Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 63: Let Him Leave

Jiang Ning's mini-vacation passed calmly; his parents, who worked in another city, called to tell him to take care of his health and eat well.

His eldest uncle was busy with business, and Jiang Junlong had gone on a trip.

So every day, Jiang Ning immersed himself in cultivation, refining Qi Gathering Pills, using electricity for Body Refinement, and training his Divine Sense, leading a fulfilling life.

Aunt Gu, who worked at a restaurant, got even busier and came back very late every day.

In the morning, Jiang Ning would call for Xue Yuantong to wake up; she always liked to sleep in. Then, Jiang Ning would lure her with lunch, so she would dutifully follow him to the vegetable market.

Xue Yuantong handled all sorts of ingredients, and her culinary skills improved rapidly, rightly earning the title of a junior cook.

One morning, while passing by the river dam, they saw an elder selling fish. Xue Yuantong curiously asked, and it turned out all the fish were caught from the river.

After returning home, Xue Yuantong rummaged through the storeroom for a while and came out dust-covered, holding part of a fishing rod.

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She wanted to show Jiang Ning her excellent wild fishing skills. Jiang Ning followed her to the riverbank and watched. Under the afternoon sun, Xue Yuantong fished for quite some time to no avail.

Frustrated, she made gestures as if wanting to jump into the river to catch fish by hand.

Jiang Ning pulled her back and then jumped into the river himself, using Divine Sense and Spiritual Power to catch two carp, a blackfish, and three crabs.

Xue Yuantong was ecstatic; with decisive chops of her knife, she peacefully bid farewell to the fish and crabs.

She cut the three crabs into six pieces. Xue Yuantong, as head chef, braised them. They had agreed to share, three pieces each, but in the end, Xue Yuantong ate five.

After dinner, Jiang Ning brought two small stools to sit at the entrance of Xue Yuantong's house, marveling at the golden sunset on the horizon.

Before long, Xue Yuantong finished cleaning pots and pans and sat down with her smartphone in hand.

The two sat close together, and seeing her tapping on the screen, Jiang Ning asked,

"What are you playing?"

"I'm looking at the class group. Have you joined the class group? Why don't I see you speaking?"

"Which class group?"

"The second one," Xue Yuantong said. Their high school's class 8 had two groups, one with the class teacher and one without.

"I haven't joined."

Xue Yuantong urged, "You should log into QQ and check it out."

Jiang Ning took out his phone, pressed it, and it unlocked right away. Fingerprint phones were not common now, and in his memory, the first widely used fingerprint phone was the iPhone 5s, which had just been released last month. He probably couldn't get it now.

Without fingerprint identification, Jiang Ning was accustomed to face recognition and fingerprint unlocking and was too lazy to set a password.

After logging into QQ, he received several friend requests, from Huang Zhongfei, Ma Shicheng, and Guo Kunnan, among others.

Jiang Ning approved each one.

Huang Zhongfei seemed to be online, as he immediately sent an invitation to join the group.

After Jiang Ning joined the group, he saw there were 52 people; he was the last to join.

Geng Lu sent a message: "Welcome to the new classmate joining the group!"

Several people followed up with words of welcome.

The group chat was bustling, with many classmates discussing their mini-vacations.

Dong Qingfeng said he went to a water park.

Bai Yuxia had gone to the beach.

Chen Qian went to Bai Zhou City, shared many photos, and told everyone that one should definitely visit Bai Zhou in their lifetime, or they would regret it.

Those who posted vacation photos in the group were the ones from wealthier families; many classmates from average or even poor families often remained silent, unable to join in such topics.

Jiang Ning had once been one of them, only able to look on as his classmates shared various photos of dining and entertainment, secretly envious. With great difficulty saving some pocket money, it would only be enough for a few rounds at an internet café or to purchase a data top-up for a bit more time online.

Several were vying to show off their pictures, and perhaps they were merely sharing, but it still made some classmates uncomfortable.

Dan Kaiquan posted sarcastically, "With so many people on vacation, going out must mean getting squeezed in crowds. It feels better to stay at home."

This sentiment resonated with many classmates.

Guo Kunnan shared several rural photos, capturing the river's edge, the township basketball court, and the newly built fitness facilities for the elderly in the village.

