Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

Chapter 1833 - 1006: A Thunderous Blow

On the street under the sunset, Xue Chuchu was pushing her electric bicycle, the tips of her hair soaked in the evening glow.

Hearing the familiar voice, her face, originally exuding a clear and refreshing aura, showed a bit of surprise: "You’re dismissed from school?"

Xue Yuantong was sitting on the electric bicycle: "Yes, Jiang Ning took me and Baby out for a ride!"

As she spoke, she took out the silly and cute panda Baby.

"Chuchu, are you exercising?" She looked at the heavy electric bicycle, remembering that the bike had been around even before she came to Yuzhou for middle school.

Xue Chuchu held onto the electric bicycle, the hair on her forehead slightly damp, but her eyes still bright: "It suddenly ran out of power."

Xue Yuantong giggled: "Chuchu, you also forget to charge sometimes?"

Xue Chuchu: "I just charged it the day before yesterday."

Xue Yuantong thought for two seconds and commanded: "Jiang Ning, you go examine its condition."

Jiang Ning was silent for a moment and said: "Okay."

He got off the electric bicycle, opened the stand, and as the bike tilted, Tongtong on the seat also tilted, but fortunately, her skills were extraordinary, she held her legs tightly, just leaning slightly.

So under the gaze of tilted Tongtong, Jiang Ning began inspecting for Xue Chuchu.

Jiang Ning mounted Xue Chuchu’s electric bicycle in front of Tongtong, he knew the reason, the electric bicycle indeed had no power.

Jiang Ning activated Thunder Technique, and current flowed from his feet into the motor, he twisted the handle, and the bike suddenly sped off.

Xue Chuchu’s eyes widened in surprise, it was clearly not working when she tried.

Jiang Ning drove forward a few meters, and Xue Chuchu followed him.

Tongtong was still on the bike, having no choice, she could only jump off and chase after them.

"Isn’t it perfectly fine?" Tongtong huffed.

Jiang Ning returned the electric bicycle to Chuchu, but when it was Chuchu’s turn, the electric bicycle stalled again.

Xue Chuchu was puzzled, did the bike reject her?

Xue Yuantong timely comforted: "It’s normal, just like our neighbor’s Xiao Ben, Uncle Zhang couldn’t control it, but Jiang Ning could, he’s just so magical!"

Xue Chuchu barely experienced this feeling once, it’s quite fascinating.

Jiang Ning didn’t continue maintaining Thunder Skills, his precious mana, how could he waste it on Chuchu’s electric bicycle?

"The battery must be broken." He pointed out the reason.

Xue Chuchu smiled softly, not disappointed: "I can just push it along."

She glanced around, seeing the courier tricycle, the passing black car, and her reflection in the clothing store’s glass window: "Today’s weather is quite nice, the scenery looks great."

Xue Yuantong said without hesitation: "How can we abandon you!"

"Jiang Ning!"

Jiang Ning opened the trunk, took out a rope, which was used to tie a zebra, Tongtong brought it home as a souvenir trophy.

Xue Chuchu hesitated for a moment: "Isn’t this inappropriate?"

Xue Yuantong mischievously said: "Let you feel Jiang Ning’s speed, guarantee you’ll love it."

As she spoke, she directly twisted the rope around Chuchu’s bike, tying it tightly.

After finishing, Xue Yuantong clapped her hands: "This time we’ll take you flying, after changing the battery, you’ll be independent."

"Let Jiang Ning help you change for a big battery, capable of 70 mph, we can race."

Xue Chuchu listened but didn’t take it seriously.

Jiang Ning still carried Tongtong, connected to Chuchu via a rope.

"Hold on tight!" Tongtong shouted excitedly, then Jiang Ning started the electric bicycle.

Xue Chuchu rode the electric bicycle, without twisting the throttle, the bike body was pulled forward by the rope.

It seemed to be her first time experiencing this, along the way, pedestrians looked curiously, Xue Chuchu felt her cheeks were slightly flushed, her eyes inadvertently glanced around, a bit worried about being caught by traffic police.

As the bike continued forward, Xue Chuchu looked at the rope, suddenly had a ridiculous idea, Jiang Ning and Tongtong seemed like a pair of oxen...

Her lips slightly curled upwards at this thought, her cool face appeared more lively.

