Chapter 9: Chapter 9: Lin Feng Suffers His 51st Heartbreak, and Unexpectedly Runs Into Some Unwise Fools
The men's restroom was so tense you could've squeezed ice shavings out of the air (mostly emanating from Lin Feng).
Long Yi tore paper into scraps, sprinkling them over Lin Feng—who stood rigid as a statue—while speaking in a dramatic broadcasting tone:
"Let's give the warmest round of applause... ah no, toilet applause! Congratulations to Student Lin Feng! On earning his college career's—first! heart! break! A historic moment! Worth engraving in the 'Love Battlefield Martyrs' register! Confetti~~~!"
(Bits of paper fluttered all over Lin Feng.)
Long Er pulled out a hollow toilet paper roll, puffed out his cheeks, and blared a tragic (and off-key) fanfare: "Pfft-pfft-pfft!"
Long Si whipped out a little notebook, scribbling solemnly:
"Year XXXX, Month X, Day X. Sunny (with a broken heart). Location: Men's restroom. The great 'Lin Feng's First Love KIA' record is hereby solemnly born!"
The four were putting on quite the show...
Crack!
Lin Feng's titanium-alloy-hard head swiveled sharply around.
"Fuck!" "Mommy!" "We're dead!" "Headbutt incoming!"
The four scattered in terror! Their movements froze instantly!
Long Er dropped his paper roll horn, Long Si nearly hurled his notebook into the urinal! They all dropped into a head-hugging, squatting defense pose! Cold sweat soaked their backs in an instant!
But!
The familiar "red-haired rocket headbutt" they'd braced for never came...
Lin Feng just fixed them with a gaze—cold, dead, as if it could freeze souls—scanning each of their faces like they were garbage...
Then...
Silently, slowly... he turned his head back.
Like a robot with a dead battery, he dragged his heavy steps, step by step... toward the back of the restroom. His silhouette was shrouded in a thick, impenetrable fog of low pressure
(as if the BGM to A Spray of Plum Blossoms was playing in the background...).
The four: (⊙ˍ⊙)??? (Collective confusion.jpg)
Long Er rubbed his wobbly knees, voice trembling: "...Damn... it's not like before..."
(Usually he'd already headbutted someone in the face! This time... scarier!)
Long Si watched Lin Feng's silhouette,which looked like its spine had been pulled out, and for once, his adorkabl face showed genuine concern:
"He... he seems... really sad... like he's been abandoned by the whole world..."
(His nose tingled a little.)
Long Yi suddenly held up a finger to his lips, making a "shh" gesture, his expression grave:
"Be quiet! Listen carefully!" He lowered his voice, "He seems to be... singing a song..."
Though Lin Feng's lips didn't move a muscle, an intensely sorrowful melody with built-in surround sound, like a tangible blizzard, instantly swept through the entire men's restroom!
In the four's minds, that mournful, heart-wrenching tune echoed uncontrollably, crystal clear:
"Snowflakes drift~~~~ North wind howls~~~~~~"
"Heaven and earth~ a single~ vast~ whiteness~~~~~~~"
(Automatically brain compensation Teacher Fei Yuqing's soulful voice + blizzard special effects)
Long Yi silently hugged himself (feeling the restroom temperature drop by ten degrees), his voice trembling slightly:
"...It's over... Lin Feng... he's really, truly, deeply heartbroken this time..."
(This tragic BGM is way too lethal!)
Long Er watched Lin Feng's silhouette—almost vanishing into the dim restroom light, as lonely as a wolf on a snowy plain—and also put away his playful expression, nodding solemnly:
"Yeah... can tell... He's being serious this time..."
...
(Afternoon in the classroom, drowsiness hung thick, even the chalk dust felt boring... until—)
Bang——!!!
The front classroom door let out a shrill, ear-splitting wail!
The door panel was nearly kicked to death on the spot!
Leading the group was a man close to 1.9 meters tall, with a face full of bulging muscles and eyes as fierce as a man-eater!
It was none other than Ade!
He glared with his ox-like eyes:
"Lin Feng, you here?!"
The teacher on the podium jumped, dropping the chalk: "W-what are you doing! This is a classroom!"
Next to him, a weasel-faced delinquent with thick, bottle-bottom glasses (the pervert of the group) waved his hand in a sarcastic tone:
"Relax~ Teach! No need to stress! We'll 'reason things out' and leave right away, promise we won't waste your precious teaching time~"
(A malicious glint flickered behind his lenses.)
Ade paid no attention. His bull-like eyes scanned the classroom like radar, instantly locking onto the red-haired figure in the back row—head down, sleeping, with what seemed like "snowflakes drifting" bullet chat still floating above his head!
He let out a grim smile,stretched out a carrot-thick finger, and pointed from a distance:
"Lin Feng, you know what this is about. After school, top floor. Don't even think about running."
