dear barrister

Chapter 3 Punish her instead of the moon

After tennis class, Shen Rourou ate a lot of desserts and pastries uncontrollably.It was said on the Internet that eating sweet things will make people feel better. When she is depressed, when she is in a bad mood, and when the exam pressure is high, this is how she makes her feel better.

Shen Rourou remembered what the girls from the tennis class said just now.

"Shen Rourou, do you think you are really suitable for tennis lessons? Is it a bit too reluctant?"

"You are not worthy of Jian Moyu at all, don't embarrass yourself here!"

Although those people talked about Jian Moyu, but one thing is true, that is, Shen Rourou is not suitable for sports at all.

Chubby people are not suitable for sports, let alone tennis, which requires running around, is even less suitable for her.She's out of her mind to come to tennis lessons, that must be it.Yude should set up a meditation class in the physical education elective course. In that case, she can run as far as her thoughts go.

Shen Rourou thought for a while, and decided to go to Jian Moyu to clarify after eating the ice cream.

After inquiring and inquiring, Shen Rourou found Jian Moyu's training ground, which was on the eve of the game, and I heard that he practiced very actively.

Shen Rourou was too embarrassed to disturb him, so she could only sit on the side and wait, eating while waiting.

On the court, Jian Moyu was wearing a light blue sportswear and was practicing singles.Shen Rourou guessed that he didn't even know who came and went around him, he was so serious that it seemed like the whole world, only the racket in his hand and the rapidly spinning ball.

Shen Rourou observed the serious expression on Jian Moyu's face.He is actively running and jumping on the court. When the ball comes, he moves his body flexibly. When the ball goes away, his legs are bent, his body's center of gravity is pressed down, and his eyes are fixed on the ball.

The ball seemed to be alive in Jian Moyu's hands, and his racket was like a part of his body.The moment the opponent hit the ball, the light blue figure quickly jumped up, pressed down with the hand holding the racket, and hit the ball to the opposite side with a whoosh.

The ball touched the opponent's defensive corner, the angle was sharp and tricky, and it was a lore at first sight!

Shen Rourou has never seen how other people play, but she just thinks that Jian Moyu is so handsome.She didn't even move to eat, and she couldn't bear to blink.

She suddenly understood why Chu Yun said that Jian Moyu was a rising star and Yude's most popular male god.

Just the act of hitting the ball made her fall in love with tennis.All the cells in Shen Rourou's body were clamoring violently: I also want to play, and I want to be as good as him!
...Actually, fat people can also have favorite sports, right?

Shen Rourou didn't bother Jian Moyu, who was serious about practicing. After watching him play, she returned to the dormitory silently. She was so cruel that she gritted her teeth and gave all the snacks to the girls in the same dormitory.

Then, Shen Rourou lay down on the table and made a detailed weight loss plan: run 1000 meters in the playground downstairs in the morning, do Zheng Duoyan weight loss exercises for an hour in the afternoon, do [-] sit-ups in the evening, and strictly prohibit eating snacks every day. Thirsty can only drink water.

Shen Rourou also posted many weight-loss slogans on the table, such as "Your life is ruined by your fat", "Be thin or die, don't block the signal", "Sorry, there is no size you can wear", and There is a more ruthless "I want to take a ID photo to help the current background wall".

This time, it's absolutely do-or-die!Either be thin, or die!

Holding a bunch of snacks in his arms, Chu Yun asked her worriedly: "Rourou, is it really okay for you to exercise so much?"

"definitely no problem!"

Shen Rourou made an OK gesture and started downloading Zheng Duoyan's video.

Lay out the exercise mat, download the video, and you're ready to go.Shen Rourou seemed to see sister Zheng Duoyan waving at her in the video, she seemed to be able to see her S-line figure, and she seemed to be smiling at herself when she became thinner...

"One two three four, do it again! Two two three four, keep going!"

Burn it, fat!

Shen Rourou jumped up in the dormitory with great fighting spirit, but before she finished dancing a bar, the door of the dormitory was almost smashed by the people downstairs.

"Are you demolishing the house? It's so loud?"

"I thought it was a renovation, it's booming!"

After learning that it was a fat man doing the so-called weight-loss exercises, the people downstairs spoke even more sharply...

"What the fuck is Fatty dancing? Can you sit down quietly and read a book for a while? The whole building is about to collapse."

