Chapter 252: Daily Life at Home

"How could you do that!? We're on the side of a main road, with so many people watching! It's not like we're at home!" Chen Shu shielded Xiaoxiao behind him, his brows furrowed tightly, and he sternly rebuked Ning Qing, who was a few meters away. "Besides, Xiaoxiao is already seventeen, she's in university now, it's not like before! Can you please consider things more?"

Ning Qing walked in front, turning a deaf ear.

Zhang Suannai stood to the side, her expression blank.

Instead, the young girl he was shielding behind him comforted him: "It's fine, brother-in-law, the beating is already over."

"Even if it's over, I still have to scold her!!"

"Don't be angry anymore..."

"Besides, that beating was way too miserable, wasn't it!? Does it hurt?"

"It's okay..."

"I'll tell you quietly, just now when she was hitting you, I cursed her out in my heart."

"Mm!"

The young girl nodded seriously, believing it without a doubt, and quietly told her brother-in-law: "Brother-in-law, I'll tell you too, I just gave my sister internal injuries. Don't look at how she seems fine now; within a few hundred years, she'll definitely kick the bucket."

"Shh... don't let her hear you!"

"I'm speaking very quietly..."

"Her ears are very sharp..."

"Oh..."

The two lowered their voices more and more, walking forward side by side.

Zhang Suannai followed along the side, her eyes wide.

She vaguely heard the young girl's indignant voice, saying things like "Why should the current me have to take a beating for things the previous me did," and she remained tightly by Chen Shu's side the whole time; where was there any trace of a Celestial Bloodline?

And, wasn't she supposed to be unable to lie?

Zhang Suannai scratched her head—

The persona of the little goddess roommate had collapsed.

Evening.

Chen Shu finally returned to his room, and after tidying up his bed and quilt, he hopped onto the bed.

The bed was soft, and the quilt was soft too.

A faint scent of lavender.

The sound of the springs compressing was so wonderful.

This comforting feeling was also so wonderful.

Chen Shu buried his face in the quilt, and it was a long time before he got up and started wandering around the room.

He opened the wardrobe, took a peek, and closed it.

He pulled open a drawer, took a peek, and closed it.

He pressed the keyboard randomly.

He shook the mouse.

After fussing around for a good while, he finally sat down at the desk, unable to resist stroking the table and chairs once more.

The feeling of civilization is so good.

The feeling of being home is so good.

Chen Shu took out his Mobile Phone and began replying to everyone's comments; in no time, he had arranged for several groups of people to go out to eat and play games together.

He then opened the Ancient Cultivation Group, scrolled to the very top of the messages, and intended to see how Zhang Suannai had explained things.

Grandma Always Says:??

Grandma Always Says: Why is it that as soon as he comes out, you all welcome him in such perfect formation, but when I come out, you all crowdfund to buy me a tombstone?

Grandma Always Says: /complex expression

Gate of All Wonders: Don't you have any idea why yourself?

Grandma Always Says: I have an idea.

Grandma Always Says: This silly vegetable is truly a social butterfly, I can't compare.

Grandma Always Says: /admit defeat

Chen Shu:...

This person is truly an idiot!

He turned off his Mobile Phone.

Daily Cultivation.

Now, his Spirit Sea level had long since reached the peak; cultivation was almost no longer effective, and trying to break through the Spirit Sea Lock on his own yielded little result. His current Spirit Sea level had even surpassed the boundary he had originally estimated as "ready to take a potion and attempt an advancement."

If not for the fact that there were no potions in Nanzhou, he should have attempted the breakthrough long ago.

Zhang Suannai was the same.

If not for the lack of potions, she should have reached the Sixth Stage long ago.

However, this period of time had not been wasted.

Every little bit of progress made after reaching the peak, even if it was a negligible amount, would be intuitively reflected in the success rate of the advancement.

This was all thanks to the residual Divine Power.

The residual Divine Power in the Beast Ancestral Court had immeasurable benefits for cultivation, especially having an exaggerated boost to Spirit Power Quality. And in the process of advancement, the most important thing was Spirit Power Quality; the Spirit Power Total actually played a minor role.

It was truly a bit hard to get used to cultivating after leaving the Beast Ancestral Court.

By comparison, the efficiency was too low.

It was like riding a bike; you might feel that twenty yards is already very fast, but once you push the speed to fifty or sixty yards and get used to it, slowing back down makes it feel like crawling at a turtle's pace, dull and uninteresting.

……

The next day, Monday.

Chen Jiaoshou and Wei Lvshi went to work early in the morning; Chen Shu got up and made egg fried rice, and took the opportunity to wake Chen Banxia up as well.

"When are you going back to Yujing?"

Chen Shu brought over some fermented bean curd and asked.

"The day after tomorrow."

"You took five days off?"

"Yeah! Annual leave!"

"Are you still working at that same company? The one where you helped them crack the reagent formula before?"

"Yeah!"

Chen Banxia picked up a square piece of fermented bean curd covered in chili and put it into her bowl; she used her chopsticks to pick off a tiny bit, and with just that little bit of fermented bean curd, she shoveled in a huge mouthful of rice. The salty and spicy taste of the fermented bean curd paired with the fluffy, fragrant egg fried rice was a familiar taste that moved her to make little whimpering sounds.

Chen Banxia also found it strange—

Egg fried rice was clearly a simple thing; she knew how to make it herself and did so often, but no matter how she learned, she could never stir-fry it to have her younger brother's flavor.

The egg fried rice her younger brother made was truly fragrant.

Chen Banxia had learned how to make the grains of rice distinct, and learned how to make it fluffy, yet she could not stir-fry out this fragrance.

