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Chapter 237 - 237 233 Thoughts


237: Chapter 233: Thoughts 237: Chapter 233: Thoughts Her lips pouted enough to hang an oil bottle, Yang Xi wore an unhappy expression, and huffed lightly.


“I’m talking about Zhong Fang, the one who went with me to Boyue Convention and Exhibition Center that day, one of the other two girls working part-time!”


“What, have you become forgetful because you’re too important?”


“How long has it passed, and you don’t even remember who Zhong Fang is?”


Despite her dissatisfaction, she still patiently explained to Chen Hai.


“Zhong Fang?


One of those two girls…”


After pondering for a moment, Chen Hai finally remembered which girl she was.


Wasn’t that Zhong Fang the one who claimed that her foot injury required Dong Dahai to take her home that day?


“Dong Dahai, you seem to have a good relationship with him!”


“The Zhong Fang I’m talking about is very close to Dong Dahai.


Ever since they met, Zhong Fang has often stayed out all night.”


“Nowadays, she’s always distracted.


We ask her what happened, and she won’t say anything, just sighing sadly.”


“Her transformation into this state must have something to do with that Dong person.”


“Honestly, if you hadn’t invited us to dinner that day, Chen Hai, she wouldn’t have met that Dong person.”


“To put it strictly, you are also one of the culprits for how Zhong Fang ended up!”


Staring at Chen Hai, Yang Xi didn’t wait for him to respond and started to complain.


“Look here, Yang Xi, how can this possibly be blamed on me?”


“Heaven wants rain to fall, a woman wants to marry.


If Zhong Fang thought she met a wealthy man, knowingly that Brother Dong was married, yet she still threw herself at him, that’s her own issue, what does it have to do with me?”


“Even if something bad really happened to her, it’s her own fault.


It’s nobody else’s fault.”


“After that time at Boyue Convention and Exhibition Center, I haven’t even seen Brother Dong again!”


“His and Zhong Fang’s affair is their private matter, I can’t manage it, nor do I want to!”


“Fine, I have other things to handle, let’s meet another day!”


Originally in a slightly bad mood, Chen Hai was suddenly stopped by Yang Xi, who inexplicably asked him about Zhong Fang, making him clearly even more depressed.


Even honest officials find it hard to resolve domestic disputes, and although he was still on good terms with Dong Dahai,


he didn’t feel he had the right to intervene in their household affairs.


He made up an excuse, brushed Yang Xi off with a few words, and without looking back, Chen Hai left hastily, leaving Yang Xi behind with a sullen face as he quickly disappeared from sight.



In the room specially arranged for cultivation at West Mountain Villa, situated at the farthest end,


he was observing his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, sitting cross-legged.


Driving his Cherokee back to his villa, Chen Hai didn’t delay at all and directly went here to begin his cultivation.


Entering the Object Controlling Realm within a year was merely his intuition.


But for cultivators, reaching a certain realm and experiencing certain things, one could preemptively sense changes like an autumn breeze that stirs before a cicada senses it.


The sudden intuition meant that Chen Hai was not far from breaking through his current realm and truly entering the Object Controlling Realm.


Now, he devoted every day to diligent practice, spending as much time as possible on cultivation.


He was eager to step into the Object Controlling Realm sooner to see for himself what it was like to reach that level.


“Chen Hai, Chen Hai, are you home…”


Around five in the afternoon, Ye Qingqing’s calling voice brought him out of his meditation.


“Over here, Qingqing!” After moving his limbs, Chen Hai stood up and shouted towards the outside of his room.


When he reached the door of the cultivation room and opened it, Ye Qingqing, having heard his shout, had also arrived.


“Practicing cultivation again?”


“Yes.”


“Our school is going on break tomorrow.


We agreed to go back to your hometown, Liuyuan County, to visit your uncle and aunt.


When do you plan to leave?”


Ye Qingqing’s face turned slightly red as she asked Chen Hai this question.


Even an ugly daughter-in-law needs to meet her in-laws someday, and Ye Qingqing was not only not ugly but also very beautiful.


But the thought of visiting Chen Hai’s parents in Liuyuan County still made her shy and a little embarrassed.


“You have a break tomorrow?


Then let’s go back tomorrow!” Chen Hai nodded and responded.


Although he was facing the possibility of re-examinations due to failing grades here, he had already become indifferent to those matters.


In his heart, he was even starting to think about dropping out.


In this era, becoming a college student was indeed very honorable.


But Chen Hai attending this university was merely for the sake of having a title, which itself was somewhat dubious.


In school, out of ten classes, he was absent from at least eight—there was simply no talk of learning anything.


