Chapter 30 You are awesome
Chapter 30 You are awesome
Edogawa Ranpo surprised the editor-in-chief of "Years of Reasoning", and Gu Lu was also shocked by Fan Xiaotian.
"Xiaotian, why do you look so sad?" Gu Lu asked.
"Because I went home yesterday and told my dad that you won the first prize in the provincial essay competition and your novel was published in Story Club, so I asked him to give me more pocket money." Fan Xiaotian felt aggrieved, "But he confiscated my phone again and said that my Chinese grades were not good... He said it was all because of the phone."
"Why do you have to wrongly blame something that can't talk? It's obviously my fault that I can't learn, I can't control myself, and I just want to play." Fan Xiaotian felt indignant for his cell phone.
"..." There were so many things to complain about that Gu Lu didn't know where to start.
But Gu Lu's mind flashed with the scene of "The Legend of Zhen Huan". "It was I who insisted on marrying Chun Yuan. It was I who insisted on making her my wife. It was I..."
"Come on, I'll take you somewhere at noon today." Gu Lu said, retracting his gaze.
"Where? The fat boss's place?" Fan Xiaotian guessed.
"If it's the fat boss, is it necessary to be so mysterious?" Gu Lu said.
That makes sense. Fan Xiaotian didn’t ask any more questions and just followed behind. The main purpose was to save himself from worry.
On the road, I met a group of elementary school students who were going on a spring outing. The line was like a long dragon. The teacher was walking on the side of the sidewalk close to the road. He wished he had three more pairs of eyes to check the direction, for fear that something might happen to the students in his class.
"We went on a spring outing in the first and second year of junior high school, but not in the third year. I remember we went to Gele Mountain Zhazidong in the second year, and we..." Fan Xiaotian seemed to have suddenly been mute-buttoned, because he remembered that Gu Lu next to him had not been there.
"Zhazidong and Baigongguan? That would require climbing a mountain, which must be tiring, right?" Gu Lu asked.
"It's quite tiring. Many women have fallen behind," said Fan Xiaotian.
Gu Lu would never betray the fact that the original owner cried for a long time at home. He said, "Then I feel relieved. I'm alone at home on vacation, I've played all day, and I don't have any homework."
"I'm so tired. If I had known this, I would have stayed at home." Fan Xiaotian sighed heavily. It takes a one and a half hour climb to get to Baigonguan. Even though a junior high school student is full of energy, he has no experience and doesn't know how to allocate his energy, so it's very tiring.
Fan Xiaotian knew that many boys in the class wanted to show off by running to the front to "investigate the situation", then running out again, going back and forth, and helping female classmates carry snack bags... and when they were two-thirds of the way there, they lay on the ground and couldn't get up.
On the way, they talked about other students' embarrassing stories. They certainly couldn't talk about their own. Fan Xiaotian had to carry too many snacks and was exhausted, so he didn't say a word.
Others may think running around is silly, but they may even think it is very cool. This is youth.
Gu Fan and his companion walked for about twenty minutes and arrived at the Ferry Park, but Gu Lu did not stop. He crossed the alley next to it and continued walking inside for a few minutes.
"What are you doing here?" Fan Xiaotian looked at the building in front of him.
The building was set back deep into the road, hidden by the trees that had grown over the boundary on both sides.
If there wasn't someone leading the way, Fan Xiaotian would never have walked in here.
"Rehabilitation Training Center?" Fan Xiaotian read the dusty sign.
From the outside it looks like a shabby place.
"This is a place set up by the municipal government for elderly widows and widowers who are still in good health. They teach them a skill so that they can support themselves," Gu Lu explained.
"Is your grandfather in there?" Fan Xiaotian turned his head and asked.
"…Lonely old man, lonely old man, if my grandfather were still alive, would I also say lonely?" Gu Lu said, "I am here to volunteer and help."
"Fuck, fuck." Fan Xiaotian said, "You really got this real."
