Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 705 - 429: Behind You_2

Xue Chuchu: "What are we going to do at the dam?"

"Just wandering aimlessly."

"Uh, okay."

Xue Chuchu often studied, cleaned her room when she had free time, and did household chores. She didn’t have many chances to wander aimlessly—besides, she wouldn’t know what to do by herself.

Before Xue Yuantong left, she glanced back at her beloved swing. Dongdong had been quiet for a while since he’d been disciplined by the caterpillar.

However, it wouldn’t be long before Dongdong made a comeback, but she had Jiang Ning by her side.

They followed the path through the fields all the way up to the dam.

"Tongtong, what should we eat tonight?" Jiang Ning asked.

Xue Yuantong: "Let’s go around first and then decide."

In the evening, the river dam buzzes with activity, with people walking along, enjoying the breeze, and children playing with joyful laughter. To the north of the levee lay green peanut fields.

Further north was the gently flowing Huishui River. Standing on the dam and taking in the scenery made one feel much more open-hearted.

Xue Chuchu couldn’t help but sigh, "Although this is a suburb, it’s much nicer than our village."

The River Dam Bungalow was close to the hustle and bustle of the urban area, with developed transportation, access to schools, supermarkets, and hospitals, and moreover, it boasted beautiful scenery, akin to living in villas.

Buying a house here was definitely the right choice.

If there was a place to retire, Xue Chuchu would rather choose here than returning to the village.

She walked lightly, her skirt lifted by the gentle evening breeze, the hem rising and falling, creating an aura of the ethereal.

"Tongtong, once you graduate from college, what job do you plan on taking?" Xue Chuchu’s voice was soft and warm, like a spring breeze.

Xue Yuantong tiptoed and strode forward, matching Jiang Ning’s pace step for step. But in the process of imitation, her steps were comical and out of place amidst the surroundings.

Hearing Chuchu’s question, Xue Yuantong mused, "I’m planning on being a pilot in the future!"

Xue Chuchu could not help but be embarrassed, "The difficulty of that goal... it’s pretty high."

Jiang Ning: "Pretty high? It’s as tough as scaling the heavens, okay?"

"Who says I can’t scale the heavens!" Xue Yuantong claimed, "As long as I step on my right foot with my left, I can fly up to the sky."

"You’re going to fly up?" Jiang Ning poked holes in her lie.

"I haven’t eaten yet, no strength." Xue Yuantong kept a straight face, pretending to be serious.

But her delicate, soft face and height, much shorter than Jiang Ning’s, striped her of any severity, giving her instead a cute and slightly foolish appearance.

They walked and talked along the way, heading east. If they had enough time, they could reach the park for outings at Fourth Middle School by following the dam.

Xue Yuantong was curious. If one continued heading east, where would they ultimately end up?

The number of pedestrians dwindled further east of the dam, enhancing the tranquility.

As the sky grew darker, Xue Yuantong and Chuchu talked, discussing what to eat for dinner.

She hadn’t had any snacks all day, was dying of craving, and feared she wouldn’t be able to control the demon inside her if she didn’t wander the dam to distract her mind, and might end up eating all the snacks in the cabinet.

Xue Yuantong suddenly craved a cold salad. There was a place in the urban area known for authentic and delicious cold dishes. Having some cold salad at night, along with some fried skewers, and then heading to Chuchu’s house to pick a watermelon, make juice with a soy milk maker—perfect!

Spiritual Sense in Jiang Ning stirred, and he looked ahead to something about twenty meters away.

He picked up the item that had fallen on the asphalt road.

Xue Chuchu saw the back of a mobile phone with an apple bitten out of it and said,

"Someone dropped an Apple phone."

Jiang Ning scanned the screen, 4.0 inches, iPhone 5 series, no gold rim on the home button, definitely an iPhone 5.

"The screen’s shattered," Xue Chuchu said, noticing two cracks on the display and some damage on the frame.

Jiang Ning pressed the home button, the screen lit up, the inner screen was intact while the outer screen was broken.

Xue Yuantong and Chuchu were good kids, they didn’t think of keeping it for themselves. They believed that found items should be returned to their owners, and they would only reluctantly accept a reward if offered.

"Jiang Ning, let’s wait for the owner," Xue Yuantong suggested.

After deciding, they stood by the roadside and waited for ten minutes, but nobody showed up. Xue Yuantong still wanted to eat, so they couldn’t keep waiting.

