Chapter 29

Fang Shao's dream was beautiful, but he had to return to reality in the end. He led Dave to get familiar with several nearby vegetable markets and large supermarkets to expand the supply channels. Because the bar's business was still too quiet compared to normal peers, the fresh goods were not much each time, at least one or two days, and at most three or four days, and they would restock after selling out.

Fang Shao didn't know how to cook, so he just told Dave a few small principles and left everything else to Dave. And Dave didn't disappoint him, making Chinese salsa rice, chicken drumstick rice, or Western burgers, barbecue, and pasta look good.

Word of mouth spread, and even white-collar workers in and around the building would come to order a simple meal when they were working overtime. Although the price is a bit expensive, it is open at night and has a good environment, which can be regarded as a new way to develop customers.

But in this way, Yuan Bar becomes more like a restaurant than a bar.

"Dave, I think you're the only fire magician out there." Fang Shao stood at the door of the operation room, praising the employee who was skillfully controlling the power of two gas stoves at the same time, boiling soup on a low fire while stir-frying on a high fire.

"Haha, let's see when a magician comes to our bar so I can ask him for advice." Dave responded to his boss's teasing generously.

Dave also consciously wanted to show off his new skills, so he shook the wok with a little exaggeration. The ingredients in the wok rolled in the air along with the boiling hot oil. Dave's other hand holding the spoon slightly raised the flames from the stove to the wok, making a low "boom" sound. A rich aroma burst out at the same time, with sound, color, and aroma all at once.

“It smells so good.” This time, before Fang Shao could even make the seal-like clapping gesture, someone outside was already muttering to himself.

Fang Shao turned his head and saw a ferocious-looking young white woman standing at the door of the bar. She was holding the door with one hand, not daring to come in, her eyes fixed on the direction of the fragrance, her throat trembling constantly.

Looking out of the open door, behind the woman was a war ruin illuminated by the dim sunlight, thick smoke was rising in the distance, and from time to time one or two crisp gunshots rang out, breaking the dead silence under the setting sun.

"Can I come in? I swear I mean no harm." The woman's face was cautious and hopeful. She looked back and saw the empty street full of bricks and garbage. The doors and windows of the buildings where she had just knocked were still closed. No one noticed the situation here. The gunshot was also far away, and the sniper had not noticed her yet.

Fang Shao smiled and nodded. "Of course. All guests are welcome here."

"Great." The woman walked into the bar gratefully, and the door closed behind her. After relaxing from the tension of being discovered by the sniper, she noticed that everything here was incompatible with the word "war". The clean floor, the complete room, the food with tempting aroma, and the Asian youth in front of her with a gentle smile.

The clock hands seem to have been turned back to the time before the war. Those were great times...

Anna couldn't help but sigh.

But the power of motherhood quickly overcame the sigh of human fragility, and she remembered the mission she had risked her life to come out. "My name is Anna, my son Luka drank dirty water and is seriously ill. Do you have any medicine here?" Thinking of the well-behaved and sensible child still lying weakly in the basement, she looked at Fang Shao with pleading eyes.

Seeing Fang Shao nod, she happily took out a box of canned food and a pair of flattened gold earrings from her pocket, "Are these enough? If not, I will definitely make up the difference later, really."

At this time, Dave had just finished preparing lunch and came out of the operation room with the meal. Anna looked at the rich dishes on the plate, then at the dirty can in her hand, but her appetite was not aroused again. Instead, her eyes revealed fear and despair of being rejected.

"Okay." Fang Shao smiled and took the thing from the woman's hand.

Dave also reacted. He looked at the woman's dirty face and dry lips, put down the plate in his hand, went back to the operating room and brought the woman a clean wet towel and a cup of warm clean water.

"Is this for me? But..." The woman obviously thought that what she had was not enough to deserve so much.

"These are free, they're a free service provided by the bar to its guests." Dave handed her the towel and hot water without asking for any further explanation.

The woman looked at the clear and transparent hot water in her hands, and finally couldn't help but carefully took a sip. She immediately felt that her throat was moistened by the mythical sweet spring.

But she quickly looked at Fang Shao again, observing his every move anxiously.

Fang Shao skillfully prepared a card for the woman, but seeing the pitiful balance in it, he did not deduct money this time. Instead, he directly took out an emergency medical kit from the remaining supplies from the Wandering Earth trip, and attached antidiarrheal medicine and two large bottles of mineral water according to Anna's description. Then, he found his long-unused backpack in the bedroom and put all these things in it.

Anyway, The Wandering Earth has already paid for these supplies, and I believe that Mr. Zhu and the Coalition Government will not mind him doing a small good deed.

