Chapter 26 Peacock Arrives
Tan Xiao and the 404 Office formally signed the agreement. They were also very considerate and would not ask high school students to help unless necessary. For the next period of time, he would mostly be in contact with A Jin to do some clerical work.
He officially became Kong Xuan's substitute wizard - although the custom-made mask had not arrived yet, Tan Xiao was also quite conscious in offering it.
This resulted in Tan Chunying often following the smell when she returned home, to see that Tan Xiao had eaten so much that only left leftovers on the table. Even the rice cooker was empty, and the rice at home was consumed much faster.
Tan Xiao's weight remained the same, and it was impossible to tell where all the food he had eaten went.
Whenever Tan Chunying swallowed the word "glutton", she thought to herself that he was indeed an adolescent boy. If it weren't for my ability to earn money, she really wouldn't be able to support him.
With the monthly exams, quizzes and class tests happening every other day, the midterm exam is also coming soon. This time, Tan Xiao didn't dare to ask the Peacock God to bless him again.
He himself did quite well in the exam, but when he handed in the paper, he took a look and thought that Kong Xuan's score was still not ideal... Alas, it was the teacher who personally explained the questions to Kong Xuan this time, but Kong Xuan's foundation was probably too poor. He had just passed the monthly exams by chance and some of the answers were just guesses.
On the weekend after the exam, Tan Chunying took Tan Xiao out for a big meal and then went to the factory to pick up the goods.
Because of the recent Internet popularity, Tan Chunying asked someone to design some new products, and finally the proofs were completed. She also took the samples back with her, such as table mats, mugs, masking tapes, key chains and other cultural and creative products, all with Chu witch elements.
"Do you want to take some of these samples to give to your classmates?"
Because these are proofed many times, there are slight differences in details such as color, but they are not defective. In the past, when we got such products, Tan Chunying and her son would give them away everywhere, otherwise they would not be able to be used up at home and would not be able to be stored.
"Oh, okay." Tan Xiao had no intention at first, but after thinking about it, he actually put a bunch of things into his schoolbag, which made Tan Chunying very happy: Look how popular our Tan Xiao is in school, he has so many friends.
So the next Monday, Tan Xiao went to school with a backpack full of spiritual supplies.
At this time, many people had already arrived in the class, and even Kong Xuan had already sat in his seat. Tan Xiao did not go to his seat immediately, but put down his schoolbag when he passed the podium and took out a mug from it.
At this time, Tian Tian, the discipline committee member of Class 3, like many of his classmates, fed the last bite of breakfast to the fish, shrimps and ducks in the artificial lake as usual, and then walked into his own classroom.
When she passed by the podium and Tan Xiao, she saw Tan Xiao handing her the mug in his hand and said without even looking up: "This is for you."
Tian Tian was stunned, and then his face showed obvious panic and turned slightly red.
The classroom suddenly became quiet, and everyone stared at Tan Xiao blankly. What did this mean? Was Tan Xiao going to chase the disciplinary committee member?
Moreover, Tan Xiao is so arrogant even when pursuing someone, does he have to go on the podium and give the gift openly?
Why don’t people avoid premature love nowadays?
Lin Yang wanted to slam the table and stand up, but he didn't dare. He stared at Tan Xiao anxiously, trying to express his emotions with his eyes: What are you doing! ! He is the disciplinary committee member, aren't you afraid that he will report you directly!
But before he moved, he heard Kong Xuan move his body in front of him, and the chair under him made a very loud and harsh sound that could be heard throughout the classroom.
"You can have something else." Tan Xiao was not that slow. He immediately realized something was wrong and then realized that he might have misunderstood something. He quickly opened the bag to reveal the pile of peripherals inside. "Everyone has a share."
I was scared to death. Lin Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Tan Xiao poured out a bunch of cultural and creative peripherals and coughed, "These are all samples from our family. We give them to the students. If you want other patterns, you can choose them yourself."
Tian Tian also got rid of her surprise and embarrassment. She was so scared that she couldn't fall in love so early! She was attracted by the attention and took two steps forward to pick up the peripherals: "Is this your new model? It's better than the old one. The old one was always out of stock and I didn't buy it."
Chu witch culture and spiritual masters have become a little popular on the Internet and have attracted some attention. The area around Tan Xiao's company is quite mature. They referred to many commercial scenic spots and supervised the work seriously. The cultural and creative products are of very good quality and have been restocked several times.
At that time, a friend asked her to ask Tan Xiao for it, but Tan Xiao was not familiar with his classmates, so she was really embarrassed. Unexpectedly, he now brought a bunch of samples to give away.
