Chapter 1382: We Are Just Ordinary Friends

Following Chen Yu here now, seeing everything before her eyes, she felt extremely curious.

"Haha, Chen Yu, your girlfriend is truly beautiful. Looking at her, she must at least be a white-collar worker. You kid are truly blessed." After greeting a few guests, Li Feng brought over a chair.

"No, just ordinary friends." Chen Yu smiled.

"Ordinary friends? I don't think it's ordinary." Li Feng chuckled, "We're all buddies, what are you hiding from me for?"

Chen Yu gave a wry smile; if he wanted to guess wildly, he could let him be.

"How come you suddenly thought of doing this?" Chen Yu asked.

"I've wanted to do it for a long time. Although working in the nightlife scene following the big brothers looked very glorious in the past, to be honest, I knew that kind of life wouldn't last long."

Li Feng sighed and said, "Besides, Lili doesn't support me continuing there; after all, the nightlife scene is too chaotic."

"It is indeed a bit chaotic." Chen Yu nodded. In fact, in places like the one Wen Ge ran, there were fights and bloodshed almost every day.

Moreover, people who are drunk are truly capable of anything. Plus, these people are basically wealthy and powerful; sometimes, if you get caught up in a fight or something, you really just suffer for nothing.

"Yeah, I'm not young anymore, it's time to settle down. Lili is also quite worried about me, so I resigned from the big brother." Li Feng smiled, "Opening a small shop, life is manageable."

"Haha, it's good that you can think it through." Chen Yu patted his shoulder and said, "A simple life is better, without so many worries and responsibilities."

"What are you saying? You have worries?" Li Feng laughed, "You have already transcended the life of an ordinary person. Don't tell me someone like you also has worries."

"I do, everyone has worries." Chen Yu shook his head, "And if you have the ability in this regard, it means you have added responsibilities and burdens in this regard, really."

"Alright, what you said is actually correct, every social stratum has its own responsibilities." Li Feng smiled, "Alright, you sit for a while first, I'll fix you a few of my signature dishes, and we'll have a good drink later."

It was mealtime now, and Li Feng was indeed busy. Most of the people who came to this place to eat were ordinary people.

"What are you looking at?" Chen Yu glanced at Liu Ruxi. Seeing her staring blankly at the surroundings with a dazed expression, he couldn't help but smile.

"Looking at the 'smoke and fire' of this place." Liu Ruxi smiled slightly, "The people before us are all the lowest-level people struggling to make a living, right? Why can they be so happy?"

"Because they don't have that many responsibilities on them," Chen Yu said, "Though you can't say they have no responsibilities, as they bear the livelihood of a whole family, but the responsibilities aren't that heavy."

"They have all worked hard for a day, then come to this place to drink a few cups of wine, invite a few good friends, and eat and drink heartily; the exhaustion of the day will be swept away."

"So when you look at them, you feel they are living very happily, but in fact, they also have burdens and pressures on them."

"Yes, but they have that kind of 'smoke and fire' aura about them." Liu Ruxi nodded slightly.

"Right, 'smoke and fire' aura." Chen Yu smiled, "This is where you are different from them. You don't have this 'smoke and fire' aura on you, so you should experience these things."

Liu Ruxi nodded slightly: "Yes, I feel that I am indeed lacking these auras."

"That is because neither your past life nor your present life is that of an ordinary person." Chen Yu said, "Life between people is inherently unfair."

"You have been extraordinary since the moment you were born; this is your destiny. But the destiny of most people is to toil for their three daily meals for a lifetime."

"This is Life, a destiny that no one can change."

Liu Ruxi nodded slightly; she did not deny what Chen Yu said.

A person's destiny is fated from birth, just like her; she was destined from birth not to live this life filled with 'smoke and fire'.

Just at this moment, a waiter brought over a few small dishes, as well as grilled lamb skewers and other things.

The aroma of the barbecue, mixed with the scent of cumin powder, made Liu Ruxi's eyes light up. She suddenly felt some anticipation for the taste of the food before her.

"Try it, you must have never eaten these roadside stall things." Chen Yu smiled.

Liu Ruxi picked up these things. She was a bit hesitant because, in her understanding, these things were definitely unhealthy.

"I am a doctor by trade, do you think my words would be false?" Chen Yu smiled, "Eating these things often is definitely harmful to the body, but eating them occasionally is of no great consequence."

Under Chen Yu's encouragement, Liu Ruxi finally nodded and put a lamb skewer into her mouth.

The moment the food entered her mouth, she couldn't help but be stunned.

She only felt the aroma of the food stimulating her taste buds; the fragrance seemed to explode in her mouth. That spicy and stimulating taste made her instantly fall in love with it.

"Is it delicious?" Chen Yu asked.

"Delicious, it's too delicious. I have almost never eaten such delicious food." Liu Ruxi nodded happily.

She no longer hesitated, picking up the things on the table and sending them to her mouth, even competing with Chen Yu for food.

After eating, having a glass of ice-cold beer, the taste and feeling were beyond description.

"How does it feel?" Chen Yu smiled slightly.

"It feels very good. I seem to have never eaten such delicious food before. This feeling... is also something I have never experienced."

"Is this the 'smoke and fire' of the human world?" Liu Ruxi murmured.

"That's right, this is the so-called 'smoke and fire' of the human world." Chen Yu smiled faintly, "What you are eating and feeling now is the life of the common people."

Liu Ruxi nodded slightly and said, "I feel this is a form of cultivation."

"Right, this is also a form of cultivation." Chen Yu said, "Life in the mortal world is a different kind of cultivation."

"Thank you." Liu Ruxi looked up at Chen Yu and smiled slightly, "Thank you for bringing me to experience this kind of life."

"You're welcome, it's just treating you to a meal." Chen Yu smiled and said, "If you can experience something different from it, that is also something you realized yourself; it has nothing to do with me."

Liu Ruxi smiled slightly. She picked up another skewer and put it into her mouth, savoring the taste of the grilled meat carefully. This taste made her unable to extricate herself for a long time.

"Do you really like the things here?" Chen Yu looked at her in surprise.

"I like it, I will come often in the future." Liu Ruxi said.

"You will get fat." Chen Yu said.