Little Chubby Girl Who Always Took Revenge (Part 2)
"Thank you, Shiling." Holding the paper airplane Liu Shiling gave her, Xiao Mei said happily, "I heard from my mom that you adopted that big orange cat that often appears near our neighborhood?"
Liu Shiling nodded. "Yes."
"Wow, that's amazing! I fed that big orange cat sausages and dried fish, and it completely ignored me!" Xiao Mei said with an expression of admiration and envy.
A short-haired girl who looked significantly older than the other children, probably already in elementary school, said, "It's just an ugly, dirty, fat cat. I don't know what you're all so interested in."
Xiao Mei laughed and said, "Da Lu, didn't you always try to feed it things before?"
Another child nearby immediately said, "'Da Lu' tried to feed that cat last time, but the cat snapped at it and almost made it fall. It probably holds a grudge against that cat!"
"I didn't!" The short-haired girl called "Da Lu" glared at him angrily.
"I saw it..."
The short-haired girl walked up to the child who had spoken, and, using her height (a head taller than the child) to intimidate him, said, "I didn't!"
"If there's no problem, then there's no problem... Why are you being so fierce?" the little boy muttered softly, hiding behind Xiao Mei next to him, clearly a little afraid of "Da Lu".
The short-haired girl said to Xiao Mei, "It's just folding a paper airplane, what's so great about it? Anyone can fold one! I can fold one too, and my paper airplanes will definitely fly higher and farther than hers!" Then, she said to Liu Shiling, "Do you dare to compete with me?"
"No, I want to go back to dinner with my mom." Liu Shiling shook her head.
For Little Chubby Girl like me, comparing origami, especially paper airplanes, with others, and even comparing how far they can fly, is just too unfair—from the other person's perspective.
"No! We have to compete. If you lose, you're not allowed to come here to play anymore!" the short-haired girl said domineeringly, then ordered a child to fetch two sheets of A4 paper.
She shoved one of the A4 sheets of paper into Liu Shiling's hand and started folding it herself without waiting for her reply.
"Shiling, it's okay if you compete with her. Even if you lose, you can still come over and play, or come to my house. I have lots of dolls, electric cars, and electric airplanes," Xiao Mei whispered to Liu Shiling.
Although her voice was soft, "Da Lu" still heard her and glared at her while folding paper.
Xiao Mei, however, glared back defiantly. "If you dare bully me and Shiling, I'll tell Aunt Yang!"
The short-haired girl snorted, "Instigator, traitor..."
Liu Shiling glanced back at where her mother was. She was still chatting with those women and didn't seem to be going home anytime soon. She could only sigh helplessly and slowly fold the A4 paper.
Xiao Mei squatted down in front of Liu Shiling, then lowered her head so that Liu Shiling could fold the cloth on her back, which would be more convenient.
Seeing this, the short-haired girl called over the little boy she had previously "intimidated" and made him bend over to be a "small table". The little boy looked indignant, but in the end he dared not speak out and obediently went over to be a "small table".
Actually, the reason why the children of similar age in the neighborhood always submit to "Da Lu's" "intimidation" is not entirely because they are outmatched in size and strength and afraid of being beaten. Rather, it is more because "Da Lu" has been playing with them since they were little, and they have always followed "Da Lu" around without question.
After folding the paper airplane, the short-haired girl breathed hard on the nose of the airplane, and then threw it out with all her might.
But the paper airplane veered crookedly into the flowerbed next to it and didn't fly very far.
Liu Shiling, who had carefully folded the paper airplane, held it between two fingers and tossed it seemingly casually. The airplane flew out slowly but steadily, landing several seconds later.
The little boy who had just been acting as a "table" for "Da Lu" immediately ran out, first picking up "Da Lu's" paper airplane, then running to retrieve Liu Shiling's paper airplane. Holding Liu Shiling's paper airplane high, he shouted, "Liu Shiling wins! Liu Shiling is the new Paper Airplane King!"
"Da Lu" angrily snatched his paper airplane, crumpled it into a ball of waste paper, and threw it into the nearby trash can—he threw it with pretty good aim, though.
Liu Shiling didn't feel much joy, because she already knew this would be the result before she even started folding the paper airplane.