Spending a few years to get a diploma might be very important for ordinary people, but Chen Hai felt that he didn’t need it to prove his abilities!


His parents already had houses and shops bought for them; whether he attended university or not, he had enough ability to ensure their well-being for the latter half of their lives.


Now, his mind was all on cultivation; he was determined to break through his current realm and enter the Object Controlling Realm.


Continue with school?


For him, it wasn’t just unhelpful, but was actually a burden, becoming his mental block!


When he was out and about, those who knew even a little about him would respectfully call him Master Chen when in front of him.


But back at school, a departmental advisor would scold him as if he were scolding a grandson!


This stark contrast made him feel extremely depressed.


On the way back from school, he thought it over for a long time, and the idea of dropping out grew more and more intense in his mind.


“Will we go back tomorrow?


I need to stop by the school in the morning, so let’s book plane tickets for the afternoon for the two of us!”


Ye Qingqing nodded; her expression seemed a bit complex at the moment, both nervous and somewhat excited.


“Uh-huh!” Chen Hai responded.


He took Ye Qingqing’s hand and strolled through the yard of his home, finally sitting down together in the small pavilion in the courtyard.


“Qingqing, what do you think if I drop out?” After being affectionate with his girlfriend for a while, Chen Hai spoke up, tentatively asking.


“You just started university, why are you suddenly talking about dropping out?” Ye Qingqing was clearly stunned, and didn’t react immediately.


“You know, I am a Tao Cultivator; my mind is mostly on cultivation.”


“Whether or not I finish university doesn’t really matter to me.”


“I’m enrolled in the Astronomy Department, and those professors tell us what planets are, what stars are, how nebulas are formed…”


“The things they teach, I actually have a lot of resistance to them, after all, they stand in opposition to my beliefs.”


“In my eyes, the sun, the moon, and the stars all possess mystical powers, and if handled correctly, their power can be harnessed for oneself.”


“If my beliefs are overturned and I really come to believe that the sun and the stars are merely aggregates of inorganic or organic material, it will greatly disrupt my cultivation.”


“At that time, I might not be able to cultivate any Taoist Skills related to the sun, moon, and stars…”


Sighing, Chen Hai expressed his sentiments.


Since ancient times, the belief in ghosts and gods has been a case of ‘if you believe, they exist; if you don’t, they do not.’


Are all cultivators bad at academics?


It’s uncertain, but at least in their hearts, they definitely acknowledge the existence of ghosts and gods in the world!


Strictly speaking, science and theology are two opposing systems.


Being well-versed in science and then learning theology is not to say impossible, but at least, truly cultivating some abilities will definitely be exceedingly difficult.


In today’s social environment, those scholarly scientists, it’s basically unheard of for any of them to understand spells!


Conversely, those illiterate witches and mages among the common folk who do possess genuine abilities are actually quite numerous.


The reason for this is simple; it all lies in a matter of belief.


“Ah!


There’s such a saying…”


“Uh-huh!”


“Well, Chen Hai, you really need to think it over well, dropping out is no big deal, what I like is you as a person, whether or not you have that diploma isn’t important to me!”


“Qingqing, you’re really wonderful.


Whether I drop out or not will finally be decided when the new school year starts; right now, it is just a thought.”


Pulling his girlfriend onto his lap, Chen Hai bent his head down and kissed her directly.


“How annoying, Chen Hai, we are in the yard; if we’re not careful, the neighbors might see us!”


Being a girl, Qingqing was inherently a bit shy; she initially cooperated when Chen Hai kissed her.


But after the kiss, she suddenly remembered that the scene in the courtyard might accidentally be witnessed by the neighbors, and she immediately blushed and felt extremely embarrassed.


Pushing Chen Hai away, she stood up and walked outside the courtyard.


With her large eyes scanning around multiple times and taking several deep breaths, the flush on her face gradually faded.


“Qingqing, you mean if no one can see us, I can freely kiss you, right?”


With a chuckle, Chen Hai also stood up, teasing his girlfriend.


“Not at all!


If you have the skills, catch up to me, then I’ll let you kiss me!”


Seeing Chen Hai about to walk toward her, Ye Qingqing made a face at him, then took off running.


“Little girl, you think you can escape from your Brother Hai’s palm?”


“Don’t let me catch you, otherwise, I’ll carry you back to be the lady of the fortress!” Deliberately cackling a few times, Chen Hai made a move to pounce toward her.


The two of them frolicked in the small garden for about fifteen minutes.


Eventually, it was Chen Hai who had the upper hand; he caught Ye Qingqing, then hoisted her onto his shoulder and headed towards the bedroom inside.