A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1564: A mind-blowing plot! (Please subscribe!)

Seeing Xu Yi's final stubbornness, Hua Shier almost laughed.

However, he felt that although this guy was very proud, he didn't sense any hatred from the other person after being humiliated, and there wasn't even any verbal sparring. He seemed like a pretty good person.

Hua Shier thought to himself: I'm sorry, but it's my fault for sitting at the same table as my target.

Ignoring the complicated looks from his classmates, he sat down in the seat that originally belonged to Xu Yi, and then said to He Yuanyuan next to him:

"Hello, I am Yu Tianlong!"

He Yuanyuan's appearance at this time was completely different from the one he had seen in the documents.

Her thick bangs were like a curtain, completely covering her eyebrows and eyes. She wore a pair of old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses on her nose, and her baggy school uniform almost completely concealed her original delicate and pretty temperament and appearance, making her look like a bookish, country bumpkin.

When Hua Shier greeted her, He Yuanyuan seemed very introverted and at a loss, keeping her head down and not daring to speak.

"Alright, Yu, let's talk about it after class!"

When the homeroom teacher saw that the new "connected student" had just arrived and taken the seat of her beloved student, class monitor Xu Yi, and was talking to female classmates as if no one else was around, the teacher frowned slightly and spoke with some displeasure.

Hua Shier shrugged and took out a book, pretending to read it.

After the first get out of class ended, apart from a few students who rushed to the toilet, most of the students in the class stayed put. Some were engrossed in doing practice problems, some were memorizing vocabulary, and some were flipping through their test papers. No one wanted to waste a single minute of the final push for the college entrance examination.

Just as Hua Shier was about to continue chatting with his deskmate, a somewhat thin figure blocked his way. The person spoke softly yet stubbornly:

How could you do this?

Hua Twelve looked at Li Er, who was questioning him, with some surprise, and asked in confusion:

"Like this... what do you mean?"

"You're stealing Xu Yi's seat! How could you steal someone else's seat!" Li Er's eyes revealed her dissatisfaction.

Hua Shier found her appearance somewhat amusing:
"Don't wrong me! The whole class saw it. I discussed it with him and got his permission before I sat here!"

Their conversation caught the attention of the other students in the class, and everyone turned to look at them.

Xu Yi sat in the back row without saying a word, but his eyes were fixed on this side.

Hua Shier turned around and greeted him, "Thanks, buddy! I'll treat you to dinner later!"

This caught Xu Yi off guard, and he stammered, "No, it's nothing."

Hua Shier waved his hand, turned to Li Er, and shrugged: "Look!"

Li Er was completely dumbfounded. So I was the laughing stock!

Yu Ta quickly got up and pulled Li Er over, while giving Hua Twelve a smirk:
"I'm so sorry, classmate, she just acted impulsively. I should thank you for what happened this morning!"

Li Er looked at her cousin in confusion: "Youta, why are you thanking him?"

Yuta was somewhat speechless:

"Little Ears, have you forgotten? You almost fell this morning, and it was Yu who caught you."

"what?!"

Li Er exclaimed in surprise.

When she saw Xu Yi, whom she had a crush on, her heart raced, her body stiffened, and she even forgot how to turn the handlebars, almost falling over.

In her shock, she didn't even notice who had saved her. By the time she came to her senses, she only saw Hua Shier's departing figure, not his face.

Now that she knew the transfer student she had just disliked was the one who had saved her that morning, she immediately felt ashamed of repaying kindness with enmity, and her face turned bright red as she said:

"Thank you so much!"

Hua Shier smiled and nodded: "No need to thank me, just don't come over and question me all the time."

"I'm so sorry!"

Li Er is also an introverted person. When she saw the person she secretly admired being bullied, she rushed over to confront him for some reason. But after she used up that courage, her behavior was not much better than He Yuanyuan, who had not said a word.

After apologizing, she lowered her head and ran back to her seat.

Yuta, being cheerful, greeted Hua Shier and apologized again before running off to comfort Li Er.

After the troublemakers left, Hua Shier turned to look at He Yuanyuan again.

He Yuanyuan was just watching the play with great interest, but when she saw Hua Shier turn to look at her, she immediately lowered her head and started memorizing vocabulary words again, but she was visibly nervous.

Hua Shier asked with a smile, "Classmate, why are you acting like a quail?"

Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. Hearing her new deskmate compare her to a quail, He Yuanyuan couldn't help but whisper:
You're the one who's the quail!

Hua Shier laughed: "Then it's too rustic for us to be both quails. How about we change to another kind? What do you think of 'Mandarin Ducks'?"

He Yuanyuan didn't understand what it meant at first, but she quickly realized it and her neck turned red.

Seeing He Yuanyuan's appearance, Hua Shier did not intensify his offensive, otherwise it would seem too deliberate.