She can now exert some influence on her origami or other lighter objects within a certain range. Although it is very weak, far less than her control over Coin or the A4 paper Xiang Kun gave her, it is enough to make the paper airplane "take off" more smoothly when she throws it.
Besides, as soon as she saw the paper airplane folded by the short-haired girl, she knew that the airplane wouldn't fly far, and even without using "magic" to help her, she could easily win.
"You should fold the wings of your paper airplane bigger and make the fuselage smaller, and then throw it gently, aiming high..." Liu Shiling kindly shared her tips on folding and throwing paper airplanes.
As a "future Great Mage with lofty ideals and ambitions," Liu Shiling naturally wouldn't keep her paper airplane folding skills to herself like a treasure.
But before she could finish speaking, the short-haired girl, "Da Lu," suddenly shouted angrily, "What are you so smug about? You're just a mistress's child!"
These words came so abruptly and inexplicably that the smile that had been on Liu Shiling's chubby little face vanished instantly.
The next moment, in the senses of the children around her, the world seemed to have been muted; all sounds disappeared, even the air seemed to freeze, and even their thoughts seemed to be frozen.
Xiao Mei, who was closest to Liu Shiling, could feel a strange, tingling sensation on her scalp and the skin on the side closest to Liu Shiling.
On the grass at Liu Shiling's feet, several clumps of grass closer to her seemed to bow slightly to her in perfect unison.
Near those blades of grass, several ants that were "marching" stopped completely, their antennae all pointing in the direction of Liu Shiling;
The two Coin Liu Shiling always carried with her sped out of the pocket inside her coat under her senses and control, landing in her hands one in each sleeve.
The incident that happened in September had an unprecedented and enormous impact on Liu Shiling's family. She and her mother even left their home, where they had lived for so many years, and moved to Star City.
And it was from that time, with that "magic Coin" she received from her bald uncle, that she began her "path to becoming Great Mage".
After that day, she never asked her Mom Xiang about what happened that day, but that doesn't mean she had forgotten about it.
On the contrary, as time went by, she gradually began to vaguely understand many of the things that the people who came to make a scene that day said, things that she didn't understand at the time.
So when she heard what the short-haired girl said, memories of that day instantly flooded her mind.
Just as her mother had always worried, Liu Shiling used to be a pushover, with a soft temper and a naive personality. She always judged others with the utmost kindness, so even when she had conflicts, disagreements, was bullied, or even cried with other friends in different environments and circles, she never really got angry or turned her back on them.
The only time was on that day last September, but even then, her emotions were mostly fear and panic.
But now, she is no longer the same person she once was; she feels no fear, only anger.
Others can criticize her, they can call her "Egg Pie," but they can't say bad things about her mother; that's her "Achilles' heel."
Normally, Liu Shiling is like a Hello Kitty, but once her "protest" is touched, she immediately transforms into an angry tiger.
The bald uncle took her into a "magical world" and gave her the power of a "tiger".
In her two clenched fists were two Coin. Through these Coin, she felt as if she were connected to the ground beneath her feet, the surrounding air, and all the objects nearby. She felt as if she could do many things she couldn't do before, and know a lot of information she didn't know before. She felt an unprecedented power.
She looked at the short-haired girl who was staring blankly at her mother. She wouldn't allow anyone to say anything bad about her!
She's angry!
She needs to vent her anger!
The Coin in my hand were itching to be used.
But as soon as the thought crossed her mind, she remembered who her Coin came from, who her magic came from, she thought of her bald uncle, and the things he had told her.
The matter of "magic" must be kept a secret; I can't even tell my mother...
Magic cannot be used on ordinary people indiscriminately...
Yes, she is no longer the "ordinary little girl" Liu Shiling; she is the "Great Mage" Liu Shiling.
Liu Shiling put her hands in her pockets, turned around and walked towards where her mother was; she did nothing.
After a fierce wind and thunderstorm, the clouds dispersed and the wind stopped, but the downpour did not arrive.
In fact, only a few seconds passed between the moment the short-haired girl "Da Lu" said those words that angered Liu Shiling and when she suppressed her anger and turned to leave.
But the sudden silence and eerie atmosphere were not only felt by the children around Liu Shiling, but also by the mothers chatting in the distance, who all turned their attention to her.
