Chapter 126: This Question Deserves to be Taken Seriously

Afternoon.

Chen Shu returned to the Dormitory with two cut stems of "Zhao Ye Qing" and a vase he had just bought.

"Brother Chen is back?"

"Mm."

"You even bought two flowers!"

"Yeah."

He washed the vase, filled it with half a bottle of water, inserted the flowers, and placed them on a newly purchased shelf in his bedroom. Instantly, the bedroom gained a lot of color—transforming from a very ordinary, cozy bedroom into one with a touch of refinement.

It had a bit of a sense of ritual now.

The floral scent released slowly; the aroma of citrus and lemon gave a refreshing, slightly tart smell. It was somewhat invigorating, not unpleasant or cloying, and very comfortable.

Meng Chunqiu's head poked in from the doorway:

"Brother Chen, what elegant taste."

"……"

Chen Shu smiled and went over to close the door properly.

He came back, sat down, and opened the Ancient Cultivation Group. He wanted to spam the group a bit, but felt awkward under the gaze of his girlfriend, who wasn't actually dating him.

"Sigh……"

If he had known, he should have just played dumb even after guessing it—

Even now, when he recalled the "tea-flavored" things he had said, he couldn't help but clench his fists and curl his toes. But because it was Qingqing, after the embarrassment of this impending social death passed, there was inexplicably a strange sense of pleasure.

Is this not quite normal?

"Emmm……"

Might as well continue working on the Rune.

Chen Shu's "Golden Bell Shield" was almost finished. Once he delivered it to the Arena boss, he would be able to earn a large sum of money again.

Recently, he had been dedicating one hour every day to the design of Martial Artist Rune. Because he had many things to attend to, one hour was already one-third of the time he spent on the Sword Light Technique and half of the time he spent on short videos; it was quite a lot.

After finishing this, he would tinker with Jiang Lai's Rune.

……

End of February, Ling'an Academy.

Zhang Suannai returned from outside, opening the door.

Recently, she had given up on camping out at the security office, and the technical personnel she hired had also yielded no results, but she had started camping out at the express delivery station—this idea had been given to her by that Qingcai Keke. She felt it made sense; how could contemporary college students not shop online? As long as they shopped online, how could they not go to the express station to pick up their packages?

Hadn't that Qingcai Keke seen her while picking up a package?

It was just that perhaps the distance was too great, and she had been too focused at the time, so her Spiritual Sense hadn't reacted.

She had been camping out for quite a few days already.

Still, she had gained nothing.

Zhang Suannai felt somewhat dejected. These past few days, she hadn't been able to eat well or sleep well, worrying about this all day long, to the point where she had no energy.

"Five o'clock in the afternoon……"

Usually, the afternoon was when she was at her most lively.

Arriving at the sofa and sitting down, she saw a neat but strangely shaped Rubik's cube placed on the coffee table. She counted the sides; it actually had twelve faces. Zhang Suannai picked it up with a puzzled look and fiddled with it casually for a while, soon messing it up completely, and she couldn't restore it.

"……"

Zhang Suannai threw it onto the coffee table as if it were burning her hands—

I didn't touch it!

Just then, the sound of a door opening came from outside.

"Beep beep……"

"Click!"

The little girl was back.

Zhang Suannai sat on the sofa, leaning her body back, her neck also tilted back, turning her head to look at the little girl in the same posture as when they first met:

"Xiaoxiao is back?"

"Mm."

"Where is Qingqing?"

"Qingqing won't be out of class until six." The little girl walked into the living room, sat down beside her, caught sight of the Rubik's cube on the coffee table, and picked it up.

"Whose Rubik's cube is this?" Zhang Suannai asked.

"Mine."

"Oh, I helped you scramble it," Zhang Suannai said calmly. "This is a unique scrambling method I designed; it's very complicated to restore. I'm testing you."

"It's okay," the little girl said softly.

"……" Zhang Suannai's expression stiffened for a moment, and she hurriedly changed the subject, "I'm so hungry, are you hungry?"

"A little."

"Shall we go out to eat?"

"Okay."

"I'm going to wash my face."

"Mm."

Zhang Suannai went to the bathroom and returned to the bedroom to search for her meal card. When she came out, the little girl was sitting upright on the sofa waiting for her, and that strangely shaped Rubik's cube was just sitting quietly on the coffee table, already restored.

Zhang Suannai was stunned and blinked her eyes.

A few minutes later.

The cafeteria.

The two sat facing each other.

Zhang Suannai ordered a serving of Braised Pork, a pork chop, and added a chicken leg. She glanced at the little girl's tray, which contained shredded potatoes and a serving of potato crusts that were practically deep-fried, and couldn't help but frown: "How come every time I come out to eat with you, you only order potatoes?"

The little girl looked up, gave her a strange look, but still replied:

"They're delicious!"

"If you keep eating potatoes and no meat, you won't grow tall."

"!!"

The little girl's expression turned serious. Her brother-in-law had said the same thing just a few days ago; she hadn't expected Sister Suannai to say it too, which made her take this issue seriously.

"I will grow tall!"

"Haha, you eat potatoes every day and don't eat meat, yet you still want to grow tall!" Zhang Suannai laughed cheerfully. "Look at you, you're so much shorter than your sister!"

"Because I'm young!"

"Girls stop growing much after they're sixteen or seventeen!"

"!!"

The little girl's expression became even more serious.

