At midnight, once she was certain everyone else in the dormitory was asleep, Ye Qiu quietly opened her eyes, walked alone to the bathroom, holding the leaf-shaped Jade Pendant with a complex expression.
From the probing she had done over the past two days, Lian Lan seed to have noticed sothing unusual about the Jade Pendant, but she likely didn’t know the secret it concealed; otherwise, she wouldn’t be so calm as she is now.
In this lifeti, she naturally would not give away the Spiritual Spring Space, akin to an Immortal Item, so easily. She planned to refine it tonight. The blood-drop thod of taking ownership, as practiced by her ancestors or Lian Lan, was the most primitive. She had an intuition that using her Divine Soul for the rite, it might truly beco her own.
"Ye Zi, are you in there?" It was Lian Lan knocking at the door. At that mont, Ye Qiu had just opened her eyes, and a leaf-shaped pattern was reflected in her Divine Soul. The Jade Pendant in her hand was still that transparent erald green, but it no longer had the previous liveliness, as if it had lost its spirit.
"Ye Zi, what’s wrong? Did sothing happen?" Simultaneously, Lian Lan’s heart skipped a beat as though she had lost sothing very important. This sudden emotion made her knock loudly on the bathroom door.
"What’s wrong?"
"Did sothing happen to Ye Zi?"
Liu Qingqing and Cao Lu were woken up by the loud knocking, and they quickly asked.
Ye Qiu hung the Jade Pendant back around her neck and opened the bathroom door: "I was just using the toilet, no need to make such a fuss!"
Lian Lan’s hand was still in the air. Facing the inquisitive looks of Liu Qingqing and Cao Lu, she laughed awkwardly: "I just felt that you were inside for quite a long ti, I thought sothing might have happened."
"Ah... my handso guy." Liu Qingqing covered her head with a comforter, voicing her regret, "Let try if I can continue the dream."
"Pfft... indeed it was a dream." Cao Lu laughed at her. Seeing that dawn was approaching, she simply got out of bed.
"It’s the weekend, why are you getting up so early?" Liu Qingqing tossed and turned, asking in wonder.
"I’ve decided to start jogging from today on." Cao Lu clenched her fist, her little face serious.
"What madness." Liu Qingqing rolled to the other side and took out her mobile phone to browse forums.
Cao Lu pouted, her expression resolute: "I ate a potful of calories yesterday, and I’ve decided to start jogging to lose weight from today."
"I don’t believe in your nonsense." Liu Qingqing snorted with laughter, "I bet you won’t last three days."
"Let’s bet then."
Listening to their daily bickering, Lian Lan was staring absent-mindedly at Ye Qiu’s neck, wondering what was not right.
"Ye Zi." Seeing that Ye Qiu was about to return to her bed, Lian Lan blurted out her na without really thinking.
"What is it?" Ye Qiu’s expression was as indifferent as usual.
"Can I take a look at your Jade Pendant?" As soon as these words left her mouth, Lian Lan’s face uncontrollably reddened, as it was sowhat offensive to ask to see a family heirloom; but she felt an overwhelming urge driving her to ask.
Sure enough, Ye Qiu’s delicate brows furrowed; Lian Lan’s face grew even more awkward, and even Liu Qingqing, who was browsing the forums, poked her head out, looking at her with a puzzled expression.
"Can you tell the reason? After all, it’s my grandfather’s heirloom, and I shouldn’t just take it off casually." Ye Qiu looked at Lian Lan, her expression sincere; even Lian Lan, who had been through two lifetis of human affairs, couldn’t help but capitulate to such a gaze.
Lian Lan shifted her gaze unnaturally, seeming indifferent as she said, "My apologies, I was just more attracted to the shape of this Jade Pendant."
"How about this, since Lanlan likes such accessories, let’s go window-shopping this afternoon. Who knows, we might stumble upon sothing you like!" Liu Qingqing suggested with enthusiasm.
"That’s a good suggestion." Cao Lu, who was brushing her teeth, ca out and agreed with her.
"What do you two think?"
Since the original intent was for her to choose an accessory, Lian Lan couldn’t refuse. The corners of her mouth curved slightly in a sowhat stiff smile: "Okay."
Seeing the other three look towards her, Ye Qiu spoke up: "Let’s go to Zhengyang Street. There are a few restaurants there that are quite good."
"Is there anything else on your mind besides food?" Liu Qingqing lay back down, not arguing with her.
"Ye Zi loves food so much, she might as well beco a chef in the future," said Cao Lu, finishing her brushing and jokingly.
"How do you know my plans?" Ye Qiu answered calmly, not minding that the other three in the dorm were too shocked by her words to snap back to reality.
"Are you serious?" Cao Lu stepped forward to ask her.
"I do have such intentions." Ye Qiu nodded, choosing the Light of the God of Cooking achievent this ti she was reborn. It was not just because of her love of food, but more importantly, she wanted to see if she could leverage the Spiritual Spring Space to level up her skills.
"You’re joking, right?" Liu Qingqing looked shocked, unable to imagine this fairy-like flower of their literature departnt being surrounded by pots and pans all day after graduation.
"Then you should have gone to New Oriental, why attend J University?" Liu Qingqing stared at Ye Qiu’s serious face in a daze.
"My dad said it would be a waste not to attend with the score I had," Ye Qiu replied honestly.
"Your parents don’t object?"
"Object to what?" Ye Qiu looked as if it was only natural, "They run an inn themselves and cook for the guests all the ti!"
"So, your frequent attempts at new dishes are to steal so cooking skills?" Cao Lu felt like she was onto sothing.
"Don’t you guys love to eat too?" Ye Qiu countered her. Cao Lu was at a loss and pinched her own soft belly, deflated, "I guess I’ll go for a run."
Yet, Lian Lan was full of suspicion. She rembered that in her previous life, Ye Qiu had gone off to Lin Jiayan’s company and hadn’t entered the catering industry at all! Or was Ye Qiu simply playing them now?
Lian Lan couldn’t believe that such a beautiful woman as Ye Qiu would give up the conveniences of urban life. With all the incidents from her past life before her eyes, she only felt one thing now, that Ye Qiu was really good at putting on an act. She had even considered her a friend, planning on repaying her in the future. But now, she only felt hypocrisy.
From then on, Ye Qiu’s character was greatly discounted in Lian Lan’s heart. At the sa ti, she no longer felt guilty about taking the initiative to pursue Lin Jiayan, because, in her eyes, such a hypocritical woman didn’t deserve her idol.
She even sympathized with Lin Jiayan. In her last life, he must have lived under the web of lies spun by this woman. But not to worry, she had returned in this life, and she would love him wholeheartedly, giving him a warm and happy ho.
Lian Lan seed to have already envisioned a happy and prosperous future: Lin Jiayan successful in his career, with her as his strong supporter. They would have a grand wedding and then a lively and lovely baby, becoming the envy of everyone as the immortal couple.
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