I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 44 The Shop Becomes a Hit
Facing the camera, Li Yan coughed twice, found a voice similar to Jay Chou's, and sang "Sunny Day" while holding his guitar.

A white shirt, a sunny and handsome look, coupled with a song full of campus vibes—how could he not charm those young ladies?

After singing it several times, Li Yan had his fill of it, so he edited it together, gave it a random title, and posted it online.

Singing is one of his few hobbies. It would be great if he could earn some money on the side, but it would also be good if he could just enjoy himself.

He had actually thought about it; since he was cultivating immortality, he would definitely live a long life, to say the least.

Shouldn't we find something more meaningful to do and plan for the future?
However, he quickly abandoned the idea.

He walked on a road no one had ever traveled before, simply enjoying every moment of the scenery.

Life isn't some strategy game where every turn has to be planned, as if failing to meet a certain condition would mean the end of the world and the ruin of one's entire career.

For Li Yan, having a second chance is about seizing the moment and making up for the regrets of his past life.

Let's leave the matter of becoming an immortal to the future.

He had a similar personality in his past life.

Parents always say to him, "If you don't do this now, what will you do when you're old?"

Li Yan felt that it was fine to just let things take their course. He was happy to live a comfortable life now, and he wouldn't regret it even if he suffered misery in his old age.

Does that mean if life is tough now, it will be sweet when you're old?
No, even if things are tough now, someone is already starting to make things sweet for you.

When you can't put it in, someone else has already put it in for you.

Shaking his head, Li Yan posted a comment in the comments section saying that the number of coins donated had exceeded 100,000 for song requests, then closed the background and went to sleep.

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I get up early to accompany my child to school, and we chat about school during lunch break.

Another week has passed, and summer vacation is almost over. They only have one week left before school starts.

While Jiang Yingzhu and the others were attending class in the afternoon, Li Yan suddenly received a WeChat message from Lao Li.

Blooming Flowers and Wealth: Transfer 18888
Blossoming Prosperity: Business has been booming these past few days, I'm incredibly busy, so I can't go to your school registration. Buy yourself something nice.

Hey, Old Deng got a ton of gold!

Receive payment in one second.

Li Yan raised an eyebrow slightly. He probably hadn't paid attention to it after voting for Douyin, and didn't know what the situation was now.

Seeing this, Li Yan made a phone call.

"Hey, Lao Li, what's the situation at the store?"

"What else? It's all your songs. I don't know why they've appeared so many times on Douyin. Those young girls sing them every day."

"Old Li, isn't the young lady pretty?"

"Forget about pretty or not, they're all customers. Hey, we're packed every day, we can't keep up at all."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan readily replied, "If you're too busy, hire more people, otherwise you'll lose customers."

Old Li instinctively wanted to refuse, but hesitated after hearing the rest.

Seeing this, Li Yan seized the opportunity to strike while the iron was hot.

"Dad, your place has become a popular spot for internet celebrities to take photos. All your efforts are useless. We should open another one to divert the crowds!"

"That won't do."

"Right now, everyone's really here for the songs and the events," Li Yan interrupted.

"Just opening a branch and doing some promotion would be enough. You still don't believe me? I gave you all the songs, and they haven't appeared online yet."

Old Li paused, and after a long while, he said, "I'll go talk to Old Jiang when I'm done with this."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan knew that things were almost done.

"Okay, do you need me to come and help?"

"Need not!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Yan watched some related videos on Douyin.

The number of views reached an absurd level, and even other accounts appeared.

Li Yan didn't upload the song, so even if the other Xue Wang shops were envious, they could only watch.

However, Li Yan was a little puzzled as to why it had become so popular, as he hadn't heard of anyone contacting him.

Or you can go directly to him.

This is not difficult for people with money.

After all, even a foreign child can do that.

"They're probably just observing."

Li Yan made a guess in his mind, and then went to Jiangcheng in the following days.

I helped Lao Li register a Douyin account and manage it, doing some promotion. Neither of us could handle these internet-related things, so he did it. After getting the promotion done, the branch store was almost finished with its renovations.

Located near South China Normal University, the branch had a long queue outside on its first day of opening.

Li Yan and Lao Li watched from a distance. With just one glance, Lao Li knew that the place was packed today.

The tense expression on his face immediately relaxed.

He glanced at the two employees who were working efficiently and methodically in the store; they were both newly hired.

"Why hire people again? It's a waste of money."

"You're not getting enough rest. If you have time, you could take my mom out for a stroll, or teach her about accounting."

Li Yan glanced at him, then said calmly, "Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their bodies are governed by others."

The moment the classic quote was uttered, its imposing manner immediately silenced any rebuttal Old Li could muster.

If you're going to learn accounting, then learn accounting. Why are you discriminating against me?

However, since Li Yan's image as a high-achieving student had already been established, Lao Li directly adopted the suggestion.

I just feel that my authority as a father is not very stable anymore.

He took out his phone and transferred 8888 via WeChat.
"Alright, that's all for you now. Go back the day after tomorrow, September 1st."

When Li Yan saw that he had given him another gold coin, he immediately accepted it with a smile.

This should be about the daily revenue of the old store.

I'll be back this afternoon.

He needs to prepare for the start of the new school term.

There's really not much to prepare; just bring yourself and your acceptance letter.

Upon returning to Huangcheng, Li Yan didn't go home but instead went to the library.

Hua Junshu was still lecturing the two of them, on the last part of compulsory mathematics course four: planar vectors.

"That's about it. If you have any questions, you can ask me in Class 1 of Grade 11."

"Yes, thank you, senior." Jiang Yingzhu nodded, stretched her body, and the light and shadow outlined a subtle curve.

She looked up and realized that Li Yan was sitting opposite her.

"when did you come?"

"Just arrived."

"Li Yan, have you finished dealing with your aunt and uncle?" Mei Mengqian asked, looking over.
“It’s over.” Li Yan nodded and looked at the three of them.

"Have you finished speaking?"

"Yes, I've covered everything you need to learn in the first semester of high school. You can come to me during the winter break for the second semester."

Hua Junshu nodded. "You don't need to come tomorrow."

"Okay, I'm going to get a good night's sleep tomorrow!" Jiang Yingzhu exclaimed, then hugged Hua Junshu's arm and said:
"By the way, senior, how about we have dinner together?"

Hua Junshu hesitated for a moment. After spending a month together, the three of them had become friends.

She glanced out the window, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

"Ok."

Li Yan keenly noticed this and turned to look out the window.

Dusk was falling, but for summer, it would be a little longer before it got dark.

He suddenly remembered that in his previous life, when he was with Hua Junshu, she didn't like to go out at night.

She's afraid of the dark.

Let's find a place closer by.

“I remember there’s a stir-fry restaurant on the small street to the left,” Mei Mengqian said.

“Then let’s go there!” Jiang Yingzhu immediately decided.

After the meal, it got dark.

After leaving the restaurant and saying goodbye to Hua Junshu, Li Yan and the others went home.

As Li Yan walked out of the intersection, he suddenly saw a purple-haired man. He used his divine sense to probe and found that it was the same person who had blocked Hua Junshu in the square before.

He frowned and said to Jiang Yingzhu and the other woman, "You two go back first, I have something to do."

"What happened? Did you drop something?!"

(End of this chapter)