Chapter 8 : Chapter 8
Chapter 8. Watching the Sunrise and Enjoying Good Food—Now This Is What a Slacker’s Life Should Be
“Damn it! Goddess Su, hurry up and tell me who your dream guy is. I want to hunt him down in person!”
“Do you dare? I heard the man Miss Su likes is the young master of the Jiang family.”
“All right, my voice may have been a little too loud just now. Ha ha.”
“No! My goddess is actually this happy just because she got 0.1 meters closer to a man? I am falling apart!”
The moment Su Linyu posted to her Moments, replies came flooding in like a rising tide in less than ten seconds.
She looked at the comments and sat there grinning foolishly, without answering their questions.
That was because Brother Yichen had told her before that she was not allowed to reveal his identity or their engagement, so every time she posted on her Moments, she referred to him only as her dream guy.
At the side, Jiang Yichen froze mid-motion.
In his previous life, although he had been helpless in the face of Su Linyu bringing him breakfast, he had demanded that she stay three meters away from him at all times.
That was why she always carried a tape measure with her.
He set the napkins on the table. “Wipe your face. Where’s breakfast?”
Hearing that, Su Linyu quickly put down her phone, obediently took the tissues, and wiped her face.
Then she took two exquisite lunch boxes out of her pink backpack and explained everything in careful detail.
“Brother Yichen, this is your crab roe soup dumpling. I added the fresh shrimp filling you like.”
“And this one is Lin Wan’s cilantro-free beef bun.”
Su Linyu placed the two lunch boxes on the table, and Uncle Feng pushed them in front of Jiang Yichen.
Jiang Yichen gave a slight nod. Other than his mother, only Su Linyu knew his tastes this well.
“Young Master, the car is ready. Shall I drive you to school?” Uncle Feng asked.
Jiang Yichen was taken aback. “What am I going to school for?”
?
Uncle Feng and Su Linyu both looked puzzled.
“Young Master, aren’t you personally going to deliver breakfast to Miss Lin Wan?”
Jiang Yichen was instantly speechless. So that was what he meant.
“Uncle Feng, where in Huazhong can I get the best view of the sunrise?” he asked instead.
A question mark practically appeared over Uncle Feng’s head. Was the young master planning to take Lin Wan to watch the sunrise?
“Young Master, there is a mountain called Chenxi Mountain in the suburbs, thirty kilometers away. It is a five-A scenic area, and the summit is the best place to watch the sunrise.”
Jiang Yichen nodded, picked up the lunch box containing the crab roe soup dumplings, and looked at Su Linyu.
“Come with me. We’re going to watch the sunrise.”
He took out three sixth-rank teleportation talismans and handed one to Uncle Feng. “Uncle Feng, this isn’t enough to eat. Have the kitchen prepare some more food and bring it over.”
The moment he finished speaking, Jiang Yichen activated two of the teleportation talismans under the stunned gazes of everyone present.
He and Su Linyu vanished from the living room in an instant, leaving behind only the lunch box that had been prepared for Lin Wan.
???
Uncle Feng stood there dumbfounded. What was going on? The young master was not going to deliver breakfast to Lin Wan?
Could it be that after last night’s quarrel, the two of them were still in a cold war?
Then his gaze dropped to the teleportation talisman in his hand, and his eyes widened at once.
A sixth-rank talisman cost over a million per piece, and one might not even be available for purchase, considering it was an extraordinarily precious life-saving item.
But just now, the young master seemed to have pulled out three of them.
What? He used a sixth-rank teleportation talisman just to go watch the sunrise?!
Uncle Feng almost failed to catch his breath. This was far too extravagant. Even the Jiang family could not support spending like this.
The money the young master had taken from Madam had barely been enough to support the team as it was, and now he was spending it like this. How was he supposed to compete for the position of heir?
At the thought that the young master had spent two million just to watch a sunrise, Uncle Feng felt both anxious and heartbroken.
“Butler Feng, what’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing. Go tell the kitchen to prepare some delicacies. I’ll take them to the young master,” Uncle Feng said in a lifeless voice.
...
At the summit of Chenxi Mountain.
On the green grass, Jiang Yichen set out the reclining chair he had brought with him, put on his sunglasses, and lay back comfortably.
He gazed into the distance. The horizon had already begun to glow red, and it would only be a matter of minutes before the sun rose.
Breathing in the fresh morning air and looking down over the whole city below the mountain, he felt completely refreshed, his body at ease and his mind serene.
Compared with his previous life, when he had ridden in a car with dark circles under his eyes, delivering breakfast to Lin Wan in a fit of self-inflicted devotion, only to be blamed by her afterward because the food did not suit her taste and then spiral into mental exhaustion—
This state now felt incomparably wonderful.
Smiling, Jiang Yichen opened the exquisite lunch box. A rich fragrance of fresh crab roe rushed straight into his nose, instantly whetting his appetite.
Hm? Where were the chopsticks?
He looked around, then turned toward Su Linyu, who was standing behind him in a daze.
“Do you have chopsticks?”
The moment he spoke, Su Linyu jumped in fright and reflexively pulled a pair of chopsticks from her backpack, placing them in Jiang Yichen’s hand.
“Brother Yichen, what did you just say? You want me to watch the sunrise with you?”
She asked uncertainly, her lovely face full of confusion.
Jiang Yichen tore open the chopsticks’ wrapper and nodded. “What? You don’t want to?”
“Of course I do. I’m Brother Yichen’s fiancée. If you want me to stay with you for however long, then I will.”
She spoke in excitement at first, but her tone softened in the next sentence. “But if Lin Wan does not get the breakfast you brought her, won’t she be angry?”
“Forget about her. From now on, don’t bring breakfast for her anymore. Just bring mine.” Jiang Yichen picked up a crab roe soup dumpling, and the rich broth flooded his mouth.
