"Second Brother, your homeroom teacher is so cruel!"
"How so?" Jiang Yue asked, baffled.
"Han Jingjing's about to post a photo on the 25th, and he goes and mutes the whole group. How is that not cruel? I bet all the boys in your class hate him."
"You don't even know whether she's pretty or ugly. What are you talking about?"
"Heh. How many girls who dare to post their pictures have you seen who were ugly? Second Brother, I bet this Han Jingjing has an amazing figure, even if she isn't especially pretty."
Jiang Yue was speechless again. What was the world coming to? Were twelve-year-olds turning into little monsters?
Was the school in town actually a school or a driving school?
What on earth did they teach all day? If the kids were already driving this fast before they were even adults, wouldn't they be flying fighter jets once they grew up?
And San Gou's approach was especially bizarre.
Shouldn't normal people be wondering whether the video was real? That was the real juicy gossip.
Ding ding dong!
A notification popped up on his phone.
Du Yifeng
[Link] invited you to join a group chat.
Jiang Yue was a little surprised. Was Du Yifeng making a private group so he could send the video around again?
He unlocked his phone with his fingerprint and tapped to join.
Du Yifeng @Everyone
"I don't have all your contacts. Invite any friends, people you know, and classmates you're close with. I'll send the video in five minutes. Don't miss your chance!"
There weren't many classmates Du Yifeng had added as friends. Judging by who he'd invited, most were relatively outstanding students in the class, and the vast majority were girls.
Jiang Yue and Du Yifeng didn't interact much, but they got along well enough.
Mainly, Jiang Yue had excellent grades and was ridiculously good-looking. On top of that, he was extremely low-key and hardly ever showed off or hogged the spotlight in class. Du Yifeng appreciated that.
By Du Yifeng's logic, being handsome wasn't your fault. But if you were handsome and liked to show off and steal the spotlight, then you were kind of trying to take it from him, Du Yifeng.
People like that were his enemies. He absolutely couldn't tolerate them.
To put it simply, he had one rule: You could do whatever you wanted, just don't steal my spotlight.
Yes, Du Yifeng's values were that simple and unpretentious.
Jiang Yue casually invited a few people he was close to. He usually stayed at school during the week and on long holidays, so naturally, he invited the three boys who shared his dorm.
His deskmate, Li Yue, was always a nobody. She barely had any WeChat friends, and he could probably count the classmates she'd added on one hand. It was likely no one would invite her.
So Jiang Yue pulled Li Yue into the group too.
His three roommates joined one after another in no time.
Yu Hongtu: Yifeng's about to hit the road again? Waiting online!
Wang Xiawei: Ticket bought. Just waiting for the show to start!
Mao Doudou: This noob's here to pay his respects. Before Big Shot Yifeng hits the road, please allow me to introduce my length...
Jiang Yue: @Mao Doudou, have you been sneaking my toilet paper these past couple of days?
Mao Doudou: Wasn't me. I didn't do it. Don't make things up. Three denials in a row / sticker.
Jiang Yue: Want me to remind you what happened in the school infirmary last time?
Mao Doudou: Boss, I was wrong. Please spare me. Kneeling / sticker.
Fang Ziyang: What happened in the school infirmary? Sounds like there's gossip!
Xu Ruogu: Give us the gossip before the show starts.
Chen Haoran: Give us the gossip before the show starts +1.
Zheng Weihao: +2.
Wang Shen: +3.
Liu Jian: +4.
Han Jingjing: +5.
Yang Xiaoxiao: Jingjing, are you sure you want to hear all the boys' gossip?
Han Jingjing: I just joined. What were you all talking about before? @Jiang Yue.
Mao Doudou: [WeChat red packet] Big shots, please spare me. Don't delay Big Shot Yifeng's show.
Jiang Yue had tagged Mao Doudou not to pick on him, but to give him a friendly warning.
After all, there were a lot of girls in the group, and this guy never paid attention to the occasion. No matter what kind of group he joined, he'd immediately start talking about his measurements and length.
It was one thing when there weren't any girls around. But with so many girls in the group, and classmates seeing each other every day, it was bound to get awkward.
If Jiang Yue hadn't stopped him in time, Mao Doudou would definitely have followed up with his signature catchphrase: "I'm Mao Shijiu. I keep it coiled around my waist."
