I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal
Chapter 270 - 201: The Firefly That Wants to Approach the Starlight_2

Chapter 270: Chapter 201: The Firefly That Wants to Approach the Starlight_2

"But we’re not relatives or anything. You can’t expect people to help out every day; we’re just neighbors after all. They’ve all got their own things to do today."

"Mr. Chen, I don’t know, but Yu Liang is busy at home mending fishing gear to make some pocket money, and Da Lei went to the community service center today to participate in psychological counseling."

The old man said, pointing to the community service center not far away.

After experiencing disaster, the villagers might endure mental stress. Thus, the government required the community service centers to organize psychological counseling and support services to help villagers rebuild confidence and strengthen community cohesion.

Upon hearing this, Hou Liansheng nodded, understanding that he got the information he wanted.

He then waved to two of his subordinates not far away, "Guys, they’ll discuss the price with you. I’ll go for a walk."

Having said that,

Hou Liansheng couldn’t wait to turn around and leave,

Leaving the two subordinates behind to haggle with the old man.

And he, at this moment, headed straight for the community service center with a clear goal in mind.

The community service center of the fishing village is located in the center of the village, with several baskets woven from old fishing nets placed at the entrance, filled with colorful wildflowers swaying gently in the sea breeze.

Walking into the service center, a faint scent of seawater mixed with the aroma of wood created a natural and relaxed atmosphere.

The interior decor was simple and practical, with walls adorned with black and white old photographs of fishermen, as well as handicrafts decorated with seashells and starfish, showcasing the characteristics and culture of the fishing village everywhere.

In such a space filled with the essence of the sea, the psychological counseling room was particularly special.

It was situated in a corner of the center, with a handwritten wooden sign by the door, on which the words "Heart Language Harbor" were spelled out with colorful shells.

At this moment, there was a line at the door of the counseling room, with villagers maintaining a proper social distance, either whispering to each other or waiting in silence.

In a corner, several volunteers were preparing hot tea for those waiting, the aroma of tea mingling with the sea breeze, adding a sense of warmth and care to the air.

As soon as Hou Liansheng entered, he saw a familiar burly man who had just come out of the psychological counseling room.

He was an adult male with rough facial features, his thick eyebrows over a pair of small eyes that radiated an intensity that could not be overlooked.

Hou Liansheng recognized him, this was the big guy he had seen that day.

"Uh, hello."

Hou Liansheng stepped forward with a warm smile.

Which obviously caught the man off guard.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

Zheng Dalai raised his eyebrows, though he did not remember who the man in front of him was.

However, the enthusiasm from the stranger made him instinctively step back a bit.

"Hello, my name is Hou Liansheng, I’m an old classmate of Mr. Chen Yun."

Hou Liansheng reached out his hand and got straight to the point.

Upon hearing this,

Zheng Dalai didn’t dare to neglect, and quickly reached out to shake hands with the man in front of him.

"My name is Zheng Dalai."

"Are you looking for... Boss Chen?"

Zheng Dalai asked with a smile and a level of politeness he had not summoned in ages, his head slightly lowering as he spoke.

Since it was an old classmate of Boss Chen,

He definitely could not afford to be rude.

"Yes, do you know where he might be?"

Hou Liansheng saw that Zheng Dalai was quite polite,

Considering he had referred to Chen Yun as "Boss," he didn’t dare to neglect him either, adding "you" in his own speech.

And his question was indeed his purpose.

His visit today had no particular request in mind; he merely wanted to drop by for a visit and bring a gift.

Although he had Chen Yun’s phone number,

After failing to get through twice, he didn’t dare to call again and could only try visiting in person.

"Boss Chen, huh..."

"Yu Liang told me that he had something to do these days, and I haven’t seen him when I went to pay my respects."

Zheng Dalai earnestly told Hou Liansheng.

He himself had been looking for Chen Yun’s whereabouts every day, but had not managed to find him.

His purpose in finding Chen Yun was not complicated,

Simply to pay his respects every day.

"Then could you tell me where he lives now?"

Hou Liansheng asked thoughtfully after a moment.

It was no problem that the man was not there.

He just needed to locate his house and leave the gift if not found.

