Chapter 52

Yesterday at dinner, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin said there would be a raffle event at the Shigang Town square this weekend.

Nowadays, it hasn't been many years since the lottery industry was established and issued in the mainland, but the trend of raffles has long been popular, and the way they are conducted is very accessible to the public.

In a large venue, there are salespeople in uniform on both sides of the aisles, with crowds of people bustling in between; they can buy them one by one or by the box, and once bought, they scratch them on the spot and redeem the prizes immediately.

The first prize is usually a small car, which is placed in the most conspicuous position at a high point.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan feels that every night before he goes to sleep, it's like he is holding a lottery ticket, and when he wakes up, it is the moment to redeem the prize.

Moreover, there is always a decent guaranteed prize, and surprises often pop up.

For example, this morning, when he woke up, he saw A Li wearing a dark gold patterned horse skirt, paired with a white top, looking both dashing and exquisite.

Perhaps sensing his preference, the frequency with which she wears the horse skirt has increased significantly recently.

This is the result of Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei's earnest and repeated dissuasion: "Oh my, my granddaughter, even if he likes you again, you can't wear the same style every day; it's easy to get tired of looking at it."

Another large table was placed in the room, covered with paper, brushes, and various pigments.

These were all brought over by A Li directly from Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei.

From the paper to the brushes, none are mortal-grade items; even the pigments are made using ancient methods. Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei is not particular about food, but the ordinary things she uses in life are all rare items, and some can even be considered cultural relics.

Of course, she herself might not think this is extravagant, because from childhood to adulthood, this is the life she has lived.

Just like the gifts she gave earlier, they were either jade rings or earrings, and the money she took to buy gifts was counted in stacks; she really wasn't showing off her wealth.

The difference between showing off wealth and being generous is that she truly intends to give.

At this moment, A Li is painting.

She no longer needs to get up early and sit in the room waiting for the boy to wake up.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sat up and stretched lightly.

The girl held her brush and looked over, tilting her head slightly.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan smiled, got out of bed to wash up, and when he was walking back with the washbasin, Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei waved at him from below.

"Grandma Liu."

"Come, bring your paintings down and let Grandma admire them."

"Okay, Grandma."

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei sat down with a smile; the *Liu Family Qi-Gazing Art* can only be taught after A Li's illness is completely cured and she takes this brat as a registered disciple of the Liu family.

But things like zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting do not matter; they can be taught.

No, wait, this kid doesn't need her to teach him chess anymore; he plays better than she does.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan brought the two paintings down and spread them out on the tea table.

One was the one he had just finished, and the other was the one A Li had painted.

The scenery in the paintings was the view of the countryside looking out from the second-floor terrace in the early morning, and it was this scene that prompted Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan to want to learn to paint.

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei's gaze swept over them, then she frowned slightly and said:

"If it were an ordinary teacher, they would give you a genius-like evaluation because it is painted very well."

"Grandma, please enlighten me."

"But the problem lies right here. In terms of technique, you have imitated A Li so well that there is almost no difference, but in your control of restraint and release, you are too natural—so natural that it is overly deliberate."

"At first glance, it really feels good, but upon careful savoring, it is full of craftsmanship."

"Grandma is right; this is indeed my problem."

Although the two paintings depict the same scenery, and A Li's style is more gloomy while his own is more sunny, A Li's painting seems to move, while his own, even though it creates a sense of movement, remains dead.

"In the path of calligraphy and painting, many people spend their whole lives studying technique, but true masters must play with new tricks and patterns to be interesting; to put it simply, one must integrate emotions."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's gaze dimmed.

"You are still young, and it is already remarkable to paint like this; there is no need to force yourself to express sorrow for the sake of writing new poems."

"Thank you for your teachings."

"Teachings is too strong a word; because it is you, I spoke a bit heavily; actually, I am just nitpicking."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan nodded with a smile and put the paintings away.

Liu Yi came out at the right time and shouted, "Breakfast is ready!"

Sitting down, he went to get a salted duck egg to peel for A Li, but the girl snatched it first.

When he wanted to get a second one, the girl took it away again.

Before long, the girl peeled a duck egg and sent it in front of him.

His eyes are better now, but there are some habits that the girl is unwilling to change back.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan pondered Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei's words while eating; having studied for a month, his painting level is actually good enough to enter competitions and win prizes, after all, he is still in the youth group.

