Chapter 41: Prelude of Knights

  "Lao He! This time our first year is under a lot of pressure!" Class teacher Tang Sheng of Class 7 sighed, looking at Glasses Brother.

  "If we continue like this for two or three years, it's basically hopeless for our first-year students to win awards." Class teacher Ye Jing also said pessimistically.

  "Yes! Now the whole first grade is left with only Lao He's class, even Ye Jing's class program was affected and performed abnormally. I think your class won't be spared either, Old He!" - Chen Zhi Dao, Class 9 Director

  "That's not necessarily true!" The glasses guy actually had no confidence in his heart either.

  "You're getting too big for your britches, Ye Jing's classmate Tang Sugar's ethnic dance skills are even astonishing to Fang Yuan (the school music teacher, a renowned figure in the city's art circle, and a stunning classical beauty). Are you still doubting Fang Yuan's abilities?"

  "Look! No one knows the final outcome until the end." The glasses brother's tone at this moment is surprisingly a bit bleak and desolate, with a hint of "a hero never returns".

  "Haha! Lost confidence?" Ye Jing said in a low voice to Glasses Brother

  "How is this possible? Our class was born to create miracles." Glasses brother continued to talk tough.

  "Alright, alright, you guys win!"

  "Haha, this is pretty good." Glasses Brother looked at Ye Jing with a sly smile.

  Seeing the sly smile of glasses brother, Ye Jing seemed to think of something. Her face turned red and she gave glasses brother a white eye.

  "What's wrong with you, A Ge? Why did you bring me to the supermarket instead of watching the performance?" Little Chicken looked at Cheng A discontentedly as he walked ahead.

  "Really? Brother A, are you treating us to a drink?" Li Lin exclaimed happily

  "Alright! But we have to finish it, can't waste a single bottle." Cheng A looked at everyone with good intentions.

  Everyone felt something was wrong when they sensed the malice in Cheng A's words.

  But it's too late...

  "Boss, give me two cases of Kangshifu mineral water!" As soon as he entered the store, Cheng A said to the boss.

  "Bang!" Hearing Cheng A's words, the crowd walking behind him fell to the ground in unison.

  "My goodness! One box of mineral water has 24 bottles, two boxes have 48 bottles. How much are the five of us supposed to drink?" Little Chicken exclaimed in despair.

  "It's not the five of us, it's the four of you! I didn't say I wanted to drink, I came to pay the bill." Cheng A calmly pulled out a 100 RMB note from his pocket and handed it to the boss, then waved goodbye.

  "It's okay, at least we didn't finish it!" Li Lin said with a sigh of relief, patting his chest.

  "Is RMB really not money?! Brother!"

  "Old buddy, why did you buy so much water?" Old buddy gulped down a mouthful of mineral water, looking at Cheng A in confusion.

  "The mountain man has his own clever uses!"

  "Tell me..." The little chicken said eagerly

  "Ah! I think it's definitely for the school beauties." Chen Si said with a nod.

  "Guess half of it! Hurry up and finish drinking, remember to collect the empty bottles, and boss, please change all my small bills into coins." After urging everyone, Cheng A turned back to the supermarket owner.

  "Good job!" The boss quickly counted out 60 one-yuan coins and handed them to Cheng A.

  "Let's see what happens next!" Cheng A said calmly, gazing out at the main stage where applause still echoed.

  。。。。。。

  "What's wrong with you, Xiao Yi?" Looking at the school flower's gaze that kept looking in her class direction, Pu Fang said with some worry.

  "It's okay! I'm a bit nervous, their performance was really great, I'm afraid of not doing well!" The school flower's face is full of worry.

  "Yes! Xiao Lan and Liu Yue's song really gave the whole audience too much shock, affecting the performance of the next few programs. They were all out of shape." Liu Qin also looked worried.

  When Liu Qin spoke, several people fell silent. Indeed, the pressure on them was too great at this moment. This is a stage with thousands of people watching, and for these "newbies" who rarely go on stage, even without any experience before, the pressure is even greater. Looking at the disheartened few, the school flower knew she had to calm down, otherwise they would also repeat the mistakes of the previous performances. She absolutely could not allow this to happen, because this was an opportunity for their hard work over a month to be recognized, and also an opportunity for her to prove herself to him. She absolutely would not allow any accidents to happen!

  "Everyone get ready! The last program is ours, come on!"

  "Come on!" A few slender hands clasped together tightly

  "Older brother, why did you bring me here?" Arriving at the side of the delivery room, older brother looked at Cheng A with confusion.

  "Does Old Huang have a drum?"

  "Really? How?"

  "Borrow it for now!"

  "...You know Old Huang is a good person, but he's extremely protective of his drum. Nobody can touch it. Last time, the security team was drunk and took it out to play with, but Old Huang found out and directly blamed it on the head of the security team, Cow Department Head. He chased him around the playground for 10 laps with a kitchen knife, if he hadn't gotten tired, Old Cow would have been chopped by Old Huang that day. You saw how fierce he was, even the old principal came to mediate but couldn't do anything!"

  "Really can't?"

  "It's really no good!" Old Tai nodded in agreement.

  "Then you take this and lure him to the toilet." Cheng A took out a pack of Yuxi cigarettes he had just stolen from the supermarket owner and handed it to his older cousin.

  "Is this what you just bought?"

  "Ah!"

  "You want me to lure him away and steal!"

  "It's the only way."

  "Alright! Considering our old relationship, I'll play along, but I'm curious what you're actually trying to do?"

