Chapter 1: So, Zhong Xiao Yi's "Poison" (4)

  He also said: "When you stand on the rooftop, don't you always wish you had wings?"

  "Big P?!" I said, "You little stinker still say you're not Big P?"

  But it doesn't make sense, even if it's Da P, how would he know what I'm thinking in my heart?

  "I really don't know what Big P is. The name sounds difficult to hear." He shook his head at me and said, "Come in with me and see what the boss has arranged for you to do."

  The boss of the Mocha Bar was the second person I met in Ailand City, and like many bosses of bars in movies, he was very fat. He looked me up and down and asked: "What can you do?"

  I said truthfully: "Nothing will happen."

  "Then go wash that pile of cups," the boss said. "Since we opened, there have been very few customers, and a lot of dust has accumulated on the cups. When business is good, they will all be usable."

  I shrugged indifferently.

  I've never done this kind of thing before, you know at home I'm someone who hasn't even washed a bowl.

  "What's wrong?" The boss, seeing me not moving, coarsely jeered at me: "If you're a pampered young lady, then don't come here. You should know that everyone who comes to learn magic in Eilandburg has to first come to my place to earn their first pot of gold; otherwise, they can't even get close to the school's gate!"

  Can't get it, can't get it, who's patient enough to learn some witchcraft. It's just a game, can't I quit? I thought for sure I'd turn around and walk out, but unexpectedly a glass door fell down and blocked my way. No matter how hard I kicked, the glass didn't budge.

  The boss said behind me: "Mocha bar is not a place where you can come and go as you please, if you don't work for me, you have to finish this cup of wine."

  He held a large wooden wine cup in his hand, filled with a full cup of wine, and handed it to me.

  I stretched out my hand and pushed with all my might, trying to knock over his wine glass. But before I even touched him, my hand was blocked by another pane of glass that seemed to come from nowhere. I was trapped between the two panes of glass, unable to move or breathe. Luckily, the young man waved his hand, and with a "crash" sound, the two panes of glass mysteriously disappeared.

  "You actually used Holy Spirit magic to help her?" The boss said angrily to the young man, "Don't you know that people like this can never enter a wizard school? The trashy magic they learn will tarnish the school's reputation!"

  The young man didn't respond to the boss, but instead said to me: "You'd better wash the cup. If you don't go through this procedure, we can't proceed."

  Is this really happening?

  Where is my damn aunt?

  She won't be laughing at me with a smug look on her face in front of the computer, will she? Just wait till I get out and show her!

  I quietly walked to the edge of the pool and started washing that big pile of broken cups. The young man followed me and took over the cups I was washing, using a white cloth to carefully wipe off the water on the cups for me. Half an hour later, I received 200 yuan from the boss.

  "Come back when you need money." The boss narrowed his eyes and said, "There will be a lot of work here soon, we'll need many hands."

  I handed over the one hundred yuan in my hand to the young man and said: "Here you are, as we agreed."

  He took it and said goodbye to me.

  "Wait, you still have to take me to the wizard school."

  "He looked at me and said: 'We can only go this far today, your prepaid card time is up, next time then.'"

  After he finished speaking, everything in front of me disappeared. I found myself back at my aunt's house, sitting in front of the computer chair. Behind me, I heard my aunt's loud laughter: "How was it? Wasn't the game interesting?"

  "How could this be?" I asked her, "Where exactly did I just go?"

  "My carefully crafted beautiful sanctuary," said the little aunt. "However, I must correct you, it was not you who went there, but only your consciousness."

  I'm really not just dizzy.

  "This game is still in testing, and once it's officially open, it will be much more lively inside," said Xiao Yi with a smile. "I believe there will be countless people who will fall in love with it."

  "But... all of this is just virtual."

  "What is real and what is virtual?" My aunt leaned in close and said, "As long as you feel it, it's all true. You have to trust your brain!"

  I'm completely dizzy. My head is spinning, my eyes are blurry, and I can barely sit still.

  My aunt supported me tightly and said calmly, "Food poisoning! I guessed it right, it seems that our wings still need to be further refined. Come on, you take this medicine first."

  Yes, I just ate a pair of transparent wings in there.

