Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

Meng Zi Yun also noticed, she looked down at the huge takeout box under Huang Yuzhu's hand and asked, "Such a big box, only selling for 22 a portion?"

Huang Yuzhu smiled honestly, "Yes, 22 a portion, the takeout box is free, their store only does takeout."

Meng Zi Yun: "Really cheap.

Cao Kun, who often comes to this street, understood and said, "That store does pretty good business, there's still a line now."

"And everyone who eats there says their sour fish is quite good, spicy, appetizing soup, and tender fish meat, but..."

At this point, Cao Kun glanced at Huang Yuzhu's sour fish, but didn't continue... Long story short, he wouldn't eat such cheap sour fish.

Some things are better left unsaid to avoid offending, and Cao Kun wasn't that low on emotional intelligence.

Tang Jing couldn't suppress her nature any longer and said, "Such cheap sour fish, yet the fish meat is tender, it's obviously not normal, right? Using black fish and grass carp meat definitely wouldn't be profitable, right?"

"Ah, I suddenly remembered, my family seemed to have mentioned before that the fish meat at this store is soaked in some chemical, which is why they can sell it so cheap."

Despite Tang Jing's unpleasant words, Huang Yuzhu's expression didn't change much.

Seeing this, Tang Jing continued to remind him, "This kind of fish should not be eaten too often, it's not good for your health."

Huang Yuzhu scratched his head and said sheepishly, "I don't eat it often, it's my sister's birthday today, and she's been wanting to try it for a long time."

...

Before evening self-study.

Jiang Ning was having dinner at Xue Chuchu's house.

She made egg and vegetable noodles, with two poached eggs per person. The noodle soup had no seasoning, only salt and sesame oil, preserving the original taste.

Because of this, it tasted very refreshing.

After dinner, he took Tongtong to school, Chuchu didn't need to attend evening self-study, so the chore of washing dishes was left to her.

In class 8's classroom, the lighting was bright. Wu Xiaoqi had improved his competence, and he was outside on the corridor playing basketball, showing off his skills, leaving only a cool side profile for the crowd.

Wang Longlong held up his phone to record a Kuaishou video:

"Good, good, Brother Qi is handsome oh, putting this video online might get thousands of likes!"

Jiang Ning entered the classroom from the back door, and most of the classmates were there, except for the usually lively Chai Wei who was missing.

Cui Yu asked Xin Youling, "Where's my Brother Wei?"

The new class monitor said, "He called in sick for leave."

Meng Gui: "Depression?"

Cui Yu: "Hahaha, last time that guy Xiao Shen from next door took a week's leave, it's understandable, understandable."

Xin Youling thought for a moment and still spoke up for Chai Wei, "His foot isn't healed yet, he went to the hospital."

Cui Yu: "Ah Wei is clueless! Changing doctors suddenly is asking for trouble!"

While they were chatting, Zhang Chi walked to the back row looking grim, swearing, "Who said buying online was good last time? I bought a box of instant noodles, and when it arrived, there was only half a box."

"I'm definitely going to file a complaint against that store! Online shopping is a scam!" Zhang Chi boasted indignantly.

Dan Kaiquan couldn't be bothered to deal with him, as this person still owed Brother Nan twenty yuan.

Hu Jun asked, "Were your instant noodles missing anything?"

Zhang Chi replied irritably, "How could it not be missing? I opened the box and it was only half full."

Hu Jun: "Who picked up your delivery?"

"Yan Tianpeng, why?"

Hu Jun: "Isn't there a possibility he took half of your instant noodles?"

Zhang Chi's facial expression changed: "Damn!"

He hurriedly ran out the door to find Yan Tianpeng.

...

After the second session of evening self-study, during the break.

Xue Yuantong was sleeping on the desk, while Jiang Ning and Geng Lu went outside the school to buy dorayaki.

Dan Kaiquan and Guo Kunnan ran on the playground, taking the opportunity to chat with Lan, a freshman, to improve their relationship.

Duan Shigang was holding his phone, flirting with a girl, he had added a girl from class 9 next door and recently started pursuing her.

Because he found that no matter how many adult films he watched, he could never compete with Cui Yu and Meng Gui in theoretical knowledge, on this path, he felt like a child awkwardly mimicking adults.

