Chapter 25: Horror Oceanarium (1) So what if I have some scheming...
After finishing the exam of "Introduction to Film and Television Art" this morning, Tan Yue bought four servings of braised chicken with rice in the cafeteria. Amid the grateful words of his roommates, he placed the meals on their seats.
"Your meal cards and meals are all there, come down and eat."
Tan Yue put the food away, sat upright on the ergonomic chair he bought, and lowered his head to concentrate on mixing the rice.
The braised chicken rice sold on the third floor of their cafeteria is especially delicious. The sauce is thick but not greasy, and it goes well with rice. The chicken is tender and juicy, and the portion is large. The potatoes added are soft and sticky, and the fresh mushrooms are tender and delicious. Every time it's mealtime, there will be a long queue.
Tan Yue has eaten braised chicken with rice nearly a hundred times in the two semesters since he entered college as a freshman. As always, he bought the largest portion with lots of meat, and also ordered two extra boxes of white rice.
Zhang Han, who was playing games at the table, opened the lid of his lunch box and said with a click of the tongue: "Old Four, you are still popular. For the same money, Auntie can give you more food."
Tan Yue is the youngest in the dormitory. Jiang Changan, who is in the same dormitory as him and has the same major, is the oldest. Zhang Han, who is from the directing department, is the second oldest. Li Jingzhu, who is also from the directing department, is the third oldest.
Zhang Han is a fat man who is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 200 kilograms. He eats about the same as Tan Yue, but he looks twice as wide as Tan Yue. While eating, he sighed: "Old Four, you said you eat so much, you eat one more box of rice than me, but how come you don't look fat at all."
Jiang An patted Zhang Han's arm, and the layers of fat made a duangduang sound: "Lao Si is 1.9 meters tall and has solid muscles. Unlike you, you are just fat that looks so weak."
They still need to pay attention to their image as broadcasters and art hosts. For example, Jiang An only eats the most basic set meals, and dares not eat too much meat and rice, for fear that they will not be able to find a job after graduation. The director does not have such requirements.
Tan Yue sighed: "Maybe I consume a lot of energy, and eating a lot is not good, and the food expenses are not enough."
I don’t know if he grew again after going to college, but he didn’t grow much taller, but his strength and appetite are much greater than before.
If he didn't have a part-time job, the living expenses his family gave him wouldn't be enough for him to eat.
Fortunately, he ate a lot and consumed a lot. The thin muscles of the boy became fuller and more defined, and his figure did not change into that of a tall, fat man.
In just one year, Tan Yue naturally shed his boyish immaturity and youthfulness and transformed into a beautiful young man, possessing both the maturity of youth and the vigor of youth.
Having good looks has many advantages, especially for someone like Tan Yue who is not aggressive and has a very friendly appearance that is hard for people of the same or opposite sex, young or old to dislike. Therefore, you will get even more invisible benefits.
Teachers and counselors would be willing to give him more opportunities, and the ladies serving food in the cafeteria would be willing to give him more meat and rice.
The downside is that his photos were secretly taken and posted on confession walls so many times that Tan Yue was forced to change his phone to whitelist mode.
Li Jingzhu, who was tall and thin, asked, "Old Four, you're almost a sophomore, don't you want to have a fresh campus romance? There are so many people chasing you, are you really not tempted at all? There's a big social event on Friday night, so please go for the sake of our dorm mates."
In college, many people yearn for a sweet love, and Li Jingzhu is no exception. Unfortunately, he has an ordinary appearance and does not have any outstanding works to show off. The beautiful women he likes either have careers to pursue and are not interested in love, or they just don't like him.
Tan Yue took a big bite of rice and said, "I'll decline the social gathering. You know I don't like to participate in that kind of activities."
Jiang An said: "Our fourth child is a flower of the mountain. She looks gentle, but she is actually insulated from love."
There are many handsome men and beautiful women in the Imperial Capital Academy, and everyone has their own pride, and most of them will not linger after being rejected. However, with so many suitors, it is inevitable that there will be a few morbid and paranoid ones or those who are domineering because of their good family background.
