Watching Xu Yi's back disappear completely down the corridor.
Yu Xue approached Liu Qing mysteriously.
"Teacher, I recorded the piece Xu Yi just played, but there are some parts I don't understand. Could you play it for me?"
Liu Qing gave a bitter smile. "I can't play it either."
"What! Even you, Teacher..."
"I'm old. I have osteoporosis."
"..."
Should I just leave?
What should I do? I really wanted to learn that piece.
I really wanted to crack open Xu Yi's skull and see how his brain was put together.
After hesitating for a long time, Yu Xue finally blushed and opened her chat with Xu Yi.
She typed, deleted, deleted, then typed again.
Beside her, Liu Qing wore the knowing smile of someone who'd been there.
"Some regrets come from lacking just a little courage. Like... missing out on the right person or the right thing."
Ah! It's over, it's over. Why didn't you call me about today's midterm?
Xu Yi rolled his eyes and continued typing.
Sis, did you even look at how many messages I sent you? You slept through it all. Who else is there to blame?
I'm screwed, I'm screwed. With Iceberg Yu's personality, I'm definitely going to have to stay an extra year.
Boss, you can count on me. I'll get a perfect score on the test.
???
After Chen Xiaoxing sent three question marks, she stopped replying.
Xu Yi couldn't be bothered to explain. He was sure Cockroach Sister would come thank him before long.
Bingbing: "Xu Yi, aren't you supposed to be teaching your own class next?"
"Nope. I'm taking more jobs and making money."
"But Xu, making money is important, of course, but your studies are more important."
"I've already finished all my credits ahead of time. Why would I still go to class?"
Bingbing fell silent, but she couldn't very well say anything more.
But she was livestreaming.
It was supposed to be an uplifting program, and now she was livestreaming a college student going around teaching other people's classes.
Wouldn't that set a bad example for elementary school students?
Just then, Xu Yi received a friend request.
Bro, I'm serious. Do you take jobs beating people up? You set the price. I'm about to die... Help!
Bingbing's eyelid twitched. She hinted pointedly, "Fighting doesn't seem like a good idea."
"What fighting? How can you call it fighting when it's a matter for scholars? It's about deciding who lives and dies, and who comes out on top. Feng Yuxiu..."
Negative Emotion Points +50
Xu Yi immediately accepted the friend request.
Then he sent him a price list for beating people up.
Kindergarten: 50 yuan.
Elementary school students: 100 yuan.
Middle school students: 200 yuan.
High school students: pass.
College students: pass.
Old guys over seventy: 300 yuan.
The other person was typing.
The other person was typing
"Why is this guy typing so slowly?" Xu Yi complained impatiently.
"Could it be that he's speechless?" Bingbing, being kind, chimed in.
Sure enough, the other person sent a string of ellipses the next second.
A few minutes later, the other person sent, "Come find me."
Xu Yi immediately took offense. You're asking me for a favor, and you can't even call me "sir"? And you want me to come find you?
Dream on.
Transfer: 50 yuan (note: errand fee)
"Your Highness, I pay my respects."
They soon met up.
The other guy was a chubby little fellow who looked pretty comical.
"Bro, you can just call me Little Fatty."
"Tell me, who am I beating up? Let me say this first: I won't hit anyone over fifteen, because I'm kind. I won't hit anyone under seventy either, because I'm kind."
"..."
Pfft~
Bingbing couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
The streamer friends laughed along with her.
My grandpa says Xu Yi is a real character.
Xu Yi's better than me. He won't hit anyone over ten.
Actually, you can't mess with anyone over sixty. The current meta's top tier for a reason.
No joke. I once went to help an old man up. But after he took one look at me, he told me to lie down with him.
"What exactly happened? Give me the whole story, from beginning to end. Then I'll decide whether to take the job." Xu Yi finally regained his serious expression.
Little Fatty wore a pained look. "My girlfriend and I were in the Traditional Martial Arts Club. Then those animals came to pick a fight and mocked us, saying traditional martial arts were all for show—looked good but were useless.
My girlfriend was so angry that she went over to argue with them, and then..."
"Then they injured your girlfriend?" Xu Yi asked.
What a cliché plot.
"No... My girlfriend ran off with them. Now she's dating the president of the Taekwondo Club."
Xu Yi: "..."
Nothing to criticize. What a fresh plot.
"I can't let someone steal my woman without getting revenge!"
"So you went to get revenge?"
"No. I couldn't beat them... So I'm paying someone else to do it."
"Nice."
Xu Yi asked again, "You trust me that much? What if I can't beat them?"
"Then I'll just say I don't know you."
"..."
Xu Yi couldn't help but look at Little Fatty with new respect. That extra weight hadn't gone to waste; he'd packed it full of schemes.
"So, are you taking the job? Whether you can beat them or not, I'll give you a thousand yuan upfront."
Xu Yi's eyebrows twitched. He was tempted.
A thousand yuan was a sizable fortune to him.
"Fine, I'll do it!"
It was only a college Taekwondo Club. His Mastery of Combat should handle them... probably?
If it came down to it, he could always ask the system for help.
But to be safe, Xu Yi decided to go with Little Fatty to the Taekwondo Club first and scope things out.
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