Combined with the fact that Tan Xiao gave the Zhurong band’s autograph to someone else, my impression of him changed even more.
Lin Yang also breathed a sigh of relief and rushed over in great surprise. He took a fancy to a mug with a golden mask printed on it. "Thank you, Brother Xiao. I like this."
Other students gradually gathered around and picked out the patterns they wanted. I thought this was really a series of twists and turns, and I didn't expect Tan Xiao to give us gifts.
They were just gathered together to share gifts, and someone noticed that only Kong Xuan was still there, and he turned his head to look out the window, ignoring the excitement here.
Come to think of it, his relationship with Tan Xiao has always been a little tense. At the beginning, they were at loggerheads, but later on because of the tutoring issue, it seemed to have improved a little. However, Kong Xuan's temper was not really good, and people often saw Kong Xuan secretly glaring at Tan Xiao.
Everyone felt a little awkward, as it seemed like we were isolating the handsome guy together.
Lin Yang looked around at everyone's patterns, comparing to see if there were any that looked better than his own.
"I hope everyone can use it themselves, and use it today." Tan Xiao looked at his classmates and said sincerely.
Faced with the boy's sincere and pure eyes, everyone couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
Lin Yang covered his chest and said, "Xiao Zai, why do you look at me like that? I will definitely use it today. I use it every day. I will equip it right away."
Everybody laughed a few times. It seemed like this made the class more cohesive. It was the first time for the new class to use something collective.
Tan Xiao poured all the surroundings on the podium for everyone to choose, then returned to his seat carrying his empty schoolbag.
Kong Xuan turned his head back towards the window and glanced at him indifferently.
Tan Xiao passed by Kong Xuan's seat and put his hand on his desk. When he moved his hand away, a phoenix-shaped keychain appeared. Tan Xiao said in a friendly manner, "This is for you."
Oh, here it comes. Kong Xuan raised his chin and said lightly, "No need." This thing is in everyone's hands, and it's not a good thing, the quality is mediocre, what is he going to do with it, Tan Xiao might as well make a delicious meal.
Kong Xuan's attitude is always good at one moment and bad at another, with no regular pattern. It probably depends on his immediate mood, and Tan Xiao has gotten used to it.
"Take it." Tan Xiao knocked on the table and insisted. He looked inexplicably determined, as if he was determined to give the thing to Kong Xuan.
So determined.
Kong Xuan looked at him again, and actually picked up the gorgeous and exquisite keychain, playing with it in his palm. It felt heavy, and it was obviously carefully crafted. A hint of satisfaction slowly appeared on his handsome and flawless face.
Tan Xiao was thoughtful. The color matched him very well. Could it be that Tan Xiao had already discovered that he was Peacock and was secretly trying to please him?
Kong Xuanfeng glanced at Tan Xiao from the side.
Halfway through playing with it, Kong Xuan suddenly heard Lin Yang, who was running around the classroom, shout, "Wow, I counted it and found that Brother Xiao, your family really makes a lot of styles. At least they are all the same style with different colors. They are all different. You really picked them carefully."
You really cared about it and picked the Phoenix one for me. Kong Xuan agreed in his heart.
Wait...the smile on Kong Xuan's face suddenly froze, and he vaguely felt something was wrong.
He looked at the keychain, then at other people's peripherals. Indeed, there were no duplicates at all. It didn't look like they were just randomly put together and given away.
In an instant, Kong Xuan understood, Tan Xiao, you are really amazing!
He suddenly turned around and looked at Tan Xiao, his eyes as sharp as a knife.
Tan Xiao: “?”
Kong Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "...Don't think I don't know that you want to use this as a mark to distinguish me from others."
Tan Xiao: "..."
Uh, discovered .
"Do you still want the key chain?" Tan Xiao asked when he saw that Kong Xuan seemed angry.
Kong Xuan looked at him incredulously, and became even more unhappy: "You want to take back something you gave away?"
Tan Xiao: “…” What, aren’t you the one who’s angry?
So I want the keychain and I want to be angry too?
"Why don't you speak?" Kong Xuan saw that Tan Xiao was speechless and also had some opinions.
Tan Xiao could only reluctantly explain: "You seem to be a little sensitive. I didn't mean to take it back just now."
"But you also admitted that you used this as a mark." Kong Xuan said with a dark face.
Why are we going back to the same path again? Tan Xiaoxin said, I am just giving away some peripheral products. Although there is a little bit of ulterior motive, it is not a heinous crime.
Tan Xiao stretched out his hand: "Then give me something to mark me."
"Mark, what mark? Are you guys doing ABO?" Lin Yang came back from his socializing and just happened to hear that sentence, and took a breath.