The noise dragged Lin Feng out of his "heartbreak graveyard" by force. He lifted his eyelids, his bloodshot gaze sweeping the doorway—oh, familiar (necks) alright!
Wasn't this the bunch of losers he'd 拎 around like chicks yesterday? They'd gone and called backup? And brought a big guy?
He still hadn't vented his frustration over Rudy Gay! Now a bunch of idiots were blocking the door and yelling?!!
Lin Feng felt the string called "reason" in his head... snap!
A towering rage—mixing jealousy, heartbreak, and the irritation of being provoked by ants—"boom" shot straight to the top of his skull!
He abruptly stood up, sending desks and chairs crashing with a "clang"! Like a sleeping volcano suddenly awakening, his voice rumbled menacingly:
"Run? Who... do you think... is running?!!"
(Each word sounded like ice shards squeezed through his teeth!)
Long Yi, who'd been dozing with his eyes closed, snapped them open!
Fuck! Red Hair's not right!
His eyes are glowing red! He's gonna go on a rampage!
He quickly shouted at the "XP packs" at the door:
"Hey! You level-five losers at the door! Done with your last words?!! If you're done, scram! One more word, and even the infirmary's bed reservation hotline won't save you today!"
"Looking for death!!!"
The bespectacled delinquent B, like a Chihuahua whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristled!
He snatched up a short stick he'd picked up somewhere (very plastic-looking) and slammed it down hard on the podium with a "clang"!
(The chalk box met a heroic end.)
He shrieked threats: "Who do you think you're talking to? Believe me, I'll take you out?!"
Long Yi picked his ear with his pinky, flicked away the wax, his gaze as contemptuous as if he were looking at a garbage bag:
"Scram and cool off! Who let a little lackey like you open his mouth here?"
"The hell you mean a little lackey——?!"
The glasses guy was so angry his glasses skewed! His blood pressure shot to 250!
Ade laughed angrily, a sound like a broken bellows: "Hmph... Long Yi, is it? This year's freshmen, more arrogant than the last!"
Just then!
"ROAR——!!!"
A roar, constrain to the breaking point like a wounded lion, exploded!
Lin Feng, completely ignited, snapped!
He abruptl flipped over the desk in front of him (textbooks and papers flying everywhere), like a rampaging prehistoric beast, ready to pounce on Ade!
"Fuck! Hold him down!!!"
Four or five hot-blooded (and death-defying) male classmates instantly turned into human pendant!One hugged his waist!
Another locked his arms! Someone even jumped on to cling to his thighs!
"Lin Feng! Calm down! Calm down!!!"
"Shit! Can't hold him! He's dragging us!"
Five or six big guys were actually being dragged forward half a meter by the enraged Lin Feng! The screech of sole against floor pierced the air: "Squeeech!"
The teacher on the podium turned pale, voice trembling with tears:
"Stop! All of you stop!!! One more move and you'll all be expelled! Expelled!!!"
Ade looked at Lin Feng, grinning even more exciting ly:
"Tell you what, Long Yi. After school, bring that fool over. Let me teach you both a good lesson."
Long Yi stared at Ade's "I'm the king of the world" stupidity, laughing out of anger. He gave Ade an extremely provocative throat-slitting gesture, voice cold with mockery:
"Sure~ Big dummy! But friendly tip... you'd better! call! more! people! With these small-fry lackeys behind you... I'm afraid! they won't even be enough to fill Lin Ge's space between teeth!"
Meanwhile, Lin Feng—still wildly struggling as five or six "human sandbags" clung to him—kept his eyes fixed on Ade's retreating back, growling a barely contained roar from his throat:
"Dammit, let go! I'll teach him! Don't run! Get back here!!!"
...
The wind howled on the rooftop of the top floor.
Ade, leading a few underlings, stalked over with a swagger like a crab that owed everyone money, planning to "set up" the battlefield in advance—giving Lin Feng a "memorable welcome ceremony" when he arrived.
Suddenly!
The sharp-eyed glasses delinquent B (clutching his hand, still numb from slamming the stick) pointed to the shadowy corner:
"D-de Ge! Look! Th-there's some fool napping here like he owns the place!" (His tone dripped with pent-up anger from Long Yi's earlier humiliation.)
Ade's ox-like eyes narrowed, following the direction—there, in the sheltered shadow of the water tower, sat a tall figure in a school uniform, sound asleep!
(He was even snoring softly?)
"Fuck! Who the hell's this blind idiot!" Ade spat, annoyed.
Eager to impress his new boss (and vent his rage), glasses delinquent B instantly charged forward, darting two steps over and kicking the sleeping figure hard in the lower back!
The kick packed a punch! (Mostly to save face.)
"Hey! Asshole! Wake up! Open your dog eyes and look! You think this is your home's kang bed?!"
(Spit flew from his mouth.)