Seeing that it was almost time, Li Yao put down her apron and went to the dining table in the living room.
Looking at the various delicacies in the [Infinite Space], we chose blanched bok choy, stir-fried eggplant, potatoes, green peppers, and beef cubes with seafood, along with our own stir-fried flower crab, steamed flower crab, and flower crab porridge. The two of us, one person and one cat, started eating.
The mutated flower crab has plump and bouncy meat, and each of the three ways of eating it has its own unique deliciousness. Moreover, the pure meat of this mutated flower crab weighs about 3 pounds, which is enough to satisfy Li Yao's big appetite. Paired with ginger cola to dispel cold, although people are not afraid of the cold when eating crab now, such a sense of ritual is still possible.
Tonight, Li Yao and her cat ate dinner while watching a variety show. Listening to the laughter on TV and watching the funny celebrities on screen, Li Yao felt for a moment as if she had returned to Earth and spent the weekend alone at home.
Actually, when you think about it, being alone is really great. You don't have to engage in pointless socializing, you don't have to rack your brains to entertain others, and you don't have to spend two hours putting on makeup, wear high heels that hurt your feet, and still have to put on a smiling face for others.
She's actually quite lazy.
Back on Earth, Li Yao had some friends in high school. She treated everyone sincerely, and they all had a fairly pleasant high school life on the surface. Of these friends, she was the only one who got into university, while the others paid for junior colleges or private schools. Three or four years later, when they met again, it was for two of them to get wedding invitations.
Li Yao went out of consideration for her friends, only to find that none of the other classmates had gone. She was the only one who had foolishly given a gift of money. No one mentioned it in the group chat; instead, everyone said they were going home. At that time, she was just an intern, earning 1800 yuan a month. With 1000 yuan for the gift, she could only afford steamed buns and spicy strips for most of the month…
Later, everyone got together. Since we lived in the same city, we would occasionally run into each other. Li Yao went too, thinking that we would see each other all the time. But during the conversation, a girl who used to claim to be Li Yao's best friend asked Li Yao where she worked. Li Yao said that she worked in human resources at a biotechnology company called Jixiang. As soon as the girl heard the company name, she said that the name was really old-fashioned and that a college graduate like her was working in the suburbs. She said that she herself worked at a bank.
Another friend laughed and said that Li Yao always works in an office, comfortably working nine to five every day, unlike you who are always running around. That finally eased the tension.
At the time, Li Yao thought it was just casual conversation and didn't take it to heart. Later, when she heard that the girl was telling everyone that going to university was useless, Li Yao realized that these people were no longer the same.
The girl only knew that the company's name sounded rustic in the suburbs, which precisely exposed her ignorance. At the time, Li Yao worked at a technology company that was the sole developer of an international patent. The company headquarters was in Beijing and it was a listed company. Li Yao was in one of the 17 subsidiaries across the country. To join such a company right after graduation was really not bad.
But Li Yao never explained it, and they gradually stopped contacting each other.
Later, her job changed, and she stayed at home idle for almost a year. Her phone never rang except for takeout calls. No one was looking for her, and she didn't seem to have anyone to look for. After all, she could only afford to treat herself to a meal for a hundred or two hundred yuan, and she might be called stingy if she paid.
That period was a time when Li Yao truly severed ties with interpersonal relationships. She realized that no one could help her, no matter how good the relationship was, or how they said they grew up together. When she really needed someone, she could only rely on herself.
She used to think about making some friends. After all, as the old saying goes, having more friends means having more options. She was an orphan, and even if something unexpected happened to her one day, it would be good if someone came to the police station to claim her. Sometimes when she had some worries, it would be good to talk to a friend.
Later, Li Yao could tell from the way these "friends" looked at her and their words that they looked down on her. The reason was unclear. Maybe it was because of some gossip, or maybe it was because she was an orphan. After entering society, everyone realized that having a family and connections was a kind of capital, while Li Yao only had herself.
After cutting off all unnecessary interpersonal relationships, Li Yao had her own time after get off work every day. She could sleep in late if she wanted, and stay up late if she wanted. She was very frank in refusing some seemingly reasonable but actually unreasonable requests from others, thus saving some unnecessary expenses on maintaining relationships. She never went to birthday parties, anniversary parties, or celebration banquets except for those paid for by the company or collectively. She saved the rest of the money to buy a house.
That was a period that Li Yao thoroughly enjoyed. She didn't have to worry about what others thought or try to please them. She also enjoyed reading novels and watching dramas, having her own hobbies and being able to be alone, which saved her a lot on cosmetics. On weekends, she would stay in her rented apartment, sleeping in until she naturally woke up, watching dramas, variety shows, and reading novels, finding joy in her own company.
So now that Li Yao has transmigrated, she also prefers to be alone, and with 6834 by her side, she's not lonely.
Li Yao didn't know how those people with spatial abilities in the novel interacted with others, but whenever she thought about how someone with immense wealth still had to eat coarse food, she felt deeply resentful.
Of course, if she had her own team, she wouldn't have to eat coarse food anymore, but Li Yao didn't even dare to think about whether she could sleep at night with her space exposed. Not being robbed and not being targeted by thieves are two completely different things.
Perhaps she genuinely enjoys being alone, because the thought of being with someone else sends chills down Li Yao's spine, and she has a hundred different scenarios in her mind about being killed by someone else.
"Maybe this is some kind of illness," Li Yao thought, "but whatever, let's just say she's sick."
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