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Ji Dong slept until five in the afternoon. When he got up, he felt lazy and didn’t even want to move.
After lying in bed for a moment, he decided to go into the bathroom and filled the bathtub with water. He added lavender bath salts and enjoyed a nice hot bath.
“Ah, this is so comfortable!”
Ji Dong soaked his entire body in the hot water, his pores dilated, and warm blood flowed through his body. Even his hair felt a difficult-to-describe sense of relaxation.
The bathtub in the Apartment could be set to a constant temperature and had a massage function. So, Ji Xiao’niao soaked in hot water that was kept at 40 degrees Celsius while drinking iced coffee with milk. Water flowed over his back, and a very interesting animated film played on the ceiling…
This feeling was so comfortable that Ji Dong almost fell asleep in the bathtub.
However, after forty minutes, Xiao Bai’s voice sounded like an alarm:
“It is not recommended to take a bath for more than forty minutes at a time.”
He added politely, “Also, you should get up and have dinner.”
Ji Dong climbed out of the hot water and put on a bathrobe.
He had eaten a lot for lunch and had just finished soaking in the bath. His blood circulation was strong, so he didn’t feel very hungry at the moment. However, to maintain his normal biological clock, he still ate a bowl of easily digestible noodles. After tidying himself up, he went out and strolled towards Liange.
March 16th, 6:30 PM.
Today was the day when all of the experienced participants would leave their respective [Films] and return to the [Peach Blossom Spring], so the outside of Liange was more lively than usual.
Along the way, Ji Dong has already seen several groups of people, hooking arms and shouting out plans to go for a drink.
Among them was a young woman in her twenties, dressed sexily with bewitching makeup. Seeing that Ji Dong was alone and had a cute, pretty face, she directly hooked her arm around his hand and invited him to have a drink together.
Of course, Ji Dong would not accept.
He politely declined the older sister’s invitation with a smile, saying that he had an appointment with someone else. He shook off the beauty’s delicate, jade fingers and ran away like a rabbit with its tail on fire.
Since Ji Dong ran away so quickly, he didn’t hear the conversation between the beautiful sister who chatted with him after he hid from view.
“Is that him?”
A tall and slender young man next to the girl smacked his lips and asked in the direction where Ji Dong disappeared.
“A boy in his teens, with a cute face, drooping eyes, and curly hair all over his head…”
The beautiful sister counted Ji Dong’s physical characteristics with her fingers.
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“Besides, it’s just a [Film] with a B-level difficulty. What’s so great about it!”
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“He just got lucky and got a ‘perfect clearance’ in a low-level [Film]. What’s so great about that!”
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“I-!”
The big man suddenly choked, his plump lips forming an “O” shape like a fish out of water.
“Him and his team are also all newcomers, and they’ve only been in the [Peach Blossom Spring] for a month and a half.”
The girl raised the corners of her lips and smiled cunningly:
“Moreover, they’ve only gone through three [Films], but all of their members have triggered their abilities, and they were able to achieve a ‘perfect clearance’ right after the difficulty was upgraded. These newcomers… I think they’re quite interesting, aren’t they?”
“Oh?”
The tall young man who asked the question at the beginning pushed his glasses up his nose:
“So, do you want to recruit them to join our team?”
“Heh, whether or not we accept them is not up to me to decide.”
The beautiful woman winked suggestively, “Besides, they’ve only just upgraded to level B difficulty. Even if they have high talent, they will definitely be delayed for three to five months at this difficulty level.”
She smiled charmingly, “Let’s wait until they catch up to our progress before we consider recruiting them or not!”
At seven o’clock in the evening, Mo Tiangen and Ren Jianmo arrived at the door of Liange and met Ji Dong, who had been waiting for a while.
However, when they went to find Yao Wanguan, the access control system informed them that two groups of visitors had already made appointments, so they were asked to come back in an hour.
So the three of them casually searched for a bar that was open to the public without prior reservation on the Liange panel and went there to kill some time.
Due to his addiction to training, Ji Dong had spent the entire preparation period last month in the Colosseum and had never enjoyed any of the entertainment facilities, so this was his first time entering a bar in [Peach Blossom Spring].
This bar, located “among the turquoise,” was much quieter and more relaxed than he imagined.
The bar counter wais located in the center of the circular hall, surrounded by separate booths, the lights were adjusted to a warm orange, and potted plants and flowers were placed everywhere. If it weren’t for the word “bar” hanging at the door, the layout and atmosphere would be like that of a high-end restaurant’s.
“Welcome.”
The bartender at the bar saw new customers coming and immediately greeted them warmly and skillfully:
“What would you like to order?”