  "First, let's get Old Huang out of the way. After we're done, we'll quietly put him back, and he probably won't notice for a while. Hurry up, there's no time to waste, it's almost their turn."

  "Got it, mission accomplished!"

  "Ah!"

  "Come on, old buddy! I know that previous **'s old buddy is back again."

  "Get out!" A made a kicking motion

  Lao Biao hastily took a pack of Yuxi cigarettes worth 20 yuan and went to complete the task assigned by Cheng A, which was to seduce Lao Huang. It's well-known throughout the school that Lao Huang is a heavy smoker and particularly loves the Yuxi brand.

  "Hey, Huang!" Hearing Lao Tie and Old Huang greeting each other, A's house was on the verge of collapse.

  "Old buddy!"

  "When he heard Lao Huang's greeting to Lao Tiao, Cheng A directly fell to the ground. These two old men, one is 16 years old and the other has lived for almost a century. They can call each other brothers, is this the legendary friendship that transcends age?"

  "What are you doing here in the transmission room if you don't want to watch the performance, you turtle egg?"

  "This place has good scenery, convenient for me to look at beautiful women."

  "Get out of here! Who doesn't know what you're thinking? Are you having a relapse or something? Do you have goods to sell? I don't have any!" Old Huang looked at his cousin with a vigilant expression, covering the pockets of his worn-out blue Zhongshan suit with both hands.

  "Hey! What's this?" Lao Biao held up the Yuxi in his hand and waved it in front of Old Huang.

  "Yu Xi?" Old Huang asked hesitantly

  "Heh heh! How's it going?"

  "Can you afford to buy this cigarette?"

  "Hey, if you want to smoke, come with me. So much nonsense." Lao Biao finally remembered his task and sent out an irresistible temptation to Lao Huang.

  "It's been a long time since I've had that taste, and it's not coming if it's not white." Old Huang followed Old Tai to the toilet behind the delivery room, one in front of the other, being extremely cautious. The two of them looked so sneaky that if someone who didn't know what was going on saw them, they would definitely think there was something gay going on.

  "Whoa! A Ge, where did you get all this stuff?" Seeing the big drum and banner with words printed on it that Cheng A was carrying over, Xiao Ji Li Lin and the others gathered around.

  "How's what I asked you to do?"

  "It's all settled! The people have also been found, 20 in total, with two bottles per person and a coin inside each bottle."

  "Where did so many coins come from?" A had clearly exchanged only sixty of them.

  "Everyone is excited, I heard that your brother A is going to do something big, everyone is so enthusiastic!" Li Lin replied.

  "Hmm!" Seeing the hopeful eyes of everyone else, further solidified Cheng A's idea in his heart.

  "I also gave water to the school flowers, it turns out they already had some, and it was even a nutrition express, one bottle per person." Chen Si Nian reports.

  "Oh, did Qi Feng buy it?" Cheng A asked lightly.

  "Uh, but Yang Yi also accepted the mineral water, and when I told her you bought it, she even took a few sips. She didn't even move when I put the nutrition express on the side. You don't know how green Qifeng's face turned, haha..."

  "Alright, it's almost time now. Once our show starts, it'll be our turn to shine." As he looked at the large rostrum temporarily set up as a stage, A's eyes shone with determination.

  "A Ge actually... actually our class only has one program." Chen Si Nian said awkwardly scratching his head.

  I know!

  "You already know?"

  "Ah!"

  "What's the program?" Actually, Cheng A had already seen the program list in Yanzu's hand in the morning, but Xiaoji and others didn't know yet, so they asked eagerly.

  "Chivalrous spirit!" Chen Si Nian replied

  "So many people singing together? Isn't Knight Rider a rap song by Jolin Tsai?" Li Lin asked in confusion.

  The little chick tapped Li Lin's head gently

  "You have some artistic cells, don't you? How can such a popular song be sung in harmony, it must be one after another!" Little Chicken looked like he was fed up.

  "...". Hearing the little chicken's pretentious explanation, everyone burst out laughing!

  "What are you talking about?"

  "Ah! Old brother, I thought you'd run off somewhere! You've got us doing all the hard work!" Chen Si Nian said, looking at his panting old brother.

  "Sister! You think I haven't suffered, for this thing, I almost lost my chastity." After finishing, Lao Biao kicked the big drum placed beside him with hatred.

  "Is this... is this Old Huang's big drum?" Chen Si Nian asked uncertainly

  "Hmm!"

  "Damn! Old brother, you're not afraid of death, daring to steal from Old Huang's **. Don't you fear being hunted down by Old Huang?" Little Chicken couldn't help but feel a chill thinking about the scene where Old Huang last hunted down Cow Ke Long.

  "Get out! What's with the sneaking around? I borrowed it from my brother, and it cost me a whole pack of Yuxi cigarettes!" Old Tai lamented.

  "Old Huang would lend it? This is his after all?" Little Chicken said disbelievingly

  "I let Lao Biao take out cigarettes to distract Old Huang, and I went in to get it." Cheng A glanced at the podium and said faintly.

  "... ... saw him with a calm expression, and everyone's forehead had a row of black lines."

  "Brother A, are you really going to put this on your face?" The little chicken looked at the colorful markers in front of it with a pained expression.

  "You're welcome to wipe it if you want, but don't blame me if you can't!"

  "I'd rather not wipe it then, I'm afraid of being dragged away for treatment!" Li Lin said weakly.

  "Right!" The little chickens all chimed in