Tan Xiao: “?”
"Hehehe, forget it if you don't understand." Lin Yang noticed that Kong Xuan didn't even bother to give him a cold eye, so he said awkwardly, "I'm also your deskmate's deskmate, why are you always so fierce?"
Kong Xuan: “…”
Tan Xiao: "..."
This joke is going to be played out endlessly, right?
Tan Xiao stopped, well, it looked like Kong Xuan would not give him anything.
…
When the test results were released, just as Tan Xiao had expected, Kong Xuan still ranked last. Running on one leg and his liberal arts scores could not save him, and he was immediately called out by the teacher to persuade him to study hard.
"Do you know that there is a student in the first grade who is suspected of cheating?" As soon as the teacher left, Yu Zhenzhen turned around and reported, "He was always in the middle or lower ranks before, and often hung out with idle people outside the school. This time he actually got the first place in his class and the tenth place in the grade. I heard that he made a bet with someone before the exam that if he got into the top ten in the grade, that person would call him dad."
"You are talking about Wu Tianyu, right?" Lin Yang actually knew who she was talking about, even though Yu Zhenzhen didn't even know the name.
"He was famous in middle school and loved to hang out. My teammate went to the same middle school as him and told me about it. Now he has suddenly become awesome and his test scores have improved dramatically."
Yu Zhenzhen hissed, "Anyway, I heard that the school is investigating now, and they might ask him to retake the test with new questions. Because the results are really a bit weird, I'm afraid he stole the questions."
After listening to this, Tan Xiao said slowly, "Even if he cheated by stealing the questions, he was very accurate in his guessing. He just happened to be ranked tenth."
He still remembered the details that Yu Zhenzhen told him, that this freshman in high school had made a bet with someone.
Yu Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment. "Could it be that he sneaked into the office after the test to change the rankings and scores? No, I checked the test papers and the surveillance cameras. If he got the questions in advance, I don't know how many points others would have scored..."
Yu Zhenzhen herself thought so much that her CPU was going to burn out. "Well, we'll know after we see the result."
Tan Xiao did not comment.
He didn't really care about these things and didn't even ask about the follow-up.
Until Maomao from Zhurong Band came to Nanchu again. This time she brought her own brand new arrangement and found a recording studio here. She wanted Tan Xiao and Tan Chunying to record the drums and the singing respectively.
Tan Chunying had been in a recording studio before, but she didn’t have a fixed team, so she often had to make her own accompaniment tapes.
Sometimes some local videos and song recordings also require going into the studio, so Tan Chunying can be said to be familiar with the process.
They spent their lunch time recording. Tan Chunying was considered a live expert and could get it right within three takes, but Maomao had more inspiration on the spot and recorded several versions.
"Let's do it again tomorrow. I have another idea." Maomao was quite excited. "Now let's send brother Tan Xiao back to school."
After leaving the recording studio, Tan Xiao got into the car and saw some snacks and game cartridges on the back seat of Maomao's car. He pushed them aside.
"That's for my cousin, he's also in your No. 1 Middle School, I'll just call it out to him later." Maomao said to Tan Chunying who was in the car with him, "Sister Tan, how can a teenager eat so much? I went to his house yesterday and he ate up everything I brought. He even said he wasn't full and wasn't gaining weight, which made me so jealous. So I bought some more."
"This one in our house is not like that." Tan Chunying pointed at Tan Xiao, "It's like it has two stomachs, but it doesn't grow meat."
"Hahaha, right? It seems this is normal growth. But it's okay as long as his grades are good. He showed me his report card. I bought this game cartridge specially this morning as a reward for him. He used to be very naughty, but he has become much better after entering high school. Even so, my aunt is still not happy."
Tan Chunying was amused: "Then your aunt is quite weird."
As they were talking, they had already arrived at No. 1 Middle School. Maomao parked the car and said, "Sister Tan, please sit down for a while. I'll give my things to my brother and then take you back."
Tan Chunying responded, and Maomao and Tan Xiao walked inside.
"Hello? Tianyu, come out for a moment. I'm at the school gate." Maomao was standing at the school gate and making a phone call. Tan Xiao was slightly stunned when he heard it. When they met for the first time, Maomao said that he had a cousin who also studied in No. 1 Middle School.
But Tan Xiao didn't expect that her brother was the high school freshman Wu Tianyu who was making rapid progress as mentioned by Yu Zhenzhen and Lin Yang.
Tan Xiao entered the school gate. At this time, basically no one was leaving the school. He saw a tall and thin boy with his school uniform loosely draped over his body. The two looked at each other, and Tan Xiao calmly looked away.
