Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 45 Hmm Hmm

Shao Shuangshuang looked around the empty room, stunned:

"How did he know I'm losing hair?"

Recently, every time she washed her hair, Shao Shuangshuang would lose over a hundred strands, the tangled mass in the basin looking horrifying, and she feared she was going bald.

She knew that relaxing and relieving stress could prevent hair loss, but every time she washed her hair and saw so much hair fall out, her heart would race, stressing her out more, leading to more hair loss in a vicious cycle with no solution.

Shao Shuangshuang recalled how during each family New Year gathering, everyone would sit around a table, winter sunshine beaming in, and the reflected light from the table made everyone's bald heads gleam like gold.

Her grandfather was bald, her great uncle was bald, her second uncle was bald, her father was bald, and her cousin was bald too—Shao Shuangshuang often wondered, what were the odds she'd go bald?

Thinking about this, Shao Shuangshuang was on the verge of tears.

So anxious she even went online to look up hair loss prevention, hearing that eating black sesame seeds could help, she started consuming black sesame paste and pills daily, nearly making her sick.

These were her private affairs, rarely spoken of to others—how on earth did Jiang Ning know about them?

She had met Jiang Ning only twice; how could he have noticed?

Could her hair really be thinning?

Shao Shuangshuang quickly grabbed her makeup mirror.

"No way!"

Her hair was thick and black, showing no signs of balding.

She looked around the desk, and there was nothing indicating black sesame anywhere.

Shao Shuangshuang was utterly bewildered as Jiang Ning had successfully left a peculiar impression on her.

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After Jiang Ning left, he didn't care about what Shao Shuangshuang might think.

He was simply testing the waters this time, planning to impress her next time when the moment was right and use her to kickstart his Spiritual Medicine business.

Getting into the pharmaceutical business involved complicated approval processes, and Shao Shuangshuang was the person Jiang Ning had chosen for this task.

He wasn't sure of Shao Shuangshuang's capabilities yet, but if she was not up to the task, he would simply replace her—after all, there were many talented people in society whose skills went unrecognized.

Having earned tens of thousands of dollars from selling gold, Jiang Ning planned to visit the Qiao State medicinal herb wholesale market. He wanted to formulate some cures for various stubborn diseases of the modern world.

It was the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and Aunt Gu had invited Jiang Ning to have dinner at their place yesterday.

His great uncle had notified him beforehand, and it had been a while since Jiang Ning had visited his great uncle's place.

Jiang Ning went out to buy mooncakes; those in the supermarkets were expensive, costing a few hundred yuan per box.

In truth, these mooncakes didn't taste worth the price; they were expensive mainly because of their packaging, which looked classy.

Jiang Ning didn't need such ornate mooncakes. He headed for a well-known traditional mooncake shop in the streets, where he found a long queue at the entrance; standing in line would take at least thirty minutes.

Out of options, he paid an extra twenty yuan and bought two boxes from a scalper for eighty yuan total.

Without further hesitation, he returned to his rented place and went to Xue Yuantong's house, carrying the mooncakes.

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival," Jiang Ning handed Xue Yuantong a box of mooncakes.

Xue Yuantong was slightly happy as it was rare for someone to buy her a festival gift.

Yet, she didn't want Jiang Ning to spend money regularly, so she said:

"Thanks, the gift is lovely, don't buy next time, okay?"

"Sure, sure."

"Don't just say it, you don't need these formalities with us," Xue Yuantong spoke firmly.

Jiang Ning could only respond: "Sure, sure, okay, I got it."

Xue Yuantong saw the 'I might still do it next time' expression on Jiang Ning's face and annoyed, she said:

"What 'sure, sure'? I'm teaching you, hey, don't waste money, and don't always be gifting things to people, you just 'sure' away and don't listen, so annoying."

Jiang Ning, finding Xue Yuantong's incessant chatter amusing, replied:

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"Sure, sure!"

That was too insincere! Xue Yuantong was really getting angry, her lips pouting unhappily:

"All this 'sure' business, you just nod away. The teacher asks if you can do the problem, you can't answer and just 'sure' away, teacher asks you to stand as a punishment you 'sure' away, someone asks if you have money to buy lunch, you just 'sure' and wipe away tears of hunger, and after wiping your tears you say it doesn't matter, you're 'sure, sure, not hungry'... Oh right, remember to come over for dinner tonight."

Jiang Ning nodded solemnly, and this time, he didn't 'sure' away.

"I'll definitely come tonight."

