Chapter 291: Heavy Anger?

Chen Shu went to pick up a package.

The package was sent from Bai City; it was mushrooms sent to them by Wei Lvshi.

It is not yet the time for wild mushrooms to hit the market on a large scale; one probably has to wait until next month, when summer arrives, for it to be the best season to eat mushrooms. Wei Lvshi said that when buying vegetables on the street, she saw someone selling them and felt the quality was good, so she bought some and sent most of them to them.

It is rare for Wei Lvshi to be so thoughtful.

What Chen Shu received was a large foam box. After opening it, there were ice packs inside, with several types of mushrooms packed within; they all looked to be of quite good quality.

He took a casual look: there were six types in total—morel, matsutake, black-skinned termite mushroom, bamboo fungus, chanterelle, and blue-staining bolete.

There is actually blue-staining bolete?

Chen Shu was somewhat surprised.

Generally, blue-staining bolete only appears at the end of spring at the earliest, and one often has to wait until early summer to buy it. Today is the first day of the third lunar month, which is a bit early.

If only he could have waited ten more days...

Just in time to eat them at the birthday banquet.

It is a pity that cheap, high-quality wild mushrooms are hard to come by in this season; being able to buy them is already good, so one cannot be too demanding.

While thinking about how to cook them, Chen Shu took out his Mobile Phone and sent a message in the group chat.

Chen Shu: 【Image】

Chen Shu: Wei Lvshi sent a lot of mushrooms.

Chen Shu: Want to get together for a meal?

Chen Banxia: Wei Lvshi sent mushrooms?

Chen Banxia: How come I didn't know?

Chen Shu thought for a moment—

Chen Shu: You aren't biologically related, of course you wouldn't know.

Chen Banxia: You're the one who isn't biologically related! /cursing

Chen Shu: You don't know, do you? You were actually found! Sigh, I didn't want to tell you, but since it's come to this, it's stirred up my memories. I still remember it was a windy and snowy night; I went out for a walk and found an infant in swaddling clothes...

Chen Banxia: I am five years older than you! /cursing

Chen Banxia: You are the one who was found on a windy and snowy night, found in a sewer! /cursing

Chen Shu: Believe it or not, I can't be bothered with you.

Chen Shu: Come over for a meal quickly @All Members

Chen Banxia: I'm heartbroken! I can't eat!

Chen Shu:?

Chen Banxia: Wei Lvshi favors you!!!

Chen Shu: Are you brain-damaged...

Chen Shu: Can you cook?

Chen Shu: I'm the one cooking for you.

Chen Banxia: /dazed

Chen Shu: I'm afraid you've been hanging out with Zhang Suannai for too long...

Chen Banxia: /angry

Qingqing: So noisy.

Chen Shu: This noon, we'll go to Chen Banxia's place. If by any chance it isn't cooked through and Xiaoxiao or Taozi get sick, she happens to have medicine there.

Qingqing: Okay.

Chen Shu: Where is my dear sister-in-law? Why hasn't she come out to speak?

Qingqing: She is washing clothes.

Chen Shu: How much longer?

Qingqing: One hour.

Chen Shu:?

Chen Shu: What kind of clothes take so long to wash? Is your washing machine broken? /dazed

Qingqing: She is hand-washing them.

Chen Shu: Make it quick. Come help me out once you're done.

Chen Banxia: Call my Zhang Suannai.

Chen Banxia: I can help you out too.

Chen Shu: I choose to refuse.

Chen Banxia: /complex expression

Qingqing: I'll tell her to wash them when she gets back.

Chen Shu: Good.

Chen Shu: Then I'm coming to pick you all up now. I'm driving Chen Banxia's car; her car is with me.

Chen Shu put down his Mobile Phone, drove Chen Banxia's small car, and left the school.

The head-turning rate of Chen Banxia's car on the road is even higher than a sports car, especially its appeal to the young girls at Yujing Academy; it leaves sports cars ten streets behind. It happened to be cool and breezy today, so Chen Shu opened the convertible top. It was both refreshing and comfortable, and no one would think you were showing off; it was just wonderful.

He arrived at Ling'an Academy along the way.

Three girls, two motorcycles, and one cat were waiting for him outside the school gate.

Chen Shu stopped the car and asked the little girl: "Does Xiaoxiao want to ride on Qingqing's cramped little motorcycle, or does she want to ride in my spacious little convertible?"

The little girl glanced quietly at her sister, then hugged Taozi and limped toward him.

As expected of the girl he raised himself.

Chen Shu felt deeply gratified.

Wait?

Limping?

Chen Shu tilted his head, looking at the little girl.

She was indeed limping.

The little girl pulled open the car door, sat in, and began fastening her seatbelt without a word.

"What happened to your foot?"

"..."

The little girl was silent for a moment, then said weakly, "I tripped and fell by accident."

Given her usual personality, she would certainly have pointed at her sister without hesitation and complained that her sister had hit her. But now, with her sister in a state of "Chong Nu," she chose to temporarily avoid the brunt of her anger, waiting for this period to pass before engaging in a battle of wits with her sister to see who would come out on top.

"How could you be so careless?"

"That's just how it is."

"You weren't hit by your sister, were you?"

"..."

The little girl stopped talking and glanced quietly

to the side.

