Chapter 8: Military Warrant

  Evening self-study, Yan Lingfeng couldn't help but recall his past life. Although it was frustrating at the time, now thinking about it, those scenes of hitting a wall everywhere seem so precious and valuable today. It's just that those things taught me how to grow up, very painful, but also unforgettable! And there was that silly self back then, silly her!

  Once thought I'd make her whole, but ended up hurting each other, now left alone licking my wounds, silently sending blessings to her in the distance.

  She is a perfect girl, everything is so perfect! In junior high school, the two of them were like a divine couple, envied by many people. For her, Yan Lingfeng endured the scorching sun and bit his teeth to work on a construction site for a month, just to buy a pair of shoes she had liked for a long time; For him, she who was always very obedient and honest told a lie to their class teacher for the first time; For her, Yan Lingfeng never flirted with other girls, his cold demeanor made him become a different person; For him, she who had a minor heart condition stood by the basketball court and cheered for every goal he scored, then considerately prepared towels and water; For her, he single-handedly fought off several small hooligans until exhaustion, which directly led to his brain's reaction time being delayed by 0.01 seconds (this has already been cured by Hei Wuchang); For him, she always used her beautiful handwriting to take notes, then gave one copy to him and encouraged him to study hard and get into the top school...

  For her, for him, for her, for him...

  That simple age, that confused years, that pure and beautiful yet heart-wrenching love affair, whether in the past life or this life, every time Yan Lingfeng wakes up from his dreams about her, he will be tearfully wetting his pillow!

  That gloomy morning, a month before the college entrance exam, Yan Lingfeng came to her with his cousin, apologized to her with difficulty, turned around and pulled his cousin's hand away hastily, leaving her alone to cry silently, like a lotus in a storm, covering her chest that was hurting as if it was going to split open and faint.

  From then on, they became like strangers.

  Yan Lingfeng gritted his teeth and persisted, finishing one after another dry tutoring book in just a short month, all for the sake of being able to go to school with her, so that they could continue writing their love story on the campus of high school.

  The college entrance exam ended, and the poor-performing Yan Lingfeng surprisingly got into Shuiyun No. 1 Middle School. The teachers and classmates were shocked, while she, who had wanted to intentionally perform poorly and go to the same high school as him, finally chose Yantai No. 2 Middle School, the best high school in the entire Yantai area.

  Later, when Yan Lingfeng went to Beijing for an interview with a company, he coincidentally saw her at Wangfujing. She was confident, elegant, and radiant, with a deep red BMW 7 series parked beside her, wearing the same shoes that had been soaked in Yan Lingfeng's sweat back then, now old but shining with a different light on her feet.

  At that time, Yan Lingfeng chose to turn his head away and disappeared into the crowd with his head down...

  Thinking of this, Yan Lingfeng's eyes were filled with tears. That hateful Hei Wuchang, why didn't he transport himself back to four months ago? Why?! Is it true that there is no medicine for regret in this world?! For her sake, he could go to a better school, he endured the heart-wrenching pain and lied to her, must all of this be made up for only after eight years, at that reunion in Beijing where they would meet alone again? But, after eight years, would he still be able to see her?!

  The noise at the classroom door woke up Yan Lingfeng, who was lost in painful memories. He wiped his slightly moist eyes and slowly walked out of the classroom.

  "Who do you think you are? Hmm? I'm warning you, stay away from my sister, don't play this trick in front of me, did you hear that?"

  Following the sound and looking over, Xiang Qing Yun pointed at a tall and slender young man with a cold expression and shouted.

  Which one is this? Yan Lingfeng walked forward in confusion, looking at the young man in front of him, and seemed to have some impression in his mind. This person was called Wang Qun, who played basketball quite well, had chased after Xiang Ziyuan, and had a very poor technique, no wonder Xiang Qingyun was so angry.

  Wang Qun looked at Xiang Qingyun with a cold expression: "Don't gesture in front of me, got it? If I didn't give face to your sister, you wouldn't count as anything in my eyes!"

  "Hey, where did this toad come from? Huh? You think our class 08 is easy to bully? Standing at someone else's classroom door and acting arrogant, you're quite bold!" Sun Feiying stood up and said.

  Seeing the people around him gathering more and more, and obviously not standing on his side, Wang Qun also became a little timid. Losing to others but not losing in terms of aura, he said: "Relying on your numbers, huh? Well, you guys wait, you, you, and you, there will be times when you cry!" Wang Qun nodded a few times, then dispiritedly pushed through the crowd and slunk away.

  "Nothing to see here, nothing to see. Go talk to each other if you need to, or go enjoy the view...!" Yan Lingfeng shouted a few sentences, dispersing the crowd of onlookers, and pulled Xiang Qingyun into the classroom by the shoulder.

