Life is always full of the bizarre and the challenging,
For instance, on the elevator ride home, encountering a dead body standing and smiling. Though she was beautiful, there was no stench of decay.
The elevator arrived,
He Li pressed the button for the first floor again.
Soon,
The elevator reached the first floor,
Ding!
The elevator doors opened, revealing the Zhang father and son standing outside. The two, one tall and one small, were curiously observing He Li and the smiling woman beside him.
"Brother Zhang, do you want to go to the police station?" He Li asked.
Zhang Fucheng was a bit perplexed but still shook his head. The police station was a place best avoided if possible, regardless of the reason.
Nothing more, the divine power was too strong!
"Alright," He Li nodded, then added, "Then you two move aside."
The Zhang father and son exchanged a glance and, with unspoken agreement, stepped aside to the left and right.
He Li took a step back, positioning himself behind the woman,
Then,
He lifted his leg,
Bang!
He kicked the deceased woman out of the elevator,
And then,
Cupping his hands into a small megaphone around his mouth, he shouted, "There's a dead person! There's a dead person! What a disgrace!"
After shouting three times, he waved at the bewildered and stunned Zhang father and son,
"Get in the elevator, let's go home!"
"Ah?? Oh, oh... but..." Zhang Fucheng looked at He Li, then at the woman lying on the ground, his expression conflicted.
"No 'buts,' come on up."
He Li reached out, grabbed the Zhang father and son by the arms, and directly pulled them into the elevator. The doors closed, and it ascended.
Inside the elevator, Zhang Fucheng tightly gripped his son's hand, head bowed, not daring to look at He Li.
He Li pondered for a moment, then sighed softly, "Brother Zhang, you two go home, cook some noodles, eat them, close your eyes, and pretend it's just a peaceful time. Don't inquire too much about things in society."
"Understood," Zhang Fucheng replied dully.
He Li's gaze shifted down, his eyes like dead fish, looking at Zhang Boyu.
Zhang Boyu swallowed hard, nervously saying, "Understood, I won't write about it in my essays either."
Even with his mature thinking, Zhang Boyu was now afraid of He Li. He sought out girls but didn't pay, and even hit people. A free-loader was too terrifying!
Back home, as soon as He Li sat on the sofa, Xiao Yue appeared, laughing heartily at He Li and pointing, "I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person."
He Li gave Xiao Yue a sidelong glance, speechless, "Don't tell me you can't feel it? The demonic energy emanating from that woman's corpse is suffocating."
Xiao Yue covered his face, unable to suppress his laughter. After a long while, he took a deep breath and shook his head, "You just left that dead body there like that?"
He Li looked at Xiao Yue in confusion and retorted, "What else? Carry her home while she's still warm?"
Xiao Yue waved his hand, speechless, "I mean, you just left a corpse full of demonic energy in the hallway?"
"This is what I call self-defense."
"Besides, someone has already taken it away, haven't they?" He Li stood up and walked to the window, looking down.
He saw a short man carrying the woman's corpse, running quickly. In the residential complex, his figure flashed a few times, and he vanished.
He Li pushed open the window, and a blue lightning bolt shot out. It was Little Blue.
"Are you sure your dog butler can track them?" Xiao Yue leaned on the windowsill, watching Little Blue land steadily on a treetop, then fly away.
He Li nodded and said, "In my opinion, Little Blue's nose is much more useful than any demonic energy detection device."
After saying that,
He Li began to undress, walked into the bathroom, took a shower, changed into casual clothes, sat on the sofa, and pulled open a drawer under the coffee table.
Inside the drawer was an unassembled shotgun and some other parts.
Just then, Jin Fang appeared, sitting opposite Xiao Yue, both watching He Li leisurely assemble the shotgun.
As He Li assembled the shotgun, he said, "I really like the shotguns modified by the Spiritual Management Association. Not only are they powerful, but they can also be equipped with grenade launchers that can fire grenades the size of a small fist."
Jin Fang looked at the fist-sized grenades on the table and said, "For these grenades, don't use them with spiritual power. It's best to combine them with my Direct Kill, Li Qin's Gravity, or Xiao Xi's Decomposition. With these three abilities attached, the power is devastating."
Xiao Yue blinked and asked, "My telekinesis isn't suitable?"
Jin Fang, for the first time, didn't bicker with Xiao Yue. Perhaps it was due to He Li's serious demeanor, showing some discretion. He said, "Your telekinesis isn't suitable. Although it's frustrating, your ability among the seven of us is on par with Uncle Li's Gravity, ranking behind He Jun and Xiao Xi.
Telekinesis, if used for object manipulation, defense, and offense, is too wasteful.
Don't guide He Li in this direction. Our abilities, whether for offense or defense, are sufficient.
Your telekinesis has a grander direction for development."
Xiao Yue smiled. He was pleased with Jin Fang today. As two people who usually clashed, hearing the other acknowledge him was the happiest thing. If there were a few more compliments, it would be like celebrating the New Year.
Just then,
There was a knock on the door.
He Li looked up at the door, picked up two cushions to cover the shotgun on the coffee table, then stood up and opened the door.
"Brother Zhang? What's up?"
Zhang Fucheng stood outside the door, holding up a plastic bag containing three bottles of ice-cold cola. He smiled and said, "Come over for dumplings. I just made them, pork and scallion. You can't drink, so I bought ice-cold cola. Come and eat."
He Li hesitated for a moment, "Okay."
He Li closed the door and followed Zhang Fucheng upstairs.
Pushing the door open,
Zhang Boyu stood in the kitchen, scooping dumplings. He turned and smiled at He Li, "Brother Li is here."
He Li nodded at Zhang Boyu as a greeting, then walked directly to the dining table and sat down. He took out a bottle of ice-cold cola from the plastic bag, opened it, and took a sip. Then, after a slight pause, he let out a comfortable burp.
The dumplings were served, along with vinegar, minced garlic, garlic cloves, soy sauce, and chili oil, all prepared.
"Try them, the dumplings I made," Zhang Fucheng handed He Li chopsticks, saying with a smile.
Zhang Boyu had already started eating. The dumplings were a bit hot, and he ate them with a hissing sound.
He Li ate a dumpling, blinked, and praised, "Delicious!"
Zhang Fucheng grinned and began to explain how he mixed the filling.
"First, I mix the minced meat, then sprinkle the chopped scallions on top of the minced meat, without mixing them in. This way, you can taste both the aroma of the scallions and the meat.
If you mix the chopped scallions into the minced meat, the scallions in the cooked dumplings will smell bad and have an off-flavor, making them not tasty."
He Li nodded and said, "There's so much to consider, isn't there?"
"Of course. Otherwise, do you think the dumplings at dumpling restaurants or buns at bun shops are so delicious? Besides the seasonings, it's the order of ingredients and the combination methods. Only by finding the essence of the ingredients can you create good flavors."
Zhang Fucheng said to He Li, "In the future, you can teach your wife the secret to my dumpling filling, and she can also make delicious pork and scallion dumplings."
"Mm," He Li nodded while eating dumplings.
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