Chapter 238
"Some people have already gone to the other side of the mountain, so will there be students walking this way?" Bei Qiao finished a round of work and looked down at the water surface: "Oh..." It seemed that he saw some bubbles.
"Hey, you're here too?" Just when Bei Qiao was wondering whether these bubbles were created by the students who skipped school, the other two players who accepted the task also arrived.
Bei Qiao nodded to the two of them and glanced behind them.
"No need to look, it's just the two of us, everyone else is busy. Sister Mei said she would come, but something happened to the future boss husband, so she left in a hurry and didn't even have a proper meal." Xiao Cheng, a player who happened to work under the shopkeeper Mei, spread his hands: This future boss husband is the best-looking and the most obedient, but he is soft-hearted and listens to everyone, and only dares to question Sister Mei's words... Tsk tsk, people are greedy and want to swallow an elephant, and this time his belly will burst!
Since they had just met in the morning and had watched the excitement together in the private room at noon, there was no need for the three of them to introduce themselves to each other. The lake was very large, so in order to find the target as soon as possible, the three of them spread out, each guarding a part of the lake.
The two didn't ask why Bei Qiao had changed his outfit. Players, after all, loved to wear vests when traveling the world. Changing clothes was just the most basic operation. Some people even put on beards on their faces! But...
"What's going on with those two kids?"
"Oh, I don't know him. He used to play here. He probably thought I was a bad guy." Bei Qiao smiled. "That expression of wanting to find fault with someone is quite funny."
"Yes, it's good to be vigilant."
"Who says it isn't?"
Across the lake, at the entrance to the academy, a gatekeeper was pacing back and forth. Although she was alone, she had a huge net in her hand, and with her excellent Qinggong skills, no student more than ten meters away could escape her grasp.
"Alas, the General's Mansion is built right inside the academy. I can't even see it even if I want to." Xiao Cheng couldn't help but sigh during his patrol. Whether it was to support the students or simply to find some peace and quiet, General Jin had his Mansion built inside Sijin Academy when he returned to Sijin County to retire. Players who wanted to check in couldn't see it, leaving them feeling anxious.
"Why don't you stop checking in everywhere and forget about the last time you were chased by a dog?" There is no rabies vaccine here. If you get bit by them, won't your life be ruined?
"Oh, that was an accident. I didn't realize it was someone's home, not a public area." Xiao Cheng scratched his head awkwardly. "Who knew that the pile of broken stones was their newly collapsed wall... Besides, I really want to see the plaque of the General's Mansion. If it were placed there, it would definitely be considered a historical site."
Because General Jin had once concealed her identity while serving in the army, her title was ultimately fixed at the rank of Duke, earning her the nickname Duke Jin. Upon hearing the news of her nobility appointment, her family, who had previously treated her very badly, flocked to the ceremony. The elder in the lead presented a gorgeous dress, saying they felt sorry for General Jin's lack of opportunity to dress up, and had come to present this gift, painstakingly crafted by their family.
"Feeling bad? Dressing up?" General Jin, still in office at the time, immediately ordered the soldiers to expel them. Standing on the steps with her hands behind her back, she raised a finger, pointed at the imperial plaque, then at her armor, and sneered at the men: "No dress in the world could be more beautiful than these." A girl would regret not being able to wear women's clothing? Oh, that's the idea of someone who hasn't tasted power, just like they think the emperor wields a golden hoe. Rather than begging for pity with a thin waist, it's better to be brave with strong arms. If you don't listen to reason, I'll fight you with my fists. Whoever cries is a coward!
"With power, even without fancy clothes, you can still look radiant..." Recalling the legend left by General Jin in the county, Xiao Cheng held her hands to her cheeks with admiration: "Oh, why can't I be a strong woman?" All day long, apart from work, she can only chase the bigwigs online and call them sister. Sigh! Want to get rich quickly, want to make a fortune, God of Wealth, come, God of Wealth...
“You sang it.”
"Ah?" Xiao Cheng subconsciously raised his hand to touch his mouth.
"And he danced." The Laicai dance is very relaxing and infectious, and it is very suitable to be performed in an episode of a silly cartoon.
"Ah!" Xiao Cheng's whole body stiffened on the spot, and his movements froze in mid-air.
"Puhahalulu... Gululu..."
"What's going on!" "What's going on!"
When the underwater sound came out, Bei Qiao was the farthest away, but reacted the fastest. He rushed to Xiao Cheng in a few steps, threw a piece of wood onto the lake, and at the same time jumped onto the lake in one step. He bent down and grabbed the collar of the person who was struggling and sinking from the water. He stepped on the wood to gain leverage and turned around, landing back at the lakeside without getting a drop of water on him.
Xiao Cheng and the others reacted quickly. When Bei Qiao returned to the lake, they immediately took over and provided first aid to the unfortunate child who was brought ashore by Bei Qiao.
"Is this the student she's looking for?"
"Really? Even though they weren't wearing their school uniforms, they were probably the only ones who were drowning and didn't call for help..."
