Chapter 494 – Concealed Weapon Training
We weighed the pros and cons against the vouchers Loud Mouth had and we finally decided to head to Origus Pizza that was four stops away from our school.
Loud Mouth said the food there was average and she would at most give it a 6 out of 10. But the advantage was the store wouldn’t be packed with people and we could combine the tables so everyone could sit together.
If it was only four stops, then we could run over and burn some calories on the way. It’s perfect since we would be getting it back at the buffet.
But we had frail girls in our cla.s.s (like Gong CaiCai) and guys who would rather die than exercise (like Eunuch Cao), so the cla.s.s leader ordered everyone to ride the route 21 bus. We would a.s.semble together at the bus spot, so it’s easier to get a head count.
We were only going four stops, but the cla.s.s leader acted seriously like she was afraid someone would get lost or get into an accident.
Please, we’re not elementary school students.
Our cla.s.s had 45 people, but if we took away Zhuang Ni who was still on sick leave and a couple of other students who couldn’t come because of special circ.u.mstances, there were a total of 39 cla.s.s 2-3 students going to the buffet.
It would have been a nice round figure if there was one more person, the cla.s.s leader was probably not satisfied about that fact.
There might not be many people who ate at Origus, but at around 6 pm, the route 21 bus was packed with people. It was impossible for everyone to ride together, so we had to separate to three different buses.
“Ye Lin cla.s.smate, Ye Lin cla.s.smate don’t leave me!”
Xiao Qin, who couldn’t ride on the same bus as me, desperately reached out from the crowded bus and called to me for help.
“Be careful of the door of the bus.”
The cla.s.s leader, who was sticking close to Xiao Qin, pushed down her hand. Gong CaiCai also weakly urged her from the side, “Four stops will pa.s.s quickly, as long as you wait a bit…”
The driver stepped on the gas at the same time and the pa.s.sengers all leaned back as usual. The cla.s.s leader grabbed onto a ring to support herself, but Gong CaiCai who couldn’t reach the ring, and Xiao Qin who was focused on me, both crashed into the cla.s.s leader.
The cla.s.s leader clenched her teeth to bear the pain and realized her b.r.e.a.s.t.s acted as a cushion. Xiao Qin benefited from both sides as she was stuck in between Gong CaiCai and the cla.s.s leader’s b.r.e.a.s.t.s.
Why are you making such a miserable face at me? If you don’t want to ride that bus, then let’s switch spots!
After I got onto another bus, I looked around and saw around 10 of my cla.s.smates. The nearest one to me was Xiong YaoYue.
I was afraid Xiong YaoYue, who was wearing hot pants and short sleeves, would attract perverts in the crowded bus. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, I purposely pulled away from Xiong YaoYue by at least 5cm.
Even though Xiong YaoYue knew I wasn’t h.o.m.os.e.xual, she still wasn’t on guard against me and didn’t notice my gentlemanly actions at all. It’s possible she doesn’t have her guard up against boys at all and it’s the reason why they say tomboys have a lot of gay male friends but no boyfriends.
An old grandfather who had a Beijing accent was wearing a straw hat and looked like a tourist. He studied a map of tourist locations in Dong Shan city, then he turned to Xiong YaoYue and asked:
“Excuse me, may I ask if you know if this bus stops at Qing Hai Park?”
Xiong YaoYue, who loved to help people because she thought doing good deeds would improve her character, quickly answered:
“It does! Gramps, just pay attention to where I get off and all you have to do is get off at the stop before mines.”
The old man nodded his head in grat.i.tude and kept saying the people of Dong Shan city were simple and honest. Last time he asked for directions in Shanghai, the person asked for money, so it was a world of difference for him.
Wait, before you complement people of Dong Shan city, I think there’s a problem with you two’s intelligence. Xiong YaoYue told the old man to get off one stop before her… if you already get off then he would have already missed his stop!
Everyone says people from the city has higher IQ. I can’t the old man didn’t notice Xiong YaoYue’s answer was really flawed. The next time you go somewhere to travel, you’re going to have to sigh and say: “People from Dong Shan city are simple and honest, but their average IQ is a tad…”
I would rather you call us greedy instead of stupid, it’s not like you’re any smarter than us.
Thus I said to the old man while trying not to hurt Xiong YaoYue’s self-respect:
“From here, the third stop is Qing Hai Park.”
It seems the old man wasn’t confident about the validity of my words, as he looked to Xiong YaoYue and only felt as ease after he saw her nod. He silently counted the stops and got off at the correct stop.
After we arrived at our destination, the cla.s.s leader stood in front of the bus stop like she was a kindergarten teacher. She did a head count of everyone from our cla.s.s, then she brought us into the pizza store.
There was really nothing to say about what happened at the buffet. It was the guys bragging to each other while the girls gossiped and we also joked around with each other.
For example, Eunuch Cao said to Gong CaiCai: “Do you have natural curls because your mom drank hot water while she was pregnant with you?”
Gong CaiCai retorted, “It’s not from the hot water, it’s natural.”
