Chapter 198
Chapter 198
Little Cao skillfully donned his equipment and was lifted by the young woman into the Human Cannon.
With a low rumble, figures shot into the sky one after another.
The young woman’s piercing scream forced Little Cao to cover his ears.
Was it really necessary?
He’d done this thing over a hundred times; was it that scary?
“Tch!”
Soon, the young woman, holding Little Cao, reached an altitude of three hundred meters.
Feeling the speed of the fall, she pulled the Wristband without a second thought.
Little Cao watched the deployed Wristband and silently turned his head away.
So this was what adults were like!
One by one, parachutes opened.
Little Cao: !!!
Holy crap, where’s my parachute?
Little Cao was stunned.
His falling speed hadn’t eased at all; the parachute that was supposed to open automatically was nowhere to be seen.
Little Cao’s eyes searched around and quickly found a cord near his hand.
He gave it a hard tug.
A chestnut popped out.
I’m f*cking holding a chestnut?
His urge to snark burned fiercely, but eventually subsided under gravity’s relentless pull.
During the descent, Little Cao thought about many things.
Between his tutoring sessions, notes, and phone rentals, his monthly net profit was no less than five figures.
Yet he’d earned so much money and hadn’t even had time to enjoy it.
He wondered if his dad would find the twenty thousand yuan hidden under the bed.
Would those two high school students be able to get into college without his support?
The rapid descent slowed slightly as a tug of force came through, and the missing parachute finally appeared in his field of vision.
But at the current speed, hitting the ground would still turn him into meat paste!
Plummeting down, Little Cao’s body finally made contact with an object.
But unlike what he imagined, it wasn’t the ground he hit first; it was the newest trampoline that had been set up.
Landing at that speed on the ground would indeed turn him into meat paste, but what about a trampoline?
The trampoline’s springs were made of an alloy provided by the System, so handling this speed was no problem at all.
Little Cao’s parachute detached in an instant, and the trampoline’s recoil launched him back up.
Have you ever seen a basketball being dribbled?
Little Cao was like a basketball, bouncing back and forth between gravity and the restoring force.
After a full five minutes of torment, Little Cao finally came to a stop, lying on the trampoline.
What kind of eyes were those!
Beaten down by reality, they had lost all yearning for life.
Little Cao had never imagined he would experience the agony of existence on this ride.
“How do you feel?”
Zhang Bei’s gloating voice reached Little Cao’s ears.
Like a dying man suddenly sitting up in bed, he angrily demanded what the boss was doing!
“It’s the upgraded Human Cannon! Bet you’ve rediscovered the joy of the very first time?”
Little Cao opened his mouth, fury, sorrow, and despair flooding his heart all at once.
“Damn!”
After the furious roar, he simply rolled his eyes back and passed out.
The doctor pulled a stretcher over to the trampoline.
Looking at the unconscious Little Cao, an image surfaced in his mind.
On smooth cobblestones, two figures-one big, one small-were struggling to jump rope.
That breathtaking scene was impossible to forget.
Meanwhile, outside the Amusement Park’s main gate, Cao Jia was hurrying over.
On his knees were still the marks of a durian.
Two hours earlier, Cao Jia had been happily watching TV.
Who would’ve thought his wife would suddenly unleash a full set of martial arts moves on him?
Dazed and wronged, Cao Jia could hardly bear such mistreatment.
A man at thirty is a flower in bloom; once I bloom, all other flowers wither.
But Cao Jia’s resistance was ultimately crushed. After spending an hour on his knees, he finally learned why he’d been beaten.
Three thousand yuan!
Every last bit of it had been found beneath the refrigerator!
How was he supposed to explain that?
Claim it wasn’t his?
Who would believe him?
Would anyone hide money in somebody else’s home?
Only three people lived in that huge house, and the kid was still in elementary school.
Cao Jia had no choice but to take the blame.
But this wasn’t over!
That little brat was definitely behind it!
He hurried into the Amusement Park.
Looking around, he saw a group of children lined up and waiting to be chosen.
With a father’s eye, he quickly spotted Little Cao at the Morgue.
“You little brat!”
Little Cao had only just regained consciousness when he jolted in fright. His father was charging straight at him with the Seven Wolves belt in hand.
“Stop! Wait-what are you doing?!”
Cao Jia gritted his teeth. “Come on, then. Explain why there were three thousand yuan under the refrigerator!”
Little Cao glanced at the marks on Cao Jia’s knees and nearly burst out laughing.
“Didn’t I tell you I made some money selling my notes?”
Cao Jia: ???
You call that some money?
Damn it, my monthly allowance isn’t even a tenth of that!
Seeing Old Cao’s stunned expression, Little Cao said, “How about a deal? I’ll give you three hundred a month, and you don’t tell Mom.”
“Hm?”
“Five hundred! I can’t go any higher!”
Old Cao lowered the Seven Wolves belt, his face breaking into a broad smile.
“Boss Cao, what about this time?”
“A fifty-yuan bonus. Happy now?”
“Deal!”
Cao Jia knew perfectly well that he’d already taken the beating. At a time like this, the smart move was to cut his losses.
But he failed to notice the flicker of amusement in Little Cao’s eyes.
The upgraded Human Cannon completely ignited the children’s enthusiasm.
Every round, one lucky child got to experience Boss Zhang’s love firsthand.
Having received a satisfactory answer, Cao Jia drove home to help Little Cao cover up the truth.
The day’s business finally ended amid the children’s cries and screams.
Zhang Bei stretched and watched as the employees tidied up the attractions.
“Gu Yue, isn’t your birthday tomorrow?”
“Yes. Are you giving me the day off, Boss?”
“Consider it your birthday present. Take tomorrow off and get some proper rest.”
“Thank you, Boss!”
Seeing the excitement in Gu Yue’s eyes, Zhang Bei leaned back in his chair and waited for dinner.
The next day dawned uneventfully.
As soon as Zhang Bei entered the restaurant, he saw the baffled look on Li Yang’s face.
“What’s wrong?”
Li Yang let out a long sigh. “It’s Gu Yue’s birthday today.”
“Didn’t you prepare a gift for her?”
Li Yang hesitated, then sighed again.
Chef Li, who was standing nearby, burst out laughing.
“Boss, ask him what he gave her.”
“Hm?”
After a long silence, Li Yang said, “It’s practical, it’ll make a girl remember it, and it was a little expensive.”
Zhang Bei stared at the bewildered Li Yang. “What exactly did you give her?”
“A cemetery plot.”
“What the hell?”
“A cemetery plot with mountains behind it and water in front!”
Zhang Bei fell silent as well.
I could’ve sworn I meant for him to give her jewelry or something.
“Explain to me just how your brain ended up wired this way.”
“Everyone dies eventually, don’t they? Instead of waiting and making your descendants choose after you’re gone, why not choose one while you’re still alive?”
Faced with Li Yang’s utterly confident reasoning, Zhang Bei silently looked away.
This kid was beyond saving. Better give up.