"Mencius said, 'A wise man uses his brightness to make others bright and clear'... What does that mean?" Lin's level of classical Chinese reached its peak in high school, and it declined year by year after the college entrance examination, so that her knowledge of this sentence was only about Mencius.
Baidu.
Lin took out her cell phone and started searching on Baidu.
"Mencius said, 'A wise man makes others clear with his own brightness, but nowadays he makes others clear with his own darkness.' Translated, it means that a wise man first makes himself clear, and then makes others clear; but nowadays people don't even understand themselves, but want to make others understand." Lin Xi pondered for a while, "That is to say, when I use the Master's ruler to ask questions to others, I must first understand the questions I ask, otherwise it may not work."
Lin thought about it for a while and felt that her understanding was correct. However, in order to be cautious, she still had to find an opportunity to experiment.
Lin took out the "Master's ruler" and examined it carefully. It looked like nothing special. It was just an ordinary wooden ruler, dark in color and smooth in shape. The nine characters "Without the rules, one cannot make a square or a circle" were engraved on it with a knife. The ruler was stained with sweat and grease, and it was an old ruler that had been used.
"Could these words also be said by Mencius?" Lin Xi thought of the sentence in the previous hint, "A wise man makes others enlightened by his own enlightenment," and could not help but search the words on the ruler on Baidu again. Then she found that it was indeed said by Mencius.
"Could this be Mencius' ruler?" Lin Xi's eyes turned solemn in an instant as she looked at the ruler.
"Wha...what?"
A timid voice came from the door. Lin looked up and found that it was Li Menglin standing at the dormitory door. She was holding a takeaway in her hand. She must have just brought the takeaway back from downstairs.
"What's wrong?" Ever since Lin Xi threatened Li Menglin that she could cast a curse, Li Menglin rarely appeared in front of her.
"Didn't you call me?" Li Menglin asked.
Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, but she quickly reacted. She must have just mentioned Mencius, and Li Menglin happened to pass by the door and heard the sound of splits, so she thought she was calling her.
Lin Xi suddenly had an idea and decided to test the ruler on Li Menglin.
Lin turned the ruler in her hand and pointed it at Li Menglin: "Li Menglin, let me ask you something. Do you know who said that a wise man can make others wise by his own wisdom?"
Li Menglin was confused and shook her head: "I don't know, is this a line from an anime?"
[Shuzi, who is ignorant and incompetent, shall be punished with ten rulers.]
A system prompt flashed before her eyes. Lin Yan raised her eyebrows, and tentatively walked towards Li Menglin with a ruler in hand and said, "Stretch out your hand."
"Why?" Li Menglin asked subconsciously, but something strange happened. Her hand stretched out uncontrollably, palm facing up, and opened silently.
Lin Xi's eyes lit up and said, "Oh my god, it really works."
Li Menglin's face was filled with fear and horror: "Lin Yan, what did you do to me? I haven't provoked you recently."
"Uh..." Looking at Li Menglin's frightened expression, Lin Xi suddenly felt that she had gone too far. Although Li Menglin was usually very irritating and she and she had been college classmates for four years and she had been scolded by her sharp tongue many times, it seemed that she had not offended her during this period of time.
Lin put the ruler behind her back and said, "I didn't do anything."
"You control my body, I can't take my hands back..." Before Li Menglin finished her words, her hands dropped down, and because she used too much force, her whole body was dragged back two steps.
Li Menglin looked at her hands in confusion, then looked at Lin Yan in confusion.
Lin smiled politely.
"You did it, I know." Li Menglin felt aggrieved, but was afraid that Lin Xi would cause trouble for her, so she took the takeaway and hid in the next dormitory, and decided that as long as Lin Xi was in the dormitory, she would never step out of the door.
"It's quite fun." Lin Xi felt that Mr. Meng's ruler was much more fun than Zhenzi's long hair. If she had taken this ruler instead of "Zhenzi's long hair" when she met a pervert last time... well... it seemed like she wouldn't be able to escape and could only hit them a few times at most.
It's still of no use.