She shared her craving for cold dishes with Jiang Ning, and they decided to take the phone with them to the police station on their way back and leave it to the professionals.

As the three of them walked back, they hadn’t gone two hundred meters when the phone rang.

"Did the owner call?" Xue Chuchu wondered.

Jiang Ning swiped to answer and put the phone on speaker. Through the phone’s speaker came a rough and anxious voice, quickly asking,

"Did you take my phone?"

"I found it," Jiang Ning said. "Your screen is shattered."

Explaining the shattered screen in advance could help prevent disputes with the other party.

The voice on the line fired back like a machine gun, accusing, "It’s not possible you just found it, you definitely stole it, wait for me, my phone has a lost-and-found tracker, I’m coming to catch you right now!"

"You dare to shatter my phone, wait and see, you’ll be paying for it!"

"Dare to steal my phone, do you know who I am?"

The arrogant stream of words clearly displeased Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, too overbearing.

Jiang Ning replied, "I don’t know who you are, but I know your phone is about to be gone."

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Jiang Ning flicked his finger, withdrawing a special Spiritual Power, having embedded the Spiritual Sense Imprint.

He hadn’t planned on showing up to beat the other party, it was just a precaution.

Jiang Ning hung up the call and turned off the phone.

Xue Yuantong burst out, "That’s infuriating, we clearly found it, but he accuses us."

Xue Chuchu cautiously said, "It’s unreasonable, giving back the phone could probably lead to extortion, especially with a shattered screen."

"Yes, indeed," Jiang Ning agreed.

Xue Chuchu suggested, "Maybe we should..."

Her meaning was to put the phone back where it was, not get involved, and let the owner find it.

Jiang Ning took over the conversation, "How about I put on a show instead?"

With that, Jiang Ning walked a few steps to the south, up to the side of the road, turned around, and locked his gaze beyond the fields to the north towards the Hui River.

Xue Chuchu had an inkling of an idea, ’Could he possibly...’

Just as she thought it was impossible, she saw Jiang Ning stomp his foot, then one, two, three, on his third step, he swung his arm back and, in an explosive motion, hurled something with force.

That iPhone 5, like a playing card, was flung by Jiang Ning at a 45° angle into the sky, crossing over one hundred meters of fields, and spiraling into the expansive Hui River.

Xue Yuantong was excited, "Wow! Jiang Ning, you threw it so far!"

Her eyesight was exceptionally good, and she even managed to see a few ripples splash on the river’s surface, counting them, there were five in total.

Xue Chuchu was dumbfounded, the distance was too far, from the river dam to the Hui River was at least a hundred meters, equivalent to the length from one end of a standard 400-meter track to the other.

Xue Chuchu had never seen anyone throw that far before, she was incredibly astonished, almost disbelieving.

She remembered once browsing the internet, coming across information inadvertently, that the record for the longest grenade throw seemed to be only one hundred meters.

Although a grenade is heavier than a phone, the phone wasn’t spherical, so the difficulty wouldn’t be much less.

Jiang Ning dusted off his hands, much relieved, he was in a relaxed and happy mood,

"I threw the phone away, let’s see how he finds it now."

Xue Yuantong was a firm supporter, "Exactly, he dares slander us, so despicable!"

"And talks so rudely too!"

Xue Chuchu looked at Tongtong’s righteous indignation, suddenly feeling a premonition that even if Jiang Ning were to do wrong, Tongtong might willingly become an accomplice.

Unlike her, while throwing the phone felt good, she couldn’t help but feel guilty about having thrown someone’s phone away.

Jiang Ning, sensing Chuchu’s mood, spoke up, "Some people are lawless, thinking the world revolves around them, it’s good to teach them a lesson now and then."

After listening, Xue Chuchu fell silent for a while, then said,

"Actually, when we encounter such people, we could let them commit evil, sooner or later they’ll do something worse, and the evil person will grind themselves down, they’ll eventually receive their punishment."

After saying that, she also thought, this kind of method is quite cruel, isn’t it?

Jiang Ning chuckled twice, the corners of his eyes tilting up slightly.

He stepped forward, walking neither fast nor slow, leaving behind for Xue Chuchu a figure that was carefree and upright,

"The evil person will grind themselves down? Well, I am that grand evil person."

Xue Yuantong, hearing this, was very pleased; she followed Jiang Ning, stepping on his shadow, imitating his walk, proudly shouting in support,

"Truly, he’s my family’s Jiang Ning!"