I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 26 Damn it!
"Zhu Zhu is really something."

Entering the restroom, Mei Mengqian rubbed her forehead, looked at her red ears in the mirror, and took out her phone to call her mother.

Just now, Jiang Yingzhu hooked her arm around him and they bumped directly into Li Yan's chest.

Even if he's your pen pal or a longtime friend, you can't do this, right?

The call was quickly connected, and Ye Qian's voice came through.

"Mengmeng, what's wrong?"

"Mom, I just talked to Zhuzhu about renting a house. She's also from No. 6 Middle School."

"Oh? You two are going together? That's great. I'll feel more at ease with Xiao Jiang accompanying you." Ye Qian immediately connected with her daughter on a telepathic connection.

"Yes, but it's not a shared apartment. Zhuzhu has a house in the city, which is four stops away from the school. She wants me to stay at her place."

Hearing this, Ye Qian pondered for a moment, "That's fine, but the rent still needs to be paid. Mengmeng, let Xiao Jiang answer the phone, Mom will talk to her."

So Mei Mengqian quickly ran out of the restroom, returned to her seat, found Jiang Yingzhu, handed her the phone, and looked at her expectantly.

"Zhuzhu, my mom wants to talk to you."

"Oh."

Jiang Yingzhu wasn't intimidated at all; she took the phone and greeted the caller, "Auntie!"

"Yeah, that's right! My dad bought it for me. I live alone, and I'm usually so bored."

Li Yan pursed his lips and flipped the roasted meat in the baking pan.

"It's near the No. 15 Middle School on Huancheng Avenue. Auntie, would you like to come and take a look? Anyway, that room is empty."

Jiang Yingzhu chatted familiarly with Ye Qian, from the time spent looking at apartments to commuting times, then complaining about the traffic congestion on the ring road, and then talking about middle schools,

Finally, they were pleasantly surprised to discover that they had attended the same elementary school.

Then they talked about high school.

Mei Mengqian watched longingly from the side, with a hint of envy in her eyes.

Her dignified, scholarly air was barely perceptible; instead, she possessed a delicate, pitiful vulnerability that made Li Yan feel as if she were worried that her mother had been lured away by her childhood sweetheart.

Or, in the next second, your mother might become sworn sisters with Jiang Yingzhu, giving you an extra mother.

This completely shattered the aloof and ethereal image that Li Yan had of her in his previous life.

"Stop looking at it, come and try it to see if it's good."

Li Yan shook his head and chuckled, placing a few pieces of roasted meat on her plate.

"Oh."

Smelling the rich aroma of meat, Mei Mengqian's attention shifted. Looking at the large, red, sizzling pieces of roasted meat on the plate, the tantalizing fragrance made her swallow hard.

Without hesitation, he picked up his chopsticks, grabbed a piece, dipped it in the sauce Li Yan had prepared, and put it in his mouth, immediately squinting his eyes.

The rich aroma of meat and the bursting juices, mixed with a spicy and slightly sweet flavor, spread across her taste buds, making her let out a pleasant nasal sound.

Mmm, delicious!

She gave a compliment and then buried herself in devouring the second piece.

Jiang Yingzhu swallowed and opened her mouth to signal to the two of them.

Perhaps because she kept talking, the two of them didn't notice at all.

Jiang Yingzhu was furious. She ended her pleasant conversation with Aunt Ye and reached for the barbecue.

Then, Li Yan slapped her hand away, and the barbecue was taken away.

Emperor Zhu Zhu was furious. He slammed his fist on the table and stood up abruptly, shouting, "Ah! My roasted meat!?"

Her eyes suddenly widened, and she instinctively chewed the roasted meat that was being fed to her.
"Don't try to do everything with your hands, you'll burn yourself," Li Yan said, pulling the clean chopsticks out of her mouth.

"Is it delicious?"

"I can't taste it, have another piece."

Jiang Yingzhu snorted, glanced sideways at the roast meat on his plate, and took a sip of orange juice.

"What, are you really a pig?"

"You're the pig! You stinking pig!"