Reason told her that Sister Suannai was telling the truth, but she wanted to convince herself that "Sister Suannai is a fool" so she wouldn't have to believe her.

Seeing this, Zhang Suannai placed her own chicken leg into the girl's bowl and said with concern: "If you want to grow tall, you have to eat more meat and get more protein. Only then can you grow up to be tall like your sister, with a pair of long legs—who wouldn't like that? I like it; look, your sister is already my goddess!"

"..."

"Besides, it's easier to find a boyfriend later. Don't listen to those men on the internet talking about the 'cutest height difference'; if you let them choose, they'd all pick someone with long legs."

"..."

"Oh, wait..." Zhang Suannai slapped her forehead. "With the personalities you two sisters have, you probably won't be looking for boyfriends anyway."

"..."

"I actually like your personalities. What's the point of dating? Don't you agree?"

"..."

"Don't you?"

"Yes..."

"Being on your own is great, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"So, neither you nor your sister should date in the future. If we get lonely when we're old, we can keep each other company, and I'll still take you both out to have fun. If we aren't lonely, we can just live our own lives and meet up for a meal occasionally. Don't you think?"

"..."

"Hmm?"

"..."

The little girl lowered her head and ate her potatoes earnestly.

Zhang Suannai scratched her head and said to the little girl again: "These potatoes are deep-fried, you know. If you eat too many, you'll get pimples on your face."

"I won't!"

The little girl looked up at her seriously. Her words conflicted with those of her brother-in-law, so she corrected her: "Only smiles will appear!"

"Hahaha..."

Zhang Suannai threw her head back and laughed.

She hadn't expected that this cold, quiet little girl would be so much fun; she really suited her taste.

After the meal, they returned to the Dormitory.

The little girl sat on the sofa, took out her mini Mobile Phone, and typed on the keyboard, the keys clicking away, the light of the screen reflected in her eyes.

Ning Ji: Brother-in-law, is it true that girls stop growing much once they reach sixteen or seventeen?

Brother-in-law: Why are you asking this?

Ning Ji: Just wanted to ask.

Brother-in-law: Pretty much.

Brother-in-law: But it varies from person to person.

The little girl thought for a moment, staring at the phone in the dim living room, and after a while, she asked again—

Ning Ji: Then how tall was Sister when she was sixteen?

Brother-in-law:...

Brother-in-law: Why do you care about that?

Ning Ji: Today Sister Suannai said that to be good-looking, you have to be tall like Sister, with long legs.

Brother-in-law: How should I put this...

Brother-in-law: /struggling

Brother-in-law: Being tall like your sister is certainly good-looking, but you can be good-looking without being tall too. Both are fine.

Ning Ji: Then can I still grow as tall as Sister?

Brother-in-law: I don't know.

Brother-in-law: /tactful

Brother-in-law: It's not necessarily good to be tall, either. She has so much strength, it hurts when she hits me.

Ning Ji: I won't hit Brother-in-law.

Brother-in-law: Hahaha, your sister was like that when she was little too, very well-behaved. Whatever I said, she'd agree to. But it was useless; the older she got, the worse her personality became.

Ning Ji: I won't be like that.

Brother-in-law: Don't worry, you aren't short anymore; whatever height you grow to is fine, it doesn't matter, Xiaoxiao is already very pretty as she is.

Ning Ji: Oh...

The little girl put down her Mobile Phone and fell into deep thought.

Mom has Night Person bloodline, and Night People themselves have very strong physical constitutions, capable of tearing apart exotic beasts by hand, and they also have tall, sturdy builds. Dad has Celestial Bloodline, and Celestial Humans are all thin and tall, with slender waists and long legs; although both bloodlines are very diluted in her, there is no reason she shouldn't be able to grow tall.

Her sister has grown so tall.

After thinking it over carefully, the little girl concluded it was a matter of protein.

Potatoes contain too little protein, and her appetite is small, so she didn't grow as tall as her sister.

Of course, potatoes are still the most perfect food in the world; not growing tall from eating only potatoes is not a flaw of the potato, but her own flaw. So, to make up for her own flaw, she must supplement a bit more protein to be able to grow taller.

Brother-in-law also said that being tall means having great strength.

Only with great strength can she beat her sister.

The little girl made a decision—

From now on, she must drink more milk!

Just at this moment, the sound of a door opening came from the entrance.

Her sister had also finished eating and returned.

The little girl sat in the corner of the sofa; the light in the living room was growing dimmer, but her eyes were sparkling, and she didn't make a sound.

Her sister's footsteps drew near.

Closer and closer.

Finally, they stopped behind the sofa.

The little girl held her breath, looking down at her hands, feeling her sister standing right behind her, and finally heard her sister's indifferent voice: "The competition starts tomorrow, what are you spacing out here for?"

"I, I'm just sitting for a while..."

"Have you finished the set of problems I gave you?"

"I'm just sitting for a while..."

"Go do them."

"..."

The little girl ignored her.

"Go do the problems."

"!"

The little girl had no choice but to stand up and walk toward the bedroom.

Walking to the bedroom door, she really couldn't hold it in, turned back toward her sister, frowned tightly, and accused her:

"Your personality is terrible!"

"Whose personality is terrible?"

"Yours."

"Who said that?"

"I said it."

"Who did you hear that from?"

"Brother-in-law!"

"Go back to your room."

"!!"

The little girl walked into the room in silence.