Chapter 22: How to Increase the Limit? Urgent!

"Mmm..."

The elder sister woke up very quickly.

This person is just like this, very fond of sleeping; as long as she has nothing to do, she is definitely sleeping, as if she can never get enough sleep.

But she isn't sleepy either; as long as there is something to do, she won't even yawn once. Even if she is asleep, if you call her, she wakes up immediately and can quickly return to a clear-headed state.

A strange person.

"Mmm..."

Stretching out a big stretch, her figure having nothing much to speak of, the elder sister's expression was already very clear. Smelling the fragrance of dishes coming from the dining room and kitchen, a smile immediately appeared on her face, and her already bright eyes became sparkling. Living alone in Yujing, she hadn't felt this satisfied in a long time.

"Wait!"

Chen Banxia ran to the dining room, stepped onto a chair, and took a bottle of wine down from the cupboard:

"Keep me company for a drink!"

Oh right, this woman also likes to drink.

Chen Jiaoshou usually doesn't drink alcohol.

Chen Shu didn't refuse, but stated beforehand: "I'll only drink a tiny bit."

"Drink a bit more."

"Drinking alcohol is bad for the body."

"It's fine, I'll write you two prescriptions when the time comes."

"..." Chen Shu couldn't imagine no matter what that such a maneuver even existed, "Anyway, I'm only drinking a little bit."

"Fine, fine, fine..."

Chen Banxia took a cup, poured him half a glass, and used the bottle herself. Before she even had time to grab chopsticks, she had already reached out to pinch a piece of Twice-cooked Pork and put it into her mouth.

Chen Shu looked at her with a face full of helplessness: "Yujing is so big, did it starve you like this?"

"Eh!!"

Chen Banxia made a sound of disagreement with his point of view while eating.

After swallowing the meat, she explained to Chen Shu: "Don't look at how big Yujing is and think it has everything. Well, Yujing does have everything, but it's not necessarily good. At the very least, the food in Yujing is truly terrible. Although all the major regional cuisines of the country can be found here, those cooks seem to collectively turn stupid as soon as they arrive in Yujing; the dishes they make are not only inauthentic but also lousy. Really, there are very few good restaurants."

Seeing that Chen Shu didn't believe her words, she added: "Look at the food desert cities rated online, Yujing is at the top of the list."

Chen Shu still didn't believe her words.

Chen Banxia went silent, lifted the wine bottle, and made a gesture to clink glasses with her younger brother.

Chen Shu raised his glass slowly.

"Clink."

"Eat, eat quickly."

Chen Banxia had a tone of 'don't be polite,' as if this table of dishes was all arranged by her.

Two o'clock in the afternoon, the sun shone into the room.

Chen Banxia finished the wine, her face flushed, and she had eaten about half the food. She patted Chen Shu's shoulder with great satisfaction and said to Chen Shu in an unquestionable tone: "From now on, come over and cook me a meal every week. Don't worry, your sister won't treat you badly."

"Keep dreaming."

"You're unfilial!!"

"Go back and take a nap if you've had too much to drink." Chen Shu pinched Chen Banxia's face and tugged it, "I'll wash the dishes for you."

"You cannot be disrespectful to your sister!"

"Fine, fine, fine..."

"Are you leaving this afternoon?"

"I am leaving."

"Don't go, there's so much food left. Let's open another bottle tonight. I have a bottle of wine from the Royal Wine Cellar, let's finish it tonight." Chen Banxia instigated, "Then you can stay at my place tonight, you sleep on the sofa."

"I have a bed at the hotel, why would I sleep on a sofa?"

"My sofa is very soft!"

Chen Banxia usually loves sleeping on the sofa and cannot tolerate anyone saying anything bad about it. Then, she pondered for a moment and revealed a look of sudden realization: "Oh, I know, you must want to go back to the hotel to sleep with your childhood sweetheart!"

When she said this, she pointed at Chen Shu, her tone certain, as if she had discovered Chen Shu committing a crime, a sense of justice in exposing evil.

"Go to sleep, I'll leave the leftovers for you."

Chen Shu said to her while tidying up the bowls and plates: "Don't eat things like instant noodles and snail rice noodles all day long in the future; the nutrition is unbalanced. And don't just order takeout. I see your kitchen supplies are quite complete; did you want to cook for yourself at first, but then found it poorly done and too much trouble, so you gave up? Just stick with it for a few more days, follow a few cooking bloggers on short videos, and try making two dishes; wouldn't that be better than those things? And you'd have a sense of accomplishment."

"Can't I think of a way if the nutrition is unbalanced?"

"It's also bad for your health."

"I'm a National Second-Level Pharmacist from Yujing Academy, am I afraid of it being bad for my health? Can't I prescribe medicine for myself? I'm also a Fourth-tier Practitioner."

"Isn't it also bad for your health to take too much medicine..."

"Then I'll just take some more medicine that's good for my health."

"..."

Hey, this girl looks so cute, why is she so fond of arguing?

Chen Shu carried the bowls into the kitchen, cleaned them, and put them into the dishwasher one by one. Listening to the dishwasher start working, he washed the wok and said loudly to the outside: "I've stir-fried a box of soybean paste for you and put it in the fridge; you can use it when you eat noodles."

He didn't get an answer.

When he walked out, Chen Banxia was actually still sitting in the same spot. She was propping up her chin, barely able to hold it up, and said to him with a hiccup: "I've already transferred the money for the Second Tier potion to you. I suggest you just buy the cheapest one; you can keep the money you save, of course, it's up to you. If it's not enough, tell me again."

