Five Years of Cultivation!

Night shrouded the sky, and only a row of warm bedside lamps illuminated the luxurious room of the five-star hotel.

Through the gentle light of the bedside lamps, a fair, tender body could vaguely be seen on the bed, embraced by a man. Her smooth shoulders were wrapped in powerful arms, her bangs damp with sweat, and her face flushed. Chen Qian picked up the phone and absently tapped the answer button.

"You didn't answer after I called so many times, and you're asking what's wrong? What are you doing?"

A man's furious shouting came from the other end of the phone. Clearly, after making more than thirty calls in a row, he was already seething with anger.

Chen Qian pursed her lips. Suddenly, she felt warm breath by her ear. She did not hurry to respond to the call. Instead, she leaned her tender cheek toward Li Yang's lips and let him kiss her.

"Hello? Did you hear me? Hello!"

When there was no response for a long while after he finished speaking, the man on the other end roared again. The shouting even made the corners of Li Yang's lips curl upward. He released Chen Qian's mouth and squeezed her fair, tender thigh. "Answer it."

"Why do you care what I'm doing? If you have something to say, spit it out."

Chen Qian sweetly smiled and kissed Li Yang. She shifted her leg farther into his hand, then turned toward the phone and spoke impatiently.

"Be a little more patient with him. You should at least have a proper chat. After all, you two did meet once."

A smile flickered across Li Yang's lips as he watched her. He leaned close to her ear and whispered in an extremely low voice.

Chen Qian pursed her lips and immediately understood. Her face flushed crimson as she nodded.

"Fuck! You really don't know what's good for you! You think you can come and go as you please just because you went on a blind date with me? Let me tell you, you're dreaming! But don't say I didn't give you a chance. Thirty thousand yuan! Bring me thirty thousand yuan, and I'll let you leave. Otherwise, don't even think about getting away from me!"

Roar after roar came from the other end. Chen Qian frowned in disgust. Hearing that voice made her feel fortunate that she had not chosen him back then. Thinking of this, she pressed herself against Li Yang's face again. She had wanted to hang up directly, but gritted her teeth and asked softly, "Thirty thousand yuan? Where am I supposed to get thirty thousand yuan?"

"Hmph. Twenty-nine thousand seven hundred yuan in emotional damages. I want you to hand it over right now."

The moment Chen Qian finished speaking through clenched teeth, another furious roar came from the other end. Chen Qian was so speechless that her eyes seemed ready to shed tears, but she could only endure it. "What emotional damage did you suffer? What gives you the right to demand so much from me?"

"I said there was damage, so there was damage! Bring it! Hurry up and bring it over, and that'll be the end of it!"

Another shout came from the other end. Chen Qian was utterly speechless. Just as she was about to force herself to say something, a strong body suddenly pressed down on her.

"Hello? Say something! Did you hear me? Thirty thousand, thirty thousand..."

"Beep."

The man on the phone was still rambling on. When he heard no response for quite some time, he continued shouting, but a large hand had already pressed the hang-up button.

After the call was disconnected, Liu Wu, on the other end, refused to give up and made the phone ring more than thirty times in succession. The ringing continued without pause, making the room unbearably noisy.

Only when a snow-white little hand reached over and switched the phone to silent did the room finally grow quiet.

After silencing it, the snow-white little hand was seized by a large hand and pulled back.

"..."

Forty minutes later.

Chen Qian picked up the phone with limp fingers. Seeing a heap of missed calls and unfamiliar friend requests on WeChat, she grimaced speechlessly, casually blocked both the phone number and the WeChat account, then turned around and lay back down on the man beside her.

"Brother Yang, when are you planning to return to Heyang?"

She took both of Li Yang's arms and placed them around her, rubbing her cheek against his face as she asked softly.

"Whenever."

Returning had been his plan for a long time. Although he was having fun now, the sooner he developed the Apocalyptic World, the more at ease he would feel. Linjiang was ultimately inconvenient. Although he had considered buying a home here, he still had to establish a foundation in his hometown first. Once he had achieved some initial results, it would not be too late to come here and experience the wonders of the human world.

Li Yang smiled. His hand boldly rested against Chen Qian's chest as he pondered, If I want to have fun tomorrow, I can go out and play. I'll pack up the day after tomorrow, and we can leave directly the day after that.

In fact, Li Yang had practically nothing to pack. It would not matter if he left everything in his rented apartment behind. Still, he had to deal with the loose ends, so he had reserved a day for himself.

"Ah, then let's go play by the sea tomorrow morning. After we're done, I'll come back to the hotel in the afternoon to rest while you go take care of your business."

Chen Qian hooked her little white leg around him and could not help suggesting it.

"Sure. Then let's go play by the sea."

Li Yang's face was wreathed in smiles, and his eyes glimmered strangely as he looked at Chen Qian's fair body.

Taking a girl to the beach, her fair body against the blue ocean... What a beautiful thing that would be.

"Why don't I check out of this room? Tomorrow afternoon, we can find a seaside hotel nearby and have a good time there."

Li Yang's eyes shifted as he imagined some beautiful scenes. He could not help feeling delighted as he spoke to Chen Qian.

"Ah? Can we still check out of this room?"

Chen Qian blinked and asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Of course. Let's look for a room by the sea. After breakfast tomorrow morning, we'll set off with our luggage, play by the sea for a while, and rest in a nearby ocean-view room when we get tired. Wouldn't that be great?"

Li Yang's eyes lit up. Holding Chen Qian, he picked up his phone and began searching for the most beautiful five-star hotels near the beaches of Linhai City. As expected, he found one immediately. He booked an ocean-view room with huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the spot, then used his phone to cancel the hotel they were staying in.

An hour and a half later.

Li Yang helped Chen Qian, whose entire body was weak, into the bathroom and took a shower with her. He then tossed the bath towel spread over the bedsheet onto the sofa, carried her into the quilt, and burrowed in comfortably.

Before long, the satisfied Li Yang and the limp, exhausted Chen Qian fell asleep.

What Li Yang did not notice as he slept was that his phone flashed with several messages.

After sleeping until dawn, Li Yang and Chen Qian did not get up to wash until seven-thirty, both refreshed and full of energy.

After washing up, they had originally planned to go downstairs for breakfast. But when he saw Chen Qian in her pajamas, her fair, radiant figure glowing in the morning sunlight, Li Yang perked up again. He carried her back to the bed.

"..."

At nine o'clock, after packing their clothes, Li Yang pulled Chen Qian's small suitcase with one hand and held her little hand with the other as they chatted and laughed their way to the lobby to collect breakfast. After eating, they checked out of the room, happily went to a clothing store to buy swimsuits, and drove straight toward the sea.