Chapter 288: Honest and Old Fake

Honest and Old Fake

Cheng Shi looked at the brand-new banknotes on the table and laughed.

"Old man, where did you get the money?"

Old Jia picked his feet and said disdainfully: "What? Look down on your dad? I saved it. I've been stingy my whole life and only saved this little money to support your schooling. Put it away, buy a ticket."

His hard-headed appearance really didn't look like he was lying.

But Cheng Shi knew this wasn't saved by him, because there was still a scent on the money—the scent of Aunt Sun's house next door.

Cheng Shi didn't expose it either, just took the money and nodded.

Then, Cheng Shi took Old Jia to his university. After sending Cheng Shi into the school gate, Old Jia left, and Cheng Shi began his exciting university life alone.

Perhaps university life was indeed exciting for Cheng Shi, at least ten thousand times more exciting than the days in the village in the city, but for the Dream-Peeking Ranger, this university time overflowing with endless male hormones was extremely boring.

Although the night in the Sighing Forest had only just passed halfway, this dream influenced by 【Memory】 still had plenty of time to watch, but Jiang Wu Mei really couldn't stand this kind of boredom, so he decided to change a perspective.

From observing Cheng Shi to observing his father, who looked quite interesting.

But the protagonist of this dream was Cheng Shi. Following Cheng Shi's perspective didn't require the Dream-Peeking Ranger to pay any price, because this was the gift of his benefactor to the Dream-Peeking Ranger. But if he wanted to switch to another "channel," he had to pay something.

For example, bearing the risk.

When using his talent to explore deeper dreams, Jiang Wu Mei could no longer be discovered by the people in the dream like a ghost. He had to have a physical body to move freely and witness other memories that Cheng Shi hadn't seen.

However, a physical body would be discovered. Once the owner of the dream was awakened and the other party noticed his existence, then how the "creator" of the dream world would deal with himself was the biggest risk he had to face.

Generally, after peeking at enough fun, he wouldn't choose to take risks, but he was too curious today. He always felt that Cheng Shi's father didn't look as... honest as he appeared.

So after "accompanying" Cheng Shi for a semester, Jiang Wu Mei decisively chose to abandon Cheng Shi's perspective, activated his talent, and turned himself into a passerby in this dream.

He traced back the memory to the past and returned to before little Cheng Shi was adopted.

There, outside the fence of the orphanage, he saw little Cheng Shi running on the playground, but he also saw a person—a person he activated his talent to trace back for.

Old Jia.

This father, who had been cautious his whole life, was standing on the corner of the outer wall at this moment, poking his head and staring happily at little Cheng Shi inside the wall.

Jiang Wu Mei's interest finally returned. He pretended to be a passerby and brushed shoulders with Old Jia, and then heard Old Jia praising incessantly:

"Good seedling, good seedling. Must not let him grow crooked. Sigh, if only he were my son. Unfortunately, I've lacked the virtue of my ancestors for eighteen generations; I don't have this blessing."

Jiang Wu Mei raised an eyebrow, his eyes shining.

Sure enough, this old man had a lot of problems.

He began to follow this man.

For a ranger protected by 【Memory】 to follow an ordinary old man before the arrival of the faith game, it was simply too simple.

He soon discovered that Old Jia was very interested in little Cheng Shi in the orphanage. He passed by the orphanage more than once while doing odd jobs, and every time he saw little Cheng Shi, he would be happy for half a day. But he knew he didn't have the qualifications to adopt this so-called good seedling.

Until one day, when he was chatting with people on the street, he heard that the director of the orphanage wanted to find someone to send away a naughty child in the orphanage, asking which old bachelor didn't have children—as long as he gave money, this matter could be done.

Old Jia was originally disdainful of this, but when he heard that the child was called Xiao Shi, he immediately became anxious.

"Damn it, such a good child, all harmed by this group of damn people."

He hurried home, took out a stack of money from under the black and oily quilt, and ran to the orphanage in a hurry. Just when another old bachelor was talking to the director, he intercepted little Cheng Shi.

That old bachelor brought 2,000 yuan. Seeing he was intercepted, he was unwilling and said he would give another 500. Old Jia gritted his teeth and took out 3,000.