The building is about to collapse...

going to collapse...

Shen Rourou felt that her little heart had received a fatal blow. In order to make herself more comfortable, she ran to the canteen downstairs and bought a ham sausage and a bottle of soy milk, which were wiped out within a minute. Only then did she feel better So little.

But just after she happily finished eating, Chinese best friend Chu Yun held a calorie calculator and said to her: "Rou Rou, a ham sausage has 148 calories, and it takes 44.2 minutes of aerobics to burn it off." After that, a cup of soy milk has 60 calories, and it takes 41.4 minutes to walk to consume it..."

Shen Rourou was originally in a mood of clear sky, but it suddenly turned cloudy: "Chu Yun, you mean, the aerobics I did just now was for nothing?"

"No, it should be said that you have to do three more 10-minute aerobics to consume the calories of the ham sausage."

Shen Rourou covered her head and screamed in pain: "Ahhhhhhhh... No, it's not true!"

Shen Rourou found out with great pain that fat people shouldn't lose weight at all!Weight loss is not suitable for fat people at all.

Because once you start exercising, you will be hungrier and want to eat more, but the calories consumed by exercise are far less than the calories you eat.In other words, when you finish eating, you have to do more exercise, and after exercising, you will want to eat more...

This is simply an endless loop, there is no way to achieve a calorie balance!

Still let people live?God, kill her!
After a series of baptisms of bitterness and tears, Shen Rourou has slowly begun to accept this cruel fact. She has no choice but to change running into jogging, and delete the two plans of weight loss exercises and sit-ups.

Looking at her incredibly soft abdomen, Shen Rourou sighed in frustration.She found that she couldn't do such difficult movements as sit-ups at all...

At this moment, Shen Rourou is slowly running on the playground, also known as walking...

Seeing the figures constantly surpassing her and passing her lightly, Shen Rourou felt that her current jogging was only a little faster than a snail on the ground.

She only ate a small bowl of rice and vegetables at noon, and now all the cells in her body are clamoring for one word: Hungry!

Shen Rourou seems to be able to see the weight loss god laughing at her in front of her. She must be crazy to want to lose weight. What is the difference between her and those who are fighting against the disease now!It's just struggling, and it will be sucked into the black hole of food in the end!

After finally cheering up and walking a few more steps, my stomach growled, and the mobile phone message rang.Maybe it was because she was too hungry, and she was a bit blurry when she saw things. When she took out her mobile phone, she vaguely saw the words "Li Yeming".

Shen Rourou rubbed her eyes, and looked at it again to make sure she was right.

"Rourou, my cousin Li Yeming will be attending a party in a private hall in the afternoon, I'll send you the address! Come here quickly!"

The message was sent by Li Musha. She did not deceive Shen Rourou and told her about Li Yeming's whereabouts.

what is this?This is true love!If Li Musha was by her side, Shen Rourou would want to pick her up and walk around a few times!

Shen Rourou no longer thought about taking a walk to lose weight, and immediately rushed to the school gate by taxi.As soon as she arrived at the door of the private club, she saw Li Musha was already waiting for her with an invitation letter.

After entering the guild hall, Li Musha was stopped by several acquaintances to reminisce about the old days. Shen Rourou was wandering in the guild hall by herself, and was immediately fascinated by the buffet desserts around her, her eyes were fixed on the dessert cakes I can't even walk on the road.

Strawberry cheesecake, mango and blueberry layer cake, durian pancake, and cupcakes of various flavors... In front of these desserts, Shen Rourou has no resistance at all, her mouth is watering.

Especially after being hungry for a long time, the battle between the angel and the devil in Shen Rourou's heart, the one who wanted to eat easily defeated the one who wanted to lose weight, Shen Rourou involuntarily picked up the plate and fork, and gobbled it up.

"It's so delicious! Dessert is simply the best thing in the world!"

Shen Rourou had long forgotten the purpose of her coming here, buried her head in the dessert, and almost licked off all the cheese on the plate.Just when she swept away all the desserts on the plate, she was scorned by the eyes of several models next to her.

the reason is simple.When they are desperately trying to lose weight for their figure, there is actually a person eating in front of them with a happy face, which seems quite unpleasant.

