Chapter 265: The Strong Usually Have Powerful Self-Protection Mechanisms

Chen Banxia walked out from the room.

She saw her little friend standing in the courtyard, mouth slightly agape, eyes wide open, as dumbstruck as a wooden chicken.

The little girl was squatting by her feet, pulling out the leaves she was stepping on with effort, and picking out the leaves between her feet that were hard to sweep, then continued sweeping the fallen flowers and leaves on the ground, seemingly completely indifferent to her dazed state.

"Suannai!"

Chen Banxia walked over with a grin, fished out her car keys, and patted her shoulder: "Weren't you going to drive my car? Let's go, it's still early, not even ten o'clock yet. We'll come back to sneak some food once they start cooking, let's go out for a spin..."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Why aren't you talking? And not moving?"

"Fine! I know what you're playing at!"

"Watch my Bear Dragon Grabbing Hand!"

"So small..."

"Hey, why are you still not talking? What's wrong with you?"

"Hey hey hey! Chen Shu! Qingqing! What did you do to my Suannai? What happened? Why did she suddenly crash??"

"She was perfectly fine just a moment ago!"

The courtyard was filled with Chen Banxia's shouts.

Receiving no response, she aimed her gaze at Xiaoxiao who was sweeping the floor: "Xiaoxiao! What's wrong with Sister Suannai?"

"Sister Banxia, please pull your legs in."

"Okay..."

The little girl straightened up, wiped her sweat, and continued working.

Zhang Suannai remained standing, not moving an inch.

Unlike her stiff body, her brain was incomparably active at this moment, more active than it had ever been in her life, even turning into a multi-core processor; memories and thoughts from different threads surged up all at once, almost without any order.

Thinking about how she was going to celebrate her little roommate's birthday today, and how she had even ordered food last night, Zhang Suannai had not only sent birthday wishes the moment it turned midnight last night, but also got up early this morning, found her little friend, and came over together.

She had thought it would be a pleasant day...

As a result...

Thinking about it now—

Her goddess roommate, as a Fifth Stage peak genius of the same age as her and Chen Shu, even reaching the Fifth Stage peak earlier than Chen Shu, was also a disciple of the extremely rare and extremely mysterious Secret Sect, and in this era, the Secret Sect and the Imperial Family had a partnership, which was also a reason to be in the same group.

As for that Zhaoyeqing in the group...

Sometimes very cold and aloof, sometimes not.

Her roommate, however, had always been very cold and aloof.

But thinking carefully, Zhaoyeqing was very cold and aloof the vast majority of the time, her frequency of popping up was significantly lower than Luo Huaian's, and only occasionally, in a fit of madness, was she not cold and aloof...

It was Chen Shu!

It was Chen Shu using her Mobile Phone!

Thinking of it this way, it was perfect!

But at the same time, she herself...

Memories kept surfacing in Zhang Suannai's mind—

Granny always said: 【Image】

Granny always said: My girlfriend won't let me take photos, I took it secretly, how is it, good figure, right?

Granny always said: I've decided, I'm going to reverse-investigate Qingcai Keke, any bosses here willing to sponsor?

Zhaoyeqing: 【Exclusive Red Envelope】

Granny always said: I've already found a way to investigate Qingcai Keke's identity, give me three days, no, I can get Qingcai Keke's personal information by tomorrow.

Granny always said: Send me a red envelope if you want to know!

Granny always said: Zhaoyeqing, where is your red envelope?

Zhaoyeqing: Scamming for money.

Granny always said: You're from next door, right next to each other, how about this, you curse Qingcai Keke a couple of times, and we'll be friends, I'll take you out to play later @Zhaoyeqing

Zhaoyeqing: I think she's quite good.

Granny always said: You were actually my roommate's childhood sweetheart, her boyfriend who isn't dating her! You've been using my two roommates to monitor me! I was wondering how I, being so smart, could never beat you, turns out you damn well were cheating!

