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First Year dormitories are located on the third and fourth floors, which also fall under Old Huang's jurisdiction. The Sophomore students occupy the fifth and sixth floors, which are not under Old Huang's control. Instead, they are managed by Old Dog, the floor supervisor for the Sophomore students. These two have always been at odds with each other. They have never greeted each other when they meet, and this is how Bing Tianyi remembers it.
When the First Year students arrived at school, a few delinquents from the outside world showed up on the third floor the afternoon before they moved into their dorms. There were about seven or eight of them, and they initially had no malicious intent; they were just looking for a couple of students. What they intended to do was unclear to anyone.
However, in Old Huang's eyes, the school dormitory is a sacred place that only allows students to enter, absolutely forbidding any outsiders from coming in.
Thus, Old Huang immediately ordered these delinquents to leave. But the delinquents, not recognizing the situation, saw that Old Huang appeared to be in his fifties and naturally did not take him seriously. They continued with their business, and more importantly, one of them even insulted Old Huang by calling him an old fool.
At that moment, Bing Tianyi was nearby organizing his bedding. Just as he was about to take it into his dormitory, unexpectedly, Old Huang suddenly kicked out and knocked down a delinquent who was about 1.85 meters tall.
Seeing this, the others rushed forward without thinking, intending to take down Old Huang. However, Old Huang remained calm and smiled slightly as he stepped forward to fight back with punches and kicks, causing several delinquents to fall to the ground in pain.
To be honest, witnessing such fighting ability would leave any student feeling apprehensive.
As a result, the election for the leader of the First Year Class was delayed for several weeks until these students figured out Old Huang's routine.
Old Huang usually goes to bed after midnight and once asleep, even if the building collapsed, he probably wouldn't wake up.
Also, no one really knows why he is called Old Huang. It all started when one student shouted it out first, and everyone else just followed suit.
At 9:45 PM, after completing his usual dormitory checks, Old Huang left Bing Tianyi's room. Seeing this, Bing Tianyi quickly rushed over to close the dormitory door.
Nearby, Maping, unable to contain himself, pulled out a Cigarette from under his bed and went to the balcony to light it. Taking a deep drag, he remarked, "Life is tough like this; it's like my Cigarette. Ignited by a small flame, it seems like just a wisp of smoke but actually represents the worries deep within one's heart."
"Alright, stop your musings! Are you going to eat or not?" said Zhao Qiang, the foodie, as he took out instant noodles and began preparing them.
Pang Yu leisurely took out a beer and opened it for a small drink.
Bing Tianyi sat on the edge of the bed, glanced at his classmates in the dormitory, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. After quickly finishing a cup of instant noodles, he lay back on the bed and began to seriously study his book on the I Ching.
He had two books; one was "Guanyin Divination," which didn't have much content, only thirty-two hexagrams. Moreover, the method for divining with these thirty-two hexagrams was basically the same, requiring only the memorization of the hexagrams.
However, the I Ching was proving to be quite challenging for Bing Tianyi. The first few dozen pages of this book were relatively simple, akin to a middle school student learning elementary math. But once he reached page sixty, the complexity of the content left Bing Tianyi feeling overwhelmed.
Although the old monk had provided detailed annotations in small print throughout the book, Bing Tianyi was just a high school student. Understanding a single page often took him several days.
But he knew that what he had was time.
Soon it was ten-thirty in the evening. As the lights in the dormitory were turned off, Bing Tianyi pulled out his own desk lamp from under the covers. It was a foldable type that could be tucked away when not in use.
He turned it on and continued his research.
At that moment, Pang Yu, who was sleeping in the lower bunk, curiously asked, "Hey, what book are you reading lately? You stay up until three or four in the morning every day. Aren't you tired?"
"The I Ching," Bing Tianyi replied honestly.
"What’s it used for?"
"That depends on how you interpret it. Simply put, it's used for fortune-telling," Bing Tianyi explained, knowing that if he went too deep into it, Pang Yu and others probably wouldn't understand.
Upon hearing this, Pang Yu laughed and said, "That doesn't really relate to us getting jobs. What's the point of reading that?"
"You don't understand, everyone must read the Book of Changes," Bing Tianyi said with a smile.
"Alright, enough of that. Let's guess who might become the ruler of our First Year class tonight," Pang Yu asked curiously.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Qiang, who was sleeping on the left, helplessly said, "Big Brother isn't very imposing. I was hoping Big Brother would take us to participate this time so we could get a Lion Head for the First Year Class, but I didn't expect him to be so indifferent."
After Zhao Qiang finished speaking, Maping, who was sleeping on the lower bunk, sneered and said, "Zhao Qiang, you should think about it. Including Wang Peng, there are only five of us. Do you really think we can compete for the title of ruler? Are you crazy? It would be a miracle if we don't get beaten up by those guys!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qiang and Maping began to argue. Meanwhile, Pang Yu was seriously reading a book with colored pages.
