The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 324 - 323: Guo Hua’s Death

Chapter 324: Chapter 323: Guo Hua’s Death

Lu Chen didn’t know whether Su Mo was speaking to him or to the child in his arms who kept suckling on his fingers, whose little face, satisfied by his fingers, still had a few small tear drops hanging on it.

His expression softened unconsciously.

Su Mo hooked her lips into a smile and returned with Jiang Yulian to cook.

Jiang Yulian was different from Su Niang; she was a true lady whose delicate hands never touched spring water. She could handle a gun but was not adept at even scaling a fish. Watching her flustered attempts, Su Mo had to hold back her laughter and took the initiative to take over the task.

The atmosphere inside the small western-style house was warm.

...

"Governor, the flesh for the lady and the miss is almost gone; they didn’t seem to like the raw chicken meat we fed them today," Aunt Mei said with trembling hands as she was moving several plates of fresh flesh onto the dining table in the attic, lit by dimly glowing candles on all four corners, the smell of blood was thick in the air.

Opposite Li Yun, two zombies in floral dresses struggled incessantly, the wire dug into the skin of their wrists cutting away a ring of flesh, most of which had nearly fallen to the floor.

The man cleaned his knife and fork with a napkin, elegantly cutting the flesh on his plate, as Aunt Mei heard his barely audible sigh and whisper, "Still craving human flesh, are you?"

After Li Yun carved the meat, his spiritual power covered the entire town. When there was a stir in a building, he narrowed his eyes, "In the future, every week, bring someone back from the unfinished buildings, that should last a while."

Aunt Mei, her hands shaking, placed the cut flesh in front of the two zombies, tore the black tape from their mouths, and untied the hemp ropes that bound their chests from behind.

The two zombies immediately leaned forward, burying their faces in the plates to gnaw on the flesh.

"Eat slowly," said Li Yun, his eyes full of indulgence.

Aunt Mei’s body shook again and again; she didn’t dare to look directly into the man’s eyes. Suppressing her fear, she carefully backed away, "I’ll go arrange it."

Just as she was about to leave the small attic, Li Yun turned his gaze and instructed, "Have Laoba find Guo Hua later, tell him if he can save him, save him; if not, never mind."

"Yes."

...

After stewing the fish into soup and cooking rice, everyone ate their fill at the dining table.

It’s worth mentioning that during the meal, Jiang Zhuoyang clung to Lu Chen’s fingers on his thigh without letting go, so the man could only eat with one hand. He did not forget to serve Su Mo fish, no longer the tail, the meat he put into her bowl was always the fattiest and most delicious part.

Su Mo was very pleased with this, and even had an extra bowl of rice.

Seeing her willing to eat more made the corners of Lu Chen’s thin lips lift in pleasure.

And as for the finger in Jiang Zhuoyang’s mouth, it wasn’t until the child needed to be fed that it was finally freed.

The tip of the index finger had turned somewhat red from the sucking, and Su Mo suddenly felt a twinge of heartache. She asked Jiang Yulian for some water, pulled Lu Chen to sit down on the couch, and began to clean his finger, "This kid is sucking too forcefully."

"Not as much as you," Lu Chen whispered shamelessly into her ear, his voice faint.

Time stood still for three seconds before Su Mo tossed his hand into the basin with a smack, her face blushing red, "You! Really no shame at all! Wash it yourself!"

"Momo, what are you shouting about?" Zhao Changsheng and Li Qian were still sitting by the dining table and turned to look at her upon hearing her words.

Having just finished her task, Jiang Yulian also asked curiously, "What’s wrong?"

Suppressing her feelings once again, Su Mo advised herself she must not lose face time and again. She took a deep breath, glared at Lu Chen, who looked as usual and even had a smug smile on his face, and squeezed out between clenched teeth, "Nothing."

"Guo Hua! Damn it! Somebody help! We need help!"

On the small path outside the house, an urgent cry for help erupted.

"Guo Hua?" Su Mo’s thoughts shifted with the shouting from outside, she walked to the door and opened it, Lu Chen stood up from the couch and joined her, both looking outside.

The blood-drenched Laoba held Guo Hua, whose neck wouldn’t stop spurting blood, and ran past their house.

"What’s happened outside?" Li Qian walked to the door where Lu Chen’s tall figure blocked the view, so he couldn’t see what was going on outside.

"It seems like that middle-aged man is dead," Su Mo drew her gaze closer, making sure she hadn’t seen wrong—the bearded Guo Hua indeed had his throat slashed.

Li Qian: "Someone was killed in the epidemic prevention zone?"

He felt it was strange, as these people were obviously under strict control, so how could a murder happen?

Su Mo walked down the hall, "Let’s go take a look."

Outside, more and more people were drawn out by the shouting.

Laoba rushed to the front of a small building with Guo Hua as several older women came out with various bandages and hemostatic supplies in hand.

Guo Hua was laid on the ground, and once the pressure on his blood vessels was released, blood suddenly sprayed all over Laoba’s face.

"He’s cut an artery," said Su Mo, who stood quite far away but could see Guo Hua’s neck had a clean cut wound due to her vantage point, "a very neat arc."

Lu Chen barely glanced before giving an answer, "A regular knife couldn’t do this in a frontal attack."

"A superpower user?" Su Mo withdrew her gaze and looked up at him.

In her mind, she immediately listed the prime suspect.

In this epidemic prevention zone, who else but He Fei would bear a grudge against Guo Hua?

He was a Wind Power user, after all.

Li Qian turned his head toward the darkness underneath, the green dome of the two-story building, "Li Yun couldn’t possibly be unaware of the use of superpowers here."

The whole town was under his surveillance; if a Level 3 Superpower User committed murder, he would know.

Lu Chen looked down, then quickly caught on, "We don’t need to join this commotion."

Su Mo tugged at his hand, "What do you mean? Did Li Yun do it on purpose?"

"Between a superpower user and an ordinary person, which is more important?" Lu Chen looked down and flicked her forehead lightly.

"Is Li Yun trying to trade Guo Hua’s life for the lives of those over a hundred students to mitigate He Fei’s anger?" Su Mo realized, while there, on the ground, Guo Hua, no matter how much the people tried to stop his bleeding, it was all in vain.

By the time Laoba had brought him, he was already pale and in a state of shock.

Among the crowd, the robust men showed little emotion, while the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled all had expressions of regret.

As Lu Chen pulled Su Mo to walk back, she couldn’t help but lament, "If Li Yun did this deliberately, without stopping it, then it really is killing two birds with one stone, he’s truly ruthless."

"Eliminating He Fei’s anger and completely taking over the Refining Factory is a good strategy," Li Qian agreed and even felt a hint of admiration for Li Yun.

From beginning to end, he had calculated everything perfectly, down to the last detail.

After killing Guo Hua, He Fei slipped back into the house he shared with Ding Yan and the others.

When his reasoning gradually returned, he was afraid. Lying on the bed listening to the noises outside, he thought he would probably be expelled the next day.

Not knowing what tumultuous emotions he harbored, he lay on the bed, staring straight at the ceiling.

This little episode didn’t last long.

Li Ming quickly hurried to the main gate, where the armored vehicle that attracted the attention of the Mutant Dogs had safely returned.