Therefore, we must act according to Zhou Xiaoqi's advice. Even if we can only become ordinary friends, at least we will have met and deepened our connection.
"Xiao Lin, let me tell you, many things in this world are first come, first served. If you see an opportunity, you have to seize it quickly, or you'll regret it later." Zhou Xiaoqi was very happy to see that his lecture had worked, and thought to himself that he had done right by treating everyone to a meal.
Lin Yao nodded and continued eating, wondering what excuse he could use to get Duan Qing and Long Yihun's phone numbers, and whether they would laugh at him.
"Seventh Sister's birthday is in half a month. You absolutely must bring one of your younger sisters to the party, otherwise it will be disrespectful to Seventh Sister!" Zhou Xiaoqi issued an ultimatum, a sly glint in her eyes, but Lin Yao, who was deep in thought, did not notice it.
"Oh." Lin Yao replied steadily, thinking to himself, what could possibly happen in half a month? This isn't a one-night stand; people need time to get to know each other. Getting the girl to accompany him to his friend's birthday party means he's already succeeded.
Do I really have that ability? To win over a girl in just half a month?
Lin Yao was feeling a bit insecure. Glancing at Zhou Xiaoqi's expression, he simply changed the subject, "By the way, Sister Qi, your birthday is your 30th this month. It's going to be a big celebration, right? What are the customs for birthday celebrations in Beijing?"
"It's just me, nothing fancy, just a few good friends having dinner and drinks, then playing cards or singing karaoke. The women might even go shopping together. The men aren't allowed to go out alone, at least not my husband."
"Young man? Didn't you say you were thirty last time?" Lin Yao was a little confused, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized he hadn't misremembered.
"Of course she's thirty. She's not thirty-one yet; she'll be thirty-one in half a month." Zhou Xiaoqi's attitude became somewhat stern. A woman's age is **, and this guy remembers it so clearly, yet he's so confused about other things.
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As soon as Lin Yao arrived at work in the afternoon, he tidied up his desk and tied several bouquets of flowers with a rope to make them easier to carry. There were bouquets and flower baskets here, and it would be really difficult to carry them with both hands without the rope.
Everyone stared blankly as Lin Yao left the office. They knew he had skipped work again and wouldn't be coming back. Some were envious, some were jealous. Only Chen Zhili and Ming Xinyue remained unmoved, glancing at Lin Yao before continuing with their work.
The Alto isn't very fast, but it's enough for Beijing. Anyway, Lin Yao doesn't plan to take it on the highway; it'll be fine for everyday use.
It wasn't rush hour, so the roads in Beijing were relatively clear. Lin Yao drove his Alto to his residence, the villa that Yi Fei had taken him to last time, with almost no traffic jams.
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In early spring, the temperature in Beijing is quite low, and the bleakness has not yet dissipated. The ginkgo trees and other ornamental trees along the roads are still bare, without even a single bud.
The Yi family's villa has some pine and cypress trees planted, so it still maintains a dark green base color, but it lacks the cooperation of deciduous plants and can no longer block out the blue sky.
After some environmental protection efforts, the sky over Beijing can now often be seen to be azure. However, Lin Yao doesn't particularly like this azure because it's not pure, unlike the clear blue sea and sky in some travel advertisements, which immediately pique people's interest.
The villa, which had no name, was named "City Forest" by Lin Yao. He considered himself a cultured person for once, even though the name was so tacky that Yi Guoguo inwardly scoffed when she heard it, Lin Yao still enjoyed it.
Most of the time, Lin Yao treated himself as an ordinary person and lived an ordinary life.
Reading all sorts of modern novels, essays, prose, and miscellaneous notes of various genres, even those whose genres are hard to name, the name "Urban Forest" came about. Lin Yao couldn't remember where the inspiration came from, but anyway, the name was vulgar, extremely vulgar, so Lin Yao used it, which could be seen as representing a desire to return to the ordinary.
