Assistant Architect Chapter 77

Assistant Architect by Xi He Qing Ling

Chapter 77: Childhood Friends

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“Sisi! What are you doing here?” The young man was pleasantlysurprised.

Zhang Siyi was startled for a minute and was silent. He was searchingthrough his memories for the name of the person standing before him. “BrotherTian?” The youth eagerly grabbed him and rubbed his head and patted hisshoulder. Since the other person grew so tall, he felt like a baby chick, lostin the other person's arms. However, Zhang Siyi is also excited to see an oldneighbor who he hasn't seen for more than ten years.

This young man's full name is He Chengtian and like Shen Yu and Qu Xiao,they are all childhood friends who grew up with Zhang Siyi.

His sister, He Xueying, is also Zhang Siyi's age. Even though He Chengtianis six years older and didn't directly play with the younger children, growingup, the families often played with one another, so the younger kids also calledHe Chengtian 'Brother.'

In Zhang Siyi's memory, He Chengtian was tall and bold. As if he was themaster of the area, he always had a group of boys following him around. ZhangSiyi had the privilege of playing a few role-playing games with the older boys.The good-looking boys played the Red-Army and everyone else played the Army-of-the-Rising-Sun.He Chengtian was always the leader of the Red-Army.

As for Zhang Siyi, Shen Hao, and He Xueying, they were naturally unable toparticipate in the war so they would play the part of helpless civilians. Theirrole was to get captured by the Army-of-the-Rising-Sun and then wait for theRed-Army to rescue them.

After being locked up, they would have to wait until rescue. Sometimes theyhad to wait less than thirty minutes, but other times it was over an hour.Being immersed in the game, they huddled together with their hands and feettied up feeling tense. Once they heard the Red-Army yell for rescue, the moodquickly changed from restlessness into excitement. Often the young kids wouldplay the part and would kick and struggle while calling out "Brother Tian, helpus!