Before long, Bing Tianyi felt the bunk bed start to shake again. Speechless, he helplessly whispered to Pang Yu, "Can you move a little quieter? It feels like an earthquake up here."
Pang Yu had already gotten used to it and let out a satisfied grunt, murmuring, "Big Brother, just wait a moment; oh, it’ll be done soon."
Bing Tianyi could only smile bitterly. After a few seconds, he heard Pang Yu exclaim in surprise, which likely meant something had been released from his body.
A moment later, Pang Yu got up and said, "Big Brother, are you watching? This book is way more interesting than yours." With that, he reached out in his big shorts to hand a book titled something about princes to Bing Tianyi.
Under the light of the desk lamp, Bing Tianyi noticed that there were sticky white spots on the tip of Pang Yu's right finger. He quickly exclaimed, "No thanks; you can keep it."
"Let me take a serious look at it," Maping jumped down from his bed and snatched the book away.
Time passed quickly. Just after midnight, as Bing Tianyi heard Zhao Qiang snoring and was preparing to focus on studying his Book of Changes, he was surprised when someone slowly opened the dormitory door.
In a panic, Bing Tianyi quickly turned off the desk lamp. He thought to himself that Old Huang wasn't following the usual routine tonight.
At that moment, Wang Peng whispered, "Big Brother, have you rested?"
Bing Tianyi finally sighed in relief, turned on the desk lamp, and saw Wang Peng standing awkwardly in oversized shorts, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"What is it? It's late at night; do you want to scare me to death?" Bing Tianyi asked helplessly.
"Big Brother, there are three people participating in the election tonight: Peng Haifei from Class One, Wu Zhaojun from Class Seven, and Wei Zhi Hua from Class Fifteen," Wang Peng chattered on, not knowing where he got the information.
"Why are you telling me this?" Bing Tianyi continued to ask quietly.
"Big Brother, don't you really want to participate in the election?" Wang Peng asked eagerly.
"How many people do they have backing them?" Bing Tianyi smiled as he looked at Wang Peng.
Without a second thought, Wang Peng replied, "Peng Haifei has support from six classes: Classes One, Two, Four, Eight, Twelve, and Thirteen. Wu Zhaojun has five classes backing him: Classes Five, Seven, Fourteen, Sixteen, and Twenty-Two. Wei Zhi Hua also has five classes supporting him..."
Before Wang Peng could finish his sentence, Bing Tianyi laughed and said, "So how many classes do we have backing us?"
"We have nine classes supporting us."
Wang Peng's words nearly caused Bing Tianyi to fall off the bed. However, he quickly smiled helplessly and said, "Brother, stop joking. Nine classes? Are you serious?"
"Big Brother, I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, you can ask Pang Yu and Zhao Qiang," Wang Peng said as he sat down by Zhao Qiang's bed.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Qiang's snoring abruptly stopped. He got up from the bed and smiled at Bing Tianyi, saying, "Big Brother, what Wang Peng said is true. After your match with Gao Pengjun today, your reputation skyrocketed. So we started privately building connections."
"Did you really gather nine classes of people this afternoon?" Bing Tianyi asked in surprise.
"Yeah, big brother, how about it? Isn't the speed quite impressive?" Pang Yu replied, standing up with a cheerful expression.
Bing Tianyi was completely speechless. He didn't actually want to get involved in the school gang fights. After all, it was a bottomless abyss; if things went well, he might gain some prestige for three years and get into college.
But if things went poorly, he could either be expelled from school or even beaten to death by other students outside. He recalled the example of Peng Haifei, the tyrant of his First Year Class during his own school days.
After thinking it over, Bing Tianyi shook his head and said, "I'd rather pass. Anyone who wants to participate in the election can go ahead."
With that, Bing Tianyi pulled the blanket over his head and began to read seriously.
Wang Peng, feeling helpless, said, "Big brother, we've already gathered enough people. Why don't you want to join? Do you think we don't have enough?"
"What difference does it make if I become the Lion Head? It's just three years of prestige in school. What will we do when others go to college? Are we going to become gangsters in society?" Bing Tianyi lifted the blanket and looked at Wang Peng on the floor.
Wang Peng sighed and glanced at Zhao Qiang and the others on the bed.
Maping then spoke up, "Big brother, since we've found people, why not give it a try?"
"Try what? If you want to try something, you can go ahead. I'm choosing to withdraw," Bing Tianyi continued.
At that moment, Zhao Qiang on the bed didn't think much and jumped out of bed after putting on his clothes. He said clearly to Wang Peng and the others in the room, "Since big brother doesn't want to take action himself, we'll take our brothers with us later. Once we seize the position of Lion Head, we'll hand it over to big brother."
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