Eating a Big Melon

Jiang Yue took out the remaining half pack of cigarettes and threw them on the table.

A flicker of eagerness flashed in San Gou's eyes.

"Want one?" Jiang Yue noticed this detail, his expression unchanged.

He flicked one out casually, handed it over, and lit it for him.

San Gou didn't think twice, skillfully took it, and brought the cigarette to the flame between his fingers.

Just as he was about to light it, San Gou suddenly saw a chilling, half-smile on Second Brother's face.

San Gou, possessing a strong survival instinct, chuckled awkwardly and threw the cigarette back on the table as if it had thorns.

"This...this... I'm still too young! I don't smoke. Second Brother, you really shouldn't, a brother like you, teaching a child bad habits?"

"Are you being modest? Do you really need me to teach you bad habits?" Jiang Yue continued to sneer, his smile making San Gou's scalp tingle.

"Second Brother, you really misunderstand me. Look, it says on the pack, smoking is harmful to health. I'm so young, what if my body gets ruined? I really don't smoke."

"You really don't smoke?"

"Don't smoke!"

"Then you're missing out. These are fragrant type, the taste is really good. Sixty yuan a pack!"

"Haha, Second Brother, you're clueless! They ripped you off! These are mellow fragrant type, the taste is strong, but not harsh, doesn't sting the throat, and a pack is clearly thirty yuan..." San Gou braked too late.

However, this guy reacted extremely quickly and said seriously, "Like I said before, I don't smoke. But Uncle usually likes to smoke this brand, and I've heard him talk about it so much, I vaguely remember."

"Is that so? I heard Uncle is very frugal and only ever smokes the six-yuan Black Sand brand?"

"You don't live at Aunt's house, how would you know as well as I do? Maybe Uncle has a secret stash? On the surface, it's the six-yuan Black Sand, but in private, it's the thirty-yuan Arrow Brand?"

"How about I call Uncle to ask?" Jiang Yue picked up his phone.

"Forget it?" San Gou grabbed Jiang Yue's arm, plastered a fawning smile on his face, and said, "Second Brother, is such a small matter worth it? You don't want Aunt and her husband to argue, do you?"

"What about Eldest Sister?"

San Gou said seriously, "Eldest Sister is fine! We are the most obedient kids in the world, with no bad habits. Eldest Sister is busy enough with work, let's not make her worry about us all the time."

Exchanging a mutual understanding on the smoking issue, they tacitly moved on.

San Gou glanced at the phone Jiang Yue had put back on the dining table and chuckled, "Second Brother, did you really wrong me? You haven't been staring at your phone waiting for messages for so long, could it be that you really only have a pure classmate relationship?"

Before his words even fell, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong...

A string of messages popped up on the screen, pa-pa-pa.

Jiang Yue saw it was the Class Group Chat.

Normally, everyone was busy with their studies and didn't have much time to use their phones. During school, phones weren't allowed to be turned on, so hardly anyone chatted in the group.

Plus, teachers occasionally posted notices and announcements in the group, so Jiang Yue hadn't set the group to do not disturb.

Who was so bored to be spamming the Class Group Chat like this?

Never-Brake Du Yifeng:

@Everyone

Explosive! The Western Regions' Majestic Peak, Tianlang Mountain, splits in the middle, shocking!

First come, first served!

Eat melon while it's fresh, outrun 808 (Author's note: divide this number by two).

Short Video 1

Short Video 2

Short Video 9.

Du Yifeng was a popular figure in the class, and even within the entire Yangfan Middle School where Jiang Yue and his classmates studied, he was a celebrity.

In terms of academic performance, Du Yifeng was a nobody. But his prominent background and his demeanor, which was more like a socialite than a student, made him stand out.

Two sentences would describe him well: He wasn't in class studying, but he was the fastest at fighting and flirting.

Judging him as a student, he was absolutely the scum of the scumbags.

But this guy wasn't disliked in the class. The fundamental reason was his high social standing and unconventional ways. One-third of his classmates envied him, six-tenths respected him, and the remaining one-tenth... well, who knows.

In the Class Group Chat, most kids rarely spoke, especially when teachers were present. Their messages were usually very restrained.

Du Yifeng, however, was an exception. He didn't differentiate between a class group, a family group, or a social group.

He posted whatever content he wanted, purely based on his mood at the time.

There had been instances where he would suddenly "drive" in the Class Group Chat without warning.

Several times, he got so carried away that the teachers couldn't pretend to be invisible anymore and had to step in to hit the brakes for him.

