Free Web NovelTime, 7:57 PM. Looking at the Teaching Staff Compound outside the window, which was gradually quieting down, Nanling Yaohua suddenly felt that Lu Yibei might need her.
Of course, it was also possible that she needed Lu Yibei, but that wasn't important. Acting on impulse was her style.
"Old man, is there any pork belly left from the day before yesterday?"
The Old man in the living room, who was watching TV and feeling drowsy, heard his granddaughter's call. He opened his eyes into a slit and mumbled a response, "Hmm, in the second drawer from the bottom of the fridge..."
"Got it."
Nanling Yaohua, with a smile on her face, humming a tune through her nose, walked towards the kitchen. She skillfully tied on an apron, looking exactly like a wife nourished by love.
Soon, the clanging sound of a cleaver hitting the cutting board echoed from the kitchen.
Making braised pork was a meticulous task.
Blanching, sugar coating, slow simmering, sauce reduction, and finally adding a little bit of love – it would take about two hours from start to finish.
Two hours later, Nanling Yaohua carried the braised pork she had personally made up to the fifth floor. Using the spare key Lu Yibei had given her, she opened his door and told a little lie.
"Xiao Bei, are you up? Haven't had dinner yet, right? My Grandpa made some braised pork tonight. I warmed it up for you and brought it over."
Although a heroine liked to be straightforward, she could also be shy.
【I suddenly wanted to see you, so I personally cooked the braised pork you love for you.】
How could she possibly say something like that?
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Lu Yibei's experience with being "caught in the act" was still at the level of being caught playing on the computer after not finishing homework when Ms. Wang Meili was out when he was a child.
Therefore, before he could make any move, Nanling Yaohua walked in carrying the braised pork.
He was even still maintaining the posture of holding a chicken leg and feeding it to Gu Qianqian.
When Nanling Yaohua walked into Lu Yibei's home with the steaming braised pork, the three people in the room were stunned.
Lu Yibei quietly observed the expression on Nanling Yaohua's face, his heart filled with trepidation. He hadn't been as nervous as he was now, not even on the night his college entrance exam results came out.
He subtly glanced at Gu Qianqian out of the corner of his eye, widening his eyes slightly.
She actually completely failed to grasp the atmosphere and even stretched out her tongue, which seemed to have gained sentience, trying to touch the chicken leg in front of her.
Lu Yibei, "..."
Nanling Yaohua stood not too far, not too close to Lu Yibei, holding the braised pork.
She looked at the pile of McDonald's family meal packaging stacked like a small mountain on the coffee table.
She sized up Lu Yibei's bizarre posture.
Finally, she looked at the "empty" chair in front of Lu Yibei, her gaze lingering for a moment, frowning thoughtfully.
Why was there a chair placed in front of Xiao Bei?
Gu Qianqian's gaze shifted from the chicken leg 0.1 centimeters from her lips to the braised pork, then she swallowed.
Braised pork, smells good, want to eat!
For a moment, no one in the living room moved, no one spoke, and the scene was filled with a strange atmosphere.
After a moment, Nanling Yaohua finally broke the silence.
She walked towards the dining table with the braised pork, and at the moment she turned, she smiled at Lu Yibei. Her gaze fell on the hand he was holding the chicken leg with, and she tilted her head.
"What are you... doing?"
Lu Yibei looked at Nanling Yaohua, then followed her gaze to look at his right hand in its bizarre posture. His eye twitched. Whether it was a sudden inspiration or a moment of idiocy, he blurted out.
"I'm practicing magic... Yes, magic! Aren't we going to a graduation dinner on the weekend? I was thinking of practicing a couple of small tricks to perform for everyone at the dinner."
"Magic?" Nanling Yaohua tilted her head, her eyes skeptical.
"Yeah, magic! Look..." Lu Yibei said, suddenly pushing the chicken leg in his hand forward.
To prevent my girlfriend from being suspicious, I can only let you down, Gu Qianqian!
You might not know, I've always been someone who would cripple a friend for my girlfriend, so...
