93: Chapter 93 The Divine Doctor went to find his senior sister, but was kicked out?
"Alright, Young Master Shen!"
The Lobby Manager nodded frantically. "I'm dreaming! It's all a hallucination!"
"Very good, your salary is increased by thirty percent!"
Shen Yuan said with a smile.
The Lobby Manager was instantly invigorated.
Good, good, good!
If you're talking about this, I'm not sleepy anymore.
Shen Yuan strolled into his suite.
Chu Yang followed him in and looked at Shen Yuan lying on the lounge chair, his forehead covered in black lines. "Can't you get some exercise?"
Shen Yuan shrugged. "Exercise?"
"Yang Zi, putting aside my current cultivation level for a moment, even if I were an ordinary person..."
"I still wouldn't exercise."
Shen Yuan looked into the distance. "The so-called strengthening of the body is all nonsense."
Chu Yang looked bewildered. "What!?"
"For example, if you run ten kilometers, you can increase your lifespan by thirty minutes."
Shen Yuan asked, "Right?"
"Right!" Chu Yang nodded. "To strengthen the body."
Shen Yuan took off his bathrobe and started putting on clothes. "But... to run those ten kilometers, you spent eighty minutes!"
Chu Yang: ( ̄▽ ̄)
"You have to realize, what you're adding is thirty minutes for when you're old."
"But what you're spending now is eighty minutes of your youth."
"By the same logic, staying up late might shorten your lifespan."
"But in fact, while you're staying up late, you've already enjoyed more time than those who don't."
Shen Yuan put on his shirt. "Turn around, I need to put on my pants."
Chu Yang turned around in a daze.
It seemed to make sense.
"Uh, we're both men, are you afraid I'll peek?"
Chu Yang turned back around.
Shen Yuan glanced sideways. "I'm afraid you'll feel inferior."
"In summary..."
Shen Yuan finished dressing and said, "You're just trading the time you'd spend lying around in a daze when you're old for time to be young and happy now."
"Thinking about it this way, doesn't it feel like a better deal?"
"That's just life!"
"If you're going to spend your old age counting days on a hospital bed, you might as well enjoy yourself vigorously while you can."
"After all, youth is something that disappears if you try to save it too much."
Shen Yuan snapped his fingers. "Is my logic sound?"
Chu Yang nodded blankly. "Perfectly sound!"
You're right, why hasn't anyone noticed that?
Young people nowadays clamor about fitness and getting rid of sub-health.
But in reality... aren't they just wasting their youth?
"Let's go home!"
Shen Yuan walked out. "Are you going to get beaten up, or are you going to beat people up?"
"I'm going to refine a few rings first," Chu Yang said.
"Yang Zi, I have to say a few words to you about this."
Shen Yuan shook his head gently. "The same thing, phrased differently, immediately sounds high-class."
"How can you say you're going to refine a ring?"
"Who knows what kind of ring you're refining?"
"You have to say it like this..."
"I shall first condense the Spatial Ring Cores and forge Storage Artifacts!"
Shen Yuan smiled slightly.
Chu Yang: "..."
Hearing it like that, it indeed sounded high-class.
But...
When did you become so artsy?
"There are other phrases, for example..."
"'No savings and achieving nothing' can be changed to... 'Not being held hostage by money is the mark of a spiritual aristocrat!'"
"'Having few friends and poor social skills'... can be said as, 'Rejecting useless socializing, I am clear-headed and self-disciplined!'"
"'Staying silent in an argument and being a coward'... can be said as, 'Disdaining to argue, high-end forbearance is the ultimate mindset!'"
"'Sleeping in every day and being a lazy bum'... can be said as, 'Gathering strength for dreams, I am a health expert!'"
Shen Yuan laughed until he was doubled over.
Chu Yang: "..."
He reached out and felt Shen Yuan's forehead.
"What are you doing?"