Even when her younger brother sometimes had small mistakes, or when he made it perfunctorily and without care, the rice he stir-fried was still not loose enough, would have clumps, and occasionally even be burnt, but no matter how it was stir-fried, the final product would always be very fragrant.

This was something she could not learn.

It seemed she would only be able to rely on her younger brother to support her in this life...

There was no other way.

Chen Banxia thought to herself, and after swallowing this mouthful of rice, she continued: "That company has pretty good treatment, the benefits are good, and the research atmosphere is also not bad. The main thing is that no one cares if I slack off while working, so I can study for the school teacher exam with peace of mind."

"That's good."

"What about you? When are you going back to Yujing?"

"I'll leave at the beginning of next month."

"Isn't it already the end of the month..."

"Can you at least swallow your food before you talk?" Chen Shu put down his chopsticks with an unbearable expression, pulled out a tissue, picked up the half-grain of rice she had just sprayed onto the table after chewing it, and showed it to her, "The rice you sprayed out."

"You're so disgusting!"

"I'm disgusting? You're the disgusting one, okay? You're full of bad habits." Chen Shu paused, "No wonder you say you're a celibate and don't want to date; it turns out you knew no man could stand you, so you laid the groundwork first."

"What?"

Chen Banxia gave him a punch in passing, then continued: "I'm talking to you, isn't it already the end of the month?"

"Yeah, it is."

Chen Shu calculated: "I'll leave around the same time as you, but you're going back to Yujing for work, while I have to go back to the Spirit Sect. After all, I am an Inner Sect Disciple, my status is different from you Outer Sect Disciples. Then I won't come back; I'll go straight to Yujing. I don't know exactly when I'll arrive in Yujing."

"Look at you, so smug!"

"Are you jealous?"

"I'm jealous that you're ugly yet confident! I'm jealous that you're slow-witted yet happy!"

"……"

Chen Shu pondered for a moment and felt that her sentence was not bad; if there was a chance in the future, it would definitely be suitable to use on Zhang Suannai.

Chen Banxia picked up her bowl and shoveled furiously, finishing the last mouthful of rice, and coincidentally finished that piece of fermented bean curd as well—it was calculated just right, though the last few mouthfuls were a bit salty. As she stood up to leave the dining table, she said: "Then you'd better hurry up and make something delicious for your dear sister. I specifically took leave to come back to see you!"

"Wash the dishes!!"

"……"

Chen Banxia nimbly dodged the hand Chen Shu reached out to grab her with and quickly left the dining room in two steps.

Chen Shu was very helpless and could only ask:

"What do you want to eat?"

"Seafood."

"I don't want to eat seafood; I feel like vomiting whenever I hear the word seafood."

"Then what do you want to eat?"

"Stir-fried dishes, normal stir-fried dishes. Twice-cooked Pork, Twice-cooked Pork with green peppers, Twice-cooked Pork with cabbage, Twice-cooked Pork with garlic sprouts, vegetarian dishes, vinegar-glazed cabbage, Sweet and Sour Chinese Cabbage, fish-flavored eggplant, and oyster sauce lettuce and the like. I'm going crazy thinking about them."

"Don't they have those in foreign countries?"

"They have them, but they're made too poorly."

"That won't do, I don't want to eat those." Chen Banxia thought for a moment, "Then I want to eat... those late-night snacks you mentioned: Spicy Snail, crayfish—oh right, it's just the season for crayfish now—I also want to eat Houttuynia crucian carp, dry-pot pork ribs, and spicy hot pot."

"Come over and wash the dishes, and I'll make them for you."

"Oh, my hand hurts..."

"Then there's none."

"Oh..."

Chen Banxia walked over while whining.

This woman...

Chen Shu couldn't help but give her a punch.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

The two arrived at Ning Qing's house.

As soon as they pushed the door open, it felt a bit unfamiliar.

In the past, Ning Qing had planted the courtyard full of flowers and plants; after she moved the flowers and plants away, the courtyard became very empty. The last time they returned here, there was only one large vine and one large shrub left by Ning Qing in the courtyard, and quite a few weeds had grown. Later, perhaps Ning Zong or Director An couldn't stand it anymore, and not wanting to hire someone to make it into a lawn that would need frequent maintenance, they simply paved it into a concrete floor, leaving only the two rose bushes unpaved.

After the cement was laid, it looked much more spacious and clean, but it had completely lost its vitality.

The little girl ran over to welcome them.

Chen Shu stepped into the courtyard with her.

The stone table was still in its original place, but without the flowers and plants for company, it seemed much more monotonous. He still remembered the summer vacation two years ago, when he was backstabbed by Secretary Ning just a bit further ahead, smelled the Deep Sleep Flower, and when he woke up, Qingqing was sitting on this stone stool, sewing clothes for him.

Memories are truly wonderful.

What a pity, what a pity.

Chen Shu walked into the house.

President Ning and Curator An were clearly not at home; hearing from Xiaoxiao that they had returned last night and even ate breakfast together this morning made Chen Shu feel quite relieved.

Two figures sat on the sofa, one quietly reading a book, the other holding a Mobile Phone playing a game.

"When are you returning to Yujing?" Chen Shu sat down beside Qingqing.

"Once you go to the Spirit Sect, Xiaoxiao and I will return to Yujing." Ning Qing looked down at her book without raising her head, "Staying here is boring, the weather is too hot, and there will be a lot of rain again in a while; I need to go back to look after my flowers."

"Did Xiaoxiao set up automatic watering?" Chen Shu asked.

"I did," the little girl replied.

"That's good then, they won't dry to death," Chen Shu said.

"They'll only drown," Ning Qing added indifferently.

"I did it really well!" The little girl frowned; she had done everything exactly as she said, yet this person still didn't trust her—his personality was truly awful.

I won't lower myself to his level!

……

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