Eunuch Cao snickered: “It’s natural because she drank hot water when she was pregnant. If you don’t want your kid to have naturally curly hair, then don’t drink hot water when you’re pregnant, jie jie jie jie jie~~~”
Loud Mouth knocked Eunuch Cao over with her elbow, then she pointed to him as he lay on the ground and said to a server: “There’s trash here, can you clean it up please.”
Xiao Qin, who had androphobia, didn’t have a chance to talk to me due to the crowd. It was only after I ordered some grilled fish from the BBQ station, Xiao Qin ran over three times to ask the the cook:
“Is my boyfriend’s fish ready?”
The cook looked at Xiao Qin with disdain as she was so young yet always hung the word ‘boyfriend’ around her lips.
That’s enough, what’s the point of showing off your relationship to a stranger!
It was just as Loud Mouth said, the food was average at best, but it was already a improvement for us who had eaten in the school cafeteria for lunch.
The main force of the boys was me, Niu ShiLi and a bunch of boys who love exercise (like the other basketball members), or a bunch who completely don’t exercise (fatties like Eunuch Cao).
Among the girls, Loud Mouth and Xiong YaoYue were tied for first. Even though Xiao Qin was also one of the gluttons, the pizza store didn’t have any seafood, so her fighting power was greatly reduced. She could only be considered somewhere in the middle among the other girls.
The cla.s.s leader barely ate, as she used most of her time to maintain order. She advised everyone not to be greed and to not waste food. The cla.s.s leader got anxious if a student stayed in the washroom for more than fifteen minutes. She would be afraid they got into an accident and have either herself or another cla.s.smate to check on them.
She also called home once and told Shu Zhe to put the leftover eggplants he couldn’t finish in the fridge so it wouldn’t spoil.
Cla.s.s leader, aren’t you tired? Everyone came out together to celebrate, so why can’t you have a good time and maybe joke around? It’s not like the washroom here is very primitive. If someone is in the washroom for more than 15 minutes, it could be they are constipated or they are playing on their phone, it’s nothing to worry about. Cla.s.s leader, it’s like you don’t know how to loosen up at all.
Dinner was finally over and after another head count, the cla.s.s leader told everyone to head home early and don’t stay out too late. Everyone saw the cla.s.s leader’s anxious expression and didn’t want to worry her by saying they were going to an arcade or a cafe, so they all verbally agreed.
The cla.s.s leader, who didn’t ride her bike today, took a breath of relief after she saw her cla.s.smates either walk home or get on the bus, then she also planned to head home.
Because of me, the cla.s.s leader became Li LaoEr and Guang ZhaoTou’s target of revenge, so I felt a bit uneasy letting her go home alone.
But it was embarra.s.sing for me to offer to take her home since we just slept together the other day.
As I was hesitating, Xiao Qin jumped out from the shadows and grabbed my hand, “Ye Lin cla.s.smate, can you take me to the subway station. I’m afraid of walking alone at night.”
You scared me! Didn’t you leave earlier with Little Smart, when did you come back?
Besides, since guns are completely banned in China, it would be very safe for a martial arts genius like you to walk at night. The only person that could beat you would be someone who has a professional boxer’s physiques and someone who doesn’t get careless when they see you’re a girl in middle school.
I looked towards the cla.s.s leader’s lonely back and told Xiao Qin my worries.
Xiao Qin did some quick thinking and said: “I could tell Uncle Long and the others to protect her in secret as long as you come with me to the subway station.”
I thought it was a good idea. So after Xiao Qin made the call, I let her grab my arm and I walked her to the entrance of the subway station.
On Tuesday morning, I noticed the cla.s.s leader, who was on cla.s.s duty, pick up a short piece of chalk from the floor at the back of the cla.s.sroom and accurately toss it into the box of chalk on the lectern.
Her throwing level is already Lvl 999, is she still training hard on her throwing weapon skills?
I heard from Loud Mouth later that the cla.s.s leader was nervous and training hard because she realized she was followed by two people who looked like they were from the triads on Monday night. She wanted to train her throwing weapon abilities to the point where it could be used for self-defense.
Does Uncle Hu and Uncle Bao not understand what protecting in secret means? I told you to protect the cla.s.s leader, but you ended up scaring her!
But it wasn’t a bad thing for the cla.s.s leader to master more self-defense skills, so I didn’t reveal the truth to her.
I didn’t feel any regret until I once talked during a study session, and the cla.s.s leader, who was writing tomorrow’s schedule on the blackboard, casually threw the chalk in her hand and hit me square on the forehead.
Wednesday came in the blink of an eye. If I hadn’t been reminded, I would have forgot there was still a friendly match between the different grades after the same grade championships.
As a result of the draw, the first match was the cla.s.s 2-3 girl’s volleyball team versus the cla.s.s 3-3 team, which was the cla.s.s of the prettiest girl in school. Apparently, all the outstanding volleyball players were in the cla.s.s and their vicious spikes would make anyone who received the ball cry.