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Internet Cafe Chronicles: Setting Up Online Dates
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"Boss, you really are quite cultured!"
San Tong squinted his eyes, which were nearly closed from the smoke, and blew a puff of smoke towards Internet Cafe Owner, then continued, "With such an impressive username, someone is definitely going to add me!"
"Are you sure?" I waved my hand to disperse the smoke that had drifted in front of me. "That name of yours is just too ridiculous."
"What? Is it bad?"
I glanced to confirm that Internet Cafe Owner had walked away and whispered, "What do you think?"
"D'Artagnan, this French Soldier's username, I heard it took me a long time begging Internet Cafe Owner before he finally changed it for me."
At that moment, I really wished I could draw a black line across my face with a pen...
If I remember correctly, I last saw the name "D'Artagnan" when I was in school reading "The Three Musketeers."
Back then, I was young and thought the name sounded cool, but now hearing it come from San Tong's not-so-smooth mouth just felt off somehow.
However, I can't entirely blame San Tong.
After all, he’s just an old buddy who never even graduated from elementary school.
With the arrival of the season for eating mantis shrimp and scallops, my tedious university life was finally put on pause.
I am not like others who enjoy working and traveling during the summer vacation. Like most people from Tianjin, I just want to lie at home and enjoy the happiness of carbohydrates every morning.
So, I packed my bags and returned home from school to relax.
It was so hot that I didn't want to move.
Back then, not every household had air conditioning like now; we only had those large ceiling fans.
As soon as I got home, I thought about lying in bed for two months, but a phone call shattered my plans to relax.
“Buddy, hurry up, we need to work at the internet café.” The caller was my extremely carefree best friend, Wan Santong.
“Stop messing around, it's hot, and I don't feel like moving.”
“Hurry up, there's air conditioning there.”
The three essentials for surviving a hot summer: popsicles, air conditioning, and cold showers—an internet café has two of those.
If I said I wasn't Tianjing Mandarin ted, that would be a lie.
From then on, my lounging spot switched to the chair at the internet café.
We spent our days doing nothing but hanging out at the internet café.
When it comes to San Tong, he is truly a unique character, akin to a supersonic stealth fighter among oddities.
He was supposed to go through the same nine years of compulsory education as other children without any issues.
However, just when he was in the prime of his youth, full of vitality and with a promising future ahead, his playful nature and lack of discipline, combined with excessive pampering from his family, caused him to abruptly halt his education, leaving him stuck in the cradle for eight more years before he could complete it.
When the internet era began to rise with the widespread advancement of technology, everyone became enamored with online chatting.
Those men and women hidden behind their computers freely expressed the hormones that overflowed from their youthful exuberance, filling the air with the essence of Animal Kingdom.
In simple terms, it was all about flirting, meeting online friends, and arranging casual encounters.
Despite not being diligent in his studies, San Tong found great enthusiasm in this aspect.
Seeing others chat intensely, sweating profusely and surrounded by tissues, he couldn't help but get excited too.
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