Chen Shu was reaching out to rub Taozi's dog head; seeing her reaction, how could he not know the reason? He couldn't help but frown:

"Isn't Qingqing being too heavy-handed?"

The little girl thought for a moment and made up her mind: "Exactly! I even washed her clothes for her!"

"You got hit even after washing her clothes?"

"I washed the clothes after getting hit."

"That is too unreasonable! Does it hurt?"

"It hurts!"

"Too unreasonable!"

Chen Shu scolded sternly, then said to the little girl: "We'll drive faster later, arrive before them, and lock them outside to get revenge for you."

The little girl, however, looked down at her feet and dared not respond.

The bravery of the past few days was now completely gone.

At this moment, Chen Shu's hair suddenly stood on end, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look—

Qingqing was also looking at him with a cold expression. A few seconds later, her gaze shifted slightly downward to his hand rubbing Taozi's dog head, and the corners of her mouth curled up:

"Lock me outside?"

"..."

"Want a little cat-girl?"

"..."

Chen Shu sensed a crisis.

"Brother-in-law, run!"

"That is exactly my intention!"

"Vroom..."

The car accelerated sharply and left the scene.

Ning Qing smiled faintly, riding her motorcycle, following them at a leisurely pace.

Zhang Suannai naturally followed behind her, her eyes filled with the excitement of watching the drama, even more excited than when racing.

Ten-plus minutes later.

Chen Shu arrived first at Chen Banxia's residential complex and parked the car in a roadside space.

After Xiaoxiao also got out of the car, he quickly pressed the door handle, watched the car lights flash and the rearview mirrors fold in, and only then did he pick up the mushroom and walk quickly into the complex.

Qingqing and Zhang Suannai were still behind.

However, after running only a few steps, he saw the car lights flash again, and the rearview mirrors actually opened slowly once more.

"?"

Chen Shu paused, thinking the door hadn't been closed properly, so he immediately turned back, pulled open both doors one by one, closed them, and locked the car again.

"Vroom..."

The rearview mirrors folded back in.

A few seconds later, they slowly opened again.

By this time, two figures on motorcycles had already appeared at the end of the street.

"!!"

Chen Shu was burning with anxiety; he quickly opened the car door and climbed in, checked the dashboard, confirmed the engine was off and the doors were closed, and then repeated the locking process, but to his surprise, the problem remained the same, leaving him completely baffled.

Is it broken?

Doesn't Yiguo's car industry have very good quality?

Or could it be that a Secret Sect Practitioner is actually powerful enough to influence subtle changes, causing the probability of the car having minor issues to increase?

"Brother-in-law..."

The little girl tugged at his clothes.

Chen Shu thought she was reminding him that her sister was about to arrive, so he subconsciously replied:

"I see her, but the car seems to have a problem."

"No."

The little girl continued to hold Taozi in one hand while tugging at his clothes with the other; only after she had captured his attention did she turn around and point upstairs: "Sister Chen Banxia is hiding up there, secretly pressing the remote key."

Chen Shu looked in the direction she pointed—

A figure was hiding by the window, staring at him and giggling.

"!!!"

This was a race of life and death!

At such a critical juncture, you're playing such a childish game with me?

Chen Shu almost couldn't help but let out a string of profanities.

Just at this moment—

"Squeak!"

A mini motorcycle stopped in front of him.

The girl on the motorcycle was tall with long legs, and her hair had also grown quite long, braided into a plait hanging down her back; she was turning her head to look at him calmly, the corners of her mouth curling into a faint arc: "Mr. Chen, why are you still here? Weren't you going to go upstairs and lock us out?"

"Haha!" Chen Shu gave two dry laughs, "Just a joke, just a joke, I was specifically waiting here for you..."

"Is that so?"

"Does that even need saying? If I really wanted to lock you out, I would have already gone upstairs by now!"

"Do I look very stupid?"

"It's alright..."

"It's alright?"

"Oh, not that stupid."

"Not that stupid?"

"Uh..."

"Very good."

Qingqing's smile was a bit brighter than before; she dismounted calmly, locked the bike, and walked toward Chen Shu.

Just as the little girl wanted to pretend to remind her brother-in-law to run again, and just as Zhang Suannai couldn't help but giggle and rub her hands, wearing an expression of watching the fun, she only saw Qingqing stop beside Chen Shu, reach out to brush his hair that had been ruffled by the wind, and ask indifferently:

"Then who wins this time?"

"What?"

"Your childish racing game."

"Let's call it a draw."

"Fine."

Qingqing walked straight toward the residential complex entrance, and Chen Shu followed behind her.

Leaving the two of them standing there, looking at each other in dismay.

Five minutes later.

In Chen Banxia's rented apartment.

Zhang Suannai and the little girl were sitting upright on the sofa, their movements identical, their expressions also identical, both turning their heads to look at the kitchen—two figures stood side by side, only their backs visible; one was responsible for washing different types of mushrooms, while the other was responsible for chopping, occasionally whispering to each other, the scene incomparably harmonious.

Just this???

Where is there any sign of being angry?

What happened to the promised "Chong Nu"?

What happened to the promised doubled anger?

Regarding this result, neither of them was willing to believe it, nor willing to accept it.