Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 204 - 196: Wild Picnic (Part 1)

Chapter 204: Chapter 196: Wild Picnic (Part 1)

Time flew by, and more than half a month had passed since Shitou returned to the research institute. During this time, Duan Muhong indeed did not come to bother her again. Lu Yun gradually returned to her solitary campus life.

That morning, after Lu Yun finished today’s last required class, she packed up her textbooks and prepared to leave.

With no classes in the afternoon, she was planning to go back and produce another batch of the premium ’Hua Yan’ essence.

Over the years, ’Hua Yan’ had been selling like hot cakes, and Lu Group had caught several spies and corporate thieves, both overtly and covertly, attempting to steal the ’Hua Yan’ formula. To achieve their goals, these people had resorted to every conceivable tactic, not only had Aiguo been seduced who-knows-how-many-times by "honey traps," but Xia Yuan had also encountered "beauty boy traps."

Unfortunately, none of them realized they were targeting the wrong thing; even if outsiders got their hands on the ’Hua Yan’ formula, it would be useless without knowing the extraction method.

To prevent the kind of accident that occurred in her past life, Lu Yun had shared the ’Hua Yan’ formula and extraction method early on with Aiguo, Xia Yuan, and Shitou.

The manufacturing of ’Hua Yan’ was not complicated. With the formula and method, an ordinary person could produce it after a few tries, but the effect would not be as good as those personally made by Lu Yun.

Therefore, over the years, the production of the premium ’Hua Yan’ essence had always been done by Lu Yun herself, which naturally made its price climb steadily. More importantly, it was limited in quantity, not sold to non-members, gone were the days when it was readily available upon its initial release.

This policy also led to the premium ’Hua Yan’ being extremely popular on the black market, where prices could be up to ten times higher than regular market prices, and often there would be no supply even with willing buyers.

Others might not know, but Aiguo, Xia Yuan, Lu Yun, and Shitou were well aware that most of the ’Hua Yan’ on the black market came from them.

"Wait a second, Lu Yun," said Wu Xiuyu, the life committee member, as she came over to stop Lu Yun.

"We have no classes this Saturday morning. The class committee has decided to organize a class activity to help everyone bond. We’re going to Fenghuang Ridge for an outing, and each person needs to contribute five yuan. If we’re short, it will come out of the class fund, and any extra will be added to it."

Seeing that Lu Yun seemed hesitant, knowing that she was always a loner and disliked such group activities, Wu Xiuyu emphasized, "There are thirty-five people in our class. So far, everyone who has been notified has agreed to participate. We’re a collective, and it’s good to take part in such activities."

"Alright, do I need to bring anything?" Lu Yun nonchalantly nodded. She had indeed missed quite a few group activities, so attending one occasionally didn’t matter.

"No need. Those pots, pans, and dishes are already arranged to be brought by some of our class officers and the guys. Just be at the main entrance of the school at seven in the morning. The father of our classmate Li Hounian is a travel agency manager, and he has kindly lent us a bus free of charge." Xiuyu was quite surprised she could persuade Lu Yun so easily, so she couldn’t help going on about it.

"Okay, I got it," Lu Yun said with a smile, handed over the money, and left. Xiuyu didn’t linger and continued to notify others.

On Saturday, the weather was clear, and Lu Yun arrived at the school gate ten minutes early, this time not empty-handed. Xu Liang drove her directly to the gate, and when they got out, Xu Liang carried down several boxes of neatly packed and washed vegetables, fruits, seafood, various meats, some precooked food, and cases of Jia Duo Bao.

All this because Aiguo and Xia Yuan were thrilled to see their darling daughter willing to participate in a group event, even more excited than if they were attending themselves. Even though Lu Yun stressed she needed to bring nothing, her parents still enthusiastically prepared all these items for her.

Lu Yun could only roll her eyes at her parents’ "excitement," knowing her asocial behavior had worried them, so she let them have their way in the end.

Xu Liang initially planned to park the car near Lu Yun’s apartment and then slowly carry the items over.

Lu Yun thought it unnecessary to go to such trouble. Although she usually kept a low profile and didn’t like to show off, that didn’t mean she had anything to hide, so she just let Xu Liang drive straight to the school gate.

Even though she was early, several of Lu Yun’s classmates had already arrived, especially the class officers, who were mostly there.

The tour bus hadn’t yet arrived, and the students who had arrived were chatting in a group, surrounded by various kitchen utensils in mesh bags and bags of food.

Everyone was curious when a car parked beside them, and they were surprised to see Lu Yun get out.

Then, they saw Xu Liang get out of the driver’s seat, open the trunk to reveal several boxes, and start carrying them out to where they were storing their supplies.

"Who is this, Lu Yun, and what are you doing?" Wu Xiuyu asked Lu Yun, puzzled, while everyone else looked over with curiosity.

"My uncle. These are some extra things my parents prepared for everyone for today’s outing," Lu Yun pointed to the boxes in the trunk.

"Wow, your parents are so sweet. Everyone, come and help," Xiuyu exclaimed in surprise, then called out cheerfully. At her signal, the other classmates who had already arrived also shouted in joy and rushed over, clumsily helping to unload the car, which was soon emptied.

The more talkative ones kept thanking Xu Liang, "Thank you, uncle." "Uncle, you’ve worked hard." "Let us do it, uncle."...

Xu Liang’s dark face began to blush with the attention, and he felt slightly awkward, but remembering Lu Yun’s previous advice not to reveal that he was just a driver, he just smiled and went along.

Seeing this, Lu Yun couldn’t help but snicker. Thankfully, once everything was moved, Xu Liang drove off as if he had been released from duty.

"Lu Yun, the car your uncle is driving is a Citroën ZX, right?" A male classmate squeezed over and asked enviously.

"Probably, I’m not interested in cars and haven’t paid attention," Lu Yun was not interested in talking about her family’s car with her classmate, especially a male one. If Shitou found out, he would be upset. Thinking of Shitou made Lu Yun feel sweet inside.

She realized that since they’d clarified their relationship, she thought of Shitou more and more frequently. It seemed like no matter what little things happened, she could connect them to Shitou.

Seeing Lu Yun’s lack of interest, the male classmate felt the conversation dull, spoke a few more words, and then turned to discuss cars with other students, launching into a lively discussion on the topic.