Half an hour later, everyone gathered at the entrance of the farmers' market, having finished their grocery shopping.
By now, everyone's electric scooter handlebars and footboards were laden with several bags of various ingredients.
Seeing this, Su Yang asked, "Everyone's done shopping, right?"
"Mmhmm, all done. I can't wait to get back and eat the meal you're going to cook!" Liu Bo laughed heartily.
"Eating is fine, but a few of you will have to help me with the prep work later."
"No problem! I volunteer!" Ji Bo raised his hand with a grin.
Tang Ziyun chimed in, "I can help too~"
"Alright, we'll talk about it when we get back. Does anyone want to go anywhere else?"
"Nope, nope. Right now, I just want to go back, eat, and rest."
"Okay, then let's head straight back to the homestay~"
......
More than two hours later, after riding non-stop, they finally returned to the courtyard of the rental shop they had used during the day.
After returning the scooters, the group, carrying a heap of groceries, walked towards the homestay.
As soon as they entered the villa, Meng Qianyu, Su Qingci, Chu Qiunan, Ji Bo, and Zhang Ziming, all looking utterly exhausted, made a beeline for the sofa, each finding a comfortable spot to sprawl out.
The others, after putting the groceries in the kitchen, walked into the living room and looked at the five on the sofa.
Meng Wenzhou said, "Are you guys really that tired?"
"Ugh, so tired, Brother Meng. I think I rode enough electric scooters for a lifetime today. I won't be riding one again for the next six months," Ji Bo said, shaking his head as he leaned back on the sofa.
Looking at their state, Meng Wenzhou shook his head helplessly.
"Honestly, I don't know what you'll do when we get to Tibet. Forget the uninhabited areas, even ordinary places there are at high altitude. With your fitness levels, who knows if you'll get altitude sickness."
"It's fine, Brother Meng. I've been to high-altitude places before, don't worry~" Zhang Ziming sat up and smiled. "You're talking about us? Last time we went camping, you wouldn't even go into the mountains. You might be the first one to get altitude sickness."
"That was by choice. My fitness is much better than yours."
Just then, Su Yang walked over, having opened a bottle of water and taken a few sips. He called out, "I need a few helpers for cooking. How about you five on the sofa?"
Hearing this, Meng Qianyu sprang to her feet in a flash.
"Look how proactive Qianyu is."
"N-no... that's not it, Brother Su Yang..." Meng Qianyu hurriedly tried to explain.
Meng Wenzhou smiled, walked over, and pulled her towards the kitchen.
"Qianyu is getting more and more sensible. That's good."
"Brother... I, I, I..."
"I know you want to help your Brother Su Yang with the prep. Go on."
Su Yang secretly smiled, then turned to look at the four still lying on the sofa. "Up! It's almost dark. Come on, hurry up and help."
"Ugh, Yang Yang, let Old Fatty help you. I need to rest a bit more~"
"No way. If you want dinner, get moving now." Su Yang said, turning and heading towards the kitchen.
Tang Ziyun, seeing this, very proactively followed him in.
Although Su Qingci was also somewhat tired, she quickly got up and ran into the kitchen.
The remaining three looked at each other helplessly.
Ji Bo had volunteered earlier, so he had no choice but to get up. Zhang Ziming and Chu Qiunan dawdled for another two minutes before finally getting up and heading to the kitchen.
The villa's kitchen was very spacious, featuring both Chinese and Western-style open kitchens, capable of accommodating many people.
Once everyone was inside, Su Yang assigned tasks.
He had put the rice on to cook the moment they returned.
Now, they just needed to clean and chop the various ingredients before he could start stir-frying.
Although they complained about being tired, they were quite diligent once they got to work.
Soon, they finished the tasks Su Yang had assigned.
"Alright, you can go out now. I'll handle the rest."
"Great!" The three guys and Meng Qianyu happily exclaimed, quickly scurrying out of the kitchen.
Only Su Qingci and Tang Ziyun remained.
Seeing them, Su Yang asked, "You two go rest for a while too. There's nothing else needing help with."
"I'm not tired. I want to see how you make such delicious dishes~" Tang Ziyun gave a sweet smile.
Su Qingci also nodded. "I'd like to see how you do it too, Brother Su Yang."