But in front of true masters, his paintings have more craftsmanship than those old painters who make a living by copying.

If he continues to paint hard, his future destination will probably be a famous master of fake paintings in the country.

However, how can one integrate emotions?

Perhaps it is a problem with the scenery; then, why not just change the subject of the painting?

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan looked at A Li, who was carefully picking out the duck egg with chopsticks, and a thought occurred to him.

"Ahhh..."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's yawn was loud and long.

His father agreed to let him continue living here and agreed to let him go to school with Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan without attending morning and evening self-study sessions, but he was not actually that relaxed.

No matter how many problems he solved, it was not as fast as Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan setting problems for him, and he could feel that Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan was making more and more progress in setting problems for him.

At first, he was given tough problems to crack, but now he has started to pay attention to the combination of difficulty; he could even tell that some problems were deliberately set by Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan so that he could rack his brains to calculate them step by step and find joy.

Although he could tell, he was truly happy; he felt like a little loach being kneaded at will in Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's hands, and he was quite happy about it.

The only regret is that for the past month, it has been very quiet, with no *Si Dao*.

He asked Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng if it was like this before.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng replied that before you came, I was wondering why there were suddenly so many *Si Dao* in the village; after you came, it became normal.

This made Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin feel very guilty for a time, thinking that his appearance had disrupted the *Feng Shui*.

However, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan did not feel bored; his main energy is now on learning to paint, and secondly on studying the *True Path Subduing Demons Record*, and incidentally, researching the hanging carvings left by the dwarf father and son.

The boy feels that his life is quite fulfilling now; it is better for the frequency of *Si Dao* to be moderate, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to stand it if it were Lady Bai today and skinning in the fish pond tomorrow.

Li Sanjiang was very quiet today, silently drinking his porridge.

After breakfast, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng pushed out the tricycle.

There were two small stools on the cart, both wrapped in cloth.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin pushed out his own bicycle.

That time he went home after school was simply torture for him; he felt he shouldn't be in the car but under the car.

"Great-grandfather." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't rush to get on the cart but walked toward Li Sanjiang, showing a bit of shyness and expectation.

Most children at this age have had this expression, especially when facing elders of a different generation.

"Haha, I understand."

Li Sanjiang took money out of his pocket; it wasn't much, at least much less than when he used to give his great-grandson stacks of bills, but as daily pocket money, it was something that most rural children and even city children today would envy.

In terms of spending money, Li Sanjiang has always been generous, and he is even more generous to Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Hou.

"Hehe."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan accepted today's pocket money.

He rejected Li Sanjiang's proposal to give him a month's pocket money at once, because if he split it into daily amounts, Great-grandfather could have more happiness every day.

And he himself could have more opportunities to try to obtain happy emotions.

Getting on the cart with A Li, the tricycle drove down the dam.

The girl insists on picking up and dropping off the boy every morning and evening.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan specifically noticed that Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei did not let Liu Yi follow, and in the shadows, the figure of Qin Zhanglao, who had long since left, was nowhere to be seen.

She really let her granddaughter go out like this, and she also knows what is best for her granddaughter's future.

However, with Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's protection, A Li wouldn't encounter any danger.

No, even without Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's protection, it seems A Li wouldn't encounter any danger; Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng is more likely protecting those who attempt to approach A Li from real danger.

The school gate of the middle and high school is always the busiest in the morning, noon, and evening, and the street shops along the school gate also open early.

Sometimes Li Zhuiyuan would buy a steamed dumpling or fried dumpling and share it with A Li.

It's mainly to try something new, after all, they had already eaten breakfast at home.

Or he would buy some small ornaments to give to A Li, helping her fill her collection box.

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei told Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan that every night before A Li goes to bed, she squats in front of the collection box and carefully organizes her collection one by one.

Unfortunately, A Li cannot go to school.

She has no rejection toward her family members now, such as Great-grandfather, Tan Wenbin, and Lu Runsheng; she doesn't react when they get close, and she can even restrain herself toward Li Weihan, Cui Guiying, and Li Cuicui, Pan, and Lei, who often come to the house.

But if she were really made to go to school and sit in a classroom with a large group of students, she would be unable to accept it.

Most importantly, A Li is not interested in school life, nor does she yearn for friends or companions; the traditional savior perspective is completely redundant on her.

She might not even have any thoughts about this world; what she likes is just the "new world" that the boy has allowed her to come into contact with.

