Ch33 - Plans (1/2)
So the three of them played games for two hours in the ward. Chen Yekai was actually killed several times in a row, no matter how much milk Yu Hao tried to give him. But Chen Yekai kept rushing forward like he was throwing away his life. They lost 5 or 6 times in a row on the first day of the New Year, and even Zhou Sheng couldn’t bear to watch any longer.
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“I’m not playing anymore, I can’t use the Great Sage well.” Chen Yekai breathed a sigh of relief, “It’s the New Year, yet I made you guys lose so miserably.” As he spoke, he remembered that it was the first day of the New Year so he fished his phone out to send them red packets.
“Don’t, it’ll cost you too much!” Yu Hao had already received so much money today, he wouldn’t ever be able to repay it.
“Laoshi’s family has money.” Chen Yekai casually said, “It’s not a huge cost.”
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Chen Yekai seemed a little sleepy, he didn’t seem to pay as much attention to his words as usual. Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao accepted his red packets.
Professor Lin didn’t come, and without their realisation, it was already very late at night. Zhou Sheng suggested, “Let’s have dinner together?”
Chen Yekai said, “You guys go ahead ba, after you’re done eating, ask the shop to pack a meal and send it to the ward. I ate those snacks in the afternoon, so I’m not hungry yet. Ask the shop to deliver two bottles of beer here.”
Zhou Sheng didn’t force him either. He brought Yu Hao to a place near the hospital to eat, and after they were done, Yu Hao said, “I’ll send it to him ba.”
Yu Hao carried a packed meal and beer as he knocked on Chen Yekai’s door, but the scene that appeared before him overwhelmed him completely for a moment.
——Chen Yekai sat before the sickbed. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was currently choking back sobs in front of Liang Jinmin. When he heard the noise, he raised his head and their eyes met.
Yu Hao, “……”
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At that moment, he could sense that the Chen Yekai whose hair was in a mess and had bloodshot eyes looked just like an angry, wild beast!
Yu Hao snapped out of his daze and quickly retreated, “I’m sorry, Laoshi.”
Yu Hao closed the door. His heart was beating loudly, yet Chen Yekai said from the inside, “Come in ba.”
Yu Hao said, “I didn’t know you……”
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“It’s okay.” Chen Yekai tried to compose himself and wiped his face. It took him a long time to calm down. He looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror, and could also see that behind him stood a worried Yu Hao.
Chen Yekai laughed bitterly, “Drink with me?”
Yu Hao said, “Zhou Sheng’s still waiting downstairs.”
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Yu Hao meant to ask Zhou Sheng to come up to drink together, yet Chen Yekai misunderstood it, “Then go back ba, it’s very late.”
Yu Hao wanted to call Zhou Sheng up, yet Chen Yekai motioned for him to go back, “I’ll be fine after some time alone.”
Yu Hao stared into his eyes with concern and suddenly said, “You have friends too, don’t stifle yourself if you have something to say.”
Chen Yekai remembered that when he first met Yu Hao, the last thing he had said was “You’ve never had a single friend ever since you were a kid?” and immediately laughed in embarrassment.
“Okay.” Chen Yekai answered, “If I need to, I’ll talk.”
Tonight Yu Hao couldn’t help but keep thinking about Chen Yekai’s appearance that made him seem like a trapped beast. When he went to bed that night, he couldn’t help but toss and turn restlessly. He asked Zhou Sheng, “Was Liang Laoshi beat up?”
Zhou Sheng wasn’t asleep either. He answered, “Looks like it. When my Mum was beaten up by my Dad in the past, she looked like that too.”
Yu Hao said, “Forget I said anything.”
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Zhou Sheng lightly said, “It’s alright. Your childhood was a documentary on the lowest rungs of society, my childhood was a Hollywood action movie.”
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“Ai, Yu Hao. Let’s go work tomorrow ba.” Zhou Sheng suddenly said.
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Yu Hao, “No problem, I’ll be our manager. Leave everything to me.”
When it comes to finding a part-time job, Yu Hao’s skin has always been very thick. He didn’t take the initiative to find part-time work last semester and instead accepted the tutoring job from the work-study program because he had just entered college and needed to adapt to the environment. He was really afraid of failing his final examinations, so he didn’t dare to spend too much time working.
