Chapter Thirty-Two: Literary and Martial Prowess

  The second master left, only 49 years old, still in his prime, but a life was taken away by the heavens. Reluctant, unwilling. But ultimately, it's hard to defy fate. When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out, and all things come to an end. No matter how much you say, the person is already gone, even if iron trees bloom and water flows backwards, they cannot be brought back to life.

  Since it can't be changed, we have no choice but to face it, whether calmly or with difficulty, we still have to face it.

  As the second master left, the second lady's character changed. She was no longer the straightforward and cheerful Northeastern woman she used to be. Every day, she silently endured her days, making both mom and grandma feel sorrowful and resentful towards heaven and earth.

  Later, Erniang told my mother that the death of Er Dajie was something he had known about all along. He said it was revealed to him by the household spirit Hu Cuihua. The reason was that in his youth, Er Dajie had leaked too many heavenly secrets, which resulted in a shortened lifespan.

  But Second Master was a lifesaver when he was young, how did he end up revealing heavenly secrets? Besides, isn't revealing heavenly secrets the professional term of those charlatans, why would it be related to Second Master?

  Practice Tao and don't speak of Heaven's decree. This means that one should not lightly reveal the mysteries of Heaven, or else they will eventually suffer retribution. For example, the five weaknesses and three lacks are just such cases.

  The loss of my second grandfather was also a huge blow to me, making me more aware of the importance of improving my own strength and abilities.

  I don't want to lose the closest people, grandma, dad and mom, they are the three people closest to me in this world, I don't even want them to leave me, I want to have them forever.

  During the 37th day after Dog Egg's death, I would often go to the fish pond where he died, with or without a reason, and only there could my heart feel at peace.

  Sometimes I still practice the Teng Long Jue there, now I clearly feel that my physical strength has increased. Compared with people of the same age as me, three people may be able to compete with me, but if it's a one-on-one fight, they won't be my opponent at all.

  When I was practicing in the fish pond, I sometimes occasionally felt that someone was peeping at me, but as soon as I opened my eyes, this feeling would go away, and there really wasn't a single person around.

  I even suspect that Dog Egg didn't leave me, or rather Dog Egg became a ghost, but for some reason, he didn't go to the underworld to be reincarnated, instead transforming into a water ghost, waiting here for a substitute or an opportunity to go to the underworld to be reincarnated.

  Sometimes I even treat my own thoughts as reality, facing the fish pond and talking to Dog Dan like a sentence, saying and chatting about my thoughts and decisions.

  Unfortunately, all of this is just my imagination and can't come true.

  There are only three days left before school starts, and at that time I will also be a third-year junior high school student. The college entrance examination is approaching soon. What is high school like? I don't know, but in my spare time.

  Sometimes I fantasize that in the future, I can walk on the street with Sheng Yanqiu without hiding like now.

  During the summer vacation, my longing for Sheng Yanqiu also deepened. I found that I really seemed to have fallen in love, not because of curiosity and finding an object, but because of my heart's liking and affection for her.

  Now I sometimes think that if we can be together more often, it would be great. When I think about it, my heart suddenly feels warm for no reason, as if it's going to happen soon.

  For that kind of feeling that can be together, it's very real and expected.

  I look forward to our next meeting...

  Three days passed in a flash, bidding farewell to family members, riding a bicycle was rushing to school.

  Arriving at school, there were only a few people in the class, and Sheng Yanzhu hadn't arrived yet. I had no choice but to sit in the back and chat with Wang Yu and others, talking about what fun things we did during summer vacation.

  I have a very good relationship with Wang Yu and others behind me, they belong to the kind of small gangsters in school, but I am not considered a gangster because I study well. However, since I get along with them, these little gangsters generally know me too, and it's easy to talk to them.

  Junior high school students are influenced by "Young and Dangerous", so they are more enthusiastic about fighting and helping to fight, feeling like the backbone of the school every day.

  But Wang Yu and his friends started fighting from primary school, all the way to junior high school. In high school, they never thought about it, after graduating from junior high school, they just got married and had children.

  Just as it was almost time for class, Sheng Yanqiu finally arrived late, glanced at me, smiled at me, and returned to her own seat.

  I was just about to get up and go over to say hello when someone shouted something.

  The teacher has arrived...

  I was like a mouse seeing a cat, and hastily stopped in my tracks, quickly returning to my seat, not daring to move around anymore.

  This semester's class teacher is our instructor Wang Chengfu, but we all like to call him Wang Big Eyeballs because as soon as he gets angry, his eyes which are already not small will suddenly expand more than twice in size, especially frightening and intimidating.

  So we gave him a nickname, called Wang Big Eyeball, and he has already made several pairs.

