Volume 2 Chapter 60: Wukong, Tang Monk, Bajie, and Sha Monk
After properly arranging things in the class, the girl finally handed part of the work over to her classmates.
Then Lin Lin thought for a moment, grabbed Gao Liang, and ran outside the classroom to first observe and plan the layout for the poster display.
Once outside, Lin Lin took a quick look at the display wall. The white brick wall didn’t really have any suitable empty space. The window took up the best central viewing area. If they wanted to put up the posters, they would either have to stick them on the window or below it.
But if they put them below… wouldn’t people have to look down at the artwork?
Ahem…
That was… kind of hard to deal with.
Lin Lin pinched her chin in trouble, thinking about it. No matter how she looked at it, it felt awkward.
What should she do?
She started to frown. Designing a good plan under these conditions was really difficult for her.
But…
Heaven always leaves a way out. After a while, Lin Lin suddenly thought of an idea.
When in doubt, ask someone else.
She turned around and looked at Gao Liang with hopeful eyes, then said,
“Gao Liang, can you go see how the other classes plan to design their display boards?”
“Yeah, I can. But Lin Lin, aren’t you going? I’m worried I won’t be able to explain it clearly to you when I come back,” Gao Liang blinked.
Lin Lin awkwardly turned her head away.
Hey, if she were good at talking to students from other classes, she wouldn’t have gotten rid of her rival in the first place.
“No.”
Her short answer left Gao Liang with no choice but to shrug and go check out the designs.
Left alone, Lin Lin turned back, staring at the wall while pinching her chin again, falling into deep thought.
The scene was kind of like Wukong waiting while Tang Monk went out to beg for food.
So… should they first find someone to clean the wall?
…………
After some time, Lin Lin had stared at the wall so long that she almost saw sparks, but Gao Liang still hadn’t come back.
Puffing up her cheeks, she was wondering what that guy was doing when suddenly someone tapped her on the shoulder.
This guy came back and didn’t even say anything.
Tsk—
She turned around unhappily, ready to give her rival a warm and “friendly” greeting after such a long wait. But when she turned and saw who it was, the corner of her mouth twitched.
Well, it wasn’t Gao Liang. It was a boy, yes, but from that lifeless, dead-fish look in his eyes, you could tell he was quite different from Gao Liang.
It was her younger brother.
“Oh… it’s you…”
The girl lowered her head in disappointment. Lin Yu’s mouth twitched.
I finally gathered the courage to talk to you at school, and this is the reaction I get?
If I’d known, I wouldn’t have come to find you at all…
Lin Yu’s expression turned a bit ugly. Honestly, he didn’t even know why he suddenly felt like talking to Lin Lin today. Maybe it was because the two of them had talked a bit more recently?
Anyway, she seemed a little more normal lately. So when he happened to run into her at school, he had the idea to come say hi.
This might turn out to be the worst decision of his life.
No matter what Lin Yu thought, they were already facing each other now. It was obviously too late to back out. Lin Lin was also a bit curious about why Lin Yu had come to find her, and for a moment, it even felt a little new.
Wait, no. Thinking about it carefully, this was really suspicious.
Her little brother usually avoided her whenever he saw her at school.
She was probably afraid of being linked to him in any way, and then getting laughed at by her classmates for having a “weird” older brother, right?
Wait, so why did this guy come back to look for her?
Don’t tell me…
To borrow money?!
No way!
The girl immediately became alert and took a step back. She covered her pocket where her little savings were and shook her head.
“Y-you… what do you want?”
“I was just passing by…”
Lin Yu smiled helplessly. This girl definitely thought he came to ask for something, didn’t she? Otherwise, why would she be this nervous?!
She already had a firm look on her face that clearly said, ‘No money, take my life if you want.’
Hearing his answer, Lin Lin frowned. Then she cautiously leaned her head forward and carefully checked her little brother’s expression. After noticing that he didn’t seem to have any bad intentions, she relaxed a bit.
“Phew~ Then it’s fine. Go on, go on, hurry and leave~”
Lin Lin waved her hand at him. Lin Yu looked at her speechlessly. Was she really that eager to get rid of him?
Since you’re treating me like this, then don’t blame me for bothering you a bit more.
“What are you doing here?”
Lin Yu looked around. Lin Lin’s classmates were either inside the classroom making handwritten posters, or outside playing around. Only Lin Lin was left alone, standing there facing the wall like an idiot.
So… who’s the one that’s going to “break the wall” for you?
Lin Yu’s words made Lin Lin suddenly remember her own problem. She sucked in a sharp breath, quickly turned to look at the display board, then turned back and grabbed Lin Yu.
Now it became Lin Yu wanting to run away, while Lin Lin refused to let him go.
H-hey, hey! What is this girl doing?!
Lin Lin pulled her little brother closer, pointed at the whole board, and said,
“I-I-I… I’m thinking about how to design this display. My homeroom teacher told me to handle the planning. Come on, help me take a look, how am I supposed to do this?”
“Wait, I don’t really understand this stuff either. I snuck out to slack off.”
Lin Yu tried hard to shake Lin Lin off, but when his big sister started making a scene, no one could stop her. For a moment, everything turned chaotic. The brother and sister started messing around together, looking strangely close.
…………
On the day the school held the handwritten poster competition, besides the people who wanted to join for fun, and unlucky ones like Lin Lin who were given real tasks by teachers, there was actually another type of person.
People like Lin Yu.
They thought the event was boring, didn’t want to participate at all, and their class didn’t lack helpers anyway. They were perfect candidates to become the best audience for other classes’ works, professional slackers.
Compared to Lin Yu, who wandered around the school aimlessly looking for something interesting, another girl had a very clear goal.
Hmph, wandering around randomly, where’s the fun in that?
The real fun is, of course—
Getting straight to the point~
Hehehe~
A certain “cat-girl” smiled, holding her phone, and confidently headed straight toward her big brother’s classroom.
She remembered that Sister Lin Lin and her big brother were in the same class.
Hmph hmph. She had never seen Sister Lin Lin at school before. Today, she had to pay a visit and see how this interesting couple usually got along in class.
What if… last time, Sister Lin Lin was actually lying to her?
She better not catch these two being all lovey-dovey~ hehehe~
With these thoughts in mind, Gao Ye quickly reached the hallway outside Gao Liang and Lin Lin’s classroom. At the corner, she suddenly heard Sister Lin Lin’s voice.
The girl froze, then quickly hid herself and peeked out.
Hiss—
Sister Lin Lin… and there’s a man she doesn’t recognize next to her?