[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-leisurely-traveler-with-check-in-system":3,"chapter-leisurely-traveler-with-check-in-system-leisurely-traveler-with-check-in-system-chapter-156":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Leisurely Traveler with Check-in System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1137148,1469,"Chapter 156 - 99: Watch Carefully, This Pot Will Smell Amazing!","leisurely-traveler-with-check-in-system-chapter-156",156,"\u003Cp>\"Go find a job or something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan’s words made the already closed and somewhat quiet hotpot restaurant seem even more silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaolan blinked, silently lowered her head, dipped a slice of beef tripe into the soup, put it in her bowl, blew on it, and took a taste, \"Hmm... can’t quite tell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her, most hotpots tasted the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But maybe because of Li Younan’s words suggesting something was off, she felt as though something was indeed missing, but she couldn’t pinpoint what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie was slightly stunned for half a second. After confirming that Li Younan was serious, he nodded in realization and said, \"Oh, you mean my work skills are so strong that if I found a job, I’d earn more than running a hotpot restaurant, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan couldn’t help but roll his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie burst into laughter, then sighed a bit regretfully, sitting across from Li Younan. He silently lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, then turned his head aside and gently exhaled the smoke towards an empty area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only took one puff before he discarded the cigarette on the ground and put it out. He then asked somewhat insistently, \"Is it really that bad? To be honest, I can’t taste the difference.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan didn’t respond as he added some side dishes into the pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chongqing hotpot is fond of using a nine-square grid. In each square, Li Younan placed a different ingredient, silently waiting for them to cook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan raised his eyes a bit, \"Let’s wait for the hotpot to be done, I’m hungry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie blinked and nodded, \"Oh, want a drink?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan said, \"A bottle of beer for me, get her a can of Jiaduobao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gestured towards Lu Xiaolan as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaolan protested defiantly, \"I want beer too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then received a light tap on the head from Li Younan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hotpot certainly wasn’t bad, in fact, it might even be better than some he’d had in Chengdu. It was definitely enough to fill the stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Younan had only taken a few bites before the spiciness brought tears to his eyes. Sighing lightly, he looked around and said to Chen Kunjie, \"Could I trouble you for a bowl of hot water?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie looked at him strangely, \"What do you need hot water for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he got up to fetch it anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, under Chen Kunjie’s utterly shocked gaze, Li Younan dipped a slice of cooked beef into the hot water before eating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie expressed his firm disapproval of this way of eating hotpot, \"You’re from Sichuan, man! Aren’t you supposed to be immune to spice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan ignored Chen Kunjie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he stood up, \"Got any fried rice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie was still absorbed in the \"soulless\" way Li Younan was eating hotpot and shook his head instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan sighed lightly, \"I had a feeling there wouldn’t be. But there must be some leftover rice from yesterday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie blinked, \"No leftovers, but there’s a pot from this morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan nodded, \"That’ll do, the residual moisture should be about right...\" He got up and asked, \"Where’s the kitchen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie looked skeptical, \"You’re gonna fry rice? I can do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan gently patted Chen Kunjie’s shoulder, \"Never mind, I’ll do it myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie didn’t insist further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Li Younan headed to the kitchen, Chen Kunjie turned his gaze to Lu Xiaolan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaolan, not being a socially extroverted person, looked up in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie chuckled, \"Are you Li Younan’s cousin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaolan nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you smoke?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaolan looked shocked and quickly shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then are you dating?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaolan shook her head again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie laughed, \"Then you must be a close cousin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaolan cautiously lowered her head, her expression a bit odd, and started eating faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kitchen quickly echoed with the noise of the range hood humming loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, Li Younan came out carrying a large bowl of fried rice, holding three small bowls in his other hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the steaming fried rice on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan said to Lu Xiaolan, \"Have some fried rice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaolan nodded quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie stared at the fried rice made by Li Younan, with a slightly strange expression, and said, \"Give me some too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan pointed at the bowls on the table, \"Help yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them each served themselves a bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan was just eating to fill his stomach and hadn’t cooked with much care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his fried rice was different from the average, as he added some shrimp, creating a kind of seafood fried rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fried rice was notably vibrant and colorful. The cooking was spot on, with each grain distinct, the egg golden and even, the shrimp both decoration and main ingredient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After one bite, Chen Kunjie couldn’t help but glance more at Li Younan and sped up his eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing a bowl, Li Younan still didn’t feel full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the hotpot was too spicy for him, so he hadn’t eaten much of it, relying mostly on the fried rice to fill up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, there wasn’t quite enough fried rice... Chen Kunjie, with no sense of decorum, went ahead and scooped all the remaining rice into his own bowl while there was still a bowl’s worth left, before Younan could react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Li Younan felt a bit conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Kunjie, while scooping rice, said to Li Younan, \"Make yourself at home, eat as if it’s your own place. If you want more, just go fry some more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Younan put down his bowl, remained silent for a moment, then slowly said, \"Seeing you so down and out, I feel better inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",969,"2026-06-03T12:05:01.462Z","2026-06-03T12:05:05.012Z",1,"novelbin.me","a26404c42edcf73a8da3873ea6292f6985976dfb7b2b17a3753ed5ad1ae7aafb","leisurely-traveler-with-check-in-system-chapter-157","leisurely-traveler-with-check-in-system-chapter-155",317,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fleisurely-traveler-with-check-in-system-cover.jpg"]