NOVPUB46: Chapter 45: Big Bird at Central Continent University [Please Favorite, Please Recommend]
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Zhao Yi is quite notorious in the school as well.
Now, seeing Li Chen scold him as a mad dog in public, especially in front of his goddess Lin Xuanfei, he can’t help but fly into a fury.
“Bang!”
He slammed the table fiercely again, pointing at Li Chen’s nose, and roared, “Li Chen, who the hell are you calling a mad dog?”
Li Chen gave him a dismissive look and said, “Isn’t that a rhetorical question?
Who else would I be scolding if not you?”
“Li Chen, you’re like a man lighting a lantern in a toilet – seeking shit!”
While speaking, Zhao Yi slammed the table hard again to boost his momentum.
Li Chen glanced at Zhao Yi’s somewhat swollen hand and then at the table, smacking his lips and asked, “Tell me, doesn’t it hurt to keep slamming the table like that?”
Having said that, without waiting for Zhao Yi to respond, Li Chen stepped forward and casually said, “This is not how you should hit a table, this is how you do it!”
Before his words fell, Li Chen raised his palm and struck the lectern.
“Boom!”
The legs of the lectern couldn’t support it and collapsed on the spot.
Seeing this, everyone present couldn’t help but feel a shock.
“Damn, one palm turned the table to dust.
That’s way too awesome!”
“Wow, who would have thought that Li Chen is a martial arts master!”
…
Li Chen glanced at Zhao Yi, who was now dumbfounded like a wooden chicken, stepped forward, patted his shoulder, and said, “Dude, don’t act tough, act tough and you’ll get struck by lightning, mind yourself!”
After finishing these words, Li Chen’s eyes lingered on Lin Xuanfei’s expression for a moment, and he cracked a slight smile.
Then he turned around and returned to his seat.
Watching Li Chen’s retreating figure, a line from “Historical Records, The Chronicles of Satire” suddenly surfaced in Lin Xuanfei’s mind.
In the state, there is a large bird, perching in the king’s court, it doesn’t fly nor sing for three years.
This bird does not take flight, but when it does, it soars to the heavens; it does not sing, but when it does, it startles the people.
Clearly, Li Chen at this moment, is like that great bird.
Don’t sing usually, but when you do, it startles!
Ye Chuxue tilted her little head and pouted, saying, “Li Chen, Lin Beauty asked you humbly to teach her, why didn’t you explain it to her?”
Li Chen replied with a serene smile, “Because I smelled the scent of West Mountain’s old vinegar!”
“Uh?
The scent of old vinegar, what does that mean?”
Ye Chuxue didn’t catch the drift at first and widened her eyes, full of surprise.
After blinking, she finally understood the insinuation.
“Goodness, Li Chen, whom are you suggesting is jealous?”
Li Chen shrugged and said, “Xue’er, I didn’t name you, why are you so agitated?
This sounds a bit like the guilty party protesting, ‘no silver buried here.'”
Ye Chuxue got flustered and raised her little fists to punch Li Chen.
However, he caught her fists.
Ye Chuxue widened her eyes.
“Let go!”
Li Chen smiled slightly.
“No!”
Ye Chuxue struggled a bit, and realizing she couldn’t free herself from Li Chen, she put on a pitiful face intentionally, pouting and protesting, “Humph, you’re bullying me!”
Li Chen looked innocent and said, “Not at all.
You hit me first, and at most, this could be counted as self-defense.”
Ye Chuxue didn’t say anything, just pouted, about to cry.
This was her usual trick.
Whenever she had a quarrel with Li Chen and couldn’t win, she’d resort to this tactic.
Coincidentally, it turns out that Li Chen always falls for this trick.
Whenever Ye Chuxue pouts, he instantly surrenders.
Li Chen’s eyes flitted back and forth as he asked, “Xue’er, you’re so smart, let me ask you a question!”
Ye Chuxue blinked her eyes and inquired, “What question?”
After saying that, she quickly added,
“Don’t ask about math, or I won’t let you off the hook.”
Li Chen smiled faintly and said, “Not math, I’ll ask about Chinese, okay?”
Chinese was Ye Chuxue’s strong suit.
On a test out of 150 points, scoring 140 was a breeze for her.
Ye Chuxue puckered her lips, proudly saying, “Alright, go ahead and ask!”
Li Chen looked into Ye Chuxue’s clear bright eyes and asked, “Xue’er, which Chinese character do you think shows the most perseverance?”
Caught off guard by Li Chen’s question, Ye Chuxue was momentarily confused.
Uh, which character shows the most perseverance?
What kind of question is that?
A Chinese character isn’t a living thing, how could it possibly have perseverance?
She wracked her brain but couldn’t come up with a rationale, so she just shook her head.
“I don’t know, which character do you think shows the most perseverance?”
Li Chen put on a mysteriously smile, picked up a black marker from the desk, and wrote a big “田” (field) on a sheet of paper.
Ye Chuxue blinked and asked incredulously,
“Field?
How could it be the character that shows the most perseverance?”
Li Chen cleared his throat, pointed at the neatly written character he’d made, and said seriously: “Xue’er, look, this character ‘field,’ it blocks the left and right sun.
Blocks on the right, left sun.
Blocks above, below sun.
Blocks below, above sun.
Remove a horizontal line, laying sun.
Remove a vertical line, standing sun!”
After he finished, he looked up at Ye Chuxue, raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile, “A character that can ‘handle the sun’ in so many ways, isn’t it the most perseverant character?”
Before Li Chen could finish, the entire classroom erupted into laughter.
Ye Chuxue laughed so hard that her stomach hurt and her limbs trembled.
“Pah, Li Chen, you’re such a jerk, that’s so nasty!”
…
After school, Li Chen and Ye Chuxue walked home together.
When reaching the gate, Ye Chuxue saw a boy, riding a bicycle with his girlfriend, chatting and laughing joyously as the sunset bathed their faces in a happy glow.
For a moment, she longed for the same, her clear eyes filled with envious ripples.
“Li Chen, let’s ride a bike home too!”
After finishing, she added with a blush, “You carry me!”
Li Chen shrugged and said, “No bike, how can we ride?”
Ye Chuxue blinked her eyes and said, “Of course, we’ll go buy one!”
“Let’s go, I know a bike shop nearby!”
Without another word, she grabbed Li Chen’s arm and ran toward the bike shop.
Li Chen didn’t expect Ye Chuxue to be so impulsive and was slightly staggered by her pull.
“Geez, Xue’er, you are a girl, can’t you be a bit more reserved?
What kind of impression does this create in the middle of the street?”
Ye Chuxue’s cheeks turned pink, and she rolled her eyes at Li Chen.
Li Chen chuckled, then held Ye Chuxue’s delicate hand with his own, curling a mischievous smile on his lips.
“That’s more like it!”
“You wish!”
Ye Chuxue pouted in response.
She made a symbolic struggle, but didn’t pull away, ultimately letting Li Chen hold her hand.
It must be said, Li Chen’s hand was powerful and warm, giving her an indescribable sense of security.
