Chapter 52 The tire was deflated

  I'm the monitor on duty for Thursday, and since our leader is coming to inspect tomorrow, we need to clean up especially thoroughly today. So I told my older cousin not to wait for me and go home first. (·~)

  After finally finishing the cleaning, I went to the garage to push my bike, but I found it very hard to push. Moreover, my bike bell was gone! Looking around, I saw a air nozzle not far away on the ground, and then I looked at my bike wheel, only to find that someone had let out the air from my tire. I was speechless, who was playing such a nasty trick on me? It's so boring, all other bikes were fine, but mine had its tire deflated. Who did I offend, didn't I check the almanac before going out today, and now I'm being bullied by some petty person.

  As I was figuring out how to get my beloved car back home, a voice suddenly came from behind me, "What's wrong with your bike? Do you need help?"

  I turned around, and it was Yan Feng from our class. He usually got along well with Li Fang and was also someone who took English homework very seriously. However, as the English class representative, I hadn't given him a hard time, and sometimes even helped cover for him. I said: "I don't know which malicious person did this, but they actually pulled off my bell and let out the air from my tire! I curse them to drink water and get tooth decay. This is terrible, how unlucky can I be? My bike bell is not like others, it's a striking type that doesn't easily go silent. Who could be so lacking in public morals as to steal my bell?"

  I complained that during this time I didn't notice what expression Yan Feng had, he just said: "Let me help you push the bike to a repair shop near school to pump up the tire."

  As soon as I heard this, I immediately came to my senses and said, "Great, great, thank you." Unexpectedly, although I didn't have much of a relationship with Yan Feng in daily life, he was quite righteous and took the lead. His strength wasn't small either; he pushed the front wheel with one hand and lifted the back with the other. Of course, I couldn't just let him lift it alone, so I also lifted, but my strength wasn't much anymore - mainly it was still him using his strength.

  We walked for about three minutes, and then we saw an old man repairing bicycles. I smiled and said: "Old man, my bike is out of air, can you help me pump some air?" The old man looked at me and said: "No problem, wait a minute." After he took a look at the rear wheel of my bike, he said: "Little girl, I'm afraid I can't help you. Your bike hasn't been bought for long, has it? This new type of valve on your tire is not compatible with my air pump."

  I made a bitter face and said: "Yes, my car was bought last autumn, and it did come with an air pump, but I didn't bring it. What can I do? Am I supposed to carry it back home? No way..."

  The old man smiled and said, "Well, it can't be helped. But isn't there a little boy next to the little girl? He should be able to help, right?" Yan Feng quickly said, "Nan Xixi, since that's the case, I'll send you home, anyway your house is not too far from here, walking would take just seven or eight minutes. We're carrying the bike so it might be a bit slower, but we can get to your house in under fifteen minutes."

  "I said with embarrassment: 'That Yanfeng, thank you so much. Goodbye, old man.' 'Little girl, walk slowly.'"

  After returning home, I invited Yan Feng to sit down and have a drink, but he only rested for a while before wanting to leave. No matter how hard I tried to persuade him to stay, he wouldn't, so I ended up sending him off.

  The next day during class break, I gave some snacks to Yan Feng as a thank you, then I told Xiao Xiao about what happened yesterday. Xiao Xiao indignantly said: "Who is this, messing with people like this? Everyone else's car is fine, but your tire was let out. And how do I feel like he came at you on purpose? Did you offend someone or something?"

  I rolled my eyes and said, "Xiao Xiao, if others said that, it would be fine, but you saying it really hurts my feelings. What kind of person am I? Most of the time, aren't I with you? And when I'm not, I'm just going home with my cousin, what could I possibly do to offend anyone?"

  "It seems like you're too outstanding and envied by others. Or is it that we, the handsome guys, are too charming and attractive, and some naughty boys want to attract your attention?"

  "What nonsense are you talking about? Yan Feng and I are both duty students, that's why he would help me."

  "No, I'm talking about the person who let the air out of your tires. I've heard that nowadays guys will use a method of bullying a girl they like to get her attention, isn't that what Doumyouji did to Tsukushi in 'Hana Yori Dango'?"

  "You've watched too many TV dramas, pay attention and see who's playing tricks on me, he's in the dark, I'm in the light."

  "Alright, Li Fang, come here for a moment." Li Fang really came over and said, "What's up?" "It's just that Xiao was let down by someone yesterday, we suspect she offended someone. You're the self-proclaimed 'Ba Da Ting', with great abilities, so this matter is handed over to you." "No problem, I must find out who did it. How can they bully our English class representative like this, right?"

  Xiao Xiao said, "Let's talk about it after we find the person. It's nothing, you can go now." But in just a few days, Li Fang brought Yan Feng and said, "Xiao Xiao, he was the one who let the air out of our English class representative's tires. However, he didn't do it on purpose, and I didn't find out about it, he came to me himself to confess. So Xiao Xiao, can you forgive him this once?"

  Xiao Xiao looked at Yan Feng with a face of disgust and said, "Yan Feng, tell me, why did you let Xixi's car tire go flat? And then pretended to help our family's Xixi."

  Yan Feng walked up to me, looking embarrassed, and said: "Nan Xixi, I'm really sorry. It's not that I wanted to do it on purpose. I...I...was forced to. Because last time I let the air out of Mieyue Shitai's tire, Lin Lilili saw me, and she said if I helped her with something, she wouldn't tell the teacher. But she never came to find me until last Monday when she suddenly asked me to let the air out of your tire. If I didn't do it, she would have told Mieyue Shitai. Actually, I didn't want to, but if she had told Mieyue Shitai, Mieyue Shitai would definitely have gone to find my parents, and then I wouldn't have been able to go home with a clear conscience. So...so...I just...I just..."

  I walked out and said: "So you let the air out of my tires." Yan Feng looked embarrassed, hanging his head and saying: "Yes."

  Xiao Xiao said angrily: "Lin Lili is so bad, why does she always target Xiao Xiao, her brain really has a problem."

  I interrupted Xiao's words and said: "Yan Feng, forget it, I don't blame you. You helped me later because your conscience couldn't bear it, right?"

  Yan Feng nodded repeatedly. "Alright, this time I won't ask Lin Lili to settle the account either, let's just pretend nothing happened. If Lin Lili doesn't keep her word and still comes to you next time, don't help her out, how about that? I heard you say earlier that she was the only one who saw you letting the air out of Laoshi's tire, right? So if she really has the guts to tell the teacher, just deny it till death, we'll back you up. More importantly, after all this time, if she really tells the teacher, won't the teacher ask her why she didn't report it earlier? So you don't have to be afraid of being found out by the teacher..."

  Yan Feng nodded in agreement, repeatedly saying sorry. Xiao Xiao seemed to be taking my side, and Li Fang mediated, saying that there would always be a chance to get back at Lin Lil. He even made some weird gestures, causing me and Xiao Xiao to cover our mouths and burst out laughing.

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