Su Linyu, meanwhile, clutched her head with both hands and stared at him in utter disbelief.
It was no wonder she looked like that. He had kept up the routine of bringing breakfast to Lin Wan for four years. If he suddenly stopped, of course it would shock people.
Jiang Yichen took another reclining chair out of the system space and placed it beside his own. “Sit down. Stop bringing up Lin Wan. The sun is about to come up.”
Those uncharacteristically gentle words made Su Linyu nervous.
Brother Yichen had never been like this before. Because he was afraid Lin Wan would misunderstand, he had always wanted to avoid her every second of the day.
What was going on today?
Still in a daze, she sat down on the reclining chair. Usually lively and cheerful, she now found her palms damp with sweat.
This was the closest she had been to Brother Yichen in four years.
Oh my. She had no idea what had happened to him today, but being this close to Brother Yichen made her so excited and so nervous.
She squeezed her fingers together, bit her lower lip several times, and slowly turned her head to look at him.
When she saw him eating the breakfast she had brought with a deeply satisfied expression on his face, joy filled her heart.
Just as she was about to ask whether it tasted good, the sun rose in the east. Orange-gold sunlight spread across the earth and fell upon Jiang Yichen’s face.
Su Linyu’s pupils contracted slightly. The morning light swept over him, dyeing the loose strands of hair before his forehead a pale gold. A few strands swayed gently with his breathing, casting fragmented shadows over his brows.
Heavens above, Brother Yichen was so handsome!
She stared in a daze, and a glistening trail of saliva slowly slipped from the corner of her mouth.
“Su Linyu, your drool is about to drip out,” Jiang Yichen reminded her.
“Ah?” Su Linyu came back to herself at once. She hurriedly raised a hand to wipe the corner of her mouth, then lowered her head with a blush and a shy smile.
Jiang Yichen secretly laughed as well, lying back to enjoy the caress of the morning light.
The blue sky, the white clouds, and the beautiful scenery all around them—just lying there in that environment was enough to make a person feel incomparably content.
A slacker’s life was truly wonderful. It was simply beyond comparison to the exhausting life he had lived in his previous life, working himself to the bone for Lin Wan’s dream.
After finishing the soup dumplings in the lunch box, he still felt that he was not full.
Before long, however, a dazzling fighter aircraft came to a stop above them. The powerful wind it stirred made the green grass sway wildly.
Uncle Feng and several bodyguards carried over an extravagant spread of food and set up a table draped in white cloth, placing each dish upon it with the utmost elegance.
“Young Master, breakfast has arrived.”
Jiang Yichen was stunned for a moment. “Didn’t I tell you to use the teleportation talisman? Why are you making such a spectacle of it?”
“Young Master, that will not do. A sixth-rank teleportation talisman is worth over a million. There is no need to use something like that just to deliver a meal.”
“...” Jiang Yichen curled his lip. The man did not understand how to enjoy life at all.
The moment he turned his head, he met Su Linyu’s eyes, which had been fixed on him without blinking. “You haven’t eaten either, have you? Good. We can enjoy breakfast while watching the sunrise.”
Su Linyu’s round eyes widened as she asked tentatively, “Brother Yichen, are you inviting me to breakfast with you?”
Heavens, why was Brother Yichen treating her so well today? Ever since he had gotten together with Lin Wan, he had never once shared a meal with her.
No matter how she invited him, she could never get him to come out, and he had even deleted her contact information several times.
And yet today, in such a romantic place, he was inviting her to breakfast with him. She felt so moved she could hardly bear it.
“Uh...” Jiang Yichen looked at her exaggerated expression, then nodded. “Yes. Eat.”
Su Linyu broke into a radiant smile. The two little dimples on her cheeks looked even cuter in the morning light.
Holding her chopsticks, she stuffed meat into her mouth in great bites, completely unconcerned with her image, her face overflowing with happiness.
This was a meal Brother Yichen had invited her to. She could not waste even a little of it.
Jiang Yichen found himself a little charmed by how adorable she was, and a smile tugged at the corners of his lips.
That smile immediately caused Uncle Feng and the bodyguards standing nearby to freeze, their minds going blank.
Something was not right. Had the young master not hated Miss Su before? He used to go out of his way to avoid even seeing her. Why was he smiling at Miss Su today?
Uncle Feng could not make sense of it. Could it be that Lin Wan really had angered the young master last night, and the young master was thinking of breaking up with her for good?
A trace of delight appeared in his eyes, and he decided to test the waters.
“Young Master, are you going to go to the graduation ceremony early in person?” Uncle Feng asked close to Jiang Yichen’s ear.
In the past, whenever it was an event related to Lin Wan, the young master would always arrive ahead of time, personally arrange the venue, and prepare surprises for her.
If the young master did not go, then perhaps he truly had turned back at last.
But if he did go... alas.
And the moment Jiang Yichen heard those words, the system’s notification rang out in his mind.
【Ding! A slacker choice has been triggered.】
【Choice One: Just like in your previous life, go to school early to decorate the graduation ceremony venue and prepare a surprise for Lin Wan. Reward: ‘Peerless Ultimate Simp’ title.
Choice Two: Do not go at all. What the hell does Lin Wan have to do with me? Reward: ‘Basic Slacker Gift Pack.’
Choice Three: A graduation ceremony is supposed to be a day for classmates to take commemorative photographs and bid one another farewell, yet in your previous life, all you cared about was preparing surprises for Lin Wan and simping after her nonstop, only to be publicly dumped in the end.
Now you have chosen to slack off. You will no longer do such things. Instead, you want to experience the atmosphere of the graduation ceremony, take photographs with your classmates, say your goodbyes, and truly experience life. Reward: ‘Supreme Slacker Gift Pack’!】