“Mencius said, ‘A wise man uses his brightness to make others bright’… What does that mean?” Lin Xi’s level of classical Chinese reached its peak in high school, and it declined year by year after the college entrance examination, so that her only knowledge of this sentence was from Mencius.
Baidu.
Lin Yan took out her cell phone and started searching on Baidu.
"Mencius said, 'A wise man makes others clear with his own brightness, but nowadays he makes others clear with his own darkness.' Translated, it means that a wise man first makes himself clear, and then makes others clear; today's people don't even understand themselves, but want to make others understand." Lin Xi pondered for a while, "That is to say, when I use the Master's ruler to ask others questions, I must first understand the questions I ask, otherwise it may not work."
Lin Xi thought about it for a while and felt that her understanding was correct. But to be on the safe side, she still had to find an opportunity to experiment.
Lin Xi took out the "Master's ruler" and examined it carefully. It looked like nothing special. It was just an ordinary wooden ruler, dark in color and smooth in shape. The nine characters "Without rules, there can be no square or circle" were engraved on it with a knife. The ruler had sweat stains and grease that could be seen through it. It was an old ruler that had been used.
"Could these words also be said by Mencius?" Lin Xi thought of the previous hint that a wise man makes others enlightened with his own brightness, and could not help but search the words on the ruler on Baidu again, and then she found that it was indeed said by Mencius.
"Could this be Mencius' ruler?" Lin Xi's eyes instantly became solemn as she looked at the ruler.
"W-what?"
A timid voice came from the door. Lin Xi looked up and found that it was Li Menglin standing at the dormitory door. She was holding a takeaway in her hand. She must have just picked up the takeaway from downstairs.
"What's wrong?" Ever since Lin Xi threatened Li Menglin that she would curse, Li Menglin rarely appeared in front of her.
"Didn't you call me?" Li Menglin asked.
Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, but she quickly realized that she was talking about Mencius just now. Li Menglin happened to pass by the door and heard the splits, so she thought she was calling her.
Lin Xi suddenly had an idea and decided to test the ruler on Li Menglin.
Lin Yan turned the ruler in her hand and pointed it at Li Menglin: "Li Menglin, let me ask you something. Do you know who said that a wise man can enlighten others with his own enlightenment?"
Li Menglin was confused and shook her head: "I don't know, is this a line from an anime?"
[You are ignorant and unskillful, so you shall be punished with ten lashes of the ruler. ]
A system prompt flashed before her eyes. Lin Yan raised her eyebrows, tentatively holding a ruler and walking towards Li Menglin, saying, "Stretch out your hand."
"Why?" Li Menglin asked subconsciously, but something strange happened. Her hand stretched out uncontrollably, palm facing up, and unfolded silently.
Lin Xi's eyes lit up and said, "Oh my god, it really works."
Li Menglin's face was filled with fear and horror: "Lin Yan, what did you do to me? I haven't provoked you recently."
“Uh…” Looking at Li Menglin’s frightened expression, Lin Xi suddenly felt that she had gone too far. Although Li Menglin was usually very irritating and she and she had been college classmates for four years and she had been poisoned by her sharp tongue many times, it seemed that she had not offended her during this period of time.
Lin Yan put the ruler behind her back and said, "I didn't do anything."
"You control my body, I can't take my hands back..." Before Li Menglin finished her words, her hands dropped down, and because she used too much force, her whole body was pulled back two steps.
Li Menglin looked at her hands in confusion, then looked at Lin Xi in confusion.
Lin smiled politely.
"It was you who did it. I know." Li Menglin felt aggrieved, but was afraid that Lin Yan would cause trouble for her, so she took the takeaway and hid in the next dormitory. She decided that as long as Lin Yan was in the dormitory, she would never leave the dormitory.
"It's quite fun." Lin Xi felt that Mr. Meng's ruler was much more fun than Sadako's long hair. If she had taken this ruler instead of "Sadako's long hair" when she met the pervert last time... well... it seemed like she wouldn't be able to escape, and she could only hit them a few times at most.
