A month had passed, and according to the people of Shanglin in the Federation's capital ring, it should be late autumn now. In those novels, late autumn had cold winds, drizzling rain, and a clear sky. However, for the people of Donglin, the four seasons of this world were not very clear. Perhaps it was the dust above the atmosphere that would never be completely clear, turning the entire planet into a strange glass room. The so-called late autumn was just an extra layer of clothing.
Xu Le wore a navy blue jacket today. The style was somewhat like a uniform, and it added some youthful vigor to his ordinary face. He was currently sitting outside the window of a repair shop on Fragrant Orchid Street, seemingly unintentionally, but actually vigilantly observing the situation across the street.
At the diagonal corner of Fourth Street was the building of Hexi Region's Second Police Station. A middle-aged man in a trench coat walked down the slightly damp steps with waning interest and got into a car. The police officers around the car saluted him, but there was some sympathy in their eyes.
Seeing this, Xu Le's mood relaxed a little. He had been watching Bao Longtao for a month, and it looked like this deputy director was really frightened by his identity as a Federation agent. He no longer dared to investigate the Zhonglou Street demonstration, and even Li Wei's group of orphans were not suppressed.
Xu Le had a calmness that was beyond his age, and he had an innate sensitivity to certain things. He would never foolishly use another identity to get close to Bao Longtao just to see if he had recognized him. He also would not relax his observation of Deputy Director Bao just because he appeared calm on the surface. He only watched calmly with excellent patience until everything really calmed down.
Although he and the repair shop owner were both fanatical supporters of Jian Shui'er, it was really not in line with his character to take such a big risk just to watch television. If the shop owner had not tempted him with the operation room, he would have at most sighed a few times about the incident at Channel 23, and then went to buy a few more discs of Jian Shui'er.
He was a little scared. Once he thought about going against the governor's office, Xu Le could not suppress his fear. Especially when he thought of that night when he was stared at by Bao Longtao, his thighs couldn't help but twitch twice. This was a natural reaction when he was scared to a certain extent.
That night, if he hadn't been quick-witted enough to use two buttons to pretend to be a communication tool and the military-standard taser to scare Bao Longtao, he really wouldn't have known how to deal with this matter. The finger that was pointing at the electronic monitor in the night wind seemed stable and arrogant, but in fact, it was incomparably terrifying.
"Pretending to be an agent of the Federation …" When he thought of this, Xu Le's expression turned ugly. He lowered his head and muttered to himself, "I don't like to act cool. I just want to be a good person."
"It's much harder to be a good guy than to act cool." Boss Feng Yu had just returned from the leisure center. He brushed past Xu Le like a gust of wind and went upstairs to rest.
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In the past two years, Xu Le did not appear at the repair shop on Fragrant Orchid Street. He only did repairs in the operation room of the mine. Therefore, in the eyes of orphans like Li Wei, he was equivalent to a person who disappeared from the city for two years.
Until one month ago, Xu Le completed that task for Feng Yu. Feng Yu promised him to upgrade the operation room's dustless level. However, this uncle was lazy again, so he simply brought Xu Le back to the repair shop and officially introduced the existence of this young apprentice to the neighbors of the Fourth Street.
Since the boss was back, Xu Le no longer had to keep an eye on the shop. After all, the shop's business was limited no matter how good it was. Although the residents of the Fourth Street knew about the craftsmanship of Feng Yu and his little apprentice, no one could withstand the speed at which Feng Yu fixed a TV screen for three months.
After tightening the buttons on his student uniform, Xu Le yelled something upstairs, walked out of the shop, and boarded the streetcar at the end of the street.
Hundreds of years ago, after the invention of the Jingnong High Energy Battery, both trolley and trackless buses broke free from the constraints of the two braids on the top of their heads and began to travel freely in the city. Of course, normal people would definitely have their own means of transportation, and the rich people on the three planets in the Upper Forest area already had their own means of transportation.
Only the poor, or those who were full of nostalgia, would continue to ride the streetcar. Xu Le had both advantages and disadvantages, so he was naturally a long-term passenger of the streetcar. He leaned against the door and stared at the city buildings that flashed by in front of him. He could not help but feel regretful that he could no longer hear the clanking sounds in the literature.
The streetcar's final stop was Hexi State University in the Eastern Forest area. After Xu Le got off the streetcar, he did not cast an envious look at the beautiful campus environment. Instead, he walked along the school wall, passed through a large tree, and entered the library.
He had not gone to school for a long time, but he had to read. Firstly, this was Feng Yu's request for him, and secondly, it was his own desire. Other than most of the mechanical books and the Federation's standards and regulations, he liked to read all kinds of novels the most. Especially after he got a library card at the state university, he would come here every day. It was as if there were endless beauties in these books, and an endless glorious future waiting for him.
There were no fortuitous encounters in the library, nor were there any beauties. Xu Le carried a large pile of books out of the library, and there was not the slightest bit of dejection on his face. Then, he saw an unexpected person in front of the gate of the state university.
Li Wei, who had not seen him for a month, appeared in front of Xu Le just like that. Looking at the somewhat haggard and tired face of the orphan leader, Xu Le suddenly felt his lips dry up. He did not know what happened, so he asked in a hoarse voice, "Don't tell me you still have the ambition to enroll in a university."
"I only have the ambition to occupy the night of the entire Hexi State." Li Wei's voice was a little hoarse, but his expression was not that nervous, so Xu Le's heart relaxed a little.
"The thing you gave me … was confiscated by the people from the second division. But don't worry, no one knows it's mine." Li Wei licked his dry lips. After fighting with another gang for an entire night, he was indeed a little tired.
Xu Le's eyes lit up, not because of excitement, but because of nervousness. His thighs started to twitch uncontrollably, and he felt the books in his arms become heavier and heavier.
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