Chapter 74: One bowl of rice can cook three bowls of rice "I want to go back early...
"I need to go back to work early." Tim stretched.
"I haven't seen you working overtime outside now."
"There's less work to do now," he said, genuinely happy about the job disappearing. "Just paying protection money to the Red Hood Gang has saved me a lot of unnecessary trouble."
"Will your employees feel it's not worth it to be happy about this kind of surrender?" Liu Shu has never had any real feelings about this kind of thing.
“They are happier than I am.”
"If this continues, sooner or later there will be a villain who will try to teach Red Hood to do bad things." Liu Shu simply guessed the troubles that the Red Hood Gang would encounter in the future.
"But we have to be able to beat them."
It was not yet four o'clock when Liu Shu arrived home, and she waved to the people at the door.
"You may not see me tomorrow." Tim's reminder was a bit redundant.
"Then be careful."
Liu Shu was very familiar with the feeling of not being able to see someone the next day. Since she came to Gotham, she rarely greeted the same person for several days.
She closed the door and habitually looked around to see if she had any small props.
Not found yet.
It has been a long time since I received props from the Bat Family, and Liu Shu is now a little uncomfortable.
She walked around the sofa and then went to the window.
Tim hadn't left yet. One second he was looking around, and the next he looked up and smiled at the direction his gaze was directed.
He seemed to care a lot about the changes here. Liu Shu opened the curtains and found that the downstairs of her house was no longer the same as when she first arrived.
The exterior walls of the buildings have been repaired to varying degrees, with no bullet holes or traces of gunpowder visible, and the road surface is also clean and tidy enough.
That's why we say Red Hood is a good guy. If someone wants to replace him, the residents of Crime Alley will be the first to disagree.
Liu Shu moved the miscellaneous items in the corner to a new position. After throwing those that could be considered garbage into the warehouse reflected in the mirror, she stared at the RPG rocket launcher in a daze.
What on earth is this thing for?
She thought about it for a long time but couldn't make up her mind, so she simply picked up her keys and went out.
She hadn't bought groceries for a long time, so she had to go see if there were any fruits, and then run a little further to buy some staple food, as there was no rice at home.
Walking to the renamed supermarket, Liu Shu saw a familiar motorcycle on the side of the road.
Is it him again? Gotham is so small.
After Liu Shu entered the supermarket, he started looking for someone.
It was easy to find. She took one look at the evil big red date and immediately turned her head away.
Let's just buy our stuff and leave. Why is this guy wearing a helmet? Is he going to fight? With whom?
Unfortunately, when she reached the fruit and vegetable section, the very noticeable Red Hood stood behind her.
"It's scary. Can you please not be here?" Liu Shu chose two boxes of tomatoes. She felt that the packaging of the tomatoes seemed a bit too much. It was fixed with foam, and there was a layer of plastic bag, and finally the box.
"You're not afraid at all, you just feel ashamed, right?"
"Congratulations, you were right." Liu Shu turned around and saw something in Red Hood's hand that he never thought he would hold in his life.
"Northeast rice?" If her brain was not broken, she hoped it was.
"Oh, what do you think of this brand?"
"...It's pretty good. Where did you get it?"
"Over there," Red Hood pointed in a direction, "They bought this store and added a lot of stuff. Since they paid the protection fee, I won't charge any more."
Liu Shu walked silently to the place he gave her, "Why are you here?"
"I want to see which one you'll buy."
"I didn't ask you why you followed me."
"Are you arrogant?"
Liu Shu looked up at his face, but couldn't see anything because of the hood. "You still have time to play, aren't you going to waste your time?"
"Are you talking about those who are against me?" Red Hood could see what she meant from her expression.
Red Hood has never had few enemies. Since he appeared, countless people have attacked him. Liu Shu knows that some people have been particularly agitated recently. As for why she knows that.
If someone knocks on your door at 4 a.m. and you're given the locations and keys of several safe houses, anyone would know them.
"It's enough to know who did it. I like it when they want to kill me but can't." Red Hood supported the rice cabinet with one hand. "Later, I will let them know the consequences of attacking me."
It’s a very cool remark, and it would be even cooler if the thing in front of him wasn’t rice.
Liu Shu couldn't help but smile. "Don't worry, the one you have is the most expensive and delicious. The ratio of rice to water is 1:1.2."
"you……"
"If it's easier, place your finger vertically on the surface of the rice, with the water just covering the first joint of your finger."
"no……"
"You don't know how much to cook, right? One bowl of rice can make about three bowls of cooked rice. It depends on how much you can eat. Don't cook too much. Eating leftovers is not good for your health."
"……Thanks."
After receiving the man's unusual thanks, Liu Shu walked over to the rice cabinet, grabbed a handful and smelled it.
"So we can tell them apart now?" Red Hood hadn't left yet.
