The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 224 - 222: Sobering Up

Chapter 224: Chapter 222: Sobering Up

She covered her mouth, and after gaining her freedom, she stumbled toward the bathroom, hugged the toilet, and vomited everything she had eaten that evening along with the alcohol.

Lu Chen stood outside the bathroom, his tone containing a hint of anger he himself hadn’t realized, "Why did you drink so much?"

Having almost emptied her stomach, Su Mo felt much better. Squinting her eyes, she raised her head and saw the face clearly, "Lu, Lu Chen?"

Although she was drunk, she would not forget that face etched deeply in her bones.

He stood right in front of her, looking down at her from above.

The bathroom became very silent for a moment.

Until Su Mo reached out to him, "Hug".

Her face carried a drunken sweetness, and on her delicate wrist was a red bean bracelet identical to his. As if possessed, Lu Chen walked over and picked her up.

Su Mo leaned against his chest comfortably, climbed her hand up to his neck, and murmured, "I’m back."

Lu Chen froze completely, standing rigid in the living room holding her until the person in his arms became still, then he responded softly, "Mmhmm."

He laid her on the bed, pulled up a chair to sit down, and took out a cigarette intending to light it, but then slowly put it down as he looked at her sleeping face.

Eventually, Lu Chen got up, took off her shoes and socks, tucked her into the blanket, and then left.

When he closed the door behind him, his ears twitched, and he tore open the space and disappeared.

When he reappeared, he was pressing someone’s neck against a clean wall, his tone icy, "Why were you following her?"

"By, by order of Lu Jin to follow Miss Su," the superpower user also panicked, almost unable to speak as he was being choked, wondering how a simple tracking job had brought him into contact with such a person.

Without reason, Lu Chen felt the greatest fury he had experienced in days, his gaze turned cold, and a murderous aura enveloped him, "Scram!"

He then threw the man away, who rolled and crawled to escape.

After letting the man go, he straightened up, his fists clenched. Upon seeing Su Mo, he realized he had forgotten something very important, something he needed to investigate.

Heading downstairs, he went straight to the counter, picked up a key labeled "209," and left.

Lu Jin was sitting in his study. After listening to his subordinate’s report, the desk in front of him split into pieces.

Many people didn’t sleep well the night of Su Mo’s return.

In the dark room, Xiaoqiao lay in bed worrying about her status for the first time; she knew how important Su Mo was to Changsheng, and now with her back, Xiaoqiao felt her position was precarious.

Waking up at dawn, Su Mo’s head felt like it was about to explode, she groggily stared at the ceiling clutching her head and moaned, "I’m never drinking again".

She had blacked out from drinking and forgot how she got back.

Sunlight streamed into the room, the warmth it brought was comforting. Su Mo held her forehead as she got out of bed and moved into the bathroom. The sign in the shower area announced that hot water was available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Su Mo’s eyes brightened—the shower even had hot water available.

She changed out of her dirty clothes, took a hot shower, and after putting on a plush sweater and pants, she dried her hair and walked out.

Opening the panel, she decided to buy a hangover cure recipe to clear her head as it almost split from the pain of the water hitting it.

[Homemade Hangover Soup, 500 points, would you like to purchase?]

[Confirm]

There was a small open kitchen right by the entrance in the small apartment. Su Mo went there, took out an iron pot and started buying ingredients as per the recipe, "Mung bean sprouts, spring onions, garlic..."

Once she bought all the ingredients, it had cost her 800 points altogether. Luckily, she had accumulated close to 20,000 points from slaying a lot of zombies during her missions, which was enough for her to splurge for a while.

She heated up some water in the pot, efficiently cleaned the bean sprouts and cut the onions and garlic into pieces, added them to the pot, and after about ten minutes, added salt, soy sauce, and pepper powder, then after another three minutes, the soup was ready to serve.

[Name]: Homemade Hangover Soup (collected)

[Used materials]: Mung bean sprouts, spring onions.. (collection completed)

[Skill Level]:100％

[Flavor Score]:10 (10 is the highest score; the higher the score, the more the bonus points)

[Status Bonus]:Sobers up in just one second.

"That went smoothly," Su Mo clicked her tongue a few times, she scooped up a bowl to taste, and all the pain in her head vanished in an instant, making her feel incredibly refreshed.

There was a knock at the door.

She went over and opened the door to find Li Qian and Zhao Changsheng standing there. Su Mo expressed her surprise, "Why are you here so early?"

"Have you forgotten that today we need to make a new identity card?" Li Qian said gently.

Su Mo suddenly remembered, "Oh right, I was blackout drunk. Did you bring me back home and tuck me in yesterday?"

Li Qian was taken aback and then replied, "No, you came up by yourself."

"Oh, I must have covered myself then," Su Mo said nonchalantly and turned back to scoop up two more bowls of the hangover soup, "I just made this soup; you drank last night too, try it—it works in one second!"

"Alright," Zhao Changsheng immediately twisted his waist and walked inside, "It’s been so long since I’ve eaten anything made by Baby Mo."

Li Qian followed him inside with a gentle smile.

Neither of them was as severely affected by their hangover as Su Mo was, but they still felt some effects. After consuming a bowl of hangover soup each, Zhao Changsheng exclaimed in amazement, "This must be a miracle soup!"

He felt much better overall.

Su Mo nodded, "A hundred percent success rate, this is the first time, no wonder it works so well."

Li Qian put down his bowl, "Let’s go."

Su Mo grabbed her stuff, locked the door, and went downstairs with them.

Inside the mission assignment hall, a huge electronic screen had been added to the ceiling, announcing a banquet hosted by the Lu Family and Jiang Residence for all superpower users one week later.

"Apparently, there’s good news."

"Admiral Lu must have some happy news coming up."

"Exactly, I heard he brought back very important documents."

...

The people nearby were whispering to each other.

Zhao Changsheng looked at Su Mo with concern, "Momo, that person..."

Su Mo was focusing on a form she had just received for reevaluating superpowers, "We should go test our superpowers now."

The moment she finished speaking, a man walked up to them.

"Miss Su!?"

It was a burly man.

Zhao Changsheng instinctively stepped in front of Su Mo.

"What, Zhao Changsheng, I can’t even say hello?" Jin Han stood with his hands on his hips, his characteristic big yellow tooth now sporting a gold cap.

Looking up, Su Mo found him somewhat familiar, "Who are you?"

"You’ve forgotten me? I thought you were dead.." Jin Han was about to say something but suddenly remembered that a gag order had been issued recently on all those who had contacted Su Mo.

He shut his mouth, and Su Mo, curious, looked at Zhao Changsheng, "Do I know him? And how do you know him?"

Zhao Changsheng crossed his arms and tilted his head up, "That’s Jin Han, I often get hired by them for missions."