"Hey! You know what? This folding electric bike was actually pretty good!"
Shen Jin rode back to his No. 2 "Yellow" room, which was filled with all kinds of appliances:
A refrigerator, washing machine, microwave, electric oven, dishwasher, motorized sofa, vibrating bed, and more.
He casually grabbed an outlet and plugged in the little electric bike to charge.
"I wonder what Li Moxiao's doing? She must be starving."
Shen Jin had always thought about how to avoid karma and had established the Thirty-Six Rules of the Apocalypse, but he had never expected that once he formed a certain bond, he would start to care.
In No. 1 "Yellow" room, he checked the surveillance feed.
His little niece was curled up on the bed, probably asleep.
Yang Ao had not left yet and was having a staring contest with the camera.
Everything inside the villa was normal, the traps had not been triggered, and the zombie traffic outside was normal.
Very good!
Looks like it would be another peaceful day.
Since he would be bringing back two guests later, Shen Jin decided to make something lousy for dinner today.
That was right!
There was no way he was taking out the good stuff. What if they latched onto him afterward?
What if someone as strong as Sun Can decided to steal his food?
What if Shang Qian was willing to offer up her first time for food... uh, her first time today? What then?
Hm? What could I do?
I was just an ordinary shut-in with enough food to last three lifetimes!
Of course, inside this villa, he was not afraid of anyone.
Even a dragon would have to coil up for me!
Mm. Cornbread and pickled mustard greens tonight, then.
After leaving the Secret Room, Shen Jin carried Sun Can over to the sofa, turned on the gas stove, and heated up a pot of cornbread.
But when he thought about how Li Moxiao had gone hungry all day, he gritted his teeth and added a handful of millet.
"Hey! Rice gobbler, wake up!"
Li Moxiao did not react at all.
(￣ー￣)
Shen Jin sneered. Playing hard to get with me now? Even Shang Qian, the coldest person around, had been tamed by me. Could I not handle a little loli like you?
"Little Dummy!"
"Master, I'm here."
"Play Song of the Rice Gobblers."
"Okay, Master. DJ Zhang Zong's 'Song of the Rice Gobblers' has been found in your local music library. Please enjoy."
"My rice bowl has been served
Awaken, soul of the rice gobbler
I really want it
Three, two, one, knock knock
At last, mealtime has arrived
It's time for rice gobblers to eat
The first to charge into the restaurant
Anyone who sees food and does not eat is not human
Only a full meal gives you spirit
The boss hasn't called my number yet
Bring another bowl
Rice gobbler, rice-eating soul
Rice gobblers need basins to eat from
Autumn blades cut the water, sweat flows like a river
Only eating can ease a thousand worries"
The catchy, addictive music flowed through the room, brimming with passion!
It made Shen Jin want to devour a whole basin of rice.
"..."
Li Moxiao still did not react in the slightest.
Shen Jin felt that something was wrong. He patted Li Moxiao, but there was still no movement at all.
"Could she have... passed out from hunger?"
No way, right? Hadn't she eaten six huge mooncakes this morning?
With that much sugar, an old man would have been sent straight to the emergency room for diabetes.
He touched Li Moxiao's forehead. It was a little cold.
A bad feeling surged through him. He remembered how seriously Li Moxiao had said yesterday that she was often on the brink of death.
Trembling, Shen Jin checked her breathing.
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"Fuck!!! No way, right?"
Li Moxiao had stopped breathing.
Unable to believe it, Shen Jin did not care whether it was perverted or not. He immediately pulled up her sleeve and exposed her wrist.
Her pulse was gone too.
After checking her over, he found no wounds on his little niece, and there were no signs that the villa had been invaded.
Shen Jin collapsed onto the floor. He truly could not believe it.
The little niece he had just picked up yesterday had starved to death.
Grief welled up inside him. He felt unworthy of being a good uncle, but the thought that someone could actually starve to death after only half a day without food also made him want to laugh.
So Shen Jin covered his face.
o(TヘTo): "Kukukukuku~~"
The mixed aroma of cornbread and millet porridge drifted to his nose.
Shen Jin suddenly raised his head and slapped himself!
