The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 323 - 322: Bite the Hand

Chapter 323: Chapter 322: Bite the Hand

Li Ming led them all the way to the end, where another area was connected to the rolling hills in the distance. Under the sunlight, the yellow-green mountains had patches of shadows cast by the clouds.

This was considered the border; several plots were cultivated, covered by plastic greenhouses they had erected themselves. There was also a sheep pen for the sheep and a dilapidated three-story building without windows.

Inside, it was packed with people.

It was the only remaining group of about a hundred students.

Su Mo glanced over and then diverted her gaze, realizing that this was where they had been arranged to stay.

"This is the last few plots of land we’ve managed to preserve," Li Ming said, specially observing the expressions of the four people, and then his eyes showed satisfaction and joy.

Li Qian touched the plastic greenhouse, "Are these all vegetables growing inside?"

"We collected these specially from outside, speaking of which, you’ve got to come see this, I guarantee it will blow your minds!" Li Ming said excitedly, leading them past the dilapidated building. Behind it was a water pond covered by a large greenhouse.

Guarded by two burly men with guns.

Zhao Changsheng leaned over to take a look, feeling rather uninterested, "Fish, huh."

They were several black carps, fattened up nice and plump.

The four of them didn’t show much change in expression, and Li Ming’s plan to show off was almost entirely snuffed out. He asked curiously, "Do you often eat fish?"

Su Mo looked at him and thought to herself, indeed, more like a small meal every three days and a large one every two days.

Li Qian pulled Zhao Changsheng back and gently explained, "We’ve tried it a few times before, back at the base."

"I see, these creatures are now extinct, all the water bodies are polluted, and this Mutant Fish, unlike Mutant Beast meat, can’t be eaten."

Li Ming sighed with relief, spat out his chewing gum, and then took a fishing net from the side, "I’ll catch one for you to take back and taste. Recently we got quite a few young fish, and with the nourishment from a Water Element Superpower User, they taste pretty good."

Lu Chen, "Thanks."

If they refused now, it would seem a bit too deliberate.

When they finished touring their vegetable garden and were heading back, Su Mo was carrying an extra fish. As they passed the dilapidated building, she casually asked, "Are these students intended to work here?"

Li Ming looked toward the small building, where every person inside had expressions of fear, panic, and envy. There was a complexity on his face that quickly disappeared as he cheerfully said, "Certainly, as long as they can work."

Li Qian glanced at him and smiled slightly, "You are very enlightened."

Li Ming uncharacteristically didn’t continue the conversation but escorted them back to the doorstep of their house. Before leaving, he also said, "If the armored vehicle comes back tomorrow morning, we’ll schedule a run to refill fuel."

The armored vehicle, it was the one that had drawn away the Mutant Dogs yesterday.

And by this gesture, they were planning to take them along.

Lu Chen didn’t object, because outside, there were still some puzzles that suited him well, he agreed, "That’s fine, but I have a question."

"Go ahead."

"Is this place highly concealed?" Lu Chen’s question was somewhat strange.

Li Ming was a bit wary but still answered, "The routes here are complex, and this tunnel leading to the outside world was newly opened just before the apocalypse; not many people know about it. Not even the zombies can find this place."

Lu Chen nodded, "I’ll wait for your notice."

After returning to the house, it was now afternoon, and the setting sun outside the window had already dipped halfway behind the mountain, casting a dim yellow light into the room and onto the floor.

Jiang Yulian had already washed all the plates and placed them on the table. Seeing them return, she took the initiative to pour a few glasses of water and set them on the table, "You’ve been gone for so long, have some water and take a rest."

Su Mo dropped the half-dead fish into the sink and sat down on the sofa, "Is Ling Ye still in his room?"

Jiang Yulian nodded, "That child has been playing all day."

Lu Chen took a few sips from a glass of water and handed it to Su Mo, then said to Li Qian, "We’ve almost got the hang of the basic model of the epidemic prevention zone."

Li Qian sat down on the sofa and said softly, "Almost. Their team cooperation is very good. The only strange thing is Li Yun’s house; he has created a spiritual dome around it."

"A dome? What’s that?" Zhao Changsheng, with his legs crossed, looked at him.

Li Qian replied, "You can’t see it, but I can. It’s a spiritual barrier; any scrutiny is blocked. He has protected his house very well."

Su Mo gave the glass back to Lu Chen, recalling the noise from the attic, "Sustaining such a continuous expenditure of spiritual power is not easy."

Lu Chen said indifferently, "He needs a large number of high-level Crystal Stones to maintain it."

Zhao Changsheng, intrigued, put his legs down, "What kind of secret is so well protected?"

Without mentioning the abnormalities she discovered at noon, Su Mo said, "Not sure, but if the battle vehicle comes back, it wouldn’t be too late to help them make a trip to the Refining Factory for fuel and then propose leaving."

On this point, everyone was in agreement.

Su Mo stood up from the sofa, looking at the sky outside that had already darkened, "Let’s eat dinner first, we brought back a fish, just in time to slice it up."

"I’ll give you a hand," Jiang Yulian put the child on the sofa and instructed Lu Chen, who was still sitting, "Chenchen, keep an eye on your brother."

The man glanced down at the little one clinging to the outside of his thigh and, on a whim, stretched out a finger to prod him. Before he could retract his hand, the little one had already grabbed his finger and stuffed the whole of it into his mouth.

The child, who was still toothless, didn’t bite hard, but he withdrew his finger promptly and frowned in reprimand, "Dirty."

Not understanding the words, the little one began to cry when the finger was gone, each cry louder than the last, and even offering a pacifier was no use.

Annoyed by the noise, Zhao Changsheng couldn’t help but say, "Giving him one of your fingers wouldn’t hurt."

Hearing the crying, Jiang Yulian, who was in the kitchen, came out and failed to soothe the child, who turned his little head toward Lu Chen, staring fixedly at his finger with big grape-like eyes.

Seeing Lu Chen’s face turn several shades darker, Su Mo, enlightened about the cause by Li Qian, almost laughed out loud. She took the initiative to pull Lu Chen’s hand towards Jiang Yulian, "Aunt Jiang, please wash Lu Chen’s hand for him."

After washing his fingers clean, Su Mo took the child and gently placed him into Lu Chen’s arms, "This is how you have to hold him."

Having held the child a few times, she had naturally grasped the essence quite well.

The baby, smelling faintly of milk, was placed into his arms, and Lu Chen sat stiffly, his body not moving an inch, reflexively wanting to push away the lump in his embrace.

Su Mo held down his hand and forced it on him, "You can’t let him cry like this, don’t be so stingy, give him one to suck on."

"...," Lu Chen, in the end, capitulated under the gaze of the two women and slowly inserted his slender finger into the child’s mouth.

The crying stopped immediately, along with a tingling sensation at the tips of the man’s fingers.

"What a good boy."