This all-you-can-eat barbecue restaurant on the fourth floor of Wanda Plaza offers 100 minutes of unlimited food for 79 yuan per person, which is quite affordable. They also have a good selection of dishes, and the ingredients seem quite fresh.
In the past, during winter and summer vacations, Song Yunshen would often come here to have meals with Xu Zhuoyue and the others.
Eating here occasionally wouldn't be a burden on Song Yunshen's savings.
Especially since we just received 2,000 yuan in rent this morning.
Although after buying the 5090, I only had a few hundred yuan left in my pocket, I could still afford to eat barbecue.
However, the thought of losing all the money he had saved over two years and returning to a state of utter poverty filled Song Yunshen with a sense of melancholy.
I need to figure out how to get some pocket money from my uncle and aunt.
Alternatively, by the 20th, the 3600 yuan rent from Shuijiang Residence will be in my account. Although 3000 yuan of that will have to be given to Xia Jinshu as her salary, I'll still have 600 yuan left.
Barely managed to recover some health.
So, if I think about it this way, will I even survive this summer vacation?
Let's go to my uncle's house for lunch, and then go to my aunt's shop for dinner.
Yes, perfect.
While mentally calculating his money-saving methods, Song Yunshen had already paid at the front desk and led Xia Kening to their seats.
After scanning the QR code to order fried chicken and spicy chicken noodles, the two got up to get the ingredients for barbecue.
"The last time I came to Wanda was during the Chinese New Year," Xia Kening chattered to Song Yunshen. "Mom took us to Feizi, and their steak was delicious!"
"I'll try it next time."
"Then when I earn your 250, I'll treat you to something to eat," Xia Kening said expectantly.
Song Yunshen chuckled, "If you're willing to part with it."
" Feizi doesn't seem cheap either—oh well—I'll have to think about it some more."
"Let's eat the barbecue first." Song Yunshen brought over several portions of fatty beef and pork belly, along with mushrooms and chives, and prepared a dipping sauce before returning to the table.
Xia Kening followed behind him the whole time. Back at her seat, she picked up the tongs, rolled up her sleeves, and said earnestly, "Leave the grilling to me!"
"Okay." Song Yunshen happy to have some free time. While waiting for her to finish grilling the meat, he took out his phone, took a picture of the grill pan, and sent it to Xia Yunuo.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Is this barbecue?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Yes, I'll treat you to a meal next time.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: No, no, this is too expensive. I think braised chicken is pretty delicious.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Okay, then I'll treat you to braised chicken next time.
As the saying goes, if you want to open a window, you have to break down the door first. If he had simply offered to treat Xia Yunuo to braised chicken, she probably wouldn't have accepted.
But if you're going to offer to treat her to barbecue first, then braised chicken isn't out of the question.
Since his aunt had already found out, Song Yunshen didn't plan to hide it anymore. He would be doing a disservice to his aunt's human detectives in the shop if he didn't treat himself to a few more meals of braised chicken!
[ Xia Yunuo ]: (Photo)
[ Xia Yunuo ]: The dishes my mother made.
The picture shows three dishes, which look delicious and look very appealing. They should taste quite good.
But Song Yunshen felt that the dining table looked familiar, but then thought it was just his imagination, so he didn't think about it too much.
[ Song Yunshen ]: It looks delicious. Can you cook?
[ Xia Yunuo ]: I know a little, but not as well as Mom.
[ Song Yunshen ]: I wish I could taste your cooking sometime.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: I'm afraid there's not much of a chance.
Xia Yunuo held her phone a little embarrassedly, thinking that she couldn't very well invite Song Yunshen to her house, could she?
Her home is small and cramped, and her older sister and Ningning are usually home, so she is rarely home alone.
Inviting Song Yunshen to our home for dinner is definitely not realistic.
She had originally wanted to ask Song Yunshen who he was having dinner with, but after he did that, Xia Yunuo immediately forgot.
[ Song Yunshen ]: It's nothing, I was just saying it offhand.
[ Song Yunshen ]: You eat first, I need to eat too.
[ Xia Yunuo ]: Mm-hmm.
By this time, Xia Kening had finished grilling a plate of meat and had put two-thirds of it on Song Yunshen.
Seeing that he was still playing on his phone, she immediately pouted and questioned, "You're not chatting with Xia Yunuo again, are you?"
"Otherwise what?" Song Yunshen chuckled. "It won't interfere with our meal."
As he spoke, he picked up a piece of grilled meat, dipped it in sauce, wrapped it in lettuce, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Hmph! I knew your relationship with her was something special." Xia Kening feigned anger, "You still won't admit it."
"Just chatting," Song Yunshen said. "She's going for a tutor interview today, can't I even show her some concern?"
"So you're going to your uncle's house?" Xia Kening asked curiously, "How much does your uncle pay her?"
"One hour a day, that's two thousand a month," Song Yunshen said. "If you're willing to spend an extra hour with Yingying, it'll be three thousand a month."
"So many!" Xia Kening exclaimed enviously. "I'd only pay you 250 for a liver transplant."
"You should be content," Song Yunshen rolled her eyes at her. "My price is considered good in the market."
"I didn't say it was bad." Xia Kening pouted, feeling a little resentful that her sisters were making so much money while she was lagging behind. "If I take on some more liver-selling jobs, can I earn even more?"
"I advise you not to do it." Song Yunshen glanced at her. "Being a substitute liver for me only takes ten minutes a day at most."