It's just that after those psychopaths did something offensive, they would be more or less infected with some bad luck, such as being splashed with dirty water falling from a high altitude while walking, being smashed by flower pots on the balcony, being showered with bird shit from a distance, and being hospitalized after a car accident when going out...
They were so busy with their own lives that they had no time to bother Tan Yue. After encountering him a few more times, they began to think that Tan Yue was a bit weird and incompatible with them, so they dared not cause trouble again.
So after his freshman year, Tan Yue's college life was relatively smooth. He didn't need to pray to gods, and the bad things would automatically stay away from him.
After finishing the first box of rice, Tan Yue emphasized again: "Actually, I already have someone I like. If someone asks me for my number, I won't give it to them without asking."
He was lucky, as the people in his dormitory didn't have any major problems. But sometimes, they would think that the conditions of the confessor were particularly good, and they would make faces to create conditions for Tan Yue.
It's not that I have any bad intentions, it's just that love is a relatively private matter, and Tan Yue doesn't need anyone to help introduce him to someone with good conditions.
The other three people in the dormitory came over immediately: "Old Four, are you going to be single? Is this true? Is your sister-in-law the campus belle or the school belle? What major is she in our school?"
Tan Yue said: "It's not from our school."
He paused and said, "He is a member of society, not a student. Also, the person I like is a boy, so don't call him brother or sister."
Their art school is quite open-minded, and there are many people who like the same sex. His roommates were just shocked for a moment, but quickly accepted the fact.
Jiang An: "Then bring your boyfriend over sometime and we'll check it out for you."
"That's right, bring us to see if it's a human or a ghost. You're young and inexperienced, don't be fooled by those ugly, old people in society!"
Tan Yue immediately denied it and said, "He is a very nice person, very good-looking, and he is always very caring towards me..."
He paused and said, "Besides, we are not boyfriend and girlfriend yet. I am just preparing to confess my feelings."
In fact, he and his future boyfriend have known each other for more than half a year, but the two of them have always been in an ambiguous period, just a layer of window paper away from being broken.
Tan Yue had just entered university at that time and had not yet adapted to the new environment. He thought it would be irresponsible to confess rashly. During this period of time, he had been working part-time to save money, and he had also prepared a confession gift. He planned to wait until the exams were over in two days before he officially confessed to the other party.
As for bringing someone to meet his friend, Tan Yue had no plans to do so. They were not in a relationship yet, and he had selfish motives. His sweetheart was so beautiful, and it would be bad if something bad happened between the roommates.
He used to be a day student when he was in school, and only lived with other people when he entered the university dormitory. He cherished the relationship with his roommates and did not want to make it awkward in the future.
As for introducing them to my roommates, I can consider it, but now is not the right time: "Wait until you all find your partner, then get together. This way no one will be embarrassed and no one will be a light bulb."
He didn't want anyone to misunderstand his lover, nor did he want to listen to other people's booing.
Zhang Han patted Tan Yue's shoulder vigorously: "You haven't confessed yet, but you sound very confident!"
Li Jingzhu said sourly: "How can the fourth child not be confident when he looks like this? If I looked like this, I would take a shower with the door open every day."
Tan Yue pursed his lips and smiled shyly. He didn't intend to tell the details of his love with his sweetheart. This time he only told them to reduce their teasing and avoid doing something blindly kind.
Jiang An ate slower, glanced at his phone, and suddenly asked, "Have you guys seen the trending searches? The Criminal Law has been significantly revised, the death penalty has been reinstated, and it is said that a severe crackdown will begin."
"Restore the death penalty and crack down severely?"
These two unfamiliar terms seem to be things of the last century. After all, the death penalty has been abolished for six or seven years, and it was unexpected that it would be restored again.
Tan Yue turned on his laptop, and the computer automatically logged into Shanghai Lion. The Sea Lion News pop-up window popped up in the lower right corner.
The young man with very handsome eyebrows clicked on the relevant link, and sure enough, many people were discussing this news title, which was followed by a purple-red "explosion" and a cluster of burning flames.