A model nudged the companion next to her with her elbow, and smiled with her lips pursed: "I don't know who the organizer invited. Their eyelids are so shallow, and they eat everything."

Another person laughed in a low voice: "Look at the way she eats... as if she has never eaten anything good..."

Shen Rourou was indulging in delicious food at the time, so she didn't bother to talk to them at all, so the topic of the female models changed to something else.

A taller model said proudly: "The seafood here is too stale, unlike last time, when Sicheng took me to the Maldives to eat, that's called fresh..."

A group of people immediately booed: "Zi Qi, your life is better now, I am really envious of others!"

"That's right, next to the prince of Jiang's technology, when will we have such luck!"

Ziqi...Gao Ziqi!

Shen Rourou finally stopped eating, followed the sound, and felt that the tall model seemed very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, she patted her head, and remembered it as soon as she thought about it.Isn't that tender model holding a champagne glass and wearing a suspender dress who is sought after by everyone, the mistress Gao Ziqi who seduced her brother-in-law?
How could she have the face to stand here and talk about her brother-in-law Jiang Sicheng openly!It's just that the uncle can bear it, but the aunt can't bear it!
Shen Rourou put down the dessert in her hand, walked over quickly, suppressed her anger, and said in a low voice: "Gao Ziqi, are you Gao Ziqi?"

Several models who were chatting were taken aback for a moment, obviously frightened by this thick-skinned girl who came over suddenly.

And Shen Rourou was almost fainted by their perfume.

One of them frowned and said with disgust, "Zi Qi, how did you know such a vulgar person?"

The other echoed: "That's right, there's no manners at all, it's really... very rude."

"Where did they come from? Do you just let people in at this private party?"

Gao Ziqi raised her chin, and never looked at Shen Rourou directly from the beginning to the end, but said to the other models: "I don't even know her."

"You..." Shen Rourou became angry and repeated, "Where did you hide Jiang Dongdong..."

"You have cake crumbs around your mouth." Someone kindly reminded her.

Shen Rourou stretched out her hand to wipe it, but before she finished wiping it, Gao Ziqi's models had already ignored Shen Rourou, and Shi Shiran walked to the swimming pool in front.

"It's too much! Gao Ziqi, you little mistress who stole someone's husband!"

Be sure to punish her instead of the moon!
This kind of thought was ready to go when Shen Rourou first saw Gao Ziqi, and now it rushed into her mind all of a sudden, so Shen Rourou really did it.

She rolled up her sleeves and rushed over without even thinking about it. There was only one thought in her mind, that is, she couldn't let her go!
Dragging her 1.7-meter-high and 160-jin body, Shen Rourou swooped over in a swoop, seemingly imposing and courageous, but unfortunately she didn't have the speed...

Seeing a ball-shaped person slowly running over with the force of thunder, Gao Ziqi turned around gracefully, without her hands, Shen Rourou couldn't stop herself, and fell straight into the water.

Shen Rourou only felt that her eyes went dark, and then she couldn't see anything.

A huge "plop—" sound resounded through the sky, and water splashed...

Everyone was a little dazed, and some people with their backs to the swimming pool still didn't understand what happened.Some people standing by the swimming pool were unfortunately splashed with water, screaming and discussing.

"What happened? An earthquake?"

"Did something fall just now? How did it shake the mountain?"

The answer to them was——

"Oh, help, help..."

Shen Rourou kept bouncing in the water, but soon her head was covered by the water again.

The huge splash scared the people by the swimming pool, and Li Musha quickly recognized that the person who fell into the water was Shen Rourou who she brought in.

"How could this happen..." Li Musha shouted desperately, her voice trembling, "Come on, someone is drowning!"

Someone nearby was shouting, "Is there anyone here to help?"

As for Shen Rourou, she has gradually lost her strength since she was thrashing at the beginning. Her gravitational potential energy is so huge that she has no way to fight it at all...

She floated up and sank again and again, her eyes, ears, mouth and nose were all submerged in water, Gulu Gulu drank a lot of water, all she saw was blue, and there were overlapping figures by the pool...

"Gululu..." Shen Rourou's body sank slowly, only a little bubbles remained.

Fortunately, there were a few lifeguards sitting by the pool. When they saw someone jumping around, the lifeguard closest to Shen Rourou hurriedly took off their coats and went into the water.

