"Spirit Rice!"
Yang Shi's annual yield of 430 jin of Spirit Rice wasn't enough for him to eat, but it was more than enough for Yang Genshuo. Ten jin of Spirit Rice could last him many days.
He wasn't a martial artist like Yang Shi, who ate several huge bowls of rice with two jin of beef every meal.
He dug out the rice cooker that had gone unused for months from the kitchen and happily steamed himself a pot of rice.
The fragrance went straight up his nose!
"High-end ingredients often need only the simplest cooking methods."
"This Spirit Rice is a whole level more fragrant than even Wuchang Rice."
"With a few stir-fried dishes to go with it, this is just perfect~"
He had just been about to order takeout, but when he thought of that high-salt, high-oil, heavily seasoned taste, it no longer seemed so appealing.
"I'll pair it with some lighter dishes. They can't steal the spotlight from the Spirit Rice."
It was his first time eating food from cultivators. There had to be some sense of ceremony.
Seeing the lunch box left over from noon still sitting on the wooden table beneath the pomegranate tree, Yang Genshuo had an idea and sent a message to the little chef, Lin Yue.
"Come to my place for dinner tonight. I'll buy the groceries, you cook."
Lin Yue replied instantly: "I'll come right over."
For a bowl of Spirit Rice, the two of them put together a small spread of dishes.
By the time night fell, they had finished everything and served themselves two bowls of Spirit Rice beneath the pomegranate tree.
The fragrance of the Spirit Rice drifted out from the little courtyard and into the village streets. Even the old men and women sitting by the roadside could not help looking around.
"Whose rice is that? It smells damn good~"
Just as the two were about to enjoy a quiet dinner, the door opened.
Chen Wanting opened the door, sniffed the scent of rice, and walked in.
"Brother Shuo, you cooked for yourself—"
Then she saw Lin Yue sitting beneath the pomegranate tree, and her gaze turned cold.
"Yang Genshuo, why is she here?"
Yang Genshuo's face darkened.
He had forgotten to change the password on the smart lock. Chen Wanting could come in whenever she pleased.
When Lin Yue saw Chen Wanting, her body trembled. She instinctively stood up and hurriedly took out her phone to type to Chen Wanting:
"Boss's wife, I came to help Brother Shuo cook. I'm leaving right away."
She had just reached for her bag when Yang Genshuo stood, lightly patted her shoulder, and gestured for her to sit.
Lin Yue did not dare sit down. With her head lowered and her hands clutching the hem of her clothes, she stood beneath the pomegranate tree like a child being punished for making a mistake.
Yang Genshuo said irritably, "Chen Wanting, shouldn't I be asking you that? Why are you at my house?"
"I told you, didn't I? I was going to see you tonight. Didn't you check WeChat?" Chen Wanting said as if it were perfectly natural.
"But I didn't reply to you."
"Isn't not replying the same as agreeing by default? Oh, I get it. You knew I was coming, so you deliberately had her come over to make me mad, right?"
Chen Wanting suddenly understood.
"How come I never noticed you had such a talent for comedy before? Huh? Chen Wanting? Please, don't be so cringe."
"I know I went too far the night before last, but I had my reasons. My graduation project was really hard, and I was already upset. I was just joking around with them, then you happened to see it. I felt so ashamed at the time."
"They only made me add Zhao Tianci to show off their vanity. I don't know him at all, and I know even less about him."
"That night, I went back and cried for a long time. In the end, I realized that you're the only person I love. Whether you're poor, rich, or sick, you're the only one I'll ever love."
She made herself sound pitiful and harmless, the kind of person who could easily stir up a man's protective instincts. Yet her eyes kept drifting toward the Bentley parked in the courtyard.
"Oh, oh, oh~ Keep staring and your eyeballs will fall out. Want to ask why Zhao Tianci's Bentley is here with me?"
"I'm just a little curious."
"Because he owed it to me. All right, if you've got nothing better to do, leave. I'm in a good mood today and don't feel like cursing you out."
Chen Wanting did not care that Yang Genshuo was mocking her to her face. Instead, she picked up her phone and typed to Lin Yue:
"You should leave. I'm staying here tonight, so it isn't convenient to keep you."
Lin Yue: "Okay, boss's wife."
