Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 242 - 210 My Wisdom

Guo Kun Nan said, “Let’s head out first, then decide.”

“Yeah right, you always say that, but we still ended up spending ages choosing every time,” Dan Kaiquan retorted.

He then asked Ma Shicheng, “Brother Ma, what do you plan on eating?”

Ma Shicheng said, “Let’s go for braised chicken.”

Wang Longlong reminded, “Brother Ma, be civil.”

Since last semester, when they first started pooling money for meals and someone always short-changed the group, Ma Shicheng had stopped having meals with them for a long time.

“Whoa, you’re going for braised chicken?” Dan Kaiquan said, recalling that Ma Shicheng hadn’t been keen on it before.

“The taste is actually quite good—going or not?” Ma Shicheng asked.

Dan Kaiquan thought for a while. Today was Thursday and he had made a significant improvement in grades over the New Year, earning a lot of red envelope money that he still hadn’t spent.

Even if it was braised chicken, he could definitely afford it!

“Let’s go together. After eating, I’ll buy a chess set and we can clash over a few games—I’ll show you what superb chess skills look like!”

Dan Kaiquan boasted. He had loved playing chess before and even studied game strategies. When it came to chess skills, he should be unbeatable in the class!

If it hadn’t been for that day when Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning played connect-five, he might have forgotten that he possessed this high-level skill!

By then, his chess skill would dominate in class eight and as the Chess King of class eight, he would formally start mentoring Bai Yuxia in the art of chess.

‘When playing chess, I am surrounded by a halo!’

“I know a bit about chess, too,” Ma Shicheng said.

His grandfather loved chess dearly, and he often played with his grandfather back in primary school until by the sixth grade, his grandfather found it challenging, and after stepping into junior high, his grandfather was no longer his match.

Chess tests logic, thinking ability, memory, and more. Even though Ma Shicheng’s academic performance was temporarily poor, he was quite skilled at chess.

Like ping pong—he played that quite well, and ordinary folks couldn’t beat him, but then he encountered Yang Sheng.

Not just Ma Shicheng, but Guo Kun Nan and Wang Longlong also showed interested expressions when they heard about it.

“Let’s play a few rounds later.”

Hu Jun, however, was very indifferent. He said in a flat tone,

“Chess, huh? It feels like not many people around here play it; it’s quite boring.”

Dan Kaiquan glanced at Hu Jun with displeasure, his expression unwell. He was proud of his chess skills, and the more classmates that played chess in his class, the more it showcased his excellence.

So he was quite dissatisfied with Hu Jun’s attitude—it was such a downer. What if it affected everyone else’s mood?

After a brief thought, he said,

“Back in junior high, I had a female teacher, over thirty, with a great figure. I even saw her playing chess in the office.”

“She said that when boys play chess, they focus intensely, exuding charisma, and older women really like that.”

Hu Jun changed his tune immediately, “What I said earlier was wrong; my perspective was too narrow, having good chess skills is highly appealing. For that, I’ve decided to play chess more.”

Dan Kaiquan was particularly satisfied.

Just then, at the classroom door, a huge figure suddenly ran in; it was Yan Tianpeng from class nine.

Yan Tianpeng was a boarding student, and his dorm was very close to Dan Kaiquan’s, often visiting and sometimes going out to eat together.

On entering class eight, he found Lu Qiqi and said in front of everyone,

“Qiqi, look at you, so thin. Have you been starving recently? I’ll take you for some braised chicken to help you replenish your energy.”

Lu Qiqi, spotting the arrival of the goofy Yan Tianpeng, initially didn’t want to bother with him.

But last night, Lu Qiqi stayed in the class to clean, and her boyfriend came along. She asked him to help, and even snatched the chore of taking out the trash, which seemed to have upset him as he hadn’t sent her any messages on QQ all morning.

Lu Qiqi felt uncomfortable – not messaging, huh? Did he think she couldn’t find someone else to hang out with?

Lu Qiqi was naturally attractive and usually quite popular; if she wanted to find a new boyfriend, it would be easy.

After thinking for a moment, she said coyly,

“But I don’t have any money and can’t afford lunch.”

She put on a slightly troubled expression, hinting to Yan Tianpeng that any normal guy hearing this would instantly offer to treat her, allowing her a free meal.

“You’re silly. Not having money doesn’t mean you should starve. It’s bad for your health!” Yan Tianpeng gave her advice,

“Look around to see who has some money and borrow from them, I’ll take you for some braised chicken.”

Lu Qiqi, sticking with her act, said, “But I don’t like the feeling of borrowing money.”