But at this moment, Liu Shiling had already walked to her mother's side, taken her mother's hand, and looked up at her with her little face, saying, "Mom, I'm hungry, let's go home and cook."
"Oh, okay." Shiling's Mother paused for a moment, then said goodbye to the other mothers and took her daughter's hand to go home.
As for Xiao Mei, Da Lu, and the other children, they came to their senses after Liu Shiling turned and walked away.
"You made Shiling run away! You're being unreasonable! You're bullying me! I'm not playing with you anymore!" Xiao Mei shoved the short-haired girl hard, then ran home with the paper airplane Liu Shiling had given her.
The other children, like her, thought that Liu Shiling had run away because of "Da Lu's " words. They didn't think too much about what had just happened because of that strange feeling. They just felt that Liu Shiling was indeed Liu Shiling, not afraid of "Da Lu" who was a head taller than her.
The short-haired girl, "Da Lu," bit her lower lip with a complicated expression, glancing at the departing figures of Liu Shiling and her daughter. She seemed to want to say something, but in the end, she didn't say a word and, like Xiao Mei, went home by herself.
No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Although Liu Shiling didn't say anything, her Shiling's Mother was very perceptive and sensed that something was wrong with her daughter's emotions.
"Shiling, I just saw you arguing with that first-grader?" Shiling's Mother asked tentatively. She said she was chatting with other mothers, but actually, most of her attention was on her daughter. Although she couldn't hear what the children were saying in the distance, she could roughly tell from their interaction. Her daughter had even been competing with that short-haired first-grader in throwing paper airplanes, and the girl seemed to be really competitive.
"She got angry because her paper airplanes weren't as good as mine," Liu Shiling said absentmindedly.
Although Liu Shiling remembered Uncle Baldy's instructions and held back, not bursting out on the spot, it didn't mean she could let go of those words.
Not only can I not let it go, but the more I think about it, the angrier and more frustrated I feel.
Unbeknownst to her, the father of the first-grade girl nicknamed "Da Lu" had previously had business dealings with her father. So, when her father visited them before the Lunar New Year, he had a chance encounter with "Da Lu's " father in the neighborhood, and the two had a brief chat. "Da Lu's " father had originally intended to take his wife and daughter on a visit to build a relationship, but after some investigation, he discovered that when he discussed the reason Shiling's Mother had moved to Star City with his wife, "Da Lu" had overheard it.
Liu Shiling only knew that "Da Lu's " words made her very angry.
I'm very angry.
Because of this, she didn't enjoy her dinner as much as before; she ate half a bowl less rice and much less vegetables. When she got home and saw the "Egg Pie," she wasn't as happy.
Liu Shiling felt she had to vent her anger.
Uncle Baldy once said that if you encounter bad people, you should first report it to the police so that they can catch them.
If "Da Lu" speaks ill of her mother, then she must be a bad person, and the police should be able to arrest her!
But if she reported it to the police, her mother would definitely find out, and her mother would know what "Da Lu" had said. Liu Shiling instinctively didn't want her mother to hear those words because she felt it would make her mother sad.
Therefore, we cannot report it to the police.
After finishing her meal, Liu Shiling squatted on the balcony, holding Egg Pie, looking outside.
Shiling's Mother, who was watching TV in the living room, assumed her daughter was petting the cat and didn't pay much attention.
But actually, Liu Shiling was looking at several windows on the eighth floor of Building 7 across the street, because she had heard Xiao Mei and the others mention in the evening that "Da Lu" lived in apartment 803 of Building 7.
She wanted to vent her anger and seek revenge in a way that wouldn't be discovered and whose "magic" wouldn't directly affect others.
She recalled that when she wasn't a "magical girl," the most difficult things were not being able to eat delicious food and not being able to watch cartoons.
No child can resist delicious food and cartoons.
She probably couldn't stop "Da Lu" from eating delicious food, but she might be able to stop "Da Lu" from watching cartoons.
Liu Shiling quietly turned around and glanced at her mother, who was watching TV in the living room, through the glass sliding door. Seeing that her mother wasn't paying attention, she took out her two Coin, held them tightly, and looked up at a balcony on the eighth floor of building number seven across the street—she thought that was room 803, where "Da Lu" lived.
