Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 217 - 192 Special

Chapter 217: Chapter 192 Special

Chapter 217 -192 Special

Sunday morning.

With Jiang Ning around, Xue Yuantong didn’t sleep in—though her definition of not sleeping in still meant getting up at nine and hurriedly getting dressed.

She stepped into her soft, warm cotton slippers and pushed open the door.

The weather was clear, and the sky was a deep blue with fluffy white clouds.

Xue Yuantong couldn’t help but think of the cotton candy she used to eat as a child, which was super large, even bigger than her head, and just as white.

Even holding it in her hand without eating made her feel incredibly secure, as if she owned the entire world.

Thinking about the cotton candy made her somewhat hungry.

But Jiang Ning hadn’t made breakfast.

Neither had Xue Yuantong. She and Jiang Ning had agreed to go out and have fun in the urban area.

Today, Sunday, was the grand opening of the second phase of the Lanma Shopping Mall.

While Xue Yuantong was halfway through washing up, Jiang Ning burst in.

“You’re quite conscious,” he said. He had planned to wake her up, but she had gotten up on time.

With her mouth full of foam, Xue Yuantong couldn’t speak. She was brushing her teeth and could only make “mmm” sounds.

She quickly finished brushing her teeth and spit out the foam:

“Jiang Ning, have you pumped your bike tires?”

When she had come back on Friday, she noticed his mountain bike’s tires were a bit flat and needed air to keep in best condition.

“I haven’t.” Jiang Ning replied.

Xue Yuantong put her toothbrush and cup away: “Come on, I’ll do it for you.”

“I’m super good at it.”

Usually, Xue Yuantong rode Jiang Ning’s bike and compensated him in other ways, but she had never ridden with him to school.

Now, she wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to pump air into the bike. She wanted to be involved.

Xue Yuantong had only brushed her teeth, not washed her face, and ran to Jiang Ning’s rental.

“Where’s the pump?” she asked.

Jiang Ning pulled out the pump from a corner.

It was a manual pump, fully operated by hand.

Xue Yuantong took the pump, stood by the mountain bike.

She located the valve stem on the tire, removed the cap, and then aligned the pump needle with the stem.

She stood up the pump, stepped on the pedal, grasped the handle with her arms, and pushed down hard.

“I’m great, right?” Xue Yuantong put effort into pumping.

Jiang Ning stood by, watching her clumsy operation.

If it had been Jiang Ning, he could have filled the tire with air instantly with a spell, unlike Xue Yuantong’s silly way.

“Yeah, great,” Jiang Ning said flatly.

Xue Yuantong was very unsatisfied with Jiang Ning’s reaction. She was kindly pumping air and still faced his cold treatment.

Forget pumping it then!

But Xue Yuantong liked to finish what she started, so she filled both the front and rear tires completely.

After finishing, she screwed the cap back onto the valve stem, pressed the tires to check their firmness—perfect.

She dusted off her hands, feeling as though she had accomplished something grand. Now, she felt more entitled when riding, having contributed to their trip.

…

As the mountain bike moved through the urban roads, Xue Yuantong sat sideways on the back, still wearing her fingerless gloves, clutching the hem of Jiang Ning’s clothes.

Cars drove by on the main road, while bustling crowds gathered outside the shops.

Seemingly to dispel some strangeness and fear, Xue Yuantong wrote on Jiang Ning’s back with her fingers, trying to get his attention.

“We’re almost there,” Jiang Ning said.

“Oh.”

“Be careful in the mall once it opens. It’s going to be crowded. Hold on to me and don’t get lost,” Jiang Ning instructed.

“I won’t get lost,” Xue Yuantong retorted.

“Alright then, don’t hold on later,” Jiang Ning teased.

“What! I won’t listen to you, I’ll hold on.”

Soon, they arrived at the shopping center.

In front of the square, a red stage was set up with a host in a suit, mic in hand, shouting about various promotions to a large crowd.

Jiang Ning found a place to park the bike and locked it up. There were several mountain bikes parked there, including some high-end ones.

Given the event today likely attracting a large crowd and mix of people, Jiang Ning, for safety, cast a small array on his mountain bike.

This array contained the power of thunder. If someone else touched his bike, they would be shocked into jumping.

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“Let’s go.”

Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong into the shopping center.

Yuzhou City wasn’t very large, but Lanma Shopping Mall covered over 300,000 square meters, with the commercial area spanning four levels.

It was considered a major eatery, entertainment, and integrated shopping center construction in recent years in Yuzhou City.

The grand opening of such a high-profile mall had drawn a lot of attention from the people of Yuzhou.

Outside the phase two of the shopping center, the crowd was slowly moving forward, packed tightly together.

Leaning against the wall, Xue Yuantong puckered her lips at the sight. The crowd was surging, and she couldn’t push her way in.

She could only watch helplessly as others entered.

Xue Yuantong was hungry and longed for breakfast, but couldn’t get in.

If she weren’t timid and had a louder voice, she definitely would have shouted at the crowd:

“Dare you block my way, you vermin!”

Jiang Ning said, “Let’s go to phase one first, play there, and then go to phase two via the skybridge.”

“Ah? Can we do that?” Xue Yuantong was surprised.

“Just listen to me,” Jiang Ning said confidently.

Xue Yuantong was puzzled: “How do you know? Did you go there behind my back?”

Jiang Ning: “Don’t talk nonsense. Are you coming or not?”

Jiang Ning had once attended high school and often came to Lanma Shopping Mall, so he was very familiar with it.

Of course, back then, his outings were just for fun since he didn’t have money to buy anything and could only wander around. Wandering a lot made him familiar with various passages.