Chapter 23: Difficult to Paint a Rough Sketch

  After the evening self-study, I asked Ma Long to go and pick up his sister, while I sent Lu Xiaoyu back to her dormitory and then headed to the first basketball hoop on the playground from east.

  This place is naturally where I meet with Ma Yun.

  After about ten minutes or so, Ma Yun with short hair and bangs appeared alone in front of me. I didn't see any sign of Ma Long, if Ma Yun wasn't Ma Long's own sister, I would have suspected that Ma Long had been "taken out".

  "Madman, I heard from my brother that you wanted to see me. How is it that after just one meeting, you can't stop thinking about me?" Ma Yun walked over with a smile.

  Have to say, Ma Yun looks very good when he smiles.

  I smiled and nodded: "Last time, thanks to Yún jiě for helping me deliver the message, I knew that not formally expressing my gratitude to you was my fault, but big sister, you can't bully me to death either."

  "It seems my kindness has been taken for granted by you."

  I couldn't help but laugh bitterly: "Good intentions? You spreading the news of me fighting with the teacher is good intentions, do you want me to be severely punished by the teacher?"

  Ma Yun didn't say a word, but just walked over and "slapped" me on the head with a loud noise. ?? Tian Sheng Hun Wang 23

  I was startled: "What are you doing?"

  Ma Yun: "I wonder if you can squeeze water out of your brain!"

  I: “……”

  I barely had time to react before "slap" Ma Yun slapped another palm on my head.

  "Huh, no water has entered?" Ma Yun looked at her palm with a surprised expression.

  To be honest, when Ma Yun slapped me on the head twice, although it was very loud, but not hard at all, so I didn't feel any pain. Is Ma Yun just joking with me?

  But I'm not familiar with her, why is she making this kind of joke with me?

  Just as I was at a loss, Ma Yun smiled and said: "I originally thought you would be smarter than my younger brother, but unfortunately it seems I was wrong, you are just like him."

  I was getting a bit angry with Ma Yun: "If you have something to say, just say it, can't you stop using your hands and feet?"

  Ma Yun's mouth slanted to one side: "Cut it out, you think I'd bother moving because of you? Honestly, I spread the rumor about you fighting with the teacher to increase your fame. You didn't even think about that, did you? In the cafeteria, you were the one who got beaten up. Although your punishment was the lightest in the end, it doesn't mean you won. In the school rumors, everyone will say that 'Crazy' got beat up by Chen Shao and Liu Ping. If this gets out, all the fame you've managed to accumulate will be gone."

  Although what Ma Yun said makes some sense, I still don't want to admit it and conveniently say: "I don't care about these things."

  Ma Yun stretched out her hand and was about to hit me on the head again, I took a step back and said: "Sister, don't be too excessive, my head is not your plaything."

  Ma Yun slapped the air without getting angry, one hand on her waist and the other covering her red lips, "Hehe" laughed: "You crazy guy, forget it, I won't bother with you."

  She smiled for a while before continuing, "Crazy, Yifeng! You may not care about fame, but your brothers do. They follow you and want to be in the spotlight too. Who wants to hold their breath every day? If you lose your fame, even if your brothers still follow you, do you think you can still face them?"

  Ma Yun's words hit my heart, indeed, if Zhao Ziyang, Ma Long, Li Liang and other good brothers of mine followed me every day, but were looked down upon by others behind their backs... ?? Tian Sheng Hun Wang 23

  At that time, even if they didn't leave me, I would have left them on my own initiative.

  Ma Yun looked at me as if she had suddenly understood, smiled and said: "So I spread the news of your fight with the teacher, this way your reputation as a madman not only didn't decrease, but also increased a lot, your brothers will also think it's very honorable."

  I nodded: "So, you've troubled me again, and I have to thank you once more?"

  "Thank you, that's enough. Just take good care of Ma Long for me. This younger brother of mine has a big mouth but is timid, you can't bully him."

  I nodded.

  Later, Ma Yun told me something else, I didn't remember very clearly, and after about ten more minutes, she went back to the dormitory.

  Back in the dormitory, Ma Long hurried over and asked: "What did my sister say?"

  I took a glance at Ma Long and smiled: "Your sister said you have a big mouth but are timid!"

  Ma Long was taken aback and scolded: "Damn it, Crazy Brother, stop pretending and tell me quickly. What did my sister say tonight? Why did she spread that kind of message?"

  Then I told them Ma Yun's theory.

  After listening, Zhao Ziyang said: "Damn it, don't say that, what Ma Long's sister said is actually reasonable. If I hadn't heard last night that the madman had a fight with the head of the grade, I would feel embarrassed walking outside. After all, we really lost that fight in the cafeteria."

  I also nodded and said, "That's right, but if we rely on the news of me and the teacher fighting to regain face, then we're too shameless. So, we need to get rid of Yu Zichen and make him a stepping stone for our rise to fame."

  Zhao Ziyang heard that I was going to collect rent from Chen Shao, and his temper flared up again, uncontrollably. In a flurry of activity, he rummaged under the bed and pulled out those wooden clubs once more.

