Two hours passed quickly. During this time, Lin Feng drew two more sketches.
Practice makes perfect. After drawing dozens, even hundreds of sketches, Lin Feng had become increasingly skilled, and his speed was also accelerating.
Estimating that the time was almost up, Lin Feng went out and walked toward the Empty Lot from his memory.
Speaking of which, this Empty Lot also carried a lot of people's youth.
In the story of Doraemon, many things started from this Empty Lot.
Lin Feng also didn't expect that he would one day come to this Empty Lot to listen to Gian's Concert.
After crossing several streets, Lin Feng finally saw, not far ahead, the Empty Lot that he remembered so well.
Several peripheral iron railings connected a portion of the area to the roadside.
Further in, the expansive Empty Lot was flanked by towering walls that separated it from the surrounding residential area.
In the distance, by the side of the walls, several trees had already grown quite tall, and a pile of cement pipes was stacked in front of the trees.
Indeed, this Empty Lot was almost exactly the same as the one Lin Feng remembered.
In the center of the Empty Lot, a small advertisement board was placed, with a picture of Gian singing spray-painted on it in colorful paint.
The stage was built of wood, and several rows of small stools were symbolically placed below the stage.
Lin Feng then realized he wasn't the first to arrive.
Dekisugi seemed to have been sitting here for a while, and he was currently reading a book.
After noticing someone approaching, Dekisugi temporarily closed his book and looked up.
"It's Lin Feng, isn't it? Hello! What brings you here?"
Dekisugi was somewhat surprised to see Lin Feng.
However, he smiled at Lin Feng and greeted him warmly.
"Oh, I'm here for Gian's solo Concert, just like you."
Lin Feng smiled slightly, then held up the ticket for Gian's Concert, which he had bought from Nobita, and waved it at Dekisugi, speaking casually.
"Uh..."
Dekisugi was clearly a little surprised that Lin Feng had come specifically for Gian's Concert, and his expression was slightly stunned.
He hadn't expected anyone else to actually buy tickets to Gian's Concert besides himself.
But Dekisugi quickly realized something and then smiled somewhat awkwardly at Lin Feng. "Lin Feng, you just transferred here, so you might not know, but Gian's singing..."
"I know. Nobita already told me. It's fine, I've prepared myself."
Lin Feng smiled, guessing what Dekisugi was about to say. However, he was here out of curiosity, so he wouldn't back down.
"Well... okay."
Since Lin Feng had said that, Dekisugi could only swallow the words he was about to say.
In fact, Dekisugi knew very well what he would have to face after buying tickets to Gian's Concert from Nobita out of sympathy.
But given Dekisugi's personality, he rarely refused as long as he could help his classmates, unless he really had some other conflict.
Dekisugi just hoped that Lin Feng, the transfer student, could withstand Gian's Ear-Washing Demon Sound and not completely lose himself...
After they chatted for a while about the matter at hand, they fell into a brief wait.
Logically speaking, since Gian was holding a personal Concert, he should have arrived early.
However, the opening time had already passed, but there was not a single person in sight. Even Doraemon and Nobita, who were entrusted by Gian to organize the event, were nowhere to be seen. This was a bit too strange.
After a few more minutes and still seeing no activity, Lin Feng and Dekisugi exchanged glances, both seeing the other's confusion.
Just then, a figure wearing a yellow shirt ran in from outside the Empty Lot.
"Huff... Lin Feng, Dekisugi, sorry to keep you waiting for so long, I'm really sorry."
The person running from a distance was none other than Nobita. Although he was a little out of breath, it was clear that he seemed to be in a pretty good mood.
"I have good news for you all, the Concert is canceled!"
Before Lin Feng and Dekisugi could even ask what was going on, Nobita suddenly took a deep breath, a smile on his face as he straightened up and announced this.
"The Concert is canceled?"
Lin Feng and Dekisugi were both surprised to hear the news.
Judging by their understanding of Gian, it wasn't just that he'd only sold two tickets.
Even if he hadn't sold a single ticket, he would still sing to Nobita and Doraemon for two or three hours without taking a break.
How could someone who loved singing so much voluntarily cancel the Concert? Something must have happened.
"Mm-hmm, here's what happened…"
Nobita's face showed a mix of fear and relief as he thought about what had just happened.
It turned out that when the Concert was about to start, Nobita had only managed to sell tickets to Lin Feng and Dekisugi.
He knew very well that if he'd only sold those two tickets, he would definitely have been on the receiving end of Gian's fists again.
But there was no help for it; what would come, would come, and what had to be faced couldn't be avoided.
With a "go big or go home" mentality, Nobita decided to go to Gian's house to tell him the news. He was already prepared to be beaten up by an angry Gian.
However, to Nobita's surprise, when he arrived at Gian's house, a strange smell wafted from inside, making Nobita wrinkle his nose.
After knocking on the door, the smell seemed to intensify, almost making Nobita faint.
And the one who opened the door wasn't Gian, but Gian's sister, Jaiko.
"What's wrong? What happened, Jaiko? Where's your brother?"
Looking at Jaiko, who had come out to open the door for him wearing a gas mask, Nobita asked with some confusion.
"It's Nobita."
"My brother fainted because he tasted a bite of the dish he made himself. I'm planning to take him to the hospital."
Jaiko's voice was muffled, somewhat unclear, due to the gas mask, but she expressed the general meaning very clearly.