Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation Chapter 1882 1038: Deception (Part 2)

How did Mr. Qian find out? They can't even have a conversation!

However, he's been a teacher for many years and can somewhat understand this, knowing that some foolish students are genuinely hard to communicate with due to their ineptitude.

He chose to be straightforward: "If your grades are bad, would you choose to drop out?"

Tang Fu was puzzled: "My grades are actually pretty good, I definitely want to continue my studies."

Mr. Qian: "How good?"

Tang Fu: "Good enough for a top university, why?"

'I got it wrong, this kid looks silly, but turns out she's pretty smart,' Mr. Qian thought.

Tang Fu: "Do you need something?"

Mr. Qian coughed twice, clasping his hands behind his back with an air of concern for the country: "You need to study hard to ensure they all earn a high income in the future."

Tang Fu immediately thought Xue Yuantong's neighbor had very high ideals, with such noble beliefs!

Tang Fu asked: "But I probably won't be studying later on, I'm thinking about pursuing sports, what do you think?"

Mr. Qian believed anything related to sports was purely self-destructive for future prospects. He glanced sideways with a deliberately sarcastic tone: "Oh, you're a reincarnation of a female general. You'll definitely bring glory to the nation with sports in the future."

Tang Fu was quite pleased, her eyes sparkling: "Am I really the reincarnation of a female general?"

Mr. Qian: "Yes, you are."

Tang Fu decided to tell Tongtong later to stop bullying her neighbor, or there'd be retribution!

...

Lin Zida was carrying a black plastic bag, coming from the east to help Boss Yang deliver big crabs to Jiang Ning.

As he passed by Mr. Qian's door, he happened to see Tang Fu, a well-known athletic star in their grade, so he greeted her: "Yo, you're here too?"

Tang Fu's family did quite a business; previously, when Lin Zida went out to eat with Lin Han, he even met Mr. Tang.

Tang Fu: "Yeah, I'm helping to install air conditioners."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zida glanced at Mr. Qian's newly installed air conditioner. Knowing how stingy Mr. Qian was, he joked: "Sir, you're quite daring, aren't you afraid Xue Yuantong might use infrared to turn on your air conditioner?"

Mr. Qian was greatly startled: "The remote is in my hand, why would she be able to turn on my air conditioner?"

Lin Zida took out his phone, saying: "Like, my phone has an infrared remote, I can control any device I want. You're doomed."

Mr. Qian regretted it deeply.

Tang Fu was shocked at the extent of Xue Yuantong's audacity to infringe upon her neighbor like this!

Seeing Mr. Qian's fearful expression, Lin Zida was secretly pleased, as he had also been silently mocked by this old guy in the past. Today, he finally got a bit of revenge.

Lin Zida facetiously advised: "If you want to avoid this, there is a way. I suggest making your whole house smart."

Mr. Qian was puzzled: "What is whole house smart?"

Lin Zida: "First, you need to have a home network connection, then add some sensors. For example, when it reaches a certain temperature, the connected air conditioner will turn on automatically, very convenient."

Old-fashioned Mr. Qian didn't understand these trendy terms, but he understood one principle: "It's simplest to control the air conditioner yourself."

Tang Fu firmly stated: "Indeed, if it involves full home automation, what if there's a power outage? The air conditioner won't turn on automatically then, right?"

Mr. Qian didn't immediately react, but agreed: "You're right."

He had no interest in all that smart automation.

Lin Zida was puzzled: "Can I ask, what appliances do you use during a power outage?"

Tang Fu: "In a power outage, I can at least manually turn on the lights, right? It won't be completely unusable, right?"

Lin Zida was silent for a while, then said: "Kid, you're unbeatable."

Tang Fu watched the air conditioner installation for a while until Chen Siyu, who was running an errand, called her back for dinner.

Chen Siyu noticed the workers installing the air conditioner and said: "The weather now is pretty good, and the bungalow is low, so this job is easy."

She understood the plight of those doing hard labor: "If it were installing air conditioners on high-rise buildings in the hot sun, that would be too tough."

Tang Fu stretched her arms, which had beautiful lines: "It's not that bad, I often train under the scorching sun, it's just routine."