Lin Xi lost interest immediately. Just as she was about to put the ruler back into the system inventory, the system flashed another line of prompts: [Skill is not completed and cannot be taken back.]
"Skill is not completed? Why is it not completed?" Lin Xi thought, and repeatedly looked over the properties of the ruler again and again, and finally her eyes fell on the last sentence of the user guide.
【There is no distinction between the classes in the world, and the church is the only thing that matters.】
Lin Xi seemed to understand something, so she took the ruler and went to the next door, knocking politely a few times.
"Who is it?" Li Menglin opened the door and saw Lin Yan. She was so scared that she wanted to close the door on the spot. Fortunately, Lin Yan reacted quickly and stopped her.
"Don't get excited. I'm going to tell you something."
"I've already hidden in the room, why don't you let me go?" Li Menglin was about to burst into tears. "I haven't told anyone your secret, and I won't tell anyone. Please let me go."
"You really misunderstood. I just said one thing and then left. I didn't come here to curse you." Lin Xi suddenly felt a deep sense of guilt. How could she have scared someone like this with just a joke?
"You say." Li Menglin looked at Lin Nan half-doubtingly, not knowing whether she believed Lin Nan or was afraid that Lin Nan would curse her if she didn't listen.
"Mencius said, 'A wise man makes others wise by his own wisdom. Now you know what I mean, right?" Lin Nan said.
Li Menglin blinked: "So?"
"That's what Mencius said, now you know it." Lin Xi said again.
"I understand." Li Menglin nodded.
"That's fine." Lin Xi left Li Menglin in a daze, turned around and left. Returning to her dormitory, she tried to put the ruler into the item inventory again, and the ruler was put away successfully.
"You really have to be taught." Lin Xi felt that she probably wouldn't have much chance to use this ruler, because she was not a person who liked to be a teacher, and she didn't want to be one.
A common person like her cannot follow the path of a great educator like Mencius.
Lin stretched her back and was about to wash the dirty clothes when her cell phone suddenly rang. She picked it up and saw that the caller ID was Bao Ya.
Oops, she forgot to tell Bao Ya about leaving the comic convention.
"Sister Xiaoya." Lin Ping answered the phone with a guilty conscience.
"Where have you been?" Bao Ya asked.
"Sister Xiaoya, I have something urgent to do, so I have to go back to school first. I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you." Lin Xi took the initiative to apologize.
"As long as you're okay, I hope you're fine. I saw you left without even changing your clothes, and I thought something happened to you." Bao Ya felt relieved.
"I'm fine. I just left in a hurry and didn't take care of the witch's clothes..." Lin looked at her dirty witch clothes and said, "I'll wash them and take them to the secret room tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll take your clothes back for you first."
"Thank you, Sister Xiaoya. I will bring you some delicious cake tomorrow." Lin Nan thanked.
"Why are you being polite? Didn't you send me something specially? By the way, did you take your crystal ball back as well?" Bao Ya asked again.
Crystal ball?
Lin Xi recalled that it seemed vaguely as if the crystal ball was smashed out by her when she was fighting with the lich.
"Oh, I forgot it on the subway." She would never be able to find it anyway.
"You lost it? Then you have to buy it. The nine-tailed fox is very evil and will definitely rip you off. I will try my best to bargain with you." Bao Ya said.
"No need, it's just 199. Give it to her and I'll transfer the money to you now." After saying that, Lin Nan hung up the phone and transferred 199 via WeChat on the spot.
She now has a job, and it is a high-paying job, the kind that can be paid today. In Lin's eyes, a mere 199 is no longer something worth calculating.
Bao Ya: [So generous, have you made a fortune?]
Lin Yan: [I found a job, hehe.]
Bao Ya: [No wonder, congratulations.]
Lin Nan slept soundly that night. After breakfast the next day, she packed the washed witch costume into her bag, put it on her back, and went out to work part-time.
Lin An worked part-time in the cake shop this morning and went to the secret room in the afternoon.
"Auntie, this cake was ordered by an old customer of our store. It's a bit far away, and the delivery guy won't deliver it, so you have to make a trip." It was almost noon when the cake shop owner handed the freshly made and beautifully packaged cake to Auntie Lin.