Eat my big chicken leg!
Lu Yibei thought, and without any warning to Gu Qianqian, he violently stuffed the chicken piece into her mouth.
At this moment, he had already thought of excuses for any situation that might occur next.
If the chicken leg disappeared, it was a magic trick to make the chicken piece vanish.
If it didn't disappear but was hanging from Gu Qianqian's mouth, it was a levitating chicken leg magic trick.
If Gu Qianqian revealed herself because of this action...
Then it was a live person transformation! Surprised? Unexpected?
As Lu Yibei forcefully stuffed the chicken leg into Gu Qianqian's mouth, in an instant, the eyes of both girls widened almost simultaneously.
One was surprised, watching the chicken leg miraculously disappear before her eyes.
One was choked, having the chicken leg roughly shoved deep into her throat.
This situation was subtle, so subtle that it rendered them speechless, so there was only dead silence in the living room.
A few seconds later, seeing Gu Qianqian's face turn from white to red, then purple, her eyes starting to roll back, about to suffocate and die, Lu Yibei came back to his senses and quickly pulled the chicken leg out of her mouth.
A soft "pop!" sound, like opening champagne, echoed in the living room.
"..."
Why did the system lie to me again? I clearly said I loved him... Gu Qianqian thought.
"Phew!" Nanling Yaohua exhaled, her brows gradually relaxing, "It really was magic?"
A chicken piece disappearing and reappearing out of thin air before one's eyes could indeed be considered magic to ordinary people, and a relatively advanced kind at that.
She looked at the family meal packaging on the table, her tone gradually finding the rhythm a heroine should have, "So, all these family meals were for you to practice magic?"
"Of course!" Lu Yibei replied with certainty.
"Then..." Nanling Yaohua's gaze swept around the living room, a hint of slyness flashing in her eyes.
"Xiao Bei, can you make other things disappear besides chicken legs?"
Lu Yibei secretly glanced at Gu Qianqian's mouth, clearly lacking confidence as he said, "Probably?"
If Gu Qianqian's mouth could fit it...
Nanling Yaohua pointed at the humidifier in the corner of the living room, smiling, and said, "Can you try that one?"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Gu Qianqian looked at Nanling Yaohua, then looked at the cylindrical humidifier, which was about half a meter tall and thirty centimeters in diameter, her eyes wide.
"No problem, I can try!" Lu Yibei said seriously, walked over, and picked up the humidifier.
"!!!"
He can't, right? This is way too big, how could it possibly fit in a mouth!
Watching Lu Yibei walk towards her step by step, holding the humidifier, Gu Qianqian widened her eyes, tightly closed her small mouth, and desperately shook her head.
Then...
Lu Yibei returned to where he had been standing, placed the humidifier on the coffee table, and as he turned, he gave Gu Qianqian an annoyed glare. Then, like a shaman dancing, he pranced around the humidifier twice, waving his hands, and slapped his hands on top of the humidifier with a "slap!"
One, two, three...
He counted three numbers in his heart, then looked at Nanling Yaohua, shrugging his shoulders with a helpless expression, "Unfortunately, my magic doesn't seem to be skilled enough yet. I can't make something this big disappear."
"Pfft—!"
Watching Lu Yibei seriously attempting to make the humidifier disappear, Nanling Yaohua couldn't help but burst out laughing. She waved her hand and said, "Alright, silly. Hurry up and come eat?"
She hadn't expected him to make the humidifier disappear from the start. Lu Yibei wasn't a professional magician. Making a chicken piece disappear out of thin air with amateur techniques was already quite impressive.
Hearing this, Gu Qianqian silently let out a long sigh of relief, a feeling of surviving a Disaster welling up in her heart.
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Finally, Lu Yibei was forced to sit down at the dining table. Nanling Yaohua sat across from him, propping her hands on the table, resting her chin, and smiling as she watched him eat. The corners of her slightly raised mouth, the shallow dimples, were as sweet as a bowl of rice wine.
And Gu Qianqian could only watch from a distance, feeling wronged, as Lu Yibei ate an entire bowl, about a pound and a half, of braised pork clean.
