Chapter 35: You have the strength to show off, I have the right to manipulate you.

  Li Sansheng is a typical person who only helps his relatives but not others. When he was young, Li Sansheng and Er Long were notorious in the village, but after causing trouble, Li Sansheng could still make the elderly villagers praise him, saying that the grandson of the Li family is different from others, knowing how to support his family at a young age, and will definitely have a good future when he grows up. However, Er Long did not receive such good treatment. Er Long's grandfather died early, but the old Guo family was also a prominent family in the Wei North Plain, just like the Li family. Compared to the Li family's sparse population, the Guo family was prosperous and thriving like a giant tree. Even when Yang Hucheng rebelled, he relied on Er Long's grandfather, who had great influence in the Wei North region. Without the support of the Guo family, one of the four major families of Shaanxi merchants, and the Li family behind the scenes, Yang's family would not have been famous for generations.

  The grandfather of Er Long was also glorious in the past, and at his most glorious time, during the severe drought in Guanzhong, when those Guanzhong fellows fled to Xi'an, they were all supported by Lao Guo's family. It is said that at that time, Lao Guo's family lived in a large mansion on Nan Da Jie in Xi'an, which was crowded with people, sleeping on beds and under beds, and in the courtyard. Er Long's grandfather would rather let his own family go hungry and cry than not provide for those fellow villagers who came to him for help. However, during the Cultural Revolution, it was these same people who were among the first to denounce and attack Er Long's parents, causing them to be beaten to death. Er Long's parents did not know whether their actions in helping others in the past were correct or not, but Lao Guo's family quickly distanced themselves from Er Long's parents, fearing that if they had any connection with them, they would be sent to a cowshed and subjected to criticism and struggle.

  Later, when even more absurd events occurred, Li Sansheng also felt that the words left by his ancestors were true: "Heaven will destroy those who are not for themselves." After the Cultural Revolution ended, Er Long's parents had never been rehabilitated and lived in the village, being looked down upon by everyone. The Guo family members of the same clan as Er Long's parents also avoided them one after another, fearing that they would bring bad luck. Until Er Long's mother gave birth to Er Long and scattered, and Er Long's father died a year later due to illness without anyone to care for him, leaving behind a poor orphan like Li Sansheng - Er Long. Fortunately, the only blind elder in the Guo family who stayed in the village gritted his teeth and adopted Er Long when no one else would, saving Er Long from freezing to death.

  As for the clans of Old Guo's family, after Er Long's grandfather was rehabilitated and the descendants of those who had been tormented by good conscience and whom Er Long's grandfather had helped in the past were finally able to formally acknowledge that period of history. The direct beneficiaries were the clans of Old Guo's family, who falsely claimed that Er Long's lineage no longer had any descendants, naturally taking over the political resources and network of relationships left behind by Er Long's grandfather, but ruthlessly expelling Er Long, the orthodox direct descendant of the Guo family, from the Guo family tree.

  These things were said by the old men in the village under the old locust tree when they played cards every day, and some were said by Lao Yezi.

  Old Master told Li San Sheng, anyone can look down on Er Long, but you can't. Li San Sheng remembered, because Er Long's grandfather and parents were all people who made contributions and sacrificed their lives for this country and nation, looking down on their descendants is a sin.

  Compare your heart with others', and you will find Buddha's heart.

  So in the village, Li Sansheng and Er Long had different treatments before people, although their lives were the same. Li Sansheng didn't say anything, nor did Er Long, but Li Sansheng remembered it in his heart.

  Every time Li Sanyou saw Er Long, he would think of Lao Ye's evaluation of Er Long: "Tiger and leopard colts may not have formed stripes yet, but they already have the air of eating cows." Indeed, some people are destined to be looked up to.

  Er Long had once sworn that he would one day reclaim the things that rightfully belonged to his parents and himself. At the time, Er Long was eighteen years old, and Li San Sheng was fifteen. When Er Long made this vow, Li San Sheng was present, having secretly drunk a bottle of Du Kang's aged wine with him on the earthen city wall at the village head. In his heart, Li San Sheng said to himself, "Er Long, I will help you trick everyone."

  At noon, Er Long called Li San Sheng to tell him to go to Lao Mi's house on Hui Min Street in the afternoon to eat mutton bubble bread, saying that he hadn't eaten it for a long time. However, when Li San Sheng received the call, he was on his way to the management college office because beautiful instructor Li Meng Qi had asked Lin Xue Er to pass on a message, saying that she would be waiting for him in the office at noon and asking him to go there definitely.