The lifeguard has a well-proportioned figure, strong Kong Wu, and a nimble and agile figure. He quickly swam to Shen Rourou's side, skillfully reached out and grabbed her, trying to pull her to the edge of the pool.

However, something unreal happened, no matter how the lifeguards pulled and tried to swim, they just couldn't pull Shen Rourou...

The lifeguard blushed from holding back, and felt that no matter how hard they tried, the two of them would remain motionless in the water.Could it be that there is something unclean in the water, or is there some unspoken secret?
In the end, he had no choice but to shout loudly: "She is too heavy! Come and help!"

After hearing these words, the other three lifeguards by the pool jumped into the water in a swish. Later, a total of four lifeguards dragged Shen Rourou to the edge of the pool.

Several lifeguards panted like dogs. Sitting by the pool, they said that although saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, this pagoda is too heavy, and saving people is comparable to tug-of-war.

Shen Rourou sat by the pool with a pale face, still in shock.Her belly was bulging, and in addition to the dessert cake that was just stuffed in, there was also a lot of water in the pool.The water was cold and had the smell of bleach, which made her stomach feel uncomfortable, as if something was stirring in her stomach, which made her very uncomfortable.

Not only that, but the T-shirt she was wearing was completely soaked, and the underwear she was wearing inside was completely exposed, and her figure was clearly visible...

Li Musha came over with a towel, put it on Shen Rourou, and asked with concern: "Rourou, are you okay?"

Shen Rourou covered her mouth and couldn't help but say, "I'm a little... want to vomit..."

Before she finished speaking, she rushed to the bathroom like an arrow leaving the string, but the speed was not much faster than walking, like running in slow motion.

People in the banquet hall and by the swimming pool pointed at her one after another.I really can't blame others for being ruthless. Shen Rourou's series of actions since she fell into the swimming pool have caused a powerful shock to people's hearts, which is simply unforgettable.

"It's too fat, and the four lifeguards can't move it..."

"I have opened my eyes today, look at her shaking fat... Hahaha..."

"It's so sad, if I'm as fat as her, I'll hang myself with a piece of noodles!"

"Do you think hanging a noodle is enough? Haha!"

Throughout history, fat people can only be comedians, making people laugh with exaggerated movements and performances.It was also because of this that those people were able to taunt Shen Rourou mercilessly.

Just because she walks with wind and has flesh all over her body.

Those words of ridicule and sarcasm passed into Shen Rourou's ears without concealment, and Shen Rourou felt extremely uncomfortable, not only psychologically, but also physically.It wasn't that she wasn't angry, but that her stomach was already overwhelming at this time, she could only choose to put those sarcastic voices behind her, ran to the bathroom, and vomited.

Shen Rourou was so uncomfortable that she vomited and burst into tears. In the end, she didn't know whether she was crying because she was too uncomfortable or because she was too sad.

Not only did she fail to steal the chicken, but she also lost money... Today must be the darkest day she has ever had, bar none.

After returning to school, Shen Rourou quickly bought a batch of snacks and desserts.Soothed by these foods, she soon perked up.

"Sure enough, in this world, there are only snacks and desserts that can't be let down!" Shen Rourou licked the ice cream stick and snorted contentedly.

What's the fear of being chubby, what's the point of being laughed at, at least she has a unique way of healing.Shen Rourou put her hips on her hips and laughed, feeling that she was resurrected in place with full blood!
The next day was the second physical education class of the week. Shen Rourou's hell-style weight loss training had no effect at all. In tennis class, she was still the one who snorted and picked up the ball...

But this time, based on her extraordinary love for the sport of tennis, that little tennis ball became cute and amiable in Shen Rourou's eyes, even picking up the ball was no longer so annoying.After class, she volunteered to move the tennis rackets and tennis balls back to the sports equipment room.

However, just after walking a few steps, she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten her water glass.Just as she walked back and was about to step into the lounge, she heard the chattering discussions of several girls on the tennis team.

A girl was talking triumphantly: "Let me tell you something fun. A few days ago, my brother attended a party in a private club. Do you know who he saw?"

Through a door, Shen Rourou could also hear that it was Xiao Xiaoyu's voice.

The other girls asked curiously, "Who is it?"