Is this Wu Tianyu? Tan Xiao only noticed her figure and hairstyle, nothing special about her.
…
After returning to the classroom, Tan Xiao casually asked Lin Yang: "Has the previous investigation into Wu Tianyu's grades been confirmed to be true?" Otherwise, Maomao would not have said that.
"Yeah, you know that too? It's said that he used to go against his teacher and family, and deliberately didn't do well in the exams to get out." Lin Yang sighed, "The one who made a bet with him is in trouble. I don't know if he kept his promise."
But Wu Tianyu was not in the same grade as them, and Lin Yang was not good at gossiping. He reached into his pocket and took out the talisman that his mother had gotten for him when he had a nightmare before. "Xiaozi, let me ask you something. This talisman got wet by accident when I was drinking water at noon. Can it still be used?"
Tan Xiao took a look and saw that the cinnabar color had blurred. He said incredulously, "Did you get it wet from drinking water? You must have taken a shower with it on."
Your chin would have to be leaking a lot to get wet to this extent.
This talisman was wrapped in a waterproof cover, but it still got wet.
Lin Yang said embarrassedly, "It was careless. My mother will scold me if she knows it got wet. She spent money to ask the fairy for it. And I think this seems to be of some use..."
Not to mention the dream of his second uncle, even last time in the storage room, he clearly heard some noise, but it turned out to be a false alarm, and he didn't bump into anything. Thinking about it afterwards, it might have been the work of this talisman. If he didn't see it, he could pretend it didn't happen, otherwise he would probably go crazy.
Actually, although it is bought with money, a talisman cannot be too expensive.
Lin Yang was still afraid of being scolded by his mother for being careless, so he calculated his pocket money and asked, "Xiao, can you tell who drew this talisman? Or do you know who else in Nanchu draws talismans well? I'll use my pocket money to buy another one, hoping it will have the same packaging. I don't even know where my mother bought it, I just know it's from a fairy lady."
Tan Xiao said naturally: "Well, I have talismans for sale at home. If you want them, I'll give you a 50% discount."
“Hahahaha ! Stop it!” Lin Yang raised his head and laughed, “You’re such a jokester. Who would buy a talisman from you?”
He thought about the talismans of Tan Xiao's family. Aren't they also a kind of cultural and creative peripherals? Tan Xiao always wore a string of talismans on his body, and he regarded them as accessories.
Tan Xiao is capable of presiding over ceremonies and such, but Lin Yang says that the cultural and creative products in his home should be of a different nature from the talismans of Xian Niang.
Lin Yang laughed really loudly. Fortunately, Tan Xiao had been a mascot for many years, so he didn't feel uncomfortable with what he said.
"Forget it. If you don't want to buy from me, I can recommend a few to you." Tan Xiao listed a few names, all of whom were old wizards in Nanchu. "As for the packaging, it's basically unified now, and it's produced by the same OEM factory. You can choose not to have the packaging, and I'll get you one."
Now it was Lin Yang's turn to wipe the sweat off his face.
Tan Xiao said thoughtfully: "However, the talisman you used before said 'Qilin arrived here'. I think we can change it and ask Xianniang to write 'Peacock arrived here'. Anyway, your mother can't recognize the snake foot script."
If it were in the past, Tan Xiao might have suggested writing "The Phoenix Arrives Here".
But he is now Peacock's acting wizard, so even if Peacock is the son of Yuan Feng, he will of course give priority to praising Peacock's professional ability.
Lin Yang asked doubtfully: "Peacock? Can a peacock drive away evil spirits? What's so special about this?"
Obviously, he was thinking of the green peacocks and blue peacocks in the zoo, which made him quite confused. When it came to exorcising evil spirits, the locals in Nanchu used roosters.
“Of course, we are not talking about an ordinary peacock. We are talking about the peacock, the son of Yuan Feng. It is very powerful. The five tail feathers are the five-colored divine light, representing the five elements…” Tan Xiao explained to Lin Yang about the Peacock God.
"Okay, I'll try." Lin Yang felt that Tan Xiao couldn't possibly lie to him, although he had never heard Tan Xiao mention this person in his popular science lectures before.
Kong Xuan, who had been indifferent to the matter, suddenly smiled. This was rare for him, who usually had a cold face or looked away from people. It was like a spring breeze blowing on their faces, and the students who saw it felt like they were hit hard.
Kong Xuan was half leaning on the table, a smile on his lips, and flipping through the pages of his textbook in his hands.
Tan Xiao took a quick glance and saw this scene, feeling quite puzzled. How could Kong Xuan look so happy just by reading a physics book?
I don’t understand. You look so happy, but do you really know how many points you got in the exam?