"Don't worry, boss. I guarantee it will be delivered to you." Lin Nan said.
"I'm relieved that you're doing a good job. You can go home directly after delivering this cake." The boss handed Lin Yan another small bag, "This is a small cake I made with the leftover scraps. Don't mind it. Congratulations on finding a job."
Lin has worked part-time in this cake shop for more than two years. The boss is very kind to Lin. In the past six months, he has been concerned about Lin's work from time to time. So when Lin came to the shop today, she told the boss that she had found a job. Unexpectedly, the boss made a cake for her specially for this matter.
Lin Yan's eyes were red with emotion: "Boss, thank you, you are so kind, I am about to cry."
"Go quickly, it must be delivered before twelve o'clock." The boss smiled.
"Yes." Lin Xi waved her hand, carrying the cake and ran to the nearest subway station.
Lin carefully protected the cake. In order to prevent others from touching the cake, even if there was an empty seat on the subway, Lin would not rush to grab it. She stayed in the corner of the carriage the whole time, giving the cake a spacious and safe environment. Finally, at 11:50, she successfully handed the cake to its owner.
After delivering the cake, Lin felt relieved and planned to find a place nearby to have lunch and then go to the secret room in the afternoon. As for the cake that the cake shop owner gave her, she planned to keep it in the secret room to eat with Bao Ya.
“這附近有什麽好吃的呢？”林媗用手機搜索着附近的美食，一邊往小區外面走去。忽然，斜刺裏閃出一個人來直直的撞在了她的身上，林媗猝不及防，手機被撞脫手飛出，落進了旁邊的花圃裏。
“我的手機！”林媗勉強穩住身形，顧不得去看誰撞了自己，奔着花圃去找手機。
“你個賤貨，老子的話你也敢不聽。”林媗剛把手機撿起來，就聽到身後粗鄙的喝罵聲，接着便是女人無助的哭泣和哀嚎。
“別打了，別打了，我錯了。”一個看不清樣子的女人蜷縮在地，雙手抱頭，哀哀的哭泣着。
“你把錢藏哪裏了，拿出來給我。”男人說着，一邊用腳狠狠的踹着女人的背。
“住手！我報警了，打人是犯法的。”男人膀大腰圓，兇神惡煞，林媗不敢沖上去和對方硬拼，只能拿着手機威脅對方說要報警。
“你報啊，我打我老婆怎麽就犯法了？”男人惡狠狠的瞪着林媗，那猙獰的目光看的林媗一陣惡寒。
“家暴，家暴也是犯法的。”林媗壯着膽子道。
“呵，好啊，那你報啊，讓警察來抓我啊。”男人有恃無恐。
“報就報，你有本事別跑。”