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But now that his situation had improved, Yu Hao began his attack in earnest on all sides. He specifically targeted places that would be busy during the winter vacation and Spring Festival, and finally found an amusement park called “Happy World” in the city center. Yu Hao was dressed in a butler uniform from Kuroshitsuji. He was holding up a sign as he acted as a guide and had to coax the crying children who were running around. Meanwhile, Zhou Sheng was making popcorn and barbecuing chicken wings with a bored expression on his face.
“I’ll switch with you, daily wages for barbecuing are higher too.” When they were eating the lunch prepared for the staff, Zhou Sheng’s heart ached a little when he saw how exhausted Yu Hao was from guiding people around the park.
“I don’t cook as well as you do.” Yu Hao answered, “In order to not betray everyone’s expectations, we can’t swap!”
Before the seventh day of the New Year, Yu Hao’s daily wages amounted to 300 while Zhou Sheng got 360.
Within the short span of three days, Zhou Sheng’s barbecued chicken wings had become a new favourite in the amusement park. Everyday, he would even personally barbecue a whole chicken for Yu Hao to eat. The second afternoon after Zhou Sheng began barbecuing meat, the long, winding queue that lined up for his stall was nearly 50 meters long. However, on the third day, Zhou Sheng began to find it troublesome and wanted to stop barbecuing.
Pay raise! The manager quickly played his trump card, and increased Zhou Sheng’s wages by 120 yuan. Zhou Sheng didn’t really care about it. He always transferred his daily wages directly to Yu Hao and let him be responsible for managing the money. He didn’t carry money on him, so if he needed to pay for something, he’d ask Yu Hao to pay.
It was not until three days before college resumed that the manager reluctantly let them go, and even asked Zhou Sheng to visit them frequently. Zhou Sheng just said ‘okay okay I got it’ plainly showing his annoyance, before he and Yu Hao left with their arms around each other’s shoulders.
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“We earned more than 8,000!” On the last morning, Yu Hao was bursting with joy after he received their wages. Zhou Sheng received more than 5,000, while he received more than 3,000. Zhou Sheng sighed ruefully, “Money isn’t that hard to earn ma.”
“So it’s really important to have a special skill.” Yu Hao said with a smile. He had still benefited from his association with Zhou Sheng this time. At the very least, his expenses for this semester were settled.
“But it’s not like I can barbecue chicken wings forever.” In contrast, Zhou Sheng was rather sober.
Yu Hao suddenly snapped out of his daze and looked at Zhou Sheng. He understood the meaning behind his words. He has lived in fear of poverty since he was a child, and as a result, he has always focused all his time and energy on earning money without even realising it himself. A student’s duty was to study, not just to be satisfied with a few thousand dollars in remuneration from part-time work.
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Chen Yekai had said something similar before, but Yu Hao had spent his entire winter vacation on working and earning money for the next semester’s living expenses. Although he could take pride in providing for himself, he had missed a lot of opportunities to learn new things during the holidays.
“Alright.” Zhou Sheng saw that Yu Hao seemed a bit dejected, so he patted his back forcefully, “Let’s eat a good meal later! Then you’ll feel better.”
“You’re right.”
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Under Zhou Sheng’s guidance, Yu Hao struggled to cut his steak. They had ordered a 1kg Angus steak, and Zhou Sheng taught him to hold his fork with his left hand and a knife in his right.
Yu Hao spoke as he cut his steak, “I need to start planning for my future, I can’t always be satisfied with just working part-time.”
“Why are you saying that all of a sudden?” Zhou Sheng said, “I was just mentioning it casually, you’re not treating it seriously ba?”
Yu Hao said, “But I really am at a loss, General.”
When Zhou Sheng heard that form of address, he suddenly became serious. Yu Hao rarely called him that, and they seldom discussed the dreamscapes. But aside from being Yu Hao’s friend, he had also assumed another identity —— Yu Hao had always regarded him as the one who could show him the way when he felt lost.
“What I want to do in the future.” Yu Hao said seriously, “The kind of person I want to be, what I like……these are all really difficult to convey. It’s just, I want……un……”