After waving goodbye to Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and A Li, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin followed the crowd of middle school students into the school gate.

High school students have earlier morning self-study sessions, so except for those who live very close, most high school students, especially seniors, choose to live on campus.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin used to live on campus, but later he fought with someone in the dormitory and moved home.

Walking into the high school teaching building, they were all in the second period of morning self-study; except for the teacher's lecturing, it seemed very quiet.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin carried his schoolbag diagonally, swinging his bangs as he walked; he enjoyed this feeling of being unique and felt he had a lot of style.

Even if he encountered other teachers, department heads, or the principal on the road, he was not in the slightest bit intimidated; after all, they were all very gentle and polite to his boss.

Consequently, they would also nod at him.

In truth, only Tan Tan Yunlong and his wife still held onto the hope that their son could absorb some of the celestial aura of the God of Literature;

as for the school leadership and teachers, sacrificing one Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin to secure a provincial top scorer was a worthwhile trade.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked to the classroom entrance, where the English teacher, Ms. Su, was finishing up a cloze test.

Ms. Su smiled and waved at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan returned a basic, shy smile.

Without needing to shout "Report" and disturb his classmates, he walked directly into the classroom; Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin sat inside first, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sat down afterward.

Pulling the *Record of Subduing Demons on the Righteous Path* from his drawer, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan began to read.

In an English-language environment, such "classical works" appeared even more fragrant.

It was just that, after sitting there for a month, he truly did not like this position in the first row by the door.

Because every time the classmates in the class passed by here, they would deliberately slow their pace to look at him, even though he had already been very careful not to make friends with his classmates.

Students from other classes seemed to treat passing by here as a landmark for their walks during breaks, even though Senior Year Class 13 was in the middle and not on the necessary path to the restroom.

The teachers were even more exaggerated; before and after classes, they would rather take a detour just to walk past here, then stop by the window or the door to cast looks of loving concern, as if they had to water the orchid grass they had planted for themselves a fixed number of times every day.

Because of him, the frequency with which the dean and principals came here had increased linearly; they did not need to distinguish between breaks, so the students in the class now dared not read wuxia novels or whisper during class.

The occasional horror of seeing someone outside the window when looking up had now turned into facing the bleakness of life head-on.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan truly liked the last row of this column; leaning against the door, the space was large, and the trash can was not here, but behind that row on the inner side.

From the perspective of Feng Shui, sitting in command of this place to observe the world was a standard position of a hidden dragon in the abyss.

Next were the positions on both sides of the teacher's desk, the left and right guardians.

Previously, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was the right guardian.

But the right guardian's back was against the classroom door, which was not good; it was easy to be startled and prone to fainting spells.

The best was the left guardian, whose front was blocked by the lectern, bearing the will of the Emperor above and adjacent to the hearts of the people below, a great hermit hidden in the city.

It was also because there were many people—over seventy students in one class; when he was in school before, there weren't this many people, and it would be readjusted every semester. Some classmates couldn't keep up and left, while others fell ill.

The morning self-study bell rang, and the English class ended.

The high school here had four classes in the morning and four classes in the afternoon.

But morning self-study could be divided into two sessions of half an hour each, lunch self-study was one session of one hour, and evening self-study was four sessions of one hour each.

On the class schedule, self-study sessions were all marked with subjects, and the school required teachers to be present as if they were regular classes.

Such an intensive curriculum startled Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan; if they had followed this schedule when he was in school before, not to mention whether he and his classmates could endure it, the professors would certainly have been exhausted in droves first.

During the break, the classmates began to quickly tidy up their stationery.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan asked curiously, "Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, what's wrong?"

"There's a monthly exam today, you didn't know?" Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was also tidying up his stationery, but after glancing at the book cover in Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's hand, he paused, "It's normal that you didn't know."

One month into the school term, the baseline monthly exam began.

To prevent cheating, senior and junior students were mixed for the exam, and they had to go to other classrooms to take their seats according to their exam numbers.

In fact, it was meaningless to cheat in the senior year; it was purely self-deception, but reality often went against human nature, because there were truly many senior students willing to cheat until the third mock exam.

At this time, the homeroom teacher, Sun Qing, walked in and asked, "Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, are you going to participate in the monthly exam, or would you like to go sit in my office?"

"I'll take it, but can you give me the papers for all subjects during the first session?"