It's still of no use.
Lin Yan immediately lost interest. Just as she was about to put the ruler back into the system inventory, the system flashed another line of prompts: [Skill is not completed and cannot be taken back.]
"Skill is not completed? Why is it not completed?" Lin Xi thought, and repeatedly looked over the properties of the ruler again and again, and finally her eyes fell on the last sentence of the user guide.
[There is no discrimination in education, and the goal is to teach everyone.]
Lin Xi seemed to understand something, so she took the ruler and went to the next door, knocking on the door politely a few times.
"Who is it?" Li Menglin opened the door and saw Lin Yan. She was so scared that she wanted to close the door on the spot. Fortunately, Lin Yan reacted quickly and blocked her way.
"Don't get excited, I just want to say something to you."
"I've already hidden in my room, why don't you let me go?" Li Menglin was about to burst into tears. "I haven't told anyone your secret, and I won't tell anyone. Please let me go."
"You really misunderstood. I'll leave after saying one thing. I'm not here to curse you." Lin Xi suddenly felt a deep sense of guilt. How could she have scared someone like this with just a joke
"You say." Li Menglin looked at Lin Yan with doubt, not knowing whether she believed Lin Yan or was afraid that Lin Yan would curse her if she didn't listen.
"The saying 'a wise man makes others wise by his own wisdom' was said by Mencius. Do you understand now?" Lin Xi said.
Li Menglin blinked: "So?"
"That's what Mencius said, now you know it." Lin Xi said again.
"I understand." Li Menglin nodded.
"That's fine." Lin Ping left Li Menglin confused, turned around and left. Returning to her dormitory, she tried to put the ruler into the inventory again, and it was put away successfully.
"You really have to be taught." Lin Xi felt that she probably wouldn't have much chance to use this ruler, because she was not a person who liked to teach others, and she didn't want to be one.
A common person like her cannot follow the path of a great educator like Mencius.
Lin Yan stretched and was about to wash the dirty clothes of the past few days when her cell phone suddenly rang. She picked it up and saw that the caller ID was Bao Ya.
Oh no, she forgot to tell Bao Ya about her leaving the comic convention.
"Sister Xiaoya." Lin Xi answered the phone guiltily.
"Where have you been?" Bao Ya asked.
"Sister Xiaoya, I have something urgent to do, so I have to go back to school first. I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you." Lin Yan took the initiative to apologize.
"As long as you're okay, I saw you left without even changing your clothes, and I thought something happened to you." Bao Ya felt relieved.
"I'm fine. I just left in such a hurry that I didn't take care of my witch's clothes..." Lin Yan looked at her already dirty witch's clothes and said, "I'll wash them and take them to the secret room tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll take your clothes back for you first."
"Thank you, Sister Xiaoya. I will bring you some delicious cake tomorrow." Lin Xi thanked her.
"Why are you being polite? Didn't you send me something specially? By the way, did you take your crystal ball back as well?" Bao Ya asked again.
Crystal ball
Lin Xi recalled it vaguely, as if, when she was fighting with the lich, the crystal ball was smashed out by her.
"Oh, I forgot it on the subway." She would never be able to find it anyway.
"You lost it? Then you have to buy it. The nine-tailed fox is very evil and will definitely cheat you. I will try my best to bargain with you." Bao Ya said.
"No need, it's just 199. Give it to her and I'll transfer the money to you now." After saying that, Lin Xi hung up the phone and transferred 199 via WeChat on the spot.
She now has a job, and it's a high-paying job, the kind that can get paid today. In Lin's eyes, a mere 199 is not something worth worrying about.
Bao Ya: [So generous, have you made a fortune?]
Lin Yan: [I found a job, hehe.]
Bao Ya: [No wonder, congratulations.]
Lin An slept soundly that night. After breakfast the next day, Lin An put the washed witch costume into her bag, put it on her back, and went out to work part-time.
