Chapter 264 – Punishment Turned Into Reward

The taste in his mouth was really spit out by Jing.

After separating from Jing Jing, Cheng Ming went directly to the Datang Internet Cafe to look for Wang Hao, this brat had already plunged headlong into the legend and could not be extricated.

His midterm was in the middle of the pack.

Engaged in his mother to find Cheng Ming mother asked: “My son obviously go to the library every week to study, but why the academic performance can not raise it, is not with your son to go where to play?”

“No, absolutely not, could I have done so well on the test if I played every day?”

Cheng Ming bites, beating him to death and not admitting it, if Wang Hao’s matter is exposed, Cheng Ming will not be able to eat and walk.

Not to mention, certainly not as free as they are now, living in a home with all the daughters without parental supervision.

“Some people don’t start to get their act together until their sophomore and junior years, and they can’t tell much about their freshman year before arts and sciences are separated.”

Fortunately, Cheng Ming’s academic performance is really over the top, the two families of the mother believed his words, thanks to Chen ZiYi and JingJing’s supervision, otherwise Cheng Ming could not get such a high score.

Let Wang Hao quiet honest study, no longer go to the Internet cafe is not realistic, Cheng Ming is more of the past, know that the blockage is worse than the relief, and Wang Hao agreed to go to the Internet cafe less than a month before the exam, the week before the exam does not go to the Internet cafe.

“What about my number? It’s only supposed to be good for weekends, and usually only for a little while in the evenings, and if I don’t get on it this week, I’ll be so far behind that I’ll never be able to catch up again.”

“Wouldn’t you get a substitute to play for you?”

“Substitute coaching? What’s the point of the game if you don’t play it yourself? My number is full of my heart and soul, what if someone else steals my number and sells my hard-earned equipment?”

What Wang Hao said is not unreasonable, it is too easy to steal a number these days, and almost nothing is bound to it.

“Don’t worry, I give you to find a substitute coach are can rest assured acquaintances, their number than you much stronger, will not steal your number, will also give you brush level to do the task, you are afraid of the task has done it is gone, but also can then open a small number to change the occupation to play, to ensure that the big number does not lag behind too much on the line.”

Only then was Wang Hao persuaded by Cheng Ming that this was for his own good, as well as for Cheng Ming’s own good.

The so-called substitute trainer refers naturally to Senior Brother Wen’s sister, she, a cyber wastrel, is idle only is time.

Cheng Ming’s number is what she is playing with, Cheng Ming just has time to play with her for a while every day.

Could it be that she was lonely? Cheng Ming occasionally thought so, the more people talk on the Internet, the more empty they tend to be in reality.

But it shouldn’t be, she has Brother Wen, and there are a lot of people in the studio.

Internet cafes basically play the majority of the legend, soon to start charging, even more to take advantage of the free time to play more.

The beta version of the plugin has been released, and the official version was released in early December, still with one hour of free use per day.

Zhao Lei began to run east and west as soon as the weekend came in the past two weeks to open up business, and the pressure of competition is getting stronger, after all, they are not the only ones who sell plug-ins.

Cheng Ming could clearly feel that Nanming City and even the whole body was more flooded with hangers-on than in his previous life, and this should have nothing to do with him.

After this job has been done and the capital has been saved up it is time to make honest money and invest in some more respectable businesses and the future returns are quite substantial.

Before going home, Cheng Ming remembered the previous week and the agreement with Ye Mei.

Only said I’d see you next week such a vague point in time ah, I wonder if she waited from yesterday to today.

Go take a look. You can’t miss an appointment.

The gate was closed, and he wasn’t sitting in his usual wicker chair in the yard.

Trouble? At school?

Cheng Ming tried to press the doorbell.

Dingdong–

“May I ask if anyone is home?” Cheng Ming asked.

Ye Mei pulled open the curtains in the living room wide and shouted, “Xiao Ming, wait a moment, I’ll come and open the door right away.”

There was a knocking and banging sound from the house, followed by a panting Ye Mei opening the door and continuously exhaling white air.

“Be careful, it’s not like I’m such a big guy and won’t run away.” Cheng Ming helplessly laughed.

“It’s not …… I’m afraid you’ll think I’m not home and just leave.”

“Sorry, didn’t agree on an exact time, long wait?”

“And no, I’ll just study while I wait for you, want to come in and sit down?”

“Uh-huh.”

This seemed to be Cheng Ming entering Ye Mei’s house again since her birthday.

The few times we met after that, it was either at school or sitting outside the door.

“Are my slippers okay? They might be a bit ill-fitting for you.” Ye Mei picked up a pair of pink cotton slippers from the shoe rack.

