Free Web NovelChapter 1202: 583 Chapter Anti-Gravity Spacecraft_1
"Linlin is your best friend?"
"A good friend is someone you should learn to share with, so... perhaps it can also be understood that problems shouldn’t occur in the best of friendships?"
"Chinese really is profound and extensive!"
Zhao Yi thought carefully about Lin Xiaoqing, trying to interpret it in several ways, but ultimately could only think about it in his head, treating it as a sort of linguistic fun and games.
They hadn’t seen each other for a long time, but being together still felt very close.
However, relaxing at home wasn’t easy, as in the afternoon someone came for a visit, seemingly an official of some sort, intending to arrange a time and a meal or something, but Zhao Yi directly turned them down.
Later he realized that seeking tranquility at home wasn’t so simple. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
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The multitude of security forces around the neighborhood was evidence of that, the security was specifically for Zhao Yi, but it also affected the lives of the residents in the community.
For example, the inspection of incoming and outgoing personnel and vehicles at the gate had clearly become much stricter.
Zhao Yi knew he couldn’t stay at home for long, so he decided to go out for a walk. After discussing it, they simply decided to visit their alma mater.
No. 13 Middle School.
It was a place worth reminiscing about.
Zhao Yi, Lin Xiaoqing, and Zhao Linlin left the house together and headed to No. 13 Middle School, not by car, but by walking slowly.
The journey of several kilometers wasn’t too far to be considered distant, so they took it as a form of exercise.
As they walked, they observed the surrounding environment and noticed the significant changes at home, with the most obvious being the widened roads, the increased number of high-rise residences, and the development of an industrial park nearby, though it seemed cold and quiet, not very lively.
On the way, they encountered the official who had come over, Deputy Mayor Li, who personally led the team to meet them, offering a round of cordial greetings followed by a heap of flattery and admiration.
Zhao Yi could only respond with a smile, unsure of the other party’s intentions.
Now, wherever he went, he would be warmly welcomed, even more so when returning to his hometown, but the enthusiasm shown by a deputy mayor who personally visited seemed a bit excessive, probably because they wanted something.
After a stretch of flattery, having felt familiar enough, Deputy Mayor Li mentioned he would accompany Zhao Yi to No. 13 Middle School, and then started to talk about the surroundings, with a focus on the industrial park, "This industrial park has had a lot of investment, but attracting investment is a big problem."
"Zhengyang, Academician Zhao, you know, we are not a provincial capital, the geographical location isn’t great, we’re pretty far from the port, and we lack distinctive features."
"When we initially decided to build the industrial park, we hoped to attract some enterprises with preferential policies, but most of the ones that settled were local businesses; some planning to tap into Zhengyang’s local market only set up a branch here, dispatching a few people as a division, none of them intending to build a factory..."
"Blah blah blah~"
Deputy Mayor Li went on and on, essentially conveying that the industrial park wasn’t taking off.
Zhao Yi understood.
"But... what can I do?" he said, still somewhat puzzled, not quite comprehending what Deputy Mayor Li was getting at.
Deputy Mayor Li knew the art of being tactful; after talking non-stop with Zhao Yi for a while, and realizing he must have been disturbing him, as they approached the gate of No. 13 Middle School, he said he had to leave to attend to some matters.
Zhao Yi felt instantly relieved.
The group arrived at the gate of No. 13 Middle School, where a few security personnel came over, communicated with the gatekeeper, and said they were just visiting. The gatekeeper made a call to the principal’s office and then directly let them through.
"Things have really changed!"
As Zhao Yi and Lin Xiaoqing walked in, they immediately noticed the huge changes in the school; the only thing they recognized was the renovated teaching building, everything else was completely different.
Right after entering the main entrance of the school, what they saw first was a gymnasium, with a grass-covered football field in the distance.
"If we had such a soccer field when we were in school, that would have been great," Zhao Yi remarked with a sigh.
"Yeah."
Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin nodded in agreement, remembering that when they were studying at No. 13 Middle School, the soccer field was barren, hardly a blade of grass to be spotted, just a large flat area with two goalposts without nets at the front.
The group walked further into the school.
Zhao Yi turned his head to look at the gymnasium’s main entrance and suddenly sensed something amiss; he turned to look at a door next to it, and saw the inscription, "No. 13 Middle School... Exhibition Hall? What’s this?"
"I don’t know!"
"It’s my first time seeing it too," Zhao Linlin replied. She had been back in Zhengyang for some time and had seen No. 13 Middle School a few times from the outside but had never really walked in.
Filled with curiosity, they approached.
The gatekeeper, noticing the entourage and upon a closer look at Zhao Yi’s face, became so excited that he trembled, and after a while, finally recalled his duties to introduce, "This is, Zhao Yi... Academician Zhao, your museum?"
"My museum?" Zhao Yi exclaimed in surprise, his mouth agape, "How come I don’t know about this, that I have a museum?"
"It’s true."
The gatekeeper nodded earnestly, letting them in, and then pointed to a photo, "Look! Your photo!"
They all looked over and saw a noticeable photograph of Zhao Yi studying at the entrance, with an introduction below, "During Zhao Yi’s time at No. 13 Middle School, he studied very hard every day. He said, ’You must seize every opportunity to study during high school, otherwise, you will surely regret it for life.’"
"—?"
Pointing at himself, Zhao Yi turned to Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin and asked, "Did I say that?"