說着林媗就要報警，旁邊站着的一個老人忽然出聲，阻止道：“小姑娘，別報警，每次報完警，他回來打的更狠。這家夥就是個滾刀肉，潑皮無賴，警察不知道抓過幾回了，沒用的，每回他從派出所回來，倒黴的都是他老婆和孩子。”
“別報警。”這時候女人也站了起來，女人披散着頭發，臉上青一塊紫一塊的，幾乎要看不清原本的長相，女人忍着疼，看向林媗，語氣裏滿是絕望，哀求着搖着頭，“別報警。”
“不敢報警就把錢給我。”
男人朝女人走了一步，女人吓的渾身一顫，但還是道：“錢是給彤彤學鋼琴的，不能給你。”
“鋼琴有什麽好學的，又不是沒學上，浪費錢學那玩意兒幹嘛，把錢給我。”
“那是我賺的錢。”
“你的錢就是老子的錢，你給不給，不給我今天弄死你。”男人說着，又要上手打女人，女人吓的轉身就跑，男人大罵着追了上去：“臭婊子，我今天非打斷你的腿。”
“快，快去找保安。造孽啊，這個天殺的怎麽出門沒被車撞死，回回這麽禍害小馮。”今天是工作日，小區裏都是老頭老太，或者是帶娃的家庭婦女，沒人敢上去攔男人，只能讓人去喊保安。
“他經常這樣嗎？”林媗問。
“可不是，都一年多了，回回報警回回抓，抓了也沒用，關幾天就又回來了，回來了打的就更狠，甚至還打孩子。小馮怕孩子受傷害，後來連警都不敢報了，每次就這麽扛着。我們這些鄰居也幫不上忙，只能她挨打的時候幫忙攔着，可也不是每次都拉得住啊。”一個老奶奶痛心疾首的道。
“不能離婚嗎？”林媗問。
“離婚？那個混不吝的說，如果小馮敢離婚，他就拿刀捅了小馮一家。”
“那就一點辦法都沒有嗎？”這種經歷，林媗聽着都窒息。
“能有什麽辦法，只能祈禱老天來收了這個天殺的。”
“也不知道他父母是怎麽教的，教出這麽個畜生來。”一個戴着眼鏡一看就是文化人的老大爺重重的罵道。
教？她又辦法了。
林媗眼睛一亮，轉身飛也似的追了過去。
小區門口，男人被兩個保安拉着，還依舊發了瘋的用腳踹着地上的女人，嘴裏罵罵咧咧的：“老子打死你，你是不是背着我偷人了，所以這些保安才幫着你。還有你們，我一會兒就去投訴你們，物業保安和業主偷情，老子要讓你們丢飯碗。”
拉着男人的保安一聽這話，表情變了變，手中力道不禁松了一些，男人趁機掙脫束縛，朝着女人的肚子又是一腳。
“啊！”女人慘呼一聲。
“住手！”林媗眼都紅了，她抽出夫子的戒尺，沖過去擋在女人身前，用戒尺指着男人。
“你知道我是誰嗎？”林媗問。
“老子管你是誰，再多管閑事，我連你一起打。”男人一把掀開林媗，林媗被掀的踉跄了幾步，跌在地。
【混賬，不學無術，罰十戒尺。】系統提示彈出。
成功了！
林媗顧不得爬起來，對着男人就喊：“你把手給我伸出來。”
正要揮拳打向女人的男人猛的頓住，身體被一股無形的力量拉扯着，不受控制的轉向林媗的方向，右手擡起，五指伸出，手心向上，放平。
林媗從地上爬起來，拎着戒尺走過去，怒火再也壓制不住，狠狠一戒尺就抽了下去：“不知道我是誰你就敢推我。”
“嗷”男人慘叫出聲，聲音凄厲無比，疼的都已經渾身顫抖了，但手依舊直挺挺的伸着，沒有收回去。
林媗被男人這一聲嚎叫吓了一跳，但想到男人剛才的殘暴，林媗怒火攻心，擡手又是一下：“大男人打女人，你個人渣，廢物！”
“啪。”第三下。
“以後不準家暴，不準打女人，不準打孩子。”
“啪。”第四下。
“不許再跟你老婆要錢，馬上去給我把婚離了。”
“啪。”第五下。
“離婚後不許再騷擾你前妻。”
“啪。”第六下。
“聽見沒有？！”
林媗說一句，抽一下，而随着林媗抽下的每一戒尺，男人都會發出凄慘無比的哀嚎。對于男人來說，林媗抽的每一戒尺，都仿佛能無視他的□□防禦，直接抽在他的靈魂之上。那種來自靈魂深處的疼痛，酸爽的他恨不能立刻死去。
“不要再打了。”男人實在是受不住了，他想要收回手，可他的手仿佛被焊在了半空中一般，動彈不得，“我聽見了，我都聽見了。”
林媗正準備抽第七下的手頓住，太累了，她歇會兒。
“還打女人嗎？”林媗問。
“不打了。”男人痛哭流涕的搖頭，“再也不打了。”
“還跟你媳婦要錢嗎？”
“不要了。”
“離婚嗎？”
“不離。”
“嗯？”林媗柳眉倒豎，啪的又抽了一戒尺。
男人疼的直跺腳，五官都扭曲了：“離，我離，我現在就去離婚。”
林媗這才滿意，轉頭看向旁邊。女人此時已經看傻了眼，不只是她，周圍的大爺大媽，小區保安，甚至路過送外賣的小哥，也都看傻了眼。他們望着林媗的目光，宛若英雄。
“離婚啊，快去。”林媗提醒女人。
女人回過神來，卻沒有表現出多興奮：“他不會跟我離的。”
女人太了解他丈夫了，男人只是迫于威勢勉強同意，等林媗一走定然會固态萌發。她曾經報警的時候也渴望警察可以救她脫離這個令人窒息的旋渦，可終究只是徒勞。
“放心，這次他肯定離，去拿材料。”林媗語氣篤定的道。
女人遲疑了一下，她看着女孩篤定的樣子，又看了看男人痛哭流涕的表情，最終沒能抵擋住心中的渴望，轉過身朝小區樓跑去。她跑的非常快，哪怕身上都是傷，哪怕跑起來的時候一瘸一拐的，女人依舊沒有放慢腳步。
