I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 156: Close to the face and open up

After finishing her meal, Jiang Yingzhu took the initiative to wash the dishes.

At this moment, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"Who?"

Mei Mengqian frowned, asked a question, and at the same time peered through the peephole.

Then I saw a mature woman dressed in a professional office lady outfit standing outside the door.

"Open the door! I'm here to pick up something your dad sent!"

Mei Mengqian was taken aback, thinking that her father didn't seem to have such a high status.

Then it dawned on me that it was Jiang Yingzhu's father.

She didn't know how to react and looked at Jiang Yingzhu, who had already come out of the kitchen.

"Go ahead and open it. I want to see what this old man is up to."

Jiang Yingzhu, with a cold face, took a few steps to the door and opened it.

The woman, dressed in a business suit, with an oval face and heavy makeup, walked in.

The woman wore a gentle smile, but her eyes looked down at Jiang Yingzhu and the other woman with a condescending gaze.

"You must be Jiang Yingzhu. Your dad asked me to come and pick up some things."

Shen Qiu looked at Jiang Yingzhu. She knew that Jiang Yingzhu had short hair, so she could easily recognize her.

"what?"

"I can't explain it clearly. Take me to Brother Ye's room, and I'll know once I see it."

Jiang Yingzhu's face darkened, and she stared at her with sharp eyes, her tone harsh.

"There's no room for him here, only for me, my mother, and my friend. You've come to the wrong place, get out!"

"Oh dear! You silly girl, how can you be so insensible? You won't even let your dad take a little something. This house, the food, the things we use, everything belongs to your dad!"

Shen Qiu's expression softened even more, adopting the tone of admonishing an ignorant child.

“Look, you let your best friend stay in your room, and your dad didn’t say anything. Take your aunt to your dad’s room.”

Jiang Yingzhu was so angry at his attitude, as if she were the one who had been bullied, that she couldn't speak.

Seeing her like this, Shen Qiu's expression softened even more.

"If you don't want to move, that's fine. Auntie will find it herself. That should be your dad's room."

Shen Qiu glanced at the closed door on the left, unlike the two open secondary bedrooms on the right.

Having found his target, Shen Qiu felt right at home and immediately headed towards it.

Jiang Yingzhu's eyes narrowed, and without thinking, she kicked him.

"Ouch!"

Shen Qiu collapsed to the ground, clutching her leg, her previous gentle demeanor completely gone, and she glared menacingly at Jiang Yingzhu.

"You dare hit me? Do you know what kind of relationship I have with your father?!"

Jiang Yingzhu didn't speak, but stood in front of her mother's door, arms crossed, her sword-like eyebrows slightly closed, her phoenix eyes narrowed, her chiseled face taut, cold and sharp.

"roll!"

"Auntie, you fell down on your own, how can you blame Zhuzhu?"

Mei Mengqian stood next to Jiang Yingzhu and said with a serious expression:
"I also want to apologize. I just mopped the floor this morning. If you don't walk straight, you're likely to fall."

"I fell? Little girl, what proof do you have that I fell and that she hit me? Just wait!"

"Auntie, do you have any proof that you were really sent by Zhuzhu's father to pick up the things?"

Mei Mengqian's calm, deep eyes scrutinized the woman still sitting on the ground.

As she finished speaking, a noticeable change was seen in the woman's eyes, a hint of panic flashing across them.

"I wasn't sent by Brother Ye, so why would I come on my own?" Shen Qiu said confidently, then sneered.

"Young lady, this is our family matter, so please don't interfere!"

"Auntie, you're the other woman, aren't you?"

Mei Mengqian immediately pressed her face against his and took out her phone.

“You entered Uncle Jiang’s room without his permission. We can call the police.”

"He agreed! He sent me!!" Shen Qiu emphasized with exceptional confidence.

"Oh, then you need Zhu Zhu's mother's permission."

Mei Mengqian pressed three numbers on her own, and three crisp beeps rang out.

"Auntie, should you leave by yourself, or should I call a police officer to take you away?"

Shen Qiu's expression shifted as he stared at Mei Mengqian.

"Good! You're all very good!"

She stood up and stormed off.

"boom!"

As the door closed, Jiang Yingzhu seemed to have been shot; with a sob, she threw herself into Mei Mengqian's arms.
"Waaah, Mengmeng."

Jiang Yingzhu could no longer maintain her cold and sharp demeanor, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Why did she say that to me? This house doesn't belong to Jiang Ye alone!"

"Didn't he know he should come himself to get his things? Why did he let some shady woman in?"

Mei Mengqian reached out and patted Jiang Yingzhu on the back, following her words:

"Yes, kicking her was too lenient; she should have been beaten with a baton."

"No, I'm afraid if I leave that stinky woman, I'll go inside," Jiang Yingzhu said.

"Okay, then let's play mixed doubles."

Mei Mengqian coaxed her for a while before continuing, "I feel that her behavior was a bit strange; she was lying."

"What lie?"

Jiang Yingzhu's emotions had stabilized by now, but she still showed displeasure when she heard the woman's topic.

"She wasn't sent by Old Deng?!"

"I'm not entirely sure, but I have a feeling she didn't come to pick up anything."

"That guy was sent by Old Deng, he had no good intentions!"

Jiang Yingzhu snorted, then glanced at Mei Mengqian, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mengmeng, thank you this time."

