What is hidden?
The next morning, Liu Xia woke up to the sound of a garbage truck beeping on the street. She turned over in bed and stretched comfortably. It had been a long time since she had such a comfortable sleep since the car accident.
With half of her face buried in the pillow, she recalled the conversation with Song Xuan last night. Her face turned slightly red, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised a smile.
I finally understand what I saw on the Internet before: some people are born with eyes that are so infatuated that they even look at telephone poles.
Song Xuan is such a person. When he smiles and looks at you intently, the tenderness in his eyes seems to be able to drown a person. Coupled with his handsome face that can rival that of a celebrity, it is simply hard for ordinary people to resist.
The atmosphere after the two of them hooked last night was too strange. In order to hide his involuntarily accelerated heartbeat, he didn't even bother to ask about Song Xuan's strange behavior during the day. He went back to the room under the cover of night to hide his flushed cheeks. Thinking back on it now, he felt a little annoyed.
She listened attentively to the noise outside. Apart from the sound of the garbage truck, the only sound was the heavy breathing of Ding Ruotong who was sleeping in the next room.
He stood up and walked out of the room. On the coffee table in the living room was a plate of breakfast covered by a large bowl, with dishes and other items placed beside it. There were still traces of Song Xuan's rest on the sofa, but he was no longer in the room.
Liu Xia walked forward and opened the bowl, and saw six meat buns made of white flour placed on the plate. From the heat on the buns, it could be seen that Song Xuan had obviously left not long ago.
The white flour meat buns exuded the aroma of fresh oil, which made people salivate. Liu Xia swallowed uncontrollably as she smelled the aroma. Even Ding Ruotong, who was still sleeping just now, was attracted by the aroma. The sound of the bed creaking came from the small room.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, the sound of shoes rubbing against the floor was heard. Ding Ruotong opened the door with a head of messy white hair from sleeping, and looked at the source of the fragrance with a greedy expression on her face.
"What is this?" Ding Ruotong swallowed with shining eyes and pointed at the buns on the table.
Liu Xia picked up the old chopsticks on the table, picked up a white flour meat bun, put it in the bowl, and handed it to the greedy cat who walked up quickly: "This is a meat bun, Atong, have you never seen it before?"
The fat of the meat buns had seeped through the thin white flour crust, and it cracked a little with a slight touch. The gravy filled with rich aroma mixed with pork squeezed out the white flour, and the aroma of meat mixed with the fragrance of green onions also wafted out, hitting the nostrils of both people.
"I've never seen this before... It smells so good." Ding Ruotong took the bowl and chopsticks and swallowed her saliva. She picked up the bun and brought it to her nose to smell the aroma. Then she stuffed it into her mouth without caring whether it was hot or not. With a light bite, the rich gravy mixed with fresh meat slid into her mouth and exploded directly in her mouth.
"Huh... so hot..." She exhaled quickly at the scalding gravy, then couldn't help but squint her eyes at the delicious aroma. "This white thing... the meat buns are so delicious."
Liu Xia couldn't help laughing at her anxious look, and picked up a bun to eat. The rich fat mixed with the taste of green onion and ginger suppressed the fishy smell of meat by 70 to 80%. Judging from the chewing texture and taste, this should be pork.
It was surprisingly delicious.
She had never thought that she could eat livestock here, and she was wondering if the meat was some kind of mutant animal meat.
Unexpectedly, the Black Gold City not only grows vegetables and raises seafood, but also raises livestock. The level of agriculture and animal husbandry has basically reached the level before the nuclear war.
What other surprises are waiting for her to discover here?
Soon, the six white flour meat buns on the table, each as big as an adult's fist, were eaten up by the two of them. Even Ding Ruotong, who always ate just to survive, did not look satisfied. She smacked her lips with a feeling of being unsatisfied, and her reaction was even more exaggerated than when she ate noodles for the first time yesterday.
"How can there be something so delicious in this world?" Ding Ruotong's blue and white eyes shone with joy, and she looked at Liu Xia with great interest, "Sister Xia, have you ever eaten this before?"
Liu Xia was also overwhelmed by the deliciousness of the meat buns. Her lips were covered with a layer of glossy grease, and she was searching for a tissue on the table to wipe her mouth. "It's really delicious. If it were in the world three hundred years ago, these foods would have been easily available."
"Really?" Ding Ruotong's sparkling eyes shone with longing, and her voice was filled with joy. "That's great... The world three hundred years ago must have been beautiful."
"Is it beautiful?" Liu Xia was stunned when he heard Ding Ruotong's words. If you compare the world three hundred years ago with the world now, it is indeed very beautiful.
Ding Ruotong continued with a hint of regret in her voice: "It's a pity that we don't live in that beautiful era."
Liu Xia couldn't imagine what exactly caused the outbreak of nuclear war and turned the world into what it is today.
Such a huge change in the world is beyond the imagination of an ordinary citizen like her.
Liu Xia did not continue this topic with Ding Ruotong. No matter what, the world has become like this, and they can only choose to accept this change.
Just like she did back then, she had to accept the situation where her consciousness was traveling between two worlds.
After finishing their meal, the two cleaned up the leftovers on the table and then went to a doctor not far away to check on He Tianlin's physical condition.
He Tianlin's body remained in the same state as yesterday. His heart, with the help of a pacemaker, was stubbornly supplying nutrients to the whole body. He could remain active without Liu Xia's blood for the time being, but he was unable to leave the hospital bed. He was still unconscious and showed no signs of waking up.
Fortunately, Dr. Lin clearly stated that He Tianlin's brain was intact and healthy, and he could not wake up because of the body's self-protection function. As long as the mechanical heart was replaced as soon as possible, he would wake up soon.
This is not a solution. We must quickly find the supplies Dr. Lin needs and replace He Tianlin's heart with a mechanical one.
Doctor Lin still seemed indifferent to outsiders, but in comparison, his attitude towards Ding Ruotong was slightly better. He would teach her how to take care of He Tianlin, how to adjust the pacemaker, how to deal with emergencies, etc.
They didn't chase them away again, and even provided basic meals at lunch, such as shredded pork rice packed from outside, which was a much better treatment.
Song Xuan must have specifically reminded her of this, otherwise Liu Xia would not have been able to guess the reason why Dr. Lin did this.
Song Xuan came to the hospital again in the evening. It was much later than the time he arrived yesterday. The sun had almost fallen below the horizon, with only a thin line of light remaining on the edge.
He was still wearing the purple protective suit, which was much thinner than yesterday. His smiling face made his already good-looking face even more sunny and bright.
His behavior was no different from yesterday. He took Liu Xia and Ding Ruotong to a noodle restaurant for dinner.
Liu Xia's invitation to help obtain the materials needed for the mechanical heart still received no positive response.
It was already completely dark when the three of them walked out of the noodle shop. Song Xuan said again that he had something to take care of and left.
Liu Xia was not the type to wait forever, so he would not let go of Song Xuan's attempt to cover up his crime three times.
She used genetic resonance to transform herself into a mechanical arm, trying her best to avoid being discovered as an outsider by the patrol team on the road, and followed Song Xuan from a distance.
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