Ch111.1 - Future (2/2)

Mama Zhou would raise both hands to support anything that could piss Zhou Laichun off to death.

“Then……we’ll have to work hard.”

During the New Year, Zhou Sheng smiled a bit sadly as he watched Yu Hao come up with a new plan for their life.

“Let’s study now then.” Yu Hao answered.

Everyone has a phase in their lives where they would need to completely break away from the support of their family, walk away, and face the passing of time independently.

Yu Hao had already experienced it when he graduated from high school, but Zhou Sheng never had. In this respect, Yu Hao was relatively precocious compared to his peers. This was why most of the time, a tacit understanding would emerge between him and Chen Yekai. After all, both of them were people who had undergone this period of maturation, so they shared this common experience.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

When they went to pay their New Year’s greetings on the fifth day of the year, Yu Hao told Chen Yekai what had happened. Chen Yekai smiled as he said, “Next, you’ll just have to wait for Zhou Sheng’s father to offer his proposal. Guess how much money he’ll smash in your face?”

Yu Hao said helplessly, “Of course I won’t even take a single penny.”

Chen Yekai said, “I’ll give you an idea, I guarantee he won’t be able to do anything to you after that.”

After listening to him, Zhou Sheng appreciated Chen Yekai’s “idea” very much, but Yu Hao was still a little worried.

He knew that Zhou Sheng needed time to adjust. Ever since the day they got together, Zhou Sheng had been trying his best to understand and learn how to play the role of a man who would assume the responsibility of constructing a family. Logically speaking, it would be much better if they could peacefully tide over this period. However, the transition period after entering society was generally not a peaceful one for most people. The change in circumstance is like a sudden blow to the face, and it would shatter the self-esteem that they used to be so proud of.

Yu Hao had already been mercilessly smashed by that hammer before, but he didn’t want to let Zhou Sheng get hit by it too. It was truly too painful.

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Chen Yekai, Ou Qihang, Huang Ting, Xiao Yujun, Fu Liqun……Yu Hao had learnt a lot from his friends, which made him adjust his life goals.

During his time in university, he just needed enough money to sustain himself; studying should be his top priority, he couldn’t waste too much time on working. Thus, Yu Hao no longer spent too much time on part-time jobs or pursuing material desires, and instead fulfilled his role as a student. Once he got good grades, he would be able to hold his head up higher in front of Xue Long and wouldn’t be looked down upon by the teachers and students in college.

A year passed by almost in the blink of an eye. Under Yu Hao’s persuasion, Zhou Sheng converted their two-person Australia vacation into prize money. Their plane tickets couldn’t be refunded, so they could only change their reservation, and they temporarily set the funds for their hotel aside as a backup for their living expenses. Zhou Sheng couldn’t convince Yu Hao, so he could only give in.

“You’re so smart,” Yu Hao said to Zhou Sheng, “You’re definitely capable of studying business.”

“Don’t mention business to me.” Zhou Sheng was a little irritated. Yu Hao didn’t know what business ever did to him. Zhou Sheng was very good at mathematics, and Yu Hao sometimes felt that he was even better than Chen Yekai at it. However, Zhou Sheng didn’t want to be a programmer and learn programming, and he was even less inclined to seriously focus on academic research. Yu Hao thought about it over and over and found that only business would suit him.

Every time he mentioned getting Zhou Sheng to study finance though, Zhou Sheng resisted the idea, so Yu Hao couldn’t urge him about it. In the end, Zhou Sheng chose an English course by himself and was ready to get better at it before advancing to Business-level English. His reasoning was that it would be more convenient to take Yu Hao abroad next time to travel the world……

The gingko trees on the sidewalk outside their house turned yellow again; the pear blossoms withered and bloomed. After some time, Fu Liqun began contacting Cen Shan again, and they would meet up once in awhile “as friends”, have a meal, and didn’t go get a room.

Neither side mentioned the possibility of reconciling, nor did they sever their ties completely. Yu Hao thought, what kind of relationship does that count as? Ultimately though, this was Fu Liqun’s private matter, so he and Zhou Sheng couldn’t comment on it.

Yu Hao knew that Fu Liqun must still love Cen Shan. Both of them should have set some certain conditions and yielded to each other some time.

Fu Liqun usually had a good time hanging out with Li Yangming and would occasionally not go out with Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao. His time could be considered to be split 30-70, 30% for Li Yangming, and he would take him out for a meal and shopping from time to time.

Yu Hao understands that Fu Liqun didn’t want to disturb his time with Zhou Sheng, and Zhou Sheng did say that everyone has their own goals in life and didn’t force Fu Liqun to go out with them all the time. In any case, Fu Liqun would return at night when it was time to sleep.