"With my family's situation, I can only have fun at home."

Below, a classmate responded, "It's pretty much the same as our village, we even watched a movie at the town square yesterday."

The matter would have passed just like that, but Chen Qian suddenly @Dan Kaiquan:

"You've never been out to play, how would you know it's crowded? I suggest you get out more and see the world when you have time."

Dan Kaiquan detected the full sense of superiority and instantly felt pissed, retorting forcefully:

"What makes you think I've never been out to play? The places I've visited are potentially no fewer than yours."

"Come on, tell me which cities you've been to?" Chen Qian picked a fight with him.

Dan Kaiquan said, "I've been to Nan City."

Chen Qian was unrelenting, "Coincidentally, I've been to Nan City many times. Can you tell me about its attractions and local specialties?"

Dan Kaiquan hurriedly searched Baidu; he had never actually been to Nan City, and his only option was to look it up online.

After Chen Qian waited a while, he typed, "You wouldn't be going to Baidu now, would you? Hahaha."

Dan Kaiquan was furious; if Chen Qian were in front of him, he would have guaranteed him a couple of punches.

"If you've never been out and about, don't pretend."

"Country bumpkin," he mocked.

No sooner had he said this than not only Dan Kaiquan but also many other classmates with less privileged backgrounds felt offended.

Dan Kaiquan stopped searching on Baidu and went straight for the attack: "So you're the big shot? Is it because your family has a bit more money? It's not even earned by you, so who the hell do you think you are?"

"In my house, I'm the boss," Chen Qian replied.

That way, both of them started arguing in the group chat, and everyone else stopped chatting just to watch the two of them quarrel.

Dan Kaiquan talked about having a fight, and since Chen Qian was of average height and skinny, it wouldn't be hard for Dan Kaiquan to beat him.

Chen Qian didn't agree to the fight, choosing instead to attack Dan Kaiquan's personal qualities.

At first, perhaps out of consideration for their classmates, the two argued relatively civilly, with Chen Qian dominating and belittling Dan Kaiquan. But as the argument heated up, it degenerated into a shouting match.

As the argument got dirtier and dirtier, the situation began to change, with all sorts of foul language and zero logic. Dan Kaiquan got better and better at cursing.

Bring the enemy's IQ to the same level, then defeat him with rich experience.

With insults like "music ash urn" and "drifting spirit car," Dan Kaiquan ridiculed Chen Qian's ancestors to the point where they were no better than dogs or pigs, completely taking the upper hand.

Class monitor Huang Zhongfei, who was the group admin, really couldn't stand it anymore and had to mute both of them.

Xue Yuantong was enjoying the intensity of their argument, which had broadened her horizons. With the argument gone, the group suddenly quieted down, leaving a bit of loneliness.

Life committee member Hu Jun stepped forward and posted a picture of a bug,

"This is the 'Old Water Buffalo' I caught; what do you all think about its condition?"

The image depicted a black, cylindrical bug, with spotted shell and long antennas.

Guo Kunnan commented, "Not bad at all, an 'Old Water Buffalo' like this one is quite rare for the season."

Hu Jun replied with several grinning emojis, feeling validated. Realizing there were others in the class who shared his interest in such odd creatures, he decided to post more of his treasured finds in the future.

After waiting a while and seeing that normal conversations resumed in the class group, Huang Zhongfei prepared to unmute the two.

At that moment, a private message came in, "Class monitor, Dan Kaiquan is no good, can you kick him out?"

The sender of the message was Chen Qian.

Huang Zhongfei felt Chen Qian was being excessive. Arguing was one thing, but kicking people out was another.

We're all classmates after all, if someone is kicked out of the class group, how can we get along later?

Seeing that Huang Zhongfei didn't reply, Chen Qian thought he was considering it and continued to send messages:

"Dan Kaiquan only disrupts the harmony of our class group. We were just sharing pictures nicely, and he jumped out causing trouble; how can we have pleasant exchanges in the future?"

Huang Zhongfei reviewed Dan Kaiquan's initial messages and didn't find them excessive, so he replied:

"Enough, Chen Qian, we'll talk about this later."

Xue Yuantong swiped through her phone for a while and thought of something, then she looked over:

"Jiang Ning, what beautiful places have you visited?"