"Alright, no problem, I'll go get them for you."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was clear about what the school wanted him to do; convenience for others was convenience for oneself, and he still had to participate in such large-scale exams.

One reason was to ensure that the teachers remained as gentle as a breeze when he continued to not listen in class or do homework, and the second was to help Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin feel out the pulse of the material to facilitate creating practice questions for him.

He truly didn't know how to teach people to study well, so he was learning.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan stood up and went to the wall in front to look at his exam number.

"Brother, come back, your exam number is in the original seat."

"Oh."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sat back down.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin went to the first seat in the left column.

Previously, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had only seen one sentence in a magazine: unless you are handsome enough, you will never experience how proactive girls can be.

Now he really wanted to add one more: it turns out that as long as your grades are good enough, the school can also abandon all restraint.

The first session was mathematics, and the proctor was the class's own math teacher, Mr. Yan.

After the papers were distributed, Mr. Yan placed the papers for the other subjects on Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's desk as well, gently patted Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's shoulder, and smiled:

"You can do the math, but for the other subjects, just pick and choose what you want to do."

"Mm."

Then, Mr. Yan placed his own teacup on the boy's desk: "A new cup, freshly brewed tea."

"Thank you, teacher."

The high school boy next to him, who had been assigned to this exam room, looked at this scene with horror in his eyes.

When the exam started, watching the little boy next to him start writing answers "swish, swish, swish," his mentality began to shatter.

No, even if the answers were placed in front of you, you couldn't copy them that fast, right?

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan finished the math paper quickly and picked up the physics paper to start writing.

Mr. Yan walked down, picked up the math paper, took out a red pen, and began to grade it directly.

He was very satisfied; he felt that the boy was not arrogant or complacent because of his good grades, and remained humble in his pursuit of progress.

Look, this time the big problems didn't use any advanced methods, and a big "Solution" was written before every problem.

When he reached the end of the Chinese paper, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan paused for a moment.

Because the theme of the essay topic was: Mother's Love.

But it was only a pause; Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan wrote a Mother's Love essay in standard script again, in which Li Lan was so incredibly loving and great that it was unbelievable; she was his good role model.

The only thing he couldn't do was the English listening test, so he wouldn't do it.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan checked the name on the test paper, stood up, and handed all the papers to Mr. Yan.

"Is your hand sore?" "A little."

"I told you that you didn't need to write so much." Mr. Yan blamed him, "Go to my office to rest, take a nap?"

"I'll go to the principal's office."

"That's right, it's quiet there; remember to come to the small classroom during lunch self-study to explain the problems."

"Alright, Mr. Yan."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan stood on the podium and looked down at Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin sitting below; he had already reached the solution problems and had been writing the whole time, with relatively few pauses, and he wasn't biting his nails.

Returning to his desk to pick up a book, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the exam room and headed straight for the principal's office.

When he was almost at the door, he heard a not-so-small sound coming from inside; he intended to leave and look for another office.

But in the voices, he heard Li Sanjiang, Li Li Weihan, and Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Guiying.

He knew why his great-grandfather and grandparents had come, because he had said he was in his senior year, Tan Wenbin had testified to it, and even Lei, Pan, and Sister Yingzi had testified to it.

But for the elderly, it was still too difficult to understand, so they formed a team and specifically came to the school today to see if they could believe it with their own eyes.

It must have been that after they came in, they were invited into the office by Principal Wu.

No wonder his great-grandfather was so quiet during breakfast today.

An instinct made Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan want to turn and leave, because he knew what would happen after he pushed the door open and went in: the joy and relief of the elderly, the praise and encouragement of Principal Wu.

He longed to avoid this predetermined process.

But at this moment, the sound of Li Lan's footsteps on the other end of the phone surfaced in his mind; he and she were, after all, different.

This instinct of his condition was not difficult to overcome.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan pushed open the door to the principal's office; the great-grandfather and grandparents sitting inside all stood up to look at the child. Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked over, a smile on his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, and was embraced by them.

Principal Wu said many words of encouragement; Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan kept his head slightly lowered, showing just the right amount of shyness.

After confirming this matter, the great-grandfather and the others left quickly. Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan came to the side of the corridor and watched the three elderly people walking toward the school gate below.

His great-grandfather had his hands on his hips, walking with the gait of an imperial envoy on a stage.

Li Li Weihan held his water pipe behind his back; he, who had always been steady and honest, had his shoulders swaying.

Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Guiying held a handkerchief, laughing and wiping away tears non-stop.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was very glad that he had not chosen to turn and leave just now.

Associating this with the essay he had just written, he realized that his previous imitation of Li Lan might have been a mistake; he should have taken her as a negative example to avoid sooner.

If he could have realized this earlier, his condition would not have developed so severely at such a young age.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, your grandparents actually still didn't believe you were in your senior year, haha."

Wu Wu Xinhan pulled the boy back into the office; he gave up his own desk for the boy to read, and even took drinks and chocolate out of his drawer.

He knew that the boy had participated in the monthly exam, which was very good; it gave everyone a sense of reassurance periodically.

At the same time, he also knew that the boy was a teaching assistant in the Olympiad math class.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up *Wei Zhengdao* and began to read.

The principal sat opposite, looking at documents; when he wanted to smoke, he would go out to light a cigarette, and come back after finishing it.

The bell for the end of the second morning exam rang, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan declined the principal's invitation to eat a special meal in the cafeteria.

Walking to the school gate, he waited for Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin; Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was still with Zheng Haiyang.

Although the three of them usually ate out a lot, they didn't eat stir-fried dishes every meal, basically sticking to noodles and egg-fried rice; of course, in the current climate, this was something only the children of dual-income families could afford.

Most of the school consists of children from rural families; many don't even go to the cafeteria, returning to their dorms to eat dry rations brought from home.

Pickled vegetables and salty sauces are also brought from home, and often they share and eat each other's mothers' cooking.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin is quite wealthy; ever since he started following Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, his parents have increased his pocket money significantly. Zheng Haiyang is even wealthier, otherwise those thugs wouldn't have tried to extort him.

In this day and age, the salary for being a seaman is already high, and there is a lot of extra income; purely in terms of pocket money, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin can only be considered a pauper compared to Zheng Haiyang.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin ordered five bowls of noodles; he eats one bowl himself, and the brain eats two bowls.

Zheng Haiyang went first to buy three bottles of soda, and then ordered three poached eggs, three lion's head meatballs, and three chicken legs.

He is happy to hang out with them; last time Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng beat that gang up so badly that no one has dared to come and trouble him during this period, especially given Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's current status in school—no one in the school dares to be blind enough to provoke him.

"Brother Yuanzi, Brother Bin, I had a dream yesterday."

Zheng Haiyang also learned from Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin to call Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan "Brother."

"What kind of dream?" Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin asked while taking a big bite of a chicken leg.

"I dreamed that my dad took me treasure hunting; this dream was very real."

"Isn't your dad out at sea?"

"Yeah, diving for treasure; there were several shipwrecks on the seabed, and there was so much gold, silver, and jewelry inside."

"Heh, so how much did you salvage?"

"Didn't salvage much; just as I was about to take it, the dream woke me up."

"What kind of dream is that? You should have at least gotten the gold and silver, and after reaching the shore, found the me in the dream to have a good time."

"Hehehe." Zheng Haiyang scratched his head.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin looked at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan again: "Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, can this dream be interpreted?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shook his head and took a sip of noodle soup: "I don't know how to interpret dreams."

"Oh, that's true too; this dream is too flashy. You kid, you must be crazy about getting rich. With such good conditions at home, why do you still want money so badly?"

"Maybe it's because I was scared by their extortion before, and I'd get beaten if I couldn't come up with the money."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan continued to lower his head and eat his noodles; in fact, he does know how to interpret dreams. Compared to physiognomy and fortune-telling, dream interpretation is only a basic, low-end job.

Because most dreams are "what one thinks about by day, one dreams about by night," they can be interpreted accordingly.

Except for a very small portion, which are truly felt in the heart.

The most typical is the pregnancy dream, which might not be had by the pregnant woman herself, but by one of her relatives.

Another is when a relative passes away; there are indeed people who, while still unaware, dream of them that very night.

Shipwrecks, the seabed, gold and silver, a father taking you treasure hunting only for it to end in nothing...

Profession, risk, farewell... these elements are all there.

In ancient times, when communication and roads were underdeveloped and people were separated by great distances, if children suddenly had such a dream and sought someone to interpret it, they would either immediately return home or prepare to look toward the distance and wear mourning clothes.

Many stories recorded by scholars contain similar plot points; they took this very seriously because it involved mourning for parents, which affected their official careers.

However, this kind of thing is never certain, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan has always restrained himself from randomly performing physiognomy or fortune-telling for people, so naturally, he wouldn't expand on this topic.