  "What!" Handed Yun, who was going to the toilet during class break, heard this and shouted loudly, regardless of the fact that it was currently self-study time.

  Song De-ming looked back at Han Deng-yun with a hint of dissatisfaction, gazing at his mountain-like physique as he stood up, and hesitated for a moment before saying nothing.

  Yan Lingfeng pulled Han Dengyun down and said in a low voice: "Can't you keep your voice down?"

  Han Dengyun's face was filled with anger, but he lowered his voice and said: "This guy is too arrogant, no way, must teach him a lesson! What do you think, Qingyun?"

  Xiang Qingyun in the front row turned around and asked inexplicably: "This matter, why do you look more excited than me?"

  Han Dengyun's face changed immediately, and he smiled as he put his arm around Xiang Qingyun's shoulder: "Are you my brother? Isn't bullying you the same as bullying me?"

  Xiang Qingyun pushed away the guy's arm, which was thicker than her own thigh, and laughed: "He bullied me? Don't make me laugh! It's just that I also want to teach him a lesson, otherwise he'll be bothering my sister all day. A toad jumping on someone's back won't bite them, but it's disgusting!"

  Fu Zijun thought for a moment and said: "Now that school has just started, it's not suitable to make such a big fuss about it, is it?"

  Zhao Senming asked while going to release water with Handen Yun: "You said that person is called Wang Qun? Is he tall and thin?"

  Xiang Qingyun nodded.

  "That's nothing to fix, this guy was my junior high school classmate, his old man is a teacher at our school, so he's always messing around in the school, nobody bothers to deal with him, we were both on the school team back then, I know him pretty well, he's timid as a mouse, even if he got beaten up, he wouldn't dare tell anyone." Zhao Senming said all this in one breath, which is not like his usual style, maybe it's because he had a fight and was excited.

  Han Dengyun opened his big mouth and wanted to go hug Zhao Senming, but was scared back by Zhao Senming's gesture of lifting his leg, and turned to ask Sun Feiyang: "What do you think?"

  Sun Feiying shrugged and said, "I don't care, as long as I don't kill anyone or rape someone, my old man can protect me. At most, I'll just get a good scolding when I go home."

  Yan Lingfeng smiled wryly, it seemed that this time they still couldn't avoid it. Wang Qun, who had been beaten in his past life, was so scared that he asked for leave and hid at home. His father, a teacher, noticed something was amiss and questioned him repeatedly, eventually finding out that his precious son had been bullied. This wouldn't do, so Teacher Wang immediately went to the school. The six of them were called to the office by Zhu Yao and scolded, after which everything blew over. Although Zhu Yao was often careless about small things, he would never be negligent when it came to big matters like this. It was all thanks to his protection that Yan Lingfeng and the others had avoided being punished less than half a month into the new semester.

  "Alright, but we need to plan it carefully, best not to make a move in crowded places. Sen Ming, you and he can talk, right? After class, lure him to the basketball court, no problem?" Seeing the gaze of five people falling on himself, Yan Lingfeng said while twirling his pen.

  "It's all right, this kid is as timid as a mouse, he just ate at the entrance of our class 8, if I go to call him, it will be like beating the grass to scare the snake." Zhao Senming shook his head and said.

  "Didn't you have a pretty good friend in junior high school who wasn't in our class?" asked Yan Lingfeng.

  Zhao Senming thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go to Class 2 to find Tang Yize later. He's quite close to me, and I don't think Wang Qun would think of going there."

  The third class evening self-study bell rang for a full 10 minutes, and the six people returned to the classroom with excited faces. Xiangziyan looked at her younger brother with some worry, and she was distracted throughout the whole class.

  As soon as the bell rang, Xiangziyun immediately stood up and intercepted Xiangqingyun who wanted to sneak back to the dormitory. With a cold face, she asked: "Where did you go just now?"

  Xiang Qingyun looked at her sister with a bit of trepidation, saying hesitantly: "Time is tight, sis, the dorm will be turning off the lights soon, hurry back to wash up."

  Xiangzi Yun was a clever person, how could he be deceived by such a low-intelligence trick? Unfazed, he continued to ask: "Don't say useless things, what did you do to Wang Qun?"

  "Alas, what's wrong with you? Qingyun is also doing it for your own good. Do you like that hypocrite?" Han Dengyun muttered on the side.

  "Don't talk nonsense, how could I like him? I'm afraid he'll tell the teacher, what if you guys get punished?" Xiang Ziyu glared at Da Ye with a white face.

  "Hmm, so you don't like him? No big deal, just get scolded if you need to, as long as he doesn't bother you, it's fine, worth it!" Handengyun rubbed his head with a silly grin.

