Chapter 64

After the report meeting at the Second County Middle School ended, Lu Jingyao agreed to the school's request to tutor the "top students" in the repeat class.

The reference books she brought back from the capital for her younger brother became public teaching materials, which were copied onto the blackboard every day for everyone to study publicly.

Xia Yue and others were like they had found a treasure, which also caused other repeat classes to come over and scramble for them.

And in this process, Li Ye's eight-person small group was naturally excluded.

Hu Man and others just went to the classroom to listen to the teacher's lecture as usual, but the classroom was crowded with people from the three repeat classes, and they were vaguely blocked outside. Then they all returned angrily.

Li Ye said indifferently: "Isn't it just right that they won't let you into the classroom? Don't go over there to find discomfort in the future; just study on your own at the Second Grain Store all day."

Hu Man said angrily: "We don't want to go over there to learn from them either; we just wanted to see what was so strange about the reference books from the capital and find the differences from our own."

Fu Yingjie said: "Xia Yue and the others have formed a study group, and now with Lu Jingyao's help, they are secretly spreading the word that they want to compare with us!"

Li Ye said: "The monks from the capital may not necessarily know how to chant scriptures, unless there are high-level teachers providing one-on-one or one-on-two tutoring for Xia Yue and the others; otherwise, no matter how they study, they won't be able to improve much."

Li Ye had actually observed the learning level of Class One during this period, and it could be said that the vast majority of them were doing some repetitive, useless work, destined to just be marking time.

Even if Lu Jingyao is willing to provide help now, how many days can she help? How much can she help?

It simply cannot be compared with Li Ye's "small class instruction."

"Then...... alright! The day we defeat Xia Yue and the others, I will definitely return all the anger I suffered today to her."

"Right, we are assassins hidden before the dawn, just waiting for the day the college entrance exam arrives."

Watching Hu Man and the others encourage and cheer each other on, striking a "fighting posture," Li Ye felt a bit of a headache, but also found it a bit funny.

However, what happened next was what really gave him a headache.

"Wen Leyu, are you really not coming home with me for the New Year?"

Wen Leyu raised her big eyes and looked at Li Ye without speaking.

"Sigh~~"

Li Ye sighed, once again admiring this little girl's stubbornness.

Actually, after Teacher Ke left, Li Ye had already discussed with Wen Leyu many times that when the school went on holiday, she should go home with Li Ye to stay.

But Wen Leyu never agreed, stating that she "could manage" staying at school alone.

But after the school went on holiday, there would be no one in the dormitory! Except for the old man guarding the gate, it would just be Wen Leyu alone; how could that work?

But no matter what Li Ye said, Wen Leyu only reluctantly agreed to go home with Li Ye for a New Year's Eve dinner at most, but absolutely refused to stay overnight at Li Ye's house.

The gender boundaries of the eighties really gave Li Ye a headache.

If Wen Leyu stayed overnight at Li Ye's house, in case someone maliciously spread rumors, it might not take many days for "sensual rumors" about Li Ye and Wen Leyu to spread across half of Qingshui County.

Similarly, if Li Ye were at school when Wen Leyu was the only one there, it wouldn't be easy to break down the door of the boys' dormitory to guard her at close range.

Yellow rumors were killing knives in the eighties; they were despicable, yet exciting.

Hearing Li Ye's sigh, Wen Leyu was silent for a few seconds and said softly: "I want to go with you, but I can't! People will gossip, and it will drag you down."

Li Ye's heart was hit hard by something—warm, astringent, and sweet.

Having lived two lives, he wouldn't easily be moved, but at this moment, he truly experienced the feeling of being touched.

The little girl was unwilling to be in a suspicious situation with Li Ye, and it was actually because she was considering Li Ye's trouble, rather than considering her own reputation first.

Li Ye said: "But when Teacher Ke left, she asked me to take good care of you. If you stay in the school dormitory alone, what if you have a headache, fever, or cold?"

Wen Leyu said: "It's okay, a cold or fever won't kill anyone; I've carried through it many times before."

Li Ye said again: "Then what if there's suddenly a big rat in the dormitory?"

Wen Leyu said calmly: "I can stomp it to death with one foot."

Li Ye asked again: "Then what if I guard outside the school wall in the cold wind for your safety?"

Wen Leyu only hesitated for a second before saying: "I'll blow the cold wind outside the wall with you."

Li Ye held his breath in his stomach, feeling like he had become the infatuated male lead in a pure love TV series.

Touched?

Touched.

Stupid?

A little bit!

If this trivial matter were placed in later generations, it would be something that could be solved with a small hotel for a hundred yuan, but now it forced Li Ye to rack his brains.

"Clang~" A gong sounded.

"Woof~" A dog barked.

"Plop~" A chicken bone was thrown on the ground.

