Chapter 88: 90: A Family by the Spring Chapter 88: The Spring Family Series Broadcast, Causing a Sensation

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Protagonist:

Lin Xiyu

"No."

Guben explained with a serious expression: "She's happy. When you like someone, you can't help but want to bully them."

"Is that so?"

Xu Yi half-understood: "No wonder those couples in TV dramas are always hugging and nibbling on each other all day..."

"Pfft."

Li Liang spat out another mouthful of melon seeds.

Qu Peng coughed violently, nearly choking on his own spit.

"I'm going to die."

Lin Xiyu let out a wail, pressing her forehead against Guben's chest, refusing to lift her head again.

"Hehe."

Guben was very pleased with her throwing herself into his arms, and took the opportunity to wrap his arms around her waist.

"Crack, crack."

The whole bag of potato chips in Wang Fan's hand was crushed into crumbs.

—

From Jinan to Tai'an is not far, a journey of one and a half hours by train.

On the way, Lin Xiyu used the excuse of going to the toilet to hide in the space between two carriages, absolutely refusing to go back.

Helpless, Guben could only accompany her, and the two stood for an hour before arriving at Tai'an Railway Station.

Tai'an is named after Mount Taishan, meaning the country is prosperous and the people are at peace.

The entire city is built around Mount Taishan; as soon as they got off the train, they could see the majestic and beautiful continuous mountains.

"Wow, so pretty, we're going to climb the mountain."

Xu Yi was very excited and started frolicking as soon as he got off the train.

"Xiao Yi, don't run around."

There were many people getting off the train, and the crowd was dense. Lin Xiyu, fearing he would get lost, grabbed his collar and pulled him back, forcibly ordering him to stay by her side.

"It's almost six."

As Class Monitor, Qu Peng worried himself sick: "Consumption is expensive inside the scenic area. Why not find a small restaurant near the train station first, finish dinner, and then climb the mountain?"

"You're the Class Monitor."

Guben very smoothly kicked the ball back: "You decide, we'll follow you."

"Don't kid me."

Qu Peng gave an awkward laugh: "This Class Monitor of mine is just nominal. You're the backbone of our class; I have to listen to you too."

"What do you want to eat?"

Guben helplessly glared at him, then turned his head to look at Lin Xiyu.

"I brought bread; eating bread is fine."

Lin Xiyu felt bad about spending money and didn't want to eat at a restaurant.

"Is bread enough?"

Qu Peng tried hard to persuade them: "We're going to climb all night, at least seven or eight hours. Relying on that bit of energy, we definitely can't hold out."

"If you don't eat, Xiao Yi still needs to eat."

Wang Fan took the opportunity to make his presence known: "He's very active, jumping around all over. Bread won't do; he'll be hungry in a little while."

"Then let's just find a noodle stall and have a bowl of noodles."

Lin Xiyu glanced at her energetic younger brother and had to admit they were all right.

"Fine."

Seeing Guben had no objection, Qu Peng waved his hand and led the large group away from the train station in a grand procession.

—

Near the train station there was a snack street. It was close to mealtime, and there were many people eating.

Qu Peng wandered around the snack street for two rounds before finally finding a suitable noodle shop that could accommodate forty people at once.

Seeing a big business had arrived, the noodle shop boss grinned from ear to ear and specially turned on the 29-inch large color TV placed in the hall.

"Boss."

Guben glanced at his watch and smiled meaningfully: "Trouble switching to the Jinan News channel."

"OK."

The boss made an OK gesture and agreed readily.

"What news are you watching?"

Qu Peng didn't understand his intention and teased with a smile: "Your grandfather isn't here, no one's managing you. Coming out to play and not watching something lighthearted, you're set on caring about politics."

"Who said I want to watch current affairs?"

Guben snorted lightly: "Tonight's program is different. It will definitely blind your titanium alloy dog eyes."

"Tsk~~"

Qu Peng was a bit unconvinced: "You're talking as if it's true."

"Just wait."

Guben was confident: "You'll know in a little while."

—

Qu Peng asked his classmates for their opinions, and each person ordered a bowl of pickled vegetable and shredded pork noodles.

Wang Fan thought eating noodles was too cold, so he called the waiter and ordered several extra plates of cold appetizers.

The pager hanging at his waist suddenly vibrated a few times; he lowered his head and glanced at it, his brow slightly furrowed: "A message from Zhang Xiaoqian, asking where we are?"

"Where is she?"

Qu Peng didn't think twice before asking back.

"How would I know?"

Wang Fan didn't want to wait on the Young Lady either; he wished to stay as far away as possible to avoid bringing trouble upon himself.

"Send her a reply."

