Chapter 8: The sOther Children” Myth (1/2)

“Are you Hao Ning?” Wu Mei Niang, who was on the screen, spoke toward out of the screen! Specifically, she was talking to me outside the screen.

“Shit!” I almost fell to the ground. Then I looked around and realized that the people beside me were still picking their things. They seem not notice anything abnormal about me. ”Who are you?”

Wu Mei Niang, who was on the screen, smiled sweetly at me. ”I don't know who I am yet, but your friend is going to die, while and you guys can't do anything about it!”

Why do strange things happen every year, especially this month? I swallowed my saliva and said with difficulty, ”we are going to visit him and see what we can do …”

”Haha.” Wu Mei Niang laughed sarcastically, ”And after that? Do you have a viable plan? Are there targets that can be implemented? Have you done a risk assessment for each essential part? There's nothing like that at all. You just watch and watch, and time has been wasted by you all. Time is life, and what you all do is to seek wealth and murder!”

Her comment sounded strange to me. The more I heard this, the more it sounded like something our boss would talk to our director. “What are you talking about? Your tone resembles those successful articles?”

“Really? Is that so?” Wu Mei Niang blushed, “when I learn this speaking pattern, well, let’s not talk about it. What I am saying is that it is simply impossible for you to save your friends with these outdated methods. No matter what you see today, just keep remain calm. I will find you later, but not recently, since I’m still not stable …”

Wu Mei Niang made a face at me, and then went back to the plot of the TV show. Li Zhi also appeared smoothly, while they resumed the romance and hatred.

”Hey, hey!” To prevent others from thinking that I was an idiot, I shouted a few times lightly at the screen, but storyline of the TV show was still the same, completely ignoring me.

I composed myself and picked out a few of Zhou Yuan's favorite snacks. After checking out, I went to find Liu Shuai and rode a taxi to Zhou Yuan’s place.

Zhou Yuan lived in a special area of S city. The special part about it was that normally, a part of a city would belong to this city's administration, but this area was directly under the administration of the central government. Thus, it was obvious that the planning for this place was different from the styles of other regions.

Zhou Yuan was a humble resident in this region. He lived on the fifth floor in an old residential area with no elevator. When Liu Shuai and I arrived at the entrance, we suddenly heard someone speaking inside. As I was about to knock the door, Liu Shuai stopped me and shew me a sign of keeping silence and listening.

I was wondering how could this little baldy be so gossipy? As we listened carefully, we heard that they were talking something probably related to us.

A woman sounded like Zhou Yuan's mother said, ”son, do not think I am gabby, but after you graduate, you didn’t stay in a large company for even a few years before you come out and join these start-ups one by one. It’s OK for trying that for a few years. But now, look at yourself, you have nothing behind. You’re a top college graduate after all. Look at your cousin. He’s one year older than you, and he didn't even go to a college. He accidentally injured others in high school, then quitted school to start working. He was so poor back then without any relatives in H city. While now he has contracted a large area to breed crawfish and earns millions. Now look at you. You are living on such a pity salary and have no girlfriend. What will you be in the future?”

Liu Shuai and I looked at each other and smiled bitterly. That was another victim of the “other children” myth. I finally understood why Zhou Yuan would make such an extreme decision. To him, that pressure of reality existed, while relatives’ improper comments on him would make him even more unsatisfied with his current situation.

Then here came Zhou Yuan's voice, ”mom, your son is just at this level. I can't be a boss and I don't want to. It's not like I haven't tried hard, but that is the situation. What can I do about it? Besides scolding me, is there any other ways you can give me to live a better life than what I have now? ”

”Mom only worries for you because I love you. Look at others …”

”You sure know how to worry about me! Do you think I could be better if the whole family scold me?”

”Well, Mom knows that. Then what should we do? We are so worried about you. Forget it, mom has to go to a night shift. Just eat by yourself. If you're not feeling well, then take a break tomorrow. Remember to say some soft words to your boss.”

When we heard that, we hastily straightened our clothes and knocked on the door.

Dong, dong, dong.

”Who is it?” Auntie Zhou spoke from inside, and soon the door opened. ”It's you guys! Come in quickly!”