The Luckiest Man - Chapter 56

Chapter 56: We are Brothers, the Best Brothers, For Life

The following day was a Friday. Hong Xiaofu had finally returned to his normal life. After preparing Shen Xiaoling’s breakfast, he took his bag and left for school.

When he arrived, his classmates froze momentarily before asking…

“Xiaofu, you finally came to school!”

“Brother Fu, how was it? What progress did you make?”

“That’s right, you came to school! So it means that there must be some progress, right?”

As one of the two Awakeners in class, and the one with the higher Awakening index, Hong Xiaofu was quite popular. The main reason for his popularity was his excellent relationship with his classmates. While Hong Xiaofu had been absent, the students had privately inquired about it and were concerned for his well-being.

When he finally returned to school, the reason was naturally revealed.

“The reasons have been revealed,” Hong Xiaofu walked to his seat with a smile, and continued, “My circumstances are a little special. But, it is alright now, thank you, everyone, for your concern.”

Hearing Hong Xiaofu’s words, everyone laughed, “That’s right. As the Mascot of our class, you are extremely optimistic.””Yup, just look at his mentality, he will be alright.””We should put in more effort, and aim to be Awakened early!”

As the students broke into a heated discussion, Su Ying poked Hong Xiaofu and whispered, “You… bought the strengthening drug?”

“Yup,” Hong Xiaofu nodded, “My Awakening index can only be increased using that, the rest of the methods do not work.”

At that moment, Zhao Ming turned around and smiled, “Brother Fu, that’s awesome! The legendary strengthening drug?”

Hong Xiaofu laughed, “That is it.”

Su Ying asked curiously, “Then, how much did your index increase after one pill?”

Hong Xiaofu whispered, “I had one pill, and it increased 0.222222%. Now my Awakening index is 3.888888%. If I am lucky, I will be an LV2 Awakener after I take another one.”

Upon hearing that, Su Ying was stunned. An increase of 0.222222% after one pill!

God, she had been practicing day and night and taking the drug, but she only had an index of 3.46%. But Hong Xiaofu had had an increase of 0.222222% after taking just one pill! That was awesome!

“Awesome,” Zhao Ming, who was seated at the front, commented, “If my Awakening talent increased so much with one pill, I would treat the pill like candy!”

Well, he was definitely not flaunting his family’s background. In fact, he was being quite conservative about it…

But, even for others, it was impossible to casually buy the medicine. Even for Su Ying, the pills she had consumed had cost her family several thousand yuan, and they could no longer afford it—after all, one could only consume five pills a day, and that would have cost twenty-five thousand yuan. An average family would not be able to afford that.

As they discussed the drug, Zhao Ming looked at Hong Xiaofu and asked curiously, “Oh, right. Brother Fu, the drug is quite expensive, how did you afford it?”

He was genuinely curious. To Zhao Ming, five thousand yuan was just a few six-hundred forty-eight packs, almost a day’s pocket money. But for Hong Xiaofu, that was a considerable sum of money.

Hong Xiaofu did not hide the truth. He revealed, “I went to a construction site and moved bricks for a few days, and I managed to save enough.”

Hong Xiaofu did not take the matter very seriously. After all, it was not shameful to rely on himself to earn a living. But when Zhao Ming heard about it, he was momentarily stunned. Then, he became furious and shouted, “Hong Xiaofu! What do you mean?!”

His loud voice attracted the curious gaze of their classmates. What was going on? Hong Xiaofu and Zhao Ming had a good relationship, what was happening?

Even Su Ying could not comprehend the situation, she frowned, “Zhao Ming, what are you doing?”

Zhao Ming did not answer her. He grabbed Hong Xiaofu by the collar and shouted, “If you did not have money, you could have told me! A few thousand yuan is a small sum to me! How could you go and move bricks? What do you mean?! Are you looking down on me?!”

As soon as he said that, the students around him froze. During those past few days, Hong Xiaofu had actually… gone to move bricks?

After all, in that age of new technology, brick moving was a foreign matter to the students. Hong Xiaofu had chosen to move bricks to buy the strengthening drug?!

“Brother Ming,” Hong Xiaofu looked at him and smiled brightly—it was a smile that signified their friendship. Hong Xiaofu replied, “I know we are close friends, the closest kind of friends. That’s why I didn’t want to trouble you. After all, I wanted to rely on myself to earn a living. If I trouble you every time, I would feel like a parasite, a bum. And bricklaying… to me, that is not something difficult.I treat it as exercise.”

“You bastard!” Zhao Ming pushed Hong Xiaofu away, tears rolling down his cheeks, “You say that we are brothers, but you did not even tell me that you were short of money for the drugs! How are we brothers…”

Hong Xiaofu wrapped his arms around Zhao Ming’s shoulders, and said, “We are brothers, which is why I did not want to trouble you.”

“You are such a dense child,” Zhao Ming’s nose turned sour, and he sniffed, “This is why you had to move bricks!” After he said that, he pinched Hong Xiaofu’s biceps, and asked, “Are your arms sore? It must be extremely painful and sore, right?”

Speaking of that, Hong Xiaofu smiled, “It’s not sore at all, and it doesn’t hurt. You remembered that I fall asleep within seconds when I practice, right? I couldn’t understand what was going on before, but now I know. When I fall asleep, I recover at a fantastic speed. Hence, no matter how tiring it is to move bricks. After I sleep, I’m okay again.”

Zhao Ming replied, “Really?”

“It’s true! That’s why I said it was like exercise. Think about it, others have to pay to exercise at the gym. But for me, When I move thirty-six thousand bricks, I get to earn one thousand, five hundred yuan,” Hong Xiaofu said.

“You, rascal,” Zhao Ming said. After hearing Hong Xiaofu’s explanation, Zhao Ming thought about it before punching Hong Xiaofu jokingly, “It sounds reasonable when you put it this way. But, if you need money in the future, you have to let me know. At least let me give you some suggestions.”

Hong Xiaofu nodded firmly, “No problem!”

They were brothers.

The closest kind of brothers.

For life.

The rest of the day was quiet and peaceful. Soon, the school day had ended. The bell rang, and students rushed to the cafeteria. Zhao Ming walked to the door with Hong Xiaofu and Su Ying and said, “Brother Fu, let’s grab something nice for lunch! You must be tired after these past few days, let me buy you something nutritious! Su Ying, join us too.”

Zhao Ming had felt hurt before, and Hong Xiaofu could not refuse his offer. Hong Xiaofu nodded, “Okay, thank you, Brother Ming!”

Zhao Ming replied, “Why are you thanking me! Who are we to each other?”

Su Ying shrugged, “Am I a substitute?”

Zhao Ming laughed, “Of course!”

Walking out of the classroom, they ran across Mr Li Hong, who was waiting outside.

Seeing Hong Xiaofu, Su Ying and Zhao Ming, Li Hong smiled, “I’ve good news, Xiaofu!”

Good news!

Hearing that, Hong Xiaofu became excited, “What good news!?”

Li Hong replied, “Your student grant is approved!”