Chapter 47 Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms
It was a new day. When Lu Weiyi woke up, he saw express parcels scattered around in the living room. Gu Qingji was lying on a pile of clothes wrapped in a bed sheet, sleeping soundly. The weather in July and August was not cold. Li Zhuang lay proudly on the sofa with one leg resting on the expensive coffee table.
Gu Qingyue came out of the kitchen, and before she could tell him to keep his voice down, she saw the man walking past Li Zhuang without changing his expression and kicked him hard.
Li Zhuang suddenly jumped up, his whole body tense and on guard like a cheetah ready to pounce on you and bite you at any time. His sharp eyes made Gu Qingyue's heart tremble with fear for a moment.
Li Zhuang reacted for a moment, relaxed his body, and returned to his usual casual self. He rubbed his face and looked at Lu Weiyi who was drinking water against the window. "Little boy, did you sneak attack me?"
"You're blocking the way." Lu Weiyi finished drinking the water and drew a line on the wall where the time was marked.
It's a new day again, and Zhuang Mingxu hasn't arrived yet. Lu Weiyi pursed his lips, and it's hard to tell what he's thinking.
"Hey, come here, let me measure and see if our young master has gained weight overnight." Li Zhuang said as he walked towards Lu Weiyi, looking like he was going to take action.
Lu Weiyi moved a few steps away from the window, stood a little further away from him, glared at him, and said, "Go away."
"Okay, I'll go away," Li Zhuang said, still walking straight towards the window, but a few steps away he suddenly turned around and ran towards Lu Weiyi.
Lu Weiyi was startled reflexively and quickly dodged backwards, turning around the dining table. Seeing that Li Zhuang was still chasing him, he said disdainfully, "Are you childish?"
Unexpectedly, Li Zhuang turned around and sat directly on the dining chair, took a bowl of rice, looked up as if he didn't know what you were talking about, and asked in confusion: "Huh? What's childish?"
This made Lu Weiyi not know what to say. He gave Li Zhuang a vicious look and said in a rough voice, "It's okay!"
After the two of them made such a fuss, everyone woke up and came out one after another to prepare for breakfast.
Lin Yimu, who was serving the meal, knew that Li Zhuang was deliberately trying to divert Lu Weiyi's attention, and he was happy to see it happen. "Young Master, we have chicken stewed with mushrooms, come and try it."
Lu Weiyi's attention was immediately diverted, "Is it stewed by Brother Damu?" In his previous life, Lin Yimu died on the way to Kyoto, and Lu Weiyi hadn't eaten the food cooked by him for a long time.
In fact, Lin Yimu was a rough man, and his cooking was not very delicious. What Lu Weiyi missed more was the days when no one in the Ji family cared about his meals and even secretly withheld his food, and the affection that Lin Yimu put into the recipe while frowning as he searched for it. This affection was integrated into every dish that was not very delicious, and it became more delicious over the years.
"Well, it was stewed last night. The taste might be worse if it's reheated," Lin Yimu said, picking up a chicken leg for Lu Weiyi, "Young Master, try it."
Lu Weiyi took a big bite and squinted his eyes. This was the taste.
"I didn't expect that Brother Lin can cook. This chicken soup is comparable to the one in big hotels outside." Gu Qingyue cooked noodles with chicken soup early in the morning, threw in a few vegetables, and poached eggs. Each person had a big bowl of soup, paired with stewed chicken with mushrooms. It was rich and delicious.
"You and Lu fell asleep last night, and we have tasted it. It is really good." When Lin Yimu made it last night, they were still outside unpacking the packages. Antonio made a bowl of it immediately, and several people took pieces and shared it in a few minutes. In the end, they just gave each of them a bowl and stewed a new pot.
Dean ate bread and biscuits for a long time. Last night's meal was simply a delicacy and he enjoyed it very much. Antonio was happy and gave him a thumbs up to praise him.
"Hmm, delicious, tasty, great" Dean thought about the words he knew and they popped out all at once.
"There is still a chicken left. If you like, we can cook it at noon." Lin Yimu looked at a few people, "I thought about it, our supplies are indeed likely to arouse jealousy, so it would be safer to leave one more person at home. It would be better to leave my young master at home. He is quite skilled in martial arts and marksmanship. If there is any accident, escape will definitely not be a problem."
"Yes" Antonio felt that Lu Weiyi's skills must be no problem since he was able to rescue two powerless people from a group of bullies. Although he felt that Dean exaggerated a lot when he described it, he felt from the first time he saw Lu Weiyi that this person must know something, or he must have some hidden cards that no one knew about.
"My brother is not going today either," Gu Qingji, who seldom speaks, took the initiative to say.
Gu Qingyue obviously didn't know about this decision and looked at him puzzledly, "Why shouldn't I go?"
"You are too tired. Take a rest for an afternoon and go tomorrow." Before the end of the world, Gu Qingyue was just a simple office worker. With such great consumption recently, he has obvious dark circles under his eyes. Gu Qingji is a little worried that his body can't bear it. Now is different from usual. There are no hospitals waiting to see patients. He has to be careful about everything.
"I'm not tired. There's nothing much to do every day..."
"Okay, stop arguing. Let's go to the nearby mall and look for some clothes and daily necessities. I only have two or three sets of clothes and I have no more to change into." Li Zhuang finally decided on the afternoon's itinerary, "Whoever of you is tired can take this opportunity to rest for the afternoon."