As she spoke, she hiccuped again and paused: "If you're short on money in the future, feel free to come to me."

Her tone was plain but revealed a sense of generosity.

After saying this, a strong sense of satisfaction rose in her heart.

Fortunately, Chen Shu was not a little boy who cared about face; he was very open-minded and very willing to cooperate with his sister in such small matters, letting his sister gain the sense of accomplishment of "helping her younger brother."

Walking out of the room and heading downstairs, he glanced at his Mobile Phone—

Thirty thousand yuan exactly had been deposited.

So rich!

Currently, the retail price of an Auxiliary Potion for breaking through from First Tier to Second Tier in Yiguo is usually between twenty and thirty thousand yuan; the main ingredients are all the same, produced by legitimate companies, subject to state supervision, and there is no difference in terms of safety or standards. The expensive ones just taste a little better, have a small amount of painkiller added, and have better packaging; in short, it is all a "stupidity tax."

Chen Shu bought the cheapest one at the time, and even bought it on sale for only nineteen thousand-plus, which was a great deal.

Chen Banxia is truly generous!

However, the potion for breaking through from Second Tier to Third Tier is much more expensive because it uses rare materials, and the price is about the same as an Auxiliary Potion for breaking through from Third Tier to Fourth Stage.

It probably costs over one hundred thousand.

Chen Shu now has over eighty thousand.

……

At night, in the hotel.

Chen Shu brought two spoons and a watermelon into Ning Qing's room, placed the watermelon on the table, and with a swipe of his finger, the watermelon was cut into two halves.

"Turn on the TV."

He handed half the watermelon to Ning Qing and held the other half himself, then climbed onto Ning Qing's bed and sat down cross-legged.

He scooped a spoonful of watermelon into his mouth first; it was fine, quite tasty. At the same time, he subconsciously sniffed, and he couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled: why did a girl's room smell so fragrant, while his own room didn't have these fragrant scents? He used shampoo and soap too.

The evening news started on the TV.

Then Ning Qing also got on the bed and sat beside him, and the fragrance began to feel very close.

Chen Shu said while eating: "When are you going to register tomorrow? Do you need me to go with you? How about I register in the morning and you in the afternoon?"

"No need."

"That's true, registration is simple."

Chen Shu scooped another spoonful of watermelon to eat and chatted casually: "I think after you start university, you could consider making one or two friends; you don't really have any friends."

"Not really necessary."

"You will feel lonely too, you know."

"I have you."

"Emmm……"

Chen Shu felt a little happy upon hearing this.

The feeling of being relied upon is quite nice.

But Chen Shu was only happy for a moment: "Although I'm very happy you said that, I still have to say that you can't just have me; you still need one or two friends. I also can't occupy your life alone; that would make you too passive, and it's unfair to you. It would be fine if your life went smoothly, but if you ever encounter setbacks one day, and I happen not to be by your side because of something, there would be no one to comfort you or listen to you talk."

Chen Shu paused: "It's not that you need to have very close friends, or that you need many; just one or two people you can talk to is enough."

After finishing, he continued scooping watermelon to eat and watching the news.

Ning Qing only replied indifferently:

"We'll see."

Chen Shu glanced at her and didn't say much more; she had her own thoughts, and he shouldn't project too many of his own ideas onto her: "But you have to live in a dormitory; if you want to get along well with your roommates, you can't be indifferent to them."

"Understood."

"You aren't just brushing me off, are you?"

"No."

"Good girl……"

Chen Shu glanced at her again.

Today, Qingqing was still wearing that silk pajama set; he always felt this was the most seductive outfit she had ever worn, and the curves of her upper body were simply perfect. Furthermore, as she sat cross-legged on the bed, her two snow-white, long legs were overlapped under the hem of the clothes, with a thin slit squeezed between her calves and thighs, and her skin was so delicate that it reflected the overhead light, with a texture like jade.

Chen Shu fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a moment, although he felt it was unlikely to be the case, he still couldn't help but ask: "Does this pajama set of yours have a breast-enhancing effect?"

Ning Qing turned her head in confusion:

"?"

"Look—"

Chen Shu pointed at her chest: "It looks bigger than usual; what's the principle behind this?"

"……"

Ning Qing pushed his head away with one hand:

"Watch the news."

It was quiet for a little while.

A short while.

Chen Shu lowered his head again, reached out, and poked her thigh; every time his index finger pressed down, it left a small indentation on her thigh, which bounced back as soon as he let go.

Seeing his eyes brighten slightly, he seemed to find this very interesting.

Ning Qing looked at him with a numb expression:

"Is it fun?"

"It's alright."

"Are you keeping a tab on this too?"

"Why keep a tab for such a small matter? We're old acquaintances." Chen Shu said in a worldly tone, repeatedly urging her, "Forget it, forget it……"

"?"

Ning Qing held the watermelon with one hand and grabbed his wrist with the other, pulling his hand away.

Then she focused on watching the news and eating the watermelon.

However, this person had many things to say, and even watermelon could not plug his mouth; a moment later, he called out to her again:

"Qingqing..."

"Speak."

"Can I touch your leg?"

"No."

"Put it on my tab."

"Your credit limit has hit rock bottom."

"Then think of a way."

"..."

Ning Qing turned to the side to place the watermelon on the bedside table, then she got out of bed, pulled this person up, and pressed both hands on his shoulders, pushing him all the way to the doorway.

Watching this person stand in the hallway and tilt his head to look at her, she pursed her lips:

"Good night."