Chapter 157: Heisenberg

A sudden knock sounded outside the door; Su Rui glanced at Cheng Shuili sitting on the mat and silently went to open the door.

A hoarse female voice came from the doorway: "Lao… Lao Da??"

Su Rui kept a cold expression and silently stepped aside.

It exposed Cheng Shuili, who was sitting behind.

Liang Shanbo immediately realized he had mistaken the person, and after a flurry of frantic apologies, the three of them gathered around Heisenberg's Can and sat on Su Rui's mat together.

Liang Shanbo is a very cute girl, with a round face, a few unruly tufts of hair on top, wearing a spring‑autumn style dinosaur jumpsuit, the pant legs dragging on the floor, looking both goofy and adorable.

She looks a lot like a short‑legged corgi sneaking into human clothing.

While Cheng Shuili observed Liang Shanbo, Liang Shanbo was also watching Cheng Shuili; she suddenly let out an "Awo" and covered her eyes, yet sparkling eyes peeked through her fingers: "Lao Da, you're so cool!! This death‑top‑light angle is gorgeous!"

Cheng Shuili hadn't heard such flattery face‑to‑face in a long time; her mouth corners involuntarily lifted, yet she forced herself to keep a neutral expression, pushing the can toward Liang Shanbo and saying, "Less poor, open it."

Liang Shanbo nodded, shifted her hips forward, and the dinosaur tail dragging on the floor made a "chi‑liu" rubbing sound.

Cheng Shuili's mouth corners were again hard to control; how could this person be both goofy and cute?

"What did I think? Just opening a can?" Liang Shanbo's plump fingers grasped the pull‑tab.

Cheng Shuili noticed the girl's right wrist tied with a red string, bearing five or six miniature ornamental koi charms of various shapes.

No wonder her luck is so good.

With a "ka" opening sound, the can burst out multicolored confetti, and a small slip of paper floated onto Liang Shanbo's dinosaur claw:

【Congratulations on obtaining '100% Being Caught Bare‑handed' experience voucher x1 (valid for 24 hours), automatically used!】

"Lao Da, look!" Liang Shanbo leapt up excitedly, and three packs of spicy sticks and two bags of shrimp chips rained out of the dinosaur hood, shouting, "I told you my left eyelid was twitching while washing my face today! Good stuff!"

She fumbled to pick up the snacks, and a few chocolate truffles rolled out of the pajama pocket.

Cheng Shuili: "......"

This kid truly lives up to being a big glutton.

But… what came out of this can doesn't seem like anything good, does it?

This isn't '100% Bare‑handed Parry', but '100% Being Caught Bare‑handed'!

Cheng Shuili fell silent for a moment, then changed her thinking: this is also a decent hard‑control skill, but it was used outright; otherwise, saving it for a crucial moment would surely have yielded an unexpected effect.

After opening, the can slowly closed, seeming not to be a single‑use item; Cheng Shuili squeezed the now‑closed can and handed it to Liang Shanbo, telling her to open it again.

This time Liang Shanbo used all her strength, yet she still couldn't hold the pull‑tab.

Cheng Shuili understood; it probably has a cooldown.

This can also lacks any probability description or the like; at least the intro should say what's inside.

She really hesitates to open something with no explanation.

So… she called Liang Shanbo over.

Liang Shanbo still didn't grasp Cheng Shuili's sinister intent; led by Su Rui to the refrigerator, she eagerly crouched and grabbed a few vegetables that could be eaten raw—tomatoes, cucumbers, and the like—treating them as fruit!

The tomatoes were icy‑cold, feeling pleasant in the scorching heat when held; she couldn't help but remark, "It's still better here with Lao Da. The air‑conditioning is the same, yet it feels cooler here."

Can it not be cool?

Cheng Shuili glanced at her in passing; this kid was about to stick her head into the fridge.

Did no one tell her you can wear short sleeves when it's hot?

Cheng Shuili thought for a moment but still didn't speak; she never has the desire to interfere with others' preferences.

"Ah!" Liang Shanbo suddenly let out a startled cry.

The other two people in the vehicle followed the sound and looked; Liang Shanbo's plump finger was pointing at the topmost compartment of the fridge, asking what was placed there.

"Watermelon! Lao Da!" Liang Shanbo's eyes sparkled, clearly craving it.

Cheng Shuili fell silent, feeling as if her stockpiled food had been discovered by a mouse.

But judging by Liang Shanbo's look, it should be a hamster.

Fine, eating anytime is fine; since it's been seen, eat it now. It pairs well with the bread inside her Abyssal Ring, making for a decent meal!

Having received permission, Liang Shanbo immediately rushed to grab the watermelon; the dinosaur pajama's claws slipped on the rind, nearly dropping the watermelon to the floor.

Cheng Shuili's sharp eyes and quick hands caught it, and when her fingertips touched the icy rind, she furrowed her brow as if recalling something.

"Where's the knife?" she asked.

Su Rui silently took a fruit knife from the kitchen drawer.

The knife had only been used a few times, and today it finally came in handy.

The moment Cheng Shuili took the knife, Liang Shanbo suddenly "plop" knelt to the ground, raising both hands above her head, clapping them together with a "pa"—exactly catching the fruit knife Cheng Shuili was about to cut with.

The air froze for two seconds.

"Ah! That's the skill!"

Liang Shanbo excitedly released her hand, and the fruit knife clanged onto the floor, shouting, "Lao Da, look! Super awesome, right?"

Cheng Shuili stared at her empty hand, then at the kneeling, goofy‑happy Liang Shanbo, and suddenly felt her temples throb.

She bent down to pick up the fruit knife, this time deliberately slowing her motion to cut the watermelon—

"Pa!"

Liang Shanbo again, faster than the eye could catch, knelt to catch the knife.

"You did it on purpose, right?" Cheng Shuili squinted.

The dinosaur jumpsuit's tail swept across the floor; Liang Shanbo looked up, giggling foolishly, "Not on purpose! This skill seems to trigger automatically… Lao Da, why don't you try throwing the knife farther?"

Cheng Shuili took a deep breath, then suddenly turned and threw the fruit knife toward the sofa at the other end of the vehicle.

Liang Shanbo shot out like an arrow, the dinosaur pajama's hood flapping in the wind; just a second before the knife tip would embed in the sofa, she knelt in an extremely contorted pose to catch the knife.

That works too?

The speed Liang Shanbo just displayed is definitely not something she could normally unleash!

"Damn," Su Rui whispered, "What about the 24 hours?"

Indeed.

The 24 hours?

Cheng Shuili was somewhat speechless; from a certain perspective, this could be counted as a divine technique.

Unfortunately it's too random; whether the can can be opened is a yes, the duration being so fixed is also a yes; overall, it's still not as good as giving her a better special piece of equipment!

Cheng Shuili sighed, and her gaze suddenly fell on the remaining two boxes.

Ou Huang is here, why are we splitting the watermelon!

"Don't eat yet, open these two boxes!"

"Got it, Lao Da!"

The three of them sat cross‑legged again on Su Rui's mat.

After that chaotic mess just now, the mat was completely disordered; tonight Su Rui will definitely have to re‑lay it before she sleeps.