Case 19.5: “Zhao Yu’s Diary part 2.”

Today I dreamed about him again, in my dream both of us are still high school students. He often invited me to have lunch together and sometimes I would make him a lunchbox. By the way, he pays for it, he knew my family is poor and I was too preoccupied with part-time jobs to help my father feed our small family. My best friend, Xu Haoran was born to a wealthy family. Naturally, he can't relate to my rough situation but doesn't mean he didn't feel any sympathy.

It's not like the other classmates were mocking me, but sometimes they were being too considerate of my situation.

They knew that I couldn't afford to buy movie tickets and eat at the cafe like a normal youngster would do. Afraid to 'offend' me, they'd never try to invite me to hang out nor do I have the time to hang out with them. People who didn't know about my situation would sometimes invite me, but before I could answer the guys at the gang would tell them 'Huang Liangjin is too busy working part-time jobs' or 'He doesn't have the money to participate'. Since the reason was repeatedly told from time to time, naturally rumors will spread, and the entire school knew that my family lives in poverty.

But Haoran is different...

Unlike most people who invited me to hang out outside, Haoran mostly asked me if we could play games at my house. I was somehow reluctant since I've got nothing to offer other than instant coffee and mineral water. I did tell him frankly that my house is small and I've got nothing else to offer, then he stared at me strangely and simply asked 'Is that going to ruin our game?', I said no but before I could say anything, he immediately replied, 'Then, it won't be a problem.'

I was embarrassed by his capricious behavior and just followed his request. When he visited my house, he didn't bring anything other than his laptop and two joysticks. I asked him if he's okay with cheap instant coffee, he said his favorite was an instant coffee latte. I was a bit surprised, for someone who lived in prosperity, I thought he's the type who would only drink coffee from a well-known cafe. But he didn't, he said he preferred the instant coffee and said it would save more time also.

I shook my head helplessly, thinking my first friend would be an eccentric type. However, although I said so, I enjoyed spending time with Haoran. It's easy to be with him, you don't have to pretend to be nice or fake yourself in front of him. He's someone who respects those who respect others and treats everyone equally. However, dreams like this would only last in seconds. The moment you blink you've found yourself woke up empty-minded and for a while, you couldn't tell which is the dream.

I got up from my bed, tidied it up, and simply went to wash my body and brush my teeth. Today, my father will bring me to the mountain for meditation. He's planning to raise my cultivation level from Zhongji to Gaoji, right now my cultivation base is at the Lianqi stage. It's still early, but considering my young age, my father said I have the natural talent to become a cultivator.

Ever since I knew about Liu Meifeng's weak condition, I've begun to practice more seriously. So, the moment we meet again I will have the worthy of saying 'you can depend on me' and sincerely sworn to protect her. Haoran is my first failure and the last, I won't let anyone hurt those whom I cherished the most ever again!