Ch85.2 - Troubles (1/2)
Yu Hao was still thinking about Xiao Yujun’s offer as he toasted Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun.
Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.
“You’re going to be a reporter?” Fu Liqun stared at Yu Hao with a baffled face, “But you just started your sophomore year?”
“It’s not confirmed yet.” Yu Hao said, “This year I still need to attend classes, d……date, play a three-person basketball match, and learn skateboarding.” Yu Hao held his forehead with one hand. His university life really was as Xiao Yujun had said, it was way too colourful.
Fu Liqun said, “Ai you’re really living your life to the fullest.”
Zhou Sheng said, “I need to find a part-time job too.”
“Cheers, cheers.” Yu Hao was so hungry he couldn’t stand it anymore, and the three of them started eating. It was a decadent National Day holiday; Zhou Sheng wanted to go out for a walk, but Fu Liqun reminded the two that once it neared National Day, it would be extremely crowded outside. They would just be spending money to suffer if they went out, so they might as well go to an Internet cafe or play basketball in school.
“I’ll accompany you to the newspaper office later?” Zhou Sheng asked.
“I haven’t made a decision.” Yu Hao said, “Still considering it.”
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“Go ba.” Zhou Sheng took some food for Yu Hao, “I can tell you kind of want to go.”
Yu Hao realised that Zhou Sheng was just like a puppy in heat when his desires were aroused. But after he obtained release, he would regain his calm steadiness again and wouldn’t be as talkative, as if he was constantly preoccupied with something.
Fu Liqun was a bit wilted and had clearly just been reprimanded by his parents. “Gege wants to find something to do too. Young Master, let’s go set up a stall?”
Zhou Sheng, “……”
Fu Liqun, “I never know what to do with myself all day long, I’m bored stiff.”
“You start grumbling when sis-in-law isn’t around.” Yu Hao smiled, “But once you meet her after her training is over, you’ll feel better.”
Fu Liqun said, “To tell you the truth, today my Dad asked me what I wanted to do after graduation, how I wanted to be with Cen Shan, and even talked about meeting her parents, then I began to think……that I’m really a good-for-nothing, and that I’m a disgrace to my parents.”
Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao listened quietly. Zhou Sheng said, “You just became a sophomore, there’s still some years ahead of you so there’s no need to hurry.”
Fu Liqun said, “It’s not too early. When I recall the day I confessed to your sis-in-law five years ago, it all just seems like it happened yesterday. I keep feeling like I’ve just enrolled in college, do you remember? On the opening day last year, four of us from our dorm ate hot pot in this shop as well, and just within a blink of an eye, a year has already passed.”
Of the people in their dormitory, one completed the formalities the moment he started freshman year to drop out and went abroad; the other was from a demolition household who would use the Internet at his friend’s house and didn’t even attend classes. In the end, he failed all his subjects, was persuaded to withdraw, and seemed to vanish from the face of the earth. Zhou Sheng even thought that something had happened to him on several occasions, and after a few calls, he confirmed that he just didn’t want to attend college, so he left him be.
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Fu Liqun, “……”
Zhou Sheng, “……”
“It’s the holidays, don’t do that!” Fu Liqun wailed, “And I was even thinking about going to the bar tonight together to play!”
Yu Hao, “……”
Yu Hao thought that he was really way too busy this semester. If he took the part-time job Xiao Yujun offered him, then he would have to skip classes from time to time to accompany her for interviews. If he had known about this sooner, he wouldn’t have signed up for the skateboarding club this year. After dinner, Xiao Yujun especially went to the bar to look for him. She had been running around the entire day and only got off work at 10pm.
“You’ve had to suffer quite a bit.” Zhou Sheng said, “What do you want to drink?”
“What else can I do but suffer?” Xiao Yujun smiled, “I need to make a living to support myself and buy a house. If I take advantage of these two years to make a quick profit and buy a small apartment, I’ll feel more at ease. You little young masters don’t eat the food of common mortals; your families have already paved a path for you guys, so of course you won’t have to worry about such things.”
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Zhou Sheng didn’t know if he should laugh or cry and didn’t respond. Xiao Yujun said, “Yu Hao, come, let’s have a casual chat ba.”
Yu Hao knew that Xiao Yujun’s ‘casual chat’ was basically a simple interview. The two of them moved to a corner. Yu Hao talked about his schedule this semester. He really was very busy, but Xiao Yujun said that the job could be adjusted according to his schedule and even showed him a list of possible topics. Yu Hao glanced through it, and he was interested in all of them……
7 topics in the first issue: first, ‘the psychological analysis and reasons behind adolescents’ chase for fame using a model in which people scramble over online celebrities’; Yu Hao has actually met one of the interviewees — Huang Jinya’s best friend, Bei Xiaozhou.
Next is the analysis of adolescents’ problems with communication, high school sexual behaviour and pregnancy diagnoses, ‘boys brought up by the poor’ and ‘boys brought up by the rich’, what students with poor academic performance did when they grew up, please don’t take the bottle of drink from the roof of the car……
Yu Hao thought that all these topics were so appealing to him that he couldn’t refuse any of them.
“Then give me your timetable ba.” Xiao Yujun said, “I’ll get the interns to arrange your schedule for you.”
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“Okay then.” Until now, Yu Hao still hasn’t asked Xiao Yujun how much he would be paid, but the money wasn’t that important anymore.