Zhaoyeqing:.

Granny always said: You've been playing me from the very beginning, playing me for so long, are you even human!? Do you feel no guilt at all?

Zhaoyeqing: 1

Granny always said: You are not allowed to tell my two roommates that we met in the group, otherwise I'm not done with you!

Zhaoyeqing:.

Granny always said: When we get to the place, remember to pretend you don't know me, don't let them guess that we know each other.

Zhaoyeqing:.

Grandma always says: Remember to act well, don't let those two see any flaws. Your girlfriend who hasn't even started dating yet has eyes as sharp as thieves, like she's got a pair of titanium alloy dog eyes installed; I feel like it's going to be hard to fool her.

Qingcai Keke: Titanium alloy dog eyes...

Grandma always says: Isn't that right?

Grandma always says: Don't you all go making eyes at each other in front of that girl. Don't think everyone is as silly as you; such obvious looks, my roommate will definitely be able to tell. She can't know that Qingcai and I are in the same group.

Zhaoye Qing: /yawn

Grandma always says: You be careful, don't get killed by a missile while at Duqin, then Qingqing will belong to me @Qingcai Keke

Zhaoye Qing:.

Things like this, countless in number.

Originally these things had already been forgotten, and usually wouldn't be thought of, but at this moment, for some reason, they all came back to life, and even became so clear, clear as if they had just happened, and began to attack her crazily.

Zhang Suannai was about to be crushed by them.

"It's over..."

"It's over, it's over..."

"I have no face to face the goddess..."

"With Qingqing's personality..."

"My image in Qingqing's heart..."

Zhang Suannai felt the world had already turned gray and white, life suddenly lost its meaning, and her own body was gradually fading, about to disappear between this heaven and earth.

At this time, the face of her little sister appeared in her eyes, that white and tender, baby-fat face facing her, and there was also a hand patting her face.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Ah..."

"You finally moved! What's wrong? Did you get a shock? Did you get a blow? What news did you just receive?"

"..."

"Let's go, let's go out for a drive! A drive will make you feel better!"

"..."

Zhang Suannai felt a hand grab her arm, dragging her out of the small courtyard.

She did not resist.

Sitting in the car.

Zhang Suannai was stunned like a wooden chicken.

The little sister fastened her seatbelt for her.

Zhang Suannai was stunned like a wooden chicken.

The car started.

Zhang Suannai was stunned like a wooden chicken.

Chen Banxia told her to reach her hand out to feel the cup size of the wind.

Zhang Suannai reached out her hand, stunned like a wooden chicken.

One hour later—

A mini car parked precisely into the spot.

Zhang Suannai got down from the driver's seat, even patted the car, seeming very satisfied, then walked toward the courtyard together with Chen Banxia, and was the first to push open the courtyard gate.

"We're here."

"We're back."

Two voices sounded almost at the same time.

Chen Banxia tilted her head, inexplicably feeling something was wrong.

Zhang Suannai was grinning, having already walked into the depths of the small courtyard, a long leg wrapped in light blue skinny jeans taking big strides, and halfway through she even bent over to sniff the flowers in the courtyard, her two eyes bright and sparkling, only when she saw a few rose seedlings that were out of place with the plants in the courtyard did she feel a bit strange—

How come they were changed to seedlings? Where were the original large plants?

Forget it, don't worry about it.

Zhang Suannai stood among the flowers, stretched out a big yawn, only feeling the sunlight shining on her face warmly, the autumn sky high and the air crisp, truly a good day.

"Hmm?"

How did the sun rise so high?

The sun rose really fast today.

"Chen Banxia?"

Zhang Suannai turned her head to look at her little sister: "Why are you standing there? Why haven't you come in yet?"

"Coming..."

"Oh my! They've started cooking so early! So fragrant, so fragrant!" Zhang Suannai kept nudging Chen Banxia with her elbow, "Did you smell it?"

"S-smelled it."

