Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

River dam, bungalow.

After waking up, Xue Yuantong took a break at Chuchu's house for 'breakfast and lunch,' then went back to bed and lazed around, unwilling to get up.

Receiving Jiang Ning's perfunctory reply, Xue Yuantong was furious and angrily threw her phone onto the soft quilt.

Then she hugged her pillow and gave it a good beating to vent her anger.

'Jiang Ning, you rascal!' She vowed, swearing that within the next hour she would definitely ignore Jiang Ning and not go to his house to help him with his computer exercise.

She turned onto the chair, opened a plastic bag, peeled a sugar mandarin to eat, and pondered what to do today.

Even though it's the weekend, her mom can't sit idle and ran off to the company to work overtime. Evergreen Liquid is paying for the overtime, and it's unusually generous.

Thus, many household chores fell on Tongtong's shoulders.

Xue Yuantong isn't like a pampered little girl who wants food served and extends a hand for clothes at home.

Kids from poor families become self-reliant early; she knew since young how to be self-sufficient, often running out to pick up rags, collect peanuts, dig sweet potatoes, steal watermelons, and fail to catch rabbits.

In Hui Province, kids born in the 90s from rural areas, with average or poor family conditions, nearly all have farmed.

Xue Yuantong chewed on the sugar mandarin, listing the tasks for the day: wash sheets, blankets, pillowcases, then take out the crockpot and scrub it, and clean the house.

Especially sweeping the floor, that's quite a hassle.

Xue Yuantong thought of a solution, her eyes suddenly lit up, remembering her dear friend Chuchu.

She raced to Chuchu's house on her small legs and called at the gate: "Chuchu, stop studying! My mom bought sugar mandarins, they're super sweet, come eat!"

Soon enough, Xue Chuchu came out of her house.

Tongtong's bedroom.

Xue Chuchu sat on the stool and grabbed an orange sugar mandarin.

Her fingers were thin and nimble, gently unwrapping the mandarin peel, softly and meticulously.

"Sweet, right?" Xue Yuantong grinned.

Xue Chuchu nodded: "Sweet."

The two girls chatted, as time slipped away, soon the bag of sugar mandarins was gone.

Xue Chuchu still seemed a bit unsatisfied.

At this moment, Xue Yuantong's eyes sparkled with wisdom: "My mom bought a lot of sugar mandarins yesterday, only cost 7 bucks, so affordable!"

"It's a shame when I got up this morning, accidentally bumped the bag, and a few sugar mandarins fell on the ground, then no matter how I searched, I couldn't find them!"

She sighed helplessly.

Sugar mandarins have a peel, even if they drop on the ground, peel them open for eating and there won't be any hygiene issues.

After listening, Xue Chuchu suggested: "Did you search carefully?"

"I did, but I feel like they might have rolled under the bed or between the cabinet gaps." Xue Yuantong speculated.

Xue Chuchu tested: "How about looking again?"

"I think, if they aren't found, it'll be bad when they rot." She added.

Xue Yuantong furrowed her brows, pondering, just an act in reality, then said ten seconds later:

"We can't blindly search, we must think of a method."

Speaking of which, her little face suddenly moved: "Have you heard the saying? The more you deliberately search, the tougher it is to find, rather maintaining a calm mind, you'll easily find it."

"Before, I lost a coin inside my room, couldn't find it no matter how, later after sweeping the floor, I found it." Xue Yuantong gave an example.

Xue Chuchu had similar experiences, she deeply related.

"How about we sweep the floor, maybe we'll find it." Xue Yuantong suggested this method.

Xue Chuchu thought it made some sense, so she joined Tongtong in grabbing a broom to start tidying the bedroom.

She worked seriously, meticulously, sweeping all corners of the bedroom, whether wall corners or underneath furniture, cleaning it thoroughly.

Unfortunately, after all the searching, the sugar mandarins were still not found, completely vanished without trace.

Xue Yuantong walked around with her little hands behind her back, inspected the place, unable to help grinning.

She rejoiced in her heart: 'With just a little hope, I lured Chuchu to sweep for me.'

Who could be smarter and more clever than her?

She pretended to solemnly ask herself: "Could it be... the sugar mandarins didn't fall?"

Xue Chuchu felt a bit disappointed but didn't say anything.

Seeing how useful she was, Xue Yuantong felt reluctant to stop, for greater benefit dared to gamble once more:

"Wait, I think I remembered wrong. Seems like I bumped the sugar mandarins in my mom's room. Let's go sweep my mom's room!"

Hearing this, Xue Chuchu faintly sensed something might be wrong somewhere?

Her eyes turned deep, inscrutable.

...

Urban area, taxi.

Zhao Xiaofeng sent a message reporting the situation: "Brother Tian, based on my recent observations and checked information, this Wu Yun's family is of a nouveau riche upstart background."

Even though his family has money, Zhao Xiaofeng didn't take it to heart as the Brother Tian he followed was a super-rich among the rich!

This Wu Yunzhi, a nobody, still relied on taxis when going out, while Brother Tian had a Maybach chauffeured car gifted by his dad.

Additionally, he has a driver, a personal assistant, and at home, a chef who makes varied meals daily.

This kind of extravagance was worthy of Zhao Xiaofeng's allegiance.

Qi Tianheng messaged: "Keep watching closely."

"Once their activities end today, come straight to my place. I have several Apple phones and tablets gifted to me, take two and go."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiaofeng became incredibly excited.

Recently, Apple launched new products, not only the new iphone6 but also the ipadair2, which he's coveted for a long time. Despite earning a lot following Brother Tian, he couldn't bring himself to buy them.

In the end, once Brother Tian made a move, he went for the entire set!

That's the iphone6!

By the time he's holding an iPhone6plus, he can't imagine how arrogant he'll become!

The new iphone's show-off effect at school is very effective.

Zhao Xiaofeng secretly decided, no matter if Wu Yunzhi dares to go to the hotel with Lan Zichen, he must find a way to stay in the room next door!