The Villainous Classmate is My Lucky Star Chapter 178
Translated by Pure
Chapter 178 Is Mu Yang's brain also ill?
In the past, Mu Yang had always comforted himself because his archery skills were not as good as Fu Zixian's– Although his archery skills were inferior, he still surpassed Fu Zixian in stature.
Who knew that in just one month, his slightest advantage was gone.
Mu Yang only felt that things were not going well for him recently. He was very upset, so he sat his tush on the edge of the bed and did not move.
Fu Zixian knelt down, studied Mu Yang's left arm carefully, and said, "Young Master Mu, your arm really needs to rest well, otherwise a malunion will occur."
Mu Yang was a little scared by this but he still insisted on playing tough, "Whatever, it doesn’t matter even if it heals crooked. Even when it's properly aligned, I can't even shoot properly."
Hearing his words were laced with vexation, Fu Zixian thought for a while, and then said, "Young Master Mu, can you lend me your bow?"
Mu Yang was always excited to hear Fu Zixian talk about bows, so he readily agreed, and then took Fu Zixian to the pavilion where he kept his bows.
This pavilion was full of his favorite bows, which were obtained from different people from different places, among which the mahogany bow given by Chi Jingxi, which was currently his favorite.
He coveted this bow for a long time. It was only after Wen Yantong won the Snow Jade Lotus Bow in Linglong Building, when Chi Jingxi saw that he was depressed, did the latter give him this mahogany bow.
This treasured bow was then generously presented to Fu Zixian by Mu Yang.
Fu Zixian brought Mu Yang to the big tree in front of his room; the wind was currently blowing about while the leaves were scattered and falling.
Fu Zixian asked several servants to shake the tree together, causing an abundant amount of leaves to descend from the tree. For a while, the leaves fluttered about, swirling and dancing in the air.
Fu Zixian placed an arrow against the bow and fully drew the bowstring. His eyes darkened, silently staring at the flying leaves, and after a moment of stillness, he let go of his fingers, allowing the arrow to fly forward.
Mu Yang only heard a muffled sound, but when he fixed his eyes again, he saw that the arrow that Fu Zixian had just shot was firmly nailed to the grass target a hundred paces away.
When Mu Yang was confused about what Fu Zixian wanted him to see, when he suddenly heard him say, "Go over and have a look."
He responded and walked over to the grass target, only to find that there were also three leaves strung on the arrow shaft that was nailed to the grass target.
Mu Yang widened his eyes and stared at Fu Zixian in surprise, "How did you do that?!"
Among the leaves fluttering all over the sky, Fu Zixian was able to accurately find exactly three of them to be strung on the shaft of the arrow, such a feat surpassed the difficulty of the level in Linglong Pavilion.
Fu Zixian also walked over with a smile, "If Young Master Mu is interested, take good care of the injury on your arm. When it is healed, I will teach you the secret technique."
What Mu Yang liked to hear most was Fu Zixian's ‘secret techniques’. He wanted to clap his hands in response, but his left arm throbbed painfully during the moment he tried to move it, as if reminding him that his left arm was temporarily disabled. When he thought that he would have to wait until his arm healed before he could learn this trick, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Fu Zixian seemed to know what he was thinking, and said, "Young Master Mu, just be more aware these days, if you are more careful, your arm will heal sooner."
Mu Yang sighed, inwardly laminating that he was correct and this was the only way.
Fu Zixian accompanied Mu Yang under the tree for a long time before returning home. That night, Mu Yang was in a good mood and even ate two extra bowls of rice.
However, after a few days, he began to feel melancholy again, thus Mu Yuan repeated his old trick and invited Fu Zixian over again.
Then Mu Yang happily ate two more bowls of rice that night.
After that, Mu Yang and Mu Yuan discovered something at the same time.
Mu Yang: I can see Fu Zixian if I eat less.
Mu Yuan: With that child from Fu Family around, my son will eat more.
Thus, this vicious cycle continued until Chi Jingxi came to Chaoge.