Envy and jealousy mixed with a little bit of hatred, just a little bit, not daring to have too much, afraid of being discovered.
Unlike Gu Qianqian's deep love for braised pork, Lu Yibei actually didn't like eating it.
After forcing over a pound of pork belly down his stomach, he vaguely had the illusion that the blood in his body was about to turn into lard.
Looking at Lu Yibei's "satisfied" expression, Nanling Yaohua raised her eyebrows, "How is it? My Grandpa's skill hasn't declined, has it?"
Although she had cooked the braised pork, the technique was genuinely inherited from her Grandpa. Saying it was her Grandpa's skill wasn't wrong.
Lu Yibei gave a thumbs-up, nodding in affirmation, "It hasn't declined at all, it's even tastier. Perhaps time has accumulated, making the Old man's skill even more perfect?"
"Mm, a little less than state banquet level, but not by much."
Although this bowl of braised pork was sickeningly sweet upon entry and bitter and salty in the aftertaste, and some pieces, perhaps intentionally left to aid intestinal peristalsis, still had a few pig hairs, it was evident that it wasn't made by Nanling Old Man.
However, something personally made by one's girlfriend, even if it were a nuclear reactor, one must force it down and then spout a string of rainbow farts.
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Nanling Yaohua hadn't remembered incorrectly, Lu Yibei did indeed like eating braised pork.
Even now, she remembered the first day she came to her Grandpa's house. When the two families were eating together, young Lu Yibei pulled the bowl of braised pork in front of himself and loudly declared, "Braised pork is my most, most, most favorite dish. No one is going to Rob it from me today."
At that time, his figure was like a dazzling savior.
But memory is something that can deceive.
In fact, Lu Yibei never liked eating braised pork.
If it weren't for seeing Nanling Yaohua almost burst into tears that day they first met, when Ms. Wang Meili almost put braised pork into her bowl, he wouldn't have put on a brave front and declared sovereignty over the braised pork.
Even more so, in the years that followed, Lu Yibei accidentally turned everything Nanling Yaohua didn't like to eat into his "favorite" delicious dishes.
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Nanling Yaohua "supervised" Lu Yibei finishing the braised pork, then they chatted for a while about some interesting things among high school classmates. She then stood up and adjusted her dress.
"I should probably go back. If I don't, Grandpa will start worrying."
"You're at my place, what's there for the Old man to worry about? Why don't you just stay here tonight?" Lu Yibei said, his words filled with provocation.
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He knew Nanling Yaohua wouldn't stay. As they got older, she hadn't stayed at his house for a long time. After all, Nanling Old Man was worried and didn't want the unexpected arrival of his great-granddaughter to disturb his life dedicated to research.
"You're dreaming!" Nanling Yaohua rolled her eyes, then pointed at the empty bowl on the table and said, "I'm leaving now. Remember to wash the bowl later."
Saying that, she turned and walked towards the door.
However, just as she opened the door and was about to leave, her footsteps paused slightly. Her gaze casually swept over the "empty" chair in the living room, and she frowned slightly.
Lu Yibei noticed her gaze, which hadn't moved away from Gu Qianqian's direction for a long time, and inwardly cried out that it was bad. He quickly stepped forward and blocked her view.
"Xiao Hua, is there anything else?" Lu Yibei asked affectionately, "You really want to stay? Tomorrow morning, Grandpa will break all my legs."
Nanling Yaohua withdrew her gaze, put one hand on her hip, and pinched Lu Yibei's ear with the other, saying coquettishly, "It's good that you know!"
"That's something I must know." Lu Yibei broke free from Nanling Yaohua's hand, rubbed his ear, and said, "So, should I see you down first?"
"No need!" Nanling Yaohua lightly punched Lu Yibei's chest with her fist, "It's just two floors, I can go down by myself."
After walking a few steps, as if suddenly remembering something, she stopped and turned back, saying, "Oh, are you free tomorrow?"
"Shall we go and book the place for the graduation dinner together?"
