Nie Yizhou shrunk his neck, looking pitiful.
"But it really hurts~"
"That big brother over there is hurt even worse than you, how come he didn't even make a sound?" Yun Xiaoxiao glanced at him disdainfully.
Nie Yizhou gritted his teeth, "You think everyone's like Chen? Chen isn't an ordinary person, how can I compare to him!
There are huge differences between people, we need to look at the same thing from a dialectical perspective, understand?"
"I don't understand, I'm only five years old, I've never been to school."
Nie Yizhou: ......
That makes so much sense!
He couldn't argue with that!
Indeed, what's the point of reasoning with a five-year-old kid.
But still...
"You can't hold me to the same standard as him, it really does hurt, what's wrong with me crying out a bit?"
"Nothing wrong, it just makes you look very girly."
Nie Yizhou: !!
Hmph!
To prove he wasn't girly, Nie Yizhou bit down on the gauze, clenched his fists, veins popping on his neck, desperately trying not to make a sound.
Yun Xiaoxiao pursed her lips.
"That's much better, makes you look very manly."
Nie Yizhou: ...As if I'd believe your nonsense!
Watching the two bicker, Lu Chen's brows twitched slightly.
After treating their wounds, Yun Xiaoxiao let them rest.
Lu Chen still lay on the same bed as before.
Nie Yizhou went to another empty room.
Seeing the two fall into deep sleep, Yun Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows, a string of flames burning in her eyes.
This time, she would definitely make the enemy pay the price they deserved!
However, the most urgent matter now was to let the two recover first.
Revenge could wait.
After glancing at the two, Yun Xiaoxiao went outside to patrol for a while, making sure there were no extra zombies nearby.
This place was at the foot of the mountain, a very ordinary detached brick house.
There were only two rooms inside, and one living room.
From the furnishings inside, it was clear that usually only an Old Lady lived here.
The small room where Nie Yizhou was staying did have a couple pieces of boys' clothing.
But the style of the clothes was very outdated, and from various details, it was obvious that room wasn't usually occupied.
Outside the main house was a side room, which was the kitchen, next to it was the bathroom, and next to that was the toilet.
Though small, the house had everything.
Some flowers were planted in the muddy courtyard, with some green onion seedlings planted along the edges.
But because no one had tended to them for a long time, many had withered.
At this moment, Yun Xiaoxiao happened to see the Old Lady zombie's corpse.
She dug some soil and buried it.
"I'm sorry, but we'll be borrowing your house for a while."
After burying the corpse, Yun Xiaoxiao entered her space.
Looking at the city walls in the empty area, she thought of her mission.
Never mind, she'd deal with that after this matter was over.
She slept for over eight hours in her space.
After waking up, she started exercising.
She exercised for two rounds, then soaked in the spirit spring water, and also took a stroll through Big White's vegetable garden and orchard.
When she went out, only about two hours had passed outside.
After accumulating experience over the past period, she could now enter her space for nearly three hours every day.
By now, it was already bright outside.
The sun had slowly risen high in the sky.
Yun Xiaoxiao had Big White prepare a lot of food, because she planned to have hot pot for lunch today.
But considering there were two injured people, she prepared a beef stew pot instead.
She took out an induction cooker and a small electric box, placed them on the table, plugged them in, and poured in the original soup.
These were all ready-made, ordered online and delivered earlier.
In her space, they maintained their original state, still piping hot when taken out.
She also laid out some side dishes Big White had prepared, like fatty beef rolls, fresh beef, tripe slices, beef balls, duck intestines, beef throat, luncheon meat, boneless chicken feet, pork belly, bamboo shoots, lotus root slices, kelp strips, potato slices, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, wide noodles, etc., all neatly arranged.
Finally, there were some condiments, like sesame oil, cilantro, minced garlic, chopped green onions, crushed peanuts, sesame seeds, Sichuan pepper sauce, salt, MSG, chicken powder, etc., also placed in order.
Both Lu Chen and Nie Yizhou were awakened by the fragrant aroma wafting from the soup pot.
"Wow, what's that smell? It's so fragrant! Am I dreaming or am I dreaming, why do I feel like I smell a familiar scent?"
Nie Yizhou swallowed and climbed out of bed.
After a nap, he felt much better.
He sniffed the air and followed the scent out of the room, coming to the living room.
Lu Chen also walked out behind him.
Ability users naturally had better physiques than ordinary people, and Yun Xiaoxiao had also used some spirit spring water when treating their wounds.
After resting for a while, both of them felt much better.
"Hot pot!"
Nie Yizhou's eyes widened dramatically.
"Am I seeing things? I actually see a hot pot, and it's steaming!"
Nie Yizhou swallowed again.
He looked at Yun Xiaoxiao in disbelief.
"Kid, don't tell me you prepared all this?"
"Who else?"
Yun Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him.
Nie Yizhou immediately sat down excitedly on a stool.
"Waaah, kid, you're simply my lucky charm!
From now on, don't even think about getting rid of me, wherever you go, I go!
Hot pot, I can actually eat hot pot after the apocalypse.
A few days ago, I wouldn't have dared to even imagine this!
Wow, there's even my favorite tender beef and beef throat!"
Nie Yizhou excitedly babbled on.
He probably didn't even know what he was saying himself.
He picked up his chopsticks and grabbed a piece of already cooked beef, putting it in his mouth.
"Hoooooot...hot hot hot!"
He yelled while chewing and desperately swallowing it down.
In this apocalyptic world, wasting food was a shameful act!
He didn't care how Yun Xiaoxiao managed to produce so much fresh and delicious food.
As long as there was food to eat, that was enough.
People shouldn't think too much.
Otherwise, they'll age quickly!
Although Lu Chen didn't say anything, Yun Xiaoxiao still noticed his Adam's apple bob inadvertently.
She pursed her lips, not pointing it out.
"Big brother, there are condiments over there, it'll taste even better if you add some."
She smiled sweetly.
Lu Chen, "Okay."
"I want some too, gotta have cilantro, my favorite!"
Seeing this, Nie Yizhou quickly took his bowl to add condiments.
"Kid, got any alcohol? It'd be great if there was alcohol, but it's okay if not, you might not have collected any... Holy crap! You actually do have some, kid, you're my goddess!"
Seeing the bottle of 1982 Lafite that suddenly appeared in Yun Xiaoxiao's hand, Nie Yizhou's eyes nearly popped out.
"Come on, kid, big brother's gotta give you a kiss today, from now on you're big brother's precious treasure!"
"Get lost!"
Kicked by Yun Xiaoxiao, Nie Yizhou just chuckled a couple times, not minding at all, and picked up the plate of tripe, dumping it all into the pot.
He then took the tender beef and poured it all in too.
"Ahh, this is what life should be like, eating big pieces of meat and drinking big gulps of wine!"
Nie Yizhou grinned, heartily devouring the food.
Although Lu Chen wasn't wolfing it down like him, he ate just as quickly.
In no time, everything on the table was cleaned out.
Yun Xiaoxiao applauded their fighting spirit.
She brought out many more dishes from her space.
She patted her chest magnanimously.
"Eat, eat to your heart's content!"
Just as she finished saying this, the courtyard gate suddenly opened from the outside, and a tall figure walked in...
