Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 30 If there was a time machine
Ni Manhua followed Lai Hongtu towards the restaurant, and they all looked over. At this moment, she was shy, but it seemed that she had a ghost in her heart.

Lai Hongtu didn't have a straight face. He just walked in front of a few students, and before they could say hello, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket: "Do you smoke?"

The four people waved their hands in panic: "No, none of us smoke, thank you uncle."

Zhan Ping slapped Lai Hongtu: "What are you doing?"

"Let me get closer to the young man. It's better if you don't smoke. Let's go upstairs and have something to drink first."

Lead them upstairs.Lai Hongtu picked the largest booth.However, there are only six seats at most in the deck here, and the four of them sitting opposite each other are a bit reserved.

In order to appear friendly, Lai Hongtu took the initiative to hand over the menu: "It's still early, let's order coffee and snacks first."

Ni Manhua wanted to go out to get some air, so he said a little shamelessly, "I'm not used to coffee, I went to buy milk tea, who else do you want?"

Zhan Ping raised her hand: "Coke, iced."

Most high school students don't like to drink coffee. Except for Luo Zeli who was willing to accompany Lai Hongtu, Wu Bo and Lin Xiang also asked for Coke.Lin Xiang saw that Lu Guanhai didn't respond after picking up the dragon, and bumped him with his hand: "Brother Lu, why don't we go buy it? Don't let Sister Man take so much by herself."

Lu Guanhai stood up, and he sat on the outermost seat, but Ni Manhua said first: "It's okay, I can lift it."

After saying that, she walked downstairs alone.

This time the atmosphere became even more awkward. Lai Hongtu coughed twice, looked at Lu Guanhai who was standing there, and stood up too: "Don't listen to her big talk, let's help out, and see if there is anything wrong. Buy some of the skewers and braised vegetables that you young people like."

Lai Hongtu went downstairs with Lu Guanhai's shoulders on his shoulders. When he was not working, he dressed very casually, even a little slovenly.Lai Hongtu is 12 years younger than Ni Manhua's mother, but he entered the youth class of a key university at the age of ten and skipped grades all the way to finish reading. He is only 28 this year, and he and Lu Guanhaizhan are like two brothers.

Lu Guanhai talked little, and besides, he had experienced Lai Hongtu's attitude in the supermarket that day. Lu Guanhai had never stopped worrying about them since he saw them. He never expected that Lai Hongtu would pat him on the back and say, "Xiaolu, right? Listen. Did you say that your academic performance is very good?"

Lu Guanhai nodded stiffly: "Not bad, we are all in the rocket class."

"It's good to love learning! Those who love learning will be successful in the future, and those who love learning are self-disciplined..." Lai Hongtu finished this sentence in an exaggerated way, but he felt that he was being deliberate. He couldn't help but touch his head and stopped again.

Lu Guanhai was not able to handle this embarrassing remark. Lai Hongtu himself knew it. He thought about it and went straight to the point: "That little road, I haven't been home during this time. I heard that you went to see Manman and me the other night. Sister...there has been some misunderstanding?"

Lu Guanhai said "hmm".

Lai Hongtu patted his hand again: "You may not know, my sister is impulsive and she doesn't think much about it. Oh yes, she didn't like reading when she was a child, so we don't care about her like her. After the last time, she I have also reflected on it myself, and specifically asked me to apologize on behalf of the whole family, so please don’t take it personally.”

Lu Guanhai was a little surprised by the contrast between Lai Hongtu's before and after. He was speechless for a while. It took him a long time to squeeze out two words: "It's okay..."

"That's right, young man, uncle knows you are generous. My sister is a small-minded person. Manman scolded her at home. Now she knows she was wrong. Don't cause any quarrel with Manman just because of her stupid words." "It's up to young people to make friends. We, the elders, don't interfere. What a good boy..."

"Since they're all down, you can mention it." At this moment, Ni Manhua came out of the nearby shop and looked at them with a blank expression.

Ni Manhua heard most of what they said just now. Lai Hongtu couldn't stop talking and led Lu Guanhai to walk slowly. Ni Manhua originally wanted to stagger them, but he was too lazy to wait.

Although Ni Manhua did have a big fight with her mother after returning home that day, judging from Ni Manhua's mother's personality, she would never take the initiative to ask Lai Hongtu to admit her mistakes. She must have complained to Lai Hongtu, this is Lai Hongtu own choice.