Dave also came over. Having survived in the wilderness for more than a decade, he had more experience with dysentery. He thoughtfully prepared warm salt water, put it in his thermos, and put it in his backpack along with an unopened bag of salt.

When Anna saw the big bag full of things, she was moved and guilty. Her lips trembled a few times, and she finally forced the tears of gratitude back into her eyes. She choked and said, "You are really angels. I will definitely repay you in the future."

Anna was worried about the child, so Fang Shao asked her to keep the card, sent her to the door and warned her, "Don't come here to look for us in the future. If fate allows, the bar will appear directly in front of you." He was very honest with this poor woman.

The woman turned around in astonishment. The bar had disappeared into thin air.

"Oh my God, I really met an angel!" Anna couldn't help but make the sign of the cross on her chest.

Then, the woman moved through the streets and ruins at a speed that Fang Shao had not expected, like a female leopard with prey, and no one could stop her determination to return home.

Ten minutes later, she slipped into a dilapidated garden and opened the cellar door hidden in the grass. She saw her husband limping towards her after hearing the noise, and she rushed over excitedly.

"Boris, our Luka is saved."

With the dim candlelight in the dark cellar, the couple fed Luka some medicine. They finally calmed down as they watched the child's breathing gradually become steady and a hint of color appear on his pale face.

"Dad, Mom." Luka opened his eyes and looked at his parents standing around him, his childish voice still a little embarrassed. "I will be obedient and never drink dirty water again."

Paulis kissed the child's face, and Anna comforted him tenderly. Luka was still very weak, so he drank some salt water and fell asleep again.

The couple looked at the sleeping face of their child in silence for a long time. Anna took out the card and showed it to her husband, telling him about the incredible experience today. Then she remembered something, opened the first aid kit, and excitedly took out a roll of bandages and alcohol from it. "Boris, your leg, your leg will get better too."

Boris looked down at his wife who was tending to his wounds, his eyes gentle and reassuring. "You're right, everything will be fine."

Across the street from where Anna and her husband were hiding, there was an apartment building that was half destroyed by a shell. If Fang Shao stood here, he might be able to see some familiar shadows in this building.

In the relatively intact other half of the apartment building, Adam looked at his seriously ill daughter Emilia, anxious and restless. He had been waiting for two days, but the merchant still failed to bring him the medicine he wanted. Emilia's condition was getting worse and worse. Yesterday, she was able to eat and smiled weakly at her toy dog, but today she was almost always in a coma. When she was awake occasionally, she could only call "Dad" in a voice that broke his heart.

Adam remembered that during the day, he saw a familiar woman through the window crossing the dangerous street. The woman had returned, and not only was she not killed by the sniper, but she successfully returned to the cellar with a large bag of supplies.

Maybe that backpack contains medicine that can save Emilia.

When his wife Barbara was still alive, he once saw two women greeting each other across the street, but he didn't know whether they knew each other before the war or had established a small friendship after taking refuge here.

Perhaps this brave and lucky neighbor is still friendly and willing to listen to him instead of directly rejecting him.

But what would Emilia do at home alone?

Adam thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind. He had already lost Barbara, and he couldn't lose Emilia again.

He took the few supplies he had, wrapped Emilia in a blanket and held her against his chest. When the last ray of sunlight disappeared over the horizon, he walked to the next door under the cover of darkness.

I hope luck will favor him this time, just once.

In the bar, until the woman left, he still didn't know which war-torn world she came from, so he naturally didn't know what happened after Anna returned home, and he didn't expect that the package of medicine also changed the fate of other characters he knew in "My War". After all, when Boris appeared in the game "My War", Anna and Luca had already passed away, and only flashed from time to time in the memories and endings of this middle-aged man.

Dave saw the clean white towel that Anna had never used, and put it away with a sigh. He had only been in the bar for half a month, but when he thought about his previous life, he felt like he was in a different world. Facing Anna's difficult situation, he felt more sympathetic than Fang Shao.

Fang Shao was thinking about something else. Although he didn't know what principles and conditions the bar used to attract customers, this wasn't the first time Anna had been in this situation. In The Wandering Earth, Fang Shao was also faced with a sudden choice, but it was only after the United Government stepped in that the situation had a perfect ending.

Maybe it's time to make a rule about this.

Fang Shao thought of the long string of numbers on the cards of several rich people, and his thoughts became scattered. He hurriedly opened the bar system screen and studied the few rules on it.

Incoming goods...

trade……

Withdrawal...

Internship period...

Equality and Volunteering...

service……

Level...

Slowly, an idea that was not yet fully formed emerged in Fang Shao's mind.

Maybe, we can try?