"Crunch crunch~" The dog ate the bone.

"Clang~"

"Woof~"

"Plop~"

Li Ye held a copper gong in his hand, with half a basin of leftover chicken bones at his feet, squatting in the campus of the Second Grain Store, having a great time playing with the big yellow dog.

He was having a great time, but others were suffering.

In the small warehouse, Hu Man and the others were struggling with their test papers, frowning! With the sound of gongs and dog barking in the courtyard outside, they were so annoyed that they really wanted to hit someone.

But thinking of Li Ye's combat power, and thinking of his serious "anti-interference training," none of them dared to take the lead.

Eventually, Hu Man set her sights on Wen Leyu.

Wen Leyu had already finished her test paper and was currently copying a manuscript. Seeing her focused appearance, this anti-interference training seemed to have no effect on her.

"Wen Leyu, do you know what Li Ye is doing outside?"

"I don't know."

"Then why don't you go ask?"

Wen Leyu turned her head and asked Hu Man: "You can't solve the problem, right?"

Hu Man smiled sheepishly and said: "I really can't solve it; can you help me?"

Wen Leyu narrowed her eyes and looked at Hu Man, Han Xia, and others, enjoyed the pleading gazes of the women, and then stood up and walked out, lifting the curtain gracefully.

As soon as Wen Leyu walked out, Hu Man and the others jumped up from their stools one after another, crowded to the door, and lifted a small slit in the curtain to peek.

They saw Wen Leyu, who had been cold and proud just a moment ago, obediently squatting beside Li Ye, holding her chin with both hands, silent.

Li Ye asked Wen Leyu: "Why did you come out?"

Wen Leyu: "I want to think about what game you are playing with this dog."

"Pfft~"

Li Ye laughed and said: "I am doing a world-famous biological experiment; the name of the experiment is—Pavlov's Dog."

"Pavlov's Dog? Is it an experiment from the Soviet Union?"

"Right," Li Ye began to popularize science for Wen Leyu—of course, it was very serious popularization, not the wanton showing off like Huang Bo in "Alien."

"The name of this experiment is Pavlov's Dog, but it can actually be applied to many animals, such as the monkey shows we have seen before......."

"Do a somersault, give it a piece of apple; kowtow, give it half a sweet potato; do a push-up, give it half a watermelon directly....... It won't take long before a monkey genius is trained."

Li Ye talked to everyone for a while, and it really aroused Wen Leyu's interest.

In the era when television had not yet been popularized, small circuses wandering the country had a big market. Wen Leyu had of course seen monkey shows, and that clever monkey surprised and intrigued her very much.

Now, after Li Ye's explanation, she realized that as long as she had apples in her hand, she could also train a silly monkey into Sun Wukong.

So Wen Leyu took the copper gong from Li Ye's hand and started clanging it.

The big yellow dog was very cooperative, barking "Woof woof woof" louder and louder, which made Wen Leyu very excited.

Of course, humans don't understand the language of the dog star people; maybe it was saying something like "What a stupid two-legged creature. I roar once, and I can get a piece of bone. If you have the ability, don't stop; I'll win all your underpants."

Wen Leyu played for a while, returned the gong to Li Ye, and urged: "Quick, you come and teach him to do a somersault."

Who knew Li Ye would say: "No need, it's enough if it knows how to bark."

Wen Leyu didn't understand and said somewhat tastelessly: "Only know how to bark? What's the use of that? Which dog doesn't know how to bark?"

"Useful, very useful."

Li Ye pointed his finger in the direction of the school and said to Wen Leyu: "From here to the dormitory where you live, the straight-line distance is 89 meters. In case something happens, even if you scream your throat out, I might not necessarily hear it."

Li Ye picked up the gong and said: "But as long as you hit the gong once, Big Yellow will bark wildly, and then within twenty seconds, I will be able to appear in front of you."

"........."

Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye blankly, and it was only after several seconds that she realized.

Li Ye went through all that trouble to come up with some Pavlov's Dog, and it turned out he just wanted to tell her that as long as the gong sounded, he would appear by her side?

Strange?

Funny?

But under the social atmosphere and environment of '81, it seemed...... not strange at all, not funny at all.

Wen Leyu took Li Ye's gong, held it tightly, and her face gradually turned red.

However, Li Ye felt a little bit ashamed.

【Sigh, I just used a low-level skill of a lick-dog—text message call—and moved a girl's heart; is it a bit despicable!】

Actually, Li Ye had also considered letting Wen Leyu take Big Yellow over directly in a few days to keep watch and defend herself.

But for a girl living alone in a foreign land, does she need a boyfriend who can fly over on colorful auspicious clouds with one phone call in a dangerous moment?

Or a dog?

A dog that can be killed with one stick when encountering a villain?