Chapter 61: The Secret Master hasn’t laughed like this for a long time…
Although she was brutally kicked out of the room, Zhu Yingning didn't care at all. Sun Mingyuan was about to comfort her and tell her not to bother with Xu Sirui and Zhang Lin, two idiots who didn't know how to be gentle with women, but she exited CF and clicked on...
Kingsoft Typing Master.
Sun Mingyuan: “?”
He realized he might have thought her too fragile. After all, how could someone who could persuade people to study in an internet cafe be so fragile? He nodded in admiration, gave her a thumbs-up, turned his head, and continued fighting with his gun.
Men tend to get addicted to games easily, and when they get addicted, they tend to forget the outside world. Sun Mingyuan would occasionally glance at her at the beginning, but when he got to a high level, he and Zhang Lin started cursing the opponent's bad moves, saying all kinds of Zuan greetings, and naturally forgot about Zhu Yingning.
After they fought for countless rounds, from CF to LOL and then to DNF, Sun Mingyuan suddenly woke up. He vaguely felt that he had forgotten something. When he looked back, Zhu Yingning was gone.
Zhang Lin didn't care: "If you're bored, just go away."
"It's over. Is it because we have been ignoring her that she is angry?" Sun Mingyuan's conscience ached. After all, it was he who said he would teach her how to play games, but he was so engrossed in playing that he actually forgot about her.
Xu Sirui also glanced back at Zhu Yingning's seat behind him. The computer was still on, but the screen had automatically turned off. Given her personality, there was no way she'd just left like that. He guessed she'd gone to the bathroom, but it took a bit too long, a bit too long. Just as he was about to ask Sun Mingyuan to check on the situation, the internet cafe owner rushed towards them without a word. With his right hand, as swift as a shadow, he unplugged all three of their computer cables.
Zhang Lin was having a great time when he immediately jumped up and shouted, "What the hell! Are you crazy?! What are you doing?!"
"What should I do?" The boss sneered, "Your names are Xu Sirui, Zhang Lin, and Sun Mingyuan, right?"
Zhang Lin was stunned by his accurate reading of the dishes, and his momentum weakened a little: "So what?"
"You are not welcome here, get out." The boss pointed outside.
Sun Mingyuan quickly came out and laughed: "What's the matter, brother? It's not like we didn't pay."
Xu Sirui had a bad feeling in his heart. Sure enough, the next second, the boss pulled someone out from behind and asked, "Is she with you guys?"
Zhu Yingning, who was pulled out, hunched his shoulders pitifully and gave them a dry smile.
As soon as he saw that smile, he knew she had definitely made a big mess again. However, Sun Mingyuan was not familiar with her and had not yet realized this. When he heard the boss ask this, he immediately responded loudly: "Yes, what's wrong?"
"You say it yourself." The boss pushed Zhu Yingning forward unhappily.
The commotion drew the attention of everyone on the second floor. They stopped playing games and craned their necks to watch the fun. She drooped her head and whispered, "I just went to the bathroom on the first floor..."
"Yeah, to the bathroom! What's wrong with going to the bathroom?" Sun Mingyuan immediately turned to the boss and backed her up, "Don't you allow people to go to the bathroom? Is there any justice in this world?!"
"Listen to her." The boss interrupted him with a raised chin.
Zhu Yingning had no choice but to continue, "I just went to the bathroom on the first floor and saw a man hiding behind a girl at the bathroom door. He was trying to touch her butt from behind. I reached out and pulled him away, but I accidentally dislocated his wrist."
Such a short sentence was packed with information. Sun Mingyuan opened his mouth wide, not knowing whether to be shocked by her divine power or shocked that such a pervert could act in broad daylight. After digesting it for a moment, he said righteously, "He deserves it! You did the right thing. When dealing with such a scumbag, what's a dislocation? A broken bone is too minor! You should have just given him a good beating!"
The boss chuckled and said, "Just keep listening to her."
Zhu Yingning lowered her head and spoke in a lower voice, "The girl screamed and rushed over to check the man's wrist. That's when I realized they were a couple."
"Ah..." Sun Mingyuan let out a long sigh, and the righteous words he had just said disappeared, turning into an awkward smile. However, he still managed to make amends with a strong smile, "But your starting point was good, right? It's just that there was a small accident along the way. I think it's disheartening to drive people away because of such a small thing."
Zhu Yingning nodded in agreement and added softly, "And after I realized I was wrong, I helped him reattach his wrist."
"Holy crap, you can set bones?!" Sun Mingyuan was genuinely shocked and gave her a thumbs up: "Amazing!"
