Chapter 00004: Lan Xiaobu's Plan (For the Alliance Leader's Uncle, Extra Update)
# Lan Xiaobu's Plan (For the Alliance Leader's Uncle, Extra Update)
Chapter 4
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 4: Lan Xiaobu's Plan (For the Alliance Leader's Uncle, Extra Update)
When Lan Xiaobu returned to the school gate, the lights were already brightly lit, and the dark night concealed the grayish sky, making everything seem quite beautiful.
On this day in his previous life, he remembered that the first thing he did upon returning was to inquire about everything regarding Su Cen. In this life, he would not make such a foolish mistake again. Compared to Su Cen's family background, Lan Xiaobu was not even comparable to a roadside weed.
The Su family of Haiyang was one of the most influential families in Haiyang, with the Yan Hai Group being theirs. Su Cen was the legitimate granddaughter of the current head of the Su family, Su Shanhe. No matter how one looked at it, there was no way for him and Su Cen to be together. In fact, after Su Cen married him, she had not been happy for a single day.
In his previous life, he clearly knew that it was impossible for him to be with Su Cen, yet he still kept an eye on her. Although Lan Xiaobu thought he had buried this affection deep within his heart, it wasn’t long before the entire class knew that he, a mere weed, had a crush on the most beautiful girl at Haiyang Medical University, Su Cen. The reason was that he had once dreamt of marrying Su Cen.
Fortunately, his classmates were quite decent and no one used this matter to ridicule him. A gentle and virtuous lady is a match for a gentleman; Lan Xiaobu was not the only one who liked Su Cen; he was merely the most fervent among them.
When Su Cen learned of this, she only smiled it off. With so many people liking her, having one more Lan Xiaobu did not matter at all.
It wasn’t until later that something happened—Lan Xiaobu got injured and was hospitalized for her sake—that she began to take his feelings seriously. She then specifically sought him out to tell him in person that she only regarded him as a good classmate and friend, urging him not to harbor feelings for her. She went to the small hill to find him because she was the class monitor; if any other student was feeling down, she would also go to comfort them.
Thinking of this, Lan Xiaobu couldn’t help but chuckle self-deprecatingly while standing at the school gate. Even to this day, he could not understand why, on a certain day after graduation, Su Cen had come to find him and asked him, “Lan Xiaobu, do you still mean what you said about marrying me?”
He thought Su Cen was joking, but she actually married him. What puzzled Lan Xiaobu even more was that after marrying him, Su Cen seemed to have no connection with the colossal Su family anymore. Even until her death, there was not a single piece of news from the Su family. She never explained why she left the Su family to marry him in a small county town.
Lan Xiaobu sighed. He knew in his heart that until Su Cen's death, she had never truly loved him. He and Su Cen were like countless impoverished couples, struggling at the bottom for survival. Love was a luxury.
“Xiaobu…” A surprised voice rang out, followed by a boy in a brown jacket rushing out, slapping Lan Xiaobu on the shoulder and shaking several crumpled ten-yuan bills in his hand. “Today is your birthday; I’ve decided to treat you to a big meal.”
“Chief, when did you have money to eat out?” Lan Xiaobu was equally delighted to see this ordinary-looking classmate with a big head.
Lan Xiaobu had two best friends; one was this big-headed boy, and the other was Geng Geng. Geng Geng was his childhood companion, not particularly good at studying. Later, he skipped grades and entered the youth class at Haiyang Medical University, while Geng Geng followed his parents away from Tingjiang, and they lost contact after that.
This big-headed boy was named Qiu Zhan, and Lan Xiaobu usually called him Chief.
Seeing that Lan Xiaobu was in a good mood, Qiu Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and gave Lan Xiaobu’s shoulder a hearty pat. “Xiaobu, don’t take today’s events to heart. That scoundrel Xue Dongjian is just as despicable as his name suggests; he bites everyone he sees. Just think of it as being bitten by a dog. Just remember you are the most talented genius in our class. That old turtle is practically living like a dog by still being in the same class as us. Come on, it’s your birthday today; don’t think about those annoying things. I’m going to help you celebrate.”
Though Xue Dongjian was a bit older, he was only 25 years old; in Qiu Zhan’s eyes, this guy was already ancient.
“Alright, let’s go.” Lan Xiaobu knew that this might be the last meal he shared with Qiu Zhan. After this meal, he would devote all his time to searching for various martial arts techniques. He planned to save some money to go to Kunlun Mountain, striving to obtain a flying saucer before anyone else discovered it. As long as he could get his hands on the flying saucer, he would leave Earth immediately. No matter what happened, he would never be like Shang Wei, bringing some extraterrestrial experts back to Earth twenty years later. When he returned, it would definitely be because he had that capability. Without that capability, he would permanently remain in outer space with the flying saucer.
Currently, martial arts techniques were rampant on Earth, with a plethora of genuine and fake ones available online. Even the Shaolin Seventy-Two Supreme Techniques and Wudang Internal Breathing Methods could be downloaded online. Since they couldn’t be cultivated, regardless of their authenticity, people treated them as counterfeit goods.
It wasn’t until a year later when the spiritual qi on Earth increased that various martial arts techniques became popular once more. By then, it would be impossible to download them online. Major sects cherished their own techniques, only accepting the most talented disciples.
By that time, even entering the worst sect would not be an easy task. As for entering a martial arts academy, that would be even more difficult.
Those who had collected various martial arts techniques from major sects in the early days had only two choices: first, to join a certain sect; second, to not disclose or cultivate the techniques they had collected. Otherwise, they wouldn’t even know how they died. In fact, many who had collected martial arts techniques from major sects, even if they hadn’t leaked them, mysteriously vanished.
“Xiaobu, you’re dropping out?” Qiu Zhan instinctively put down the cup of beer in his hand, looking at Lan Xiaobu in astonishment.
Lan Xiaobu nodded. “Yes, I plan to drop out and go earn some money.”
Qiu Zhan waved his hands anxiously. “Xiaobu, do you know what dropping out means? Right now, studying medicine is the most sought-after. Anyone graduating from a medical school is a coveted talent in major hospitals. You’re already in your fourth year; if you endure for another year, finding a job will be much easier than it is now. What can you earn by going out now? And, and…”
Qiu Zhan was so anxious that he couldn’t articulate his thoughts, and Lan Xiaobu patted Qiu Zhan’s shoulder. “Chief, I’ve made my decision. After this meal, I’m leaving.”
Lan Xiaobu naturally wouldn’t waste time staying in school. In his previous life, he entered the youth class at the medical school and practiced medicine for twenty years after graduating. His medical talent was already astonishing; after the nuclear war, he spent almost every day in surgeries and saving lives, reaching a level in medicine that few could surpass.
But so what? No matter how high his medical skills were, he was merely working like a beast for others, exchanging it for a meager hope of survival for himself and Su Cen, only to end up drowned because of his medical practice. Perhaps if he hadn’t studied medicine, he might have lost his life before the nuclear war broke out.
Seeing that Lan Xiaobu was really going to drop out, Qiu Zhan could only sigh and stop persuading him. Thinking that his best buddy was leaving, and that he would be all alone in school with no one to talk to, Qiu Zhan felt a bit gloomy.
In the end, both of them drank to the point of being somewhat tipsy and then supported each other back to school.
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