The Villainous Classmate is My Lucky Star Chapter 140
Translated by Pure (ko-fi)
Chapter 140 Piggy’s left you in the dust (3)
The Academy did really buy a pig, and specially built a fenced enclosure just behind the dining room. One of the cooks of the dining room originally bought this pig from a neighbor, in order to let the noble children of the Academy eat the freshest pork. The pig had already been here for two days, so its foul stench could be smelled from far away.
Once they walked by the entrance of the dining room, Chi Jingxi refused to go any further, Fu Zixian also stopped. So only Wen Yantong and Mu Yang, two hard headed bunch, insisted on seeing the pig's true appearance.
As soon as the two approached, they saw a pig circling in the fence. It weighed about two hundred catties and was quite fat.
Mu Yang was extremely disappointed. Wen Yantong laughed so hard that she almost teared up. "Go! Come on, use one of your hands and see if you can hold it up! HAHA!"
He gritted his teeth. "F*ck, which lunatic spread such baseless rumors!"
Wen Yantong laughed, "You believe just anyone’s words? Just thinking about it, why would the dining hall want to buy a palm-sized piglet? To ride it?"
Mu Yang was very depressed and refused to talk to Wen Yantong.
However, Wen Yantong was aroused by her own words. Since ancient times, people have ridden horses, donkeys, and elephants, but she had never heard of anyone riding pigs. What’s it like to ride a pig?
Will it run very slowly?
As soon as this crazy idea came to her mind, the pig in the fence suddenly spun around frantically. It broke the rope on its neck that was tied to a stake, rushed out of the fence with its head lowered, and charged towards Wen Yantong.
Wen Yantong was so frightened that she turned around and instinctively ran the other way. Mu Yang had stretched out his hand to grab her, but it was already too late.
Immediately afterwards, Wen Yantong felt her legs being pushed up, and her eyes blurred. Once she had realized what had just happened, Wen Yantong was already pushed onto the pig’s back.
NO NO NO! She didn’t wish to ride on a pig!
Wen Yantong screamed, subconsciously hugged the pig's neck, and was carried by the pig to the front of the dining room building.
"SAVE MEEE—!"
Chi Jingxi and Fu Zixian turned their heads at the same time when they heard Wen Yantong's blood-curdling screech. What appeared before their eyes was an extremely fat pig running past with Wen Yantong riding on its back.
Wen Yantong knew now that pigs were not slow runners. On the contrary, it was so fast that her view was blurry! So fast that she was about to die on a pig's back!
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It was the first time Wen Yantong had ridden on a pig.
This type of experience could not be described with just words.
Fortunately, the pig didn't take her for a walk around the Songhai Academy, but ran around the dining room building before crashing into a tree.
Wen Yantong was thrown off the pig's back and tumbled on the ground several times before stopping. The fat pig was knocked unconscious.
Fortunately, Wen Yantong was not hurt by the fall, but after getting up, her body was covered in mud. Moreover, she reeked of the smell of swine, which she couldn't even stand herself.
Chi Jingxi, who came over after hearing the loud sound, immediately took a few steps back when he took a whiff.
Wen Yantong got up from the ground. Holding back her nausea, she pinched her nose and approached Chi Jingxi. "Little Marquis..."
Chi Jingxi stepped back immediately, as many steps as she took forward. "What?"
Wen Yantong hummed, "I want to go back and take a shower."
Chi Jingxi nodded, "Are you injured?"
Wen Yantong raised her sleeves and approached him. "Come and see for yourself."
Chi Jingxi stepped back again. "I'll call you a doctor."
Wen Yantong pouted, "That's unnecessary. I'm not injured."
Mu Yang soon arrived at the scene. As soon as he ran close to Wen Yantong, he immediately retreated with a grin, covered his eyes, and screamed, "Ah! My eyes, my eyes!"
Wen Yantong was so angry that she wanted to kick him.
Mu Yang stepped back and said, "Wen Yantong, this smell on your body can be used as a weapon! My eyes are tearing up, I can’t even open them. You should hurry and wash it off."