Zheng Haiyang suddenly said faintly: "Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, is it really okay?"

He is introverted, but introverted people often have delicate minds; his earlier words were actually a kind of foreshadowing.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan asked in confusion: "What?"

"I asked the grandpas and grandmas in my neighborhood, and they meant that this dream isn't very auspicious, and I should dream of something better."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shook his head and said very firmly: "Feudal superstition; it's all deceptive stuff."

"Pfft..."

The noodles in Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's mouth sprayed out directly, and two strands even shot out from his nostrils.

He immediately lowered his head and took paper to wipe it off; if I hadn't seen you with my own eyes arrange feng shui to kill that pair of dwarf father and son, I would have really believed you.

"Hehe." Zheng Haiyang's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face revealed a smile again, and he asked, "Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, how did you do on your exam this morning?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin replied: "Except for English, the others should have gone quite well."

"Ah, was there an English exam this morning?"

"He finished the whole thing while we were taking the math exam. By the way, why don't you ask how I did?"

"Then Brother Bin, how did you do?"

"I don't know. In the past, when I took exams, many questions knew me, but I didn't know them; now, it feels quite familiar, like an old friend coming to visit."

"So is that specifically good or bad?"

"I'm not clear; I'm afraid it might 'kill the familiar' 【cheat me】."

"Ah?"

"Let's wait for the specific scores to come out; I don't know if I did them right, but I did finish them all, and I also wrote the final big problems for math and physics."

"Brother Bin, this isn't Chinese class; you won't get points just for filling it up."

"Go, go, go, do I need you to teach me that?"

After lunch, the three returned to school; there were three more exams in the afternoon, and the noon study session was held as usual.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't return to the classroom but went to a small classroom that wasn't used for regular classes.

Inside, over a dozen people were already sitting, both seniors and juniors, selected by the math teachers to prepare for the municipal Olympic competition.

Nowadays, the math Olympiad trend is in full swing on the mainland; if one can compete layer by layer and get a good ranking in such competitions, it offers a huge advantage for further education.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was originally invited by Teacher Yan to join the study and competition, but after a few days, he was invited by several math teachers to write the problems.

Because competition problems are difficult and more flexible, when Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan first joined the group, he often saw scenes of teachers and students burying their heads in deep thought together.

He soon realized that he was a "full man who didn't know the hunger of a starving man"; his own learning conditions were actually very generous, but that was limited to big cities. Looking at the whole country, the marketization of supplementary competition materials had actually just begun, and many schools were still begging to go to big middle schools outside to photocopy their mock papers for their students to do.

On the blackboard were the problems Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had written yesterday; half of them had already been checked off. Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan picked up a piece of chalk and began to write the solution process under the unchecked problems.

Then, the students and teachers below revealed expressions of sudden realization one after another, continuously exclaiming:

"Oh~ so that's how it is."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan also felt very relaxed; teaching them was much simpler than teaching Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin. He didn't need to deliberately make the steps look very detailed, nor did he need to consider balancing difficulty to protect their learning enthusiasm.

Even if there were those who looked at the process and still didn't understand, they would ask the people around them. If they still didn't understand, it didn't matter; they would be removed and sent back to the classroom to study properly.

After erasing the problems, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan continued to write new ones.

The teachers and students below began to copy them. Unless it was before a competition, at other times, everyone either had teaching tasks or learning tasks and couldn't spend the whole day soaking here.

Outside, Principal Wu specially brought several vice principals and directors to quietly come to the door of the small classroom to check on them.

Watching that small figure still having to stand on a stool to write problems on the blackboard, everyone's faces revealed the joy of digging up oil in their own fields.

"I think that in this municipal competition, our school should be able to pass a few."

"I think there's at least one who will definitely pass..."

"Do you also think that this one who will definitely pass also has a high probability of taking first place in the city?"

Nantong is already a major city for education, and all six counties and one city under its jurisdiction have reputable middle schools that can be shown off.

And this middle school, even in this county, doesn't belong to the first tier; it's equivalent to starting in hell mode.

Wu Wu Xinhan stroked his chin, feeling very gratified; it wasn't in vain that he had personally acted as a driver to invite someone to enroll.

In the past, every time there was a meeting, he would watch them pretending to be humble while being sarcastic. He, Wu Wu Xinhan, had prepared countless drafts of sarcasm in his head; it seems this time it's his turn to perform.

