Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 171 - 153: Discovered

Jiang Ning slowly walked toward the bungalow of the river dam when his phone rang, and he answered the call:

"Hello, Mom, there's a traffic jam on the way, not sure how long it will take to get there, I'll call you half an hour in advance when I arrive."

Jiang Ning could have gone to Wen City earlier, but due to his research in the last two days, he had been delayed.

After hanging up the phone, he headed to the rental house.

Shao Shuangshuang had sent over a method for finding people online, but Jiang Ning hadn't checked it yet; he planned to look into it after he got back to Wen City.

As Jiang Ning entered the door, he was met with Xue Yuantong's resentful gaze.

He walked over and knocked on Xue Yuantong's forehead, asking, "Who has upset you?"

"It was you!"

Xue Yuantong pinched his fingers, "I called you to eat in the morning, you said you were busy, I called you to eat at noon, you were still busy, I called you to go fishing in the afternoon, you were still busy, I looked for you to set off fireworks in the evening, you were still busy."

"Jiang Ning, have you changed?"

Jiang Ning chuckled dryly, "I've really been busy lately."

"Pfft, just pretending to be busy," Xue Yuantong didn't believe him.

"It really is pretend busy," Jiang Ning mocked himself, as he had been pondering over the Law Fragment for several days and hadn't figured anything out.

"Are your grandparents here?" he asked.

"In the kitchen, come over to my house for lunch." Xue Yuantong invited.

"I'm afraid that won't be possible, I need to go out of town," Jiang Ning said.

Xue Yuantong knew that Jiang Ning was probably going to his parents' place.

"Far?"

"Seven to eight hundred kilometers."

"That far?" Xue Yuantong was surprised, thinking that if that was the case, Jiang Ning definitely wouldn't be able to come back for tomorrow's New Year's Eve.

"It's okay."

As Jiang Ning spoke, he walked toward his room, with Xue Yuantong closely following him.

Jiang Ning grabbed a pen and notebook, also taking along his iPad tablet, which was the durable iPad mini2 model.

He first saved the email that Shao Shuangshuang had sent, which contained online research results from a foreign institute.

The foreigners were quite thoughtful, providing dual versions in both Chinese and English.

Jiang Ning packed these items in his backpack, along with a set of clothes, and finally, he took out a key and solemnly handed it over to Xue Yuantong.

"I'll be gone for a while, I trust you to watch over the house."

Xue Yuantong reluctantly replied, "Just using me for chores."

However, she quickly took the key.

"I'll take you to the station," she volunteered.

Jiang Ning asked her, "After you drop me off, are you planning to push your bike back?"

Xue Yuantong huffed out of the bedroom.

Jiang Ning smiled silently and flexed his fingers, casting a Spell and setting up an Array.

The Array maintained a certain temperature for both his room and the adjacent room belonging to Xue Yuantong.

He took one last look around the room, closed the door, and stepped away.

Although Xue Yuantong was angry earlier, she still stayed on the small stool by the door.

Her little cotton jacket was bundled up, her palms cradling her cheeks, watching Jiang Ning's figure recede bit by bit.

In her eyes, that figure looked somewhat lonely.

For some reason, Xue Yuantong suddenly felt an emptiness in her heart.

'Jiang Ning's departure this time, it'll probably be several days before he can come back, right?'

'His room's snacks, drinks, computer, and gaming console, they're all mine now, no one to compete with me, shouldn't I be happy?'

Xue Yuantong didn't understand, but her heart felt inexplicably heavy, even worried that Jiang Ning might never come back.

If so, then she would be alone again.

The more Xue Yuantong thought about it, the more upset she felt, her eyes reddening and tears welling up, she wanted to shout for Jiang Ning, to say a few words to him.

"Tell him to make sure to be safe on the bus, don't eat anything from strangers, don't sleep too deeply, and watch his belongings closely. It's best to bring a thermos so he can drink hot water on the bus."

