Chapter 1126 - 502: Ellipsis Is a Profound Discipline
Is this right?
It’s not, right?
Not right?
It’s right, isn’t it?
No, no, no, no, no.
Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Look! The left brain unleashed a brilliant move on the right brain, stunning! The folds of the right brain have been smoothed out, can it still fight on? Yes! It can! It stood up! It has not let down the audience who loves it, not only did it stand up, it’s a combo! It actually launched a combo attack! Left and right straight punches followed by a left hook and a spinning backfist! Oh, grandma’s marmot, the left brain’s brains are so scattered they can’t be put in a hot pot! But the left brain hasn’t given up, it’s still fighting! It’s still firing its last nerve—
—Brother Sun feels like a similar boxing match is happening in his head right now.
Ah Nu has a sharp tool to substitute for thinking, but Brother Sun doesn’t, so he can’t draw a conclusion, leaving him a bit bewildered.
Hisssss—
The short phrase "lend you a year of life" indeed can be interpreted in multiple ways.
Because you don’t know if what’s omitted is "lend to you" or "lend yours."
The meanings of the two are completely different.
Chinese language, quite impressive, huh?
Brother Sun can’t help but recall his high school days.
Back then, there was a shorthand question in Chinese, called "the class teacher’s eyes shed tears of joy," it seemed to be an actual exam question from one year’s college entrance exam.
At the time, my thinking was like this.
The subject is the class teacher’s eyes, can be shortened to eyes.
The noun is tears of joy, which is a liquid, so it can be shortened to liquid.
The verb is shed.
So the final concise answer is "the class teacher’s eyes shed tears of joy" = "shed eye liquid."
Not only was it completely wrong in the end, I got criticized by the Chinese teacher.
Almost ended up in a pig cage.
Interestingly, the answer given by my desk mate was "class teacher’s tears," although half-right and half-wrong, still got criticized by the Chinese teacher.
Almost ended up in the pig cage with me.
Anyway, back to now, it’s very clear, the person who wrote this life-lending note not only is stingy but also, just like my old self, omitted parts that shouldn’t have been omitted, how muddle-headed.
Thinking this far, Brother Sun nodded and gave a thumbs-up:
"Lin Li, you’re right, he’s actually quite nice, maybe he’s just practicing kindness like Guanyin, sacrificing himself, cutting off his arm to save others, hoping he could become an immortal too."
"What a great existence," Lin Li responded with a nod of approval, while happily putting ten dollars and the other person’s year of life into his pocket:
"Cutting off an arm to save others... if the other person has this will and follows through, whether or not they become a top-tier True Immortal like Guanyin, achieving a lower-tier status, say a welfare recipient, is definitely within reach."
Brother Sun: "(゜▽゜)?"
Below top-tier True Immortal is a welfare recipient, really.
This time you might be more than just one tier off.
Tsk, and you say you believe this! You punk, you must be some sort of adaptive believer!!
For a long time, Brother Sun felt that under the constant influence of regular customers, his existence became more and more unlike that of a human.
The legend of Brother Sun had spread into the legend of Grandpa Sun.
They say, back in ’91, a customer’s son missed getting into a good school by one point, he wrote during the exam that the world had a certain number of countries, and his son wrongly wrote 195, eventually, they entrusted it to Grandpa Sun, who nodded and quickly corrected it by October.
Doesn’t it sound quite inhuman?
But today, facing Lin Li.
Brother Sun finally knows, beyond being inhuman, there exists a realm that’s not human at all!
Lin Li, though young, actually is a senior in disguise!
While Brother Sun and Lin Li each are in their thoughts, another car arrived at this slightly desolate land, it stopped slowly by the two and lowered the window, revealing a woman’s face, appearing to be around thirty:
"Brother Sun! Sorry, sorry, I’m late, there was a bit of traffic on the road over there, kept you waiting, my apologies!"
The newcomer was naturally Wei Xuan, the used car broker Brother Sun had arranged with earlier.
"We just got here too, haven’t waited long, sis." Brother Sun shook off his thoughts of defining humanity, politely greeted Wei Xuan, "Shall we head in then?"
"Sure!" Wei Xuan nodded, parked the car behind Brother Sun’s at the entrance, then got out, pulling a set of keys from her waist to start unlocking the door.
"Is this young guy planning to buy a used car?" While unlocking the door, Wei Xuan as a salesperson habitually struck up a conversation with the "customer."
"Yes." Lin Li nodded.
"Alright, feel free to check out any cars here, if conditions allow for some, you can even test drive them, if nothing in this garage suits you, I do have other resources on hand, I can recommend both online and offline options..."
Wei Xuan enthusiastically introduced.
She didn’t treat it perfunctorily just because Lin Li looked young and not particularly affluent.
Ultimately, the reason was Lin Li had already given a payment in advance, regardless of whether he bought a car in the end, Wei Xuan’s commission from a few hundred bucks wouldn’t need to be returned to him.
So for sure there would be earnings tonight.
Because of this, Lin Li just checking out the cars but not buying anything isn’t a big deal, after all, she’s just a broker, and even if the car is sold, the commission isn’t particularly high, if it’s one of those scrap cars in the garage, kidding aside, the commission wouldn’t be more than what Lin Li has paid her.
How could she not be enthusiastic and courteous?