Ji Dong used to be a very disciplined and obedient baby who focused on training. Since drinking alcohol for a long time would negatively affect his competitive state, he usually didn’t even drink beer much, so he was completely confused when he entered the bar and almost blurted out “a glass of coke.”
Ren Jianmo, on the other hand, seemed uninterested and indifferent and didn’t seem to have any intention of speaking up.
Ji Xiao’niao frowned.
“Cough, let’s start with two glasses of beer.”
Teacher Dagen was quick to place the order, first ordering beer for himself and Ren Jianmo, then turning to Ji Dong:
“Ji Dong, are you of legal age?”
Ji Dong was annoyed: “I’m nineteen this year!”
“Okay, okay, you’re nineteen, you’re nineteen.”
Mo Tiangen casually ordered, then turned to the bartender and said:
“Two glasses of beer, and one glass of orange juice, thank you.”
Ji Dong: “……”
So angry, but still have to keep smiling!
The three had just sat down when a beautiful waitress in an apron brought them the beer and orange juice they had ordered.
Mo Tiangen picked up his glass, tilted his head back, and chugged a third of it before putting the glass down with a “thud.” He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and sighed, “Refreshing!”
Ji Dong: “……”
He picked up his orange juice with a straw and a small umbrella in it and felt even more annoyed for some reason.
Ren Jianmo, sitting next to Ji Dong, also picked up his glass.
But even though it was a full glass of beer, Ren Jianmo drank it elegantly. He brought his lips close to the rim of the glass, sipping the foam on top slowly and delicately. It didn’t seem like he was drinking beer, but rather tasting a rare vintage wine that had been aged for a hundred years.
“Gulugulu.”
Ji Dong’s Adam’s apple moved.
——Holy crap!
——What am I doing?!
Realizing that he was staring at Ren Jianmo’s lips and drooling, Ji Xiaoniao blushed and quickly looked away. He straightened his back, lowered his head, and meditated.
“What’s wrong?”
Ren Jianmo seemed to notice the exaggerated movement of the person next to him. After scanning his glass and Ji Dong’s face, he asked uncertainly, “Do you want to drink beer too?”
“I, I’m a little curious…”
Ji Dong didn’t dare to look at Ren Jianmo’s face. He could only lower his head and sipped at the orange juice while speaking vaguely.
Ren Jianmo smiled slightly and pushed the glass toward Ji Dong. “Then try it.”
Ji Dong was going to say “No, thank you, it’s too much trouble,” but before he could speak, his body honestly put down his juice and picked up Ren Jianmo’s beer glass.
He brought the glass to his lips and imitated Ren Jianmo’s way of drinking, taking a sip.
“Wow!”
Mo Tiangen, sitting opposite the two, had a face that said, “I’m so done with this,” as he looked at the two dog men who didn’t forget to show their affection wherever they went. He reminded them in a low voice, “Xiao’niao, you just had an indirect kiss.”
“Pfft!”
Ji Xiao’niao choked and coughed while denying it three times in a row, “I didn’t! It’s not true! Cough cough! I didn’t!”
He avoided the lip print that Ren Jianmo left on the cup wall, so it could not be considered an indirect kiss!
While Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen were still having a heated debate about whether sharing food and drinks were a sign of socialist brotherhood, the customers sitting two tables away suddenly stood up and walked towards their table.
Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen stopped bickering and looked up together.
Three people had come over.
The one in front was a long-haired beauty in a sexy short skirt. Ji Dong recognized her as the beautiful sister who had taken the initiative to talk to him earlier.
Behind the girl were two men, one tall, and one sturdy. The taller one was slender, with delicate features and a pair of black-framed glasses that made him look like a scholarly person.
The other one was even more sturdy than Mo Tiangen, with deep facial features and natural golden hair that was difficult to achieve with hair dye, a Caucasian.
“I didn’t expect to see you again.”
The beautiful sister smiled at Ji Dong, who looked the most obedient and easy to talk to. She looked directly at Mo Tiangen and lingered for a long time on Ren Jianmo’s face, which was so handsome that it could be called peerless. “How about we have a drink together?”
Mo Tiangen raised an eyebrow and turned to ask Ji Dong, “Do you know them?”
Ji Dong shrugged. ‘This sister just said she wanted to buy me a drink, but I declined.'”
After hearing his response, the beautiful sister laughed heartily, as if she didn’t mind that she had hit a snag with a little boy who was still wet behind the ears.
“It’s okay, we can still get to know each other now.”
She extended her hand gracefully to the three of them. “I’m Su Rong, Rong from Furong.”
The beauty smiled charmingly. “It’s my real name.”
Ji Dong be careful, ur visibly showing ur thirstiness now 🥴