At this moment, a director next to him seemed to be overly happy and said dizzily: "Does this count as college entrance exam immigration?"

Several colleagues next to him immediately looked at him with incredulous eyes.

Wu Wu Xinhan was amused and directly previewed his sarcasm: "Who would deliberately immigrate from the capital to Northern Northern Northern Jiangsu to take the college entrance exam?"

After a pause, he continued: "You big genius, why don't you transport coal from the Northeast to Shanxi to sell?"

The director hurriedly raised his hand and explained: "I was referring to this kind of happiness."

After finishing the math Olympiad competition class, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan returned to the principal's office.

He saw the principal bringing two PE teachers to hang a curtain, and behind the curtain was a spring bed.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, you can rest here from now on; the desks in the classroom are too hard."

After the afternoon exam, there was still some time before school ended, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan returned to the classroom.

In the class, everyone appeared lifeless after a whole day of exams.

Even Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was drooping his head now.

However, there was still an exam in the evening; in order to compress time, all exams would be finished today.

This also meant that Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin couldn't go home with him tonight.

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, are you going back to your own house tonight?"

"No, I'm going to Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Zhuangzhuang's house after the evening exam."

"Oh."

"I'll wait until the monthly exam results come out before going back." Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin lifted his neck, opened his book, and began to memorize conceptual points.

After looking for a while, he lay down again, rubbing his stomach; he must be hungry, and his brain had stopped working.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan took a chocolate out of his pocket and handed it to him.

"Eh?" Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin immediately took it, peeled it, and put it in his mouth, "Where did this come from?"

"From the principal's office, hehe."

"Don't say, it's really delicious; it's worthy of being blessed by the principal."

As he spoke, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin raised his arm and made a basketball shot, throwing the chocolate toward Zheng Haiyang; it hit Zheng Haiyang right on the head, giving him a fright, and he only laughed out loud when he saw it was chocolate.

The female class monitor heard the commotion, raised her head, and glared at him.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin didn't flinch at all and glared back.

Joke, if he were even afraid of the class monitor, how would he have the Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face to be the Right Protector?

However, after glaring back, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin made another parabolic toss.

With a "ding-dong" sound, the chocolate landed precisely on the class monitor's desk this time.

The class monitor's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face turned red in an instant.

The students around the class monitor all let out a chorus of "Ooh~"

But the person involved, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, was completely oblivious; after tossing it, he lowered his head and asked Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, "Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, aren't you anxious about not fishing up any drowned ghosts lately?"

"Not really."

"Aren't you the one who likes fishing up drowned ghosts the most?"

"Well, if I can't encounter them, what can I do?"

"Why not go out and look for them? You go to school and come home every day, and it's not like a drowned ghost is going to come to school to inspect your work and see you; it's a drowned ghost, not a leader."

"My eyes had problems last time."

"Uh, aren't they better now?"

"I made Great-Grandfather worry."

"Oh, I see." Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin nodded, "Indeed, let's just leave it to fate then."

"Ring-a-ling!!!"

The bell for the end of the school day rang.

The students one after another forced themselves to stand up and slowly walked out of the classroom to forage for food everywhere. Because they knew there were several exams waiting for them in the evening, everyone appeared listless, like a group of drowned ghosts.

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin Ge, lend me a few books and test papers; I'll take them back."

"Is this to help me set up an offering table to pray for good results on the monthly exams?"

"A Li needs them."

"Alright, I'll give them to you. I'll help you carry them; anyway, Haiyang and I still need to go to the school gate to eat, so I can just hand them to Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng. Haiyang, Haiyang, why are you still sitting there? Let's go eat!"

Everyone in the classroom had left, leaving only Zheng Haiyang slumped over his desk.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin walked over, patted him on the back, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well? Weren't you fine just a moment ago?"

Who would have thought that this pat would actually produce a "squelch, squelch" sound of water.

Zheng Haiyang also reacted as if he had been triggered; he, who had been slumped on the desk, suddenly straightened up and sat up, with water continuously seeping out from his mouth, nose, ears, and eyes.

Beneath his feet, a puddle of water had already gathered and was continuing to spread rapidly.

His Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face was deathly pale, his expression dull, and the next moment, like a drowning person, he tilted his neck back,

and began to shout:

"There is a bastard, buried under the sea; whoever dares to dig him up, his whole family will die!"

(End of this chapter)