381 Three Books Part I (2/2)

”How could you be so exhausted?” He asked helplessly.

Chen Pipi did not turn back. Supporting his chubby waist, he was looking at the lofty and steep cliff, the drifting clouds between the cliffs, and Chang'an City under the morning light far off in the distance. He gasped and sighed with a hoarse voice like a scholar, ”Alas, once I ascended a peak to appreciate...”

”Hiss!”

Ning Que stopped him in the way to stop a donkey.

Chen Pipi turned back and constantly waved his head, criticizing him, ”Vulgar! Vulgar! Although Youngest Uncle indeed rode a donkey back then, yet facing such marvelous scenery, how could you spurt out such coarse words?”

His expression enraged Ning Que, who then said in annoyance, ”Now that you know I'm in a bad mood, why still pollute my ears with those acidic and pedantic words? I might kick you off the mountain.”

Thinking of the steep cliff that was close at hand when climbing the mountain, Chen Pipi got cold feet. He patted his chest with lingering fear and said, ”The cliff is too sharp. I nearly lost my life when coming up. I really can't be in a good mood when I think that you will stay here for eight years or more.”

Ning Que smiled coldly. ”Because you are too fat.”

It was Chen Pipi's soft spot, so he muttered this, not knowing how to counter him.

Suddenly, his eyes brightened at the cliff cave, and he said in praise, ”This is where Youngest Uncle once lived. Blocked by the sharp cliff, I didn't have a chance to see it previously. The cave is not an ordinary one. It has historic significance. It is a great honor to be able to live here. I really envy you.”

A stone was thrown out from the cave and nearly hit Chen Pipi's foot. The stone hopped on the cliff plateau several times and fell off into the clouds, vanishing forever.

Chen Pipi was taken aback, pointing at the cliff cave and shouting, ”You wanna kill me?”

Having sought in the cave for some time, Ning Que really could not find a second stone, so he darted to the entrance and scolded him, ”You shameless creature! If it is so meaningful, then how about you live here? I'll give all the honor to you! You come in! You come in!”

Chen Pipi coldly smiled. ”If you are so capable, you get out.”

Ning Que insisted, ”If you are so capable, you come in.”

Sangsang was standing beside the cliff cave, looking at the two Brothers as they quarreled with each other. Then she could not help saying, ”I think both of you are capable.”

Ning Que and Chen Pipi turned to her at the same time.

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Pipi earnestly asked, ”Is that true, or just sarcasm?”

Sangsang looked at him, offering no answer.

Chen Pipi had always thought that he was a peerless genius. However, after he went to the Old Brush Pen Shop several times and played chess with Sangsang, he did not have such confidence, at least not in the face of Sangsang. On the contrary, he cared quite a lot about what Sangsang thought of him and her praises of him.

So Sangsang had hurt his pride to some extent with her silence.

Looking at Ning Que inside the cliff cave, he mocked him, saying, ”Only monkeys who are imprisoned in cages will throw stones at others, for they are so bored. So, I forgive you.”

Ning Que said, ”I don't care. You can say anything you want. If you are capable, you can hit me too.”

Chen Pipi grabbed something from his arms and threw it into the cave.

Ning Que was nearly hit because it happened so unexpectedly. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and leaned sideways, reaching out his right hand to seize that thing.

It was a wrinkled book, with no title on its cover, but it had something like sweat stains.

Ning Que felt disgusted at the thought that those sweat stains might be from the fat guy.

”What book is this?”

Choking down his nausea, he asked Chen Pipi.

Chen Pipi said, ”It has no title.”

”Then what is it about?”

”The no-boundary spirit of the Academy.”

Ning Que did not understand and asked, ”What?”

Chen Pipi thought that he was tricking him again and said in great anger, ”It is about the no-boundary spirit of the Academy! If you insist on saying that you don't understand, I will go and tell the Headmaster!”

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