You Ying was speechless. No matter how he looked at it, the box was full of dark green kelp, and it was the kind that had not been cut. It was wide and filled to the brim with quite a lot.
Well, in a broad sense, seafood is fresh food produced in the ocean, so kelp is also considered seafood, that’s right.
Besides, he himself thought it was seafood... Wait, he thought it was seafood because something was moving inside, right?
Moreover, Liu Ben also said that it was very fresh, which sounds like a word referring to an animal.
Could there be fish in there, hiding in the kelp?
You Ying waited for a while, but didn't see any movement of any living creature inside, and suspected that it was just an illusion.
You Ying thought about it and carefully reached out to pull aside the kelp to look inside.
However, just as his hand touched the topmost kelp, the quiet kelp suddenly curled up and wrapped around You Ying's arm!
You Ying was startled and subconsciously shook his hands, but did not shake off the kelp leaves.
Even You Ying, who was usually so calm, was frightened by this terrifying situation. He quickly grabbed it with his other hand, pulled it off quickly and threw it back.
Next, all the kelp in the box seemed to be startled by the piece of kelp thrown in, and began to twist wildly like demons.
You Ying: Oh my god, I’m so scared!
You Ying sat back on the sofa, still feeling frightened.
He remembered that Liu Ben had said before that the things in there were very fresh and asked him to be careful when catching them. However, You Ying didn't care about the ordinary-looking kelp, so naturally he didn't pay any attention to it.
You Ying stayed for a while and felt better. He looked into the box again and found that the kelp had not moved again, as if they had done nothing just now.
But You Ying no longer thought that he was hallucinating. He was sure that the kelp could move.
What kind of alien creature is this...
You Ying took out his cell phone and chose to question Liu Ben directly.
You Ying held back all the complaints and questions and only posted one sentence: "[Picture] Is this kelp?"
Liu Ben: "It's kelp, also developed by the research institute. Don't worry, it's not poisonous and won't hurt people. It just moves. You can cook it like seafood, it's delicious."
You Ying felt relieved, but when he thought of Haikai's brutal behavior just now, he wanted to destroy it humanely.
You Ying: This is an anti-human research institute, right?!
But Liu Ben said it tasted good... You Ying hesitated.
The rice Liu Ben brought was very good. I just tried the water shield, and it was delicious too. So this kelp must be good too. It would be a waste to throw it away.
You Ying took a deep breath, then reached into the box again. Sure enough, the kelp wrapped around him again. This time, You Ying was much calmer. He felt that the kelp was just wrapping around him and did not suddenly open its bloody mouth to bite off a piece of his flesh and suck a liter of his blood.
It doesn't matter, it's just some moving kelp...that's all.
Okay, it's still pretty weird. But maybe it's just a normal plant's reaction to stimulation. Doesn't the Mimosa plant close its leaves when someone touches it? And the Venus flytrap eats insects and moves. It's normal, normal...
You Ying persuaded himself, took a handful of kelp and walked towards the kitchen.
After tinkering with it for a while, You Ying walked out of the kitchen. After he finished cutting the kelp, he realized that he had forgotten to ask Liu Ben how to make this special kelp. He picked up his phone and sent a WeChat message to ask, but Liu Ben didn't reply for a long time.
You Ying waited for a while, and guessing that Liu Ben was busy, he didn't bother him. He thought for a moment and then called You Guoguo.
"Hey, come to my house and I'll treat you to dinner."
"Are you trying to trick me into getting beaten? [alert.jpg]"
"Liu Ben sent me something again today."
"Wow! Is this delicious rice??"
“Not only that, there are also delicious dishes.”
“Here it comes!”
You Ying turned around and hid the water shield in the refrigerator further inside, and covered it with other bottles and jars outside.
Finally, I put a password lock on the refrigerator.
So what is Liu Ben doing?
It was still early when they left You Ying's house, so Liu Ben strolled around to take a peek. After a while, he saw Gou Qi and Zhu Qian seemed to be about to go out.
Liu Ben narrowed his eyes, quickly took another route out of the community, and then ordered an online taxi. When the taxi arrived, Liu Ben got in and asked the driver to wait.
Not long after, Gou Qi drove out of the door with Zhu Qian.
"Uncle driver, please catch up with the car in front." Liu Ben said to the taxi driver.
"What are you doing? I won't do anything illegal." The driver looked at him warily.
"That car belongs to my father, but the woman sitting next to him is not my mother." Liu Ben said vaguely. This is not wrong. It depends on how the driver imagines it.
