Disaster! Starved My Niece to Death!

"Hey! You know, this folding electric bike is actually pretty good!"

Shen Jin rode back to his "Yellow" Character Room Two, which was filled with various appliances:

A refrigerator, washing machine, microwave, electric oven, dishwasher, electric sofa, vibrating bed, and more.

He casually grabbed an outlet and plugged in the small electric bike to charge.

"I wonder what Li Moxiao is up to? She must be starving."

Shen Jin had always been thinking about how to avoid entanglement with karma, having formulated the Thirty-Six Rules of the Apocalypse. But he never expected that after gaining a certain emotion, he would start to care.

In "Yellow" Room Number One, he glanced at the surveillance feed.

His little niece was curled up on the bed, probably asleep.

Yang Ao hadn't left yet and was playing peek-a-boo with the camera.

The interior of the villa was normal, traps were not triggered, and the zombie traffic outside was normal.

Excellent!

It seemed like today would be another peaceful day.

Considering he would be bringing two guests later, Shen Jin decided to have a simple meal today.

That's right!

There was no way he was bringing out the good stuff. What if others became dependent on him?

What if someone as strong as Sun Can tried to snatch his food?

What if Shang Qian was willing to offer her first time for food... uh, her first time today?

Huh? What could he do?

He was just an ordinary, little homebody with enough food for three lifetimes!

Of course, within this villa, he wasn't afraid of anyone.

Even a dragon would have to coil up before him!

Hmm... tonight, he'd have steamed buns with pickled vegetables.

Emerging from the 'Secret Room', Shen Jin carried Sun Can and placed him on the sofa. He turned on the gas stove and heated a pot of steamed buns.

But thinking of Li Moxiao starving all day, he gritted his teeth and added a handful of millet.

"Hey! Rice Gobbler, wake up!"

Li Moxiao showed no reaction.

(I see.)

Shen Jin sneered. Still playing hard to get with me? I, Shen, can tame even the most aloof Shang Qian, how could I not handle you, a little loli?

"Little goofball!"

"Master, I'm here."

"Play the Song of the Rice Gobblers."

"Okay, Master. I've found DJ Zhang Zong's 'Song of the Rice Gobblers' in your local music library. Please enjoy."

"My rice bowl is served Awaken, the spirit of the rice gobbler I really want 321, hit it Finally, it's mealtime Rice gobbler, rice gobbling time The first to rush to the eatery Not eating when seeing food is inhuman Only on a full stomach do we have energy The boss hasn't even ordered yet Another bowl Rice gobbler, rice gobbling spirit Rice gobblers eat with bowls Even a flying fish can't cut through the water, leaving sweat flowing Only rice gobbling can relieve a thousand sorrows"

The smooth, catchy music flowed through the room, full of passion!

Listening to it made Shen Jin want to devour a bowl of rice.

"..."

Li Moxiao showed no reaction at all.

Shen Jin felt something was off. He patted Li Moxiao, but she still didn't stir.

"Could she have... fainted from hunger?"

No way, no way? Didn't she eat six big mooncakes this morning?

That much sugar would have sent an old man straight to the ER for diabetes.

He touched Li Moxiao's forehead. It was a little cool.

A bad feeling welled up in his heart. He remembered Li Moxiao had seriously told him yesterday that she was often on the brink of death.

Shen Jin trembled as he checked her breathing.

w(Д)w

"Holy crap! No way?"

Li Moxiao was dead.

Disbelieving, Shen Jin forgot about any perverted thoughts and immediately pulled up her sleeve, exposing her wrist.

No pulse either.

After checking, his little niece had no wounds, and there were no signs of the villa being invaded.

Shen Jin slumped to the ground. He truly couldn't believe it.

His little niece, whom he'd only picked up yesterday, had starved to death.

Grief overwhelmed him. He felt he wasn't worthy of being a good uncle. Yet, the thought that someone could actually starve to death after not eating for half a day made him want to laugh.

So, Shen Jin covered his face, o(TヘTo): "Kukukukuku~~"

A mixed aroma of steamed buns and millet porridge wafted to his nose.

Shen Jin's head shot up. He slapped himself!

