Ye Weidong and Chen Fang were people accustomed to being busy, and even though the shop wasn't open today, they still woke up early.
Last night, they had a long talk, during which Ye Qiu mentioned that he needed to clarify things with Xiaoqing as soon as possible.
Ye Weidong and Chen Fang both felt that Ye Qiu had changed; he was different from before. Since Ye Qiu didn't like He Xiaoqing, they knew they couldn't force him.
Moreover, now that Ye Xue's right leg had been healed, their thoughts began to shift.
Thinking about their daughter Ye Xue's condition, they hurriedly got up, went to knock on Ye Xue's door, and when Ye Xue woke up, at first, she still thought her right leg was limping. As she went to look for her crutch, she remembered that her brother had healed her leg the night before.
Ye Xue carefully examined her right leg and quickly confirmed it wasn't a dream. Her right leg looked exactly the same as the left in size and thickness, the muscles weren't atrophied or deformed, and she discovered she could actually stand up perfectly fine.
Hearing Chen Fang's knocking, Ye Xue opened the door, and Chen Fang asked, "Ye Xue, is your right leg really healed?"
"Mom, I'm not dreaming, my right leg is actually healed."
Ye Xue had already gotten used to walking normally. When she came out of her room and turned around in front of Ye Weidong and Chen Fang, she realized it was indeed true.
Chen Fang and Ye Xue excitedly embraced each other!
"Mom, let's go open the shop." Ye Xue also couldn't stand being idle when there was nothing to do.
So, the three of them prepared to head to the porridge and noodle shop.
As for Ye Qiu, they thought he was still asleep, so they didn't disturb him.
When the three of them left the room cautiously, Ye Qiu had already opened his eyes. He had already felt a new surge of energy in his meridians.
According to the "Primordial Five Emperors Technique," that energy was the spiritual energy cultivated by absorbing the essence of the sun and moon. Now Ye Qiu knew he had entered the early stage of the First Layer of the Qi Refinement Realm and had started his journey into the Cultivation World.
He felt hungry now and knew that he had to go treat Li Qianqian, the daughter of the vice-mayor, today.
Ye Qiu got up, washed up, put on the nearly white-washed set of clothes, and walked out to the living room. Seeing that his sister and parents' rooms were open and empty, he guessed they had gone to run the porridge and noodle shop.
Ye Qiu sighed, knowing that ordinary people in this world live such hard and tiring lives. However, he knew that since he had come into this family, he wouldn't let his parents and sister suffer any longer.
When he walked to the porridge and noodle shop, Ye Qiu saw Ye Xue and Chen Fang busy working. Not seeing Ye Weidong around, he guessed that he must have gone to buy meat and vegetables.
Seeing Ye Qiu coming, Ye Xue quickly came out and said, "Brother, why aren't you resting at home? Why did you come here?"
"Sis, I'm hungry, I want to eat a bowl of noodles," said Ye Qiu.
"Then I'll make a bowl of egg noodles for you," Ye Xue replied. As Ye Qiu sat outside, watching Ye Xue, who was now walking perfectly normally, he found she looked much more beautiful than before.
When Ye Xue served the big bowl of egg noodles to Ye Qiu, he picked up the chopsticks and began eating immediately.
Chen Fang remembered that Ye Qiu was supposed to treat the vice-mayor's daughter and asked, "Ye Qiu, you're going to treat the vice-mayor's daughter later. Are you going to take a car there?"
Previously, Ye Qiu received ten yuan a day for living expenses, but that money was all taken by local hoodlums as protection fees. Where would he have any money left?
Therefore, if Ye Qiu were to take a bus to the deputy mayor's house now, he would certainly need bus fare.
Chen Fang had already prepared three hundred yuan for Ye Qiu, to cover his round-trip fare, but Ye Qiu said, "Mom, no need, I'll drive there myself."
"What are you going to drive?" Chen Fang asked.
Ye Xue was equally curious. Ye Qiu's gaze had already turned towards that old-fashioned, 28-inch bicycle—it was a Red Flag brand and had been around for nearly ten years. Previously, it was used by Ye Weidong to commute to the textile factory, and later on, to buy groceries for their porridge and noodle shop.
However, after purchasing a tricycle, Ye Weidong found the 28-inch bicycle inconvenient, so he seldom rode it anymore. Now, looking over, Ye Qiu noticed that it was well-maintained and didn't seem very old at all.
"Little brother, how are you going to ride this bike?" Ye Xue asked.
After finishing the bowl of noodles, Ye Qiu wiped his mouth with a tissue and replied, "Just like this, I'll ride it!"
The original Ye Qiu was an Immortal Doctor from the Imperial Medical World, accustomed to riding a Pegasus or possibly other flying beasts. But this was his first encounter with a bicycle from this world, so he was very interested in the transportation devices of this world.
Chen Fang and Ye Xue couldn't figure out what Ye Qiu was thinking.
Ye Qiu got on the 28-inch bicycle, and with the address given to him by Li Zhiguo, he knew it was located inside the Rose Garden residential complex at the foot of Zhong SD Mountain in Jinling, Jiangnan.
The previous Ye Qiu had never been there, but from other souls he had absorbed, Ye Qiu knew that a super-rich old man used to live there before he died.
Ye Qiu mounted the bicycle, taking the shortest route there, which was about thirty kilometers away.
If it had been the original Ye Qiu, or even Ye Qiu from the night before, who hadn't practiced the Primordial Five Emperors Technique, riding such a distance all at once would have been too much for him.
But now, riding a bike was a simple matter for Ye Qiu.
Passing through the archway in Nangang Yuanheng, through the long streets, Ye Qiu took the bike lanes and after about an hour and a half's ride, he arrived outside the main entrance of the Rose Garden complex.
The Rose Garden complex was one of Jinling's luxury residential areas, home to the wealthy and influential. Ye Qiu could tell as soon as he arrived at the gate.
The uniformed security guards here were very strict with everyone coming in and out, and unless you were a resident or a friend or relative of a resident, you simply couldn't get in.
Just as Ye Qiu was about to push his bicycle through, a security guard immediately stopped him and said, "Hey, kid, I don't care if you collect junk or gas cylinders, but you can't go in!"
The guards saw Ye Qiu in plain clothes, riding an old-fashioned bicycle, and immediately pegged him as a junk collector or gas cylinder retriever.
"I'm not a junk collector, I'm here to treat the deputy mayor's daughter," Ye Qiu said.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, several guards burst into laughter. They might have believed Ye Qiu if he admitted to being a junk collector, but they simply didn't buy that he was there to treat the deputy mayor's daughter.
Looking down on Ye Qiu with disdain, he said, "Let me through quickly, otherwise, if the deputy mayor's daughter's condition is delayed, you'll all be responsible for the consequences."
"Fuck, you're just a junk collector, get out of here quickly, we don't have time to joke with you!" one of the guards said.