"Who else? It's... the fattest girl in our tennis class!" Xiao Xiaoyu covered her mouth and giggled, "You know, when my brother told me, I laughed like crazy. That scene Ah, let me describe it to you..."

Next, in front of those girls, Xiao Xiaoyu vividly told the tragic story of how Shen Rourou wanted to push Ziqi up, then accidentally fell into the water, and was dragged up by four lifeguards in the water.

The girls burst out laughing and jokingly said, "Hahahaha... being dragged up like a dead pig is too funny!"

"It's still a white and fat pig soaked in water!"

Others said: "It's too embarrassing. In front of so many people, you've been seen all over, right? If it were me, I'd probably cry to death!"

Sarcasm came one after another, like powerful arrows, nailing Shen Rourou to the pillar of shame, ten thousand arrows pierced her heart.

Behind the door, Shen Rourou remembered that during the last tennis class, when she was bullied into the rain, Xiao Xiaoyu took an umbrella and went to the tennis court to look for her.At that time, she liked Xiao Xiaoyu, the vice-captain of the school tennis team, from the bottom of her heart, and felt that she was the only one who would not look down on her.But now...

Shen Rourou suddenly felt like she had eaten Coptis chinensis, bitter and astringent, that feeling was not good at all.

However, she did not expect that what she heard next were even more irritating words.

I don't know who it is, so I asked a lot: "Strange, Shen Rourou, why is she pushing Gao Ziqi when she has nothing to do? Isn't Gao Ziqi a female model, what does it have to do with Shen Rourou?"

Xiao Xiaoyu went on to say: "I also thought it was quite strange at the time. Later, my brother said that he seemed to have heard Shen Rourou calling something like mistress."

"Little San?"

"It doesn't mean that Gao Ziqi got involved in Jiang Sicheng's marriage and became a mistress?"

"Shen Weiwei, Shen Rourou...These two people's names are a bit similar. Could it be that Shen Rourou is Shen Weiwei's younger sister?"

"No way? Shen Weiwei would have such a fat younger sister? I wouldn't believe it even if I was killed!"

"If it's true, then Shen Weiwei is too pitiful. My sister is fat, but my husband is still cheating!"

As soon as gossip was mentioned, everyone couldn't help but want to "August [-]". There were some speculations and gossip, and there were vigorous discussions around the topic of Shen Weiwei's divorce.

There are so many people laughing at her for being fat, Shen Rourou has become calm.As the saying goes: so many people laugh at me, who are you!However, Shen Rourou has a characteristic, that is, she is very protective of her family and friends.

In front of so many people, they laughed at her and Shen Weiwei at the same time, saying she was pitiful, Shen Rourou couldn't bear it anymore.

She was so hot-headed that she kicked open the door of the sports lounge without even thinking about it, and shouted, "Have you said enough?"

The sports lounge was as noisy as a vegetable market just now, but now it is suddenly silent, and everyone inside seems to have been struck by lightning.

Everyone was frightened by Shen Rourou's serious face, looking at her, she seemed to be really angry.

Since Xiao Xiaoyu brought up the topic first, everyone looked at her in unison, Xiao Xiaoyu felt a little timid.She thought to herself, it's none of my business, I was just making a start, who knew that you guys are so good at gossip, you guessed everything right, besides, I didn't expect Shen Rourou to pop out suddenly!
Xiao Xiaoyu smiled aggrievedly: "Rourou, don't think about it, we're just joking."

"Yeah, we were just joking..."

"Are you joking, saying that my sister is pitiful, are you also joking? This matter is not funny at all!"

Shen Rourou was out of breath and wanted to reason, but her anger broke through the shackles, making her push the girl who said this uncontrollably.

Perhaps Shen Rourou's strength was too great, she just pushed that girl to the ground, and brought down a lot of sporting goods, the tennis balls jumped in all directions, and the things scattered all over the floor.

In the sports lounge, there was a moment of silence, and the air seemed to freeze.

The girl who was pushed down by Shen Rourou was obviously frightened, and she smiled awkwardly just now, but after a moment of stunned, she covered her face and began to cry.

Xiao Xiaoyu hurriedly stepped forward to help the girl up, and asked her, "Meng Qi, do you feel uncomfortable?"

The girl named Meng Qi cried and said, "My elbow hurts, and my knee is burning..."

"Maybe it's scratched."

"Is it serious?"