During winter break, whether it's kindergarten or just starting elementary school, watching cartoons after dinner is the greatest enjoyment for children.
Whether you're using a TV, tablet, phone, or computer, you need electricity.
Liu Shiling was planning to use her "magic" to cut off the power to apartment 7#803.
She hadn't succeeded in trying, but she felt she should be able to.
Before beginning the "formal spellcasting," she waved to the large orange cat beside her. "Egg Pie, move over there and sit in that corner."
However, "Egg Pie" only glanced up at her, then continued to lick its paws, showing no intention of moving an inch.
The Little Chubby Girl sighed, then got up, picked up the fat orange cat, moved it to a corner to curl up, and returned to her previous seat. She then glanced at the two Coin in her hand:
"'Chocolate,' 'Ice Cream,' it's all up to you this time."
A few minutes later, the entire residential complex lost power for two seconds, including Liu Shiling's home.
After the power was restored, Shiling's Mother instinctively looked at her daughter sitting on the balcony, and then was surprised to see the chubby Little Chubby Girl lying on the ground, fast asleep.
"Hey? Hey hey! Shiling, Liu Shiling! It's so cold, how come you're sleeping on the balcony? My goodness..."
Shiling's Mother immediately got up and went to the balcony to bring her daughter back. The big orange cat followed her in; it had actually been quite reluctant to go to the balcony just now.
Liu Shiling didn't sleep for long, waking up in less than three minutes. However, her mother noticed, so she naturally couldn't secretly "cast spells" on the balcony anymore. Besides, judging from her previous attempts, it seemed she couldn't lock onto a single room or a house; once she broke through, it broke through an entire area.
Liu Shiling stayed in her room, holding her tablet, logged into her QQ account, and sent a voice message to Bald Uncle's QQ number. "Bald Uncle, are you awake? Roast Chicken Wing Sister, are you there?"
A few seconds later, a picture of roasted chicken wings was sent over.
Liu Shiling understood that the person she was chatting with now was "Roast Chicken Wing Sister"—Bald Uncle can really sleep!
After thinking for a moment, Liu Shiling sent a voice message explaining the problem she was facing.
"Roast Chicken Wing Sister, I want to cut off the power to one apartment in our complex, but my 'magic' can only cut off the power to the entire complex. Is there any way to cut off the power to only one apartment?"
Xia Libing, on the other end, also sent a voice message: "Tell me exactly what you did before?"
Liu Shiling then quietly sent her thoughts via voice message, and at Xia Libing's request, she explained her "magic system" in detail.
Xia Libing didn't dismiss the girl's words as childish or unimportant just because she was talking to a little girl who was still in kindergarten. Xiang Kun had already told her that the Little Chubby Girl was the first "developer" to establish a connection with "Super-Linked Object" and create her own "system," and that she had "developed" many abilities that even Xiang Kun admired. At least within Xiang Kun's "Super-Sensing Item System," the Little Chubby Girl was an absolute "stronger" and "senior."
Therefore, Xia Libing did not directly guide Liu Shiling according to her traditional understanding of certain knowledge. Instead, she first inquired in detail and tried to understand Liu Shiling's "magic system" based on Xiang Kun's various abilities. Then, she used the way of thinking of this "magic system" to apply to Liu Shiling.
The two chatted back and forth on QQ voice for more than three hours. Even after her mother urged her to go to sleep, Liu Shiling stayed in bed and chatted with Xia Libing on her tablet.
Xia Libing proposed several ideas and solutions. After some thought and consideration, Liu Shiling felt that the most feasible solution was to place one of the two Coin guardians, "Chocolate" and "Ice Cream," at the target location, and then use her newly understood "magic" to cast a spell to cut off the power to only one household.
"Roast Chicken Wing Sister" said she might not be able to implement this method right now, but the other methods are also not something that can be accomplished in the short term. She's angry... no, she's venting her anger, so she has to implement it as soon as possible. At least this method has the possibility of being implemented quickly.
After organizing her thoughts with the help of "Roast Chicken Wing Sister," Liu Shiling now needs to solve a problem: how to place the Coin in the target position.