"Thank goodness you're quick!" Xiao Cheng, trying to shake off the awkwardness, complimented the child and began to examine her physical condition. "Let me see what's wrong... Is she having a cramp? I can feel how much water is in her stomach. Why isn't she opening her eyes?"
The Sijin Academy student who didn't faint but didn't want to open his eyes: "..."
"They don't seem to be bad people..." The little girl in the yellow skirt who was still "monitoring" the three people patted her friend's shoulder.
"I know..." The little girl in red frowned: The person who was rescued looks a little familiar?
Behind the academy, teachers without classes were traversing the hills, searching for someone. Having traveled to the battlefield many times on foot, they walked the rugged mountain path with ease, searching for the truant student.
Hearing the whistle from the lake, several teachers breathed a sigh of relief. Two of them split off from the team and rushed to the academy gate, ready to bring the arrested students back and have a proper talk. As for the remaining students, they had to continue searching, because there were three students skipping classes, and the whistle of the gatekeeper told them that only one student had been found by the lake.
"It's okay if they don't like classes. It's not like the academy forbids taking leave. Why do they have to skip classes?"
"Who knows? Maybe he ran away in a fit of rage and then felt embarrassed to come back..."
The two teachers quickly arrived at the lake, only to find the caretaker alone. Seeing the teachers approach, the caretaker gestured across the lake, then continued to stare at the surface. Of the three students who had skipped class, only one had been found. The caretaker couldn't abandon his post without confirming who was still in the lake.
"Thank you." The two teachers clasped their fists in thanks, then jumped onto the bamboo raft on the shore and paddled all the way to the other side of the lake.
Bei Qiao, who had partly focused his attention on the lake, turned around and looked at the other party. Seeing that their expressions did not seem to indicate any hostility and that there was the Sijin Academy logo on their clothes, he just put the fan in front of him without drawing the soft sword from his waist or using the hidden arrow.
The two teachers landed on the shore and walked quickly to the group. Seeing Bei Qiao's clear eyes and knowing that the person who was putting his student on the ground and tidying it up was someone he knew, they felt a little relieved: "Xiao Chengzi?"
"Hey? Sister Ai?" Xiao Cheng, who was trying hard to pinch the student's philtrum, raised his head and his eyes widened instantly: "This clothes...you are a teacher at Sijin College now!" Yan Ai, a native of Sijin County, is one of Xiao Cheng's indigenous friends. Sometimes the two would make an appointment to go out for an outing together.
"What are you doing?" Yan Ai nodded at Bei Qiao and stepped forward to pull Xiao Cheng away. "If you keep pinching, you'll knock out the child's front teeth." What is this student doing? He refuses to open his eyes even after being pinched like this.
"Don't you have to use force when pinching the Ren Zhong point?" Xiao Cheng looked puzzled. "My steps to save her life were all right. I drained the water out of her stomach and pinched the Ren Zhong point, so why won't she wake up?"
"The problem isn't you, it's her..." Yan Ai flipped up the student's upper lip and took a look: Phew, she arrived just in time, her teeth are still there. Children of this age cannot grow new teeth after their teeth fall out, and if their front teeth are really pushed out, it will be troublesome.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Cheng looked at his two fellow gamers.
"What I mean is that you can't wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep." Bei Qiao replied.
"Ah?" Xiao Cheng looked at the student.
"Hiss... It hurts, it hurts..." The student who had been refusing to open his eyes opened his eyes with a grin when he heard that he had been seen through. He touched his philtrum while inhaling and said, "Hiss!" If you had known about it, you should have said it earlier!
Yan Ai knew some medical skills. Seeing that the student looked okay, she felt his pulse again to be on the safe side. "What happened today? I remember your water ability was the best in the class, right?"
"Uh... originally I was... a Jinyiwei! Wow!" The student who was struggling to find an excuse to fool people saw a figure passing by in the sky. He immediately forgot the excuse he had worked so hard to come up with and just stretched his neck to stare at the figure.
"Jinyiwei?" Bei Qiao looked up and saw the figure in official uniform quickly disappearing into the sky.
"He's wearing his official uniform, and his sword is stained with blood. He must have just chopped off the head of some bastard official." Yan Ai looked away: "Go on."
“…”
Feeling the truth was a bit embarrassing, the student who had failed to fool the janitor hesitated for a while before finally telling the truth. After successfully skipping class with her friends, she took advantage of the time when the janitor was called away to hide in the bushes, holding a straw in her mouth and lurking in the water, ready to sneak to shore and slip away when the janitor wasn't paying attention.
"When I swam over here, I found that there were not only people on the shore, but they were also dancing, and they were dancing quite... well." The student raised his hands to cover his face: "I forgot I was still in the water, and I laughed accidentally. As a result, I couldn't hold my breath, choked on the water, and the straw fell off. As soon as I struggled, my legs cramped, and before I could float up, the person was rescued." In summary, it was a close call, but embarrassing.
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