"Eh~"

"What! Do you think I'm the kind of person who doesn't express gratitude?!"

"No, it's just that I rarely see you thank me like this, Zhuzhu."

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Once downstairs, Shen Qiu sat in the car she had gotten from Jiang Ye and took out her phone.

Just then, Jiang Ye sent a message via Fetion.

"Xiao Qiu, has the beauty serum I asked you to deliver arrived?"

The beauty serum that's recently become a hit in Wuhan has already spread among women across the country, especially among middle and upper-class women.

In this era where appearance anxiety is growing stronger, who doesn't want to become more beautiful?
Jiang Ye had gone to great lengths to get two bottles, thinking that teenagers might have skin problems, so he asked Shen Qiu to deliver them. He also wanted to let them meet, hoping it might ease tensions.

He had called his daughter several months ago.

"Brother Ye, your daughter won't let me in, and she told me to get out (crying)."

A cunning glint flashed in Shen Qiu's eyes.

"You didn't say what I gave you?"

She didn't even open the door.

Shen Qiu touched his kicked leg, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes.

She took out her phone and played a recording.

It was just a conversation between her and Jiang Yingzhu.

Shen Qiu began editing the recording and then sent it to Jiang Ye.

"Open the door, I was sent by your father."

"You've come to the wrong place, get out!"

After listening to the recording, Jiang Ye sighed and glanced at Shen Qiu's messages on his phone.

"Brother Ye, there are even worse things to say, I don't want to post them."

"Thanks a lot."

Upon seeing this message, Shen Qiu's face lit up with joy. His eyes were fixed on the two beautifully packaged small bags in the passenger seat, knowing that the deal was about to be finalized.

Although the beauty serum only costs 8888 for a small bottle, it is practically priceless and unavailable.

Such a wonderful product can only reach its full potential in her hands!
She quickly typed, "Brother Ye, this is what I should do, I have to accept it."

"Hey~, I'm sorry to trouble you. I have two tickets to Sun Yanzi's concert, front row VIP seats. I'll take you there. Aren't you a fan of hers?"

Shen Qiu was slightly pleased, not expecting such an unexpected gain.

"Thank you, Brother Ye. I'll return the items right now."

After sending that message, Shen Qiu stared intently at the screen.

"no need."

She grinned, but then her mouth froze.

"Go again and put the things next to Jiang Yingzhu's house. If no one is home, you can put them in the house next to hers. Tell her they are for Li Yan."

Shen Qiu was breathing rapidly, feeling as if her lungs were about to explode with anger.

"Jiang Ye, you really treat her well! But..."

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Li Yan returned from Jiangcheng at noon, bringing with him a local specialty grilled fish and a lotus root and pork rib soup.

However, during the meal, it was noticed that Jiang Yingzhu and Mei Mengqian seemed to be getting closer.

Li Yan observed for a long time but could not reach a conclusion, so he asked:

"Is there something you are hiding from me?"

"It's nothing, just eat your food." Jiang Yingzhu glanced at him.

"I feel like you guys are acting weird."

"Is it wrong that Mengmeng and I had a physical union!?"

"???"

"!!!"

Li Yan looked on in surprise, as if to say, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Mei Mengqian blushed deeply, but couldn't deny it.

Such a crude lie could not possibly fool Li Yan.

He could tell their physical condition with a single scan of his divine sense.

But Li Yan didn't intend to press further; he knew sooner or later.

"Okay, can I interview you? How does it feel to be intimate with someone? I'm just curious."

"abnormal!"

"Oh, so you think it's perverted too."

"I'm calling you a pervert!"

"I can't hear it."

"Can't you hear me?" Jiang Yingzhu said, grabbing his ear.

In the afternoon, Li Yan was making a short video at home when Li Hua from next door came over.

He was also holding two empty bottles in his hand.

"Brother Li Yan, an aunt asked me to give this to you this morning."

Li Yan picked up the bottle and fell into deep thought upon seeing the words "beauty essence" on it.

"Who sent it?"

Li Hua thought for a moment, but his limited mind couldn't come up with a good answer, so he said:
"A very sexy auntie. She was wearing a white top that made her breasts stick out, and her buttocks were covered by a black cloth, they were huge."

Li Yan's lips twitched. What a terrible description.

"Did she say anything?"

"No."

"The stuff in the bottle, is that what you drank?"

"Yes," Li Hua said subconsciously, then shook his head.

"No! No, what I got was empty."

Li Yan told those kids to get lost.

He thought for a moment, then took out his phone and sent a message to Jiang Ye.

"Uncle Jiang, is this the beauty serum you gave me?"

"Yes, you received it. You and Zhuzhu can try it out. If you like it, come back to me. Young people should pay more attention to their image."

"Uncle Jiang, who did you have deliver it?"

"Ahem, I'm a secretary."

"understood."

Li Yan uttered three words, shook his head, and ignored Uncle Jiang's explanation.

"You're so foolish, Uncle Jiang."

He guessed that Jiang Ye had done the same thing in his previous life.

He remembered that in the second semester of his first year of high school, Jiang Yingzhu suddenly came to him with red eyes and said she wanted to live with him.

Li Yan agreed, but Jiang Yingzhu later changed her mind.

He didn't pay much attention at the time; Jiang Yingzhu's whimsical behavior was nothing new.

Things seem complicated now. I really want to meet the slut that the kid mentioned.

(End of this chapter)