But, while he wasn't good with theory, Duan Shigang could be good in practice, surpassing Cui Yu and Meng Gui by this path.

Duan Shigang considered himself relatively good-looking, and back in middle school, many girls were captivated by his charm.

When he was chatting and flirting, Liu Chuandao broke out of the prison and came to find his brother.

"Gangzi, who are you chatting with?" Liu Chuandao glanced at the girl's profile picture.

Duan Shigang: "Added a girl, planning to ask her out."

Liu Chuandao winked: "How's it going?"

Duan Shigang: "It's alright, no rush, taking it slow."

Upon hearing this, Liu Chuandao immediately advised, "With young girls, you can't take it slow. You have to stir their hearts, make their emotions fluctuate for you, only then can you pursue them."

"This thing isn't about wearing down slowly with time. As the saying goes, true feelings cannot be kept for long, only tricks win hearts. You have to use tricks."

Duan Shigang thought he made a good point, as he also felt it was quite tough now, "How do you use tricks? Do you know?"

Liu Chuandao stretched out his hand, exuding unmatched confidence: "Three sentences, no, two sentences, to make a girl fall for you."

Duan Shigang was skeptical: "Really two sentences?"

Liu Chuandao: "I swear by the 108 girls I've pursued."

"Alright, give it a try." He handed over the phone.

Boys at this age don't have strong privacy notions. Sometimes when they're too busy gaming, they can't reply to girls' messages in time, and even let friends handle it.

Duan Shigang wasn't particular about it. If success could be achieved, he didn't mind Liu Chuandao helping out during the process.

Liu Chuandao took the phone and briefly looked through the chat history: "Watch how I operate."

With that, he typed the first sentence, bluntly asking, "Girl, do you have body odor?"

Class 9 girl: "Are you out of your mind?"

Duan Shigang got anxious and grabbed the phone, "What the heck! What the heck are you doing?"

Liu Chuandao: "Don't worry, don't worry, the reversal is coming."

He typed and sent the second sentence: "Because you are like a fox spirit, making me fascinated."

"Look, look." Liu Chuandao showed the screen to Duan Shigang.

Then Duan Shigang found that he was unfriended by the girl.

...

Nighttime, the moonlight was deep, the countryside was quiet.

Jiang Ning's room was different from before. Before, only Tongtong was fighting at the desktop computer.

If they wanted to bring Jiang Ning along, they could only play 4399 mini-games or connect to the console. MMORPGs like LOL couldn't be played together.

Today Jiang Ning brought a laptop, finally making duo queue possible.

On this sacred day, Xue Yuantong rejected Shang Caiwei's game invite to play games with Jiang Ning.

In the Gold match, Xue Yuantong chose Little Fishman, Jiang Ning casually picked Frost Archer.

The room's lights were not bright. Jiang Ning had pasted some light strips on the wall opposite the desk as ambient lighting, flickering on and off.

On the desk were a plate of pistachios, crispy dates, and beef jerky.

In the Gold low-end match, Xue Yuantong played very leisurely, snacking and occasionally strolling to the bot lane to hang out with Jiang Ning, like shopping in the jungle.

"Jiang Ning, hey." She picked up a piece of beef jerky and put it in Jiang Ning's mouth.

Then she stared at his eyebrows, eyes, nose, watching him eat.

Xue Yuantong giggled twice.

Jiang Ning peeled a pistachio and tossed it into Xue Yuantong's small mouth, then ruffled her hair.

Xue Yuantong scooted her chair closer to Jiang Ning.

The atmosphere was particularly laid-back, without grandeur, blood and fire, life and death, yet Jiang Ning felt a rare warmth.

Jiang Ning ate a date, and the Frost Archer stayed put, getting hooked by the opponent's robot.

The enemy Marksman was dealing insane damage, danger loomed as the Frost Archer was about to get killed.

Xue Yuantong's Little Fishman dashed out, instantly taking out the two opponents with her high economy.

Jiang Ning controlled Frost Archer to enter the bushes to start recalling to heal.

As a result, Xue Yuantong's Little Fishman also walked into the bushes, like the two of them in the room, sticking tightly and started recalling.

Jiang Ning was puzzled: "You have plenty of health, drinking a blood bottle is enough, why recall?"

Xue Yuantong thought of Jiang Ning sending her to and from school every day, her mouth curved into a charming arc: "I just want to send you home."