Chapter 51: Taking the initiative and gaining the upper hand
"Thank you. Please make sure to give the cake to Xu Yan." Zhang Lan thanked him and reminded him with concern.
"Don't worry!" Zhong Ming said perfunctorily, put the cake on the passenger seat, reversed, turned the car, and returned to the army. Of course, she was not going to give a cake to Xu Yan, and it was impossible for her to be so kind.
Celebrating your birthday? Celebrating with birthday cake? Celebrating with drinking the wind!
Zhong Ming curled her lips and sneered. The car turned a corner and went deep into the army and stopped in front of a trash can. Zhong Ming got out of the car carrying the cake. She was originally going to throw the cake into the trash can, but the cake was too big and couldn't fit in. She didn't insist and just put the cake on the top of the trash can, clapped her hands, and happily returned to the car.
Looking through the rearview mirror and glancing at the cake on the trash can, Zhong Ming curled his lips and smiled. He started the car, stepped on the accelerator, and the car roared out.
However, the car had only driven a few dozen meters when Zhong Ming slammed on the brakes again , leaned out to take a look at the cake, and after hesitating for a moment, she backed the car, put the cake back into the car, and then drove away.
Of course, she took the cake back not because she had a change of heart and wanted to give it to Xu Yan, but because she was following the principle of not wasting. It would be a pity to throw away such a big cake. Xu Yan had offended her so much, so she accepted the cake with a smile, just as a small reward for his offense to her.
Zhong Ming hummed a song as he left the Wild Wolf Group, secretly proud of himself for being able to disgust Xu Yan. Little did he know that Zhang Lan was not Xu Yan's aunt at all, and today was not Xu Yan's birthday. This so-called birthday cake was also filled with ingredients.
She never dreamed that her momentary lapse of judgment not only failed to harm Xu Yan, but also helped Xu Yan take the bullet, completely destroying Zhang Lan's plan to harm him, and even bringing disaster upon herself.
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Xu Yan was completely unaware of these things. He didn't know that Zhang Lan came to take revenge, and he didn't know that by mistake, Zhong Ming took the cake away and blocked the bullet for him. At this time, he had returned to the classroom and was facing Sun Xin's anger.
"I heard that you have good ventriloquism skills and can imitate people's voices very vividly. Come, imitate my voice for a while." When Sun Xin saw Xu Yan coming back, he spoke sinisterly, with suppressed anger in his stern tone.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yan's heart skipped a beat. He glanced around and saw that Luo Yifei and the others were looking away, as if they were afraid to look at him. He immediately realized that his attempt to trick the squad leader must have been exposed.
"These bastards are so disloyal." Xu Yan muttered in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He put on a blank expression and said, "Squad leader, what are you talking about? I don't quite understand."
If someone who was not familiar with him saw his expression at this moment, they would most likely be deceived by it. It was a pity that the person he was facing was not someone else, but Sun Xin, who had dealt with him many times and was familiar with his habits. Therefore, his attitude not only failed to deceive the person, but instead brought about greater anger from Sun Xin.
"You still refuse to admit it, right? Well, let me ask you, why did the people from Class 2 come down on their own? Who was the person who imitated my voice and went to Class 2 to challenge them?" Sun Xin raised his eyebrows and asked angrily.
Because of his excitement, he accidentally moved the scar on his cheek, and the corner of his lips twitched slightly, which made him even more furious. He was too lazy to listen to Xu Yan's excuses and said directly: "You are so bold that you actually play tricks on me. I think you are itching for trouble. It's not enough to be trained... You still have the energy to play tricks on others, right? Then I will put some pressure on you and run twenty laps around the playground!"
Twenty laps!
After hearing what Sun Xin said, Luo Yifei and the others secretly clicked their tongues, and buried their heads deeply, acting like ostriches. While they mourned for Xu Yan, they were also deeply worried, fearing that they would be implicated. This was twenty laps, and if they were really punished, they would have to explain.
"Amitabha, may Buddha bless you, Xu Yan must accept the punishment honestly and never do anything weird again." Yuan Guoqing prayed silently in his heart, his heart hanging high, praying that he would never open his mouth, for fear of being implicated by him.
Luo Yifei, Liu Chunlei and others also prayed at the same time. Their bodies were tense. If they were not afraid of attracting the attention of the squad leader, they would have rushed forward and forced Xu Yan to run laps on the playground.
However, the gods and Buddhas in the heavens seemed not to hear their prayers. If Xu Yan would easily accept the punishment, he would not be Xu Yan. So he spoke, and his words were earth-shattering. He said he would not run away and he was not in the mood.
This answer was beyond everyone's expectations.
Luo Yifei and the others opened their mouths in surprise. They thought Xu Yan would quibble, deny, and beg for mercy, and they also thought that he would drag them down, but they never thought that he would give such an answer.
Sun Xin was also stunned, and then he became furious. Xu Yan was not in a bad mood, but he didn't take him seriously. He said angrily: "I made a mistake, and you want to get over it by saying you are not in a good mood. You are too optimistic. Xu Yan, I warn you, you'd better go to the playground and run 20 laps immediately, otherwise you will bear the consequences."
"Xu Yan, don't be impulsive, go jogging quickly."
"That's right, Xu Yan, a wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. You'd better accept the punishment honestly, otherwise you will be the one who suffers!"
Seeing that Sun Xin was really angry, Luo Yifei and others were shocked. A group of people quickly spoke to persuade him, and some people pleaded with Sun Xin, "Squad leader, Xu Yan was beaten yesterday, and his mind is a little unclear. You must not argue with him. We will persuade him to go running."
Xu Yan ignored everyone's advice and said firmly: "I won't run. I'm not in the mood!"
Seeing Xu Yan and Sun Xin arguing with each other, the crowd's eyes suddenly turned dark, and the words of persuasion stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Sun Xin cautiously, and saw that he was laughing in anger, obviously he was furious to the extreme. Everyone suddenly became anxious. Yuan Guoqing secretly pulled Xu Yan, motioning him to bow his head and admit his mistake.
But Xu Yan didn't. Not only did he not admit his mistake, he took a step forward, glared at Sun Xin and said, "What are you laughing at? Shut up. I have something to ask you!"
"It's over, Xu Yan has gone crazy!"
Yuan Guoqing shuddered and all the blood drained from his face. The same happened to Luo Yifei and the others. They all stared at Xu Yan in shock, thinking that he had lost his mind.
Is Xu Yan's brain broken?
Of course not. Not only that, it is also very easy to use.
Knowing that his trick on Sun Xin was exposed and that accountability and punishment were inevitable, he secretly thought of countermeasures. This time, he tricked Sun Xin a little harshly, and the latter was really angry. It was not an easy task to calm his anger, but this was not difficult for Xu Yan. He quickly came up with a countermeasure, which was to take the initiative and change the subject.
Didn't the company commander mention that he wanted to drive Jiang Danian away before? He planned to use this as a starting point to question Sun Xin and suppress his momentum first. As the Art of War says, the first blow is the best, the second is weaker, and the third is exhausted. As long as Sun Xin's momentum is suppressed, the next step will be easy.
Xu Yan snorted coldly, stared at Sun Xin, and said angrily: "Let me ask you, the company commander wants to expel Danian from our class, do you know about this?"