Jiang Yue wasn't falsely accusing him. He'd invited the guy into the group, and they shared a dorm. He knew exactly what kind of person Mao Doudou was.
When they'd first been assigned to the dorm, Mao Doudou had introduced himself in exactly that ridiculous way.
He'd claimed to be packing a powerful weapon, kept in hibernation for nineteen years, that would become even more ferocious once unleashed. He could've made a living off his special talent, but his family insisted he stay in school.
As for the school infirmary incident, that was another tragic story altogether.
Mao Doudou liked to take advantage of his talent as a "steel-straight guy." He often locked himself in the bathroom to enjoy some private time and do unspeakable things. He went through toilet paper at an alarming rate, and his own supply often ran out, so he frequently borrowed some from his roommates.
Using it was one thing, but the guy denied it every single time.
Once, Jiang Yue got a mischievous idea. He picked some pollen in the countryside, then collected some fine hairs from hairy caterpillars and sprinkled them on the toilet paper.
You couldn't see the stuff unless you looked closely, and the bathroom was always dim. Unaware of the trap, Mao Doudou once again helped himself to Jiang Yue's toilet paper without asking. Before long, his weapon had become red and swollen from an allergic reaction. It was itchy and swollen, and he couldn't even scratch it.
Mao Doudou was in such agony that he tried to tough it out, but the longer he did, the worse it got. He had no choice but to go to the school infirmary. He got shots, took medicine, and even had to apply ointment. He wound up missing two days of school and had never felt so miserable in his life.
As it happened, after that, the dorm's toilet-paper thefts improved considerably.
The other two boys in the dorm, Yu Hongtu and Wang Xiawei, didn't know about it. Even Mao Doudou thought it had been an accident and had no idea Jiang Yue had deliberately set him up.
Jiang Yue gave him a little hint, and Mao Doudou, guilty as a thief, immediately settled down, afraid his embarrassing secret would be exposed.
All kinds of weirdos and jokers kept joining the group, joking and bantering until everyone quickly forgot about Mao Doudou's juicy gossip.
Another two or three minutes passed before Li Yue finally arrived, joining the chat through Jiang Yue's invitation.
But Li Yue had always been a nobody in class, and few people cared whether she joined or not. One more made no difference; neither did one less.
Besides, it wasn't as if she'd say anything after joining.
Du Yifeng particularly enjoyed being the center of attention.
"Did everyone who needs to be here make it in?"
"Listen up, everyone. You can watch the videos, but don't pass them around. Let me make this clear: I might be fine sharing them, but if you pass them on and get hauled in for questioning, don't drag me into it."
Du Yifeng was building up the suspense. The more serious he made it sound, the more mysterious he thought his aura became!
Making his classmates feel how powerful his sources were, sense the hidden influence behind him, and marvel at his extraordinary status—making all those weaklings guess, gasp, look up to him, and even worship him—was a lowbrow pleasure, but an unparalleled one, for Du Yifeng.
Ding ding dong, ding ding dong, ding ding dong...
Then a string of videos popped up in the group chat.
Everyone had gotten smarter this time. To avoid the 808, they saved the videos to their phones first, then watched them afterward.
Du Yifeng: These videos haven't been made public yet. Let me stress this again: don't pass them around! You'll be responsible for the consequences!
Du Yifeng: Strange geographical phenomena have appeared all over our Gaia Planet, across its four continents and eight regions. It's not just Tianlang Mountain in our Great Zhang Country.
Du Yifeng: The first video is of the Asali Desert. The second is of the Devil's Triangle, a famous spot in the Bamuda Sea. The third is of the Tearing Great Canyon in western Xiluoxinzhou. The fourth is of Nabo City on the eastern coast of Xiluoxinzhou...
Du Yifeng didn't need to explain. As high school students, everyone knew these geographical facts.
Just like the video of Tianlang Mountain, the clips weren't long, but each was more shocking than the last...
After watching them, Jiang Yue was silent for a long time.
His strong intuition told him that humanity's normal understanding of the world had shattered, and its entire system of knowledge had fallen apart. The coffin lids of every teacher in every subject couldn't possibly stay shut any longer.
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