  "It's worth it, what are we afraid of?" Yan Lingfeng said lazily.

  The clever Xiangzi immediately smelled the conspiracy and stomped her foot, saying: "Hmph, I'm too lazy to bother with you!" Amidst the crowd's laughter, she turned around and left.

  "Are you interested in my sister?" Xiang Qingyun asked Han Dengyun in surprise.

  Among the thunderous laughter of the crowd, he walked towards the dormitory building, Han Dengyun smiled awkwardly and did not answer this question that made him very embarrassed.

  Xiang Qingyun patted Han Dengyun's shoulder with a sympathetic expression and said, "I don't object, but you're on your own luck. To put it bluntly, my sister's IQ is at least twice yours."

  Yan Lingfeng laughed and said, "Since ancient times, ugly men have been paired with beautiful women. Someone as stupid as Deng Yun should find a clever girlfriend like Bing Xue, otherwise he'll even get the math wrong when buying groceries in the future, what to do?"

  Han Dengyun seemed stupid at this time, just laughing alone there, and did not refute Yan Lingfeng's personal attack in an abnormal way.

  One night without a word, the next morning at breakfast time, Handengyun remembered the pig demon's decree from yesterday afternoon and said: "Zijun, the pig demon has summoned you, are you going to defy the decree?"

  Fu Zijun furrowed his brow, swallowed a whole egg, and stood up to leave, leaving behind a sentence with great backbone: "As long as you lend me all your guts!"

  Pushing open the door of the high school English department office, Fu Zijun first saw Zhu Yao's face, which was so oily that it could squeeze out two pounds of oil. He lowered his head and couldn't help but shiver inwardly. He slowly walked over and said in a low voice: "Teacher, you wanted to see me?"

  The pig demon's face was as cold as frost, and he looked at Fu Zijun with a chilly gaze, asking in a tone that hinted at murder: "Where did you go after the last class yesterday afternoon?"

  Did you go to the bathroom? This was the best excuse that came into Fu Zijun's mind, just about to say it out loud, but suddenly thought that Zhu Yao must have planted many spies in the class, and he couldn't stay in the bathroom for so long either!

  Got it! To be honest, Fu Zijun gritted his teeth and said: "I'm going to play basketball."

  The pig demon seemed to have guessed it a long time ago, his face unchanged, and his tone without the slightest fluctuation: "What's this, trying to cling to Buddha's feet at the last minute?"

  Fu Zijun took a deep breath and told himself to relax, bravely lifting his head to look at the pig demon and replied: "Absolutely not, teacher! There are still 10 days before the school basketball tournament starts. As you said, the school team will select members through this basketball game. So, in order to achieve my childhood dream and for the honor of Class 8 of Grade 2004... uh, I've finished all my homework, so I went to practice some ball!"

  Just then, a burst of clear laughter came from one corner of the office. Fu Zijun saw that Zhu Yao's face was still as cold as an iceberg without any signs of relaxation, and he secretly turned his head to take a glance with his peripheral vision, seemingly a very familiar figure.

  The pig demon paused for a moment and continued to ask: "Your dreams are quite ambitious, school team? Hehe, you're just a freshman in high school, don't have such unrealistic dreams, studying hard is the most important thing!"

  Fu Zijun raised his head, and at this moment, his eyes were more determined than ever. "No, this is not a dream, because it will come true soon! Not just me, but also Yan Lingfeng, Sun Feiyang, Zhao Senming, Han Dengyun, we will all become members of the school team!"

  The pig demon laughed and said: "Still dreaming of winning the championship? So to say, this time's basketball champion is gone?"

  Fu Zijun gritted his teeth and said: "We'll try our best! However, I still need you to give me a holy decree, Teacher!"

  The pig demon waved its hand and couldn't help but laugh, saying: "I'm not the emperor, what imperial decree? Alright, you just say that if I allow you to play ball during self-study class in the future, can you get me a certain ranking?"

  Fu Zijun lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying firmly: "The first three are no problem!"

  The pig demon stood up abruptly and asked: "What if it can't be done?"

  Fu Zijun gritted his teeth and said: "I'd rather never touch a basketball again in this lifetime!"

  The pig demon smiled slyly and said: "A gentleman's word?"

  "It's hard to catch a runaway horse!" Fu Zijun almost shouted out loud.

  The Zhu Yao's smile continued to expand, and he nodded: "Then you five, before the basketball game, I'll make an exception for you, you don't have to attend self-study class, but your studies shouldn't fall behind either, got it?"

  Fu Zijun bowed to Zhu Yeo and said, "Thank you, teacher! We will do our best to bring back the championship!"

  New books need your care, right? Don't be too rough, okay? Hehe.