Once Cheng Zhi had caught her breath, Qi Yanche asked, "Was the journey relatively smooth?"

Having successfully secured supplies and found a pet, Cheng Zhi was in high spirits. Although exhausted, her eyes shone brightly. "Everything went very smoothly! We even managed to snag some really cool stuff! I'll show you when I have the chance!"

Looking at Cheng Zhi's beaming smile and rosy complexion, Qi Yanche seemed to feel her joy as well. "That's good. You've been busy all day. We'll cook dinner later, and you can come over to our place to eat."

Cheng Zhi gleaned important information from Qi Yanche's words.

Where did they eat in the past?

Cheng Zhi pointed to the clean and bright room with a puzzled look, "You've cleaned it all up, and you're not staying here anymore?"

Qi Yanche was about to speak when Shen Lingfeng, who appeared out of nowhere, interrupted him, "Cheng Zhi, don't worry, we have a place to stay, it's the building in front of yours. Although it's not as clean as yours, it's still a place to stay."

Hearing that they had a place to stay, Cheng Zhi felt relieved. However, she felt a little embarrassed when she thought about how they had prepared the house in advance and reserved a better room for the girls.

"I'm so sorry, we can clean the room ourselves. You can stay in this room." Cheng Zhi put down her water glass, wanting to politely decline the offer.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yanche returned the same words to her verbatim: "I've already set up the water and electricity on both sides, and we can clean up the house ourselves, so you can rest assured and stay here."

Since things had come to this point, Cheng Zhi couldn't refuse any longer.

Xiao Feiran walked over and put his arm around Cheng Zhi's shoulder. "Then we'll gladly accept your offer. Thank you!"

Still slumped on the sofa, Chen Siyu called out "thank you" from a distance, "Men, you guys go back and prepare the food first. We'll come over after we shower, and bring you some of the newly looted supplies!"

Hearing that the girl wanted to take a shower, they didn't feel comfortable staying any longer. The three of them and the dog then dragged the still withdrawn Lu Yuan back home.

After returning home, Lu Yuan remained slumped on the sofa, motionless.

The fries probably thought he was dead, so they went up to him and nudged him with their noses.

Seeing Lu Yuan's state, Qi Yanche picked up a nearby cushion and hit him with all his might, knocking Lu Yuan up.

Lu Yuan nearly vomited blood, clutching his chest in pain. "Big brother, you're trying to murder me!"

Now that he was up, Qi Yanche put the cushion away. "I already know about your low blood sugar. Lying down isn't the solution."

The memory of his near-death experience was brought up again, and Lu Yuan truly lost the will to live. He clutched his head and wailed, "Ahhh, stop talking, I've really embarrassed myself beyond belief."

"The tragedy has already happened, there's no use in howling here. You'd be better off thinking about how to salvage your image," Qi Yanche said, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, offering sound advice.

Hearing Qi Yanche say this, a glimmer of hope reappeared in Lu Yuan's eyes. He looked at Qi Yanche expectantly, hoping that he could say something useful.

After racking his brains for a long time, Qi Yanche still couldn't come up with a single solution. Finally, he poured Lu Yuan a glass of water and said, "Maybe if you cook the food better, your image will be restored?"

"..." Lu Yuan downed the water in one gulp and said fiercely, "Heh, don't force it if you can't think of one, quack!"

Meanwhile, Chen Yiyi, still oblivious to the situation, heard nothing in front of her, only a croak from behind, "Damn it, comrades, did you hear that? We have a toad in our house!"

Lu Yuan: "..." Why did God have to give him a bunch of stupid roommates to torment him? He was really exhausted.

So Lu Yuan channeled his grief and anger into strength and single-handedly prepared five dishes and a soup.

Meanwhile, the other three people were also busy cleaning the room thoroughly, and now it's basically as clean as the one next door.

This is a three-story villa, and they even cleaned two of them.

After cleaning, Shen Lingfeng was exhausted. "Now I understand why rich people's housekeepers are paid so much. Who would be willing to do it if they weren't paid well?"

Chen Yiyi echoed, "A new life goal has emerged: I will never buy a house larger than 70 square meters in the future."

After saying this, Chen Yi paused for a moment, then shook her head self-deprecatingly, "No, that's not something I need to consider right now. I should first think about whether I can afford to buy a house."

Amidst laughter and conversation, the girls knocked on their door.

They quickly wiped the sweat from their bodies and cheered to welcome the girls.

Everyone received something, and Cheng Zhi brought two bags of dog food for the fries.

Xiao Feiran brought over two fish from his spatial storage.

Zheng Wan packed a bag of red dates and brown sugar, clearly to replenish someone's blood and energy.

Huang Yiyi was more impressive; she brought a large item with her—an air cooler that could be used for both heating and cooling.

They unanimously decided to give the air conditioner fan to the boy, since they had been together for almost two months and they really couldn't bear to see him suddenly freeze to death.

Shen Lingfeng stared at the supplies in front of him, his eyes wide with shock. "Did you come in a truck? You can carry so much!"

Cheng Zhi chuckled awkwardly. They had much more space than a truck. "What's so strange about that? Girls are good at using space."

Chen Yiyi felt this deeply: "It's true. Before, when I was welcoming new students, I helped a junior sister carry a box. Wow, that box looked small, but it was filled with so many things. I almost couldn't lift it."

After putting away all the things they had brought, the group sat down to eat.

Zheng Wan was quite shocked when she saw the hot and sour shredded potatoes, sweet and sour pork ribs, mushroom stewed chicken, cold seaweed salad, scrambled eggs, and a pot of dried vegetable and pork rib soup in front of her.

"Wow, you've evolved to this level?!" Zheng Wan really couldn't believe that Lu Yuan could cook so many dishes after just a few days apart. "I finally know what 'teaching a disciple can starve the master' means."

Cheng Zhi was also shocked by Lu Yuan's progress and joked, "Oh no, if we open a restaurant in the future, Zheng Wan will have another competitor."

A little embarrassed by the girl's praise, Lu Yuan blushed and said, "How could that be? An apprentice can open a shop with his master. We can make money together and I will never hog it all."

Although Zheng Wan knew that opening the store might be a long way off, the atmosphere was so good today that she went along with Lu Yuan's words and said, "You're a decent guy. It's a deal, okay? No hogs, let's make money together."

After saying that, Zheng Wan raised the Coke in front of her to clink glasses.

Lu Yuan paused for two seconds, then couldn't help but smile. He quickly raised his glass and gently touched Zheng Wan's cola.