Wen Yantong: Your eyes will be opened as soon as I grab a sledgehammer.
Without saying another word, Wen Yantong angrily stormed her way into the bathroom. The guard brought water in buckets and Wen Yantong washed herself five times before the smell completely faded. Now from the top of her head to the crevices of her toes smelled like flowers. Her skin was soaked red before she left the bathroom.
After her pig-riding shenanigan, Wen Yantong could only conclude:
Curiosity really did kill the cat.
After Wen Yantong walked into the sleeping quarters of the dorm, she saw Chi Jingxi sitting on the couch and reading a book. He took the time to look at her, up and down, then down and up, several times. "Finally cleaned off?"
"Plus two layers of skin." Wen Yantong wiped her long hair, went to sit on the ground beside the couch. There was a soft plush rug on the ground, so it was very comfortable to sit on.
There was a low table in front of her, Wen Yantong threw the cloth towel on the table after wiping her hair, and raised her head to look at Chi Jingxi. "Have you had your meal?"
Chi Jingxi lightly flipped the page of his book. "Not yet, it will be here soon."
Soon meant very soon. After a short while, a servant came in with their food and placed it on the low table.
The meals in the evening were generally on the lighter side. Today's dinner was a lean meat porridge with a few stir-fry dishes. Wen Yantong looked down and noticed every plate had meat.
"Did you crave meat tonight?" Wen Yantong asked while holding her chopsticks.
"Mhm..." Chi Jingxi replied quietly, "It's all from the pig that carried you for a walk."
Wen Yantong yelped and quickly picked a piece of pork to taste. While chewing, she gave a thumbs up and her compliments to the chief, "Delicious!"
The corners of Chi Jingxi’s mouth perked up.
"But that pig is so stupid! It actually ran into a tree by itself." Wen Yantong joked with a smile, "There’s always been a saying of ‘waiting by a tree for a rabbit[1]’, but now I think it can be changed to waiting for a pig, hahaha!"
Chi Jingxi also laughed, "That pig must have been your relative in a previous life."
Wen Yantong was immediately offended. "What are you trying to say?"
"In this life, you are a human, and it became a pig, but it still recognized you when it saw you. That’s why it ran around taking you on its back." Chi Jingxi said, "Is what Yang’er said."
"Preposterous! What nonsense!" Wen Yantong was so angry that she bit down viciously on the mouthful meat in her mouth. It would be amazing if Mu Yang's mouth could say something nice for once!
Chi Jingxi didn't like to talk when eating, and did not allow Wen Yantong to speak either, so the two finished their food peacefully.
When Wen Yantong wiped her mouth, she heard him say, "The Academy will commence its long vacation in two days, when will you return to Chang'an?"
Wen Yantong was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and replied, "I’m not sure yet."
Chi Jingxi said, "If you are leaving after the 20th, then come with me."
Wen Yantong was puzzled at first, and then immediately figured it out.
The Marquis Mansion of Marquis Anhuai was in Chang'an. Although Chi Jingxi was usually in Chaoge, he still had to go back to Chang'an when given a long vacation. As for why after the 20th, it was because that day was Chi Zhongjian's birthday.
On that day, the crown prince reserved the Hundred Flowers Banquet in the south corner of Chaoge City. He invited many noble children over to celebrate Chi Zhongjian's birthday under the pretext of a banquet. In fact, it was also a preparation for selecting Chi Jingxi's future wife-to-be.
After all, Chi Jingxi has already come of age, so they could start thinking about getting him engaged.
But Cheng Yanchuan was murdered at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, which became the beginning of all turmoil.
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Footnote:
[1] waiting by a tree for a rabbit (守株待兔) - an idiom that means to wait idly for opportunities. I'm pretty sure the story goes: Once there was a hungry man who saw a rabbit faint after hitting its head on a tree stump. He had a great meal that day and then from that day on, the man decided to wait for more rabbits to do the same, but it never happened again. So he starved to death. (Don’t quote me on this tho ahha)