“Aren’t there men’s slippers here?”

Cheng Ming pointed to the simple blue slippers on the side.

“That’s my dad’s ……”

“Not really, I’m not mentally clean to that extent, so what if you’re still your father’s daughter and I can’t touch you?”

Cheng Ming smiled and took down his slippers to put them on.

“Are you going to touch me?” Ye Mei asked with one hand on her arm.

“Eh, that, it’s just a simple analogy, you need to get out of your dad’s shadow early too.”

But as long as you still live in the house, it’s not that easy, is it?

“So ……”

Ye Mei lowered her head, her voice sounding as if she was a little lost.

“Have you eaten properly? It’s been cooling down a lot lately, do you have any thick clothes? Don’t catch a cold.”

“Why are you saying the same thing as my aunt!”

“I’m just concerned about you.”

“It’s all there, don’t worry about it, I actually used to live pretty much on my own, my dad he didn’t come home every other day.”

The coffee table was lined with textbooks, rolls, and pencil bags, and the trash can was filled with bags of instant noodles.

“Is this what you call having a good meal?” Cheng Ming questioned, “No living expenses?”

“There is! I still have good food at school.”

“How come you eat so well at school and are so casual at home instead?”

“Because I only go home on weekends ah, ingredients and so on can only buy a little ah, more will rot, a person also have no cooking energy, feel starting the frying pan are a waste of oil.”

“Fair enough.”

Cheng Ming was also casual when he was alone.

“Then you can eat out too.”

“It’s expensive. It feels like a waste of money.”

“The school cafeteria is open on weekends, right?”

“Because I made an appointment to meet you at the house.”

“Uh, so it’s my fault, I’m reflecting, how about meeting at the school about next week?”

In a roundabout way, the sinner turned out to be myself.

“No, just at my house, we will give you and that girlfriend of yours …… trouble if we meet at school, and there is no place to entertain you, ah, I forgot to serve you tea, is it okay to have only plain water? I don’t really want to use my dad’s tea.”

“No, I’m not thirsty.”

“No, the proper etiquette is still required, wait for me for a moment.”

Ye Mei hurriedly went to boil water, Cheng Ming had to sit down on the sofa and picked up the paper Ye Mei had just written.

Classes 5 and 11 are sibling classes with the same main subject teacher and similar homework assignments.

This paper, Cheng Ming hasn’t done it yet to come, he usually moves his pen on Sunday night to see how Ye Mei is learning.

Ye Mei brought two cups of plain water, and Cheng Ming pointed at the paper and said, “Ye Mei, you’ve done these questions wrong, right? It’s not right to be wrong.”

“Where where?”

Ye Mei put the water on the table and leaned down, her sideburns hanging down on Cheng Ming’s neck and tickling a little.

“I think I should choose a for this question.”

“Why? Isn’t it b?”

“And you ask why, I’ll list the formula for you ……”

“Ah, really used the wrong formula, I’m so stupid.” Ye Mei knocked her head and said.

Cheng Ming grabbed Ye Mei’s hand and said, “The more you knock the dumber it will get, the multiple choice question is to be careful of the traps set by the questioner, and there is also this question which is a calculation error ……”

“Ah, so many mistakes, so embarrassing.”

“Isn’t the prerequisite for becoming an announcer always good character? What’s wrong with you? You’re not taking it seriously because it’s homework and not a test?”

“That’s probably one of the reasons why, I’ve actually been wondering when you’d be here while I’ve been doing my homework, and when I hear the slightest breeze, I’m going to answer the door.”

“It’s still my fault.”

“It’s not your fault, it’s all because I’m not strong-willed.” Ye Mei said as she waved her hand in panic.

“Please check these two assignments as well, and if you get one wrong you can smack me on the palm of my hand so that I’ll learn my lesson and not make the same mistake next time.”

Ye Mei pulled a plastic transparent straightedge from her pencil bag.

Addicted to being beaten?

“There’s no need to go this far, is there?”

“It’s necessary, my self-consciousness is actually pretty bad, I used to want to be praised by my dad for reading well. But now there’s no more praise for good reading, or at least punishment for bad reading.”

“I can praise you too! It’s not easy to get praise, I can even give you little red flowers and awards, and I praise my sister every day.”

“But punishment is also necessary, and having someone to supervise me makes studying serious.”

“You’re studying for you, not for your dad or anyone else, and getting into a good college is what will change your destiny.”

This was the case in Cheng Ming’s previous life, and although it wasn’t that great of a university, the end result wasn’t too bad.

It’s just that, as fate would have it, he’s back.

“Can’t you just study for someone else? Destiny and all that is too vain to touch and see, having a clear goal makes it less likely to give up, right?” Ye Mei asked weakly.