Shen Yuan brushed Chu Yang's hand away. "Don't touch me like that."
"Old Shen, this artsy vibe of yours is actually quite nice!"
"Stop being a goofball and acting funny from now on!"
"Just keep up this artsy persona."
Chu Yang laughed happily.
"Get lost!"
Shen Yuan rolled his eyes. "One can be artsy occasionally, but one must be a goofball!"
"Being artsy is the dignity you show to others."
"Being a goofball is the salvation you give to yourself."
"Being artsy requires posing, restraint, deep emotion, and dignity. One slip and you're emo, exhausted, or stuck in a dead end."
"But a goofball doesn't need that."
"Being a goofball is letting go of your ego, letting yourself off the hook. No matter how ridiculous the world is, I'll have a laugh first."
"Artsy makes people feel that the world is bitter and life is hard to understand."
"Goofball makes people feel, 'None of my business, laugh first.'"
"Artsy is being secretly sad late at night; goofball is treating sadness as a joke."
"A person can lack an artsy side, but they must be a goofball."
"Because life is already a big enough pit. If you aren't a bit funny, you really won't be able to handle it."
Shen Yuan yawned.
Chu Yang: "..."
Don't you feel any guilt saying those things?
Life might be a pit for others, but for you...
Seeing the look in Chu Yang's eyes, Shen Yuan smiled and patted his shoulder. "Yang Zi, everyone has their own crosses to bear."
Shen Yuan walked straight out.
Chu Yang: "????"
You have secrets in your heart?
If you have secrets, say them!
If there's something making you unhappy, say it and make me happy!
Chu Yang also walked out, chuckling.
The two did not go their separate ways.
Because... under the effect of the Spirit Gathering Array Disk, Chu Yang really couldn't think of any place better than the Shen Family villa for refining Spatial Rings.
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!"
After getting out of the car, Chu Yang looked at the villa. "To think this villa was once so ordinary, and now it's brimming with spiritual energy."
"Are you sick?"
Shen Yuan rolled his eyes. "You're not that guy. Besides, it's only been a month at most since you renovated the villa!"
Chu Yang: "..."
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river..."
Shen Yuan's mouth curled. "You don't understand at all."
"Thirty years ago, people were fined for having kids, so they gave birth in secret!"
"Thirty years later, there are rewards for having kids, but no one wants to!"
"Thirty years ago, getting into college could change your fate!"
"Thirty years later, college graduates still end up delivering food!"
"Thirty years ago, if someone had a TV, the whole village would gather to watch!"
"Thirty years later, every house has a TV, but it's just a decoration!"
"Thirty years ago, people couldn't afford meat and feared being thin!"
"Thirty years later, people don't dare eat too much meat for fear of being fat!"
"That is what thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river means."
Shen Yuan sighed with emotion.
Chu Yang: "????"
Whatever, go be a goofball on your own. I'm going to refine a ring.
With a whoosh, Chu Yang vanished.
Shen Yuan: "..."
Is saying one more word to me now considered redundant?
Shen Yuan entered the living room unconcernedly and lay down.
A while later...
Ye Han suddenly walked in, looking dejected.
"Hey, Han Zi, weren't you going to find your senior sister?"
"Why are you back?"
"Why the long face?"
"If there's something making you unhappy, say it and make me happy!"
Eating potato chips, Shen Yuan beckoned to Ye Han.
Ye Han: (ノ ̄▽ ̄)
"I went to find my senior sister..."
"...and then I was kicked out!"
Ye Han scratched his head.
Shen Yuan: "Pfft~~~"
He sprayed out the Happy Water he had just taken a sip of.
"What!?"
"The Divine Doctor went to find his senior sister and got kicked out?"
Shen Yuan: ヽ (∀゚) people (゚∀゚) people ( ゚∀)ノ!
"Hahaha, let me laugh for a bit!"
"Han Zi, if I say I'm not laughing at you, would you believe me?"