Lin Xi worked part-time in the cake shop this morning and went to the secret room in the afternoon.
"Xiao Ping, this cake was ordered by an old customer of our store. It's quite far away, and the delivery guy won't deliver it, so I'll have to trouble you to make a trip." Around noon, the cake shop owner handed the freshly made and beautifully packaged cake to Lin Ping.
"Don't worry, boss. I guarantee it will be delivered to you." Lin Xi said.
"Of course I'm relieved that you're doing your job. You can go home directly after delivering this cake." The boss handed Lin Yan another small bag, "This is a small cake I made with the leftover scraps. Don't be disgusted. Congratulations on finding a job."
Lin has worked part-time in this cake shop for more than two years. The boss treats Lin very well and has been concerned about her work from time to time in the past six months. So when Lin came to the shop today, she told the boss about her job. Unexpectedly, the boss made a cake for her specially for this matter.
Lin Yan was so moved that her eyes turned red: "Boss, thank you, you are so kind, I am about to cry."
"Go quickly, and make sure it is delivered before twelve o'clock." The boss smiled.
"Yes." Lin Yan waved her hand, carrying the cake and ran to the nearest subway station.
Lin An carefully protected the cake. In order to prevent others from having the opportunity to touch the cake, even if there was an empty seat on the subway, Lin An would not rush to grab it. She stayed in the corner of the carriage the whole time, giving the cake a wide and safe environment. Finally, at 11:50, she successfully handed the cake to its owner.
After delivering the cake, Lin Yan felt relieved and planned to find a place nearby to have lunch and then go to the secret room in the afternoon. As for the cake that the cake shop owner gave her, she planned to keep it in the secret room and eat it with Bao Ya.
"What's good to eat around here?" Lin Yan was searching nearby food on her phone while walking out of the community. Suddenly, a person came out from the side and bumped into her. Lin Yan was caught off guard and her phone flew out of her hand and fell into the flowerbed next to her.
"My cell phone!" Lin Yan managed to steady herself, not even bothering to see who bumped into her, and ran towards the flower garden to look for her cell phone.
"You bitch, how dare you disobey me?" Lin Xi had just picked up her phone when she heard vulgar shouting behind her, followed by a woman's helpless crying and wailing.
"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I was wrong." A woman whose face could not be seen clearly curled up on the ground, holding her head in her hands, crying sadly.
"Where did you hide the money? Give it to me." The man said, kicking the woman hard on the back.
"Stop! I'm calling the police. Hitting is illegal." The man was burly and ferocious. Lin Xi didn't dare to rush up to fight him. She could only threaten him with her cell phone and say she would call the police.
"Go ahead and report it. How is it illegal for me to beat my wife?" The man glared at Lin Yan fiercely. His ferocious eyes made Lin Yan feel cold.
"Domestic violence, domestic violence is also illegal." Lin Xi said bravely.
"Oh, okay, then go report it and let the police arrest me." The man was fearless.
"Report it if you can. Don't run away if you have the guts."
Lin Xi was about to call the police, but an old man standing nearby suddenly stopped her, saying, "Little girl, don't call the police. Every time you call the police, he comes back and beats you up even harder. This guy is a scoundrel, a rogue. The police have caught him so many times, but it's useless. Every time he comes back from the police station, his wife and children are the ones who suffer."
"If you don't dare to call the police, just give me the money."
The man took a step towards the woman. She trembled with fear, but still said, "The money is for Tongtong to learn piano. I can't give it to you."
"What's so good about learning piano? It's not like I didn't learn it. Why waste money learning that? Give me the money."
“That’s the money I made.”
"Your money is mine. Give it to me or not. If you don't, I'll kill you today." The man said, and was about to hit the woman again. The woman turned around and ran away in fear. The man chased after her, cursing: "You stinky bitch, I'm going to break your legs today."
"Hurry, hurry and find the security guard. What a sin! How come this bastard didn't get hit by a car when he went out? He always brings trouble to Xiao Feng." Today is a weekday, and the community is full of old men and women, or housewives with children. No one dared to stop the man, so they could only ask someone to call the security guard.