Although Xue Yuantong had never taken a train before, she had especially searched online and knew a lot, far more than Jiang Ning.

But Xue Yuantong didn't dare shout; she was afraid that once she did, her voice would change.

Then Jiang Ning would definitely notice her pathetic state. He might even mock her.

But if she didn't remind him, such a fool like Jiang Ning would definitely suffer.

As Xue Yuantong was entangled in her thoughts, she suddenly saw Jiang Ning walking away from her without stopping, gently waving his hand.

The wave meant she didn't have to worry about him, Xue Yuantong understood that.

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She pouted her lips slightly, "Hmph, look at him being all smug, thinking I was actually watching him!"

Xue Yuantong moved a small stool back to her own courtyard.

She waited for two minutes, no, after a minute, she ran back to the door to look for Jiang Ning, but this time, she could no longer see him by the river dam.

Xue Yuantong sighed slightly, feeling gloomy for a while.

Her mother and grandparents were busy in the kitchen, and she couldn't help. Chuchu had also gone back to her hometown.

Forcing herself to be spirited, Xue Yuantong went to Jiang Ning's room.

She turned on the computer, took off her shoes, and nestled into the leather chair. She reached for the blanket on the bed, but after two tugs, she couldn't reach it, almost as if it were mocking her.

Xue Yuantong blurted out unconsciously, "Jiang Ning, that blanket is so nasty, grab it for me; I want to torment it severely!"

After shouting, she realized that Jiang Ning wasn't there.

Yes, Jiang Ning wasn't here anymore...

Xue Yuantong felt a sudden emptiness; even games didn't seem appealing anymore.

She stopped pulling at the blanket, simply slumping in the chair. Jiang Ning's room was warm, and she didn't need a blanket to keep warm.

...

Yuzhou was about seven hundred kilometers from Wen City, and the Spirit Boat could cover that distance in less than an hour and a half.

It was morning, and the sunlight was abundant.

Jiang Ning observed the weather; it seemed likely to snow in Yuzhou on tomorrow's New Year's Eve.

He cast a Spell, and the shield on the surface of the Spirit Boat slightly dimmed, easing the intensity of the sunlight.

Jiang Ning took out a quilt and a silver iPad from his Storage Ring.

He leaned against the quilt, holding the iPad in one hand to check his emails.

The hypothesis of 'Tracking down people through the internet' was very thoroughly recorded in the emails, and it seemed feasible to Jiang Ning.

After all, these individuals were nearly the top elites in the world.

Jiang Ning selected the simplest method and started deducing, hoping to achieve the ability to hit someone through the internet.

He took out paper and pen, noting down the method, combining his Spiritual Power, Divine Sense, Array, and Divination Skill, and listing the equations.

More than an hour blinked by, and Jiang Ning arrived at Wen City. His Divine Sense swept over and immediately noticed his parents waiting for him in a car at the station.

Jiang Ning smiled. Actually, he had visited Wen City to see his parents this term, but they hadn't noticed him.

Only now was it a proper face-to-face meeting.

...

New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, Xue Yuantong's eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.

She looked at the ceiling in a daze, somewhat confused, and then, her eyes gradually widened.

"This isn't my bedroom!"

A few seconds later, Xue Yuantong suddenly remembered. After Jiang Ning left yesterday, she had gone to his room to play video games late into the night. She was so sleepy that she didn't want to move, and since nobody was there to take her home,

Xue Yuantong ended up sleeping in Jiang Ning's bed, cuddled under the quilt.

Xue Yuantong covered her mouth and yawned, wiping her teary eyes, which, coupled with the scene of waking up in someone else's bed, looked rather pitiful, even though the tears were purely caused by yawning.

She put on her shoes and wandered out of the room.

Xue Yuantong was hungry, and she wanted to check if there was any food in the pot.

Just as she stepped outside, she ran into her mother at the door.

Xue Yuantong was surprised, "Mom?"