After Zheng Qing left, Li Changzhou rode his electric scooter to buy some food: barbecue, stir-fried snails with chives, spicy crayfish, a serving of stinky tofu, and two servings of wolf tooth potatoes.
Several side dishes were laid out one by one on the cherry wood table where Yang Qinglan usually ate.
No need to buy drinks, just pick them up at the bookstore.
"How's your training going?" Yang Qinglan's eyes swept over the knife mark on Li Changzhou's neck.
“Now when we encounter someone,” Li Changzhou said, taking a roasted lamb chop, “the first thing we do isn’t rush at them or run away; we know to dodge left and right.”
“What does this mean?” she asked.
"The world is mine now," Li Changzhou boasted as he ate mutton.
Li Qianxia was thoroughly enjoying her meal, with snails in her left hand and a toothpick in her right.
She first slurped up the snail's broth with a hissing sound, smacked her lips twice, and then gently picked out the snail meat with a toothpick, savoring it with 'mmm' sounds.
While eating snails, she began looking for her next target: whether to eat grilled pork belly, wolf-tooth potatoes, or stinky tofu.
Before I could even think it through, I finished the tiny bit of snail meat, and before my brain could even register it, my hand grabbed a bright red spicy lobster.
With a long "hiss," he sucked the broth off the lobster, then broke it in half and sucked on its head.
Then, I picked up a disposable chopstick and poked it into the lobster's rear end, and the whole lobster meat was pulled out.
She pinched the lobster meat in her hand, dipped it in the broth (her fingers also got some), and placed it in Li Changzhou's bowl.
"You've worked hard running errands," she said.
"You do have some filial piety." Li Changzhou popped the peeled lobster meat into his mouth.
At this moment, Li Qianxia didn't argue with him. She pouted her finger and began searching for her next target.
Seeing that she was enjoying her meal, Yang Qinglan put on gloves and took a spicy lobster.
Li Changzhou took a snail and ate it with a toothpick.
"What are you doing?" Li Qianxia looked at him, puzzled.
"What do you mean, 'what should I do'?" Li Changzhou asked, bewildered.
"Just because Qinglan is here, you're eating like this, not even slurping the soup? What's with the pretense of elegance? What's with the show-off? Slurp it!"
"......"
"Hiss! Hiss!" Li Changzhou released it.
He noticed that Yang Qinglan didn't eat stir-fried snails with chives that evening. He wondered if she didn't like it or if she was just being pretentious and elegant.
He, the King of Black Mist, was definitely just putting on an act, but Little Green Girl might genuinely dislike him; she's truly refined.
Friday arrived, and Li Changzhou and Li Qianxia, who had no classes in the afternoon, began looking for a rental apartment.
First, it needs to be large enough to fit the equipment; ideally, it should be a detached house so as not to disturb the neighbors.
Secondly, it shouldn't be too far from the school, so it's convenient for attending classes and eating.
"We also need to be closer to Qinglan's house," Li Qianxia added.
Finally, the two rented a courtyard house along the river, about five shops away from Qinglan Bookstore.
The courtyard has three rooms in total. A single room costs 4200, two rooms cost 8000, and the whole house costs 10,000.
Li Changzhou refused, his idea was to rent an old house, but Li Qianxia liked it very much. It was right next to a commercial street, quiet in the middle of the city, and had a courtyard. The house was also luxuriously decorated.
It's also right next to the moat, so you can go for a run in the morning and evening.
"Bro, this is it. Ten thousand yuan is just a few game coins anyway. You can just sell a little bit each month, right?"
Why should I sell?
"Then I'll sell you yours."
The siblings can control each other's game currency without any conditions; even marital property isn't handled in this way.
There was no other way but to rent it.
The front half of this courtyard was rented to a pharmacy, while the back courtyard was rented out separately, with the middle section blocked off by a wall.
The courtyard also has apricot trees, lush and green, bearing many fruits that will surely rot all over the ground in the fall.
It's no use complaining about the hassle; you can't cut down trees in your own yard now, or you'll get fined.
After signing the contract, the two immediately began "moving," calling a van to take away all their dormitory belongings, including blankets, clothes, and toothbrushes.
They also made an appointment with everyone from dormitory 407 (Li Changzhou) and dormitory 203 (Li Qianxia) to come to their "new home" for dinner tomorrow.
When Li Changzhou left, Chen Shao and Dong Ge had already started assigning the social events for tomorrow, while Da Huang in bed number four was still cursing his teammates for being blind.
When Yang Qinglan returned in the evening, the three of them tidied up, boarded the bus, and began a new game of value.
On a brightly lit night, the bus travels quietly, its interior dark while its exterior is bright, giving one a sense of security and warmth, like being snuggled up in bed.
Only Li Changzhou and the other two looked serious.
Soon, the previously quiet bus was suddenly filled with singing, as if it had always been there, or as if it had come from afar and approached without attracting anyone's attention.
(Buses, subways, ships, and airplanes, just like us, are destined to wander.)
(Someday, though we don't know when, we will become our true selves.)
......
('352 Arena' has arrived at the station. Please be careful when opening the door and take care when getting off.)
Li Changzhou opened his eyes and saw torrential rain and snow-capped mountains rising from the ground.
"A timely snow promises a bumper harvest; it's a good omen." He spread his hands and began to summon the AK.
Li Qianxia and Yang Qinglan woke up as well.
"I'm starting to miss the desert." Li Qianxia stared at the glass window covered in water droplets, feeling no desire or courage to go outside.
"Let's go." Yang Qinglan remained relatively calm.
They were dressed very elaborately this time.
The innermost layer is a swimsuit, followed by a summer short-sleeved shirt, then thermal underwear, then a thermal vest, and finally a windproof jacket that looks like it can protect against the sun, rain, and wind.
Buying clothes alone is a huge expense.
Including the cost of rent and gym equipment, Li Changzhou and Li Qianxia's newly earned 46,000 yuan was gone before they could even enjoy it. Not only that, they also lost some of their savings.
The three men put on their hats, tightened their collars and trouser legs, checked their weapons one last time, and got off the bus.
His face was immediately wet.
The icy rain began its assault, relentlessly stealing their body heat.
Li Qianxia seemed to lose consciousness and turned to go back to the bus, but Yang Qinglan grabbed her.
"The cold, icy rain is slapping my face haphazardly!" Li Changzhou sang.
The two girls blinked their black, gem-like eyes, frozen like penguins by the icy rain, and had no time to pay him any attention.
Li Changzhou licked the raindrops from the corner of his mouth and walked towards the boulder sign at the foot of the mountain.
Station Name: 352 Arena
[Topography: High mountains and plains]
[Condition for the next train to arrive: fewer than 20 lives remaining]
Li Changzhou wiped his face; the rainwater was so plentiful it felt like he had just swung his hand around in a lake. He continued looking down.
[A message from someone who performed exceptionally well in this competition]
[Comment 1: On this side of the mountain are torrential rains, hail, and cliffs; on the other side are sun-drenched plains. You're welcome. (Chopin in December)]
[Comment 2: Drive every single ant out of this world!! (The Attack of the Aphids)]
[Comment 3: The taste of a female goat is absolutely amazing! (I hate the "How would you rate it?" question the most. What do you guys think?)]
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