"Tomorrow..." Lu Yibei scratched the back of his head and said, "I'm not free tomorrow! I'm meeting someone to play ball tomorrow, and after playing ball, we're going to the internet cafe to play together."
"How about the day after tomorrow? Aren't you going to practice dancing the day after tomorrow? I'll pick you up early then, and we'll go together."
"Alright then! It's a deal!" Nanling Yaohua didn't feel anything strange. She smiled sweetly at Lu Yibei and then ran downstairs with light steps.
"It's a deal!"
Watching Nanling Yaohua leave, Lu Yibei sighed silently.
Sorry, ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) Xiao Hua...
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"Bang!"
The door closed.
Nanling Yaohua walked to the stairwell on the fourth floor and stopped.
Looking back at Lu Yibei's door, she didn't move forward for a long time.
Time passed bit by bit. As the sound-activated light went out, darkness swallowed her figure.
"Alas!"
After a long time, a long sigh sounded, relighting the sound-activated light.
Nanling Yaohua composed herself, took a step, and walked down the stairs.
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Not long after Nanling Yaohua left.
Lu Yibei slumped on the sofa, like an old cat that had just been spayed, without any worldly desires.
While Lu Yibei was staring blankly and digesting, Gu Qianqian looked at the braised pork on the dining table, which only had a little sauce left, and her face showed bitterness.
How could he eat it so cleanly? Even a little bit of minced meat would be good!
Braised pork is one of her three hundred and sixty-five favorite dishes.
When she used to work part-time washing dishes in restaurants, she could eat three catties of white rice mixed with the leftover minced meat from the braised pork stew in the pot.
"Uh, can I try it?" Under the temptation of delicious food, Gu Qianqian finally mustered up twelve parts of courage and asked Lu Yibei.
Lu Yibei raised his eyelids, followed Gu Qianqian's gaze, saw the empty bowl with braised pork sauce on the table, and said weakly, "I advise you not to try it, you'll regret it."
"If you don't let me try it, how do you know I'll regret it!" Gu Qianqian said angrily.
Lu Yibei rolled his eyes at Gu Qianqian and was too lazy to talk nonsense with her. He got up, brought over the bowl containing the braised pork, lightly dipped a little sauce with his chopsticks, and looked at her with an expression that seemed to say "You are already dead," bringing the chopsticks to her mouth.
"Hehe!" Gu Qianqian leaned her head forward, and her small mouth sucked on the chopsticks.
"Slurp~!"
In an instant, her eyes gradually lost their highlight, and her pupils trembled.
As the braised pork sauce entered her mouth, a strange taste exploded violently between her lips and teeth,
As if countless sharp teeth and claws were born out of thin air in her mouth, covered in burnt, bitter caramel and mixed-up grease, raging wildly down her esophagus all the way to her abdomen.
Finally, like a large-yield bomb, it exploded with a bang in her stomach, blooming into a brilliant nightmare.
"Yue--yue--!"
She gagged a couple of times, and Gu Qianqian almost vomited 3.14 buckets out of the five family buckets she had eaten.
If I did something wrong, I can let Disaster punish me...
Wait, that's not right, she is the Disaster! Gu Qianqian thought.
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The turmoil in her abdomen gradually subsided, and Gu Qianqian, who had woken up from the nightmare, looked up at Lu Yibei, but only saw his tall back as he got up and walked towards the bedroom.
As expected of one of the factors that destroys the world, she can actually eat that kind of thing! Gu Qianqian thought.
After a while, the departing Lu Yibei returned, holding a blanket.
He expressionlessly moved Gu Qianqian, chair and all, to the side of the sofa, laid her down, gently covered her with the blanket, and then indifferently dropped a "Good night!"
"Snap!"
As the sound of the remote switch rang out, the living room plunged into darkness.
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"Click!"
After closing the bedroom door and locking it, Lu Yibei immediately took action.
Locking the door, moving the bedside table to block the door, hanging a water cup on the doorknob... a series of actions flowed smoothly.