The other girls gathered around one after another, picking up the ball, consoling and consoling, and some directly said: "Shen Rourou, you are too much!"

Xiao Xiaoyu also said: "Rourou, she just said a few words casually, and she didn't have any malicious intentions. Are you pushing people?"

"That's it!"

In the sports lounge, several girls got into a mess because of Shen Rourou's push.Everyone didn't realize that there was a large group of people standing at the entrance of the lounge.

Principal Zhu at the door coughed and asked solemnly, "What's going on here?"

Behind Principal Zhu, Wu Yaba followed a lot of people, including school leaders, teachers, and the tennis team coach.Everyone looked at the group of girls in the lounge in silence.

For a moment, low air pressure lingered in the lounge.The girls looked at each other in blank dismay, knowing that today was a big mess.

The coach of the school tennis team looked around and found that it was just a small matter of girls quarreling.But since the principal is there, he can't protect his shortcomings, so he can only bite the bullet and say, "Xiaoyu, you are the vice captain of the tennis team, let me tell you."

Xiao Xiaoyu glanced at Shen Rourou, then at Meng Qi, and said calmly: "Just now we were chatting inside, Meng Qi accidentally had an argument with Shen Rourou, and Shen Rourou pushed Meng Qi down in a fit of anger."

Principal Zhu asked, "Is that so?"

The other girls looked at me and I looked at you, and they didn't know who agreed, but the people behind them all said in unison that it was Shen Rourou who pushed her first.The fact is indeed the case, but everyone consciously omitted the content of the discussion, and it is expected that Shen Rourou will not tell the reason.

In order to avoid being one-sided, Principal Zhu turned his head and asked Shen Rourou: "Student, do you have anything else to say?"

Shen Rourou stood there, puffed out her chest and said, "I didn't intend to push her down."

Shen Rourou curled her lips, and said, "I just pushed her down accidentally because of my strength."

strong……

Accidentally pushed it down...

In the huge lounge, Shen Rourou's words kept echoing, and a bunch of people were speechless.

How much courage does it take to tease the principal like this in front of everyone...

It's simply a bold person with a high level of art!

Shen Rourou who said this sentence was still blushing and breathless, but Principal Zhu, who was being teased, was furious, and directly gave the final judgment to Shen Rourou: "Shen Rourou, right? Come to the principal's office to find me later."

If people knew that the atmosphere of the tennis team was so bad, and there were girls pushing each other, the impact would be too bad.We must educate well and correct the school spirit, so that we can set a good example for other students!
Thinking of this, Principal Zhu felt that this matter had to be clarified.

Shen Rourou was already miserable enough, the coach of the school tennis team was still there to make up for it: "Student Shen Rourou, remember to tidy up here before going."

Xiao Xiaoyu and the others looked at the messy balls and utensils all over the place, and couldn't help gloating in their hearts.Now the school tennis team coach doesn't want to see Shen Rourou, and the principal wants to call her to the principal's office. It must be more than just "chatting" with her. Maybe she won't be able to get along in school in the future.

what does this mean?It means that something happened to Shen Rourou, or something serious happened!Everyone was waiting to see Shen Rourou's sad and deflated look, but it was a pity that Shen Rourou disappointed them all.

Shen Rourou actually accepted this fact calmly, responded with neither humility nor condescension, and went to pick up the ball silently.

After Principal Zhu's group left, Xiao Xiaoyu and a few girls just stood there, looking at the long shadow cast by Shen Rourou.

Someone muttered: "Will she be stimulated?"

Another person said: "Actually, isn't it a little too much for us to treat her like that just now?"

Xiao Xiaoyu pursed her lips: "Who asked the principal to bring a team here to check..." In the end, it was Shen Rourou who was unlucky, and no one else could be blamed.

On the other side, tennis balls were scattered all over the ground, and some equipment fell down. No one helped Shen Rourou, she helped up the fallen things silently by herself, and picked up the tennis balls that had rolled far away one by one.

There was a tennis ball that rolled very far. Shen Rourou carried the big basket and walked for a long time before catching up to the restless tennis ball.

At the corner, a mysterious old man stared at Shen Rourou's tall and burly figure and Kong Wu's powerful limbs, suddenly a glint of joy flashed in his eyes, and he showed a mysterious smile...

(End of this chapter)