  At this time, seeing him really become our class teacher, I don't know what's going on, my heart is cold, and I dare not continue to show off. We are all quiet cats, not daring to speak randomly.

  Wang Dalian's eyes lit up when he knew I was exceptionally good at math, so after introducing himself, he said to me: "Zhou Fusheng, you're still in charge of the classroom key this semester, and you'll be the math class representative. Remember, study hard and don't fool around."

  After finishing speaking, he also took a look at Wang Yu and several others behind him.

  And I stood up and said loudly: "Got it, teacher, I will study hard."

  "Alright, sit down. Today we're going to learn about... Chapter 1 Section 1 of Geometry."

  Then Wang Daxin began to lecture, but my mind was not on the lesson he was teaching. Instead, I leaned against my chin and stared at Sheng Yanqiu sitting in front of me, my eyes fixed on her without blinking.

  The more you look at it, the more pleasing it is; the more you look at it, the better it looks.

  A body that's neither fat nor thin, long hair as black as a waterfall, and slightly well-developed front and back. Whatever way you look at it, it's delightful to the heart - this must be what they mean by "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", or perhaps it's just the thrill of a new love affair.

  Finally made it to the end of class, I led Sheng Yanqiu out and asked, "Wife (at that time everyone called her that, so I followed suit), do you miss me during summer break?"

  "What's the point of missing you? I almost forgot." Xiang Yanqiu said with a smile, and after hearing that, I secretly held her hand.

  At that time, we didn't dare hold hands and walk in school. If the teacher saw us, we would be skinned alive.

  Sheng Yanqiu's face also turned red as she said: "Be careful, if the teacher sees you, it's all over."

  "Come on, I'll take you to buy an ice cream." I said happily with a smile. Sheng Yanqiu was also delighted and followed me, we walked towards the small shop near the school gate to buy ice cream while chatting and laughing.

  Maybe I was too excited and didn't see clearly in front of me, so I bumped into a man and knocked him to the ground.

  "I hastily said: 'Sorry, didn't notice.'"

  "Are you blind? Walking without eyes, almost killed me!" The man lying on the ground scolded me as if he had eaten gunpowder.

  At that time, I also looked carefully at the past, a small flat head, slightly chubby figure, about 1.6 meters tall. With a fierce expression on his face, staring at me, as if he wanted to beat me up.

  At this time, Sheng Yanqiu also pulled me and said: "Let's go, don't mind him, we have class soon."

  I didn't want to continue either, I just thought about going with Sheng Yanqiu to buy ice cream and eat it, it's a happy thing, don't think about getting angry, and just move forward.

  But at this time the kid was getting more and more energetic, he grabbed me with one hand and said dirty words: "Damn, I've pulled you down after colliding with you, let's go if you want to."

  "I've already apologized to you, what more do you want? And watch your mouth, I'm not afraid of you. Go home and find your mom." I shot back, also getting angry and speaking bluntly.

  He was already making me a bit angry earlier, and now he's even being sarcastic.

  "Wow, you're quite something. It seems that if I don't beat you up a bit, you won't know the power of Lord Ma. This guy is getting more and more arrogant, it seems things can't be settled peacefully."

  Seeing him like that, I also came in strength, opening my mouth to say: "You said you're so capable, speaking quite confidently, what do you want, just say it."

  "Go ahead, I want to see how you'll do it, I want to hit you..." As soon as he finished speaking, he threw a punch at me. If this had happened in the past, I might have really been punched in the nose and made to bleed.

  But now is not the past, I dodged and countered with a fierce punch to his stomach, instantly he curled up like a shrimp and fell to the ground.

  At this time, I couldn't care less about the onlookers, I squatted down, grabbed his hair and pulled him up, saying: "Bastard, my mood was good at first, but you messed it up. You say, originally I just wanted to scold you a few times, but you had to make me beat you up, so you know that I'm both literary and martially skilled, right?"

  After finishing speaking, it was a scatter, and the people around were also pointing and pointing. I hinted that Sheng Yanqiu should go first, and then I returned to the classroom too.

  After school in the afternoon, someone came and told me that someone wanted to make an appointment with me, asking me to prepare for a fight tonight, and then left. I thought about it and knew who it was. Who else could it be besides that kid I beat up?

  So, during the afternoon class, I found Wang Yu and his group, told them to start gathering people, and we would take care of it tonight. We're all buddies, so with just one sentence, everyone went out to find people. At the same time, I also told some of the senior troublemakers not to get involved in this matter. After everything was settled, they came back and told me that we could gather over 30 people tonight. When I heard that, I basically knew it would be a fight to the end, and I happily said thanks.

  Just wait for tonight's arrival, let's get it over with, and also vent some of the anger I've accumulated from these recent events...