Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#429 - Chapter 428: Closing the Net

"Huh?" Li Qingxia looked up first, surprised, and said, "The sun is rising in the west! You're actually suggesting cleaning up? Tell me, have you been possessed by someone?"

Li Chenqiu rolled his eyes. "Can't I just feel like cleaning? If you feel sorry for me, then stay and help!"

Li Qingxia shook his head like a rattle-drum, waving his hand. "I don't feel like it, and I don't feel sorry for you. Don't drag me into your cleaning spree."

Li Chenqiu ignored him and turned to look at Li Ji. "Boss, is it okay with you?"

"Finish up and go home early." Li Ji lowered his head, took the keys from his waistband, and pushed them towards Li Chenqiu.

"Definitely." Li Chenqiu nodded with a smile.

Just as the three were eating, Xiang Nanzhi, carrying a white shoulder bag, walked into the fried rice restaurant, curiously looking around at the interior.

Li Ji, who was eating, immediately put down his chopsticks, wiped his hands on his apron, and said politely, "Student, the shop is closed. If you want fried rice, there's some seaweed left in the kitchen. I can make seaweed and ham fried rice. Do you want some?"

"Hello, Grandpa. I'm not here to eat. I'm here to find Li Chenqiu." Xiang Nanzhi pointed to Li Chenqiu, who was eating with his back to her.

Li Chenqiu looked up. "Boss, have you forgotten? Last time we were on the plane making a video call, this guy was sitting next to me. You even talked to him."

Hearing this, Li Ji's eyes lit up, and he pointed at Xiang Nanzhi. "You're… you're Xiang… Xiang Bei…"

"Boss, your memory is really bad. His name is Xiang Nan, Xiang Nanzhi." Li Qingxia looked speechless and stood up to look at Xiang Nanzhi. "I didn't remember wrong, right?"

"Right, you didn't remember wrong. Hello, Qingxia-ge, hello, Grandpa Li Ji. Li Chenqiu often babbles your names in my ear. I finally get to meet you in person today!" Xiang Nanzhi's face was full of smiles, looking very harmless.

"You make it sound like we're some big celebrities. Come, sit down. Grandpa will make you some fried rice."

"No need, Grandpa. I usually don't eat dinner."

"You're young, it's the time to grow. How can you not eat? Wait, I'll make it for you."

Saying that, Li Ji turned and walked towards the kitchen without waiting for Xiang Nanzhi's reply.

Li Qingxia waved at Xiang Nanzhi, pointing to the seat beside him. "Come and sit down, tell me about…"

"Li Qingxia, what are you doing? Come and help me prepare the ingredients!" Li Ji's voice came from the kitchen.

"Coming, coming."

Li Qingxia shouted, spread his hands, and made a helpless expression towards Xiang Nanzhi before hurrying to the kitchen.

Xiang Nanzhi walked to the seat directly opposite Li Chenqiu and said with surprise, "You're really fast. You've set up a fried rice restaurant in just a few days."

Li Chenqiu finished the last grain of rice in his bowl and wiped his mouth. "As long as the money is there, anything is easy. I don't have many Star Points, but I'm relatively wealthy in Federal Credits."

Xiang Nanzhi grabbed the chopsticks on the table and knocked Li Chenqiu on the head. "If you're relatively wealthy, why didn't you buy me a luxury cabin when we were on the cruise?"

"Money should be spent wisely."

"You…"

"Alright, alright, let the past be the past. Next time we take a cruise, I'll definitely book you a luxury cabin. By the way, what's the matter with you coming here so late?" Li Chenqiu hurriedly changed the subject.

"Today is the day you set for the roundup. I definitely have to come and join the fun… uh, protect you, in case you get beaten to death. This is the duty and obligation of a protector."

Li Chenqiu smiled reluctantly. "I thank you!"

After Li Ji made fried rice for Xiang Nanzhi, he left the fried rice restaurant with Li Qingxia at Li Chenqiu's urging.

…

Evening, 11:45 PM.

The night was deep, most of the shops in the academy had lowered their shutters, and most of the students had returned to their residences. The students still wandering under the streetlights were mostly couples in the throes of love.

Everything was so quiet, except for Li Ji's fried rice restaurant.

"It's almost Monday, what are you still waiting for?" Xiang Nanzhi pointed to the clock hanging on the wall.

Li Chenqiu, who was bending over and wiping the table, said without looking up:

"Don't rush, wait for them to fall asleep before making a move. That way, the commotion will be smaller, and the Soul Soldiers can relax a bit."

"So you're just going to let me wait like this?"

Li Chenqiu shook the rag in his hand. "You can also wipe the table with me."

Xiang Nanzhi chuckled. "Heh, let me wipe the table? Are you kidding me? I'm an Eleven Forbidden Reviver. Even if I'm idle, I wouldn't work for someone else for free!"

More than ten minutes later.

"Li Chenqiu, come and take a look, why can't I clean this sink!"

In the end, driven by boredom, Xiang Nanzhi also embarked on the road of voluntary labor, cleaning the fried rice restaurant inside and out with Li Chenqiu.

By the time they put down the rags, it was already one o'clock in the morning.

"Cleaning is quite fun. Next time you need to clean, remember to call me." Xiang Nanzhi held the mop in one hand, admiring the reflective tiles she had mopped with great satisfaction.

"It's quite fulfilling."

Li Chenqiu, with his sleeves rolled up, walked out of the kitchen. Just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by Xiang Nanzhi's stern shout.

"Don't step on it! Walk on the edges on tiptoe!"

"Okay, I won't step on it, I won't step on it."

Li Chenqiu carefully walked to the cashier and sat down, looking up at the clock hanging on the wall - 01:26:03

"Four minutes."

"What four minutes?"

"Four minutes until one thirty."

…

Tick, tock, tick…

Time passed by second by second. As the second hand crossed "12" and the minute hand pointed to "6", the night sky seemed to have been splashed with ink, becoming several degrees darker.

On the side of the wide road, a man and a woman sat together, leaning against each other, with happy smiles on their faces.

The young man turned his head and made a sound with both bubbles and magnetism: "Yuan Yuan, do you know when I fell in love with you?"

The girl's cheeks flushed slightly, and she smiled shyly: "I don't know, but I know when I fell in love with you."

"Oh?" The young man raised his eyebrows slightly: "When?"

The girl clenched the corner of her clothes, lowered her head and said: "That day it was raining heavily, and you carried me across the road so that my shoes wouldn't get wet. From that moment on, I fell in love with you."

The young man's mouth curled up, and he flicked his bangs violently: "This is what I should do as a knight, after all, the princess's shoes can only walk on the red carpet."

"Jiang Jiang!" The girl's watery eyes stared at the young man.

"Yuan Yuan!"

The young man turned around, said affectionately, and placed his hands naturally on the girl's shoulders.