Qu Peng, acting out of his duty as Class Monitor and trying to smooth things over: "Tell her where we are; if she wants to come, she can come; if not, she can wait at the main gate of Taishan."

"Fine, I'll call. Guben is here; she'd be crazy not to come..."

Wang Fan grumbled in dissatisfaction, reluctantly stood up, and used the noodle stall's phone to send Zhang Xiaoqian a reply.

As expected, a certain Young Lady arrived unexpectedly fast, appearing at the noodle shop in less than ten minutes.

"Xiao Qian, you're finally here; if you'd been any later, someone would have stolen the limelight."

"Exactly, someone took advantage of your absence to pester Guben, utterly shameless."

"You don't know how flirtatious she is; thinking no one was watching, she deliberately hid in a corner hugging and embracing him, practically wanting to press herself against him."

Several girls who were on good terms with Zhang Xiaoqian, unable to vent their own envy and jealousy, maliciously instigated and slandered, using her as a weapon.

"Shameless slut!"

Zhang Xiaoqian was indeed furious; she rushed over intending to slap Lin Xiyu.

"You're the slut; don't you dare insult my Sister."

Lin Xiyu had yet to react when Xu Yi became displeased; like a young calf, he leaped from his chair and rammed his head into Zhang Xiaoqian's abdomen.

"Ouch."

Zhang Xiaoqian was caught off guard, was hit squarely by him, and fell flat on her back on the ground.

"Xiao Qian!"

"Are you alright?"

Several girls who were on good terms with her were so frightened their faces changed color; they hurriedly crowded around, wanting to help her up.

"Get lost; how do your eyes see that I'm fine?"

Zhang Xiaoqian's tailbone cracked with a sharp sound when she fell, hurting as if she were falling apart.

She swung a slap, venting her resentment on one of the girls.

"Ah!"

That girl was slapped until she saw stars, her cheek reddening and swelling at a visible speed.

There was a moment of silence in the noodle shop; everyone was stunned by this sudden slap, shocked into speechlessness.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and help me up."

Zhang Xiaoqian was still angry and lost her temper at the other girls again.

"Oh oh."

Those girls dared not oppose her; they gritted their teeth and helped her up.

"Hiss."

Zhang Xiaoqian moved slightly, and her tailbone sent a piercing pain.

"Your injury looks serious; you should go to the Hospital."

One of the girls was frightened upon seeing this and, gritting her teeth, advised her.

"I'm not going."

Zhang Xiaoqian was unwilling and shook off her hand.

"Can you climb the Mountain like this?"

That girl advised again: "What if it gets even more serious?"

"I'm not going; none of you are going either."

Zhang Xiaoqian was furious and cursed at Xu Yi: "And you, little brat, you dare bump into me; I'll make you die a very ugly death..."

"Shut up!"

Guben shouted sternly, interrupting her arrogance.

"Guben, you just want to oppose me, don't you?"

Zhang Xiaoqian wasn't stupid; by now she understood that Guben didn't like her, and for Lin Xiyu, he had trampled the face of a Young Lady like her under his feet.

Such firm protection and such blatant favoritism drove her mad: "Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust; you want Lin Xiyu to return to the Program Group? Dream on; I'd rather break the net and die with the fish—I won't film, and I won't let her film either."

"It's too late."

Guben sneered disdainfully, not taking her threat to heart at all: "The special program 'Quancheng Water' will broadcast a series today; Director Du separated the broadcasts and announced it in advance precisely to prevent you from causing more trouble."

"Good evening, viewers; today's Jinan News special program is expected to broadcast for 40 minutes; please stay tuned."

As his voice fell, the Clock pointed to 18:00 sharp; the television screen flashed, and four large, dragon-and-phoenix-style characters appeared—Quancheng Water.

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"Quick, look, Xiyu is on TV."

"Did she really save someone? So amazing."

"There's also an interview, in the Television Station Broadcasting Hall."

"That skirt is so pretty, wearing it is like becoming a different person."

"Are they going to her home to record a program?"

"Qu Peng and them actually accepted an interview too."

"Must have hit the jackpot, so envious."

"If I'd known I'd really be on TV, I should have dressed more formally."

"Qu Peng, you've gotten cocky, still daring to provoke us."

"Beat him up......"

The documentary was shot with profound artistic conception, reflecting the real life of ordinary people living in Siheyuan.

Not long after it was broadcast, it resonated with the audience, strongly attracting everyone's gaze.

The classmates in the noodle shop were even more inexplicably excited, all focusing their gazes on Lin Xiyu in unison.

"Xiyu."

Wu Meng said enviously: "You're so awesome, filming a documentary, you'll be a big star in the future."

"No, it's just filming a documentary, not some star."

