Chapter 148 - Ah Yin Bro (2/2)

Later, Meng Fan asked where Ah Yin had been these past ten years. He only responded that they had gone to the countryside without adding anything else, but he was back in town this time to attend a friend’s funeral. At this time, Meng Fan could not understand why a 20-year-old Ah Yin would have a friend who passed away.

After that, Meng Fan was able to see Ah Yin bro after two months. One night, Ah Yin suddenly called Meng Fan to come outside in the middle of the night.

“You have to stop me; don’t let me die.”

Ah Yin had mysteriously said to Meng Fan before chugging can after can of alcohol. Meng Fan didn’t know if he should have stopped him or not. Then, Ah Yin bro fell asleep after getting drunk. Muttering under his breath, Meng Fan realized that that day had been Ah Yin’s birthday.

Meng Fan didn’t know why he had said such strange things on his birthday, but after that event, Meng Fan always remembered to wish him a happy birthday at midnight. He didn’t know if it would help, but he felt like it should be done.

Since then, Meng Fan had maintained contact with Ah Yin bro. When they last met, it was during the lunar new year. Ah Yin had changed a lot this time. He said that he couldn’t mess around anymore and found a stable job. Perhaps Meng Fan had grown as well since they had talked about a lot of things.

After their talk, Meng Fan was able to have a vague understanding of some of the events that had happened to Ah Yin during the last few years.

Meng Fan had always known that Ah Yin was a very talented person in the humanities, so he asked why he didn’t connect these experiences into a book. Ah yin bro smiled and said he thought about it, and that he would write it when he had time in the future.

Before his reincarnation, Meng Fan met with Ah Yin during the October break. Before his reincarnation, Meng Fan returned to Wenzhou and met with Ah Yin before heading to Shanghai. They had a wild night drinking as well. As they drank, Meng Fan could tell Ah Yin did not particularly like his current job, but he had to face it and keep going on to survive.

Ah Yin had also said something that resonated deep within Meng Fan’s memory. He said he didn’t have to worry about anything before and did whatever he wanted, but suddenly he realized his parents were getting older, which was when he realized that making money was important. At least, the speed he made money had to match the speed of how fast his parents were growing old and the speed at which the housing prices were rising. It had to match the speed of how fast his kids were growing up and the speed at which his wife grew impatient.

Because of the changes happening after his reincarnation, Meng Fan had run to Shanghai from Wenzhou to watch the concert and did not stop by Wenzhou to have a drink with Ah Yin, so their drinking session did not happen and neither did the conversation.

The reminder for the birthday had flooded Meng Fan with memories from this time. Plus, he had seen a Weibo post from FlatHeadedBro a few days ago that said, “How can I let my friends see this (dog head) status?” While the content read: In 1965, Harper Lee’s good friend gifted her a year’s worth of income during christmas, so she could not work for a year and concentrate on writing. In this year, Lee published her famous novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”.

Hence, Meng Fan’s brain skipped a step and transferred Ah Yin bro a year’s worth of pay, 150,000.

Although Ah Yin did not go to college, he was still a capable and hardworking person. After entering the workforce for a year, his annual income went from 3 to 5000 a month to 120,000 a year. To Meng Fan, he would reach 150,000 for sure by the end of this year.

Meng Fan couldn’t guarantee that Ah Yin would become a well-known author, but he wanted to become such a friend first. Even if Ah Yin didn’t write, Meng Fan wanted to give him some assistance for this reason.

Ten minutes later, Ah Yin returned his message. “Thank you! I’ve already submitted my resignation request to the boss! Count this money as a loan from you!”

Although the loan couldn’t increase his wealth distribution experience, Meng Fan was still very happy he was able to help Ah Yin.