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Chapter 579: Chapter 371 Chuchu Has Arrived
Saturday, early morning.
Jiang Ning stood at the doorway, not a breeze in the air, as he looked up at the sky scattered with a few solitary white clouds.
The sun peeked out halfway from the east, quietly observing the world below, shy and timid, yet possessing a heat many times more terrifying than magma.
"It’s going to get warmer," Jiang Ning muttered to himself.
Based on his judgment, today’s high temperature would reach 35 degrees, which for ordinary people, would be a temperature that necessitates air conditioning.
He glanced at the yard next door, where the gate was tightly closed, Xue Yuantong had not yet awakened.
Last night she had played games until midnight, and by the time she would wake up, it would probably be past 8 o’clock.
Jiang Ning went back inside his yard and turned on the faucet, fetching some warm water to wash his face.
Although he could use spells for cleansing, sometimes he preferred to wash his face manually, which made him feel like an ordinary person.
After washing up, Jiang Ning opened his Divine Sense, extending it towards the solar water heater on the roof, its interior water level clear under the scan of the Divine Sense.
Compared to an electric water heater, solar water heaters save a lot more money.
However, the downside was obvious, one needed to pay regular attention to the water level inside and refill it in a timely manner, otherwise it would be quite embarrassing to suddenly run out of hot water while taking a shower at night.
Normally, Xue Yuantong’s house would fill the solar heater with water in the evening, but Jiang Ning had a habit of using hot water in the morning, so typically after washing up in the morning, he would fill the water heater.
After doing this, Jiang Ning went next door to quickly make some breakfast, and when it was nearly eight, he entered Xue Yuantong’s room to wake her.
She lazily rolled around in bed, unwilling to get up, until Jiang Ning picked her up from the bed.
Xue Yuantong could no longer sleep, she rubbed her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering, and a hint of bewitchment emerged through her confusion.
"Time for breakfast," Jiang Ning reminded her.
Xue Yuantong sniffled; the aroma wasn’t strong enough to fully awaken her, she stayed by the bed a while, then ran out into the yard to wash her face and brush her teeth.
Cool water doused her face, her skin becoming moist in tandem with the rinse, and after washing, she playfully patted her dampened cheeks with her palms, the tips of her hair slightly wet.
Having learned her lesson from her mother the night before, she brushed her teeth obediently.
Once she was completely freshened up, her consciousness was finally fully clear.
Seeing that Jiang Ning had prepared breakfast, Xue Yuantong picked up her bowl, took a sip of rice soup that was mild to the taste and not at all scalding, drinking down almost half the bowl in one breath.
Then she joyously picked up a strand of potato shreds, biting into it with a crisp crunch.
During her meal, she occasionally glanced at Jiang Ning, then sneakily giggled to herself.
Jiang Ning gave her a glance and said, "Silly you."
Xue Yuantong didn’t get angry; she just smiled with crescent eyes, "Jiang Ning, you’re so nice."
"Of course," Jiang Ning accepted the praise as a matter of course.
"Jiang Ning, are we having crabs for lunch?" Although it was only breakfast, Xue Yuantong was already concerned about lunch.
"Yeah, I plan to go to the urban area after breakfast, do you want to play at home, or come with me?" Jiang Ning said, "But once we get to the urban area, I might have to split up."
He intended to go to Hu Qi Mountain to catch crabs, which was a minor task that would take just a few minutes, but in the morning he had agreed to help his cousin Jiang Junlong deliver watermelons to his uncle’s house, which was somewhat more troublesome.
After hearing this, Xue Yuantong said, "I’ll go with you, and when you get to the urban area, you can drop me off at Chuchu’s place, and I’ll go grocery shopping with her."
Jiang Ning: "Alright then."
After eating, Xue Yuantong took the initiative to clean up the tableware.
Jiang Ning pushed the bike out of the main gate, then she locked the gate and hopped onto Jiang Ning’s bicycle.
"It’s a bit hot," Xue Yuantong donned a sunhat.
"You won’t feel it once we start riding," Jiang Ning said.
"Hmm."
Indeed, as Jiang Ning sped up, Xue Yuantong really didn’t feel the heat anymore.
Now, just past 8 a.m., the sunlight had become dazzling, the river dam was empty and spacious, and early risers had already left.
The mountain bike weaved through the tarred road of the river dam; Xue Yuantong looked towards the distant Huishui River, where a swath of reeds grew beside the gleaming water, brimming with the essence of summer.
The mountain bike entered the urban area, with the raw field scenery being replaced by concrete skyscrapers, and only a few patches of natural greenery along the roadside.
Jiang Ning rode all the way, zigzagging through the streets and eventually arriving under Chuchu’s building; he probed with his Divine Sense and found Chuchu was cleaning the house.
"Let’s go," Jiang Ning gestured to take her upstairs.
"Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, go about your business, no need to come up, it’s so high!" Xue Yuantong waved her hands.
Chuchu’s house was on the 7th floor, and climbing up would certainly be exhausting.
With that, she pushed Jiang Ning away.
"Alright then, I’m off, see you at home," Jiang Ning rode away on his bike.
Not until his figure disappeared did Xue Yuantong start to climb the stairs with her little legs.
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Jiang Ning weaved through the alleys, his several hundred meters of Divine Sense fully expanded, and there were no surveillance cameras in the old residential district’s alleys.
After confirming he was unobserved, he flicked his Storage Ring, and a palm-sized Spirit Boat flew out of it, spiritual light twinkling, the Concealing Array activating.
The space in the alley was narrow, but with a summoning of his Spiritual Power, the palm-sized Spirit Boat shot up nearly twenty meters into the sky, then enlarged into a three-meter-long Spirit Boat.
Jiang Ning beckoned, and his mountain bike was collected into the Storage Ring.
He then cast the Concealing Qi Technique on himself, and immediately after, Jiang Ning activated his Light Body Skill. With a stamp of his foot, using his Body Refining Cultivation, a powerful force propelled his figure into a leap. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑝𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
This leap took him over twenty meters up, surpassing the height of the nearby seven-story old buildings, as he overlooked the surrounding roofs, the Spirit Boat hovered beneath him.
He then accelerated suddenly, tearing through the air, streaking towards the horizon.
Jiang Ning flew towards Hu Qi Mountain, first going to check on the spirit field, then picked two large watermelons.
He scanned the spirit field, which was planted with various vegetables and fruits, but they were not yet mature.