"Really? Everyone in the group is discussing this. They say that crime cases have skyrocketed recently and the crime rate has hit a new high. Everyone should be more careful when going out in the future."
Tan Yue was a little surprised. Because of his homework and part-time job, he rarely browsed various media platforms on the Internet and read little news during his year in college.
“Have there been a lot of vicious incidents recently?”
Qiu An said, "Yes, look at this. Many human skeletons were dug up in Qiucao Mountain in Province Y. The Qiucao Mountain Scenic Area has been blocked and the time of unblocking is yet to be determined. This happened last year, and the news just broke out now."
When this news was mentioned, Tan Yue had some impression. He went to Province Y for his graduation trip last year, and a cordon was set up near Qiucao Mountain at that time. He originally thought it was a car accident, but he didn't expect that human bones were dug up.
"There was also an incident a few months ago, where a man went berserk in the street and killed six innocent people..."
Tan Yue also had some impression of this. The news said that the man seemed to have schizophrenia.
"Yes, and this one, making doomsday rhetoric, a messy religion, a fraudulent rally, defrauding a lot of people..."
Li Jingzhu also said: "But the crime clearance rate has increased a lot recently, and many cases have been sentenced more severely than before. I heard that the law enforcement agencies have expanded their staff. My brother studied law and got a job as a government official right after graduation. This year, they are going to recruit a lot more people. I am thinking about changing my major."
The more Tan thinks about it, the more it seems like there must be a sign: "My parents are indeed busier than before."
Originally his living expenses were paid once a month, but last semester his family directly gave him the tuition for one semester.
During the winter break this year, the whole family was very busy, and it was said that there was a long queue at the crematorium.
His grandmother is so old and is about to retire, but her career has been revitalized again.
Qiu An said: "Hopefully, public security will get better during the crackdown period."
He patted Tan Yue's shoulder and said meaningfully, "These days boys have to protect themselves when they are outside, especially good-looking boys like you. Don't be fooled by the messy people in society. Go to work less part-time at night. It's not safe and it's easy to get into trouble."
Tan Yue responded: "My tutoring class ends this week, so I won't be going later."
He ate too much, so he took two part-time jobs. One was as a tutor, teaching primary and secondary school students to paint at their homes. The hourly wage was 100 yuan, and the tutoring time was set from 7 to 9 p.m., once each Monday and Friday. However, the students' homes were far from their university, and it would take him nearly 10 p.m. to get back by subway.
The other part-time job is for weekends. I take leave when there are activities at school, and go to work when there are no activities.
My part-time job on weekends is at an oceanarium called Inner World Oceanarium.
This is a private aquarium, but for Tan Yue, the Inner World Aquarium has more things to attract him compared to the famous Imperial Capital Ocean World.
In fact, when Tan Yue entered university, he received a part-time job offer from the World Oceanarium. However, because the time of the part-time job was not suitable and the location was too remote, he ignored the part-time job promotion.
After all, he was not very interested in marine life, and this part-time job was not helpful to his major. He studied broadcasting and art, not marine life breeding.
Later, during the second semester of his sophomore year, on a beautiful moonlit night, he met the young director of the aquarium, who personally handed him a recruitment flyer. Tan Yue was immediately attracted and went there without hesitation.
Tan Yue still remembers the night when he first met the curator Guan Shan. His heart was beating wildly like never before, and he felt like every cell in his body was clamoring to pounce on him and get close to him.
He regretted very much that night. He regretted why he didn't go to check it out when school started. He had to wait until now to have any contact with the other party.
It was obvious that Tan Yue had other intentions in doing the part-time job at a place like this, but unexpectedly, he persisted in doing this part-time job for a whole semester.
The main reason was that confessing at the beginning was too offensive, and the curator was an adult, and I didn’t know if he had a partner.
That's why Tan Yue chose a more tactful approach. Even though he fell in love with Guan Shan at first sight, he did not choose to confess to the latter at the first sight.
Now, after working part-time for a semester, Tan Yue has confirmed that the other party is currently single, and as they get along daily, he likes her more and more.
Having clearly realized his feelings, he decided to bravely step out of the ambiguous period and enter a new stage with the other party.