"Alright then. Watch and learn~"
Next, Su Yang heated the wok, added oil, and began stir-frying.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
Soon, the sounds of ingredients hitting the hot wok filled the kitchen.
By 8:30 PM, twelve different dishes were all ready.
Tang Ziyun and Su Qingci helped carry the dishes to the dining table and called out to the others on the sofa.
"Dinner's ready!"
"Great!! Coming."
"Oh man, I'm starving."
"If I can eat Brother Yang's cooking, I could even stand being hungry for another day!!"
Liu Bo said with a beaming smile as he ran into the kitchen to help bring out dishes.
Soon, the table was filled with eleven dishes and one soup.
On the way back, Zhang Ziming and Liu Bo had bought three cases of beer from a roadside convenience store and put them in the fridge to chill beforehand.
Now, the two took all the beer out, opened a case, and placed ten bottles on the table.
After everyone else sat down, Su Yang picked up an opened bottle of beer and said with a smile, "Come on, everyone, let's have a toast."
"Cheers, cheers."
After taking a sip, everyone began eating heartily, soon greasing their lips with oil.
.......
A little over an hour later.
"Whoa!! So satisfied!! Eating Brother Yang's cooking is truly one of life's greatest pleasures." Liu Bo put down his bowl and chopsticks, leaning back in his chair with a look of pure enjoyment.
"Absolutely, I second that!"
"This is the most satisfying meal I've had since we started this trip two days ago!"
Su Yang looked at the two flatterers, Liu Bo and Ji Bo, and smiled. "In that case, you two are responsible for clearing all these bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen."
"Huh?"
"What, not willing?"
"Willing, willing, absolutely willing."
As they spoke, the two immediately got up and started clearing the table.
The others went to sit on the sofas in the living room and on the balcony to digest their food.
A few of the guys went out to the balcony. Meng Wenzhou took out cigarettes and passed them around.
Zhang Ziming then asked, "What are we doing later?"
"Sleeping. Weren't you exhausted? What else did you want to do? It's almost ten o'clock."
"Hehe, I'm fully recharged after that meal!"
"Let's call it a day. We've been out all day. Resting a bit, taking a nice shower, and getting a good night's sleep is the most important thing now," Meng Wenzhou said, exhaling a puff of smoke.
"Alright then. I was thinking we could keep the party going in the living room later~"
"Let's sleep early tonight, recharge our batteries. We can party in Lijiang tomorrow~"
"Deal."
A few minutes later, Liu Bo and Ji Bo, having cleared the dishes into the kitchen, quickly joined the others on the balcony.
"Anyone got a little happiness to share? Pass me one~"
Zhang Ziming picked up the half-empty pack of cigarettes from the table and handed it to Liu Bo and Ji Bo.
Meanwhile, in the living room, the four girls were lounging on the sofa chatting.
Everyone was visibly somewhat tired.
At 10:40 PM, Tang Ziyun yawned and looked at the others still chatting. "I can't do this anymore. You guys chat, I'm going to bed~"
"So early~"
"Mmm~ I'm so sleepy~"
"Then you go ahead~"
"Okay, you all should rest early too."
"Mmhmm."
With that, Tang Ziyun was the first to head upstairs to the second floor.
After chatting for another twenty minutes, the others also returned to their rooms to shower and rest.
Today was the earliest everyone had gone back to their rooms.
Su Yang, however, wasn't tired at all. His current physical fitness was far beyond that of an ordinary person. Even if he went back to his room now, he wouldn't sleep until at least one or two in the morning.
After taking a shower, he lay in bed scrolling through his phone.
While scrolling, a new message notification popped up at the top of his screen.
Su Yang thought it might be Pan Ning, but upon closer look, it was actually from Su Qingci.
He tapped into the WeChat chat interface with Su Qingci.
"Su Yang, are you asleep yet?"
"Not yet, what's up, Xiao Su?"
"Great! I left a bag in your car and forgot to bring it in. Are you free to help me get it now?"
"A bag? Sure. What floor is your room on? I'll bring it to you."
"No need, I can go with you to get it~"
"That works too. Wait for me in the living room then."
"Okay, I'm already on the first floor~"
......
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
nto another world, I bought a slave for the first time, never expecting the silver wolf girl to be so cute... Lin Feng: I know it's cold, but you don't have to sneak into my bed! Yuna: Just sharing body warmth, if you dare do anything naughty, I'll definitely...
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