"Why are you acting weird?"

"Emmm..."

Chen Banxia looked at Zhang Suannai with a conflicted expression.

Zhang Suannai was also looking at her.

The two people stared at each other.

Chen Banxia opened her mouth, wanting to say something.

Zhang Suannai frowned, and for some reason, she suddenly didn't want to hear her speak, so she turned her head and walked toward the kitchen, patting her bottom as she said nonchalantly, "I'm going to go watch them cook."

She soon arrived at the kitchen doorway and peeked inside.

Two figures stood side by side in the kitchen, each busy with what they were best at, a perfect match. The *dodo* sound of the Cutting Technique was incessant; Chen Shu was pinching a Golden Fin Fish she had picked up by the lake this morning and putting it into the pot to fry, the cooking fumes rising accompanied by a sizzling sound.

Two dishes had already been placed to the side.

A plate of sliced steamed Sausage and a plate of sour and spicy shredded potatoes.

"Oh?"

Chen Shu turned around to look at her.

Zhang Suannai leaned against the doorframe, blinking her eyes as she met his gaze.

"You're back?"

"Huh?"

"Are you okay?"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"That's good then..."

Zhang Suannai was completely confused, then saw this person pick up the plate containing the Sausage and hand it toward her:

"Want a taste?"

While Zhang Suannai was still hesitating, a hand had already reached out from beside her, grabbed a thick stack of Sausage, and stuffed it into a mouth.

It was Chen Banxia.

Seeing this, Zhang Suannai finally let go of her restraint and also took a slice.

The freshly steamed Sausage was rich in aroma, soft yet firm, piping hot, and one bite allowed you to taste the red oil.

Zhang Suannai felt incomparably satisfied inside.

Lunchtime arrived.

Five people and one cat gathered around the stone table in the courtyard, the table filled with food.

It was the same old rule: the four of them each ordered one dish. Ning Qing ordered the pickled pepper whole fish, Chen Banxia ordered the pork intestine and blood curd, Zhang Suannai ordered the Yuer Chicken, and Chen Shu, at Chen Banxia's insistence, was ordered to make potato stewed beef.

As the birthday girl, Xiaoxiao was nominally allowed to order two dishes, but in fact, it was far more than two—she once again used the excuse that her sister had ordered three sour dishes last year to order Old Granny Potato, dry-pot potatoes, and crispy potato balls; as a result, she bought too many potatoes, so she ordered a sour and spicy shredded potato dish for Taozi as well.

It was more or less shameless.

And today's rice was also potato and Cured Meat steamed rice.

A total of six items related to potatoes.

The Sausage was considered a bonus, a dish for show.

For some reason, Zhang Suannai didn't really want to talk; she buried her head in her food as soon as she sat at the table, only replying when Chen Banxia discussed the food with her.

The rice wasn't cooked in an electric rice cooker; it was Steamed Rice. This kind of rice was delicious by nature, with every grain distinct, and once steamed with the potatoes and diced Cured Meat, she felt she could eat several large bowls even if she just paired it with a simple stir-fry.

Not to mention she had advanced again.

Especially after using the Beast Pill, it directly raised her physical strength to a level comparable to a Sixth Stage Wangting Sword Sect Sword Cultivator; with a stronger body, the food tasted even better.

Her compression ability had also become stronger.

"Hiccup..."

Zhang Suannai hiccuped and stood up to get her sixth bowl of rice.

Quietly, while they were talking, she scooped a bit more Cured Meat and buried it at the bottom so it wouldn't be noticed.

Zhang Suannai deliberately didn't fill the bowl, and after returning, she ladled two spoonfuls of pork intestine and blood curd, mashed them up with her chopsticks, mixed them with the rice, and lowered her head to shovel it in fiercely.

As for things like Zhaoyecqing, the sand sculpture group, or playing the clown in front of a goddess, haha, she had no idea what those were.

Truly a pleasant day.