"I don't know. Just think of it as an oriental mysterious ritual like patting a watermelon." She looked deeply at the rice pile, resisting the urge to bury her hands in the rice.
Then insert a small shovel on the side to dig out the rice grains from deeper inside to see if there are any signs of breakage or insect damage. These can help people judge the quality of the rice.
After doing this, she carried a bag of rice from the shelf, the same as Red Hood's, but it was larger.
"?" As Liu Shu walked further and further away, Red Hood glanced at the rice and his own hand in confusion, then followed her example, grabbing the rice and examining it carefully...
Carrying the rice to the cashier under the gaze of the customers, Liu Shu took out his wallet to pay.
"You are one of the members of our supermarket. Here is your card." The cashier lady handed Liu Shu a black card with a gold border with both hands with a smile on her face.
"Huh?" This was Liu Shu's first time here after the supermarket expansion. She took the card and saw the familiar Wayne Group logo on it and understood what was going on.
The cashier helped her pack her things and leaned slightly towards her. "Please take care."
There is no intention of asking for money at all.
Liu Shu did not refuse. She was not a fool. She accepted the kindness. Besides, refusing at this time would be the most troublesome and would cause a lot of trouble for the cashier and supermarket workers.
She looked at Red Hood who was checking out after her. What this man and his subordinates gave her was what she wanted to refuse the most.
What RPG plus two boxes of ammunition, what key to the safe house in the middle of the night, she didn't get angry, which shows her good character.
It's amazing that the cashier treats Red Hood like a normal person, and Ryushu's focus is particularly skewed, as she thought everyone would find this terrifying.
"What are you looking at?" Red Hood leaned against his car and lowered his head.
"Do you know that you are already a horror legend in Crime Alley?" From this perspective, motorcycles and Batmobiles are almost as cool.
Liu Shu secretly tiptoed. If she grew to be as tall as Red Hood, she could buy... no, build herself a car as cool as that. But now, even if she wanted to drive Red Hood's car, she couldn't reach the ground.
"Huh? What did you say?"
"I often hear people say things like 'If you don't behave, the Red Hood will come and take you away.' Congratulations." Liu Shu put the things on the ground and clapped.
"****, wasn't this Bat's job before? Is it my turn now?" Red Hood's reaction did not disappoint.
Sure enough, the words used to scare children in the past were "If you don't behave, the big bat will come and take you away." Secretary Liu wrote down this wonderful piece of knowledge, although it was really useless in Gotham.
Red Hood sighed, "You haven't moved yet?"
"Is there nothing wrong with where you live now?"
"All your downstairs neighbors have moved away." He said meaningfully.
"I'm not unarmed."
"Since you insist," he gave a thumbs-up, "keep going. You're awesome."
Liu Shu nodded, "Another Shadow Corps?"
"?" Red Hood knew it was time to add some more expressions to his head. "What is that?"
"Oh, it's the League of Assassins. Sorry, they look a bit like each other sometimes."
"You'd better be on your guard. This time it's an inside job."
“Who did they work with?”
"Who do you think is the one that's more common in Gotham right now? Haha."
Is he talking about Damian? Ryushu was quite touched that Red Hood even told her this.
"Then why do they always target you?"
"Oh, originally I was the 'inside' of the conspiracy, and after the betrayal they wanted to take revenge on me."
"..." Isn't this entirely because of him? Liu Shu looked at him with a complicated look, "Be careful, don't die."
"Haha, I won't make the same mistake again."
"So when is your death anniversary?"
"..." Red Hood decided to change his hood today. He really needed more expressions. "Why are you asking that?"
"Our relationship isn't close enough for me to give you a birthday present, but out of respect for your newfound respect for the good of your life, I can still give you a sacrifice."
Red Hood pulled out a business card and pen from his waist, wrote a few numbers on it, and gave it to her.
"You still have a business card?"
"I don't know why they made it for me." Red Hood was actually quite puzzled, but since his subordinates had made it and asked him to keep it, he would accept it.
Was it for that? To take down Wayne Enterprises and establish dominance in both the black and white worlds of Gotham?
"...They are all doing this for your own good." Liu Shu took a long time to say this. She tried her best.
Red Hood just intuitively felt that something was wrong, but he had no evidence and didn't know what was wrong. He felt that there was no danger, but it just felt weird.
"Do you want someone to send your things back to you?" He put his hand on the front of the car, as if preparing to leave.
"No need," Liu Shu once again hefted the ten kilograms of rice onto his shoulders, "I can do it myself."
She did not try to be tough, and even felt it was very easy, almost the same as moving things by herself using a doll.
Red Hood watched her go once more, unsure if her resistance to rice was more noticeable or his Red Hood.
After returning home, Liu Shu resolutely added the RPG to his weapon equipment column. This thing is quite powerful. It can be used to fight well-trained assassins, just enough to keep them alive but injure them. As for those buildings that were destroyed, someone will compensate for them.
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