Meanwhile, Tongtong turned her head to look at the rope, and Chuchu on the tied electric bicycle.

Then, she moved her body forward, sticking closely to Jiang Ning, her warm breath blowing into Jiang Ning’s ear, making him feel a bit ticklish.

"Heehee, Jiang Ning, don’t we look like we’re walking a dog?" she mischievously said.

Indeed, it’s somewhat similar: "...Chuchu would be very angry to know."

Xue Yuantong: "This matter, heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know."

...

The Mercedes S smoothly cruised on Xuefu Road, appearing to be gliding, elegant and understated.

Shang Zhengyu was holding the steering wheel with one hand, the cuff of his shirt looked cool, his voice magnetic: "From today on, you don’t need to attend evening self-study anymore."

In the spacious back seat, Shang Caiwei’s face showed a hint of hesitation: "My parents..."

Shang Zhengyu remained as firm as ever: "I’ll decide your life, they can’t interfere."

With bare hands and sheer fists, he elevated an ordinary family to Yuzhou’s top rich tier, if things still needed parental control, it would be too absurd.

"Okay."

"The intensity of youth training plus special training is enough for you to compete." Shang Zhengyu said.

Shang Caiwei: "Will the training time be too short?"

"It’s sufficient." Shang Zhengyu discussing these: "In gaming, innate reaction speed can’t be cultivated by high-intensity training."

Shang Zhengyu tapped his fingertip on the central console, smiling: "So compete sooner."

"You must perform well." Shang Zhengyu said, "But if you fail, it doesn’t matter, you’re my sister, as long as I’m here, you’ll never worry about food and clothing in your life."

Shang Caiwei looked at her brother in the driver’s seat, feelings quite complex, she feared him slightly, but he had always been impeccable towards her.

"The prospects for professional gaming competitions are actually good, recently I was discussing about streaming platforms with Brother Lin." he casually chit-chatted.

Though Shang Caiwei focused on professional competition, she also had a gossiping heart, she asked softly: "I heard that Mr. Wang also came, is he the one who’s popular on Weibo?"

Shang Zhengyu chuckled: "It’s him, has lots of ideas, but unfortunately I don’t like him."

He did have the qualification to say such words, his company’s game alone generated 800 million in revenue in the first quarter this year, after deductions, he gained 150 million.

How could a self-made rich second-generation possibly regard a second-generation?

Shang Caiwei’s eyes shone with a witness-like brilliance. Such a famous person, yet her brother didn’t think much of him. She finally understood how amazing her brother was.

Shang Zhengyu stopped at a red light. He seemed to sense his sister’s emotions, so he said, "Don’t underestimate yourself. My expectations for you are actually very high. Even if you’re not aiming for faker, reaching the level of UZI would mean your future achievements will likely surpass my current ones."

Yes, just his current ones.

Inside the ordinary Mercedes, the siblings discussed a grand future unknown to anyone else.

Suddenly, Shang Caiwei softly exclaimed, "Hm, brother, what is that up ahead?"

Shang Zhengyu looked over and saw, on the crosswalk, an old man at least 65 or older, pushing a broken wheelchair sneakily.

Upon a closer look, sitting in the wheelchair was an incredibly elderly grandmother, her face full of wrinkles, estimated to be eighty or ninety years old, looking somewhat lifeless.

The old man’s clothes were worn and shabby; he suddenly noticed Shang Zhengyu’s Mercedes logo.

Shang Zhengyu, who was confidently speaking moments ago, suddenly felt uneasy as if things were about to go awry.

Sure enough, the old man pushed the wheelchair towards them quickly.

Shang Zhengyu’s expression changed, quickly reversing.

Even someone as dense as Shang Caiwei could see, the old man was here to scam them.

"Brother, we can call the police."

Shang Zhengyu coldly replied, "For this kind of crappy situation, the police would probably want to call the police themselves."

Even if he could hold the other party accountable, it would still take some time and be quite a nuisance!

The old lady in the wheelchair, he estimated, was likely already dead.

Shang Caiwei, a seasoned homebody, silently mocked, "It’s like a near-expired emperor carrying a supreme imperial weapon rushing here."

It’s truly invincible.

...

Jiang Ning and Tongtong were riding an electric scooter, pulling along the neighbor girl Xue Chuchu, leisurely heading home with the breeze.