  "I've been wanting to get rid of him for a long time, Crazy Brother, what do you say we do?" Zhao Ziyang picked out the thickest and longest one.

  I shook my head: "Yu Zichen has been quite cautious these past two days, even going to the bathroom in groups. We can't make a move, so we need to wait until he's alone before making our move. He needs to make the first move, and we need to come up with a good reason for the fight. We have to make sure Yu Zichen is in the wrong, so even if it gets reported to the teacher, he'll be the one who gets punished the most. Best case scenario would be if he gets a major demerit, or better yet, gets expelled or forced to transfer schools."

  Ma Long was surprised and said: "Crazy brother has an idea?"

  I shook my head again: "Not yet, so this matter needs to be considered in the long term."

  Zhao Ziyang and Ma Long couldn't help but sigh repeatedly, apparently they looked down on me for "being mysterious and pretentious".

  "Alright, go to sleep. It seems that Xu Dong and Sun Li won't be returning to the dormitory today, so I'll stay here with you guys tonight. By the way, I've been thinking about how to deal with Yu Zichen, and now that I have an idea, can you guys help me brainstorm?" I glanced at Xu Dong and Sun Li's beds.

  As I thought of Xu Dong and Sun Li, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in my mind. I felt that I had come up with a way to deal with Yu Zichen, but I didn't say it out immediately. Instead, I carefully thought about and analyzed the feasibility of this idea in my mind.

  The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, and as a result, I ended up having a tragic case of insomnia.

  The next day I went to morning self-study with two black eyes, and Lu Xiaoyu came over as usual to explain the notes to me.

  But I have another thing to do today, so I pinched Lu Xiaoyu's nose and said: "Xiaoyu, I have something very important to do today, so we won't be doing our morning exercises for now. After I finish this task, you can tutor me again, okay?"

  Seeing my serious face, Lu Xiaoyu pouted her small mouth and obediently said "oh", then took out her pen and started reviewing by herself.

  And I took out a pen and paper and started drawing a map.

  I drew a flat map of our school as I remembered it.

  Lu Xiaoyu looked at me curiously after a while: "Yi Feng, are you drawing the school's layout? That... it seems like there is one teaching building missing on your left..."

  "Huh? Is that so?" I tapped the pen tip on the paper, marking out the sequence number of each building, and indeed, one was missing.

  I had no choice but to tear up this picture and start drawing again.

  Lu Xiaoyu looked again and said: "Yi Feng, it seems that you have drawn an extra dormitory building below. There is no dormitory outside the 9th building, only a wall..."

  "Oh? Really?" I tapped the pen tip on the paper again and re-marked some numbers, and as a result, I really drew an extra building.

  Helplessly, I had no choice but to tear up this draft as well.

  Lu Xiaoyu looked at me, biting her lower lip and said softly: "Or, I'll draw one for you. The school's floor plan in the bulletin board on the playground, I've seen it many times, should be able to draw it from memory."

  I tried again, but the result was that not a single toilet in the entire school was painted. I was forced to tear up my work and hand over the task of drawing the draft to Lu Xiaoyu.

  Lu Xiaoyu took out a ruler and measured the drawing, in less than ten minutes, a complete school blueprint appeared before me, with each building's serial number clearly marked.

  I took the sketch in my hand and looked at it for a moment, feeling very pleased. I couldn't help but press my lips to Lu Xiaoyu's cheek and give her a gentle kiss.

  Lu Xiaoyu was kissed by me, and she hastily looked around in all directions. After making sure that no one had discovered them, she let out a long sigh of relief and said with embarrassment: "Yi Feng, you're really annoying. In the future, don't kiss me in class again!"

  I smiled and said: "Where can I kiss you?"

  Lu Xiaoyu's face turned even redder, and she turned her head away, saying "Hmph" in a huff: "Where can't I go?"

  I slowly brought my lips closer to Lu Xiaoyu, she turned her head and gently pushed me with her hand, apparently she was afraid of making too much noise and attracting other people's attention.

  Lu Xiaoyu suddenly became anxious, her cheeks flushing red: "Yi Feng, don't be like this, we're in the classroom."

  I'm not that kind of person, this time I didn't kiss her, but instead put my lips to her ear and said: "Don't worry, my little Yu, I just wanted to say thank you for drawing this very important sketch for me."

  Lu Xiaoyu finally felt at ease and nodded slightly, then buried her head in her book and ignored me from then on.

  And I looked at the sketch in my hand, and took another look at Xu Dong and Sun Li, a sly smile appeared on my face.

  After the morning self-study, I said I had something to deal with, so I let her and Hu Fei go eat first. Lu Xiaoyu is not a girl who makes trouble, so she just reminded me to be careful and then left the classroom with Hu Fei.

  As she was leaving, she turned back and looked at me with a worried expression, apparently still concerned that I would go fight.

  And I called Zhao Ziyang and Ma Long over and said: "Today, I plan to solve the problems of Xu Dong and Sun Li first. What do you think?"