Chapter 1304: Observation Work
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The argunts between children and parents over gas had probably existed in China for about 40 years.
Starting in the 1980s, lots of ga halls sprung up across cities, followed by Internet cafes, personal computers, and the rise of broadband. Today, one could play gas in the comfort of one’s ho. Currently, mobile gas seed to be slowly replacing computer gas. However, the argunt over gas continued despite the changes in devices.
Zhang Zian himself was also part of this wave of change. He had frequented Internet cafes. He’d used to play online gas with college classmates. He had also been attracted to single-player turn-based gas on his personal computer. This was only until he had to enter society and work, and he did not have ti for gas. His phone was the only thing he could use to play a ga—a ga that had truly changed his life.
Even this father, who seed very bitter about gas, might have been a bad kid when he was younger and frequently hung out at ga halls then. Now, however, he was trying to stop his own son from playing too many gas. There was sowhat of a continuation of history. When he was younger, perhaps his own dad had gone to the ga hall, pulled his ear, and said sothing similar. Deja vu.
How did that expression go? Oh yes. “When I grow up, I will be like you.”
This was not a matter for Zhang Zian to bother himself with. Regardless of all the imaginative stories he cooked up in his head, he was rely a bystander watching them argue. However, perhaps of how tan his trip to Egypt made him, he’d been caught in the gunfire.
“Playing gas all day and not caring about learning, what can you do when you grow up? You can’t work for a big company or be a civil servant. You will end up like your dad, having to work for a boss. Even on the weekends, you will have to work overti. You will get so damn tired! Or...you might be like this shop, having to live day-to-day and having no future! Is this what you want? Do this and don’t even bother thinking about finding a wife!”
The man could try to educate his own child, but to use Zhang Zian as a negative example... That was rather uncalled for.
Zhang Zian found the situation rather stifling. Despite being in his own ho, he was still being attacked.
Yet what the man had said was not too wrong. The instability of his shop was known only by Zhang Zian himself. No matter how glamorous the shop was on the surface, it could be easily ripped apart if unexpected things happened. While parents did not expect their children to be rich, they must at least have enough food and clothing. They also wished for them to have peace of mind, work in a large company, and beco a civil servant. These actions would ensure their future.
The fat boy glanced at him and suddenly showed him a disdainful look. Looking away, he said, “I won’t open a roadside shop! You don’t know, but I play my ga really well. All my friends are rushing to be on my team so that we can win! I will be a professional esports player in the future and take the world championship. I will retire as a ga anchor and earn millions in a month! I will never be single again. All the pretty girls will flock to !”
Horrible! Father and son were too alike!
Zhang Zian wanted to cry, but no tears flowed out.
“Girls! Why are you thinking about girls at your age?” The man poked the boy’s head with his finger, but his tone was full of joy. Perhaps he thought his son was very ambitious. “But I don’t want you to play with your phone anymore today. Boys should run outside and play, not stay alone at ho playing gas!”
The boy’s jaw dropped, but he muttered, “What is the use of running outside? I can’t even practice my finger speed...”
The man got into a boxing stance. He was rely trying to scare him. “What’s the use? Do the assignnt that your teacher has assigned you! Stop delaying and procrastinating. Let tell you, young man, I can’t help you write, and don’t you dare ask your mother. It’s useless! Write it yourself!”
The man’s mind had been made up. No matter what kind of tantrum the boy threw, he would not give him the phone back. He kept it in his pocket. Just then, the bus ca. The man hurriedly got on the bus and stared at the boy from the window.
The fat boy was bitter and kept on sighing. The at on his tummy heaved up and down.
However, Zhang Zian was happy to witness his downfall—well deserved! Who had asked them to diss him? He hoped that the observation work assigned by the teacher was as difficult as possible. Hopefully, it asked him to observe the moon for 30 days and draw it or count 100,000,000 grains of rice!
Jiang Feifei ran out of the aquarium to ask him what the strange fish was and its habits. It was necessary so that she could make a sticker and stick it on the tank. This way, custors could have their questions answered.
Zhang Zian followed her into the aquarium and introduced her to the long-legged lungfish. In the anti, he took the opportunity to see how his baby corals were breeding.
The air conditioner could be turned off in the pet shop, but not in an aquarium. After all, there were Sea Angels, Antarctic Sea Anemones, and Sea Butterflies that could only survive at low temperatures. They needed the air conditioner more so during sumr. If he turned it off, they would certainly die.
When renovating the room, he’d deliberately enhanced the thermal insulation of the walls and roof to keep the indoor temperature constant.
After telling Jiang Feifei about the necessary things, he walked out of the aquarium, planning to head back to the pet shop to help clean up.
At this ti, he saw that the little punk had yet to leave. He had rely shifted to a new place and was now standing at the door of a neighboring closed shop. He stared inside, looking very serious. While watching, he whispered under his breath.
What was he looking at? Was there money on the glass or a treasure map?
Zhang Zian was curious. He hesitated. He looked around his store but found that the staff had mostly completed the cleaning and seed not to need his help. Rightly so—after all, they’d had to handle everything while he was in Egypt.
So he pretended to pass by, walked over to the boy, and said, “This shop closed a few days ago. The owner returned to his hotown for a wedding. He won’t be coming here to open the shop, so don’t wait.”
The fat boy was staring hard and didn’t see Zhang Zian approaching. He was startled, but after seeing who it was, he stared at Zhang Zian with a look that said, “Oh, it’s you, that lousy prick.” A rather disdainful look. He snorted and said, “I know! I don’t need your reminder! The big word ‘transfer’ is written here. You think I am blind?”
Through eavesdropping on the conversation between father and son, Zhang Zian already understood what kind of character the boy had and resisted the urge to smack him. He asked instead, “What are you looking at?”
“What has this got to do with you?” The boy eyed him with suspicion.
“Don’t say that. It’s not sothing worthwhile to keep to yourself anyway.” Zhang Zian laughed.
The fat boy frowned, raised his head, and said, “If you want to see it, just look at it. Look until you cannot look away.”
Zhang Zian followed the boy’s gaze and looked inside. It was a fat caterpillar.
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