Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1324 - 393: A Dead End

Chapter 393 [A Dead End]

If he hadn’t run quickly, Chen Yan’s face would have nearly been scratched by the daughter of those filial children.

However, his sunglasses were knocked off, leaving a red mark on his left brow bone.

After running two streets, Chen Yan finally met up with the pursuing Gu Qingyi at an intersection outside the area.

Standing at the entrance of a bank, Chen Yan looked at Young Lady Gu dissatisfied: "Why didn’t you stop it just now, and just watched me get beaten?"

Gu Qingyi shot him a sideways glance: "The way you talk, even I’d want to hit you. It’s already because of family ties that I didn’t trip you when you were running."

Chen Yan didn’t speak, just gave Gu Qingyi a forlorn look.

Ah, the loving mother doesn’t love me anymore.

He pouted, walked to the side convenience store, grabbed an ice cream from the freezer, ripped open the packaging, and was about to take a bite when he saw Gu Qingyi, who had followed him in, looking at him displeased.

"... You eat first." Chen Yan handed the ice cream to Gu Qingyi, took another one for himself, and then went to the counter to scan and pay.

"Going back to the stall?" Gu Qingyi, biting into the ice cream, had a little more smile on her face.

"Not going back." Chen Yan waved his hand: "The stall got smashed, so no way to continue today, let’s head home."

Gu Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Yan had been fooling around for three days, telling fortunes at that place, which even Gu Qingyi found a bit unbearable.

Since she returned, she’s been wanting to have a serious talk with Chen Yan, a genuine, serious dialogue.

But the problem is, Chen Yan has changed a lot, exuding a sort of "indifference to life and death" vibe. Whenever Gu Qingyi wanted to talk some sense into him seriously, warning him and so forth, he’d just act indifferent.

No way... should I try to reason with "martial virtue"?

Kid not listening, hit him once?

Feeling Gu Qingyi’s unfriendly stare, Chen Yan glanced at Young Lady Gu: "Let’s stop at the grocery market on the way back, I need to buy some groceries."

"What to buy?"

"Planning to make some braised pork and stir-fried spicy bean curd."

Gu Qingyi’s eyes filled with a trace of a smile.

Hmm... then maybe beat him up in a couple of days.

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Chu Keqing really can’t cook!

Now that she and Chen Yan have a substantial relationship, Chu Keqing stopped pretending, making her way in and out of Chen Yan’s house openly every day.

Chen Yan would go out with Gu Qingyi every day, yet Chu Keqing actually stayed home diligently and even started cooking.

The ingredients were the best, Xiaocai, the assistant, would specifically purchase the freshest high-end ingredients every day.

The pork was top-grade black pork, the chicken must be free-range, and the vegetables must be organic.

Even the cooking oil was always the finest olive oil.

And all the kitchen equipment was completely replaced with new ones, said to be imported from Germany.

A single kitchen knife cost thousands.

Yet, having plenty of supplies doesn’t make a good student!

The dishes made that first day were such that after a taste, Gu Qingyi couldn’t bring herself to take a second bite.

To put it this way, the food cooked by Chu Keqing reminded Gu Qingyi of the days at Snow Cliff Pass battling the Fierce Beast Race, lurking and maneuvering around Evil Land Mountain and Evil Spirit Forest Sea in freezing conditions.

Back then, to remain hidden, they couldn’t light fires, surviving on military rations, half-cooked food, and sometimes just grabbing a handful of snow to melt and swallow when thirsty.

Gu Qingyi wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with hardships!

Even then, she thought, Chu Keqing’s cooking was truly awful!

When Chen Yan and Gu Qingyi returned home, Chu Keqing was busy making soup.

The Cloud Sect Leader had a unique approach to making soup: if something was considered nutritious, into the pot it went.

Embodying a kind of "unity among all" sentiment.

As soon as Gu Qingyi entered, she smelled a peculiar aroma, her face turning pale by instinct.

Beside her, Chen Yan nonchalantly asked, "Did you make snail noodles?"

"No," Chu Keqing smiled and replied, "I made a matsutake bamboo fungus oxtail bone soup."

She paused, then took Chen Yan’s coat that he had just taken off, still smiling: "Xiaocai brought some fresh milk cabbage, I tossed a few in the soup to absorb the oil, makes it healthier to eat."

Gu Qingyi sighed.

Just with those ingredients Chu Keqing mentioned, the soup somehow smelling like snail noodles, truly genius.

Finally noticing Young Lady Gu’s expression, Chen Yan pondered for a moment, grabbed the groceries he bought, and headed for the kitchen: "Thanks for cooking the past few days, today I’ll make a couple of dishes."

Chu Keqing smiled, "Sure."

Gu Qingyi quietly let out a breath.

She didn’t want to eat another Fasting Pill.

At dinner, Gu Qingyi ended up eating about seventy to eighty percent of the two dishes Chen Yan made. Chu Keqing’s soup was put aside after just one nose-holding sip.

Chu Keqing seemed unfazed - or perhaps she noticed but simply didn’t care.

On the other hand, Chen Yan, carrying the bowl of soup Chu Keqing served, finished the entire bowl and even gnawed at a couple of oxtail bones.

"How was today’s cultivation?" Chu Keqing sat beside Chen Yan, her big eyes looking at him with an unmistakable look of admiration.

Your man got his stall smashed and nearly had his face scratched today.

Gu Qingyi inwardly snickered.

Chen Yan chuckled, saying: "Not bad, I think I’ve found some direction."