Reborn in 2000: I just want to love a few people properly.

Nobody wanted to participate in the sports meet; everyone just wanted to buy some food to cheer on the athletes.

Or perhaps you could take a nice, lazy nap in your dorm room, but the school allocates quotas to each college, and the colleges then distribute those quotas to the classes.

In the end, Xu Bo invited a few classmates to participate in the project under the pretext of treating them to dinner. Just like that, Xu Bo finally arrived at the school gate around six o'clock.

Gu Lin waited for half a day as usual.

"Is everything settled?" Gu Lin was referring to matters at the school.

"You must put up a huge banner for our hot pot restaurant when the time comes."

"We're on the same side, you can trust me to handle things," Gu Lin patted her chest, assuring him.

At the shop entrance, the foreman had obviously been there for a long time. When Xu Bo saw the group from afar, he quickly took out cigarettes from his pocket, offered one to each of them, and finally stuffed an unopened pack of Liqun cigarettes into the foreman's pocket.

"I'm sorry, something came up and I was held up."

You can't hit someone who's smiling. The contractor was still a little resentful, but he had nothing to say when he saw Xu Bo like this.

Xu Bo opened the glass door, and the group went inside. The electrician, carpenter, and bricklayer followed behind the foreman, looking around the room as soon as they entered.

Xu Bo briefly explained his requirements.

"Repaint the walls, leave the white parts alone, just repaint these slightly dull red areas to make them brighter."

"I need to isolate this area for me. I want to set up a special zone and rearrange the circuits here, moving each one a little further apart."

"Please test the central air conditioning again. I feel there's a minor problem; it might need some unclogging."

Fortunately, the circuit was tested by an electrician and found to be without major problems; otherwise, Xu Bo would not have made such a small request.

After listening carefully, the foreman's furrowed brows relaxed. He had thought that building two floors would be a difficult task, but it turned out to be so simple. However, a simple task also meant that he wouldn't earn much money.

"Okay, the dining area, plus the wall paint, and the electrical wiring will be renovated. The price will be around four thousand dollars, maybe four thousand five hundred dollars."

The contractor gave his price, and Xu Bo didn't haggle over it. Instead, he readily had Yu Haoqi count out half the money and hand it over. After the two parties signed the contract, Xu Bo said...

"Do your job well and don't make any mistakes." After saying that, he turned to Gu Lin behind him and said, "Senior, come and take a look when you don't have classes. After all, you're the manager, so keep an eye on things."

The two groups of people walked out of the shop. Gu Lin seemed a little happy. She wrote down the decoration precautions that Xu Bo mentioned in her notebook. In the next few days, she would strictly supervise the construction team's work according to the requirements in the notebook.

Gu Lin went back to school, but the remaining three didn't rush back. Instead, they went to an internet cafe and played a game of Red Alert.

At that time, there were many games in the internet cafe. Some people were playing CS, some were playing Legend of Sword and Fairy, and some older people were playing Red Alert.

The three roommates opened CS and set up a local area network. Xu Bo told them to play for a while and then went out to make a phone call.

The first call was to my mom; my dad's money had arrived in his account that afternoon.

"Hey, Mom, what are you doing?"

"Your dad went out for a business dinner, and I was just about to make some food at home."

"When is my dad coming back? Aren't you scared at home?"

"Just tell me what it is, stop with the formalities."

Xu Bo scratched his head at the entrance of the internet cafe and said with a sheepish grin.

"Mom, military training is about to end. I want to enroll in some classes outside of school, including English CET-4 and CET-6 and some programming courses."

"Didn't your dad transfer money to you this afternoon?" Liu Xiuqin said coldly to Xu Bo as she sat on the sofa after changing the sheets and blankets.

"Yes, that's money for a laptop, I need it for my major courses."

"Xu Bo, now that I've given you money, you need to study hard and not squander it all." Xu's mother sighed and continued, "I know your bank account number. I'll transfer the money to you tomorrow. How much do you need?"

"Five thousand yuan is indeed a bit expensive, but I promise you I will study hard."

"Okay, I'm hanging up."

Liu Xiuqin doesn't care anymore. Now her son is thousands of miles away, and she can only believe that he will study hard. She can't control anything else.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Bo lit a cigarette and smoked it. Only after the cigarette burned out did he find a number in his contacts and make a call.

The call was connected quickly.

"Hello, Grandpa Wang, this is Xu Bo."

"Xu Bo, I know it's you. Why are you calling? Are you out for dinner after military training?"

The person opposite me is Wang Kangmei, whom I met on the train here. She is now working as a chef in a restaurant.

"Yeah, my military training ends in three days, Friday night. I was thinking of getting together with you and Uncle Zhong for a drink on Saturday."

"Saturday? Okay! Ask Lao Zhong. He should still be in Hangzhou. We just talked on the phone a few days ago. He wants to recruit me to work as a chef at one of his relatives' restaurants in Shanghai."

"Okay, I'll ask Uncle Chung first, and I'll send you a text message later."

After hanging up, Xu Bo quickly called Zhong Weiyong, but this time the phone rang for a while before being answered.

"Little Xu, what made you decide to call me?"

"Are you outside, Uncle Zhong?" Xu Bo heard the sounds of clinking glasses on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, that's my relative. He runs a wholesale vegetable market in Hangzhou. We're together."

As he was dozing off, a pillow was handed to him, Xu Bo said quickly.

"I'm going to meet up with Grandpa Wang on Saturday night. I've already told him."

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, then Zhong Weiyong said, "Okay, I'll bring my relative over then."

After agreeing on a time, Xu Bo hung up the phone and sent a text message to Wang Kangmei. She replied that she had received it, turned around and went into the internet cafe. Xu Bo and his three roommates started playing games.

In a private club in Hangzhou, Zhong Weiyong stared at the disconnected phone on his phone for a while, deep in thought.

He was very impressed with the boy on the train; he was quick-witted and had insights that were very different from those of his peers.

He acts maturely, completely lacking the naivety of a teenager, but rather displaying a certain sophistication, much like a seasoned veteran.

This trait is either acquired by living to a certain age and gaining more experience, or it is cultivated by one's family background.

Moreover, he remembered that the girl who was flirting with him had a father who was a powerful figure in Harbin, so the girl's family must be quite well-off.

Having more friends means having more options, and Chung Wai-yung wouldn't hesitate to befriend a young man.

……

They played until 10 p.m., then returned to their dorm room.

After tidying up, the group consciously lay down on the beds and stopped moving around.

Du Qinglong somehow got his hands on a martial arts novel and would read it late into the night every day.

Arriving on the balcony, Xu Bo lit a cigarette and answered the phone.

How are you today?