Chapter 4

When Lan Xiaobu returned to the school gate, the city was already lit up with the first lights of the evening, and the dark night had covered the gray sky, making everything seem somewhat beautiful.

In his previous life, the first thing he did when he returned was to inquire about Su Cen. In this life, he would not do such a foolish thing again. Compared to Su Cen's family background, he, Lan Xiaobu, was not even as significant as a weed by the roadside.

The Haiyang Su family was one of the most influential families in Haiyang, and the Yanhai Group belonged to the Haiyang Su family. Su Cen was the direct granddaughter of the current head of the Su family, Su Shanhe. No matter how you looked at it, he and Su Cen could never be together. In fact, Su Cen was never happy after marrying him.

In his previous life, even though he knew it was impossible to be with Su Cen, he still paid constant attention to her. Although Lan Xiaobu thought he kept his feelings deeply hidden in his heart, it didn't take long for the whole class to know that this weed liked the top beauty of Haiyang Medical University, Su Cen. The reason was that he said in his sleep that he wanted to marry Su Cen.

Fortunately, the classmates were all decent and didn't use this to mock him. A graceful lady is what a gentleman desires, and it wasn't just Lan Xiaobu who liked Su Cen; he was just the most enthusiastic one.

When Su Cen found out about this, she just laughed it off. There were many people who liked her, so one more Lan Xiaobu didn't matter.

It wasn't until later, when Lan Xiaobu was injured and hospitalized for her, that she began to take his feelings seriously. She then specially sought out Lan Xiaobu and told him in person that she only considered him a good classmate and friend, and asked him not to place his heart on her. She went to the small mountain to look for him because she was the class president, and she would have done the same for any classmate who was upset.

Thinking about this, Lan Xiaobu standing at the school gate gave a self-deprecating smile. Even today, he still didn't understand why, after graduation, Su Cen specially came to find him and asked him, "Lan Xiaobu, do you still count the words you said about marrying me?"

He thought Su Cen was joking, but she really did marry him. What puzzled Lan Xiaobu even more was that after Su Cen married him, she seemed to have no further connection with the giant Su family. Even when she died, the Su family didn't send any information. She never explained why she left the Su family and came to a small county to marry him, Lan Xiaobu.

Lan Xiaobu sighed. He knew that until Su Cen died, she never truly loved him. He and Su Cen were like countless poor couples, struggling for survival and life at the bottom. Love was a luxury.

"Xiaobu..." A surprised voice rang out, and a boy in a brown jacket rushed out, slapping Lan Xiaobu's shoulder and shaking a handful of crumpled ten-yuan bills, "Today is your birthday, I've decided to treat you to a big meal."

"Chief, how did you get the money to eat out?" Lan Xiaobu was also delighted to see this ordinary-looking classmate with a big head.

Lan Xiaobu had two best friends, one was this big-headed classmate, and the other was Geng Geng. Geng Geng was his childhood friend, and his academic performance was average. Later, he skipped grades to enter the Haiyang Medical University's young talent program, and Geng Geng left Tingjiang with his parents, and they lost contact after that.

The big-headed classmate was named Qiu Zhan, and Lan Xiaobu usually called him Chief.

Seeing that Lan Xiaobu was in a good mood, Qiu Zhan sighed with relief and patted Lan Xiaobu's shoulder again, saying, "Xiaobu, don't take today's incident to heart. Xue Dongjian is a despicable person, just like his name. He bites everyone, so just treat it like being bitten by a dog. Just think about how you are the most talented genius in our class, and that old man is still in the same class as us, living like a dog. Come on, today is your birthday, let's not think about these annoying things. I'll help you celebrate."

Although Xue Dongjian was a bit older, he was only 25, but in Qiu Zhan's eyes, he was already an old man.

"Alright, let's go." Lan Xiaobu knew that this might be the last meal he would have with Qiu Zhan. After this meal, he would spend all his time searching for various martial arts techniques. Then he would save some money to go to Kunlun Mountain, hoping to get the UFO before everyone else discovered it.

Once he got the UFO, he would immediately leave Earth. No matter what happened, he would never bring any powerful beings from outer space back to Earth like Shang Wei did twenty years later. When he returned, it would be because he had the ability. Without that ability, he would stay in outer space with the UFO forever.

Currently, martial arts techniques were rampant on Earth, and the internet was full of real and fake ones. Even the Shaolin 72 Skills and the Wudang Internal Breathing Techniques could be downloaded online. Since none of them could be cultivated, they were all treated as knock-offs, regardless of their authenticity.

It wasn't until a year later, when the Earth's primordial energy increased, that various martial arts techniques became popular again. At that time, you couldn't download them online anymore. Each sect cherished their own techniques and only recruited the most talented disciples.

By then, even entering the worst sect was not easy, let alone the martial arts academy, which was even more difficult.

Those who had collected various sects' martial arts techniques in the early days had only two choices: join a sect or not allow the techniques to be spread or cultivated. Otherwise, they would die without knowing how. In fact, many people who collected these techniques, even if they didn't leak them, mysteriously disappeared.

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"Xiaobu, you're going to drop out?" Qiu Zhan subconsciously put down the beer in his hand and looked at Lan Xiaobu in surprise.

Lan Xiaobu nodded, "Yes, I plan to drop out and go out to make money."

Qiu Zhan waved his hands frantically, "Xiaobu, do you know what dropping out means? Medicine is the most popular field now. Any graduate from a medical school is a hot commodity in major hospitals. You're already in your senior year, just endure one more year, and finding a job will be much easier. What can you earn now? And, and..."

Qiu Zhan was so anxious that he couldn't come up with a reason, and Lan Xiaobu patted Qiu Zhan's shoulder, "Chief, I've made up my mind. After this meal, I'll leave."

Lan Xiaobu naturally wouldn't waste time at school. In his previous life, he entered the medical school's young talent program, studied for five years, and practiced medicine for over a decade. His medical talent was already astonishing, and after the nuclear war, he spent almost every day in surgery and saving lives, reaching a level of medical skill that few could surpass.

So what if he had such high medical skills? No matter how high his medical skills were, he was just working for others to earn a living for himself and Su Cen, and he was eventually drowned in the sea because of his medical skills. Perhaps if he hadn't studied medicine, he might have already been dead before the nuclear war.

Seeing that Lan Xiaobu was really going to drop out, Qiu Zhan could only sigh and stop trying to persuade him. Thinking about his best friend leaving, and that he would be alone at school with no one to talk to, Qiu Zhan felt a bit depressed.

In the end, both of them drank until they were a bit tipsy and supported each other back to school.

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