Miaomiao saw a telephone booth on the side of the road and suddenly seemed to remember something. She clapped her hands.

“Oops, I forgot.”

After saying that, he turned and looked at Deng Xiaoqi and Wu Xianyu.

"Do you have a phone card? I forgot to report it to my mom."

Wu Xianyu scratched his head, looking embarrassed.
"It's 2014, who still makes phone calls, let alone phone cards?"

Seeing that Wu Xianyu was gone, Lin Miaomiao looked at Deng Xiaoqi again. Seeing that Deng Xiaoqi also shook her head with sympathy, she felt like a deflated ball. However, Lin Miaomiao was popular. A female classmate who had just finished a phone call saw Lin Miaomiao and handed her her phone card.

"Miao Miao, you can use mine. Just give it to me when we get back to the dormitory."

"Sister! Thank you so much, you are my savior."

Lin Miaomiao took the card and thanked the classmate profusely. After watching the man walk away, she started to make a phone call.
When Wu Xianyu saw someone making a phone call, he habitually took a few steps away, leaned against a tree, and listened to the rustling sound of leaves in the wind.

Not long after, Lin Miaomiao's voice came

"Okay, I'm done with my call, let's go."

After they arrived at the store, Lin Miaomiao, who was originally going to drink ice water, took a bottle of room temperature soda water. After paying, Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao in surprise.

"What happened? Why did you suddenly change your personality?"

Lin Miaomiao opened the bottle cap and took a sip of room temperature water. She looked helpless, but she didn't want to answer Wu Xianyu's question, so she waved her hand.
"Don't ask, it has nothing to do with you."

Seeing Deng Xiaoqi laughing beside Lin Miaomiao, and then looking at Lin Miaomiao's slightly flushed face, Wu Xianyu suddenly realized

"Oh, I see. You really can't drink ice water. Let's go back to the dormitory."

Seeing Wu Xianyu's calm reaction, Lin Miaomiao, who had been feeling a little ashamed, felt better.

Wu Xianyu returned to the dormitory alone, opened the door, and found the dormitory empty. This unusual scene made Wu Xianyu secretly alert. He had not forgotten what he had done to Jiang Tianhao this morning. It was estimated that Jiang Tianhao would not forget this incident even after ten years.

Looking along the inside page of the dormitory door, he happened to meet a pair of eyes. Wu Xianyu had a smile on his face that said "I found you" and pointed his finger at Jiang Tianhao. Jiang Tianhao stopped pretending and walked out from behind the door with vigor and a dangerous smile on his face.

After playing around for a while, Jiang Tianhao let go of Wu Xianyu and sat on the chair with a confused look on his face.
"What do you think this author wants? Most people write books about truth, kindness and beauty, but he just kills the beauty. He's a psychopath."

Wu Xianyu lay on his bed, leaning against his quilt, not caring about
"This is how Jiangnan Laozei is. In fact, you should have known it from the beginning. He likes to write tragedies. The whole work is based on tragedy. So, I told you not to read it from the beginning."

After saying this, Wu Xianyu put down the novel in his hand as if he had thought of something.
"By the way, did your absence from the club assessment this morning affect you?"

Jiang Tianhao waved his hand, looking nonchalant.
"It's okay. I asked someone to ask for leave from the teacher for me. Besides, I was admitted to high school because of my sports specialty. The teacher will reserve a place for me. There happens to be a physical education class in the afternoon. I just need to tell the teacher when the time comes."

"It's ok, I'm going to sleep."

After making sure that his joke didn't cause much impact, Wu Xianyu closed his eyes with peace of mind.

During the afternoon class, the whole classroom was filled with a restless atmosphere. The mild-mannered political teacher was very curious. Some students in other classes fell asleep in the middle of the class, so why were all the students in this class so excited? He was not so narcissistic as to think that his lectures were very attractive, so he asked his question while there were still a few minutes before the get out of class ended.
"Why do I feel like everyone is very excited? Is there something happy going on?"

The boy in the back row blurted out
"Our next class is physical education."

There was a burst of laughter in the class, and the political teacher suddenly realized
"No wonder, I benefited from the physical education class."

Just as I finished saying this, the bell rang for the end of get out of class, and the political teacher waved his hand with a smile on his face.
"Okay, I won't waste your time, let's end the get out of class."

After saying this, he strode out of the classroom without waiting for the monitor to call on him to stand up.

After the teacher left, without Jiang Tianhao's call, the boys in the back row became agitated and a group of them walked out of the classroom and headed downstairs.