"Wow, Jiang Ning, why are the cars up ahead reversing? They’re breaking traffic rules!" Xue Yuantong poked her little head out from beside Jiang Ning’s arm.

Jiang Ning: "Maybe something happened up ahead."

Just at that moment, the reversing black Mercedes missed Jiang Ning’s electric scooter, and Shang Caiwei spotted the two from the open car window.

Shang Caiwei hurriedly warned, "Someone’s scamming up ahead, run!"

Just as she finished speaking, she noticed a rope tied to the back of Jiang Ning’s vehicle, pulling an incredibly beautiful girl.

Shang Zhengyu also noticed Jiang Ning, and his expression turned even darker, never having forgotten the blow he received at the fight club last time.

He admitted Jiang Ning could fight well, but being well-informed, Shang Zhengyu knew of some teenage Sanda champions, clear that in this realm, there’s always someone better, just as the sky is limitless.

He lost only once in a future he hadn’t bet on in his youth.

He had stronger accomplishments in the gaming industry. So what if someone can fight, even like Tyson?

Shang Zhengyu’s expression slowly relaxed as he left enough distance, calmly observing the scene ahead.

He saw Jiang Ning hadn’t stopped.

Young people are always bold, especially if the cost of this scam would fall on Jiang Ning, it would be quite tragic.

On par with an average family’s upheaval.

Xue Yuantong, holding Jiang Ning’s arm, looked at the mess caused by the old man’s wheelchair and the fleeing cars, and said, "Well, there’s definitely a scam! Jiang Ning, what should we do?"

Jiang Ning said matter-of-factly, "Of course, we’ll defend my Xuefu Road."

"It’s our Xuefu Road!"

"Didn’t you dislike school?" Jiang Ning countered.

"That was before."

Xue Yuantong turned around, "Chuchu, hold on tight, Jiang Ning’s speeding up!"

The next second, Xue Chuchu felt the rope at the front of the vehicle tighten suddenly, and with a powerful pull, her vehicle was yanked forward rapidly.

Speed soared over 70 km/h.

Jiang Ning’s titanium-gray electric scooter turned into a stream of light at dusk, cutting through the greenery and private cars avoiding him, aiming at the old man pushing the wheelchair.

Xue Yuantong shouted, "Jiang Ning, aren’t you dodging?"

Jiang Ning retorted, "Avoid his edge?"

The speed continued to increase, as the precisely angled titanium-gray electric scooter slammed into the scamming old man, with such force that the old man was sent flying with both feet off the ground.

Xue Chuchu’s scooter quickly reached the point of collision, only to see the old man taking flight while the wheelchair remained firmly planted.

After knocking the scamming old man away, Jiang Ning continued on as if nothing happened, smoothly riding off.

Shang Zhengyu fully witnessed this scene, first shocked, then astonished, remembering the last time he saw Jiang Ning hit and send a reckless kid flying across the street.

But this time was different; the old man wasn’t as resilient as a child. By Shang Zhengyu’s estimation, after taking that hit, the old man might as well be on par with the great-grandmother in the wheelchair.

’Did he just leave like that?’ Shang Zhengyu couldn’t help but voice his thought.

Shang Caiwei uncertainly asked, "Should be fine, right?"

Shang Zhengyu: "Probably a bit passed away."

Worrying about Tongtong, Shang Caiwei thought carefully, and provided an example.

"I heard from classmates that Xue Yuantong’s mom works at Evergreen Liquid, and they say if she loses her job, thousands won’t have food to eat."

Shang Zhengyu’s previously perplexed expression finally changed, considering seriously, "That must be a high-level executive, if it’s in Yuzhou..."

He looked at the old man lying on the ground. "It might not be a big deal after all."

...

Jiang Ning parked at the bungalow’s entrance.

After Xue Chuchu got off, recalling the accident on their way home, she was silent for a moment and asked, "Just now..."

Xue Yuantong was untangling the rope, stating confidently, "He was going the wrong way, what are we afraid of? We’re justified!"

Jiang Ning spread his hands, "We also have it tough."

Xue Yuantong: "Everyone’s trying to live."

Xue Chuchu felt as if she was an outlier, unable to fit in with them, feeling very strange.