It is not easy to relax for a day in the apocalypse. Gu Qingyue and Lin Yimu, the only two people who know some cooking skills, cooked a table of dishes for everyone together.
Lu Weiyi had no shortage of food to begin with, so he was naturally not alert. He took a bite with his chopsticks, and when he looked up again, the whole plate of food was empty. The men at the table were waving their chopsticks so vigorously that they looked like they were flying. Even Dean was eating with his mouth full of oil, and he kept hissing "delicious" from time to time. At this moment, if he didn't look at their faces, Lu Weiyi would feel that the people in front of him were simply a group of bandits.
They finished the whole table in no time and then everyone worked smoothly according to their division of labor.
He said that he wanted Gu Qingyue to have a rest, but in the end he didn't stay, which made Gu Qingji's face turn black. He slammed the door and walked out.
"Sorry, he is just worried about me. Let's meet downstairs." Gu Qingyue apologized to several people. Antonio waved his hand to show that he didn't care, so Gu Qingyue chased him out.
"Qingji, wait for me." Gu Qingyue chased out of the corridor. He could only see Gu Qingji's figure tumbling down the stairs. Hearing his voice, he seemed to walk faster.
"Gu Qingji!" Gu Qingyue called out his full name. Gu Qingji downstairs obviously paused and his pace slowed down.
Gu Qingyue caught up with him and saw that he still had a gloomy face. Knowing that he was worried about her, Gu Qingyue explained, "Lu Weiyi will be leaving soon. No one can say whether Antonio will go with him. These people are very capable. It will definitely be safer for us to follow them to find supplies than for the two of us to go out alone. Let's find more and store them while they are still here. After they leave, I will have a good rest for a few days."
"I know." How could Gu Qingji not be able to guess what he was thinking? It was because he could figure it out that he became even angrier, angry at his own incompetence.
Gu Qingji and Gu Qingyue are not biological brothers, but a reconstituted family. However, not long after they started living together, their parents died in a car accident. As the older brother, Gu Qingyue managed to support them both through college.
Gu Qingji finally became famous and was able to make a lot of money, but then the end of the world came.
He hasn't enjoyed any happiness yet, and has to work so hard. Gu Qingji feels so distressed, "Brother, I will work hard." Work hard until you can rest whenever you want, and you don't have to think so much about others anymore.
Gu Qingji hugged Gu Qingyue tightly and buried his head in his shoulder, "Wait a minute."
"Okay, okay," Gu Qingyue patted his back to comfort him.
When they reunited, Gu Qingji had calmed down and didn't look like he was in a bad temper at all. However, when he went out again, he became several degrees more ferocious, like a little wolfhound with bared teeth, making Li Zhuang and his friends wonder if Gu Qingyue had secretly taken some stimulants.
When they came back that night, a lot of people gathered downstairs, watching them move things upstairs. When they finished, the people downstairs still didn't disperse, and one could even hear the sound of people walking back and forth on the stairs. If they continued like this, something bad could easily happen. Li Zhuang went to find Fang Ke without eating.
I don’t know what they said, but the people downstairs did disperse, but Lu Weiyi was still left behind.
Lu Weiyi had no idea that supplies were in short supply. In his mind, everything would be fine as long as he found Zhuang Mingxu. So Lin Yimu didn't let him go out, so he stayed at home to strengthen his supernatural powers.
Dean was looking through the clothes he had unpacked from the express, separating the wearable ones from the unwearable ones, busy as a hardworking little bee. From time to time, he would learn a few new spoken words from Lu Weiyi and repeat them in a low voice.
"Someone is coming," Lu Weiyi, who had his eyes closed as if sleeping, suddenly said.
"What?" Dean just turned around and heard someone knocking on the door outside. He immediately became alert and looked at Lu Weiyi. "Lu?"
The elevator was now out of service, and the door to the only access staircase had been locked from the inside before they left. At this moment, an old lady was holding a child and banging on the door of the floor - she was the unreasonable old lady from the upstairs floor. After the man in their family turned into a zombie, the old woman who had been yelling that she shouldn't be killed, quickly killed him the moment her son ran towards her.
Lu Weiyi's mental power had been lingering on the surrounding floors. When several people entered the building at the door, he "saw" them at the first time. Seeing them sneaking upstairs, he thought they had ill intentions towards the daughter-in-law of that family. Just when he was losing interest and wanted to withdraw his mental power, he heard them discussing letting the old woman bring the child here to gain sympathy.
Compassion...
In the end times, humanity is gone, so who still has compassion?
"Is anyone home? Is there anyone here? Help!" The old lady banged on the door and yelled in a voice that sounded like a street curse.
Dean could only understand that someone was calling for help and looked at Lu Weiyi.
"Ignore them." Lu Weiyi didn't want to talk to anyone. There was a palm-sized lock on the door of the floor, and she couldn't open it even if she clapped her hands until they broke.
"Oh" Dean is now a fan of Lu Weiyi, and whatever he says is what it goes.
Unable to get a response from outside, the old woman started cursing. As a result, Dean didn't understand what the two people in the house said, and Lu Weiyi didn't care at all. After a while, the old woman went back with the child.
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