Chapter 63 Decisive Departure (Second Bonus Chapter)
Without wasting a second, Zuo Shan opened the door and walked into the yard. Three burlap sacks lay side by side at the entrance, all wet.
Next to the sack was her dagger. Upon seeing it, Zuo Shan immediately picked it up, wiped it on the sack several times, and then put it back into the scabbard hanging at her waist.
When Zuo Shan pulled the bamboo rat, which was not yet fully thawed, out of the sack, he felt both amused and exasperated.
Bamboo rat meat is most delicious when it's slaughtered on-site, but this person froze it all right away, turning fresh meat into frozen meat.
Hmph! Is this some kind of display of his ice-based superpowers?
Despite her complaints, she resigned herself to her fate and began peeling skin and removing bones.
When catching bamboo rats, she marked all the ones that had been tested for moderate radiation. She tied their limbs with a purple vine and stuffed their mouths with purple leaves to prevent their screams from attracting other wild animals.
First, she deboned all the edible bamboo rats, washed them clean under the tap, diced them, and started cooking the meat sauce.
Mao Li was in charge of adding firewood to the stove for her, while she continued to process the highly radioactive and inedible items.
Try to skin the animals completely, wash and dry them, and store them for later. Chop the meat and bones into long strips, dry them, and save them as bait when you go fishing in the stream next time.
She worked until dawn, exhausted and sleepy. When Zuo Shan got up, she swayed twice and looked like she was about to fall, but suddenly an invisible force supported her waist from a distance.
With this force, Zuo Shan finally managed to steady himself against the door frame. He leaned against the door frame for a while before his breathing became steady.
While Zuo Shan was busy dealing with the bamboo rats, Modi Lan Dun stood by and watched coldly, never intending to lend a hand.
He always had his all-around assistant Matt by his side, so he never had to do anything himself when it came to dealing with prey.
So, he actually wouldn't skin her alive, and of course, he wouldn't admit that to this woman.
He really wanted to continue sleeping, but the aroma of the stew wafting from the stove kept stimulating his sense of smell.
Plus, this woman was out all day, and he only ate breakfast. Now, smelling the aroma of meat, he's getting even hungrier and can't sleep at all.
His senses were already more acute at night, and his attention unconsciously drifted toward the busy woman at the courtyard gate. So when he saw her about to fall, he subconsciously used his supernatural ability to support her waist.
She's pregnant, after all; she should at least be allowed to contribute something to the population of Algae Star, right?
If something serious were to happen, in a place like District 50 where medical care and medicine are scarce, it could very well result in the death of both mother and child, and the population would suddenly decrease by two. One of them was his personal chef whom he had booked, so of course he couldn't turn a blind eye.
Mortilan found a reasonable excuse for his behavior, then lay down and closed his eyes, and this time he fell asleep quickly.
When he woke up, the sun was already high in the sky, and the first thing he looked at was the bamboo bed.
Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating the sleeping woman's face and casting a soft golden glow on her long eyelashes. Only then did he notice that her eyeliner was long and beautiful, even more so than the eyelashes of socialites from wealthy families who had applied mascara.
Her lips were a little pale, probably due to anemia caused by long-term malnutrition, but the shape of her lips was very beautiful.
She wasn't the kind of woman who was immediately strikingly beautiful; her looks were at best above average. However, her straight nose added a touch of dashing charm to her appearance, making her the kind of woman whose beauty grew on you.
At this moment, her body was no longer as tense as it had been during the day, presenting a soft curve. Her bulging belly was half-pressed against the bed, and one hand unconsciously encircled her belly, making a gesture of protecting the fetus.
It turns out that she did care about her child; she was simply forced by life's circumstances to work hard while pregnant.
When Morti Lannister came to his senses, he realized that he had been staring at a pregnant woman for a full fifteen minutes, which shocked him and left him even more bewildered.
As a family heir who received a good education from a young age, he was well aware of his great responsibilities and understood that he could not have any unrealistic hobbies.
Looking back on everything that had happened during his recovery period here, he was shocked to realize how many mistakes he had made.
First of all, he was obsessed with food and had thought more than once about taking her back to be his personal chef.
But this was a fatal mistake in itself. Once his enemies discovered this, they could easily use the cook as leverage to coerce and entice her into poisoning him.
Secondly, his concern for this future chef went beyond the norm. Because he was worried about her safety, he went out wearing an ugly burlap sack and, disregarding his own injuries, forcibly used two superpowers to save her from danger.
Finally, and most terrifyingly, he actually stared intently at her as she slept for a full fifteen minutes. To put it bluntly, this could even be considered an excessive level of interest.
He, the heir of the prestigious Lan Dun family, actually developed a strong interest in a scavenger woman from District 50, especially since she was pregnant with another man's child!
This is absolutely absurd!
No, he must leave immediately before this emotion escalates!
As the heir to a powerful family, he cannot afford to have such a hobby that is close to his Achilles' heel.
Motiland is a decisive person. When he realized his mistake, he immediately turned on his watch and contacted his assistant Matt.
Then, he transferred some money to the sleeping woman's wrist.
He didn't even bother to count how many zeros he had entered before hastily ending the transfer and teleporting to the bamboo forest.
That was the location he had arranged with Matt; he would arrive in a supersonic fighter jet to pick him up within half an hour.
At this moment, the bamboo forest was quiet. Modilan Shield glanced around the bamboo forest and found several bamboo rat burrows that had been dug up. He couldn't help but frown.
That stupid woman, she spent so much time yesterday just to capture these cheap Tier 1 mutated beasts?
He and she were indeed from different worlds; hopefully, they will never cross paths again.
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When Zuo Shan woke up, Mao Li immediately reported to her that the man had left, and before leaving, he had transferred money to her wristwatch, though he hadn't had time to see the exact amount.
"What? He just left like that? Without even saying goodbye, what a jerk!" Zuo Shan said angrily.
"Phew! Good thing he's gone, good thing he's gone. I don't have to worry about him taking Ah Chen baby from me anymore." The next second, she grinned again.
Then I checked my watch to see the balance and found that it had changed from five digits to six digits.
"122618, not bad, not bad, I knew this number was auspicious, and it really brought good luck!"
But this man is quite stingy. He boasted before that he would repay a hundredfold, but now? I spent a total of 23,800 yuan on things for him, not including the food and drinks I've had these past few days, and he transferred 100,000 yuan to me.
Okay, 100,000 isn't a small amount. It's four times the amount owed. One shouldn't be too greedy; be content!
Zuo Shan muttered to himself for a while, then began planning his move.
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