Yan Tianpeng regretted, “Then I’ll wait for your next visit to eat there.”

Lu Qiqi: ‘… So I was just pretending to be pitiful for nothing.’

Her expression turned cold, “You eat it yourself, I’m going to ES Restaurant for lunch.”

“ES Restaurant serves junk food,” Yan Tianpeng said.

Lu Qiqi felt uncomfortable hearing that. ES Restaurant was the best restaurant near the entrance of Fourth Middle School, and she couldn’t bear being looked down upon by Yan Tianpeng like that.

“You’re the one who eats junk food, you’ve been eating it since you were a child.”

Yan Tianpeng looked at Lu Qiqi as if she was possessed, and he explained,

“ES Restaurant really serves junk food, I have to set you straight on that.”

After lunch,

Jiang Ning moved two small stools to the doorway, and Xue Yuantong brought out a small blanket to cover their legs, as the two of them basked in the sun together.

After sunbathing for a while, Jiang Ning nudged Xue Yuantong, signaling her to move away as he wanted to stand up.

Xue Yuantong slowly started getting up.

Jiang Ning went back to his room and took out a container.

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Inside the box were green fruits called ‘Milk Dates’, which resembled green apples more than dates, being round and a bit larger than eggs.

Jiang Ning cast a magic formation and cleaned them.

He had visited Hu Qi Mountain last night to finalize future development plans, and after that started having Shao Shuangshuang collect various vegetables and fruits.

Perhaps because of giving Elixir Pills recently, Shao Shuangshuang could stay up later, working tirelessly for Jiang Ning. Early this morning, the Huqishan Villa was filled with various fruits.

Jiang Ning selected a few, one of them being Milk Dates.

He took the container and sat back down on his small stool.

He took out a Milk Date from the box and, facing the winter sun, took a bite.

The Milk Date tasted good, crunchy and sweet with lots of juice, and didn’t even need peeling—a rather pleasant experience.

Jiang Ning ignored Xue Yuantong as he munched, already deciding he would transplant this fruit to Hu Qi Mountain in the future.

As for whether they would survive, Jiang Ning wasn’t worried—he could create an environment suitable for these fruits, further enhanced by spiritual energy, and the fruits grown would be even more delicious than they were now.

Xue Yuantong had been watching Jiang Ning and was used to him sharing half of his finds with her—today’s unusual behavior made her wonder if something had changed.

Xue Yuantong struggled internally. Watching Jiang Ning eat the fruit, she knew it was a Milk Date and craved it so badly!

But Jiang Ning wasn’t offering any, and Xue Yuantong wasn’t the type to ask.

Jiang Ning had disappointed her so much. She had just made lunch for him today, and now he was ignoring her – how heartless.

Xue Yuantong’s cravings were almost unbearable, she felt like her heart was being scratched by a cat as she eagerly hoped for Jiang Ning to have a change of heart.

Jiang Ning watched her; he enjoyed seeing Xue Yuantong anxious, wanting yet unable to have, ah, what fun.

Jiang Ning glanced a few times and then bit into the fruit forcefully,

“This is tasty, feels even better than an apple.”

Xue Yuantong was furious, muttering, ‘You villain Jiang Ning, you think I would give in to you!’

As if I would give up, no, you know nothing about my cunning!

In a flash, Xue Yuantong got a brilliant idea.

She sidled over to Jiang Ning and gently nudged him, saying, “I know a fun game, dare to play with me, huh?”

Jiang Ning took another bite of the fruit, curious to see what trick she was planning,

“Play a game?”

Seeing Jiang Ning take the bait, she said, “Let’s see who can spit the pit the farthest, do you dare?”

Hearing this, Jiang Ning thought to himself that she was really clever.

“Alright,” Jiang Ning said.

“Now that we’re competing, give me a date,” Xue Yuantong revealed her cunning intention.

Jiang Ning gave her a date.

Xue Yuantong was thrilled, finally getting to taste the Milk Date, it was deliciously crunchy!

After eating the date, she held her breath and competed with Jiang Ning in spitting the pit.

Xue Yuantong lost the first round and concocted a plan,

“That was a mistake by me, let’s play another round.”

Jiang Ning gave her another date.

Xue Yuantong won the second round and felt elated, immediately finding another excuse,

“See, once I really show my skills, you are no match for me.”

“Want to learn? I can teach you.”

Xue Yuantong successfully got a third piece of fruit.

She proudly smirked, thinking how easily she had tricked him for a mere fruit.

Jiang Ning was no match for her at all.