Chapter 34: Thirty-first Section: The Second Night of Harvest Festival (Part One)
"We were lucky that shorty didn't come yesterday," whispered a fourth-grade student in the classroom. "Yeah, hey, look, that kid is coming down from the roof." The fourth-grade student by the window noticed Malin heading towards the training ground and said enviously, "There really is a difference between people. He's just practicing his dance and yet he has two dance partners. That kid is probably going to get torn apart tomorrow."
"Hahaha, that's the trouble with happiness, something we don't understand," another fourth-grader laughed heartily.
With that, everyone laughed freely.
Someone even shouted at Malin below, "Hey kid, finished dancing?"
Then they saw Malin below look up, give them an innocent smile, and continue towards the training ground.
They then saw the two girls sit down on the spectator seats of a nearby training field, seemingly chatting and laughing.
Turning their heads again, they saw the teacher enter through the door, "We've added a class this afternoon on short notice. Yesterday's training class is being made up today at noon. You can go now, children."
The fourth-grade students fell silent. They looked at their mentor and then quickly turned their heads to see Malin standing amid the autumn breeze and falling leaves, smiling at them from the center of the training field.
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Seeing those fourth-grade students look at him again, Malin tried to make his smile look even more innocent.
Only you lot have the nerve to talk and laugh, didn't you see that the fifth-grade students a level higher than you didn't dare to let out a peep? They were just put in their place last week. So it seems you really itch for a beating.