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back," Xue Yuantong crossed his arms and tilted his head back.

Jiang Ning returned to his room, took out his SIM card, put it in a SIM holder, and installed it in his 300-yuan smartphone.

He usually used an iPhone 5, but when going to his uncle's house, he felt the need to conceal it, as he currently couldn't explain where he had gotten the money to buy an iPhone 5. His uncle could call his parents anytime, and that would be troublesome.

He simply switched to this 300-yuan smartphone.

Touching the phone and swiping a few times, Jiang Ning realized how much lag it had compared to the iPhone 5.

It was a Tianyu Little Bee, a model that was somewhat famous during that era.

Jiang Ning had always thought that his phone was a Tianyu Little Bee until one day in class, when he saw a classmate also using a Tianyu Little Bee and compared it, he realized his was a counterfeit Little Bee.

This counterfeit Little Bee didn't even have Bluetooth, which was an eye-opener for Jiang Ning.

Carrying a box of mooncakes, Jiang Ning cycled all the way to his uncle's house.

He knocked on the door and his aunt opened it. Seeing Jiang Ning and the mooncakes in his hand, she complained,

"Why do you bring things when you come home?"

"Eh?" His aunt exclaimed in a surprised tone,

"How did you grow so tall?"

Then she shouted, "Qitian, come and have a look!"

Uncle Jiang Qitian came to the door in his slippers, and was equally startled upon seeing how tall Jiang Ning had grown.

"My goodness, you've grown ten centimeters in half a month, as tall as Longlong now!"

Just before the school term started, Jiang Ning had stood a head shorter than Jiang Junlong, but now they were about the same height.

"I was worried that you weren't eating well outside, now I can rest easy." The uncle was genuinely happy; his brother had entrusted Jiang Ning to him, and he felt somewhat guilty for not doing well before.

Now, seeing Jiang Ning's sudden growth, he felt relieved.

Jiang Ning changed his shoes and entered the house; Jiang Junlong greeted him with a smile, and his cousins said hello. Shen Qing'e was sitting on the sofa and only glanced at him.

"Uncle, you didn't open the restaurant today?" Jiang Ning asked. Usually on Mid-Autumn Festival, many people chose to dine out for convenience.

His uncle's restaurant did well, and if it were open today, it could make tens of thousands of dollars from lunch and dinner.

The uncle patted his belly, "Money is endless, but holidays are more important. I've been busy all year; I can't rest a few days? Today we're having a good celebration."

"Haha, look at the uncle's generosity, not everyone can match that," Jiang Ning complimented.

Jiang Qitian was happy hearing Jiang Ning's words, which was why he liked this nephew so much:

"That's true, they are chasing money, as for me, having enough to spend is fine!"

Jiang Ning gave a thumbs up, "Vision, look, this is vision."

Seeing Jiang Ning catching on, Jiang Qitian thought that since his nephew had grown taller, the clothes he had previously bought would definitely not fit anymore. He planned to take him shopping in the afternoon.

The family gathered warmly and joyously. Although the aunt was sometimes critical and valued wealth, Jiang Ning didn't live with his uncle permanently and only visited occasionally, so she would not disdain him and had prepared a table full of delicious dishes.

At noon, the uncle pulled Jiang Ning for a couple of drinks, and Jiang Ning wasn't disheartened.

Being a Cultivator, a little alcohol was nothing to him.

Shen Qing'e didn't speak to Jiang Ning the entire time, but she always paid close attention to him quietly.

The Jiang Ning who used to obey her every command had suddenly run away, and she still hadn't adjusted to it, feeling like something was missing.

She had been thinking about making Jiang Ning look up to her recently, a sentiment Shen Qing'e couldn't quite comprehend. After all, she had never cared about Jiang Ning before.

But since the start of the school term, Jiang Ning's merits had gradually become apparent - good physical fitness, exceptional at ping pong, and he had grown taller - all aspects she had never realized before.

Honestly, Shen Qing'e didn't hope for Jiang Ning to do well, the more miserable he was after leaving her, the happier she would be.

Eventually, she would stand in front of him and tell him that his decision to leave had been a mistake.

During a spare moment, Jiang Ning took out his phone. Shen Qing'e noticed immediately; it wasn't an iPhone 5.

The last time Jiang Ning logged into QQ, it was from an iPhone, which Shen Qing'e took note of. She had paid special attention in class; he indeed used an iPhone 5 at that time, which intrigued her.

Now, he had switched back to his old phone.

Was he hiding something?