There's plenty of time in the future, no need to rush, so he simply lay down on the table to rest.

During the break between exercises, the senior high school students held a "100-day countdown rally" to prepare for the college entrance examination.

Xu Yi, as an outstanding student representative, went on stage to lead the oath, and many female classmates looked at him with stars in their eyes.

Hua Shier turned to look at Zhang Yang, a classmate, and keenly noticed a hint of disdain and jealousy in the other's eyes.

Yesterday, when he was at the 'Forget It Bar', he remembered that Li Bala was a character in a youth-themed movie. Today, Li Er, You Ta, Xu Yi, and Zhang Yang, whom he met, were all characters from the same movie.

That movie is called "The Left Ear"!
Hua Shier also remembered the complete plot.

Well, it's pretty melodramatic.

In short: Zhang Yang mistakenly believes that his mother has fallen in love with someone else, abandoning her husband and children for a rich man, while the mother he thinks of is Xu Yi's mother.

Despite his status as a "gold digger," he cheated on his wealthy girlfriend Jiang Jiao with Li Bala, who had fallen for him, and instructed her to seduce and corrupt Xu Yi before the college entrance examination, causing Xu Yi to fail the exam.

Subsequently, Xu Yi's mother was traumatized by her son's failure in the college entrance examination, which worsened her condition and ultimately led to her death. Xu Yi then became despondent, attending a third-tier university and indulging in drinking and gambling.

Zhang Yang's affair with Li Bala aroused Jiang Jiao's suspicion. In order to prove his loyalty to his girlfriend, Zhang Yang recorded a video calling Li Bala a "bitch".

Having completed her 'mission,' Li Bala handed over everything to Zhang Yang, including the 'little piglet' she had raised for many years, and was overjoyed to elope with her sweetheart. However, before leaving the island, she saw the video of Zhang Yang scolding her.

In her excitement, Li Bala rushed to confront Zhang Yang, but she got into a car accident on the way and died on the spot.

After the tragedy, Zhang Yang learned from his father that it was all a misunderstanding; he was just an adopted child of his father and had no relation to Xu Yi's mother at all.

There was no affection between Xu Yi's mother and Zhang Yang's father. Xu Yi was simply pregnant out of wedlock when she was young, and Zhang Yang's father almost "took over" the child. That was all.

I've only seen this movie, *Hua Shier*, once, and it was many years ago. The reason it's still so memorable is mainly because the ending was somewhat morally reprehensible. In the movie, Xu Yi falls into depravity, Li Bala dies, while Zhang Yang ultimately succeeds in his career and gets together with Li Er, who secretly loves Xu Yi, and they live happily ever after.

At that time, Hua Twelve wanted to ask: Why?

Good people are bullied and manipulated, while the culprits live happily ever after. Where can you even begin to seek justice in this situation?

I felt uncomfortable after watching the movie, but the feeling faded over time.

Now that he'd encountered this plot in the mission world, Hua Shier hadn't originally intended to meddle. But seeing Zhang Yang's arrogant, sinister, and irritating expression, he felt a genuine aversion, which reminded him of the feeling he had when watching the movie years ago.

So at that moment he made a decision: he couldn't let such a disgusting thing happen again, since it was just a small favor to lend a helping hand.

Besides, that stupid woman Li Bala is now his nominal cousin. If she gets played by someone else, he'll lose face.

Thinking of this, Hua Shier disregarded the fact that they were at a rally, and while the students around him were raising their hands and loudly swearing oaths, he also raised his hand, but instead of swearing an oath, he gave Zhang Yang the middle finger!
Because he was standing near the front, his middle finger was particularly noticeable, shocking not only the students around him but also the school leaders at the front desk.

However, in order not to ruin the atmosphere of the oath-taking ceremony or affect the students' enthusiasm for learning, the school leaders gritted their teeth and swallowed their anger; otherwise, they would have dragged that student out and kicked him a couple of times.

The school leader is lucky, mainly because he's fat and has big ears—big ears are a sign of good fortune!
When they returned to the classroom, the homeroom teacher called Hua Shier out for a private talk.

"Yu, I don't know who you used to transfer here, but please don't cause any more trouble in my class, or I won't give anyone face!"

Hua Shier expressed his deepest admiration for this middle-aged female teacher in her forties:

"Teacher, don't worry, we're the same kind of people—I don't like to save face for others either!"

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In the classroom, Jiang Jiao asked Zhang Yang in a low voice, "Do you know that new student?"

Zhang Yang shook his head with a sinister look in his eyes.

"Then why did he give you the middle finger?"

"He's crazy."

After school in the evening, Hua Shier took a bus home. He felt that taking the bus was inconvenient at all, so he decided to get a bicycle to ride to school instead.

When I got home, Li Bala had already gone to a bar.