"Is he like this often?" Lin asked.
"That's right, it's been more than a year. Every time we call the police, they catch her, but it's useless. She'll come back after a few days in jail and beat us even more severely, even the children. Xiao Feng was afraid that the children would get hurt, so she didn't even dare to call the police. She just endured it every time. We neighbors can't help either. We can only help stop her from getting beaten, but we can't always stop her." An old lady said with great sorrow.
"Can't we get a divorce?" Lin asked.
"Divorce? That scoundrel said that if Xiao Feng dared to divorce, he would stab Xiao Feng's whole family with a knife."
"So there is no way at all?" Lin Xi felt suffocated listening to this experience.
"What else can we do? We can only pray that God will take this damn thing away."
"I don't know how his parents taught him to have such a beast." An old man wearing glasses and looking like an educated man cursed loudly.
Teach? She has another idea.
Lin Xi's eyes lit up, and she turned around and ran after him like a flash.
At the gate of the community, the man was being held by two security guards. He was still kicking the woman on the ground like crazy, cursing: "I'm going to beat you to death. Are you cheating on me? That's why these security guards are helping you. And you guys, I'm going to file a complaint against you. The property security guards are having an affair with the owner. I'm going to make you lose your jobs."
When the security guard who was holding the man heard this, his expression changed and he loosened his grip a little. The man took the opportunity to break free and kicked the woman in the stomach again.
"Ah!" the woman screamed.
"Stop!" Lin Xi's eyes turned red. She pulled out the teacher's ruler, rushed over to stand in front of the woman, and pointed the ruler at the man.
"Do you know who I am?" Lin asked.
"I don't care who you are. If you keep meddling in other people's business, I'll beat you up too." The man pushed Lin Xi away, and Lin Xi staggered a few steps and fell to the ground.
[Asshole, ignorant and unlearned, ten lashes of the ruler as punishment.] The system prompt popped up.
Success!
Lin Yan didn't even bother to get up, and shouted at the man, "Give me your hand."
The man who was about to punch the woman suddenly stopped. His body was pulled by an invisible force and turned uncontrollably towards Lin Xi. He raised his right hand with five fingers extended, palm facing up and flat.
Lin Yan got up from the ground, holding the ruler and walked over. She could no longer suppress her anger and hit him hard with the ruler: "You dare to push me without knowing who I am."
"Ah" the man screamed, his voice was extremely shrill, and he was shaking with pain, but his hand was still stretched straight out and he didn't retract it.
Lin Yan was startled by the man's howl, but thinking of the man's brutality just now, Lin Yan was furious and raised her hand to hit him again: "A grown man hitting a woman, you are a scumbag, a waste!"
"Snap." The third time.
"No more domestic violence, no beating of women, no beating of children."
"Snap." The fourth time.
"Stop asking your wife for money and get a divorce right now."
"Snap." The fifth time.
"Don't harass your ex-wife after the divorce."
"Snap." The sixth time.
“Did you hear that?!”
Lin Xi said one word and hit him once. With every hit, the man would let out a miserable wail. For the man, every hit seemed to ignore his physical defense and hit his soul directly. The pain from the depths of his soul was so painful that he wished he could die immediately.
“Stop hitting me.” The man couldn’t bear it any longer. He wanted to withdraw his hand, but it seemed as if his hand was welded in mid-air and couldn’t move. “I heard it. I heard it all.”
Lin Xi was about to hit him for the seventh time when she stopped. She was too tired, so she took a break.
"Do you still beat women?" Lin Xi asked.
“No more.” The man cried and shook his head, “Never again.”
"Are you still asking your wife for money?"
“No.”
"Divorce?"
"Not leaving."
"Hmm?" Lin Xi's eyebrows raised, and she slapped him with the ruler again.
The man stamped his feet in pain, his facial features twisted: "Divorce, I'm going to divorce you now."