The driver was indeed startled, and a lot of melodramatic plots appeared in his mind. He followed Liu Ben's meaning and nodded immediately: "Okay, then I'll follow."
Gou Qi and Zhu Qian drove in one direction. Liu Ben looked at the map and it seemed that they were going to a nearby commercial district.
After a while, Gou Qi's car entered an underground parking lot, and the driver of Liu Ben's car wanted to follow. As long as you don't stop at the mall for more than a certain period of time, it is free, so it's okay for him to drop Liu Ben off.
But Liu Ben stopped him, he paid and got off the car, ready to go in.
"Young man," the driver stopped Liu Ben and whispered, "You better be careful. Don't get too excited. You can't lose yourself for a scumbag!"
At first, he was excited to hear that he had encountered such a thing, but now that the novelty and excitement had worn off, he began to worry about the young man.
Liu Ben responded to the driver's enthusiasm with a smile: "Thank you, uncle. Don't worry, I won't do that."
Liu Ben walked in around the road while carefully observing the surrounding environment and planning what to do.
Aside from the entrance gate, there were no surveillance cameras at the entrance. There were, however, surveillance cameras in the underground garage, though they were sparsely populated, leaving some blind spots. Liu Ben didn't have to worry about the edge of the camera's field of view. With so many cars here, he simply hid behind them and made sure his face wasn't directly in front of the cameras.
Liu Ben kept an eye on the two people in front of him and slowly hid his body.
Gou Qi walked with his belly protruding, while Zhu Qian followed him gracefully.
Zhu Qian: "I've been wanting to buy a new bag from Donkey Kong for a long time, as well as that diamond necklace I saw last time I came here, and a gemstone ring, and a summer model..."
"That's enough. You buy it every day, but I haven't seen you wear it many times!" Gou Qi waved his hand.
Zhu Qian complained, "When I go out to party with those ladies, if I wear something nice, isn't that also your reputation that's growing?"
"Hmph, just control yourself." Gou Qi stopped talking. Of course, he also wanted Zhu Qian to get out and not embarrass himself.
They turned a corner and went a little further in this direction, which led to the escalator on the first floor of the mall.
However, sometimes, in places where people least expect something to happen, something unexpected always happens.
Gou Qi and Zhu Qian only felt their bodies being pulled roughly in one direction, and they lost their balance in horror and fell to one side.
Just as Zhu Qian was about to scream, she felt a sudden pain in her neck and lost consciousness.
Before Gou Qi could fall, everything went black. Someone covered his head with a sack, covering his mouth. As he fell, just as Gou Qi could react, he was met with heavy punches one after another.
"Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!"
Gou Qi was already speechless due to his mouth being covered, and now he felt as if a strong deer was standing on him, trampling on his body with its sturdy hooves again and again, which made him even more painful and speechless.
After he was beaten unconscious, the man, who was unknown who it was, stopped.
But Gou Qi remained motionless. On the one hand, he was numb from the beating and couldn't move due to the shaking. On the other hand, he didn't hear any footsteps of anyone leaving, which meant that the man didn't leave at all!
Then he heard Zhu Qian's cry of pain, and then there were muffled bangs.
Gou Qi's teeth ached when he heard this. Men and women are treated the same? This situation is so familiar...
Wait! Could it be that little bastard Liu Ben?!
He did the same thing in that house last time, beating the whole family unconscious.
Gou Qi was angry and scared, thinking to himself: I will call the police later and catch you in the act!
Not long after, Gou Qi suddenly felt a light in front of his eyes, and the sack on his head was pulled off. Gou Qi subconsciously covered his face, then reacted and immediately put down his hands and looked around for someone.
But there was no one around him except Zhu Qian, who was also confused.
Gou Qi pulled Zhu Qian and quickly ran to find the mall employees, asking them where their leader was. He then said that he had been beaten in the mall's underground garage and asked them to find the person who beat him.
The employee found the person in charge. The mall manager was shocked by the ferocious expressions of Gou Qi and Zhu Qian, and thought it was no big deal, so he took them to the monitoring room.
But when they turned on the surveillance footage, they found that the corner they turned was exactly where the camera couldn't reach, and the cameras at both ends could only see Gou Qi and Zhu Qian walking in and out, with no one else there.
"How can we not find it? That's where we were beaten!" Zhu Qian said in surprise.
"Unless that person is very good at hiding, there is indeed no one else in the surveillance video." The mall manager and several security guards in the monitoring room all suspected that the two men were here to extort money.