This was all his savings. Really, not a cent more.

Then little Cheng Shi was bought like this and became Old Jia's son.

As for the 3,000 yuan Old Jia gave, it was stuffed into the cleavage of a hostess by the director that night.

No one knew who was happier, the director or the hostess, but at least Old Jia was happy.

He brought little Cheng Shi home with joy. The shirt and suit pants he was wearing were borrowed from the woman surnamed Sun next door. When he returned them, she looked at him with disgust and didn't take them back.

But Jiang Wu Mei saw that those clothes weren't thrown away, but given to him by the wealthy woman surnamed Sun.

On the first day home, little Cheng Shi started feigning sleep directly. Old Jia didn't expose him either, walked out of the door by himself, but didn't go far, just squatted on the curb at the door and smoked.

The rich woman surnamed Sun next door stood behind him and asked: "Why did you suddenly want a son?"

He smacked his lips and said: "This is a good seed, like me."

After saying this, he pinched out the cigarette.

"Can't smoke after having a son. This is the last one. Sigh, have to save money for the child's schooling."

The woman surnamed Sun looked at him blankly for a long time and laughed: "I've advised you to quit smoking your whole life, but in the end, it's not as good as a hairy child brought back."

Jiang Wu Mei only then knew that these two people knew each other, and had always known each other.

But when he went to see this dream from Cheng Shi's perspective, he had never discovered it. Even as sharp as he was, he didn't see any flaws in any eye contact.

These two people... what exactly is their background?

Old Jia curled his lips and ignored her, turning to search his pockets, scraping a few coins from his pocket.

"Lend me 50, I'll return it to you tomorrow."

"What for?"

"Buy some meat for the child."

"..." The woman surnamed Sun sneered, gave Old Jia a fierce look, threw down 100 yuan, and left.

Old Jia picked up the money and walked slowly to the entrance of the village in the city, then squatted down again.

He glanced at the clock in the supermarket from time to time, seemingly timing it.

Jiang Wu Mei was very confused. Timing what?

But soon he understood. Just when little Cheng Shi was about to walk to the entrance of the village and was about to leave the village in the city, Old Jia walked into the supermarket one step ahead, bought the ham, and was ready.

Then, the words he said to the clerk were transmitted into little Cheng Shi's ears without missing a word.

Little Cheng Shi turned his head after hearing it. Old Jia looked at him at the entrance of the village, followed him back happily, saying while walking:

"A bit of brains, just, a bit tender."

Jiang Wu Mei stood at the entrance of the village pretending to be a passerby. When Old Jia passed by him, he trembled nervously, and the newspaper in his hand almost tore.

Hiss—

This seems to be an expert.

Should I be more careful?

He was a cautious person. From that day on, he began to follow Old Jia using the power of 【Memory】.

It's funny to say, a ranger started using the blessing of 【Gods】 to deal with an ordinary person.

Later, it was the time when Cheng Shi used a bottle cap to cheat people. Jiang Wu Mei followed Old Jia for a few days before discovering that the bottle cap in front of the door was actually thrown there by Old Jia.

He seemed to have seen long ago that Cheng Shi liked to drink cola, so in order to teach Cheng Shi a lesson so he wouldn't lie anymore, he threw a bottle cap at the door in advance, and smoothly polished the broom handle to be smoother, so it would be easier to hit.

Sure enough, little Cheng Shi took the bait and was lashed hard.

The next day, Old Jia left home early and went to the park for a stroll, won 50 by playing chess with an old man in the park, and then took this 50 yuan to the supermarket to carry a box of cola, bought two bottles of ice water and a meal, and walked home slowly.

When he arrived at the door, he poured the two bottles of ice water into his stomach before entering the door, and smoothly sprinkled some water on his body to pretend he was sweating. After entering the door, he first pacified little Cheng Shi, and then his stomach started rumbling.

After running out while covering his stomach under little Cheng Shi's blank gaze, he turned and went to the park to play chess again.

After this set of operations, Jiang Wu Mei was stunned, while little Cheng Shi, who knew nothing, was still at home eating and dropping little pearls. ===== CHAPTER 289 =====