“Well, it’s okay la, I’m not in a position to talk about you, I’m just trying to go to the same college as Jing Jing right now.”

“So you can be my target?”

“Me? Whatever you think is okay.”

“Then you’ll be my target from now on.”

Why does that sound weird.

“Hurry up and check my homework, give me a slap for every wrong question.” Ye Mei urged.

“Ooooh, but I don’t have the standardized answers on hand, and I haven’t done my homework yet, so I could be wrong in checking the results.”

“It’s okay, I don’t mind.”

“That’s a lot of mistakes, one, two, three, four, five, six, six in all.”

“Come on, I’m ready.”

Ye Mei rested one hand on the other, palm up.

Cheng Ming picked up the ruler and swung it down.

Slap-

With three crunching sounds, the straightedge snapped in response, cracking in half.

“Uh ……”

Is he that hard?

“Sorry for breaking your ruler.”

“Nothing, it was originally the ruler I used from elementary school until now, it’s normal to break it, even if it’s broken, I can still continue to use it ah, it’s still okay to draw shorter straight lines.”

“Isn’t that a more serious problem then, growing up with you must have been emotional?”

“But the ruler is yours.”

“Clam? Is there such a thing?” Cheng Ming asked, confused.

“You lent it to me when you were in elementary school, and I never returned it to you, and then I moved and transferred to a school around here.”

“So, all I know is that I used to buy rulers in elementary school, and when I couldn’t find one before a test, I went to buy a new one.”

Lend something to a classmate, borrow it and forget it, especially after promotion to a separate class.

“Let’s finish the remaining three strokes together.”

Cheng Ming then hit three times with this ruler in his hand that was only ten centimeters.

“How come it doesn’t hurt at all?”

“Because only half of it is left, ah, can’t make the strength.”

“It still hurts more to hit here.”

Ye Mei’s hands were propped up on the coffee table, puckering her not-quite-round and full buttocks.

“Come on, this position is a little shy.”

Then don’t do it. Isn’t there a no spanking option?

But the feeling that it was difficult to end the fight without fighting was more than likely a variation of trying to get Cheng Ming to beat her, thus washing away the guilt in her heart.

This was something that Cheng Ming could still see.

As much as it pains me to admit it, there’s something inexplicably cool about this behavior.

Slapping three times, one harder than the other, the coffee table was pushed forward a few centimeters by Ye Mei, the corner of the table rubbed the floor, and Ye Mei’s hips trembled.

After finishing, Cheng Ming picked up a cup of plain water and sipped on it, the water was just the right temperature.

Drinking all the water, Ye Mei asked, “Xiao Ming, are you going back?”

“It’s not that urgent, we can stay a little longer.”

“Want to stay for lunch then?”

“I can eat a little bit of that, and it’s better to have an early lunch.”

Otherwise, Ye Mei would have to make do with noodles alone again.

“I’ll get ready, no, the house is empty, I have to go grocery shopping first.”

“It doesn’t have to be that urgent, I’ll go get the groceries, you finish your homework, you’ve got announcer stuff to do when you go back to school.”

“Will you still punish me if I do wrong?”

“It will be, but don’t do the wrong questions on purpose.” Cheng Ming joked.

“I wouldn’t, I’m not a pervert.”

Cheng Ming came back from grocery shopping, Ye Mei took the ingredients, tied on her apron and went into the kitchen, leaving Cheng Ming to check the homework she had just finished.

“What happened to saying you wouldn’t do it wrong on purpose? A few of the questions are ridiculously wrong… this is English homework… you’re not bad at English, are you?”

“I’m terrible at English. I got a zero on the midterm.”

“That’s you missing a test, it’s almost like someone who doesn’t know English threw a rubber and threw out the answer.”

Ye Mei poked her head out, spat out her little tongue, and said in a serious manner, “It’s always okay for me to be a pervert, right? It’s going to hit me ten times in total.”

“You can’t go on like this… on exams too? Make mistakes on purpose?”

“It won’t be like that on the test, it’ll be done carefully and conscientiously.”

“No, you have to be serious about your homework in general, so that you can be more serious when you take the test, you can’t treat your homework with this kind of game-playing mentality, let’s do it this way, I’ll only beat you if you get all of them right in the future, and I won’t beat you if you get one question wrong.”

It’s so weird to see a punishment tactic turn into a reward.

“Why, this is too hard.”

“It’s because it’s hard that it’s challenging and you take it seriously.”

“Then count each subject’s homework separately, or it’s simply not possible.”

At least get hit a little bit for that.

“All right.”

Simple meals, all served in small bowls.

