"It might get very chaotic in the future," Li Changzhou said, dealing with the fried mandarin fish.
The outer skin is crispy, and the fish meat inside is white and tender, like garlic cloves. Take a bite with your chopsticks and dip it in Sichuan peppercorn powder.
Li Qianxia asked, "What do you mean?"
"Do you know the apocalypse depicted in various works? People live in bases, surrounded by poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, and killers. To survive, the poorest people have to risk going out to scavenge for garbage. For example, like this—"
Li Qianxia and Yang Qinglan looked at the phone in Li Changzhou's hand.
Li Changzhou weighed the phone in his hand and glanced at it twice: "Yours is a Redmi Note 10 Pro, the condition is not bad, worth a lollipop, want to trade?"
The two female college students were amused.
One was laughing and joking, like a little deer jumping and swaying in the sunlight; the other was like a spring breeze brushing against the willows, as smooth as silk brushing against one's ear.
"Are you two still laughing?" Li Changzhou put down his phone, picked up his chopsticks and started preparing the garlic shrimp. "You have no idea how bad things are."
"How bad is it?" Li Qianxia asked, sipping her pumpkin and mung bean soup.
“By then, I will rule the land, and you will be the king’s sister,” Li Changzhou pointed to the dishes on the table, “and we’ll eat them every day!”
"I'm already a royal sister, and this is the standard I get every day?"
"You don't know what the situation was like back then. Many people risked their lives to get a lollipop."
"The people down below don't even get lollipops, and we're eating so well, isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
"You don't want it?"
"want!"
"You two siblings even have a dream where you're working together." Yang Qinglan smiled faintly, revealing her neat teeth, as white as jade.
Li Qianxia chuckled and said, "Just teasing my silly brother."
"Have you eaten enough?" Yang Qinglan asked, though she had eaten very little.
"Alright." Li Changzhou put down his chopsticks. Most of the food on the table had been eaten; the little bit he ate this morning wasn't enough to make up for the deficiency. "Waiter, the bill!"
The female shop assistant walked over.
“341.” She subconsciously looked at Li Changzhou.
People's thinking is too rigid nowadays. They instinctively assume that when a man and a woman go out to eat, the man must pay.
Li Changzhou pointed at Yang Qinglan.
The female shop assistant then turned her gaze to Yang Qinglan.
Yang Qinglan picked up her phone and scanned the QR code to pay.
Li Changzhou wasn't unwilling to be generous; he was genuinely broke. If he were to treat everyone to this meal, he definitely wouldn't have enough money for food this month.
"I'll pay half," Li Qianxia said, picking up her phone.
"Consider it a reward from the captain for his subordinates." Yang Qinglan smiled at her, indicating that it wasn't necessary.
She has unbeatable youthful beauty, a slim waist, long legs, and is rich and generous... What can I do? I love her so much.
After finishing their meal, the three walked back to school.
Li Qianxia was stuffed, so she grabbed the back of Li Changzhou's shirt with her right hand and followed closely behind him.
The midday sun was hot, so the three of them went back to their dormitories to rest.
Upon arriving at his dormitory, Li Changzhou began doing pull-ups as part of his physical training.
After sunset, we went to the playground for endurance training, either a 90-minute run or a 5-kilometer sprint.
If you don't improve, others won't stop and wait for you; that's always true in life.
Time flew by and it was Wednesday. Around 8 p.m., just as Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia were sitting on the lawn of the playground, talking about why there was still no news from Zheng Qing, Li Changzhou's "physical enhancement" finally took effect.
His heart pounded, pumping out surging blood that flowed through his body, beginning to transform and reshape him.
Exhausted, his breathing gradually eased, and his steps felt like he could fly. With a light push off the ground, he could take a long stride.
Greater strength, tougher skin, greater explosive power, sharper senses, and a lighter body.
As he jogged, he quietly savored the feeling of his body gradually becoming stronger, a feeling that was almost... like his lifespan had been extended—an exaggerated sensation.
On the lawn.
"What's wrong?" Yang Qinglan asked Li Qianxia, puzzled.
Li Qianxia stared at her hands in disbelief.
Yang Qinglan suddenly turned around and looked at a spot on the playground where a creature was radiating a strong presence, even stronger than the presence of the giant python that was over ten meters long that she had felt before.
It was Li Changzhou.
He moved with lightning speed. Under her five-point perception, as he ran past her, she could even feel the long, powerful breaths and the robust, strong surge of blood in his body.
"Hoo." Li Changzhou slowly exhaled.
After five laps, the changes in his body finally slowed down, and he realized that what he thought was jogging was actually a relatively fast pace for him.
At that speed, he definitely couldn't keep up for five laps, but he really felt like he was running very slowly.
Since that's the case...
He started walking and quickened his pace.
The whistling wind swept past my ears, and even when we bypassed the crowds on the playground, it didn't slow down at all.
He darted through the crowd of people taking a walk like a cheetah.
He could go even faster. Li Changzhou wasn't out of breath, and his body showed no signs of weakness. He could go even faster.
Since that's the case... he laughed.
Swing your arms, step down with your left foot, blood rushes, and fascia stretches and bends.
A powerful crossbow is drawn taut; a dam brimming with floodwaters is about to open its gates.
His body and mind were urging him to cause a scene.
"Li Changzhou!"
He gently stepped forward with his right foot, and the powerful force accumulated in his left foot melted away like snow. He didn't stumble and naturally stopped exerting force.
Li Changzhou looked at Yang Qinglan, who had spoken up, and only then did he realize that he had attracted the attention of those around him.
Before the physical changes occurred, he had already run for 60 minutes, then ran five laps at a relatively fast pace, and then ran one lap at the speed of an athlete running 100 meters.
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