Xiao Yunjie poured her a glass of water before standing up and saying, "Miss Lu, please enjoy your meal. I have other matters to attend to outside. Once you're finished, turn left and retrieve your goods."
Lu Xiaofang dared not ask any more questions and nodded directly, "Okay."
Xiao Yunjie closed the door for her when she left.
Lu Xiaofang was alone in the room, still feeling uneasy, as if there were eyes watching her from every crack in the walls.
Have a meal?
I have no appetite!
Lu Xiaofang had absolutely no interest in the lunchbox.
If she weren't afraid of disobeying and angering the mysterious big shot, she would have already left, turned left, picked up the goods, and run away.
eat...
You must eat...
Even if it's a pile of heavily polluted food, she has to eat it all.
With an air of resignation, Lu Xiaofang opened the lunchbox.
Steam rose from the steam, filling the air with a delicious aroma.
Huh?
Is it rice porridge?
A delicate, refreshing aroma wafted through the air. Lu Xiaofang, who usually ate nutritious meals, hadn't seen such fragrant white rice porridge in a long time.
Lu Xiaofang's expression softened slightly. She put down the rice porridge and opened the second layer of the food container.
There was a rather rustic stone plate there, about the size of a palm, but it was quite deep, and inside it were a dozen or so pieces of... meat.
Fresh meat!
It's purified, expensive, and only the people in the upper city can afford to eat fresh meat!
Lu Xiaofang's almond-shaped eyes widened in disbelief.
She had seen fresh meat and smelled braised pork prepared by a " Cook ".
That taste is intoxicating.
Just one whiff of it was enough to haunt her dreams for half a month.
The fresh meat in front of me was prepared rather crudely; it seemed to have been simply cut into pieces, thrown into a pot, cooked, and then casually placed on a stone plate.
Oh my god.
Lu Xiaofang's heart clenched; what a blatant waste!
The braised pork in the city, served on the most exquisite plates and carefully prepared by the " Cook," costs at most three or four pieces, yet it's priced as high as one gold coin.
One gold coin is equal to 100 silver coins.
The average person in the lower city has enough to eat and drink for three months.
Lu Xiaofang felt a little thirsty. She picked up the water beside her and drank it down in one gulp... There was no poison involved. The big boss could kill her like crushing an ant; there was no need for such a fuss...
As he drank the water, Lu Xiaofang, "I... I... knock..."
At least at the last moment, she changed her voice and didn't swear.
Lu Xiaofang knew she was definitely being monitored.
Swearing at a mysterious bigwig is courting death.
Lu Xiaofang covered her mouth, and it took her a long time to recover.
It tastes so good...
This water is so good!
I drank it.
Lu Xiaofang swallowed hard, then quickly took two more sips. The cool water gently slid down his throat, without any spiciness, bitterness, or faint metallic taste.
One sip of water, two sips of water, three sips of water...
Lu Xiaofang felt as if he were in a forest in early spring before the great cataclysm. A refreshing breeze brushed past his ears, and a cool sensation seeped into his pores. Every cell in his body trembled slightly, as if he had been washed by holy water.
The water has also been purified.
Even the water we drink casually has been purified.
This village...
That's absolutely terrifying.
When Lu Xiaofang came to her senses, her glass was already empty. Of course, she didn't dare to ask for another glass, but the shock in her heart had reached its peak, and she admired the mysterious big shot to the point of prostration.
If someone told her that it was the former head of the Han-Tang Group who had died under mysterious circumstances, she wouldn't be surprised.
Lu Xiaofang then looked at the "rice porridge" and "boiled pork".
This time she didn't hesitate; she drank some porridge and ate a piece of meat.
The rice porridge was sweet and smooth, and the meat chunks were fresh and delicious...
As she ate, her almond-shaped eyes filled with tears.
Such a last meal before execution.
It was worth it.
Lu Xiaofang finished the porridge but left most of the meat behind.
She couldn't bear to eat it; her heart was filled with thoughts of the pale, thin Xiaochu.
Lu Xiaofang gritted his teeth and mustered his courage to ask, "Senior, may I take this meat back with me? I will never let anyone find out; I just want my sister to have a taste."
She and Xiaochu are twins. Xiaochu treats her like a younger sister, and she treats Xiaochu like a younger sister too. However, in the eyes of outsiders, the more composed Xiaochu seems more like the older sister.
No one responded.
Of course, no one responded.
Song Xiaozhu wouldn't waste 100 Quantum Coin to monitor her meals.
It was just a meal, nothing more than the etiquette of Liu Family Village.
Lu Xiaofang bit her lower lip and asked again, "If you feel this is inappropriate, please let me know."
There was still no response.
Lu Xiaofang took out an oil paper package—originally her own lunch, containing a piece of dry bread—and wrapped it around the seven or eight pieces of meat. The process was extremely long, and she was on edge, terrified of angering the mysterious big shot.
fine...
The big shot doesn't care about these things...
That's true. They just served it to her so casually, she probably doesn't care about such a small amount.
Lu Xiaofang will
The oil paper package was put into the " Peddler's Box," and a faint feeling of gratitude rose in my heart.
Then she realized she was being too naive; the meat the Xiaochu had received might already be stained with her blood.
After eating and drinking her fill, Lu Xiaofang felt inexplicably better and her body felt a little lighter. She pushed open the door and went to the supplies on the left.
That was the cargo she was about to transport—some highly dangerous goods.
It would be a lie for Lu Xiaofang to say she wasn't curious, but she genuinely didn't want to see it either.
If she had a choice, she would have loved to gouge out her own eyes. However, a blind person cannot transport goods.
Lu Xiaofang took a light breath, looked at the warehouse, and then...
"Ah?"
"This is?"
When Lu Xiaofang saw the pile of "knives" on the ground, her first thought was that she had entered the wrong warehouse. The high-end goods she was supposed to transport were definitely not these ordinary skinning knives.