"By the way, the last exam will be over in two days, and I will move out that day. We will contact each other online when the teacher assigns the group assignment."
Anyway, when I go home during the summer vacation, my parents and grandparents are not at home, and I don’t have much contact with my former classmates in college. This summer, Tan Yue has already discussed with the curator that he will work part-time at the World Oceanarium throughout the vacation.
If Guan Shan rejected his confession, he could use these two months to impress him with his own efforts and sincerity!
Two days later, Tan Yue successfully finished the last exam of his sophomore year.
Unlike other students who were worried about failing their courses, he was very confident in his grades as he usually got full marks and always got first place in group assignments. After he received the scholarship at the end of the first academic year, he should have the money to date Guan Shan.
"Bye, I'm going to work part-time. I'll be in this city for the next two months. Call me online if you have anything."
The exam ended at 10 a.m., and Tan Yue had packed all his luggage into the suitcase the night before. After the exam, he went to the cafeteria to pick out a meal that he thought was particularly delicious, bought yogurt and fruit, and took Metro Line 3 to the Inner World Oceanarium.
The Inland World Oceanarium is located in the downtown area, but the location is not easy to find. You have to turn around and go into the alleys to find this building that looks a bit old.
Tan Yue had walked this road so many times that he would not go wrong even with his eyes closed. He turned into the alley with his suitcase, but the aquarium was still closed.
In the capital, most aquariums are open from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm, and open slightly later to 7:00 pm on weekends or holidays.
However, Tan Yue's part-time job is mainly scheduled at night, and the job content is very simple, which is to feed various marine life in the aquarium.
During his freshman year, the school often conducted dormitory inspections at night. After finishing this part-time job, he would definitely not be able to make it back to school in time. In addition, freshmen actively participated in various club activities, and there were often various lectures and competitions at night.
This is also why, during his first semester, even though he had seen this part-time job through multiple channels, he never considered visiting the aquarium.
Fortunately, the curator Guan Shan was very easy to talk to and allowed this special part-time college student to come every Friday night and go back on Sunday night, working two days a week, with a daily salary of up to 400.
Compared to some part-time jobs like modeling, this daily wage is not particularly high, but compared to the salary levels of other aquariums, Guan Shan, the private owner, can be said to be quite generous.
The aquarium provides accommodation for its employees but not meals. However, it does provide a kitchen and various electrical appliances so that employees can bring their own food and heat it up.
Tan Yue ate out at first, but later, in order to please the director, he went to the nearby vegetable market to buy fresh vegetables and cooked for Guan Shan. He would also often bring food that he thought was particularly delicious from school to share with Guan Shan.
After all, as the saying goes, if you want to capture a man's heart, you have to capture his stomach. Guan Shan is handsome, and he runs an aquarium in the capital, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. He is also a mature member of society.
In comparison, his student seemed too immature. Tan Yue asked Guan Shan how old he was, and he said he was twenty-seven.
According to the love-chasing guide that Tan Yue searched online, twenty-seven years old is an age when one has been working in society for many years and one would not easily agree to be with an eighteen-year-old, no, now it should be said that he is nineteen-year-old college student.
Even if she was moved by his enthusiasm, she might not be willing to go on with a naive younger man. Showing off his excellent cooking skills was one of Tan Yue's tricks to trick the other party.
But what if you have some scheming when pursuing someone you like? Tan Yue sincerely wants to spend his whole life with Guan Shan!
After putting his suitcase and large backpack in the independent staff dormitory, Tan Yue did not see any trace of Guan Shan.
He immediately sent a message in the aquarium group.
Keeper Xiaotan: "I'm at the staff dormitory! @Director Guan Shan @Cleaner Aunt Chen @Trainer Hei Ying @Security Officer Ping Shu, I brought everyone our school's special buffalo milk pudding! I put the pudding in the security room, and wrote your name on the small bag, please take it. I will stay in the aquarium to work for the next two months, and I hope everyone will take care of me!
Director Guan Shan: Welcome.
After the curator spoke up, several other employees came out to express their joy.
