Chapter 1 (1/2)

Fake Slackers

Translator: Jury

Editor: NomNom

First Published on Chaleuria

001- I hear he cheated on the high school entrance exah the rear doors”

The public bus set out from the suburbs of B City, circled around, and slowly turned into the business district Streets stretched in all directions and pedestrians bustled about

The announcer spoke crisply Unlike the usual Putonghua,¹ the announcer's words sounded mechanical, and even the lilt on his last word seemed deliberate

Xie Yu, who sat in the corner seat of the last row, turned his head to glance in the direction of the burning sunlight outside the

He felt that the temperature in the bus was turned down too low, but he also felt hot

The bus had already beenslowly Now that it was surrounded on all sides by a flow of people, its speed directly plurandpa of a vehicle Itbody shuddered violently before slowing to a stop

Xie Yu had his phone in hand He looked out theas he waited for the other person to pick up the phone

The dial tone sounded for a while before the call finally connected Faed from the speaker, followed closely by a woman's voice Her voice was loud and overpowered the chaos; it was forceful and a little hoarse She was quarrelling with sooods will arrive None of them are reliable That lot just makes excuses all day”

”One moment they say to it and in the end they told me even they didn't know… fuck it”

Xie Yu calmly listened to the woman rant

”Rush, my ass! Now they don't even takeact on 's ass Don't they know anything? In all of Black Water Street, who dares annoy me, Xu Yanmei?”

She could yell an entire 800-wordher cursing get worse and worse, Xie Yu finally said so stopped

Xu Yanmei waved her hand at the other people and shut her arette clasped between her fingers without hesitation, pressing its burning end casually against the corner of the table She then pointed at the phone on the table that had unexpectedly connected the call, indicating that the 'Meeting To Discuss The Six shi+pments That Were Not Delivered On Tiarette, she took down her long legs which she had propped up and crossed on the cheap office desk When she spoke next her voice was gentle to a degree the other people present had never heard before, as if she was a co was as heavy as two tons

”During lunch we get together to shoot the breeze, nothingis good for the spirit…”

Xie Yu didn't expose her He only asked, ”What about sood for you?”

Xu Yanured he wouldn't be able to squeeze hih her phone to confir, I quit Ah, don't talk to me about this If you talk about it I'm worried I'll relapse Don't provokewho?

Xie Yu heard her hoarse s worse by the day Only when cursing people out did her voice suddenly become clear Even if he had toes for brains, he'd knohether her words were true or not

”You're on break, aren't you? I heard froo that your last exam was on the 20th Why didn't you reply to e the subject: ”How did the exa ti those quotes All so literary, I nearly hurled when I found them”

Don't be worried when you face the exaood results! Let your dreams raise their sails and set sail in the exae! Little grasshopper, do your best on the exams!

Xie Yu wasn't sure why he was able to recite this unoriginal nizable at a glance, and it didn't fit the texting aesthetic of today's youth at all

The bus entered a tunnel, which blocked the burning sun His surroundings went dark

Xie Yu earing all black and noas completely immersed in darkness He leaned back in the seat and stretched his long legs, which were curled up in the tight space, and casually srades are like What did you want e rested for less than two minutes, the eldest sister of Black Water Street, Co behind her: ”Is this a black h This is sabotage”

”… What did you say?” Having been disturbed, Xu Yanmei didn't hear Xie Yu's reply properly ”It's too das in the shop To loudspeaker I don't believe I can't keep this bunch of grandchildren in line”

Xie Yu's fingers tightened slightly on his phone The words he wanted to say hung on his lips for a while, but in the end they didn't ”

”I saw the text I was busy with revision and forgot to answer”

”Good, good, good Although your grades are a little bit bad, don't be discouraged You can't give up until the end Who's afraid of who, right?”

As Xu Yaain She held the receiver away fro about ! If someone's in trouble, it's you Godda or not? If not, quit dawdling!”

The bus eht began shi+ning into the bus again, starting fro into the back

Xie Yu narrowed his eyes slightly Seeing the fa up