[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation":3,"chapter-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-223":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation",{"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},549102,797,"Chapter 223 - 223 194 Dreams Illuminate Reality","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-223",223,"\u003Cp>Chapter 223: Chapter 194: Dreams Illuminate Reality Chapter 223: Chapter 194: Dreams Illuminate Reality Blue Horse Shopping Mall Phase One, Skating Rink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Gui asked Jiang Yanan, “Where’s your bestie?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s already here.” Jiang Yanan sat on the bench, putting on her skates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the opposite bench, sat their classmates Yu Wen, Lu Qiqi, and Lu Qiqi’s handsome high school junior boyfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, in the presence of the most handsome boy from Fourth Middle School, Huang Zhongfei, all others paled in comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment, at the skating rink’s reception, Huang Zhongfei handed a ten-yuan bill to the female owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female owner dressed youthfully and looked to be in her mid-twenties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swore she had never seen such a handsome young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, how could someone be so handsome!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female owner was a sucker for good looks; to her, money was nothing compared to true handsomeness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She waved her hands generously and said, “It’s your first time here, let’s be friends, this one’s on me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Zhongfei smiled. He had encountered such situations many times, and he leaned on the counter as he said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since we’re becoming friends, I don’t like to owe favors. Keep the money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overwhelmed by his smile, nearly blinded, her heart racing, she took the money, flashing her most sincere smile ever:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re friends now. Do you mind if I give you some skating tips?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Zhongfei replied, “I wouldn’t want to trouble you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s no trouble, I love teaching people to skate, it’s why I opened this rink,” the female owner said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Yu looked over with a cold gaze, disdain in his heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Women’s mouths, deceiving ghosts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been there a few times before; people had tried to get the owner to teach them due to a lack of skill, but the owner never bothered, unlike now, where she fawned over him as if seeing treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the regulars, the owner came from a well-off family, was quite arrogant, and opened the rink just for fun, acting very capriciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, because she was attractive, business at the skating rink was surprisingly good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Yu scoffed, what did it matter if she was capricious? When faced with their class president, Huang Zhongfei, she still played up to him eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, he sighed. At first, when he asked Jiang Yanan out, she declined, even when Cui Yu insisted on treating; she still wasn’t willing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Yu had no choice but to ask the class president, Huang Zhongfei, and then Jiang Yanan immediately agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was such irony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside Jiang Yanan, Meng Gui looked around; he didn’t see her friend anywhere and asked in puzzlement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s your bestie? I don’t see her, tell me how many you are so I can go buy milk tea for you all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s here, but only halfway here,” Jiang Yanan joked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Gui was stunned and asked, “What do you mean by halfway?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yanan explained, “I mean, she’s in the Blue Horse Mall, but she’s tied up right now and can’t come over until later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, okay then.” Meng Gui was disappointed, sitting motionless on the bench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that he didn’t move, Jiang Yanan urged,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go get the milk tea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll wait until your bestie arrives,” replied Meng Gui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yanan smiled outwardly but cursed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a high school student, not some naive child. She felt Meng Gui’s intense love previously, but she also felt Cui Yu’s strong affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of being carefully cherished by two boys was actually quite nice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yanan really enjoyed that feeling, even became addicted to it, until one day Meng Gui met her friend and transferred his affections…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, he was cool and distant towards her, no longer acting like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yanan was upset, even a bit aggrieved. How could he just stop liking her like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he be so fickle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did he take her for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never seen a man change his face so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Jiang Yanan had given up on Meng Gui. Let him go then, she still had Cui Yu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yanan finished putting on her skates and went onto the rink to skate. Meng Gui didn’t even enter the rink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a pure-hearted high school student who loved only one person at a time. Meng Gui stood by the railing in the outside corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside Meng Gui was Cui Yu, both of them leaning on the railing, looking down at the people in the hall from the third floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s really nice,” Cui Yu sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s nice?” Meng Gui asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This mall,” Cui Yu said. “This is only Phase One, Phase Two over there is even busier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s busy for sure, but the rent for the shops inside is expensive, and so are the things they sell,” Meng Gui said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His family was from the countryside. His parents had worked and saved money to buy him a house in the city. Usually, his parents still worked in the coastal cities, and he lived alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His living expenses amounted to about one thousand two hundred yuan a month, which was better than many of his classmates. Still, it was nowhere near enough to afford the luxuries at Blue Horse Mall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Yu cursed, “It’s so damn expensive. I came here last time to look at a pair of shoes, and they were selling them for over five hundred yuan. Such a rip-off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shoes he usually wore cost just over one hundred yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Cui Yu was a city kid, his family’s financial situation couldn’t compete with Meng Gui’s—they were about even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Gui touched his ten-centimeter hairstyle: “Jiang Yanan is skating; aren’t you going?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Yu sighed and said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, he had seen a couple go into a shoe store on the second floor—the very same one that sold shoes for five hundred yuan a pair, where the cheapest shoes cost five hundred yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was that when the couple came out, they were carrying two bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about them being in a relationship and then thinking about himself…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll take a break before going.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the skating rink, the female owner held Huang Zhongfei’s hand, leading him to skate, fearing he might fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiqi and her high school boyfriend were also skating hand in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yanan was leaning on the railing of the skating rink. It was really strange—Meng Gui had run away, and even Cui Yu didn’t show up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Yu looked down at the crowd below, his heart suddenly filled with ambitious aspirations, and he solemnly said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One day, I will buy this place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Gui was incredulous, “Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Yu laughed, his eyes filled with fighting spirit: “I’m not kidding. If I work hard in the future, I can definitely buy Lanma Mall, whether it’s Phase One or Phase Two.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Gui initially found it hard to believe. Lanma Shopping Mall, with its investment counted in billions, how could it be possible to buy it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked into Cui Yu’s eyes and joked, “If President Cui buys Lanma Shopping Mall in the future, could you let me be the head of security?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cui Yu seriously said, “I’ll just make you the security manager.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good brother,” Meng Gui laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After their boastful talk, they got thirsty and decided to buy milk tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a milk tea shop on the third floor, so they walked along the corridor. As they did so, a pile of plush dolls emerged from the arcade on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be exact, it was a little girl hugging a pile of plush dolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xue Yuantong?” Cui Yu exclaimed, hurriedly looking around—indeed, Jiang Ning was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you guys grabbing dolls?” he asked. There were so many!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, Xue Yuantong boasted, “Jiang Ning grabbed them all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Jiang Ning, Xue Chuchu came out holding three dolls, and even Mu Ying was holding a pink rabbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mu Ying, you’re here!” Meng Gui exclaimed with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Ying was Jiang Yanan’s best friend, the girl who had captured Meng Gui’s heart at first sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Ying looked at Meng Gui’s commanding hairstyle, and her eyelids twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going to have a feast with Jiang Ning,” Xue Yuantong told Xue Chuchu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm-hmm, go ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Zhi, with a plush tiger in his hand, kindly said to them, “I’ll come to play with you when I get a chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging greetings, Xue Yuantong left with the plush toys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She got to the escalator and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Ning, holding these is so tiring; can you do some magic to pack them up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you can do it, I won’t be your boss anymore; we’ll be equals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning flipped his hand, and a plastic bag appeared in his palm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pack them up.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1470,"2026-05-30T14:39:42.568Z","2026-06-01T04:31:29.709Z",1,"novelbin.me","eaac7a2197612fb62ae09508ea3c77c1f62ea417058957abf0c00bef29fddad5","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-224","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-222",1809,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-cover.jpg"]