"If you take on other orders, it'll be fine during the summer vacation, but what about when you start school?"
"If this affects your grades, I'll have to tell your mom."
"I was just saying." Xia Kening pouted, continuing to grill the meat while rolling her eyes, "What about the video you mentioned? I did put in the effort, didn't I?"
"That's still a long way off," Song Yunshen said with a chuckle. "If we can really make money from this, we can split it 50/50, okay?"
"You said it yourself!" Xia Kening was secretly delighted and immediately became expectant. "Then I'll come to your house to play games every day from now on."
"You probably just want to have fun, don't you?"
"That was to help you with your liver function," Xia Kening said innocently, blinking her eyes.
"Are you free to go out in the evening?" Song Yunshen asked. "I'm not free in the afternoons. I have to go to tutoring classes at school on weekday mornings, so I'm only free in the evenings."
"No problem!" Xia Kening puffed out her chest. "I told you I was going for a run."
You're practically a master liar.
"It's all your fault."
"Alright, alright, it's all my fault." Song Yunshen smiled, then added, "Actually, there's another solution."
"What?" Xia Kening asked curiously.
"If we could figure out the trigger mechanism for soul swapping, wouldn't there be fewer problems?" Song Yunshen said, stroking his chin. "When I need you to do the grinding, you can switch back, and when we're done, you can switch back."
Xia Kening: "----I always feel like we're using incredibly powerful abilities to do some really useless things."
"That's not important," Song Yunshen waved his hand. "The key is whether we can control our ability to swap souls, instead of being passively and accidentally swapped every time."
"How am I supposed to control this?" Xia Kening said helplessly, "I have absolutely no clue."
"It's not entirely nonexistent."
How so?
"At least I've ruled out some options." Song Yunshen adjusted his non-existent glasses. "For example, physical contact can't trigger a swap; everything was normal when I touched your head and hands earlier."
"So you had this in mind all along?!" Xia Kening's eyes widened in surprise.
"This is just an inconvenient thing," Song Yunshen coughed. "Since simple physical contact isn't working, I was thinking of trying some other methods."
"No kissing!" Xia Kening immediately covered her mouth. "Pervert! Lecher!"
Am I that kind of person?
"You are!" Xia Kening snorted. "You mentioned this idea before! Don't think I've forgotten!"
"It's not that bad to start like this." Song Yunshen touched his lips. "How about we try a hug first?"
"You're just trying to take advantage of me, aren't you?"
"Then can you give me an example?"
"Well—" Xia Kening fell into deep thought for a moment, then suddenly thought, "How about taking a nap?"
"Huh?" Song Yunshen looked her up and down with a strange expression. "This won't do, will it? I don't want to spend the best years of my life in prison. Can you spare my life?"
"What are you thinking about!" Xia Kening said, her cheeks flushed red with embarrassment. "I just meant to sleep!"
"Think about it, we used to switch partners, but we would only switch after we woke up, and then switch back when we went to sleep again at night."
Therefore, sleeping is definitely a necessary trigger.
"That makes sense." Song Yunshen stroked his chin and nodded. "Then after lunch, shall we each go home and take a nap?"
"Hmm----" Xia Kening was a little reluctant, but in order to study the ability of soul swapping, she had no choice but to nod in agreement, "However, simply sleeping..."
"Isn't this enough sleep? Otherwise, we should be swapping beds every day."
"Could it be related to the timing of our sleep?" Song Yunshen asked. "For example, do we both have to fall asleep at roughly the same time and wake up at the same time?"
"That seems to make sense." Xia Kening nodded in realization. "But isn't that too difficult? How precise does it need to be?"
"We'll have to try it out to know," Song Yunshen said. "Let's try taking a nap at noon. We'll both set an alarm and wake up at the same time this afternoon."
"Okay." Xia Kening nodded in agreement.
The two reached an agreement.
After finishing the barbecue, Song Yunshen took a taxi and returned to Tangning New Residence with Xia Kening.
The two parted ways at the entrance of the residential compound. Xia Kening waved goodbye to him and then quickly returned home.
As soon as I entered, I bumped into Xia Yunuo, who had just finished washing the dishes.
" Ningning? Why are you back at noon?" Xia Yunuo asked, puzzled.
"I'm a little sleepy after lunch, so I wanted to come back and take a nap." Xia Kening tried hard to keep a straight face, afraid that her second sister would notice something was amiss.
The thought that her second sister had been chatting with Song Yunshen both this morning while they were playing badminton and just now while they were eating, and that she was right next to Song Yunshen, made Xia Kening feel a little excited.
But she's already posted photos of the library in the group chat, so hopefully no one will suspect anything, right?
Thinking this, Xia Kening walked past Xia Yunuo toward the large bed in the living room.
But at that moment, Xia Yunuo frowned slightly, smelling a faint aroma of barbecue from Xia Kening's hair.
" Ningning." Xia Yunuo's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but ask, "Did you eat barbecue?"
"Yes, yes." Xia Kening's heart skipped a beat when asked this question, and her heart raced instantly. "Sister, how did you know?"
"You smell like barbecue." Xia Yunuo narrowed her eyes, recalling the picture of the barbecue grill that Song Yunshen had sent her earlier. "What made you think of going out for barbecue?"
"Um... Yang Wan has a coupon for a barbecue restaurant." Xia Kening's eyes darted around, and she made up a story, "It didn't cost much."
"Oh." Xia Yunuo's eyes were half-closed, and she didn't ask any further questions. "I see."