Zhu Yingning smiled modestly: "It's okay. When our piglets were young, they got dislocated in fights, and I always caught them. I'm just used to it after practice."
Sun Mingyuan had been completely misled by her. He laughed heartily, patted the boss on the shoulder, and said, "Look, although our girl accidentally dislocated the customer's wrist, it was reattached in the end. Rounding it off, isn't it equivalent to nothing happening? Tell me who the customer is, and I'll apologize to him, and the matter will be over. Everyone comes to the Internet cafe to have fun, so is there any need to get angry? Isn't it better to just be harmonious and peaceful?"
The boss continued, "Who is the customer? Ask her yourself."
"What's wrong? Could it be the President of the United States?" Sun Mingyuan didn't care and said to Zhu Yingning, "Don't be afraid. Tell me where he is. I, Grandpa Sun, will come forward and deal with all kinds of dissatisfaction."
Zhu Yingning was originally still grinning foolishly because of Sun Mingyuan's praise of her bone-setting ability, but upon hearing that, her smile instantly became difficult to maintain. She looked down at the tip of her shoe guiltily, and finally slowly raised her hand and pointed at the boss standing in front of them.
"Why are you pointing at him? I'm asking whose wrist you broke."
She smiled weakly: "It's him I'm breaking up."
**
After being kicked out by his boss, Sun Mingyuan was still in a daze. He carefully thought back to what he had just said to his boss...
Forget it, let’s not think about it anymore. He was afraid that he would find a noodle and hang himself if he kept thinking about it.
It was four in the afternoon, the sun blazing. The four of them stood in a row, standing in the sun, from the lowest to the highest, like a string of silent and stagnant dominoes. After a long moment, Zhu Yingning finally broke the silence, clapping his hands and saying, "A blessing in disguise. Although we were kicked out of the internet cafe, we can now go to the bookstore and buy tutoring books!"
Sun Mingyuan and Zhang Lin: “?”
Sun Mingyuan's grades could barely be described as "average," but Zhang Lin's were truly abysmal. He had never loved studying since childhood, and would fall asleep as soon as he opened his tutoring book. When Zhu Yingning mentioned going to the bookstore, he immediately declared, "I'm not going. I'm going home to catch up on some sleep." Then, fearing Zhu Yingning might pester him, he broke into a run.
"Hey, hey, hey." Sun Mingyuan quickly grabbed him and growled in his ear, "How dare you reject her?!"
"Why wouldn't I dare reject her?" Zhang Lin looked puzzled, not giving her any face at all. "She's not mine, why should I care what she thinks?"
"That's not what I meant. What I meant was..." Sun Mingyuan made a bitter face and pretended to cry. While Zhu Yingning wasn't paying attention, he pointed at his wrist and mouthed, "Dislocated, dislocated—she can actually dislocate someone's wrist! Promise me, don't mess with her, okay?"
Zhang Lin shuddered and felt a sudden phantom pain in his wrist.
Zhu Yingning didn't notice their exchange of glances. She looked at them and asked, "How's it going? Are you guys coming?"
"Oh, uh..." Zhang Lin stuttered, "I'm not really interested in studying, but... you're right, you have to win at the starting line."
"That's great! It's great that you have such an idea even though you don't like studying. Let's go now." She took out the note from her trouser pocket again, unfolded it, looked at the books and addresses recorded on it, and walked to the front with full energy to lead the way.
Zhang Lin and Sun Mingyuan both breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Lin raised his leg and followed. Sun Mingyuan turned his head to glance at Xu Sirui who was at the end. Just as he was about to urge him to catch up, he saw Xu Sirui tilt his head to the side and smiled lightly.
**
How to describe that smile?
It is fleeting, light and gentle. Rather than saying it is a smile, it is better to say it is the aftermath of the corners of the mouth falling back after suppressing a smile, just like a fallen leaf spinning towards the muddy ground. If you don't look carefully, you will think that the swaying arc is just an illusion.
But it is undoubtedly a joke.
No matter how shallow or quick it is, it is still a laugh, coming from the heart and out of joy.
Sun Mingyuan was stunned.
This was the first time he saw him smile so sincerely since the incident in Xu Sirui's family.
It goes without saying who this smile was attributed to. Sun Mingyuan looked at Zhu Yingning's back, and it was as if there was a cork in his head that was pulled out with a pop. An unprecedented clarity and understanding poured into his mind, and a new secret took shape in his heart.
So that's how it is...
So, so.
He stroked his chin, narrowed his eyes slightly, and raised the corners of his mouth in pleasure, thinking that this was really interesting, much more interesting than that crappy game.
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