  After taking the blue pill given by my little aunt, I suddenly understood a truth. After messing around for half a day, I became my cunning little aunt's free experimental product!

  Chapter 2 was actually stalked by "Dizzy Baby"

  I'm the laziest girl in our class, and everyone calls me Lazy Princess. My deskmate Da P is the most eccentric boy in our class, and everyone calls him "Eccentric Baby".

  Being a lazy person is the easiest thing in the world, but being an "airhead" is much more difficult. You have to constantly think of many, many airheaded ideas to prove that you're not a normal person. From this point of view, I really admire my deskmate, because my deskmate Big P's airheaded skills are truly top-notch. As long as he's happy, he can do anything.

  For example, every noon, he would hold a "purely entertaining" personal concert in the back of the classroom. DaP's singing skills were top-notch, and even with popular songs, you wouldn't be able to recognize them until at least halfway through. Moreover, he dared to innovate, such as when he sang Jay Chou's 《双节棍》, he would grab two mops and dance wildly, humming indistinct lyrics, making those who didn't know him think he was practicing some sort of evil martial arts.

  At first, there were still many people who supported Da P's performances. New school and new life, everyone needed some new stimulation. However, as time went on, people started to get annoyed with him. Although he worked hard every day to come up with new songs and tricks, his "popularity rate" continued to plummet. The first person to lose patience was Luo Kang, the sports committee member with the biggest build in the class. He slammed his fist on the table and shouted: "Da P, if you continue to howl like a wolf, I'll throw you onto the playground!"

  Big P tilted his head and said: "My dad is in America, how can he come and scold me?"

  "You're just relying on your old man being in America, what's so great about that?"

  "Do you have it?" Big P said, "If you did, your family wouldn't be living in the slums."

  Big P is not human, one sentence made Luo Kang's face red with anger. I thought Luo Kang would rush over and beat him up, but instead he turned around and walked out of the classroom. Big P continued his great "temper" business as usual, shouting at me: "Lazy Princess, what song do you want to listen to, point it!"

  He seems like a karaoke machine himself.

  "Wu Si Kai's." I said lazily, "Will it be 'Desolate Highway'?"

  "Excuse me, which country is Wu Sikai from?" He didn't hesitate to ask.

  I knew he wouldn't, I'm too lazy to bother with him again.

  He suddenly shouted: "The lazy princess is really lazy, even saying one more word is a bother!"

  He's right, I seem to be getting more and more reluctant to speak. When "Bae Yong-joon" called me into his office to talk, I didn't want to say a word either.

  "Bae Yong-joon" said with a heavy heart: "Ting Wei, I think you should get closer to everyone, don't always be in this isolated state, it's not good for yourself."

  "What's wrong?" I asked him.

  Perhaps he didn't expect me to ask him like that, he was stunned for a moment and said: "I think you've never been very happy."

  I just smiled. Some people are always self-righteous no matter where they go.

  "With more friends, there will be fewer worries." He said, "Try taking a step out?"

  I said: "I've always been like this, I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

  "Heh heh," he said. "I've heard your violin skills are quite good, why not perform at the school's art festival and let our class show its face?"

  "It's been a long time since I've pulled it off." I stood up and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll head back to the dormitory now."

  "Alright." "Bae Yong-joon" said helplessly. "I also have something to do today, let's talk properly next time."

  I'm too lazy to even nod my head, I don't know what's good about talking to him.

  I bumped into Big P going in as I came out of the office, and I knew someone had gone to "Bae Yong-joon" to complain that Big P's daily noon wailing was seriously affecting everyone's reading and homework, hoping the teacher could step in to control his "performance desire". As Big P and I passed by the door of the office, he gave me a sly smile, drew a line on his neck with his hand, made a "click" sound with his mouth, and slipped inside.

  Of course I understand what he means, he is going in to send himself to death.

  Everyone says that "Bae Yong-joon" is always gentle to girls, but he is quite "cruel" to boys. It's said that the most glorious page in his teaching history was when he made several boys wail and cry for as long as ten minutes.

  I was rejoicing at someone else's misfortune, when suddenly Big P came out two minutes later and caught up with me in three strides on the playground, saying: "Princess, I've escaped!"