The only thing Lin Yao didn't read, or rather, couldn't bear to read, was poetry.
Feigning illness, wild imagination, sensationalism, extreme narcissism... and so on. Lin Yao used all sorts of negative adjectives to describe those modern poems that were more structurally chaotic and gave people headaches.
In the end, he had no choice but to admit that he was not ordinary enough and simply could not stand reading this kind of "literary" work that also had a wide audience.
Chatting with male and female fans of BL (Boys' Love) online was also a novel experience for Lin Yao. The men and women who were younger than him or about the same age as him really broadened Lin Yao's horizons. He often sighed that there are all kinds of people in the world, and that all sorts of people can appear. This made the other staff members laugh at him.
Of course, most of these actions by ordinary people occur during working hours, or when they leave the "urban jungle." After returning home, Lin Yao becomes a completely different person.
Besides Lin Yao, there are two other people living in the "urban forest". One is Yi An, whom the Grand Elder Yi Potian insisted on arranging for, because in case the Master goes into seclusion temporarily, there will be a lack of protective forces.
Another one is Yi Guoguo, a woman with an incredibly fit body. Living with Lin Yao, a virgin who is becoming more and more mature and normal both physically and mentally, is truly a bittersweet experience.
Yi Guoguo is a genius. Not only does she have extremely high talent for cultivation, but she is also very knowledgeable in foreign languages and other fields. It is worth mentioning that Yi Guoguo also has excellent cooking skills. The food she makes is always devoured by Lin Yao in no time.
Fortunately, Lin Yao doesn't have to worry about gaining weight and ruining his figure; otherwise, he might have been conflicted about that as well.
In terms of foreign languages, Yi Guoguo is proficient in two: English and Japanese. According to Yi Guoguo herself, she speaks English to avoid being fooled and Japanese to make it easier to kill. Lin Yao never expected that this cool and quiet girl was also a radical. He felt that he had found a kindred spirit, so he was even more generous with the "candy" he gave Yi Guoguo.
"Candy" was a name Lin Yao jokingly used one day after he entered the mortal world. In reality, it was a medicinal pill.
After arriving in Beijing, whether it was due to the change in mindset brought about by worldly cultivation or because Beijing itself is a place of fire, the pseudo-elixir fire in Lin Yao's body was nurtured very smoothly, allowing him to refine elixirs very frequently.
Lin Yao's medical true qi remained at the ninth level of the qi realm. He had nothing to say about this. He had brought trouble upon himself, so he had no choice but to continue his cultivation.
Lin Yao managed to create super versions of super "Life-Giving Pills", super "Dragon-Tiger Pills", super "Heavenly Fragrance Bone-Continuing Pills", super "Heaven-Mending Pills", and even "Bigu Pills". Of course, the super "Bigu Pills" cannot be strictly classified as super because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth contained in them is too thin, so thin that Xiao Cao felt it was a waste of medical true energy and pseudo-elixir fire.
Because the raw materials for the "Bigu Pill" are grains, it was really difficult to use powerful alchemy techniques. In the end, Lin Yao assisted with a large amount of kudzu root, which barely allowed the "Bigu Pill" to be refined using advanced techniques, preventing the grains from being burned to ashes.
After Xiaocao advanced, her abilities improved again. She completely controlled the fragrance of the pills that escaped during alchemy and finally injected it into the plant gelatin extracted from cactus and aloe vera, creating a new type of condiment.
Of course, Lin Yao would never sell this kind of seasoning; that would be far too cheap.
For the sake of life, Lin Yao refined a large quantity of wild snow lotus flowers for the grass to "enjoy".
However, the little grass does not have an urgent need for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at this stage, so her leaves are covered with various pills, including several hundred super "Snow Soul Pills" named by Lin Yao.
The by-product residue could be used to produce 200,000 pills of "Life Movement No. 1," all locked in a safe at the Minhong Pharmaceutical Factory. When needed, they would be processed into pills by adding auxiliary materials to the equipment. It was incredibly convenient.