Grandma Li had already prepared dinner, which consisted entirely of local seafood from Dongshan Island, and it tasted incredibly delicious.

After dinner, Grandma Li put on her coat, just like yesterday, and greeted Hua Twelve, "Tianlong, I'm going out to play cards."

Hua Shier replied while washing the dishes:
"I understand, Auntie. By the way, you don't need to wait for Xiaojuan tonight. I'm going to the bar later, and I'll pick her up on the way home after she finishes her performance."

Grandma Li's hand trembled slightly as she opened the door, then a smile spread across her face as she turned and said, "Okay, but just look, don't learn anything bad from it, understand?"

After Hua Shier responded, the old lady went out to play cards, but her steps were much lighter than before.

It was past nine o'clock at night when Hua Shier arrived at 'Let It Go Bar'.

Unlike last time, the bar was packed with people at this time.

In the dimly lit, smoky environment, some people were clinking glasses, some were playing drinking games, and others were whispering to each other. On stage, the band was going all out, the drumbeats making the floor tremble. Li Bala, holding a microphone, wearing a pink wig and a performance outfit, was belting out a Cantonese song.

Hua Shier found a corner to sit down and had just ordered a beer when he saw Li Bala on the stage glance in his direction and slightly curl up the corners of her mouth.

Just then, a woman rushed into the bar and yelled at Li Bala, who was posing seductively on stage:
"Li Bala, you slut!"

After saying that, he grabbed a bottle of beer from someone's table and threw it directly onto the stage. If Li Bala hadn't dodged quickly, she would have definitely been smashed over!

The woman in the audience jumped up and cursed:
"You filthy bitch, seducing my boyfriend! Don't you dare leave!" She tried to rush back onto the stage, but the bartenders who rushed over had already dragged her out. Even after she left, the cursing continued.

Li Bala had already turned around and left the stage to go to the back.

A little while later, she changed into her usual clothes, walked over as if nothing had happened, sat down at Hua Shier's table, picked up a beer from his table, and downed a glass.

He exhaled a breath reeking of alcohol and gave a self-deprecating laugh, saying, "You're probably laughing at me in your heart right now, aren't you?"

Hua Shier shook his head: "No. I was thinking, since you drank the beer I just ordered, shouldn't you pay the bill later?"

Li Bala chuckled and said:
"How can you be so stingy? Do you know how many people want to buy me drinks?"

She finished speaking, smiled, stood up, and called to the waiter, "Put this table on my tab!"

Then Chaohua Twelve waved his hand, "Enjoy your time. I'm tired today, I'm going back now."

After saying that, she swayed as she walked out of the bar.

A moment later, she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw Hua Shier following behind, carrying two dozen beers.

Hua Shier explained, "Let's go back together. Since you said you're treating, I'll just take two dozen beers back with me. Oh, and I also took a pack of cigarettes, put that on your tab too."

He then showed her a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes tucked under her arm: "They know I'm your cousin, so they agreed!"

Li Bala's face darkened, and she suddenly felt an urge to curse. "Banana Bala, you damn cousin!"

Just then, hurried footsteps sounded behind me.

The two turned their heads at the same time and saw the 'black man' they had met before chasing after them, covered in sweat. When he saw Hua Twelve, he said awkwardly, "My cousin is here too!"

Without waiting for Hua Shier's reply, she anxiously explained to Li Bala:

"Bala, I'm done with her a long time ago. I only like you now. I don't know why she came here to cause trouble for you. Please don't be angry!"

Before Li Bala could speak, Hua Shier kicked the black man, sending him flying more than two meters away, where he sat on the ground.

Hua Shier said coldly, "Get lost! If you want to pursue my cousin, clean up your mess first, otherwise don't even bother showing your face in front of her!"

After saying that, he called out to Li Bala, "Let's go home!"

On the way back, Li Bala was clearly in a much better mood and asked Hua Twelve:

What brings you here today?

Hua Shier spoke frankly: "Do you think Auntie goes to play cards every day because she likes it? She's worried about you getting into trouble and is waiting for you to come home. I was afraid Auntie would be too tired, so I came over to pick you up on the way."

Li Bala fell silent, swallowing back the words she had wanted to say.

She didn't speak until she reached her doorstep, saying, "I always thought she didn't care about me."

When they got home, Grandma Li was already fast asleep. Li Bala watched her grandmother for a while at the door, her eyes glistening with tears.

The next morning, Hua Shier entered the classroom, sat down in his seat, and placed a can of beer in front of He Yuanyuan, who was memorizing vocabulary.
"This is a beer I'm buying for you, your first beer before the college entrance exam."

After saying that, he opened a bottle for himself and said, "Come on, let's have one!"

He Yuanyuan's mouth was slightly open, and she didn't know what to say.

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