Chapter 354: A Trip to the Old Place

Chapter 354: A Trip to the Old Place

Chapter 354: A Trip to the Old Place
The student who saw Chen Chuan first said excitedly: "Senior, are you back from vacation?"

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Yes, I just got back yesterday."

Seeing the new students around him confused, the dormitory teacher smiled and said, "This is your senior. Let me remind you, he is the one who entered the central city last year."

Last year, Central City?

The students' eyes lit up.

"It's Senior Chen Chuan!"

As one person shouted, all the students became extremely excited, and their eyes turned toward Chen Chuan with admiration.

What happened to Chen Chuan last year was quite a sensation, with extensive coverage in newspapers. In addition, he was the first civilian student admitted to the Central City in recent decades, so this was enough to be called an inspirational legend. Students who aspired to be admitted to Wuyi all took him as their goal.

Although these students who were preparing for the re-examination had never seen him, they had always heard about him from others and old students, so how could they not be excited after seeing him.

I was very grateful in my heart. If I hadn't come here today, I might not have met this senior.

Chen Chuan smiled slightly and said, "My fellow students, I wish you all good luck in your upcoming exams. I hope you will all have the opportunity to study at the Central City Headquarters in the future."

"Thank you, senior!" After hearing what he said, these students who were only fifteen or sixteen years old were immediately filled with fighting spirit, "We will definitely work hard!"

Chen Chuan then walked up to the dormitory teacher and said, "Teacher, are Luo, Feng, and Wei here?"

The dormitory supervisor said, "Student Luo has gone home for the holiday, and Student Wei has been working with Wu Han on a commission recently. Student Feng is here, and is helping to prepare for tomorrow's retest."

Chen Chuan nodded.

The dormitory supervisor gestured upwards and said, "Would you like to stay upstairs for a while? Your key is still with me. Your dormitory has been empty until the entire semester next year. You can move back in if you want. This is a special approval from the school administration."

Chen Chuanyi changed his mind and understood the school's approach. If it were a normal situation, he might still be in school and would have to complete a full year before graduating.

He shook his head and said, "No need, let's leave it to more suitable students."

The dormitory supervisor smiled and said, "Maybe there will be one in the future, but now you are the only one who is qualified to live there. Other students will not live there even if you ask them to.

Let’s not talk about this anymore. These are just trivial matters. How do you feel after being in the central city for more than half a year?”

Chen Chuanshuo said: "I have seen a lot of things. If I hadn't gone there, I would never know how big the outside world is. The light there is more dazzling, and the colorful colors can infect the depths of a person's soul. Moreover, the steps are very high, so high that you may fall from it if you are not careful."

The dormitory supervisor nodded silently.

He could understand it, but the students next to him couldn't quite follow it.

Chen Chuan took out a wrapped item and handed it over. "I don't have anything good to give you this time. Please accept this small gift."

The dormitory supervisor didn't hesitate and smiled, "Then I'll take it."

Chen Chuan chatted with him for a few more words, and seeing that he had something else to do, he said, "Teacher is busy with something, I'll leave first." He said hello to the students again, and left the dormitory building amid the voices of "Goodbye, senior."

After coming out, he originally wanted to go see Feng Xiaoqi, but after thinking about it, the latter should still be busy, and if he got there, he probably wouldn't be able to get away for a long time, it would just be a waste of time to disturb other people's work, so he decided to give up.

Why not find some time to call Wei Changan, Senior Brother Ren, and the members of the original team out for a meal and get together.

After making up his mind, he walked towards the parking lot.

I don't know if it was because he was touched or because he was in a good mood, but after walking around, the fascinating aura around him had subsided a lot without him noticing.

After getting on the car, he drove out of the school, thought for a while, stopped by the roadside, came to the phone booth, and made a call. After a while, a pleasant female voice came out: "Who is this?"

Chen Chuan said: "Senior sister, it's me, Chen Chuan."

"Junior Chen?" He Nan responded quickly and said, "It's vacation time now. Are you... in Yangzhi?"

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Yes, I would like to take some time to come and see you, Senior Sister, Director Lei, and Xiao Ying. When is convenient?"

He Nan smiled and said, "Old Lei will be very happy to know that you are back. He is not busy recently and will have time on this day off. You can come when the time comes. Remember not to bring anything. Old Lei doesn't like it."

Chen Chuanshuo said, "Okay, senior sister." After saying a few words, he hung up the phone.

On the other side, the dormitory supervisor finished his work, sent away the still excited students, took the things sent by Chen, opened the package, and found that it was a photo album.

They were all photos taken by Chen Chuan in the central city, including the Xuangong Building, the Rift Wave Canyon, the tram station, and the abandoned building of the Molan Company. Below them were a few words written by the student Chen Chuan.