Lin Xiyu was quick-witted, not wanting to make herself envied: "Actually, you can film too, Sister Yan said they need many Extras, our classmates and relatives can all participate."

"Really?"

"We can film a documentary too?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the style changed immediately; the classmates who were originally envious and jealous looked at her with even more fervent gazes, and some even had fawning smiles on their faces.

"It's true, don't believe me, ask Guben."

Lin Xiyu achieved her goal and decisively passed the buck: "He has a very good relationship with the director, and is also my spokesperson; the specific matters of filming all have to listen to him."

"Guben, help us out, recommend us to the director, we don't have high demands, just give us a chance to show our faces."

"Me too, me too, as long as one shot, a front-facing shot and I'll be satisfied."

"I'm willing to do a side profile too."

"A back view works too......"

The noodle shop boiled over, classmates laughing and clamoring with many voices at once, surrounding Guben in the middle.

The girls who were originally currying favor with Zhang Xiaoqian and others changed their gazes, unconsciously moving their steps, crowding toward him.

"No problem, leave this to me."

Guben naturally had extremely high emotional intelligence and was good at winning people over; one sentence pushed everyone's emotions to the extreme: "Let's go climb the mountain first, have a great time for two days, when we go back I'll negotiate with Director Du, pick a suitable scene, and let every one of you have a chance to participate."

"Yay!"

"Great, we can film a documentary too."

The words had not yet fallen when cheers erupted in the noodle shop; the noisy scene was completely out of place with a certain person who had been deliberately forgotten.

"Guben, I hate you!"

Zhang Xiaoqian was filled with resentment and anger, stamped her foot hatefully, and ran out crying.

"Zhang Xiaoqian left alone."

Qu Peng was a bit worried: "I think her spirit is not very good, she won't get into trouble, will she?"

"No need to mind her."

Wang Fan looked down on her: "There's a driver waiting outside, she's not alone."

"Still, let's go out and check."

Qu Peng didn't know why, but felt a bit panicked in his heart: "There are many people near the Train Station, it's quite chaotic, don't let something really happen."

Wang Fan resisted in his heart: "If you want to go, go, anyway I'm not going."

"Sigh."

Qu Peng couldn't move him, so he had to chase out by himself.

——

His premonition was correct; Zhang Xiaoqian was plagued by bad luck, and sure enough, something happened.

A crying and beautiful girl, at dusk when night was about to fall, was undoubtedly eye-catching.

Not long after Zhang Xiaoqian ran out of the noodle shop, she was watched by someone.

Two drunkards approached laughing and joking, wanting to tease her: "Little girl, why are you crying? Did you break up? Come, Brother will accompany you to drown your sorrows......."

"Scram!"

Zhang Xiaoqian looked at the two greasy men and felt nauseous enough to vomit.

She was already irritable, and after being stimulated she was furious beyond control; seeing one of them reach out to touch her face, without thinking, she picked up a stone from the ground and smashed it toward his head.

"Bang."

That person's head was broken and bleeding, his eyes rolled back, he fell to the ground, and fell into a coma on the spot.

"Someone, murder!"

The other drunkard, frightened, sobered up and howled at the top of his lungs.

The snack street instantly became noisy, and many people watching the excitement surged out from nearby restaurants.

"I didn't, I didn't kill anyone."

Zhang Xiaoqian also panicked and defended herself helplessly.

"It was you."

The drunkard who hadn't fallen had a fierce gaze: "I saw it with my own eyes, it was you who smashed my brother with a stone; if my brother has any misfortune, I want you to pay with your life."

"Such a small girl, so fierce, holding a stone and wedging it into someone's head."

"Did he really die? Lots of breath coming in, little going out."

"Call the police, call an ambulance, someone died at the doorway of the shop, bad luck."

The onlookers chattered noisily, surrounding the scene so tightly not even water could leak through.

"What happened?"

Qu Peng sensed something was wrong and squeezed in from outside the crowd.

"I didn't do it on purpose."

Seeing Qu Peng, Zhang Xiaoqian finally regained some of her senses: "They were the ones who molested me first; I was acting in self-defense."

"Hiss."

Qu Peng saw the man lying on the ground with a bloody head and drew in a sharp breath.

"Don't panic, I can't handle this, I'll go find Guben; stay here and don't move, wait for me to come back."

He didn't have time to think, broke free of Zhang Xiaoqian's hand, and forced his way out of the crowd again.

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Guben came quickly; since it involved a life, he couldn't afford to think too much.

Qu Peng, Wang Fan, and Li Liang all came with him, while Lin Xiyu stayed at the restaurant to comfort the frightened classmates.

"Guben, I didn't do it on purpose, really not on purpose."

Seeing Guben, Zhang Xiaoqian seemed to see a lifeline and rushed over recklessly, embracing him.