Many girls looked reluctant. They didn't want to be outside in the sun on such a hot day, nor did they want to be sweating. However, as students, they could only follow the courses arranged by the school.

After the bell rang, Jiang Tianhao put down the basketball in his hand, walked down from the court and came to the front of the class to line up. Jiang Tianhao was quite perceptive and arranged the class team under the shade of the tree. Not long after, the physical education teacher came over with a few badminton racket bags, took the class to do warm-up exercises, and handed the badminton racket to Jiang Tianhao.

"Okay, let's disperse. There are badminton rackets at the Sports Committee. If you want to play, go get them."

After saying that, the physical education teacher squinted his eyes and sat down under the shade of a tree. Soon, the racket in Jiang Tianhao's hand was taken away.

Wu Xianyu was sitting cross-legged under the shade of a tree, preparing to take a nap, when a badminton racket was extended in front of him. He looked up and saw Jiang Tianhao handing him a racket. Wu Xianyu refused without hesitation.
"I don't want it. I refuse all physical labor."

"You move too. I just saw Lin Miaomiao also picked up a racket. Wouldn't it be nice for you to play tennis with her?"

Wu Xianyu turned his head and looked for a while, then squinted at Jiang Tianhao
"Oh, you want me to play basketball with Lin Miaomiao, and then you go find Deng Xiaoqi to play basketball, right? I didn't expect that you would even give up basketball in order to play basketball with others. How about this, don't say that I didn't help you, and treat me to ice cream and ice water later."

"OK, no problem"

Jiang Tianhao agreed readily. Wu Xianyu got up from the ground, took the badminton racket, and followed Jiang Tianhao towards Lin Miaomiao and the other person.

Jiang Tianhao licked his face and walked up to Lin Miaomiao
"Well, Sister Miao, let me play with you. I'll treat you to a popsicle after class." Lin Miaomiao was slightly moved, but thinking of her special period, she could only regretfully refuse, but her face still had an expression of sisterhood.

"No, I won't eat. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

Deng Xiaoqi was deeply moved when she saw that Lin Miaomiao didn't even care about food for her.

Wu Xianyu looked at Jiang Tianhao with a helpless expression.

Just when Jiang Tianhao was worried, the physical education teacher came over with a frown on his face while looking at his phone. When he saw Jiang Tianhao, he spoke

"Well, Haozi, arrange two groups of boys and girls to have a mixed competition, and I will take some promotional photos."

Hearing the words of the physical education teacher, Jiang Tianhao's eyes were full of surprise and he waved his hand.
"Okay, teacher, I'll arrange it right away."

After saying that, he walked directly towards Deng Xiaoqi's half, and at the same time instructed Wu Xianyu

"Well, Wu Xianyu, you should be in a group with Lin Miaomiao. Let's not waste the teacher's time. As soon as possible..."

Watching Jiang Tianhao settle the matter in amazement, Lin Miaomiao felt as if she had lost out on a popsicle.

Seeing Lin Miaomiao's short arms and legs, Wu Xianyu came over to remind her
"How about I'm behind and you're in front? It feels like you can't even reach the ball."

"Who are you looking down on? I'm right behind you. Hurry up and don't waste your time."

Lin Miaomiao was obviously dissatisfied with what Wu Xianyu said. She shook her short hair and stood in the back half. Wu Xianyu had no choice but to stand in the front.

Jiang Tianhao was standing in the back half of the court on his side with a smile on his face. He raised his eyebrows at Wu Xianyu and hit the badminton in his hand.

Wu Xianyu took advantage of his height to easily catch the ball, and then shot it towards the empty space on Deng Xiaoqi's right hand side. However, Deng Xiaoqi moved very quickly, moving his legs to catch the ball directly, and then used his hands to hit a high ball. The ball flew towards the backcourt at a slow speed, and Wu Xianyu shouted behind him:

"Smash the ball!"

"it is good!"

Lin Miaomiao had obviously played badminton before. She jumped up and hit the badminton with great force, and the badminton flew out at a faster speed than when it came.

It's just that the aim is not that accurate.
"Well!"

Wu Xianyu only felt like something hit his back. He couldn't help but make a sound from his throat. He knelt on one knee and reached out to touch his back. He didn't feel anything, but there was a badminton fallen on the ground. He immediately understood what happened.