He smiled. Forget about the stack of photos. The key is these words, which he must keep well.

After Chen Chuan came out of the phone booth, he went to a nearby newsstand and bought a few newspapers. He flipped through them in the car. He was used to the fast information dissemination and inquiry in the central city, and he was a little uncomfortable when he suddenly returned to Yangzhi. If he wanted to know any news, he could only consult industry insiders and professionals. What he learned from the newspaper was at most some fragmented things.

As it was almost noon, he decided not to go back for lunch. After thinking about it, he drove towards a certain place and found a Han's Restaurant at an intersection. He took a look and saw that it was almost lunchtime and there were many customers, so business was good.

There was a family of three busying around inside, and a little girl about ten years old was helping to serve the dishes. Although she was young, her movements were very skillful.

Chen Chuan took off his wide-brimmed hat, got out of the car and entered the restaurant.

Seeing him come in, a middle-aged man with white temples and wrinkles on his face immediately wiped his hands with a cloth, walked up from behind, and said with a smile: "Sir, what do you want to eat?"

Chen Chuan looked at the dishes posted on the wall and ordered a few. After sitting down, he whispered, "I heard that the homemade beef at Han's Restaurant is good."

"Then you have come to the right place, sir. Our beef is top-notch." The middle-aged man wrote down his order with a pen. "Please wait a moment, sir." Then he went to the kitchen to cook.

Chen Chuan just waited for a while, and the little girl came up with the dishes. After placing them steadily on the table, she said, "Big brother, are you Wu Yi's?"

Chen Chuan looked at her and asked, "Why do you ask that?"

"Because I've seen some of Wu Yi's older brothers, some of them are as tall as me."

Chen Chuan asked: "Are there many Wu Yi brothers coming here to eat?"

"Yes, they all say he is my brother's classmate." While the little girl was talking, the middle-aged man was wiping the table silently without saying anything.

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Big brother, me too."

"Really?"

Chen Chuan said solemnly: "Really."

"Xiaolan, don't disturb big brother while he's eating. Go and help serve the dishes." The middle-aged man spoke.

"Okay, Dad."

Chen Chuan took the chopsticks out of the chopstick container and tasted it slowly. The Han family beef was indeed delicious, just like the one he had eaten on the day of the re-examination, only fresher and with more flavor.

After the meal, he paid the bill and walked out. He drove out of the city again, heading north, and turned on the radio to listen to the news.

Most of the news was about people's livelihood, but after listening for a while, news about a resistance organization appeared again, and it was said that the Police Bureau was preparing to encircle and eliminate the resistance organization's stronghold outside the city.

When he was chatting with Nian Fuli yesterday, the latter also mentioned this, saying that although the Bloodstain Gang and Molan Company had collapsed, the resistance organizations still existed, but they were not as aggressive as before, and basically did not operate in Yangzhi City.

Rather than being the strongholds of resistance organizations, those places were more like spontaneous armaments formed by villagers outside the city to guard against armed groups in the wilderness. Since the people in the city could not protect them, they would of course find ways to protect themselves.

The police department knew what was going on, so they didn't make things difficult for them.

However, the new chief instructor seemed to be very concerned about this and repeatedly urged the police to go out and carry out a crackdown. The dispute is still ongoing.

According to Nian Fuli, this chief instructor seems to have a background in the National Temporary Special Operations Committee. He came here with some power and has been forming his own team in recent days.

The car drove for about twenty minutes and stopped in front of a small river bend. He looked ahead and realized that he hadn't been to the old house for more than half a year, and it was still the same as before.

After getting off the car, he took out the key and opened the door. The moment he walked in, he suddenly saw an extra shadow on the ground, as if there was another person standing next to him.

He ignored it, went inside to get the tools and cleaned the house inside and out, then started the algae oil generator in the basement, boiled a kettle of water, made a cup of tea, came out with a chair and sat down under the eaves.

The weather in July and August should be very hot, but there are many trees here and a stream not far away, so it is quite cool under the shade of the trees.

He drank his tea slowly, enjoying the unique tranquility.

Although he had obtained an address left by his previous parents, he had never gone there because he felt that he was not strong enough.

If someone were watching him, it would be problematic to go there. But now he was the third limit. After returning this time and understanding some necessary information, he could go there and see what was left there.

This is the intersection of his life and death. It is here that the two parallel selves in my world merge into one. As he sat here quietly, the overflowing aura from his body was gradually restrained by him, returning to his previous simplicity and naturalness, but his eyes became brighter.

After finishing a cup of tea, he looked down at his feet. There was still only a shadow there, as if the extra one just now was just an illusion.

He stayed here until nearly five o'clock. He then got up, put his things back, tidied up, closed the door, and drove away to the sound of wind blowing through the leaves and the stream flowing.

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(End of this chapter)