Cleaner Aunt Chen: The pudding is delicious, thanks for the small talk.
Tan Yue was privately stabbed again. It was a message from Guan Shan: "Isn't the pudding in the security room? Why is my share missing?"
Tan Yue immediately replied: "I was just about to tell you that I want to give your portion to you separately, and I will also personally deliver the other things together!"
Everyone is an employee of the aquarium, but Guan Shan is different to him. Tan Yue doesn't want Guan Shan to think that he is the kind of central air conditioner that warms everyone.
He was polite to others and would lend a hand when help was needed, but all his enthusiasm and closeness were given to Guanshan.
He licks his boss Guan Shan not because he wants to get a promotion and a raise, but because he likes him, so he gives him his unique enthusiasm.
Everyone else received a portion of buffalo milk pudding, but Guan Shan's was a large bag of carefully prepared gifts. In addition to the snacks that everyone had, there was also an expensive gift that he had saved up money to buy a few days ago.
"Come find me at the Dolphinarium."
Tan Yue immediately replied: Wait for me two minutes, I'll be there soon!
He was running in the aquarium carrying a big gift box, and saw a beautiful young man with long golden hair from afar.
"Brother Guanshan!"
The smile on Tan Yue's face was extremely bright, and the sweetness of his voice was comparable to the recently released Glutinous Rice Lychee.
The young man looked back at him: "Why are you running so fast? I'm not in a hurry." He has a pair of deep blue eyes, and his eyes are as clear as the heart of the ocean in a love movie, which reminds people of the endless sea.
With light golden hair like sunshine, perfect facial features, and a pair of azure sapphire eyes, he looks like a little prince from a fairy tale.
However, Guanshan's facial features are quite oriental, and he looks like a mixed-race person.
Tan Yue has always felt that his brother Guanshan should be called Guanhai, because compared to ten thousand mountains, the ocean is more suitable for him, it is gentle, vast and tolerant.
However, Guanshan is also a particularly good name. After all, “Guanshan is difficult to pass” sounds like a couple’s name!
Seeing the large gift box that was obviously carefully wrapped, Guan Shan raised his eyebrows: "Such a large box, is it all for me?"
Tan Yue nodded vigorously: "These are the gifts I prepared for you before, they are all yours."
He looked at the other person expectantly: "Do you want to open it and take a look?"
Guan Shan's slender fingers pulled open the ribbon of the gift box that Tan Yue had prepared. The square box was filled with a lot of light blue raffia. The nearly 60-centimeter-wide gift box was stuffed full of various carefully selected small gifts.
A box of neatly-selected high-end fruits: newly launched glutinous rice lychees, each of which is carefully selected. The lychees with red shells are placed between the orange and red cherries. The three different shades of red form circles of love.
The space around the heart is filled with Ferrero Rocher chocolate. Tan Yue doesn’t eat chocolate much, but many young couples give this as a gift on Valentine’s Day.
Guan Shan usually praised the delicious buffalo milk pudding, so Tan Yue bought a whole plate. In addition, there was a sky blue business shirt with a good drape in the box, because he felt that Guan Shan liked to wear shirts.
Then there is a large box of marine animal-related figurines.
These ornaments are hand-painted by Tan Yue. Except for the acrylic keychain which is customized by the merchant, some complex glue-dried ornaments and super light clay figurines are all made by Tan Yue himself, and he has been working on them for a long time.
There are Q version of Guanshan figurines, as well as Guanshan drawn in various animal styles!
In addition, there is a notebook that records their first meeting to the present. It is very thick and the cover and lining are very exquisite. It took him a month to finish it.
The most expensive thing inside was a small box containing a sapphire necklace worth more than 18,000 yuan. The teardrop-shaped sapphire always reminded Tan Yue of Guan Shan's eyes, so he bought it when he saved enough money.
Guan Shan had a faint smile on his face. He guessed Tan Yue's intention, but he said, "You gave me these to please me. Do you want me to give you a raise?"
"No!" Tan Yue took a deep breath and solemnly confessed, "I gave you these because I like you! Guan Shan, if you also like me, please have a love affair with me that will never break up, okay!"
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