"Slap~"

"Why? With so much good food, why did I insist on giving you this nutritionally deficient stuff? You'd already suffered for three months, and I couldn't even bear to take out some vegetables or meat to supplement your nutrition."

"Slap~"

"I shouldn't have hidden the steak and eaten it myself, leaving you to gnaw on rice with soy sauce!"

"Slap~"

"I'm truly not human! Moxiao, Uncle is sorry!"

"So the steak smell I smelled yesterday wasn't an illusion, but you were secretly eating it yourself, huh???"

An extremely cold, mature female voice reached Shen Jin's ears.

Shen Jin whipped his head around, looking in disbelief at Li Moxiao, who was propping herself up with one hand on the bed. She looked incredibly pale, as if she had been gravely ill.

However, there was still drool at the corner of her mouth.

"Slurp~ Slurp~"

The atmosphere was instantly ruined. Moreover, the more Li Moxiao slurped, the more drool flowed.

"What are you looking at! I'm telling you!"

Shen Jin wasn't angry at all. He looked at his 'resurrected' little niece with surprise and

hugged her tightly!

"Uncle will never let you go hungry again. I'll let you eat your fill!"

If Shen Jin's caution had always made him only show one or two-tenths of his strength, then at this moment, he felt it was acceptable to let his little niece know three or four-tenths.

"Hey! Who wants to be your niece! Call me Li Moxiao!"

Li Moxiao struggled in his arms, but she was weak and sickly, lacking any real strength.

A moment later, under Li Moxiao's disgusted expression, Shen Jin awkwardly let go of her.

"Pfft! Big pervert!"

"Hahaha, I was just too excited!"

Li Moxiao rolled her eyes. "If you don't get me something to eat soon, I'm afraid I'll starve to death again."

"Ah, right!"

He messily patted Li Moxiao's head, only to be disdainfully pushed aside.

He first served her a bowl of millet porridge to warm her stomach, then went to the small kitchen upstairs and got 10 Australian hand-cut steaks, each weighing a full half-pound.

This time, he was going to let Li Moxiao eat her fill!

In the basement, the aroma of steak filled the air~~

Shen Jin saw out of the corner of his eye that Li Moxiao was drooling while drinking the millet porridge.

It took about the time it takes to pan-fry two steaks.

Half a bowl of millet porridge, slowly drunk until the bowl was full.

(°ー°〃)

Shen Jin's expression darkened. He snatched the saliva-covered porridge from Li Moxiao and disdainfully dumped it out.

"Li Moxiao, you've grossed me out!"

"So what?"

"Uh..."

Shen Jin was rendered speechless.

Soon, the two steaks were finished by Li Moxiao.

"Um... can I have two more?"

Heaven and earth as witness! As Li Moxiao ate the real hand-cut Australian steak, her dissatisfaction with Shen Jin instantly vanished. Forget the apocalypse, even before it, she had never eaten such delicious steak!

The meat was tender and smooth, bursting with juice with every bite, filling her mouth with fragrance.

So now, she felt a bit embarrassed. She felt like Shen Jin had brought out his best, hidden treasures.

She was truly too embarrassed!

"Uncle... I'm still hungry, can I have two more?"

"Coming right up~"

After a few steaks, Li Moxiao smacked her lips and looked at Shen Jin, who was savoring his first steak.

"I smell the cornbread, and it smells pretty good too."

Shen Jin: "..."

"But you're already eating steak."

"I just want to eat the cornbread, along with the steak."

"No, don't you think that's a bit jarring?"

Li Moxiao's big, cute eyes instantly misted over: "Shen Jin, you don't... love me anymore, sob sob~"

"Good grief! Here we go again?"

However, seeing his little niece come back to life, Shen Jin decided to indulge her just this once.

Thus, before Shang Qian came through the tunnel to the secret room, Shen Jin and Li Moxiao had already finished 10 steaks and 2 cornbread buns.

Both were content.

Upon hearing that guests were arriving, Li Moxiao's eyes darted around:

"Shen Jin... I think it's pretty good that we have cornbread in the apocalypse."

"Heh~ You're quite sensible!"

"So... let them eat more cornbread."

"..."

The exhaust fan was turned on. Under the light, two figures, one large and one small, meticulously cleaned up the suspicious food scraps in the basement.

Ensuring everything maintained its meager appearance.