His group nickname, Never-Brake Du Yifeng, came about because of this.

Jiang Yue assumed this guy was "driving" in the Class Group Chat again and didn't pay it much mind.

But the group messages didn't stop, ding-dong, ding-dong, popping up one after another.

Liu Jian (No. 27): Holy crap, is it real or fake? CGI from a movie?

Xu Ruogu (No. 42): Awesome, what blockbuster is that? Looking for the download link!

Zheng Weihao (No. 16): Looking for the download link +1!

Chen Haoran (No. 35): The footage doesn't look like movie techniques, it looks like it was filmed on location.

Han Jingjing (No. 25): It really looks like Tianlang Mountain. I went there last summer vacation and even took a photo with Tianlang Mountain as the background. I'll find it.

Homeroom Teacher Sun: It seems everyone is very idle during this short holiday. Have I not assigned enough homework? Reflecting!

Liu Jian (No. 27): Shaking in fear/emoji, going offline, dog head for safety/emoji.

Xu Ruogu (No. 42): Shaking in fear/emoji, going offline, dog head for safety/emoji.

Zheng Weihao (No. 16): Shaking in fear/emoji, going offline, dog head for safety/emoji.

Chen Haoran (No. 35): Shaking in fear/emoji, going offline, dog head for safety/emoji.

Jiang Yue's mouth twitched.

What a bunch of goofballs.

Showing off in front of Old Sun, are they tired of doing practice problems?

Isn't it more fun to go offline and play games? Isn't it more enjoyable to watch dramas and movies?

The group returned to silence.

Since Du Yifeng wasn't driving, Jiang Yue had nothing else to do, so he clicked on them.

Nine short videos, totaling less than two minutes.

The filming technique was amateurish, the camera was unsteady, shaking quite a bit, and it was clearly not a high-powered camera.

These weren't the main points.

The main point was that these two-minute videos were not clickbait at all; the content was incredibly explosive and shocking.

In the videos, Tianlang Mountain, with an altitude of three to four thousand meters, appeared like a giant cake, with a rift slowly opening in the center. It tore open to both sides at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Second Brother, is this fake?" San Gou was also stunned.

Jiang Yue didn't answer, but repeatedly clicked on the videos, examining them frame by frame.

As the mountain split apart, the entire ground visibly trembled, and the dust kicked up billowed into the sky. Although it was filmed from a distance, one could faintly hear the earth-shattering, thunderous roar.

It was indeed as someone in the group had said, it really didn't look like a movie production.

Based on Jiang Yue's attention to detail, these videos shouldn't have any technical editing.

But—

A mountain splitting in the middle, what an incredible spectacle!

Even plate tectonics wouldn't move at a speed visible to the naked eye and capturable by a camera.

The geological changes of "seas turning into mulberry fields" take at least tens of thousands of years.

Was this trying to complete millions of years of cycles in a single day?

Jiang Yue couldn't hide his astonishment and clicked on the video again.

But he received a prompt: This video has been deleted.

808's speed was indeed fast. If he had been a few minutes later, he wouldn't have caught this gossip.

Wang Xin (No. 8): Why can't I open the video anymore?

Fang Ziyang (No. 19): Damn it, I always miss the red envelopes, and now I can't even catch up to the gossip? Self-harm/emoji.

Shao Yixuan (No. 38): @Never-Brake Du Yifeng, please send it again. Worship/emoji.

Han Jingjing (No. 25): What's going on? I found the photos, but where's the video? Black man questioning face/emoji.

Homeroom Teacher Sun Bin initiated a group-wide mute!

The group owner is the biggest.

With the Homeroom Teacher's Great Sealing Technique, everyone who was online to watch the gossip, or lurking and secretly peeking, was dispersed.

Jiang Yue had never been interested in chatting in groups, so he didn't care about being muted.

However, the explosive content of those nine short videos kept replaying in his mind, refusing to fade.

Real, fake? Real, fake? Real, fake?

For the first time, Jiang Yue's judgment wavered.

By common sense, this was clearly illogical.

If this were real, the physics teacher, geography teacher, science teacher, history teacher, and all the other teachers' coffins would likely be collectively unable to contain them.

But if it were fake? Jiang Yue couldn't find any flaws in the video at all.

Most sensational short videos online were mostly edited and pieced together to grab attention, essentially chasing traffic and creating hype.

But those nine short videos showed no such traces.

Jiang Yue was confident in his ability to assess such technical aspects.

"Second Brother, your homeroom teacher is so cruel," San Gou suddenly said from behind him.