If she were to secretly place the coins at the door of apartment 803 in building 7 herself, whether it was for placing Coin, collecting Coin, or performing a spell, she might be seen. It would be best if she placed them directly on the balcony or windowsill of apartment 803 facing them, so that she could "perform the spell" from her own balcony.
Should we just throw it from her balcony?
Although she can now control the Coin's levitation and flight to some extent, she can only keep it within a certain distance. The balcony diagonally opposite is too far away, and she can't control it from that distance to make the Coin land precisely in a specific location.
Liu Shiling, who was lying in bed, rolling around with her tablet and thinking, suddenly sat up and looked at "Egg Pie" who was dozing on the sofa cushion. A thought flashed through her mind: perhaps she could have "Egg Pie" take a Coin to keep it?
She clearly remembered how "Egg Pie" had climbed onto her windowsill before; its climbing ability was more than capable of handling this task.
The question now is, will "Egg Pie" understand her instructions?
In the Little Chubby Girl's understanding, normally the cat should be able to understand what she means. But there are always exceptions; maybe their "Egg Pie" is a bit slow?
The Little Chubby Girl, wearing pajamas and barefoot, first opened the bedroom door a crack to peek inside. Seeing that her mother had already gone back to her room to sleep, she turned back, carrying her "Egg Pie"Egg Pie —or rather, dragging it—and tiptoed out of the room to the balcony.
Liu Shiling took out a Coin, placed it in her palm, and put it in front of "Egg Pie." Then, she pointed to apartment 7#803 diagonally opposite and said, "'Egg Pie,' put this Coin on the edge of that balcony over there. I'll give you something delicious when you come back."
The big orange cat simply raised its paw and knocked the Coin from his palm to the ground, then meowed.
Liu Shiling understood what "Egg Pie" meant and shook her head, saying, "It means you should put the Coin over there, not that we're playing a game."
However, after several attempts, the "Egg Pie" showed no intention of helping its little owner, leaving Liu Shiling quite disheartened. It seemed that this plan was not feasible.
Liu Shiling squatted on the balcony, playing with the chopsticks Xiang Kun had given her, picking up Coin as she tried to come up with a new plan.
Although her mother always forbids her from playing with chopsticks outside of mealtimes, she had previously discovered that holding these chopsticks made it easier for her to concentrate and improve her memory, making her seem smarter. So she especially liked holding these chopsticks when she was thinking or "practicing magic."
Five minutes later, Liu Shiling put down her chopsticks; she suddenly had an idea.
After thinking it over, I still think I should use paper airplanes!
Because Liu Shiling's apartment is on a lower floor than the apartment across the street (803), it's quite difficult to launch the paper airplane and land it near that spot. Adding Coin to the paper airplane significantly impacts its center of gravity and overall weight.
Liu Shiling then ran back to the living room and secretly tore off a few pages from the calendar to use as materials—materials like A4 paper were too soft to support the weight of a Coin.
Then Liu Shiling started using the A4 paper that Xiang Kun gave her to do origami design. The process of folding this paper allowed her to have a lot of foresight. For example, she could perceive what kind of flight changes, deviations, and loads would be caused by the size of a crease, and thus optimize it. Finally, she came up with the paper airplane she wanted that could meet her flight plan.
Around 1 a. m., Liu Shiling finally finished designing the paper airplane. She happily ran to the balcony, ready to test it out.
She will place the Coin in the special "Coin compartment" on the paper airplane, then throw the paper airplane. Using the Coin as an initial guide, she will propel the paper airplane to a stronger initial velocity and fly in the direction and trajectory she needs, with the ultimate goal of landing on the edge of the balcony of apartment 7#803.
As for recycling, it's easy. Just use another paper airplane to knock it off the balcony edge, or let "Egg Pie" collect it. It's a bit difficult for it to take the Coin to a designated location, as it can't understand that, but it can perfectly do the job of bringing the Coin and paper airplanes back from a designated location.
It's so late now, so naturally we can't disturb "Da Lu" from watching cartoons anymore. However, Liu Shiling needs to test it out first to make sure the paper airplane "runs" without any problems. Only then can she immediately carry out the plan to cut off the power and cast the spell during tomorrow's "prime time" for watching cartoons.
However, to her surprise, when Liu Shiling brought the paper airplane she had made to the balcony, she found that there seemed to be someone standing on the balcony of room 803.