After all, he had no specific agenda for this trip, mainly to deliver a gift and to boost his impression score and favorability with Chen Yun.

"Boss Chen is living at Yu Liang’s place; I can take you there."

Zheng Dalai puffed out his chest, showing a ’leave it to me’ attitude.

He then led the way out immediately.

Seeing this, Hou Liansheng hurriedly followed.

These two men, both extra cautious and eager to connect with Chen Yun, engaged in a continuous exchange of compliments during their walk.

They all thought they had a good relationship with Chen Yun, so they put him on a pedestal.

Before long,

the two reached their destination.

Zheng Dalai was the first to knock on the door.

Soon,

Zheng Yuliang opened the door.

At his feet, there was a small brown and white dog.

Zheng Dalai hurriedly greeted him, "Yu Liang, little brother, Bai Jin, senior!"

His tone was especially earnest,

which made Zheng Yuliang, who was only a junior high school student, a bit embarrassedly wave his hand.

Even after all these days, he was still not used to people of his age calling his father and his brother by those terms.

As for Hou Liansheng standing by, he wasn’t shocked by the term ’little brother’ but was confused by the term ’senior’ that came from Zheng Dalai’s mouth.

Besides a kid, there was only a dog present.

You’re not calling that dog ’senior’, are you?

Thinking this, Hou Liansheng couldn’t help but be confused.

Damn.

It seemed like someone was even more sycophantic than he was.

"Chen Yun, big brother isn’t back today, but his dog is still here, so he should be coming back."

Mistaking Zheng Dalai for someone coming to pay respects, Zheng Yuliang started explaining to the two men in front of him.

But this time, Zheng Dalai immediately said, "This time it’s not to pay respects; it’s a friend of Boss Chen who is looking for him."

Saying that, he pointed at Hou Liansheng beside him.

Hou Liansheng, upon hearing this, quickly smiled at Zheng Yuliang, "Hello, I’m a high school classmate of Mr. Chen, visiting especially today."

Considering Zheng Dalai had just enthusiastically called the dog ’senior’, Hou Liansheng, after speaking, also subconsciously nodded at the dog discreetly.

Zheng Dalai saw Hou Liansheng’s action.

He immediately revealed a knowing expression.

Well then, it turned out they were all bootlickers, all moths to the flame!

"Boss Chen really isn’t at home,"

Zheng Yuliang said somewhat embarrassedly, scratching his head as he spoke to Hou Liansheng.

"No worries, just leave this for him."

"Just say it’s from Hou Liansheng."

Hou Liansheng handed the bag he was holding to Zheng Yuliang; inside was the nut gift box he had purchased while shopping at the supermarket earlier.

Zheng Yuliang took the gift box and nodded.

Afterward, the group exchanged pleasantries for a while, then went their separate ways.

And now, walking away from Zheng Yuliang’s home, Zheng Dalai and Hou Liansheng couldn’t help but glance at each other from time to time.

After a while,

they stopped walking and faced each other.

"You also..."

"You also..."

Their simultaneous words made them stop short.

Seeing this, they looked at each other and smiled without saying more.

At that moment, both understood that the other was not any acquaintance of Chen Yun.

They were just bootlickers trying to curry favor with Chen Yun.

And neither was making much more progress than the other.

The polite behavior they had just exhibited now seemed quite comical on reflection.

They were both like fireflies trying to get close to the stars.

The stars are high and endless.

Fireflies are tiny and within reach.

Those feeble fireflies always yearn to get closer to those endless, sparkling stars.

Though the road ahead is long and arduous, it’s not a dead end.

"How about we add each other as friends?"

Zheng Dalai said, passing his WeChat QR code to Hou Liansheng.

In his opinion,

he would never be able to out-bootlick someone who had a schoolmate relationship with Chen Yun, so he might as well cozy up to this guy for now.

"Hmm."

Hou Liansheng nodded in agreement.

In his view, having another like-minded person would make it easier to curry favor with Chen Yun.

Zheng Dalai had started bootlicking Chen Yun earlier than him.

He must also have some experience, which would be good to exchange.

Both felt they had come out ahead.

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