Lin Yan was satisfied and turned to look at the side. The woman was stunned. Not only her, but also the elderly people around, the community security guards, and even the delivery boy passing by were stunned. They looked at Lin Yan as if she were a hero.
"Get a divorce, go quickly." Lin Xi reminded the woman.
The woman came back to her senses but didn't show much excitement: "He won't leave me."
The woman knew her husband too well. He only agreed reluctantly under pressure. Once Lin Yan left, she would definitely become angry. When she called the police, she also hoped that the police could save her from this suffocating vortex, but it was in vain.
"Don't worry, he will definitely leave this time to get the materials." Lin Xi said in a firm tone.
The woman hesitated for a moment, she looked at the girl's determined look, then looked at the man's tearful expression, and finally couldn't resist the desire in her heart, turned around and ran towards the community building. She ran very fast, even though her body was covered with wounds, even though she was limping when she ran, the woman still didn't slow down.
She wants a divorce, even if there is only a slight chance.
The reason why Lin Yan was so sure was because of the power of the ruler. When she pulled out the ruler for the first time, the system popped up a prompt: [Everyone makes mistakes. It is the greatest virtue to correct mistakes. If you are stubborn and refuse to repent, use the ruler to suppress them until they repent.]
When Lin Yan saw this message, she almost laughed out loud. If you dare not divorce me, I will beat you to death.
The woman ran back quickly. It took only a few minutes from the time she left to the time she got the documents. She had been thinking about divorce all the time for more than a year, and she had prepared the documents early in the morning.
Lin Xi looked at the man, raised her hand, and with a "snap", another ruler hit the man, who let out an "owl" and his eyes were full of fear.
"Go get a divorce now!" Lin Xi said.
"Leave, leave, I'll leave now." As long as he is not beaten, he will do anything.
So far, he has been hit nine times in total. For such a scumbag, Lin Yan would not be stingy with the power of the ruler. He must be hit ten times to complete the task.
So he raised his hand and hit it again.
With a "bang", the man felt so painful that his whole body seemed to explode. He fell to the ground, curled up, and didn't even have the strength to scream, like a dying bug.
After a long while, the man calmed down a little and came to his senses, and saw Lin Yan squatting beside him with a ruler in hand. The man was so scared that he turned around and tried to crawl away, but Lin Yan grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't move. Remember my name, I'm Lin Yan, I'm very evil, right?" Lin Yan threatened in a low voice that only the two of them could hear, "If you don't do anything you promised me just now, the ten rulers will reappear. If you don't believe me, think about it now, you don't want a divorce."
"Ah!!!" The man couldn't help but think for a moment, and an invisible ruler came down on him, causing him to roll on the ground in pain.
"You see, even if I'm not here, the curse will always follow you." Lin Yan smiled, "So, you must be obedient!"
"I'm listening! I'm listening!" The man responded tremblingly, his eyes full of fear, and he looked at Lin Xi as if he was looking at a devil.
Lin Yan was relieved, stood up, and said to the stunned woman: "Go, don't be afraid, he dare not divorce you."
The woman looked at Lin Yan, her purple face full of tears. She nodded heavily: "Thank you."
The woman mustered up her courage and walked out of the community.
Lin Yan turned around and glared at the man who was still lying on the ground: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you get a divorce?"
The man trembled all over when Lin Yan yelled at him, and hurriedly got up: "I'll go... I'll go now."
After saying that, he quickly caught up with the woman, acting more anxious than the woman.
Lin Xi looked at the scene with satisfaction. She was about to take back the ruler, but when she came to her senses, she saw dozens of pairs of eyes looking at her.
Oh no, I was so excited about beating up the scumbag that I forgot to pay attention to the consequences.
“Little girl, you…” One of the middle-aged ladies, burning with gossip, walked towards her slowly.
Lin Yan was startled, and seeing a gap, she ran away and disappeared in the community in a blink of an eye, leaving behind only a legend of abuse.
As long as I run fast enough, gossip can't catch up with me.
(End of this chapter)