Chapter 25: Reunion
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Lu Zhiyu tossed the shop key to Xiao Le and said, “Keep an eye on the shop. Call if anything urgent happens.”
Xiao Le was in the midst of playing with a kitten. She turned around and nodded, “Alright, I understand. Don’t worry, boss!”
Lu Zhiyu put on his coat and got into the car with Wang Yi. Even though he already knew what Wang Yi was there for using his mind power, he still asked, “What’s the urgent matter? Why were you looking for so suddenly!”
Wang Yi got into the driver’s seat, closed the door and said, “We’re having a reunion, an elentary school reunion. Soone called suddenly this morning and asked to attend, and so I thought about you. I then imdiately ca to fetch you!”
Lu Zhiyu thought back to the days. “Elentary school reunion? Can you even rember what they look like? I might not even rember their nas!”
Wang Yi imdiately replied, “Really? You don’t rember Xiao Pang, Four-Eyes, and Liu Datiao?”
Lu Zhiyu laughed instantly, “Well, now that you told about them, I do. Are they really all here?”
Wang Yi said with a laugh, “Xiao Pang isn’t, but Four-Eyes and Liu Datiao are. Four-Eyes was the one that called .”
Lu Zhiyu nodded, “I can’t believe you still have their contact numbers. I lost touch with them a long ti ago!”
Lu Zhiyu had gone to elentary school in another town, where his grandparents lived. It was a small town about two hours out of the capital city of the province. After he left, his grandparents’ ho was sold, and he hadn’t returned since.
As the car drove towards where he lived when he was a child, Lu Zhiyu found himself getting excited. However, when they reached the town, Lu Zhiyu saw that it was much like the town he currently lived in, with skyscrapers and busy streets. He suddenly realized that he could not recall any mories. This place was nothing like the small town in his recollection!
“So much has changed, I don’t rember this at all. This should be where the old bridge used to be. Did they rebuild it? I rember that it used to be a stone bridge!” Lu Zhiyu gasped. Seeing the changes in the town, Lu Zhiyu felt strongly the fleeting passage of ti.
Wang Yi imdiately asked, “When was the last ti you were here? Of course you don’t recognize anything. Let see, they booked a table at the Palace Cuisine. En, it’s this way. Do you rember the Palace Cuisine? I used to have my als there frequently when I was studying in middle and high school, usually for my classmate’s birthday parties or sothing like that!”
Lu Zhiyu shook his head. “I left after elentary school, so I don’t have any recollections of the place!”
Lu Zhiyu and Wang Yi saw a big man standing by the door as soon as they got out of the car. After he saw Wang Yi, he hurried over. The man spoke in the local dialect, which made Lu Zhiyu felt a sense of familiarity. “Wang Yi, you’re finally here. Hurry upstairs, they’re in the second room to the left on the second floor.”
Wang Yi hugged the fat man and they gave each other friendly pounds with their fists. He laughed heartily, then spoke to Lu Zhiyu, “Li Hao, the class monitor, rember him?”
Lu Zhiyu imdiately rembered, his expression turning into that of an understanding. He did not expect that the class monitor of the past had grown to be this fat. Li Hao was a skinny little kid. Now, Lu Zhiyu could only found the little familiarity from his eyes and eyebrows !
Li Hao looked at Lu Zhiyu and asked, “And this is...?”
“Make a guess?” Wang Yi laughed.
Li Hao observed him closely, then imdiately shouted, “Lu Zhiyu? You are Lu Zhiyu aren’t you!”
Lu Zhiyu felt a sense of familiarity and joy well up in his heart. It was the feeling of being recognized by an old classmate he had not seen in many years. He hugged Li Hao and said, “That’s right, class monitor. How did you gain so much weight? I rember that you would not gain an ounce no matter how much you ate when you were young!”
Li Hao released the hug and looked at Lu Zhiyu, “Let see, let see, oh my! You were the most good-looking kid in class when you were younger. The way you look now, I would not be able to recognize you even if I run into you. Why haven’t you co back all these years? We all missed you!”
Lu Zhiyu felt slightly embarrassed. “I’ve been studying sowhere else, then went to work in the capital. My old house over here also got sold. But this is indeed my fault. I’ll drink three glasses of beer later as my punishnt!”
“How is three glasses enough? I’ll show you what punishnt is when I head up later. You guys should head up quickly, I am still waiting for a few of our classmates!”
This should be the best restaurant in town. It was rather posh. Lu Zhiyu noticed that the decor and facilities were all pretty good, and the waiters were also very well-mannered.
The two had just reached the room when they saw that there were already a lot of people inside. When they saw Wang Yi, several people stood to greet him.
“Wang, even a great scientist like you have co. Here, here here. Sit next to !”
“Old Wang, you’re late! Co on, drink as your punishnt!”
“Wang Yi, he’s right, drink!”
A young man with glasses and a man with a shaved head were the loudest. Wang Yi imdiately shouted, “Four-Eyes, Liu Datiao, don’t try to play with tonight. Look who I brought!”
Everyone noticed Lu Zhiyu, who was standing behind Wang Yi, but no one could recall who exactly he was for the ti being. After all, Lu Zhiyu had changed a lot. But Four-Eyes imdiately shouted, “Lu Zhiyu, I can’t believe you’re here! Gosh, how many years have it been since I last saw you!”
As soon as Four-Eyes spoke up, everyone else rembered him as well. Lu Zhiyu had been pretty popular when he was a kid. He had good grades and was rather handso. He had been good friends with a lot of people, much to the fancy of his teachers and classmates.
Many people crowded toward him and began chatting about old tis. As he chatted with them, Lu Zhiyu’s mory of his childhood began to return as well. He was soon able to match the nas to the faces in front of him. Having lived out of town for so many years, he thought he was all alone. But to his surprise, he still had so many classmates and friends back here!
“Wow, you’re married? Four-eye?”
“That was nothing! Liu Datiao’s son is already in kindergarten!”
“How about you? Since you’ve grown such a face, how popular you would be! Why didn’t you bring anyone!”
“I’m not married. My girlfriend has to work today. It was too rushed, and so I couldn’t bring her.”
There were plenty of girls there, but most of them were married. The boys were mostly married as well. In a small town like this, people tended to marry early, a few of them already had kids in their families.
Just then, the door opened and a young woman walked in. She had short hair and was wearing a uniform. She looked as though she had rushed over here from work. She looked quite thin and her face was a little pale.
Lu Zhiyu turned to Wang Yi and asked, “Who’s that?”
Four-Eyes imdiately shouted, “Lu Zhiyu, have you forgotten? That’s Ai Shu.”
Lu Zhiyu was shocked, “What?”
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