Bai Lu stood at the door, watching Liu Anran and Chu Yunxiao talking intimately together, feeling very uncomfortable, as if something of hers had been stolen.
Liu Anran caught a glimpse of Bai Lu standing at the door watching them, smiled politely at her, and then continued chatting with Cheng Chuyunxiao.
Chen Biao and An Qiao entered the house one after the other. Liu Anran noticed that An Qiao looked at Chen Biao with resentment in her eyes, and knew that she hated Chen Biao.
Chen Biao respectfully greeted, "Boss!"
Chu Yunxiao gave a soft "hmm," turned his head to look at the silent An Qiao, and sighed helplessly.
As soon as Luo Yuyu reached the door, he shouted loudly, "Boss, we're back!"
Chu Yunxiao looked at Lao Liu, Liu Xiong, and Luo Yuyu and said, "Now that you're back, get ready to eat. Once you've eaten, we'll set off."
Liu Xiong noticed there was only a bowl of potatoes on the table and asked Luo Yuyu, "Yuyu, you didn't cook any rice, you only cooked a bowl of potatoes?"
"Brother Liu, you guessed right, I only cooked a pot of potatoes," Luo Yuyu said somewhat guiltily.
"Is there no rice left?" Liu Xiong asked.
"Yes! But I was worried that the rice wouldn't cook properly and would be a waste, so I simply didn't cook it," Luo Yuyu explained.
"It's the apocalypse now, we should be grateful to have anything to eat. Hurry up and eat something." Chu Yunxiao said, picking up a potato and handing it to Liu Anran, then picking up a potato for himself and eating it.
Liu Anran looked at Yunlong and asked, "Yunlong, do you want to eat potatoes again?"
"Mom, I'm full, I can't eat anymore," Yunlong said.
Liu Anran put the potato in her hand into Yunlong's pocket, "Keep it, we can eat it when we're hungry."
Yunlong touched the potatoes in his pocket and said obediently, "Okay, I'll eat potatoes when I'm hungry."
Chu Yunxiao took a potato out of the basin and handed it to Liu Anran, saying, "Don't just think about the child, you also need to take care of yourself."
Liu Anran took the potato and nodded, saying, "I will."
Liu Xiong glared at Luo Yuyu with displeasure, then helplessly picked up a potato, stuffed it into his mouth, took a big bite, and watched Luo Yuyu chew vigorously.
Luo Yuyu couldn't help but shudder as he watched Liu Xiong eat with such gusto.
So what if I didn't cook? Why are you looking at me like that?
Bai Lu took a potato from the basin, sat alone on one side, and slowly ate it.
An Qiao picked up a potato and ate it in a few bites. Just as she was about to take a bite of the second one, she noticed that Bai Lu had peeled the potato before eating it. She couldn't help but say to Bai Lu, "This is the apocalypse. It's good enough to have something to eat. You're being so fussy. You peel the potato after eating it. If you don't like it, just put the potato down. Nobody is forcing you to eat it."
Chu Yunxiao and the others looked at Bai Lu, and when they saw the potato peels in front of her, their faces showed displeasure.
Bai Lu felt uncomfortable under Chu Yunxiao and the others' gazes. She smiled nervously and said, "I'm just not used to eating potatoes with the skin on, so I peeled the potato without thinking. I promise I won't waste it like that next time."
"You commit murder and arson, and push others to take the bullets for you. Can you just use 'subconscious' to brush us off?" An Qiao mocked.
Bai Lu looked at An Qiao with a hurt expression and said sadly, "An Qiao, I know you don't like me, and I know I've done things wrong, but everyone makes mistakes. You don't have to make a big deal out of this and keep holding a grudge against me!"
Looking at Bai Lu, who was strong yet fragile, Liu Anran felt a strong urge to protect her.
An Qiao snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "Don't look at me like that. I'm not Liu Xiong. I don't know how to be gentle with women. Besides, your beauty is nothing compared to Liu Anran's."
Liu Xiong had been observing from the sidelines, but he was caught in the crossfire without any real involvement, and a look of embarrassment and helplessness appeared on his face.
Liu Anran had been watching the show from the sidelines. When she saw An Qiao suddenly turn her anger towards her, she smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm just a little bit better looking than the average person."
As Liu Anran spoke, she looked at An Qiao's face and said, "There are many talented people in the world. Perhaps in the future, there will be people with special abilities who can heal injuries. The scar on your face can definitely be healed."
An Qiao's eyes lit up, her face filled with hope. She touched the injury on her face and asked expectantly, "Can the injury on my face really be healed?"
The desire to look beautiful is universal, and An Qiao also wanted to remove the scars on her face and restore her former appearance.
“Of course!” Liu Anran replied firmly.
An Qiao's face lit up with surprise, and the gloomy aura around her dissipated considerably, making her look more vibrant.
Chu Yunxiao promised, "I will definitely find a way to heal the scars on your faces in the future."
Knowing that Chu Yunxiao already knew the scar on her face had healed, Liu Anran deliberately said, "Is it because I'm not as pretty as before that you're starting to dislike me?"
"I don't look down on you, so please don't overthink it," Chu Yunxiao said.
Liu Anran blinked her big, watery eyes and asked, "Really? You're not lying to me?"
Chu Yunxiao said, "Really, I'm not lying to you, hurry up and eat the potatoes!"
Liu Anran picked up a potato and started eating. After finishing one potato, she suggested to Chu Yunxiao, "If we have rice, we can make some rice balls to eat on the way."
"Can you cook?" Chu Yunxiao asked.
"I can cook some simple home-style dishes, barely edible," Liu Anran said modestly.
"Yu Yu, bring out five or six catties of rice and have An Ran make rice balls," Chu Yunxiao said to Luo Yu Yu.
Luo Yuyu's eyes lit up when he heard this. He didn't like potatoes, so having rice balls was great.
Luo Yuyu stuffed the potato in his hand into his mouth and said, "Sister Anran, let me help you start the fire."
“Okay!” Liu Anran nodded and said. Having another person to help would indeed make the work much faster.
The two went to the kitchen. Luo Yuyu took out some rice and asked, "Do you have any cured meat?"
"We also have two large pieces of cured meat, do you want them both?" Luo Yuyu asked.
"What about the vegetables?" Liu Anran asked again.
"We have cowpeas and pumpkins, freshly picked today," Liu Yuyu replied.
"Just take a piece of cured pork and two pumpkins," Liu Anran said, glancing at the rice in the basin. "No one has eaten today, so take two more pounds of rice. When we make rice balls later, everyone can have one."
Upon hearing that there would be rice balls to eat later, Luo Yuyu immediately took out two jin of rice and asked solicitously, "Sister Anran, is that enough? If not, I'll take a little more."
"That's enough!" Liu Anran said.
Luo Yuyu walked to the kitchen door and called out to An Qiao, "An Qiao, come in quickly and turn on the water. There's no water to cook rice."
An Qiao stood up expressionlessly and walked into the kitchen.
Luo Yuyu took out a basin and placed it in front of An Qiao. After An Qiao filled the basin halfway with water, she walked out of the kitchen with a blank face.
Liu Anran looked at the half-full basin of water, which was only enough to rinse rice and cook rice; the water could only be used to wash vegetables.
Chu Yunxiao stood at the kitchen door, watching Liu Anran busy inside, and felt as if someone had poked his heart with a finger.
Liu Anran turned around and saw Chu Yunxiao looking at her. She smiled slightly at him, then lowered her head and continued with her work.
Chu Yunxiao looked at Liu Anran with tender eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.
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