Gou Qi and Zhu Qian were beaten so badly that their bodies were covered in bruises, but they couldn't see them. To others, they didn't look like they'd been beaten, yet they felt pain all over their bodies. Seeing the expressions of the people at the mall, they were both furious, feeling insulted. They wanted to lift up their clothes to show the bruises to the other party. But Zhu Qian, a woman, definitely couldn't do that, and Gou Qi was very concerned about his reputation. Neither of them could show it, so they could only grab the people at the mall and ask them to find the person who hit them.
Several people started arguing about this.
Liu Ben had already left this place feeling refreshed. It felt so good just by moving his hands!
You Ying family.
You Guoguo came quickly. When You Ying opened the door, she immediately smelled the fragrance coming from the house and ran in excitedly.
"Let me see what delicious food you made...eh?" You Guoguo was a little disappointed when she entered the kitchen: "All vegetarian dishes?"
"There is still a braised duck warming in the steamer. You can take it out and eat it right away." You Ying walked in slowly and said as he opened the lid.
The braised duck was just ordered for takeout. It was bought from an old store with a good reputation. It was still hot when the security guard delivered it to the gate of the courtyard.
You Guoguo saw the plump braised duck inside and was a little satisfied: "This is pretty good."
Soon, two dishes and a soup were served on the table.
Half a sliced braised duck with dipping sauce, a plate of potatoes and kelp, and a bowl of egg, tofu, and water shield soup—simple yet sophisticated. Add two small bowls of crystal-clear, rich rice, and you have a delicious meal.
"You can actually cook for yourself, that's rare!"
You Guoguo couldn't wait to take a mouthful of rice, then closed her eyes and chewed it with enjoyment.
"Wow, I never get tired of this rice. It's so good! Bro, can you give me another bag?"
"Didn't you bring a bag back?" You Ying asked curiously. A bag of rice weighs 40 kilograms, and it's only been 20 days since You Guoguo rushed to take the rice back. Could a girl like her really eat more than 2 kilograms of rice a day?
"Oh, I did bring some, and didn't you give one bag to my parents? They enjoyed it, and when they found out I took one, they said I couldn't eat too much, so they left me one plastic bag and took the rest away!" You Guoguo complained, "One plastic bag, that's all!"
She gestured and it was indeed not much, but it should be a lot too. Based on the amount she usually eats at home, she couldn't finish it, right?
"Hehe, I usually eat takeout at home and rarely have time to cook, so of course I don't consume much rice. But the rice that Brother Liu sent is so delicious, I can't help it. I have to eat at least two bowls in one meal!" You Guoguo made a "yeah" gesture.
"Okay, take a bag with you later," You Ying urged, "try this dish first."
You Guoguo then turned her gaze towards the dishes on the table. "Wow, these water shields are so big and so fresh. Were they air-flown?"
"Liu Ben gave it to me. He said it was delicious. He also brought this kelp." You Ying watched You Guoguo eat a piece of water shield, and then she immediately covered her face with her hands.
You Guoguo said exaggeratedly, "This water shield is so fragrant and sweet. How can it be so delicious? Have your cooking skills improved?"
After all, ordinary water shield has no taste. People eat it for its freshness and high nutrition. Now that You Guoguo tasted this sweet water shield, she naturally thought that You Ying had added some delicious seasoning.
"This is the taste of the water shield he gave me. It's very sweet when I eat it raw. You can try the kelp." You Ying also filled a bowl of water shield soup for himself and took a sip with a spoon.
The fresh water shield is mixed with mellow eggs and tender tofu, and the taste is different from when eaten raw. The fragrance of tea and lotus is wafting around, and there is no sense of incongruity at all. The crispness and tenderness mixed together also add a slight taste to the dish that melts in the mouth. The sweetness and saltiness match well, making people unable to stop.
While drinking the delicious soup, You Guoguo also took the time to pick up a piece of kelp with chopsticks, blew on it, and put it into her mouth.
"Huh?" As soon as the kelp entered her mouth, You Guoguo hesitated: "Is this kelp?"
"Why, it doesn't taste good?" You Ying asked, secretly observing You Guoguo's reaction when eating kelp.
You Guoguo chewed it for a while before swallowing it, then exclaimed, "How can it not be delicious? It's super delicious, okay! But..."
"That's it?" You Ying frowned. Is there something wrong?
The author has something to say:
Liu Ben: Your wife dares to scold me, get beaten!
Gou Qi: What does this have to do with me?
P.S. I saved this chapter yesterday. I will be very busy today and tomorrow...
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