Blue Star, Rongcheng.
In the Ping’an Garden District, the dim living room was only faintly illuminated by the sallow light filtering in from outside.
Suddenly, a figure appeared out of thin air in the dim living room.
CLICK.
After returning home, Lin Li immediately flipped on the living room light and activated the Refrigeration Spiritual Artifact resting on top of the air conditioner.
WHOOSH...
Cool air quickly filled the living room, bringing a wave of relief to Lin Li, who was covered in sweat after the intense battle he had just fought.
He sat down on the sofa, picked up the pitcher from the coffee table, and poured himself a glass of water.
As Lin Li drank, his thoughts turned to killing the Red Blood Gang’s leader earlier that night.
’I really raised hell at the Red Blood Gang’s headquarters tonight and killed their Gang Leader. That should be a huge blow to them.’
’According to the intel I gathered, the Gang Leader was the main pillar of support for all those evil bastards in the gang. Now that I’ve killed him, the Red Blood Gang will probably be wiped out by other gangs.’
’I’ll check up on the Red Blood Gang in a while and see if they really do get wiped out by other gangs now that their leader is dead, just like I expect.’
’If that’s what happens, great. If not, I’ll just have to pay the Red Blood Gang a few more... cordial visits.’
Since they were now mortal enemies, Lin Li had no intention of showing them any mercy. He had already decided that as long as the Red Blood Gang still existed, he wouldn’t let them have a moment’s peace.
Putting down his glass, Lin Li retrieved his phone from the Mysterious Small Island.
DING.
The moment he took the phone out from the Mysterious Small Island, a notification alert chimed.
He unlocked the screen and saw it was a message from Su Yue.
She had sent it in the evening, asking if he wanted to go out and grab dinner at a restaurant.
At the time, Lin Li had been in the Spirit Realm observing the Red Blood Gang’s every move, so of course he couldn’t have received her message. After all, cell signals from Blue Star couldn’t reach the Otherworld.
After reading Su Yue’s message, Lin Li thought for a moment, sent a simple reply, then set his phone aside and got up to grab his pajamas from the bedroom and take a shower.
Although Lin Li hadn’t found the fight against the Red Blood Gang’s leader particularly difficult, the intense battle had still drained a lot of his energy, leaving him sweaty and a little tired.
Right now, all he wanted was to take a quick shower, eat some cold watermelon, and get some proper rest.
「 ... 」
In a steam-filled bathroom, the patter of running water came to a stop.
The bathroom door opened, and a slender figure emerged from the steam.
Wrapped in a white bath towel and wearing slippers, Su Yue walked out of the bathroom and slowly made her way to the living room.
After sitting down on the sofa, she felt a little warm and picked up the A/C remote from the coffee table, lowering the temperature by a few degrees.
Suddenly, her phone, which was right beside her, made a soft sound.
Su Yue unlocked the screen, glanced at it, and saw a message from Lin Li. After reading it, she muttered to herself.
"What is this?"
"He didn’t reply earlier because his phone was dead, and he only just saw my message after charging it? That explanation feels so half-hearted."
She swept her long hair back, revealing a delicate ear. Following the line of her swan-like neck, one’s eyes were drawn to a deep valley.
Su Yue crossed her arms over her chest and pressed her legs together, her slender figure on full display.
She thought for a moment, then tapped the chat window, her slender, scallion-like fingers dancing quickly across the screen.
She quickly composed a message and hit send. The message wasn’t answered right away, but drawing from her earlier experience, Su Yue wasn’t anxious this time and simply waited patiently.
About sixteen or seventeen minutes passed. Just as Su Yue’s patience was about to run out, a reply finally came.
"Okay, as for the ingredients, I can prepare them."
"What took you so long to reply? I was about to give up waiting!"
"Lady, I was in the shower!"
"Oh, is that so!" Seeing that Lin Li’s slow reply was because he was showering, Su Yue nodded slightly and typed again, "I’ll teach you how to cook tomorrow. For the first lesson, what dish do you want to learn?"
"How about beef and potato stew!" Lin Li replied, thinking of the huge pile of Yellow Ox Exotic Beast Meat left in his fridge. He sent her the name of the dish he had decided to learn long ago.
"Beef and potato stew? That’s a very easy dish. Are you sure you don’t want to try something more challenging?" Su Yue asked, a charming, faint smile playing on her lips as she read the name of the dish Lin Li had sent.
"Let’s start with something simple! If I learn something difficult right from the start, I’m afraid I won’t be able to handle it."
Lin Li was well aware of his own lack of cooking talent. He didn’t want to bite off more than he could chew on his first try. After all, that was an easy way to mess things up. It was better to take it slow and steady, gradually improving his culinary skills.
"Alright, I’ll teach you how to make beef and potato stew then! Are you going to the market to buy the ingredients tomorrow morning?"
Lin Li had planted some potatoes on the Mysterious Small Island earlier, and they were ready to be harvested.
Tomorrow morning, he could just pop over to the Mysterious Small Island, harvest a batch, grab the Yellow Ox Exotic Beast Meat from his fridge, and then head to Su Yue’s place. There was no need to go to the market for ingredients at all.