Chapter 10 (2/2)
Whatever she said, Xie Yu answered, ”Mm” Gu Xuelan knew too well that after he had finished ”Muaranteed that he'd still do what he liked She put down her bowl and chopsticks and didn't say anything more She sat across from Xie Yu and quietly watched him eat
Xie Yu took a piece of fish and meticulously removed the bones, then put it in Mada anyme?”
Gu Xuelan looked at the piece of fish forbut wasn't sure how to say it In the end, she said carefully: ”In second year are you still going to live at school?”
Xie Yu's hand paused
He understood Mada Jie was about to enter his first year of university, and when that time came around they basically wouldn't see each other at hoht and neither of theether without soht every , ”You don't want to move back home?”
Xie Yu swiftly finished the few bites of food left in his bowl ”Probably not It's quite nice living in school, and the conditions aren't bad It's convenient to go to class— the classrooms are just a few steps away And it's not like I don't co to sayto do with you Don't think tooJie and not because of you It's my own problem”
”Your own problem? What problem?”
Xie Yu didn't want to sayI'rown, so you don't have to worry”
Liyang Erzhong was very supportive of students living at school This would help students develop the skills for self-sufficiency
On the first day of school, the principal had delivered aat school:” School is a place where students learn, but to all you parents: throughout the different stages of your child's development, you need to learn continuously, too The ht They already kno to run, and they are even running ahead of you Will you treat them like the toddlers they were, who couldn't walk and couldn't eat on their own? Of course, this requires courage, too You love them, but you must be brutal You et up on their own
For some reason, this speech had left an especially deep impression on Gu Xuelan
She had to adood point, but sometimes… even if she understood, so what?
”I'll help you pack your things,” Gu Xuelan said ”Get your things ready, then let's see what you don't have yet”
As the luggage bag grew more and more full, the vacation also drew to an end
Also drawing to an end was the su
Xie Yu and Question King had fought until they both couldn't open an eye Then they both decided on a final date on which to have a shon After one online again
At first, Xie Yu had wondered if this was another ploy of Shameless's But he waited several days and found that Question King really hadn't logged in to do questions This was rather surprising
Now it had been aled in Xie Yu opened the app with the Apple of Knowledge icon: the Apple of Knowledge spun twice on the screen before showing a line of words: ”Due to investors withdrawing their investahly at that?
Xie Yu could alroup of studyis so interesting, how can it be that no one is playing? Why are there so few people who love studying?”
Xie Yu hadn't yet recovered when he got Zhou Dalei's phone call ”Boss Xie, are you coht? Aunt Mei said to invite you over for dinner tonight to celebrate you going back to school She said to give you so up your learning potential… Boss Xie? If you heardall summer break? You seemed to have been hypnotized every day”
”Yeah, very hypnotized,” Xie Yu said ”Really daotten up late He yawned He was only wearing a pair of pants, and held an iron bowl decorated hite and red flohere the paint was flaking He walked out of the house, put the washbasin under the tap, and turned the water on As he listened to the water flowing, he said, ”What tiet you at the bus stop”
Xie Yu: ”It's only a few steps Coet me, my ass”
Zhou Dalei: ”You'reIf I stay at hoht, is Aunt Lan co,” Xie Yu said ”She said she had soht about it until now, but we really haven't seen each other in a long ti up first Washi+ng ot off the bus, Zhou Dalei had a cigarette in hisby the road sign, s The passersby who saw hian
Xie Yu kicked hio”
Zhou Dalei put out his cigarette on the ground, extinguishi+ng it in a couple presses He dusted off his pants and stood up: ”Not acting badass Someone took away the bench that used to be here I should have been sitting there very elegantly waiting for you”
Xie Yu glanced over Indeed, over by the sign there used to be a place to sit, reserved for people waiting for the bus Now, only four lonely ht,” Zhou Dalei said ”People will do anything I' Mao's business had not been great Xu Yan that Xie Yu and the others were about to start school again, she suggested everyone get together for a reunionfor a long tis were mottled, separated by only a narrow alley If one household were to yell, anyone across the street could hear In the past, Zhou Dalei's mom used to spank him with his pants off until his buttocks were red When she yelled, 'Begin,' Aunt Mei across the street would open the , stand on the balcony and yell, ”Lei-zai, what did you do now? Tell Aunt Mei and she'll put in a word for you”
In comparison, Madam Gu was more concerned with appearances She lowered her voice when she got mad: her violence was the cold kind
Electric lines crossed overhead the entire way as Xie Yu walked over The whole environment seemed dirty and messy
Xie Yu and Zhou Dalei hadn't even reached the door when Aunt Mei pushed theopen The greasy smell of fried food drifted out,”Don't coet some salt, we're out!”
Zhou Dalei raised his head: ”Got it, got it”
”Have the jaso to the store,” but hearing this froaze to the jasmine flower in the pot on his balcony ”Ahh—yes, that plant Da Mei gave ht it'd just be a decorative plant But it's quite the fighter
”That guy isn't reliable He's been overseas for alaveabout this being his precious baby and told me to take care of it properly Take care of it, otta beat him up”