Sure enough, within half an hour, a small black dot rapidly approached the area from afar.
The person somehow bypassed the guards without alerting anyone.
He was a young man with medium-length hair and sky-blue eyes.
Mingyuan and Xiaochun both stared warily at the newcomers, while Ye Nianzhen ignored them and pretended to fiddle with the roast chicken.
"Did you make this?" the man asked, leaning closer.
Ye Nianzhen said shamelessly, "Hmm."
"It smells so good." The man slurped his saliva and stared longingly at the roast chicken in Ye Nianzhen's hand.
"Could you give me some?"
Ye Nianzhen, with her back to the man, narrowed her eyes slyly.
The plan is going smoothly.
"sure."
She generously offered him a slice of chicken leg and turned around to give him her share.
The man took it with longing and then began to eat heartily.
The chicken legs, marinated with seasonings and plenty of cooking oil, were tender and delicious. As the man ate them, he was moved to tears.
"I haven't eaten anything this delicious in so long, waah!"
"Three years...a full three years, sob sob!"
"It's all because of this damn apocalypse..."
The man cried as he quickly swallowed the chicken leg.
Ye Nianzhen handed him another one at just the right moment. The man glanced at her gratefully and then buried his head in his food again.
After finishing the two chicken legs, he looked at the remaining roast chicken with some embarrassment.
Ye Nianzhen understood and nodded, saying, "We've already eaten, so it's a waste to leave this. You can eat it all."
Xiaochun was still thinking, how could this man possibly eat such a big chicken?
In the blink of an eye, all that was left beside the man was a pile of chicken bones that had been gnawed clean, and he licked his lips with a lingering sense of satisfaction.
Xiaochun: "..."
*
The man, satisfied, stood up, patting his round belly, and stretched out a hand towards Ye Nianzhen.
"My name is Luo Shui. Thank you for the roast chicken. From now on, we're friends!"
Ye Nianzhen returned the handshake with a reserved gesture.
Luo Shui added, "I think I'm a pretty powerful superhuman. If you ever have any trouble in the future, you can come to me."
"As for how to find me..."
His eyes darted around, as if he had thought of a good idea, and he said smugly, "Let's use the scent as our signal!"
Xiaochun was puzzled: "Is fragrance a signal?"
Luo Shui nodded: "That's right. If you need anything, just roast a chicken or something, and I'll come running as soon as I smell the aroma!"
Xiaochun muttered to herself, "You got off easy..."
"Alright, the mountains and rivers remain unchanged, and we'll meet again someday!"
Seeing that Luo Shui was about to return to the mountains to live like a wild man, Ye Nianzhen casually asked Mingyuan.
"I still have a few wild eggs. Shall we make fried rice with them tomorrow?"
Fried rice with egg?
Luo Shui abruptly stopped in her tracks, and her ears perked up.
Although Mingyuan had no idea what wild eggs were, he still cooperated and said, "Of course, I'll go to the base later to exchange them for some white rice."
Luoshui was unwilling to take another step forward.
He coughed lightly to cover it up, turned his feet, and sat back down next to Ye Nianzhen.
"Um," he scratched his head and said softly, "the fried rice...it smells so good."
"Mmm, it smells delicious!" Ye Nianzhen didn't understand his implied meaning.
Luo Shui pinched her burning red earlobe: "...Could you share some with me tomorrow?"
To his surprise, Ye Nianzhen, who had previously been very generous, refused outright this time.
"Wild eggs are very precious, and only my teammates and I can have them."
Xiaochun and Mingyuan were unaware of the situation, but when they heard Ye Nianzhen say that they were team members, they both showed happy expressions.
Luo Shui felt as if hooks were pulling at her heart.
*
He really disliked socializing, so he stayed in the mountains after the apocalypse.
Because of his strong abilities, he has never encountered any danger.
The only thing he couldn't stand was that his cooking skills were terrible; he simply couldn't make any good food.
Generally speaking, it's good enough if the food you make is edible.
He tried to steal supplies from the base.
They were all instant canned noodles, which were barely enough to satisfy my cravings.
But he got tired of these things easily, so he started stealing the meals from the large pots at other people's bases.
...It was so bad that he almost threw up.
He therefore developed a sense of awe towards the people in the base.
—To be able to eat this kind of thing, every day, is truly a brave man!
Now that he has finally found a team that can make delicious food, he is indeed tempted.
Or... how about trying to stay?
If these people also make him uncomfortable, he can leave then!
Suddenly he jumped up from the ground, patted his chest, and said, "I can join your team! That way I can have some fried rice!"
Ye Nianzhen gave a bright smile: "Welcome to the team."
Xiao Chun and the other person who knew Ye Nianzhen well got goosebumps when they saw this smile.
Unaware of the situation, Luo Shui thought the other party was approachable, and her anxiety subsided somewhat.
Ye Nianzhen maintained her exaggerated smile and quietly looked at the man in front of her.
Luo Shui – A water-based ability user. At the peak of his abilities, he could summon wind and rain, with enough rainfall to submerge a city.
They are exceptionally naive and inexperienced in worldly affairs, making them easily misled and susceptible to incorrect ideas.
In the original storyline, the woman would meet him in the middle to later stages and win him over with her excellent cooking skills.
Thus, he won over his heart.
However, according to Ye Nianzhen's observation, that woman was actually spoiled and didn't know how to cook at all.
She suspected that the food was prepared by the shadow behind her—that is, Mingyuan himself.
In other words, the person Luo Shui should truly be devoted to is Ming Yuan, who is skilled in cooking.
"Wait, wait, wait!"
A familiar, loud electronic voice announced that the system, which had been quiet for a while, suddenly reappeared.
"Host, what dangerous things are you thinking about? You've switched channels! It'll get banned!"
Ye Nianzhen rolled her eyes inwardly.
"Shut up and get down to business."
"Oh." The system shut up, feeling wronged.
"Here's the thing, host. We've detected a new romanceable character, so I'm reporting on the current progress."
The system interface automatically unfolded in her mind, and the progress bar for Mingyuan, who was at the top of the strategy list, was already full, which startled Ye Nianzhen.
"What's going on?"
The system remained calm: "Don't get excited, host. Take a closer look."
Ye Nianzhen clicked on the progress bar and looked at it carefully, finding that it showed 99% at the top.
Oh, 99 percent? Then it's alright.
...Yeah, right!
"We're still one percent short!"
System: "Oh dear, it's not full yet. I'm wondering why one percent isn't enough."
"You're more worried than the emperor, aren't you? We've only known each other for a few days, I'll be scared when things get really long!"
Ye Nianzhen wished she could drag the system out and mold it into something else entirely.
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