她要離婚，哪怕只有一絲的機會。
而林媗之所以如此篤定，是因為戒尺的能力，在她抽下第一戒尺的時候，系統彈出了一條提示：【人誰無過？過而能改，善莫大焉。若執迷不悔，戒尺鎮之，直至其悔。】
林媗看到這條提示的時候，幾乎要笑出聲來，敢不離婚，我抽死你。
女人很快就跑了回來，從她離開到拿了資料回來，總共不過幾分鐘的時間。她這一年多時時刻刻都想着離婚，資料都是一早準備好的。
林媗看向男人，擡手，“啪”的一下，又是一戒尺，抽的男人“嗷”的一聲，眼中滿是懼怕。
“現在去離婚！”林媗道。
“離，離，我現在就去離。”只要不打他，讓他幹什麽都行。
到目前為止一共打了九下，對于這種人渣林媗會吝啬戒尺的威力，那必須是十下給他整全乎了。
于是擡手，又是一下。
“啪！”的一聲，男人疼的仿佛整個身體都要炸開了，整個人跌在地上，蜷縮着，連慘叫都沒有力氣了，仿佛一只瀕死的臭蟲。
過了好一會兒，男人緩和了一些，才回過神，就見林媗拎着戒尺蹲在他旁邊。男人吓的轉身就要爬走，被林媗一把按住了肩膀。
“別動。記住我的名字，我叫林媗，我很邪門對吧。”林媗用兩個人才能聽到的聲音低聲威脅道，“剛才答應我的事情，但凡有一件沒做到，那十戒尺就會重現。你要是不信，現在就在心裏想，你不想離婚了。”
“嗷！！！”男人情不自禁的想了那麽一下，一道無形的戒尺便抽了下來，疼的的他滿地翻滾。
“你看，就算我不在，詛咒也會一直跟着你哦。”林媗微笑，“所以，一定要聽話！”
"I'm listening! I'm listening!" The man responded tremblingly, his eyes full of fear, and he looked at Lin Xi as if he was looking at a devil.
Lin Yan was relieved, and stood up, saying to the stunned woman, "Go ahead, don't be afraid, he won't dare not divorce you."
The woman looked at Lin Yan, her purple face full of tears. She nodded heavily: "Thank you."
The woman mustered up her courage and walked out of the community.
Lin Yan turned around and glared at the man who was still lying on the ground: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you get a divorce?"
The man was trembling all over by Lin Yan's shout, and hurriedly got up: "I'll go... I'll go now."
After saying that, he quickly caught up with the woman, acting more anxious than the woman.
Lin Ping looked at the scene with satisfaction and was about to take back the ruler. When she came to her senses, she saw dozens of pairs of eyes around her looking at her.
Oops, I was so excited about abusing the scum that I forgot to pay attention to the consequences.
"Little girl, you..." One of the older ladies, burning with gossip, walked slowly towards her.
Lin Yan was startled, and seeing a gap, she ran away and disappeared in the community in a blink of an eye, leaving behind only a legend of a scumbag.
As long as I run fast enough, gossip can't catch up with me.