I’m really immortal Chapter 89

Liu Chang’an was not participating in the college entrance examination for the first time, but he hadn’t taken it many times either. The biggest feeling he had was that it wasn’t easy being a examinee nowadays.

In the past, many people didn’t have the opportunity to take the exam, and now, even if they did, their chances were slim. In the end, it was all about each person’s fate, choices, efforts, and encounters. Liu Chang’an sighed for a second before starting to think about tonight’s menu.

He wanted to eat braised meat, specifically the kind his family had made from a locally-raised pig. It was neither too hard nor too soft, unlike the store-bought kind. When you paired it with radish and chili peppers, it was truly flavorful. Some people liked to steam the braised meat, even adding a drizzle of honey.

If he could set up a shed nearby to raise a pig, some chickens, ducks, and geese, and even dig a pond to raise fish, that wouldn’t be bad either? But this was just a thought, as in the city, pigs could only be fed with feed, and the difference in taste was negligible. As for chickens, ducks, and geese, there was no place to raise them, and if he raised dogs, they would just cause trouble by barking and biting people.

Liu Chang’an returned home to find Gao Cunyi waiting for him again.

Zhou Dongdong was sitting on a small stool by the pond, puffing out her cheeks and staring at Gao Cunyi with big eyes.

Gao Cunyi looked quite embarrassed, standing there, looking around, touching his face, and eventually noticing Liu Chang’an.

“Brother Chang’an, the bad guy who came to fight you yesterday is here again!”

Zhou Dongdong ran over to report the important news to Liu Chang’an.

“Ah… you can talk?” Gao Cunyi was surprised and quickly explained, “Little friend, I’m not a bad guy.”

Gao Cunyi looked at Zhou Dongdong in disbelief, as he had come to see Liu Chang’an, but he saw this little girl sitting under the tree, throwing firecrackers into the pond. He wanted to casually ask her something, but he didn’t know she couldn’t talk, and she just sat there staring at him, not saying a word, making Gao Cunyi feel embarrassed.

“Because you look like a bad guy, any smart, brave, and clever kid wouldn’t talk to you.” Liu Chang’an said casually.

“Oh, I’m smart and brave!” Zhou Dongdong was very happy that Brother Chang’an was praising her.

“Her name is Zhou Dongdong, and she’s a silly little kid.”

“I’m smart and brave!” Zhou Dongdong said angrily.

“If you’re smart and brave, you should run away when you see a bad guy, not sit there staring at them, thinking others will be scared of you?”

Zhou Dongdong was stunned, wondering if she was indeed a silly little kid?

“Would you like to come over for dinner and eat some radish and braised meat?”

“Oh, I want three bowls!”

“Do you want three bowls of rice or three bowls of braised meat?”

“I’ll help you wash the dishes after dinner!” Zhou Dongdong dodged Liu Chang’an’s key question.

Liu Chang’an didn’t want her to wash the dishes, and he pushed open the door and went inside.

Gao Cunyi was left standing outside, feeling uncertain. This little girl didn’t know what was going on, and Liu Chang’an thought he looked like a bad guy? Gao Cunyi shook his head, feeling that Liu Chang’an and this little girl named Zhou Dongdong seemed to have an unusual aura around them.

Were these people really worthy of his master’s recognition?

Gao Cunyi didn’t think so. Liu Chang’an was just a carefree and laid-back teenager, and from a martial artist’s perspective, he had a good physique, but overall, he was quite ordinary.

“Liu Chang’an, my master is also someone who has been entrusted with a task and wants to see your skills. If you’re really capable, you can give it a try. In martial arts, one must be open-minded and exchange ideas to improve.” Gao Cunyi collected his thoughts and didn’t enter the house, instead speaking from outside.

“What are you talking about?” Zhou Dongdong stood at the door, not understanding a word. Yesterday, she heard Brother Chang’an say that this person was like a teacher, talking nonsense and wanting to fight.

“I’m looking for Brother Chang’an to practice martial arts,” Gao Cunyi didn’t want to talk to Zhou Dongdong, but he didn’t want to ignore her either, so he demonstrated a few punches and kicks.

“It’s clearly a fight, but you call it practicing martial arts? You’re cheating!” Zhou Dongdong was scared of bad people, and if they were also liars, that was even more terrifying, so she quickly ran into the house and slammed the door shut.

Gao Cunyi was helpless, standing outside with his hands clasped together, and saying loudly, “I’ll come back another day, Brother Chang’an!”

Liu Chang’an didn’t respond, and Gao Cunyi left.

After dinner, Liu Chang’an thought Zhou Dongdong could kick a ball around on the ground and watch it roll away. He let Zhou Dongdong squat on the ground to wash the dishes, so even if she dropped them, they wouldn’t break easily.

Liu Chang’an sat outside, reading a book, and thinking about how it was the season for catching small dragons and wondered if there were any fields or ponds near Yanyuan Lake where he could catch them.

Catching field chickens, yellow eels, mudfish, fish, prawns, and crabs was all possible, but it wasn’t like before, when you could just find a random spot and catch something. Even if there were unmanned areas, there might be pollution that affected the taste of the seafood.

Eating it wouldn’t kill you, and Liu Chang’an didn’t care about the potential poisoning. He only cared about the taste, like the iron-like taste of river fish contaminated with heavy metals, which was hard to get rid of.

Zhu Juntang came over and saw Liu Chang’an sitting outside, with Zhou Dongdong helping him wash dishes inside. He suddenly felt that Liu Chang’an was really heartless and cruel.

“A rare guest.”

“Miss Fairy Sister!”

Zhu Juntang felt he had received a warm welcome, and Zhou Dongdong was even more excited, asking, “Can I touch your face again, Miss Fairy Sister?”

Despite Zhou Dongdong’s wet hands making Zhu Juntang feel uneasy, he still bent down, knowing that Zhou Dongdong would definitely praise him.

Zhou Dongdong touched Zhu Juntang’s face, then turned around and sucked on the finger she had just used to touch Zhu Juntang’s face.

“Do fruit skewers taste good?” Liu Chang’an asked Zhou Dongdong.

Zhou Dongdong didn’t expect her thoughts to be discovered by Liu Chang’an, and she quickly ran home.

“Does she think my face is like fruit skewers, smooth and delicious? Even her fingers taste good?” Zhu Juntang felt this was the most sincere, unparalleled praise he had ever received.

He flew up into the air and couldn’t come back down.

“Zhou Dongdong is the smartest kid in the world!” Zhu Juntang wanted to laugh, but as a gentleman, he could only sigh continuously, feeling that only a child’s pure and innocent eyes could see the beauty of the fairy.

“Don’t you have anything to do? I’m going to play cards.”

“I have some questions to ask you.”

“What is it?”

“Why are you so poor?”

This question seemed to have no meaningful answer, and Liu Chang’an flipped open his book, deciding to finish reading it quickly and return it to Zhu Juntang to take back.

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