  Lin Xue'er finished speaking, and Li San Sheng guessed that the beautiful class leader was finally going to explode. It must be the terrible attendance situation of the tourism management class that made Li Da Meiniu finally unable to bear it. Thinking of this, Li San Sheng had a bit of an urge to jump over the wall and scold his mother. The Management College is going to hold a teaching quality management year, and now the attendance situation of each department and class is being managed very strictly. The male classmates in the tourism management class have all disappeared, and the female classmates are also out shopping, talking about love, and when they leave, there are naturally not many people left in the class. So it's natural to hit the college's gunpoint. Li San Sheng knew that the college was holding a teaching quality management year, but he didn't care. You can go ahead with your teaching quality year, what does it have to do with me? I'll just continue to hang out in my own library and mix my own classes, eight poles can't reach together.

  The beautiful class teacher Li Mengqi's attitude was beyond Li Sansheng's expectation. Later, Li Sansheng figured it out that if he hadn't caused a stir with the school principal due to his fight recently, and the female teacher had not seen him and the principal having an unexpected acquaintance, women at this age were no longer girls in school, they were more cunning than each other, and their social skills had been honed to perfection.

  Li Sansheng joked that if it weren't for the old principal, he would probably be the first to be dragged out and shot in this severe crackdown. He would definitely use himself as an example to scare others. There was no way around it; wearing tattered clothes, he was obviously a country bumpkin with no background to speak of, and in the eyes of his teachers, he was absolutely a troublemaker who wouldn't be worried about at all.

  "Damn it!" Li Sansheng cursed in a low voice, thinking to himself, "You'll pay for this, country bumpkins don't forget grudges, once they remember, they'll haunt you till death."

  "Teacher, you're looking for me?" The door of the college office was open, and Li San Sheng knocked politely before entering. At least he had some basic manners, not for others to see, but for himself.

  After entering the office, there were about four or five counselors present. Li San Sheng didn't care whether he knew them or not, as long as they had a nose and eyes, he called them "teacher", and absolutely smiled brightly, surpassing even Er Long's smile. The men and women in the office also nodded with smiles.

  "Yu Zhi has arrived." Li Mengqi's heart didn't know what to think, but her face showed great enthusiasm, absolutely like a model of virtue.

  "Teacher Li, I heard you were looking for me," Li San Sheng asked with a harmless smile, also taking the opportunity to take a closer look at this beautiful class advisor. She was originally quite pretty and knew how to dress up. From the eyes of all the male teachers in the office, it could be seen that Li Mengqi, the great beauty, must be a flower in the School of Management. It's estimated that there are not just one or two people in this school who are pursuing her or have a crush on her. Even if the school leaders wanted to make an exception, they would probably look for her first. Being pretty is not wrong, it's society's fault.

  "Sit down, foolish wisdom." Li Mengqi casually pulled over a stool for Li Sansheng while also carefully sizing him up. He was someone who looked comfortable to be around but wouldn't leave a second impression. His attire was ordinary, and on his feet were a pair of black cloth shoes that only existed in her childhood memories. If it weren't for the fact that he had gotten into a fight last time and surprised her by knowing the old principal, Li Mengqi wouldn't have even remembered that there was such a student in her class. He wasn't active in class, didn't stand out, and was just plain ordinary, yet he turned out to be a hidden figure.

  "Foolish, our college is going to have a teaching management year recently, so attendance and everything are quite strict. I saw that you performed well at the beginning of the semester, attending classes on time every day without skipping or truancy. But I heard from the class leader that you haven't shown up in class lately, this isn't a good thing"

  Li Sansheng didn't expect this, he didn't think that Li Dabeauty would take himself so seriously, and actually started giving him ideological education lessons, from the importance of university life to school management and his own future development. Listening to it, Li Sansheng felt like he was skipping class or something, but somehow it sounded like it could threaten social stability and harmony, and even affect the nation's future.

  Anyway, Li Mengqi said something. Li Sansheng smiled and nodded, but it was actually the class monitor in his own class who had informed on him. This guy had been jealous of how close he and Lin Xueer were, and now that there was a crackdown, he must have thought that Li Sansheng, who looked ordinary and didn't have any connections, would be the first to be dealt with. But this bastard actually pretended to be friendly in front of him, looking like a hypocrite. It seemed that the last ivory tower on campus was losing its academic atmosphere, and it was more like a small dye vat before entering society, where everyone would be dyed and then enter the big dye vat.