He had done this kind of thing countless times in his dream memories, and he was very skilled.
Although doing this always felt a bit like a mental illness, but...
I'm already suffering from a split personality, with nineteen years of extra memories in my head. You're talking to me about mental illness?
Lu Yibei thought, placed the plunger within reach, climbed onto the bed, pulled the covers over his entire body, then rummaged under the pillow for his spare phone, and sent a text message to his few friends—Su Mi.
Lu Yibei: "Xiao Mi, are you asleep?"
Su Mi: "What time is it? Sleep my ass, of course I'm having fun! Get online quickly and carry me to King!"
Looking at Su Mi's reply, Lu Yibei nodded slightly. This was the Su Mi he knew, a scatterbrained internet addict, completely different from the one in his dream memories.
His burly appearance, going to do manual embroidery, was like Black Bear practicing "Sunflower Manual", the scene was too bizarre.
Lu Yibei: "Something came up today, next time for sure! I'm looking for you for a favor, a life-or-death situation!" fгeewebnovёl.com
Su Mi: "Tell me! 【Good brothers for a lifetime.jpg】"
Lu Yibei: "I remember your dad works at a law firm, right? I have someone's ID number here, can he help me check their basic personal information?"
Su Mi: "This... Old Lu, do you know this is illegal?"
Lu Yibei: "Of course I know you can't just check someone else's personal information, but couldn't I just sue her?"
This was Lu Yibei's purpose in obtaining Gu Qianqian's ID number. He wanted to confirm whether the person "Gu Qianqian" was real or a hallucination caused by the influence of his dream.
Su Mi: "???"
Indeed, when suing someone, if you don't have the other party's identity information, you can entrust a lawyer to apply to the relevant departments for inquiry with a lawyer's practicing certificate, law firm investigation letter, or introduction letter.
Of course, this is only limited to name, gender, date of birth, place of birth, domicile, family members, etc. As for personal property information, loan information, communication information, etc., that is not allowed.
Su Mi: "No, for no reason, what are you suing her for?"
Lu Yibei: "Illegal entry into a private residence! Let me tell you, just now a Miss climbed in through the window and broke into my house. I think she's very strange! I'm checking on her mainly to confirm if she's alive."
Su Mi: "【Horrified.jpg】 Not alive, could it be a ghost? Old Lu, don't scare people late at night, okay?"
Lu Yibei: "To be honest, I might have really encountered a ghost."
Sympathizing with her pathetic appearance is one thing, but being cautious is another.
Although she only stayed for one night, being a little cautious is not a bad thing! Lu Yibei thought to himself.
Time quietly passed while waiting for a reply.
A few minutes later, Lu Yibei received a new message from Su Mi.
Su Mi: "Old Lu, I just asked my dad. He said he'll help you with it when he goes to work tomorrow."
Lu Yibei: "Then thank Uncle for me first. Also, don't tell Xiao Hua about this! 【Kiss.jpg】"
Su Mi: "Stop being disgusting first, I'm not done yet! My dad just lectured me. He told me to hang out with you less in the future, and also told you to find time to see a Doctor at the hospital."
Lu Yibei: "You might not believe it, but I just went to the hospital for a checkup today."
Su Mi: "What were the results?"
Lu Yibei: "The Doctor said I have a split personality and might be a potential serial killer."
Su Mi: "???"
After a long pause.
Su Mi: "Old Lu, take care. When you're better, I'll come see you. 【Fist bump.jpg】"
Lu Yibei, "..."
The boat of friendship capsized just like that, with the sound of waves crashing in his ears.
"Buzz buzz!"
The phone vibrated twice more, emitting a buzzing sound.
Lu Yibei picked up his phone and took a look. It was a message from Su Mi.
Su Mi: "Just kidding, Old Lu, how about I sneak out tomorrow and keep you company?"
The boat of friendship, after flipping once... Hey! It floated back up again.
Lu Yibei: "The day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow I'm going with Xiao Hua to book the place for the graduation dinner. I'll call you to come along then."
Su Mi: "OKK!"
