SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 18

Jiang Cheng crouched in his room trying to assemble a small bookshelf, but even after he fussed with it until his whole body was covered with sweat, the shelf was still not complete.

Out of all the times that he had given his money to Daddy - Jack Ma[1], this was probably the time where it was most well-spent.

For such a small bookshelf that was over five hundred yuan and dead heavy, the high-end texture signified that it was indeed on a whole other level with each piece that passed through his hand. The problem was that there were quite a few pieces, plus the fact that it had an irregularly shaped frame, and none of the pieces were identical.

Jiang Cheng stared at the instruction manual for a long time before finally piecing together the legs and the board underneath; screws also had to be added and the holes were tiny, making it difficult to screw in, hence, he had to hammer it in with... a hammer.

"You bought this thing online?" Li Baoguo pushed open the door - his voice ringing all too loudly.

From a young age to now, once the door to his room was closed, no one would enter from simply a push on the door. Once Li Baoguo's yell rang out, Jiang Cheng felt as if his heart was going to jump out from his mouth and stick against the wall.

The hammer in his hand immediately clattered clang and landed against the thumb of his left hand.

He gritted his teeth and endured the radiating pain that eventuated from his fingertips a second later.　

"It's a bookshelf right?" Li Baoguo asked again.

"Yes," Jiang Cheng managed to let the word escape from his gritted teeth.

"How much was it?" Li Baoguo walked in and bent his back to look at the scattered pieces of boards lying on the ground. "And you even have to set it together yourself?"

"Yes," Jiang Cheng sucked in some air, finally feeling he had overcome a bit of the pain. He watched Li Baoguo, "Can you knock the door first the next time you come in?"

"Knock the door?" Li Baoguo was awestruck, then started to laugh as if Jiang Cheng had said something absurdly hilarious. After laughing for quite a while, he finally laid a hand on his shoulder, "Knock what door! My son's room, I need to knock on my own son's door before I enter his room? I ejaculated your whole being!"

"Wh... at?" Jiang Cheng was severely startled.

"Just kidding!" Li Baoguo continued to laugh loudly, pointing at him, "You silly boy, even this scares you?"

"No," Jiang Cheng stared at the boards lying on the floor. Not to mention continuing with the assemblage, he didn't even feel like lifting his eyelids at the moment.

"Let me tell you, this household doesn't have that many rules, a room full of rough folks can't fake the demeanours the rich people put up," Li Baoguo said. "Look at you, can't even put up a bookshelf... not that it matters, your studies are good. Kids who are good at studying just aren't good at things like this, you only have time to nurture your brain."

Jiang Cheng listened to the speech that had no particular logic; all he could do was to remain silent - an attempt on using silence to repel Li Baoguo in hopes that he would leave once he had said enough.

But Li Baoguo was not beaten back - he squatted down by Jiang Chang's side and said: "Let me have a look."

When Jiang Cheng didn't budge, he simply took over the board for a closer look and then examined the finished product on the instruction manual. "Okay, just move to the side and I'll handle it."

"Mm?" Jiang Cheng twisted his head to look at him.

"This is easy," Li Baoguo picked through the pile of boards, took out two pieces, then grabbed a twisted wooden beam and started to assemble. "Let me tell you, this is just a waste of money. I could have just picked up a few boards at a construction site and made this sort of thing for you in two hours."