  "Teacher Li, I think it's better to let the school handle those troublemakers in your class, so you don't have to worry about them yourself."

  Li Mengqi was lecturing Li Sansheng with a bitter tone, and Li Sansheng was also very cooperative in listening to Teacher Li's words of wisdom. However, when people talk, dogs will inevitably interrupt, and there will always be someone who wants to show off their pretentiousness. Just then, Li Sansheng heard the voice of a male teacher who had just sat down behind him, fiddling with a chess set, saying something that made Li Sansheng furrow his brow, thinking to himself: "What's it got to do with you? I'm rich, and I just want to squander my money here to get a graduation certificate. What business is it of yours?"

  "Teacher Wang, you can't say that," Li Mengqi said with a shallow but elegant smile, because this Wang Yimin, although not very old, was already the director of the college's team, and had an unclear relationship with the vice president in school.

  "I think these students are just here to waste their parents' money, they're not good for anything." Wang Yimin casually moved the chess pieces in his hand, and it seemed like he was a high-level player, already familiar with playing with leftover pieces.

  It just so happens that saying this makes Li Sansheng feel like you're trying to show off in front of the beauty, I don't mind, but don't drag me down with you, wanting to trample me to make your glorious image stand out, sorry, I'm not that stupid.

  "Especially these rural kids, no skills and don't study hard, what can they achieve in the future?"

  Wang Yimin's words also made Li Mengqi feel a bit resentful, especially since this sentence seemed to be aimed at Li Yucai. Who is Li Yucai? He was someone who knew the old principal, and compared to the old principal, the vice principal was nothing. Li Mengqi had her own small mind, thinking that she wanted Wang Yimin to offend Li Sansheng, because Wang Yimin usually put on a pretentious face in the office, and everyone had some complaints about him, especially towards himself being too talkative.

  Li Sansheng turned his head, smiling as he watched Wang Yimin fiddling with a chess endgame that was simple in his own eyes but probably a bit difficult for them. He had an idea and smiled, saying "Teacher, playing chess?"

  "You'll come down, how's your chess level?" Wang Yimin asked disdainfully, firstly confident in his own chess level, because he was the second to none in school, and had even won awards representing the school. More importantly, when he was in middle school, he already had the strength of a fifth-grade amateur player. Secondly, he didn't deign to discuss chess with a student, let alone a rural kid.

  "I learned from my own father, if the teacher doesn't mind, then let's play another round," said Li San.

  "Go ahead!" Wang Yimin couldn't wait for the opportunity to show off his powerful strength, and with Li Mengqi, the beautiful woman, around, this was a chance to show off. He agreed without hesitation.

  Li Mengqi wanted to say something, but in the end she still held back.

  Li San Sheng played black and Wang Yi Min played red. Li San Sheng was used to playing black, whether it was Chinese chess or Go, he thought he had a natural talent for being sinister.

  Wang Yimin launched a strong attack from the start, with double pawns on both sides of the board and very fast moves, seemingly eager for a quick battle, as if looking down on Li Sanyou's level.

  Li Sansheng originally wanted to launch a pincer attack with Wang Yimin, but he abandoned this idea and came up with a better plan. So Li Sansheng calmly deployed his troops, avoiding the enemy's strong points, retreating to a secondary position, actively defending while also setting up an ambush to lure him in step by step.

  Wang Yimin saw that Lao Li's defense was too passive, and as long as he could take down Lao Li's position, he would not let go of any opportunity, and his defense was basically passive.

  Li Sansheng only captured a few pawns and a horse, seeing Wang Yimin's double chariots and double horses freely swimming in his own camp, not giving Li Sansheng any chance to breathe. However, he was not tense at all, but slowly drove his chariot and horse towards Wang Yimin's camp, constantly changing positions, but without making a sound.

  Finally Li San Sheng found the opportunity, Wang Yi Min finally gave himself a chance to breathe, and Li San Sheng did not hesitate to bring out his horse and cart that had been hidden for a long time.

  "General, teacher" one chess piece decides victory or defeat, it's just so intoxicating.

  "How did it end?" Wang Yimin was just about to make his move when he heard the student say that.

  "Teacher, you can't even see through this thousand-year-old trick, and yet you still play Go. If I were you, I wouldn't show my face."