Mei Mengqian watched the two arguing silently from the side, took a sip of orange juice, and suddenly it didn't taste so sweet anymore.

Li Yan noticed her gaze, looked over, and picked up the last piece of roasted meat from his chopsticks.

Why are you looking at me? Do you want me to feed you?

"Okay," Mei Mengqian replied almost unconsciously. Although her voice was abruptly cut off, the two of them still heard it.

Jiang Yingzhu: (o_O)
Li Yan: (◎_◎;)?

"I"

She felt awkward and wanted to refuse, wondering why she had agreed. However, Li Yan had already stood up and handed her the last piece of grilled meat.

Now she had no choice but to eat. Mei Mengqian opened her small mouth and gently bit down. Her lips accidentally touched the chopsticks, and she subconsciously stuck out her little tongue to lick them.

Then, realizing that these weren't his chopsticks, his expression became extremely varied.

"Crack!"

Just then, a camera shutter clicked.

Jiang Yingzhu then raised her phone and started taking pictures of her.

"Look, Mengmeng, your expression is so funny."

After the photo was taken, she showed it to her.

Mei Mengqian disregarded her shyness and looked at the photo that captured her feelings of embarrassment, shock, joy, and a little bit of emotion that she herself didn't understand.

He pounced on Jiang Yingzhu.

"Oh dear, how could this happen? Delete it quickly."

"No, no, this is leverage, Mengmeng. You don't want this photo to get out, do you? Hehehe."

Li Yancan, after joking around with the two girls, got up to get some meat and took away their empty cups.

Just then, a group of people familiar to Li Yan walked in through the door. He didn't greet them and went to the food stalls next door to get some food.

"Wow! Shao Ming, look over there, that girl is so pretty!" Zhao Yong pointed to a table by the window.

When Shao Ming and the others looked over, their pupils dilated in shock.

"She has such a refined air about her."

"It feels like it stepped right out of a book."

Hearing the praises around him, Shao Ming felt as if his spring had returned, even though the girl wasn't his type.

But it looks appetizing!

He glanced at the beautiful girl sitting there quietly, as if she were detached from the world, and then waved his hand.

"Come on! Let's go sit over there."

"it's not good."

“What’s wrong with that? Look, neither she nor her friend have any barbecue skills. They probably don’t know how to use it yet, so we can help them,” Zhao Yong said.

"Hey, don't you guys think the girl across from her looks familiar? Ming, what do you think?"

Shao Ming didn't speak. After getting closer, due to the angle, he could already see half of the face of the classical girl's companion opposite him.

That's Jiang Yingzhu!
He paused, feeling that going over there would be a bit abrupt, but he still wanted to go.

He overheard his classmates saying that Jiang Yingzhu brought her friends here for dinner, and that she would be embarrassed if she didn't know how to grill meat.

Thinking of this, Shao Ming immediately took a step and went to the table.

"Jiang Yingzhu, what a coincidence, you're here too."

Mei Mengqian also raised her face, and Jiang Yingzhu turned her head and saw Shao Ming, Zhao Yong and a group of junior high school classmates.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

When the two beautiful girls looked over, Shao Ming and the other boys all straightened their heads and puffed out their chests.

"Haha, it's nothing. You guys don't know how to grill meat, right? I can help you."

"No need, we can grill it. Please make way, he's back with his things."

"what?"

The next moment, a tall figure passed him and sat down between two beautiful young women, holding two plates in his hands.

One plate contains grilled meat and some fruit, while the other plate contains three drinks.

Li Yan put the things down and gestured with his lips.

"Let's grill it."

Jiang Yingzhu looked at him.

"What's wrong? Didn't you say you could do it?"

"Let's grill it!"

"Zhuzhu, let me help you." Mei Mengqian also picked up the tongs and started grilling the meat.

She wanted to play earlier.

Seeing Li Yan drinking barley tea and eating fruit like an old man, while two beautiful girls grilled meat for him beside him.

Envy and jealousy gleamed in Shao Ming and Zhao Yong's eyes.

Damn it!
(End of this chapter)