The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 301 - 299: Expedient Measure

Chapter 301: Chapter 299: Expedient Measure

Guo Hua began to scheme, extending an olive branch to them.

However, before Lu Chen could ask again, footsteps ascending the stairs already sounded; he stood up and simultaneously pulled up Su Mo who was sitting.

Li Qian retracted his superpower and, with one swift move, pulled Guo Hua up, his hand landing on Guo Hua’s shoulder, pretending as if nothing had happened.

He Fei arrived, and after a night of turmoil, his wound showed signs of reopening, the bandage wrapped around his arm had also become much dirtier.

"How is she doing?"

He had come to see Mu Rou.

Su Mo bent down and gently lifted a corner of the towel, revealing the wound on Mu Rou’s face. The sight made even a big man like He Fei step back in fright; it took him a moment to squeeze out a few words, "The.. the eye was eaten too?"

Su Mo nodded, lowering her eyes and saying, "I don’t know if she can survive through today."

"I’ll take care of her," He Rong came up from the stairway, one hand clutching her chest, her face filled with painful guilt, "She got hurt because she was protecting me..."

Su Mo raised an eyebrow, a smile appearing on her face. In the dim light of the second floor, her bright eyes shone conspicuously, the mockery towards Rongrong not hidden, "You take care of her?"

Seeing Su Mo’s inexplicable hostility towards He Rong, He Fei couldn’t help but say, "You may not know, He Rong is Mu Rou’s best friend. It’s better if she takes care of her."

Su Mo returned the words to him exactly as they were spoken, "You may not know, I witnessed this ’best friend’ push her into the rat swarm."

"What, what? What?!" He Fei was dumbfounded and then looked towards He Rong with some shock, "What do you mean?"

He Rong, who didn’t have the gentle features like Mu Rou, had a somewhat heroic look in her eyes. However, their personalities were exactly the opposite.

Annoyed by He Fei’s loud voice, Su Mo rubbed her ears and, pointing at He Rong behind him, repeated, "I said, it was her who pushed."

He Rong panicked, quickly stepping forward with her fingers interlocked in front of her chest, vehemently denying, "I didn’t, I’m just an ordinary person, how could I push her? At that time I was just hiding behind her, it was Mu Rou who got hurt protecting me..."

As she spoke, she closed her eyes in pain, tears beginning to flow.

Her expression didn’t seem feigned; she genuinely felt some guilt. But so what?

He Fei looked from Su Mo to He Rong uncertainly, at a loss for whom to believe.

Yawning, Su Mo, slightly annoyed, said, "If she doesn’t die, you can explain to her yourself; just leave her here for now."

He Rong, unable to meet Su Mo’s gaze, looked down at Mu Rou lying motionless on the ground. When her eyes fell on the mutilated face and the scars on the body, she said, "Fine, I’ll wait for her to explain to you all personally."

Her voice was very firm.

But it wasn’t hard to notice her steps were shaky as she turned to go downstairs.

He Rong was nervous, afraid, guilty, but conspicuously without regret. She just wanted to survive, and surely Mu Rou’s spirit in heaven would forgive her, she convinced herself.

Deep down, she was certain of Mu Rou’s death.

The corners of Su Mo’s mouth curved more prominently as she stretched out her hand to remove the towel from her face, taking out a Tang Blade, and said to He Fei, "Lend me a Fire Ability User."

Guessing what she wanted to do, He Fei went down and called for a Fire Element superpower user.

With his help, Su Mo took advantage of Mu Rou’s unconsciousness and cauterized her face with the blade.

The reason was simple: although the bleeding had stopped, the Biluochun Tea Su Mo had given her to drink for her wounds was diluted, and if the wound was left untreated for too long it would get infected. Meanwhile, her blade held a peculiar efficacy.

Once again, a sizzling meaty aroma wafted through the air.

Somehow, Su Mo felt a craving for roasted meat – she’d been smelling this scent quite often lately...

"Lu Chen, I feel like eating barbecue," she said, while lamenting the inappropriate timing, casually using the blade to cauterize Mu Rou’s chest and stomach too.

Fortunately, there was no injury to the internal organs; it was only severe damage to the external skin.

The man stood beside her, rubbing the top of her head, "Greedy cat."

He Fei listened to the two’s conversation, glanced at Mu Rou, who was emitting the aroma of roasted meat, and unconsciously took two steps back. He felt... it was a bit perverted.

His gaze shifted to Guo Hua, who was constantly hooked by the shoulder by Li Qian, "What happened to your face?"

The hand Li Qian had slung around his neck tightened slightly, but his smile remained unchanged.

Guo Hua immediately said, "A shelf almost fell over and scratched me just now."

He Fei did not doubt him and coughed twice before saying, "Then I’ll go down first. It’s still dark, we will rest here for the night and leave afterwards."

Following his descent,

The second floor returned to quietness.

Guo Hua, who had been under Li Qian’s arm, was finally tossed aside. He even dusted off his sleeve with some disgust and said, "You should change your clothes."

Guo Hua was startled, "What?"

"You smell like shit."

"..." Guo Hua’s mouth twitched spasmodically, "So you’re letting me go?"

Li Qian: "Our task is to escort these students to the Refining Factory and obtain the reward we deserve."

Furthermore, in his eyes, these ordinary students really didn’t elicit a sense of compassion.

Hearing this, hope reignited in Guo Hua’s eyes, "Consider joining us. Life in the epidemic prevention zone is really good!"

No one responded to what he said, except for Lu Chen, who asked indifferently, "How many superpower users are there in the epidemic prevention zone?"

"Just over twenty, similar to these students, but even the ordinary people among us each have survival skills," Guo Hua said, somewhat proudly, his eyes shining, "They are smarter than these students and know how to survive in this apocalypse."

What he implied was that taking down the Refining Factory was only a matter of time.

Lu Chen didn’t show much emotion and said indifferently, "We will consider it."

Su Mo was a bit surprised that he agreed. From what she heard, the epidemic prevention zone didn’t sound like an easy thing to deal with.

Guo Hua sighed in relief and looked at Lu Chen with admiration. Covering his face, he voluntarily stepped aside to give them space to talk.

"We will consider joining the epidemic prevention zone?" Su Mo tiptoed to whisper in Lu Chen’s ear.

Lu Chen turned his head, their gazes nearly touching, and he also whispered, "We need to safely pass through G City’s territory, and that will inevitably involve contact with people from the epidemic prevention zone."

"A temporary expedient," Li Qian, leaning against a wall, overheard their conversation.

Su Mo knew that Lu Chen must have a plan in mind. She nodded, "I’ll listen to you guys."

After scanning the surroundings, Li Qian said, "The zombies aren’t too concentrated, but most of them have started to move."

Su Mo: "Will they come out tomorrow?"

"Hmm, there are quite a few nearby. The temperature is starting to rise now, and they’re very restless."

"No matter what, we need to protect ourselves first. As for that group of students, let’s help if we can."

The words Su Mo spoke were in sync with the rest.

On the floor, Mu Rou began to whimper. She was still unconscious, but had started to run a fever.

Lu Chen took out antipyretic and cold medicine from his Space and handed it to Su Mo. Jiang Yulian took the initiative to pour a cup of water. Su Mo dissolved the medicine in the water and fed it to her.