"I'm going to participate in an essay competition soon. Whether it works out or not, it's going to be a bit of a detour to come here next time, so I'm coming here for the last time today." Gu Lu said. "I understand the reason, but why did you ask me to come along?" Fan Xiaotian asked sincerely.
"We share happiness and hardships. You ate my hot and sour noodles yesterday and you are moving oranges with me today. Is that reasonable?" Gu Lu replied.
Hearing this, Fan Xiaotian looked at Gu Lu in surprise and said, "I can also come to move the day after tomorrow, or how about we do it tomorrow?"
It was true that he came once or twice a month, but the original owner could hardly take care of himself, so he didn't come every month to show his love - at least according to his memory, he came in the hope of having a hearty meal after he was done with his work.
The reason why he didn't come here every day was because he wasn't thick-skinned enough... The original owner felt that he had taken great advantage.
"If human cubs were an attribute table, the original owner must have at least the maximum level of survivability," Gu Lu muttered to himself. When he saw empty bottles on the street, he had an unconscious reaction to pick them up and sell them for money.
Gu Lu helped copy homework and worked as a volunteer at the center in exchange for meals. He also planned to sell all the plastic bottles that were taking up space in the corridor. He had ended the behaviors that the original owner relied on for a living. It was progress, but why did he feel a little upset?
Gu Lu couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it for the time being and walked into the center. According to his memory, he was familiar with the place. He greeted the elderly and staff, and quickly found out what he could do.
Fan Xiaotian and Gu Lu are both capable of doing tasks like carrying fruits.
They worked hard for about forty minutes, sweating. They were really hungry. They finished their lunch while panting, and then Gu Fan and the others left.
This place will probably be demolished in a few years. It is close to the park and next to the city hall, so the land should be quite valuable.
He had just finished his meal and didn't want to run back, so Gu Lu prepared to spend a huge amount of money to take a three-wheeled motorcycle to school.
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind, interrupting Gu Lu's movement towards the three-wheeled motorcycle on the side of the road.
"Gu Lu, are you coming to the park to play too?"
Zhang Yudong, Wang Hongming (the one with dance expertise), and Chen Xue, all with pudding ice cream in their mouths, were squatting on the curb, looking like typical second-rate people.
It was the voice of the former financial sponsor.
Hmm? They don't think they look cool squatting in a row, do they? Well, maybe, Gu Lu thought as he looked at the expressions of the three people.
"Come here to take care of something." Gu Lu said, "Why did you come to the park?"
"It's different now that we won the first prize, so we came here to do things." Chen Xue joked. Unlike Wang Jianhua, her words were not malicious. "We were bored, so we walked around and ended up here."
Ferry Park is about 20 minutes away from No. 37 Middle School. Just take a walk? Gu Lu couldn't understand.
"We are running out of time. The first class in the afternoon is Teacher Yan's. If you are late, you will be punished by standing." Gu Lu reminded.
Fan Xiaotian stood aside without saying a word. He talked a lot to people he was familiar with, but they were not familiar with each other... and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
"After eating the ice cream, we ran over there," Zhang Yudong said, "for the excitement."
"How about a competition? Whoever runs last will get tapped on the head by someone." Wang Hongming suggested, "Whoever comes first will be considered the best."
"Okay, it's decided." Wang Hongming didn't ask for other people's opinions and agreed to it on his own behalf.
Oh my god, don’t think that just because you are the tallest in Class 5 and 1.75 meters tall you can do whatever you want!
“No, no…” Before Gu Lu could finish his refusal, he heard a “bang” noise. Four or five steps to their left, an old man who had just come out of the center overturned his human-powered tricycle while trying to avoid a child who rushed out.
The old man was fine. He staggered a few steps but managed to stand firm. However, two large woven baskets of oranges were scattered all over the ground.
Gu Lu and Zhang Yudong reacted almost instinctively and stepped forward to help pick up oranges.
(End of this chapter)