34: Chapter 34 Chef Ruzilai, Club Issues

It was noon the next day.

Li Fan slept in until he woke up naturally.

Yesterday, he took Gu Ling to watch a movie late at night, then they went out for some grilled skewers and had a little wine.

After sending Gu Ling back to her dormitory and returning to the villa by himself, it was already past two in the morning.

At that hour, Li Fan wasn't in the mood to train, so he just fell asleep.

Unexpectedly, he slept all the way until midday.

"So comfortable!"

Li Fan stretched lazily, letting out a languid sound.

He opened his phone.

Li Fan was instantly jolted awake.

Besides Gu Ling's morning greeting,

he actually had a huge pile of messages from people, and even over twenty missed calls.

Most of these were from his former high school classmates, relatives, his high school homeroom teacher, and school leaders.

Besides those, there were also thirty to forty friend request notifications, all of which were from news media outlets.

Seeing this situation,

Li Fan immediately understood.

It seemed the news of his admission to North Emperor University had already gotten out.

Li Fan briefly replied to a few teachers and leaders who had been relatively kind to him, then ignored the rest.

After he awakened his D-rank Talent, he had seen through quite a few people.

Among those who messaged him, quite a few were people who had mocked him before.

Now these people were coming around to get close, so Li Fan naturally wouldn't pay them any mind; he even deleted them directly.

As for the news media,

he didn't want to be too conspicuous right now or participate in any interviews.

He just wanted to quietly improve his strength at Beidi and then enjoy a sweet romance.

When he finally became completely invincible,

then he would go experience all the wonders of this world.

By then, he would be the Ancestor, and who would need an interview? The whole world would know his name by then! ... Ahem, I've gotten sidetracked!

...

Putting down his phone,

Li Fan sprang up with a powerful flip and started washing up.

His plan for the day was simple.

During the day, he would stay in the villa to train and boost his stats.

Although he was strong now, he wasn't strong enough; the journey ahead was still long.

In the evening, he would call Gu Ling and go together to attend Di Yun's banquet.

As far as he knew,

this banquet had invited students from several famous universities nearby, including some from Azure Vault University, in addition to the students from North Emperor University.

Although the banquet's standard wasn't top-tier, it was certainly presentable.

Basically, every invited student either had potential or came from a powerful family.

Strolling around there, he could establish some connections, no matter how minor.

Of course,

Li Fan's goal wasn't focused on building connections.

If someone showed him goodwill, he wouldn't easily refuse, but if they expected him to proactively seek out someone to show favor to, then sorry, he didn't have the energy for that.

The main reason Li Fan agreed to go was actually for the food.

At a banquet of this caliber, the quality of the beast meat ingredients served certainly wouldn't be poor.

Although he had accumulated quite a bit now, one couldn't just sit around eating away their savings. He definitely couldn't pass up a chance to eat for free.

As he was thinking, Li Fan's stomach suddenly rumbled.

Now that his body was better, he got hungry really fast.

Just as he was preparing to take out some beast meat from his space ring to process, a tempting aroma drifted into his nostrils.

Following the source, he saw it was coming from Lu Qilai's small courtyard next door.

Thinking of Lu Qilai's talent ability, Li Fan immediately conceived the idea of freeloading a meal.

He acted immediately.

With a big stride, Li Fan zipped over to the entrance of Lu Qilai's small courtyard.

Looking up, Lu Qilai was indeed in the courtyard.

And Ma Xiu and Ning Zhenzhen were also there.

Their expressions were identical: both were staring at the delicacies in Lu Qilai's pot, drooling, almost letting their saliva drip out.

"Brother Li Fan has arrived?!"

"I saw you weren't awake just now, so I didn't disturb you. I was planning to call you after the food was ready, but I didn't expect you to come over yourself."

"Come in quickly. There are drinks and tea on the table."

Lu Qilai noticed Li Fan at the door and immediately greeted him with a smile, inviting him in.

Li Fan scratched his head and didn't stand on ceremony, walking straight in.

Not long after, Li Fan's expression gradually became the same as Ma Xiu's and Ning Zhenzhen's.

Don't let Lu Qilai's large and rugged appearance fool you.

When he cooked, he was meticulous in every detail, and his demeanor became quite elegant, appearing rather charming.

Soon,

the table was laden with a mountain of delicious food.

The three who had been waiting were already too impatient and immediately began feasting heartily.

It had to be said, Lu Qilai was truly skilled at cooking!

Li Fan felt it was even better than what the chefs in those high-end restaurants made!

Moreover, thanks to Lu Qilai's talent ability, the more they ate, the more energetic they felt.

Watching the three eat happily, a smile of satisfaction couldn't help but appear on Lu Qilai's face.

He had helped his parents run their small restaurant since he was young.

His father would always be very happy whenever he saw guests eating with joy.

And he had inherited that trait now.

"How about this? Everyone can come here to eat from now on, and I'll be your chef!" Lu Qilai said with a smile at that moment.

Li Fan and the other two were stunned, then immediately smiled and said in unison, "Deal!"

Unknowingly,

the relationship among the four had gradually begun to deepen.

...

After eating their fill,

the four basked in the sun while starting a casual chat.

The main topic of conversation was about school matters.

Tomorrow was the official day of enrollment.

Their mentors would be announced then, and they could all check their courses on the official website.

"By the way, have you decided which club you want to join?" Ning Zhenzhen asked curiously at that moment.

Lu Qilai scratched his head and replied with a simple smile, "I'll probably look for a Life-type club. I'm not very good at fighting and killing."

Ma Xiu shook his head, "Haven't thought about it yet."

Regarding Ma Xiu's answer, the others couldn't help but nod in agreement.

If they were in Ma Xiu's shoes, it would indeed be hard to decide.

After all, Ma Xiu's Time Stop ability, for the time being, was somewhat lackluster.

If he followed people into a Secret Realm and used the Time Stop once or twice, it would be fine, but if he used it too many times and his stamina couldn't keep up, preventing him from using it again, he would completely become a burden.

Ma Xiu wasn't like Li Fan with his tough physique; he inherently lacked much combat power.

Therefore, most clubs might not necessarily recruit him.

"I haven't really thought about it either," Ning Zhenzhen also shook her head.

She did have combat power, but the prerequisite was needing water, lots of water.

"Li Fan, what about you?" Ning Zhenzhen looked at Li Fan.

Li Fan rubbed his nose and said, "I haven't thought about it either."

It wasn't because he had any flaws; in fact, if he chose a club, he would be fiercely sought after.

The reason he hadn't decided was that he didn't really want to join any clubs.

After all, his own strength was enough to tackle Secret Realms by himself; he didn't need to find teammates in a club at all.

If he did join a club, he would have to spend energy rejecting requests to team up, which would be quite troublesome.

After discussing clubs, the next topic naturally turned to the Freshman Cup.

This topic focused mainly on Li Fan, because Specially Recruited Students didn't need to participate in this competition.

Li Fan didn't really care much about it.

Although the competition sounded very competitive, gathering New Students from many famous universities,

in Li Fan's eyes, it posed no difficulty. If it weren't for the generous rewards, he wouldn't even want to participate.

After chatting for a while longer,

Li Fan left first to go back home and train.

After eating Lu Qilai's lunch,

he was full of energy.

It would be a waste not to use this energy for training.