Jiang Tianhao, who was watching clearly from the opposite side, was already laughing out loud, and the people watching around him also laughed softly. Lin Miaomiao knew what she had done, and quickly ran to Wu Xianyu, clasped her hands together, and kept saying
"My fault, my fault, I didn't find the right angle"

Seeing that Lin Miaomiao was trying to hold back her laughter but her attitude was still sincere, Wu Xianyu didn't say anything and just moved silently towards the backcourt. Lin Miaomiao didn't say anything either. After all, she was the one who had done something that hurt her teammates, so it was normal for her not to be trusted.

As both sides were cleaned up, Lin Miaomiao served the ball, which was easily caught by Deng Xiaoqi, who hit it back into the space behind Lin Miaomiao. Wu Xianyu, who was standing at the center line, reached the ball with just one hand, but his movement was not strong enough, and the badminton flew lightly over the net and was caught by Deng Xiaoqi. Jiang Tianhao, who was free for the time being, saw a look of regret on Wu Xianyu's face, and thought it was a pity that the ball was caught. Before he could think about it, he looked up and saw a badminton flying towards him.

Jiang Tianhao quickly reached out to save the ball, but it narrowly flew over the net and was caught by Lin Miaomiao. Lin Miaomiao's eyes lit up, and she felt that her chance had come, so she swung the ball towards Deng Xiaoqi with all her might. Deng Xiaoqi cursed Jiang Tianhao countless times in her heart, and used her feeling to block the ball with the racket in front of herself.

Feeling the force coming back from the racket in her hand, Deng Xiaoqi was delighted. She thought she had received it. She waved her hand subconsciously, and the badminton flew high towards Wu Xianyu.

Seeing this, Lin Miaomiao felt that the scene was familiar. The next second, she felt a pain coming from her buttocks. She lost her balance and knelt on the ground with her hands.

Seeing that his revenge was successful, Wu Xianyu excitedly waved his hand.
"OHHHHHHHHHH"

Jiang Tianhao on the opposite side saw this familiar scene where the man and woman had switched positions, and he couldn't help laughing any longer. He sat on the ground and couldn't even straighten his back.

The students watching on the sidelines also laughed one by one. Even the teacher who was recording the video couldn't help laughing. His body was shaking with laughter.

Lin Miaomiao took a long time to react, stood up, grabbed the racket in her hand, stood up, and rushed towards Wu Xianyu who was still celebrating.

"You bastard, give me your life!!"

Seeing Lin Miaomiao's face was red, whether because of pain or shyness, Wu Xianyu didn't dare to stand there and wait for a beating, so he ran away, saying as he ran

"You hit me first, I just hit you back"

Unfortunately, Lin Miaomiao above couldn't hear it at all. What's more regrettable was that her legs were short and she couldn't catch up with Wu Xianyu.

Back in the classroom, Lin Miaomiao ate the snacks she had extorted from Wu Xianyu. She still felt angry. She gritted her teeth and thought that she must find time to take revenge, and she had to do it in person, otherwise she would not feel satisfied.

It was not until the last second before the bell rang that Wu Xianyu walked in from the back door of the classroom. Feeling some movement behind her, Lin Miaomiao was about to turn around when the geography teacher walked in. She had no choice but to turn back in disappointment and look for the next opportunity.

However, Wu Xianyu was harder to catch than she had imagined. He would either disappear like a rabbit after class, or lie down on the table with his head tucked into his arms like a turtle.

Until the afternoon classes were over, Lin Miaomiao didn't find any good opportunities. On the way to dinner, Wu Xianyu took the initiative to ask Lin Miaomiao to eat anything she wanted, and she could pay by swiping his card. Only then did Lin Miaomiao put down her hand and glared at Wu Xianyu.

“That’s pretty much it”

Wu Xianyu was relieved to see that Lin Miaomiao did not retaliate against him, and complained to Jiang Tianhao beside him.
"She was the one who hit me first, and now she wants me to give in. It's really unfair."

"Okay, I've figured it out. You really don't want to suffer any loss, either in words or actions. What a pity, why don't Deng Xiaoqi and I have this kind of comedy effect?"

Wu Xianyu glanced at Deng Xiaoqi in front of him and curled his lips
"Are you sure that if Deng Xiaoqi, who is so proud, had something like this happen to you, she would not have gone all out and never had anything to do with you again?"

Jiang Tianhao choked and felt a little irritated.

"What do you think we should do? Deng Xiaoqi has nothing to do in the classroom now. She takes a small mirror and looks behind her. It's obvious that she's looking at Qian Sanyi."

"What can I do? I'm not a romantic, so you're on your own."

(End of this chapter)