Then she glanced at Siyu, who wasn't much taller than Tongtong, and said boldly: "But you with your delicate skin, I bet you can't take the hardship, right?"

Chen Siyu knew she always spoke without considering if it would hurt someone.

But Chen Siyu and her sister were women with two hearts.

The proud Chen Siyu dismissed it, her rosy, pretty lips parting: "Can't take hardship? Haha, the things I can eat, you wouldn't be able to swallow!"

Tang Fu was confused: "What can't I swallow?"

Chen Siyu originally planned to start an evil-fall plan but had already reached Tongtong's house's gate, so she had to temporarily give up.

After reaching the kitchen, Tang Fu became Xue Family's laborer, moving the table, stools, and rice cooker.

Xue Chuchu and the twins also went to the main room to help serve the meal. Quickly, only Tongtong and Jiang Ning were left in the kitchen.

Tongtong, wearing a cute apron, was cooking the last dish, lightly fried lotus root. She stirred with the spatula, her little face focused on the pot, looking very serious.

The conversations of the girls in the main room were somewhat muted as they reached here, like background music.

Tongtong pretended to sigh: "I earned so much again today, oh, I'm really scared there'll be too much money to spend in the future and not enough to use!"

"Ah, having too much talent is also a kind of trouble."

Tongtong chatted for a while, but noticed Jiang Ning wasn't responding. Does he have too much money, feeling overconfident?

She turned her head to look at Jiang Ning, only to find him blinking at her.

Tongtong felt his gaze was a bit intense, and she said displeased: "Why are you staring at me?"

Suddenly Jiang Ning said: "I suddenly think that you're actually very pretty."

Xue Yuantong was stunned for a second, then quickly turned her head, pouting: "Of course I'm pretty, you're just realizing?"

She felt a sweet warmth, not knowing why, but she felt like floating a bit. Luckily, she had prepared the dish in advance, or it would have been embarrassing if she had toppled it.

'Hmph, it's all stupid Jiang Ning's fault.'

After a while, Xue Yuantong broke the silence, smiling: "Alright, hurry up and take the dish out, time to eat."

She huffed: "Move fast, aren't you aware it's almost 12 o'clock?"

Jiang Ning said: "You got it wrong."

Xue Yuantong was puzzled: "Huh?"

Jiang Ning said: "It's the end point where I told you a lie."

Xue Yuantong: "Huh?"

Then she realized that Jiang Ning had tricked her just now, and she felt both ashamed and angry, picking up the spatula: "Prepare yourself, stupid Jiang Ning!"

...

Jiang Ning quickly carried the last dish to the main room. With the helpfulness of Xue Chuchu, the dining table looked especially pleasing to the eye.

There were served rice, poured fruit juice, and beautifully plated dishes.

Today's spread included Evergreen Liquid stewed wild duck, crabs sent by Boss Yang, stir-fried pork with chili… among other six dishes, and finally, the light stir-fried lotus root, looking incredibly sumptuous.

"Lotus root, you actually made lotus root!" Tang Fu's reaction was one of surprise.

Xue Chuchu was puzzled: "What's the matter with lotus root?"

Previously, the lotus root Jiang Ning brought was particularly delicious, but it hadn't been eaten for a while. Today Jiang Ning had brought another piece.

Tang Fu had a look of petty calculation: "Because, I think people who buy lotus root get the worst deal."

"Why?" Xue Chuchu often bought groceries and was very good at bargaining and assumed Tang Fu just didn't know how to shop.

If given the chance, she thought she could probably teach her a thing or two.

That was her plan, but then Tang Fu added: "Because, at least half a pound of lotus root is holes, so it's quite a loss!"

For a moment, Xue Chuchu felt like physics didn't exist, isn't it normal for lotus root to have holes?

Jiang Ning agreed: "Hmm, makes sense, indeed, best not to buy, too many swindlers around."

Chen Siyu bravely retorted: "Nonsense! Pure nonsense!"

Xue Chuchu thought Jiang Ning was too bad, and finally, someone sensible stood up.

But Chen Siyu, very clever, said: "You just have to cut a cross-section to understand, a pound of lotus root has just about three ounces of holes, nowhere near half a pound!"

Xue Chuchu: "Hmm?"