After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 262 The Secret to Making Porridge

When Shen Xu woke up and found himself sleeping in Lin Qingxiang's bed, he was immediately shocked.

However, looking at Lin Qingxiang lying next to him with her clothes intact, he probably didn't make any mistakes.

Looking out the window, he saw that it was completely dark outside, and a red candle was burning in the room. He must have slept for quite a while.

Lin Qingxiang's hands were like magic; he didn't even know when he fell asleep.

However, now that he's awake, it's impossible for him to lie next to Lin Qingxiang anymore. Whether it's intentional or unintentional is two different things, at least that's what he thinks.

Just as he was tiptoeing out of bed, he suddenly heard Lin Qingxiang's icy voice, "Are you trying to run away?"

"Uh... Qingxiang, you're not asleep?" Shen Xu said with a smile.

"I didn't do anything to you, did I? I remember I was pretty well-behaved when I was asleep." Seeing that Lin Qingxiang didn't say anything, Shen Xu couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"Go to sleep!" Just after Lin Qingxiang finished speaking, the red candle flickered and disappeared completely from the room.

"What do you mean?" Shen Xu was a little confused.

But for some reason, he didn't dare leave Lin Qingxiang's bed, so he lay down again, and the room fell into darkness and silence.

"Qingxiang, why are you so sure about me? Before we came to the capital, everything could have been explained."

Do you want me to tell you a hundred reasons why I like you?

Shen Xu fell silent immediately. "I am not someone you should invest your feelings in. You will not get anything in return from me."

"This is enough for me." Lin Qingxiang gently placed her warm hand in his palm.

In the darkness, he heard Lin Qingxiang's increasingly rapid heartbeat and somewhat hurried breathing. The sound was somewhat familiar to him, but it also made him a little irritated.

"Sorry!" Shen Xu withdrew his hand, then got up and left Lin Qingxiang's room.

After sensing that Shen Xu had left the room, a tear rolled down Lin Qingxiang's cheek. "Lin Qingxiang, you are truly a despicable woman."

Shen Xu sat in the pavilion in the courtyard, and the cool night breeze gradually dispelled the restlessness in his heart.

He bears a great deal of responsibility for how things have developed. If he had clearly rejected Lin Qingxiang from the beginning and not given her any opportunity to contact him, none of the subsequent events might have happened.

If Xiao Si's mother's information can give him a clear goal, he can prepare to leave Yunyang Kingdom, but before that, he must fulfill his promise to the Lin family.

The next morning, Shen Xu knocked on Lin Qingxiang's door and said, "I'm hungry. Do you want to go out and get something to eat?"

With a creak, the door opened, revealing Lin Qingxiang's slightly haggard face.

"I want to eat the food you cook!"

"All I know how to make is porridge, and there are no ingredients here..."

"I don't care!" Lin Qingxiang closed the door again.

With a sigh, Shen Xu was worried about how to get some ingredients, as he was currently penniless.

However, he still has a lot of monster materials in his storage ring. If he can find a suitable place to sell them, he should be able to get a lot of money.

"Senior, I'd like to ask where in the capital city I can buy materials from demonic beasts?"

Not long after he went out, he encountered a middle-aged man with exceptionally solid blood energy, comparable to Bi Muning.

He knew that the people living in the eastern part of the city were mostly officials and nobles, so this middle-aged man's identity must also be extraordinary.

"Demon beast materials? Are you someone who came back from the border?" the middle-aged man asked with some doubt.

"Senior, you misunderstand. My ancestors left behind some materials from demonic beasts, and I'm currently short of money, so I thought I'd come to the capital to sell them for a good price."

"Show me it!" A hint of disgust flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes.

"This..." Just as Shen Xu hesitated, the middle-aged man instantly reached out and took the package from his back.

"Outrageous! How could you tarnish the honor of your ancestors like this!" The middle-aged man's tone was unusually cold as he looked at the animal bones and teeth in the package.

"Senior doesn't seem to have the right to interfere in my family affairs! If you don't intend to answer me, please return the package to me."

"I'll take these monster materials. What price are you asking for?"

The middle-aged man's words immediately stumped Shen Xu. He had no idea what price to ask for, so he could only say, "Senior, just give me whatever you think is appropriate. I am the last person in my family, and I will probably be going to the border in the future, so there is no use for keeping these things."

"Where are the rest of your family?" Hearing Shen Xu's words, the middle-aged man's attitude softened.

“My parents passed away a long time ago, and I only have an old servant at home. A year ago, I took in two children who were not even ten years old. If it weren’t for the pressure of life, who would be willing to sell their ancestors’ things!” Shen Xu’s tone was full of sorrow.

"Good boy, I misunderstood you. Keep these things, and consider this money a small token of my appreciation!" The middle-aged man placed the money pouch from his waist into Shen Xu's bundle and then returned the bundle to him.

Shen Xu looked at the middle-aged man with some doubt. He really didn't expect the middle-aged man to be so generous, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

"Thank you so much for your great kindness, senior!" Shen Xu bowed and said.

"Live well in the capital! Don't even think about avenging your parents without cultivation. The border is not a place for playing house." After saying this, the middle-aged man left Shen Xu.

After the middle-aged man had walked for a while, he suddenly noticed a familiar package in front of him. He was immediately shocked and hurriedly went forward to check it.

It turned out that it really was the young man's package from before, and the monster materials inside were still there.

Upon realizing this, he immediately looked around, but the area was empty, with no one else present except for a thin mist.

The middle-aged man couldn't help but smile bitterly as he picked up the package. "I was thinking of doing a favor for others, but I never expected that I would be the one receiving the favor."

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With the money given by the middle-aged man, Shen Xu quickly bought the ingredients needed to make porridge.

He really couldn't cook, and neither could Uncle Wang, so when neither of them wanted to go out, they often subsisted on thin porridge and pickled vegetables.

As the saying goes, life is a summary of experience, so he also summarized a method for cooking porridge: First, the rice should be soaked for a while to allow the grains to expand, then put it in boiling water, then turn the heat from high to low, and keep stirring to bring out the aroma of the rice grains, so that the cooked rice grains are plump and soft.

He really missed the preserved egg and lean pork congee on Blue Star, but it seemed that there was no such thing as preserved eggs on the True Origin Continent, and he didn't know how to make it, so this wish was probably unlikely to be fulfilled in his lifetime.

After cooking the porridge, he knocked on Lin Qingxiang's door again, "Qingxiang, you can come out and eat now."

"Bring it to me and I'll eat it." Lin Qingxiang's voice came from inside the room.

"Don't push yourself too far!"

But seeing that Lin Qingxiang still didn't respond, he had no choice but to bring the porridge to Lin Qingxiang's door.

He cooked the porridge for Lin Qingxiang; if she didn't eat it, all his hard work that morning would have been for nothing.

"I've brought it to you, open the door!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened, and Lin Qingxiang was looking at him with a smile.

"Not bad! Didn't you say you couldn't cook?" After tasting a mouthful of rice porridge, Lin Qingxiang's face showed a look of surprise.

"I told you, all I know how to cook is porridge."

"I wish you could cook porridge for me every day."

"It's only interesting when you first eat it; you get tired of it after a while!"

"I'll never get tired of it! I want to eat it for the rest of my life."

"You're willing, but I'm not!" Shen Xu said with a smile.

"Alright! So am I the first girl to taste the porridge you cooked?" Lin Qingxiang asked expectantly.

"It shouldn't be!" The image of Wuyou Xiaoxiao appeared in Shen Xu's mind.

"I see!" Lin Qingxiang suddenly felt that the rice porridge in front of her had lost a lot of flavor.