Bai Shu immediately pushed up his glasses and nodded. "Right, herbal cooling tea. Not bitter at all. It tastes great."
Chen Xiaofei gulped it down without even blinking, forcing himself to swallow through sheer willpower, then put on a look of pure enjoyment. "Ahh~ So refreshing!"
Even Xu Duoduo wanted some. "I want a drink too."
Qin Luo turned to ask someone for a bowl. "As long as it tastes good. I happen to be thirsty."
A staff member happened to pass by and, spotting Qin Luo, offered him her tray. "Come on, one bowl each. None of you are getting out of it."
Qin Luo took a bowl in each hand. "Thanks."
He passed one to Xu Duoduo, then eyed the pitch-black herbal cooling tea suspiciously. "Why does the color look off? Does this really taste good?"
Xu Duoduo took her bowl and lowered her head to sniff it. "It smells like Chinese medicine. Not nice."
The bitterness had numbed Chen Xiaofei's mouth, but he stubbornly insisted, "I just drank mine! This improved version isn't bitter at all. Didn't you hear the lady say one bowl each?"
Bai Shu took a sip too. The corner of his eye twitched, but he forcibly suppressed it and acted as leisurely as if he were savoring fine tea. "It does taste good. Even medicinal herbs stopped being bitter after the apocalypse. Amazing."
Seeing how natural they both looked, Qin Luo licked his dry lips and started craving it too. "Seriously?"
As he spoke, he raised the bowl to his mouth.
Xu Duoduo was about to drink as well, holding her bowl in both hands as she brought it to her lips.
Chen Xiaofei immediately stopped her. "Wait, wait, wait! Don't drink yet, Little Class Monitor. Maybe Mutated People can't drink this? Let