Chapter 318 (2/2)

“Don’t say that. I’m leaving now.” Seeing Li Cheng agree, Zhang Fan got relieved and started to say goodbye hurriedly.

“Ok, goodbye.” Li Cheng said goodbye to him readily this time. Only when he saw Zhang Fan walk away farther did he leave then.

The two people didn’t lowered their voice intentionally in the conversation, therefore the customers in the restaurant and in the front of the line all heard them.

After a while of silence, a customer suddenly uttered, some not very nice words.

“No wonder this man called Zhang Fan lived so hard and poor. He’s merely a building worker moving bricks. And he really deserves that.”

“Why are you so mean?” Another customer knitted his brows discontentedly.

“Hey, ain’t I right? He should definitely seize this rare opportunity. The big boss owes him and also admits that. What a great opportunity he’s got! Doesn’t he deserve the hard life since he didn’t take a chance when there’s one?” The customer humphed and continued saying.

Hearing that, most customers felt it indeed made sense and slightly agreed with him in the heart.

“People think differently. That man Zhang Fan never thought Li Cheng owes him”, Manager Shi suddenly said that.

“Li Cheng? Wait, you say he’s the legendary Half City Li?” The customers suddenly reacted and said excitedly.

“It’s him.” Manager Shi nodded the head affirmatively.

Then, the discussion about the opportunity instantly changed direction in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.

Almost all of them started to talk about Li Cheng’s successful story. His influence was well known from the scene.

People were always curious about those who built a business empire from nothing.

A faint smile appeared on Yuan Zhou’s face, but he didn’t take part in the top discussion from the beginning to the end.

The fact was presumably the same to what Manager Shi said.

Due to the incident in that summer, Li Cheng’s taste preference changed. He started to like eating the popsicle which was milk flavored. Under the condition that his physical health allowed, he ate one almost everyday.

Moreover, he had natural favorability to those who wore military uniform ever since then. After he succeeded in the business, he brought out some amount of money every year to help those veterans. Of course, he did that for free. The posts in the building sites and other fields of his company were all open to the veterans preferentially.

And so on. Such similar deeds were all resulted from that single popsicle in that stuffy train where he had felt extremely thirsty.

The particular matter was a nice experience to Li Cheng.

Walking on the way back, however, Zhang Fan didn’t think that way.

“Sigh.” He heaved a sigh in a low voice and continued walking forward.

He was a little ashamed today when he heard the big boss came to him because of a popsicle that had been bitten twenty years ago.

Yes, he was ashamed.

Once the fact was brought back in his mind, the feeling at that moment likewise came back and it also reminded Zhang Fan of this matter.

“Never expected it’s because of that.” Zhang Fan was a little speechless.

He failed in buying a seat ticket when he went back home by train that year and had to stand at the door. As it was too hot, he bought a popsicle and prepared to quench his thirst.

He had only eaten several bite of the popsicle before he saw a boy staring at him. Then he turned around, but the boy still tilted the head and stared at him persistently.

At last, he really couldn’t find a place to hide. Therefore he handed the popsicle in his hand out unexpectedly for he didn’t have enough money to buy another one. After all, people didn’t have much money in those years.

He was quite embarrassed. The popsicle melted in the high temperature and flowed down onto his hand. It was a sticky feeling.

With the sense of shame of having no money for another popsicle and the embarrassment of giving one that had been bitten to others, he walked to another carriage and waited to get off the train.

Therefore, it wasn’t that he had forgotten about that, but actually never wished that he could remember that.

“If I know earlier this matter ends up in such an embarrassment, I really should have bought a bottle of water.” Zhang Fan turned the head and looked at the small restaurant and Li Cheng that had been lost in his sight and then murmured to himself. It was supposed to look better to give the water to others.

From a different perspective, one thing could have quite different feelings, just like Zhang Fan and Li Cheng.