She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 934 - 830: Super Star 4
Hua Yan soaked the vegetables in a basin, cut up the pork tenderloin for lunch, marinated it on a plate, organized her school bag, and waved goodbye to Doudou.
As soon as Hua Yan left, Doudou immediately ran to the balcony to watch her leave Oak Bay, and then lazily moved its nest to the balcony, sunbathing and napping. This was the best way to heal after a major loss of energy. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
Hua Yan’s English is quite good, with accurate and pleasant pronunciation, so she had to lead English readings at school, which is why she arrived earlier than usual today.
After reading English, she also helped collect English homework, essentially acting as the English class representative.
After four classes in the morning, without much movement, she already felt hungry. It seems that studying is indeed a physically consuming process.
The road home doesn’t require crossing any streets; just two or three bus stops away, another reason the housing prices in Oak Bay soared to over thirty thousand is its prime location, being a school district house on the edge of the Second Ring in Dongcheng District. Even though this apartment is small, the appreciation potential since 2010 has been remarkable.
After all, Oak Bay is not a high-rise building; the highest in their building is only 13 floors, with their home on the 12th floor, not the top floor. The floor level is suitable, as people tend to avoid 14 and 18; therefore, it tops out at 13 here.
Before 2010, most were garden-style apartment buildings, at most seven stories, without elevators. Their building, with an elevator, was considered quite upscale at the time.
Back then, Mom didn’t want to climb stairs nor live too low, so she chose a mid-rise in Oak Bay, Eastern unit on the 12th floor. She was quite satisfied with the community’s design and planning; it had underground parking, high ground green space rate, and was indeed a high-end residential area when delivered in 2007.
She bought a small unit in Taoli Garden, within the Third Ring of Haidian District, also a school district house, with a maximum of 17 stories; the 14th floor is a large flat used as a communal activity center. Her three apartments are on the 12th/15th/16th floors, but since the corridor design was small, with six units per staircase, it was rather lively.
To buy a car, she had to consider it after turning 18. Though currently inconvenient to travel, and hard to hail a taxi, fortunately Beijing has developed transportation, including buses and metro. As a student, she doesn’t currently need a car.
Her mom had two cars before she passed, though who ended up with them is unknown. The only thing kept in heart was to remember the grudges of the original mother and retaliate when the opportunity arises, especially against that S. If Super Star by Hua Guoqiang was her inevitable fate, then before that, she would avenge the harm done to the original and her mom. Of course, the scumbag dad wouldn’t be let off either, as he was the main culprit.
At noon, she returned home to find it as clean as usual. Doudou’s toilet showed signs of use, yet the water and dog food remained untouched. She nodded, crouched down, and petted its fur.
"Not bad, you should behave like this, no random messes allowed. As a reward, I brought two big drumsticks for you, here, eat up!"
The drumsticks were bought from Sha County Snacks downstairs, one duck and one chicken, given to Doudou along with the bag.
Because she noticed this critter liked cleanliness, eating from the bag without making a mess, this was a good habit deserving praise.
Hua Yan steamed rice in the rice cooker, started preparing the meat, planning to eat sweet and sour pork for lunch. The meat was already marinated, then mixed with egg, starch, oil, water, and stirred evenly before frying strip by strip. Once fried, she added tomato sauce, sugar, white vinegar to make the sauce, stirred it evenly, and sprinkled sesame seeds to finish.
Afterward, the pot was cleaned to stir-fry green vegetables and tofu, then boiling water and supermarket-bought instant soup mix turned into nori egg drop soup.
With a meat dish, a vegetable dish, a soup, and a bowl of rice ready, she happily rubbed her hands to start eating.
But—
"Awoo," came Doudou’s plaintive voice from beneath her feet. She looked down in astonishment to find it holding an empty bag and tossing it into the trash, looking up at her with a cute face, seemingly telling her it wasn’t full yet?
Hua Yan looked at it speechlessly: "You don’t like to eat dog food?"
"Awoo..., yes, the lord doesn’t like dog food. Watching you cook seems quite appetizing? Won’t cooked meals be tastier for me in the future?"
Hua Yan twitched her mouth, resignedly fetching the blue plate it used last time, and scooped half of the rice, veggies, and meat onto it. This creature really squatted on the ground, happily started eating, leaving Hua Yan speechless. What to do, it seems she picked up a mutt that only eats human food, not dog food?