When Chi Jingxi saw Mu Yang’s tightly bound arm, he gave him a long scolding. In fact, before arriving, Chi Jingxi didn’t know what had happened to Mu Yang, but the letter that Mu Yuan sent had described Mu Yang in an extremely serious predicament, as if he was about to die, so Chi Jingxi rushed over in a hurry.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived, he found out that he had been cheated. After some inquiring, Chi Jingxi found out that it was Mu Yang who climbed up the tree on his own initiative and fell down by himself. This revelation caused Chi Jingxi to become very angry.
"It took me ten days to travel to Chang'an from Chaoge. My bed there wasn’t even warmed yet when I rushed back by carriage. Just because you climbed a tree and broke your arm? Why didn't you smash your pig head too?" Chi Jingxi had the urge to beat him up.
Mu Yang pursed his lips and retorted with tears in his eyes, "I broke my arm, isn't that bad enough? I can't even hold a bow anymore!"
Chi Jingxi continued to question, "What are you doing, climbing trees in the first place? Why didn’t you spend the time to read more books to fill your empty head, maybe with that extra little weight, you wouldn’t have fallen."
Mu Yang answered, "There was a bird on the tree that was provoking me. In order to defend my dignity as a man, that battle had to happen!"
"And then? You were pushed down by that bird and broke your arm?" Chi Jingxi asked.
"The situation was a bit intense at that time." Mu Yang touched his neck, wanting to show Brother Xi the red mark left from being pecked at. However, he soon remembered that the bruise had disappeared a few days after the arm was broken, so he snorted and said, "That bird wasn't left in a good state either. I crushed its house to pieces, and made sure its young died in the fall. If I had caught it, I would have plucked out its feathers and stewed it into soup."
Chi Jingxi rubbed his nose bridge, and feeblily said, "Yang'er, please calm down for a while, your Brother Xi is tired."
Mu Yang was surprisingly considerate, "Brother Xi, you came all the way from Chang'an, you probably haven't had a good rest, why don't you stay in My Residence tonight? I'll ask someone to prepare a room for you."
Chi Jingxi complied. He heard Mu Yang's chirping in his ears, but in fact his mind had already flown to Chang'an.
Wen Yantong was always worried after learning about Mu Yang's accident, but since she couldn't go to Chaoge, she could only anxiously wait at home.
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Wang Qin recuperated for ten days before he was finally let out of his home. He went to the Wen Residence bearing gifts, but unfortunately didn't meet Wen Yantong the whole time there, so he could only return disappointed.
Su Mingwei was beaten by Chi Jingxi, just like Wang Qin was beaten by Su Mingwei, the rumors were suppressed, and no one dared to mention this incident casually. But many people were very clear that this matter was not over yet.
Wen Yantong spent another month idling at home before finally receiving Chi Jingxi's letter. The letter only contained commonplace greetings but was written in Chi Jingxi's usual strong tone, which Wen Yantong missed greatly.
At the end of the letter, Chi Jingxi mentioned that nothing happened to Mu Yang and that he accidentally fell from a tree while reciting a book, which left Wen Yantong puzzled.
Why would Mu Yang willingly read books and even climb a tree to do so?
This matter was requested by Mu Yang personally. He felt it was too humiliating for his father to continue telling people he fell off a tree while attempting to steal bird eggs. Therefore, Mu Yang strongly urged Chi Jingxi to alter the explanation for his tree-climbing.
However, when he finally found that Chi Jingxi actually wrote he was reciting a book on the tree, Mu Yang had a mental collapse, "Why would you write that?! Wen Yantong will think I'm mentally ill!"
Chi Jingxi retorted quietly, "Wasn’t that always what she had thought of you?"
Chi Jingxi remained in Chaoge, so although Wen Yantong missed him, she had no choice but to endure it. She refrained from responding because Songhai Academy's break was nearing its end, and it was pointless to send another letter since she would arrive at Chaoge at around the same time her reply would reach him.
At the end of the fourth lunar month, Wen Yantong set off from Chang'an and embarked on the journey back to Chaoge.
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The author has something to say:
[Chi Jingxi's Little Diary]
Twenty-fourth Year of the Ruixing Decade, fifteenth day of the fourth lunar month:
Mu Yang is my childhood brothern
Mu Yang is my childhood brothern
Mu Yang is my childhood brothern
...I have to restrain myself, I shouldn’t beat him up.
