214: The living must break through hell

"I'm back."

Ye Su had sent a message to Chen Xinyi before leaving Ye Kaijun's place.

So, Chen Xinyi was currently in the kitchen, bustling about with lunch.

Hearing the door open, Chen Xinyi poked her head out of the kitchen for a look, confirming that the person who entered was Ye Su:

"Lunch will take a while to be ready. You aren't hungry yet, right?"

"Not hungry."

"Okay." Chen Xinyi turned back to the kitchen, leaving only one sentence: "Your health cup has been washed for you and is on the dining table."

"Got it."

Ye Su looked toward the [health cup] on the dining table, and related information immediately appeared before his eyes.

[Owner: Ye Su (0/∞)]

[User: Chen Xinyi (0/10)]

Seeing this information, Ye Su understood that Chen Xinyi had successfully been tricked by him into drinking a cup of water from the [health cup], but she hadn't been able to trigger the [Drink More Hot Water] skill to obtain the [Health] attribute bonus.

Is the [Drink More Hot Water] skill really that hard to trigger?

Ye Su didn't believe it. He walked to the dining table, picked up the thermos, poured half a cup of hot water into the [health cup], and then added half a cup of mineral water, estimating the temperature to be close to the [35 to 40 degrees Celsius] mentioned in the skill description.

Ye Su remembered that the skill description stated that only the first cup of water drunk from the [health cup] each day had a chance to trigger the [Drink More Hot Water] skill.

That was why he chose to fill it up, to ensure a higher probability of triggering the skill.

Gulp—

He tentatively took a sip, Ye Su waited for a while, but didn't see any reaction from the system.

Again!

This time, Ye Su took a big gulp of water.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the Host for successfully triggering the [Drink More Hot Water] skill, obtaining a +1 [Health] attribute increase!]

Huh, successfully triggered the skill?

The probability is actually quite high.

Why didn't that woman trigger it successfully?

Could it be that her luck is worse than his?

The more Ye Su thought about it, the more he felt this was possible.

After all, his luck was notoriously good throughout the villages.

After boasting about his own luck, Ye Su walked into the kitchen triumphantly.

What met his eyes was Chen Xinyi, wearing a ponytail and an apron, busy working away.

This look, no matter how you looked at it, had a bit of a wifely charm.

Ye Su felt stirred, hugged Chen Xinyi from behind, and took a light sniff.

He was curious why pretty girls always carried a pleasant scent.

Like Chen Xinyi, Li Mengyao, even that [physical ex-girlfriend] Qin Manyun, and Shen Xinyue, whom he had only met twice but had been alone with in the confined space of a car—they all carried these slightly different, but equally pleasant scents.

Of course, it was also possible that less attractive girls also had such scents, and Ye Su just hadn't noticed.

"I'm cooking, don't affect my performance!"

Chen Xinyi tried to shake Ye Su off like a bear rubbing against a tree.

"Hehe."

Ye Su didn't cling on. After a quick peck, he let go of Chen Xinyi:

"Need help?"

"Don't even ask." Chen Xinyi turned back with an [I know you too well] expression: "Go wait over there and eat."

"Alright—"

After slacking off with peace of mind, Ye Su went into the room to kill time before lunch on his computer.

"By the way, you went to see Uncle Jun this morning, everything okay?"

While eating lunch, Chen Xinyi finally remembered to ask Ye Su if there was anything going on with Ye Kaijun.

"Sigh..."

Mentioning Ye Kaijun, Ye Su couldn't help but sigh again, telling Chen Xinyi about Ye Kaijun's situation.

"Facing such things in his later years, Uncle Jun has it so tough..."

Hearing about Ye Kaijun's later years, Chen Xinyi couldn't help but redden her eyes:

"We originally thought Uncle Jun had some conflict with his family, which is why he moved out alone. I never expected it to be this situation..."

Chen Xinyi felt heartbroken for Ye Kaijun just by putting herself in his shoes.

If it were her, suffering two such blows in succession, she probably wouldn't be able to hold on and would have just followed her family:

"Uncle Jun is in this situation now, and we are living in his house for free. If you have time, go visit the old man more often."

"Got it." Seeing Chen Xinyi so upset, Ye Su reminded her: "That's fine here, but next time you see Uncle Jun, you have to be cheerful. Don't bring up his past again."

"Mm..."

Chen Xinyi replied gloomily, then listlessly poked at her bowl, having no heart to continue eating.

Seeing her like this, Ye Su had to comfort her: "Don't be too upset, after all, everyone has their own destiny."

"What destiny..." Chen Xinyi looked up at Ye Su:

"I don't believe in that. Ultimately, it was the traffic accident that Uncle Jun's son's family encountered that caused all the tragedy." Chen Xinyi worriedly urged:

"So you must, must always pay attention to safety when driving, you know?"

"You do need to pay attention to safety when driving, but don't disbelieve in destiny."

Comforting Chen Xinyi was clearly easier than comforting Ye Kaijun, so Ye Su began his performance:

"If you don't believe it, let me give you an example. You should know Lee Chong Wei, right?"

"I know, the one who sings."

"That's Jonathan Lee... I'm talking about the one who plays badminton..."

"Oh." Chen Xinyi felt a bit embarrassed and quickly moved on: "And then?"

"Think about it, how lucky he is not to have met me in my prime.

Yet he still couldn't escape the arrangement of fate, running into Lin Dan in his prime, and ultimately could only settle for second place.

Tell me, doesn't this prove that his fate was destined long ago?"

After Ye Su's impassioned speech, only [speechless] remained on Chen Xinyi's face.

She knew Ye Su wouldn't say anything normal, but she didn't expect to be this speechless.

"Big brother, can you have some shame? Why did I even fall for you in the first place!"

Chen Xinyi complained, but after Ye Su's interruption, her mood improved, knowing Ye Su was deliberately trying to cheer her up.

"No, you still don't believe it?"

"Believe it, believe it—"

Chen Xinyi nodded perfunctorily and continued eating.

Seeing Chen Xinyi's mood finally recover, Ye Su stopped teasing and, with the momentum of a whirlwind sweeping away fallen leaves, finished all the dishes on the table.

Every time he saw Ye Su enjoying her cooking, Chen Xinyi felt a sense of satisfaction, and this time was no exception.

Resting her chin in her hands by the table, watching Ye Su finish his meal with a smile, Chen Xinyi took the initiative to clear the table, letting Ye Su enjoy the treatment of an emperor.

...

On the other side, after Ye Kaijun finished his meal and watched "break the hell" on the sofa, he fell into silence, unable to recover for a long time.

"Even the living must break the hell; the living have so many hells..."