Faced with Lai Hongtu's move, Ni Manhua didn't know whether he should blame him for being meddlesome or be grateful.

If it was Ni Manhua from before, he would definitely be very grateful.

There was a hawker selling grilled gluten on a cart downstairs. Lai Hongtu brought them twenty skewers. When they got upstairs, they were already eating a snack platter and chatting.Lai Hongtu turned around the menu and asked them to order. The four boys across from him were polite, but Zhan Ping didn't shirk away from them and ordered a bunch of them by herself.

Zhan Ping had just introduced Lai Hongtu to them in general. Wu Bo became very interested in Lai Hongtu and asked tentatively: "Uncle, what do scientists usually do? Just do research in the laboratory? Then you have time to find a girlfriend. ?"

Lai Hongtu said nonsense seriously: "I don't have time to find a girlfriend. If I have time to invent a girlfriend, I will invent a good-looking and obedient girlfriend for myself another day."

Lin Xiang also asked: "Uncle, do you think you can invent a time machine like the one on TV? It's the kind that people can travel through as soon as they go in."

"What? You want to go back to the past? Where to go?"

It was clearly a question Lin wanted to ask, but Lai Hongtu threw it back.Lin Xiang thought for a while: "I don't seem to want to go anywhere. I don't have the survival skills to go to ancient times. But if I don't live well in the future, I can go back and do it all over again if I have a time machine."

Luo Zeli shook his head; "It's nonsense, if this is the case, can people do it all over again when they are about to die? Then we don't even have to face death, the time machine can only exist in the imagination of animation, really Once it was invented, the world was in chaos.”

Wu Bo bit his fork and said, "This is a topic of discussion. Why are you analyzing it so seriously? Brother Lu, will you go back with the time machine?"

Lu Guanhai didn't raise his head when his name was called: "If I were alone, I wouldn't. I choose to face it."

Zhan Ping burst out laughing: "Brother Lu is so confident. There is nothing that Brother Lu can't solve. People should look forward and don't always think about looking back."

Wu Bo interjected: "Yo yo yo, you can actually say such profound words, I can't tell."

"Fuck you, I pulled out your teeth so you can't speak anymore."

With something to talk about, the table finally became lively, and the awkward atmosphere was gone. However, Ni Manhua still did not join their discussion, but because of Lu Guanhai's words, he could not calm down for a long time.

Lu Guanhai was always so confident. Ni Manhua had believed that Lu Guanhai could solve everything a long time ago, but it turned out that he couldn't solve the difficult problems in life, so she could only turn around on her own.

After eating and drinking, everyone went home.Lai Hongtu originally offered to drive them, but one car could not accommodate so many people. They said it would be convenient to take a walk to the bus stop, so Lai Hongtu only sent Lin Xiang, who lived farthest away.

This place was not far from Lu Guanhai's house. He accompanied everyone to the bus station. Zhan Ping, Wu Bo and Luo Zheli lived in the same direction, so it was just a matter of taking a bus.Wu Bo and Zhan Ping were fighting on the platform, while Lu Guanhai and Luo Zheli stood quietly.Luo Zheli suddenly asked Lu Guanhai: "Auntie has just been discharged from the hospital, don't you need to go back early?"

"Grandma is here, I'll wait with you for a while."

"You and Uncle Ni Manhua went out today, what did you talk about?"

"It's nothing, I just said a few words... I said make friends and don't interfere."

"That's good. You both have met your parents now. Isn't the next step soon?"

Luo Zheli glanced at Lu Guanhai teasingly, but he didn't expect him to shake his head: "There is no next step, we will always be friends."

Luo Zeli looked at him in surprise: "Why do you think so? Didn't you have confidence before?"

"I didn't have a clear understanding of myself before." Lu Guanhai looked at Luo Zeli and smiled: "Now I know that we are indeed not from the same world, and she doesn't like me now, so let her have the life she wants. "

"What happened recently? How can you say it's so serious?"

"It's okay, the car is here, hurry up and get in."

When the bus stopped, Lu Guanhai pushed Luo Zeli forward.What Lai Hongtu and Lu Guanhai explained was actually not important to him.

Ni Manhua clearly rejected him. What could be more hurtful than this?

(End of this chapter)