Chapter 305
Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth
There were merely twenty minutes from the moment he finished calling until he got ready to go out .
"How long will my girlfriend need if she goes out in future?" Yuan Zhou was fairly curious .
He thought that while walking . He was dressed casually this time . Dressed in the clean beige casual pants and a white T-shirt, he stood at the crossing and waited for Jiang Changxi .
In a little while, a green taxi stopped in front of Yuan Zhou after a sound of "Zi" .
"Whoops! You look so handsome in the suit today . Are you going home for a blind date?" Seated in the back seat, Jiang Changxi directly opened the car door at the back row and teased Yuan Zhou when she saw him .
"No . I’m dressed like that every day . " Yuan Zhou said with a serious expression .
"Haw-haw . Boss Yuan is also a man of narcissism . " Jiang Changxi sat backward deeper into the seat to let Yuan Zhou in .
"No . I’m just telling the truth . " Yuan Zhou straightened his back upright when he got in the car .
"Ok . Take it easy . It’s only a joke . " Jiang Changxi looked Yuan Zhou with an amused manner .
"Humm, thank you . How much is the fare?" While the car was pulling away slowly, Yuan Zhou looked at the taximeter that was turned off and suddenly asked .
"300 RMB for a round trip . Waiting time will be charged separately . " Jiang Changxi answered cleanly .
"I will have to trouble you to wait for me, Master . I’m going back in the evening," Yuan Zhou considered the places he needed to go for a while and then said that .
"No problem . Don’t worry . You are the friend of Jiang Changxi and I will definitely give you a good price . " While Master Bai was waiting for the green light, he turned the head and said to Yuan Zhou smilingly .
"Sorry to be a bother," Yuan Zhou answered courteously .
"Not at all, young man . " With a smiling face, Master Bai should probably have thought of or misunderstood something .
"Ok . " Yuan Zhou then answered with a nod .
When the red light changed green, the car continued moving forward . However, it was quite quiet in the car .
There was slight tiredness on the face of Jiang Changxi . Looking closely, one could even see inconspicuous dark eye circles on her face . After she teased Yuan Zhou as a routine activity, she leaned back in the seat and closed her eyes for a rest .
Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou just sat in the back seat and stared somewhere blankly .
Actually, Chengdu wasn’t far from Meishan . It took only a little more than 1 hour to get there by bus and 40 minutes by car .
However, Yuan Zhou hadn’t been there for six years . After he graduated from the senior school there, he hadn’t been back anymore .
Meishan was the hometown of Yuan Zhou . At that time, however, Yuan Zhou was reluctant to go back even for the Chinese New Year . He had no house there and besides, his parents didn’t have other relatives there .
Even his parents went back to the hometown only on Tomb-Sweeping Day to burn joss sticks to their ancestors . Basically, Yuan Zhou was either studying in the school or believing it was all right to go back next time .
After his parents died, Yuan Zhou was more reluctant to go back as he would feel very depressed at that prospect .
However, there was actually not only sadness, but also more happiness over there .
Whether it was the cozy memory with his family members or with his friends and classmates, good memories were always more than the bad memories .
Therefore, Yuan Zhou decided to go back to his hometown in a hurry .
Yet, speaking of returning to the hometown, there wasn’t any matter of hurry .
"Young man, we are in Meishan now . Where do you guys want to go?" Master Bai’s words interrupted Yuan Zhou’s deep thought .
"So quickly . Where are you getting off, Boss Yuan?" Jiang Changxi sat straight and asked curiously .
"Drop me at Jinyi Road . How about you?" Yuan Zhou directly told them the main avenue of Meishan and then turned around to look at Jiang Changxi .
"I will go there with you first," Jiang Changxi checked the time and then said that .
"Alright . We’ll be there right away . " After Master Bai said that, the car was pulled away steadily to the main avenue .
Although the avenues of Meishan weren’t asphalt roads, they were nevertheless flat cement floors . The stores at both sides of the avenues appeared to have been through many years .
"Doesn’t look bad . " It was the first time that Jiang Changxi came to Meishan . As soon as she got off the car, she said conveniently .
"Not bad, huh? Facilities in this place are quite complete . " Yuan Zhou answered and continued .
"Really?" Jiang Changxi nodded the head .
The simple answer of Jiang Changxi enabled Yuan Zhou to start a conversation .
The place might be much too familiar to Yuan Zhou . He didn’t even find any change in the stores . Suddenly, Yuan Zhou became interested in talking and thus directly started to introduce the place .
"Speaking of which, I often came here when I was in the senior school . This photo studio offered terrible service, but it’s surprisingly still open now . " When Yuan Zhou said that, he smiled once in a blue moon .