Ye Mei said nervously, “I haven’t cooked for a long time, I feel like my skills are rusty, it’s not good, is it?”

“It’s not that hard to eat.”

“What kind of answer is that, it’s more hurtful than not delicious.” Ye Mei pouted.

“Then it’s always okay if I say it’s delicious, right?”

“No sincerity at all, Xiao Ming, Xiao Li’s birthday is coming up, right?” Ye Mei asked as she stuck her chopsticks into the bowl of rice.

“I’m so glad you remembered.”

“I’ve memorized all your birthdays in a little book. That’s why I remembered that you and Jing’s birthdays are consecutive and usually together, so I was particularly impressed.”

“If I give Ri a birthday present, will she accept it? She seems to hate me so much.”

“It’ll probably be accepted, and I can forward anything you want to send on your behalf.”

“I’ll be in trouble when the time comes.”

Cheng Ming didn’t dare to eat too much, he would have to eat another meal later at home, it was troublesome to explain the matter after eating outside, and it would be even weirder if he ate at Ye Mei’s house.

Cheng Ming put down his chopsticks and got up to say goodbye, “I should almost go back, the house is about to open for dinner. Next week, I should be coming over on Sunday afternoon after lunch, so don’t wait for me if I don’t show up.”

Plans couldn’t keep up with changes, and Cheng Ming didn’t dare to guarantee that there were no urgent matters in the interim.

Cheng Ming walked to the door and Ye Mei chased after him.

“Ming, wait, you get half of the ruler back, and I’ll keep the remaining half as a souvenir.”

“It’s back yet, my ruler.” Cheng Ming said as he held up the ruler high.

The ruler, which had been used for a long time, was covered in scratches, large and small.

“Sayaka, see you next week.”

“Ming, bye.”

“Gone yet ……”

Saw Cheng Ming leave, the frustrated Ye Mei closed the door, did not go to clean up the table, straight lying on the coffee table, playing with the half ruler in his hand.

“Gotta get a new ruler then, should I make it look like it’s about to break? Or will it just come and hit me in the butt, do both ……”

Ye Mei rubbed her buttocks and said, “If only the hand could be more focused, the afterglow would be able to return for longer, so it wouldn’t be lonely.”

Time into December, the mother officially resigned, at home to raise the fetus, Cheng Ming and others lunch can also go back to the mother’s side to eat, do not have to drum up their own.

There is also more time to spare for dinner, prepare it ahead of time and eat it as soon as school is out, so you don’t have to wait impatiently for it to start and then scramble to pick up the food.

But what Cheng Ming didn’t expect was that Auntie Lian also quit her job at home together, it should be that the two of them made an appointment together.

In the weekdays to help take care of mom’s daily life, with a big belly has many inconveniences, together with the preparation of meals, accompanied by her shopping and so on.

Isn’t that just like babysitting?

The most suitable job for Auntie Lian was definitely being a nanny for Cheng Ming’s family, eating and living together.

But what Cheng Ming and Dad didn’t dare to do, Mom did.

I’m afraid that some of this was negotiated when Mom stayed with Aunt Liam for her first sleepover.

Even Auntie no longer runs both ways, living completely on Mom’s side of the family, and only going back to her new home on the weekends to help them organize their rooms, clean and whatnot.

“How come the house is so clean and there isn’t even any trash in the trash can?” Aunt Lian asked in wonder.

This was of course because Sister Shen Xiao waited for Cheng Ming to come home to talk about business, and when she had nothing to do, she cleaned and cleaned to pass the time.

But Cheng Ming and Xu Juan still only sleep in the same bed on Friday nights.

Because on Saturday Cheng Ming had to go back to his mom’s side to sleep with his sister.

Of course, he hid it from his dad and mom and Aunt Lian, sneaking into the house to sleep after they were asleep, sleeping together without his parents’ consent.

Cheng Ming of course disagreed at first, but Cheng Li said this, “Brother are you worried about Sister Xu Juan? She’s such a big person, she’ll be fine, brother didn’t you sleep with her last night? It’s my turn tonight.”

“Don’t you usually sleep with you?”

“Usually it’s three people sleeping together, it doesn’t count.”

“How come it doesn’t count?”

Cheng Ming finally came to this side to sleep, this time it is a real thief, fearful, but it is nothing to be discovered, not to break his legs.

Early the next morning, Cheng Ming pretended to rush over from his new home for breakfast.

“You came alone? Where’s Xu Juan? Don’t know to bring her along? Quickly go back and fetch her over.”

Cheng Ming was just driven out to pick up people, riding a motorcycle in the bitter cold wind of a winter morning.

Sleeping with your sister can be exhausting.