"Since you know I'm the boss's wife, don't come here for no reason in the future."
"Mm."
Lin Yue bit her lower lip, tears swirling in her eyes as she turned to leave.
Yang Genshuo grabbed Lin Yue's hand. Her little hand was ice-cold.
Ding-a-ling~
Lin Yue shook the wind chime and looked at Yang Genshuo with tear-filled eyes, her gaze full of grievance and a desire to flee.
Let me go.
Yang Genshuo read those three words.
Yang Genshuo glanced at her phone, and his expression immediately turned cold.
Using Lin Yue's phone, he typed to Chen Wanting: "You're not the boss's wife anymore. I can come here whenever I want. Right now, you're interrupting Brother Shuo and me while we eat. Please leave."
Lin Yue's misty eyes widened. Like the heroine of an anime, she stared in surprise as Yang Genshuo held her hand and typed out those words one by one. A warm current spread from the back of her hand through her entire body.
Chen Wanting's face turned white with rage.
"You! You two... Yang Genshuo, you really have no shame! You want to play with a cripple? She can't even give you oral properly! Even when she moans in bed, all she can say is 'ah ba ah ba'! You're throwing me out for someone like her?"
Chen Wanting pointed at Lin Yue, beside herself with fury.
"Get out."
Yang Genshuo's face had already gone cold after hearing those words. Even an old pervert like him found them disgusting.
"Fine!"
Chen Wanting turned and left.
"Wait!"
Hearing Yang Genshuo chase after her from behind, a smug smile appeared on Chen Wanting's face.
"I knew you—"
"Take off the trench coat I bought you."
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Chen Wanting left cursing with her arms clutched around herself. When she reached the subway station and found it closed, she called a taxi. The driver seemed to be in a bad mood for some reason and cursed the whole way after seeing the address.
"Let's watch a movie."
Yang Genshuo set up the outdoor projector screen in the courtyard, put on a movie, and ate with Lin Yue.
There were no words, yet at that moment, it was better than a thousand words.
Lin Yue felt hot all over that night. Her face remained flushed, and her heart beat rapidly.
She did not like Chen Wanting, because she had long sensed that Chen Wanting was a bad person. Every time they met, the boss's wife only knew how to buy, buy, buy.
Meanwhile, Yang Genshuo focused on sensing the wondrous feeling brought by the Spirit Rice.
"This strange fluctuation is spiritual energy. The spiritual energy is coursing through my body and constantly transforming it."
After finishing one bowl of rice, Yang Genshuo did not know whether it was an illusion or not, but he felt that his eyesight had improved a little. He could see the projector screen more clearly.
His nose could smell more scents, and his ears seemed to have become a little sharper as well.
The changes were tiny. If he had not sensed them carefully, they would have seemed like nothing more than a fantasy.
But Yang Genshuo knew that spiritual energy was transforming his body.
"Liu Wuhen said that Spirit Rice isn't only useful to cultivators. If ordinary people eat it regularly, it can improve their constitution, make them immune to all illnesses, and extend their lifespan."
"It's like the body is developing all over again."
"How extraordinary."
Unlike the fierce tonics used for Body Tempering Realm training, this was a gentler and stranger power. Yang Genshuo even felt that if he kept eating Spirit Rice, it might cure his mild 150-degree myopia.
"Hm?" He suddenly looked at Lin Yue, delight gradually appearing in his eyes.
"Lin Yue was born deaf and mute. Could she possibly... recover?"
At that moment, he made a decision.
"Lin Yue, come here and cook every day from now on. I'll pay you a salary."
"No, no. I only came to help out while I was at it."
"Well, actually, I want to hire you as my nutritionist. You'll plan my three meals a day and help me exercise and lose weight. This is a complicated, professional job, and I need you to devote yourself to it fully. The monthly salary will be the same as before, 4,000 yuan. Do you have the confidence to take this job?"
"Yes! I'll officially start work tomorrow!"
Yang Genshuo nodded. Changing the way he put it really worked.
The next moment, Lin Yue looked at the many rooms behind them and typed:
"Boss, do I need to live in the staff dormitory? I heard people who work out have high requirements for food and need to control calories and such. I can stay here at night too and take care of all your needs."
"Hmm???"
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