"Pia~"
"Why? With so much delicious food around, why did I have to feed you something so lacking in nutrition? You had already suffered for three months, yet I could not bear to take out even some vegetables and meat to help you recover."
"Pia~"
"I shouldn't have hidden the steak away and eaten it myself while making you chew plain rice with soy sauce!"
"Pia~"
"I'm really not human! Mo Xiao, Uncle is sorry!"
"So the steak smell I caught yesterday wasn't an illusion. You were secretly eating it yourself, huh???"
An icy, mature girlish voice came from beside Shen Jin's ear.
Shen Jin whipped around and stared in disbelief at Li Moxiao, who was bracing herself against the bed with one hand and weakly forcing herself upright. Her face was deathly pale, as if she had suffered a serious illness.
Only, drool still hung from the corner of her mouth.
"Slurp~ Slurp~"
The atmosphere was instantly ruined. Worse yet, the more Li Moxiao slurped, the more drool flowed out.
"What are you looking at! I'm telling you, hey?"
Shen Jin was not angry at all. He looked at his little niece, who had seemingly come back from the dead, in delight.
Then he 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 reveal only ten or twenty percent of his strength, then at this moment, he felt that letting his little niece know thirty or forty percent would be fine.
"Hey! Who wants to be your niece? Call me Li Moxiao!"
Li Moxiao struggled in his arms, but she was weak and sickly. How could she have any strength?
A moment later, under Li Moxiao's disgusted gaze, Shen Jin awkwardly released her.
"Pah! Big pervert!"
"Ha... haha, wasn't I 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, okay!"
He randomly rubbed Li Moxiao's head, only for her to fling his hand away in disgust.
He first served her a bowl of millet porridge to warm her stomach, then went upstairs to the small kitchen and brought down ten Australian Hand-Cut Steaks, each one weighing a full half kilogram.
This time, he would let Li Moxiao eat her fill!
In the basement, the scent of steak filled the air~~
Out of the corner of his eye, Shen Jin saw Li Moxiao drinking millet porridge while drooling.
By the time he had fried two steaks.
Half a bowl of millet porridge had slowly turned into a full bowl.
(°ー°〃)
Shen Jin's face darkened as he snatched away Li Moxiao's drool-filled porridge and poured it out in disgust.
"Li Moxiao, you disgusted me!"
"So what?"
"Uh..."
Shen Jin was actually left speechless.
Soon, Li Moxiao finished the two steaks.
"Um... two more, please."
Heaven knew! The moment Li Moxiao tasted real Australian hand-cut steak, all her dissatisfaction with Shen Jin instantly vanished. Forget the apocalypse—even before the apocalypse, she had never eaten steak this delicious!
The meat was tender and juicy. One bite filled her mouth with bursting flavor.
So now, she was actually a little embarrassed. She felt that Shen Jin had taken out all his most precious hidden supplies.
She was really too embarrassed!
"Uncle... I'm still hungry. Could I have two more?"
"Sure~"
After several steaks went into her stomach, Li Moxiao smacked her lips and looked at Shen Jin, who was tasting his first steak.
"The cornbread smells pretty good too."
Shen Jin: "..."
"But you're already eating steak."
"I want cornbread too, with the steak."
"No, don't you think that's a little weird?"
Li Moxiao's kawaii eyes instantly filled with mist. "Shen Jin, you don't... love me anymore. Sob sob~"
"Good grief! This again?"
But seeing his little niece come back from the dead, Shen Jin decided to indulge her this once.
Thus, before Shang Qian passed through the tunnel and arrived at the Secret Room, Shen Jin and Li Moxiao had already polished off ten steaks and two cornbreads.
Both of them were completely satisfied.
After hearing that guests were coming, Li Moxiao's eyes shifted craftily.
"Shen Jin... I think having cornbread in the apocalypse is already pretty good."
"Heh~ You're quite sensible!"
"So... let those two eat more cornbread."
"..."
After turning on the exhaust fan, under the lights,
One large and one small figure carefully cleaned up the suspicious food scraps in the basement.
They made sure everything retained its shabby appearance.
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