"Since you have said its service is poor, it definitely is . " Jiang Changxi echoed .
"Of course . But the photographer of this studio is very interesting . " Yuan Zhou said that justly when he recalled the photographer’s glib tongue when he came to take photos at that time .
"See this store? This was a cybercafe . It looks that it has obtained its license now . " Yuan Zhou said in a low voice while pointing at a small store with its shop sigh of Heng Long Cybercafe .
"Formerly, there was a stall over here . The boss was an easy-going granny . She liked drinking liquor, but she cooked very delicious hot and sour rice noodles . At that time, I came for a bowl of that every day after the classes were over . "
"So much has changed . They have made several empty rooms into a small market . Speaking of which, the secret base of us boys was right here . "
"Haw-haw . The tree is still here . Look, its characteristic of being hit by thunders is still so impressive . "
"It’s the renting bookstore . With a deposit of 10 RMB, it charged 1 RMB per day . I once had a book confiscated by my teacher and the pledge of 10 RMB was then lost . I felt sorrowful for quite a while at that time . "
Then, Yuan Zhou introduced all the stores along the main avenue without ceasing .
It was the first time that Jiang Changxi saw Yuan Zhou behaving like that . He was simply too talkative . Unexpectedly, he appeared to be more humane now .
After they walked through the side streets, there appeared several white shabby buildings that were barely visible in front of them .
"Right in front of us is my school . Do you want to go there to look around?" Yuan Zhou stood at the end of the street and then said .
"Ok . " Without any hesitation, Jiang Changxi nodded the head .
"I once studied here, but now it’s surprisingly closed down now . " Yuan Zhou’s tone carried some reminiscence and unknown sentimental feeling .
"The quality of the buildings is very good . " Jiang Changxi suddenly heaved an unrelated sigh .
"Umm?" Yuan Zhou became dumbfounded instantly .
"It’s definitely in the 1980s when you studied here, right?" Jiang Changxi looked carefully at Yuan Zhou and then said .
" . . . " Yuan Zhou suddenly felt all the sentimental feelings vanishing .
Then he brought her and walked toward the school without speaking anything .
Jiang Changxi followed him behind quietly .
"They seem to have rotted out . There were formerly several wooden buildings here, gazebos actually . " Yuan Zhou pointed at some rotten wood and said .
"Humm," Jiang Changxi nodded her head dumbly .
"This was the teaching building, but our school didn’t have a library . " Pointing at the main teaching building, Yuan Zhou introduced almost every place inside like a full-time tour guide .
"Wonderful . " Jiang Changxi was likewise a careful listener .
It was getting dark slowly . The two of them wandered about in the school for several hours .
During the period, Jiang Changxi listened to him constantly while Yuan Zhou talked excitedly . They appeared to be quite harmonious .
"Speaking of which, we were all students that lived here . The male dormitories were really not bad . Six people lived in one dormitory . " Yuan Zhou pointed at the building behind the main teaching building and told her .
"Coo . " Just when Jiang Changxi wanted to say something, her stomach suddenly sounded out of turn .
They fell silent for an instant .
The sound broke the excited mood of Yuan Zhou . Not until then did he react that he had surprisingly chattered without stop for several hours like that .
He looked at Jiang Changxi and found she still looked as usual without an expression of boredom . With that, Yuan Zhou felt rather embarrassed as it was anyway quite annoying to hear others babbling .
Not to mention he had gabbled on for several hours .
"Sorry . Let me treat you to dinner . " With a frown, Yuan Zhou said seriously and solemnly .
He wasn’t satisfied with his deeds and hence wanted to compensate Jiang Changxi .
"Haw-haw . Never mind . Aren’t you going to take me to your dormitory to have a look?" Jiang Changxi asked while pointing at an abandoned building at the side .
"No need . Nobody is in now, anyway . " Yuan Zhou took a look at the small shabby building and said with a frustrated tone .
"You have many classmates, right? You are supposedly the one who’s living the best among your fellow students . Don’t you want to hold a gathering and show off your well-being now?" Jiang Changxi suggested smilingly .
"It’s really a candid suggestion . " Yuan Zhou indicated that he didn’t even know how to respond .
"Of course . A person of great conscience and a piece of suggestion of great conscience . " Jiang Changxi answered mischievously .
"The atmosphere was totally ruined by you . " Yuan Zhou was rather speechless .
After quite a while, Yuan Zhou said lightly, "Thank you for your comfort . "
"You are welcome . This understanding elder sister is nice, isn’t it?" Jiang Changxi smiled and revealed two inconspicuous dimples .
"Absolutely . " Yuan Zhou nodded the head .
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