Chapter 10: Tian Ji And Bo Chuan
Taking a deep breath, she smiled and hovered right above him, forcing Lu Yucai to open his eyes.
Suppressing the irritation, he asked coldly, "What do you want?"
"You." She grinned like a fox as she lowered herself till there was only a hair’s breadth of distance left. "Hubby~"
Her sweet cooing warmed Lu Yucai’s face, sending a wave of heat through his entire body. "You..."
"You don’t want to eat dinner? Fine, we can do adult things then!" With that, she captured his lips with hers.
Lu Yucai felt flustered, his gloom being forgotten due to the jelly-like lips smooching his lips. He clenched his fist hard to prevent himself from responding.
’Don’t do it! She would be smug and happy about it! And is this even kissing? Why does it feel so inexperienced?’
Ni Mengxue was hellbent on pushing his button, though. Her hand snaked behind his hair, and she softly massaged him, as if to encourage him to respond.
That was the final straw. He was about to flip her and take control when she withdrew completely. He watched as she put on a fake disappointed expression and said,
"Looks like you are being forced and don’t want any of these! Sigh! I will give up, alright?"
’She has done it intentionally! This vixen!’
Having provoked him enough, Ni Mengxue put on a sly expression. "Then you wouldn’t want this food, too, right? Even if it belongs to your ration quota, I would eat it all by myself..."
"What do you mean?" Lu Yucai frowned.
"Oh? You might not know it, but now every husband receives 1 Kg of rice and 5 buckets of water every single month. So yes, this belongs to you, but I..."
"I want to eat too!"
Maybe Ni Mengxue’s provocation had indeed pushed him to his limits. Now he wanted to be petty! Even if it means snatching food!
"Really? But I don’t think you can eat everything up, you know... now you are so weak and..." She didn’t finish, but the message was loud and clear.
Lu Yucai sat up straight and struggled to get out of bed when she brought the bowl to his face and snorted smugly. "You are pretending, aren’t you? So that you won’t have to actually eat and prove me right?"
Snatching the bowl, he drank it in one gulp and gave a smug smile.
Ni Mengxu put on a stunned expression before sighing, "You know what? You won!"
The next second, she leaned down, pecked his cheeks, and returned to her table, continuing with her food.
Understanding that he had been tricked, he turned his back to her and pretended to be asleep.
Even when Ni Mengxue massaged his legs and fed him medicine, he didn’t resist.
Tired from all the tossing and turning, Ni Mengxue too lay on the makeshift bed(dry straws), and fell asleep.
...............
The next day, she woke up earlier, got ready, and left the house with a backpack.
She had a few tasks in her mind, which she wanted to finish up before Lu Yucai woke up.
The tense and gloomy atmosphere put her on alert. The faint whisper of conversation drifted in her ears.
"The diviner is predicting that within three months, a zombie tide will arrive and destroy the base."
"Honestly, this diviner is a scam. She keeps on asking for more men in exchange for divinations, and not once did I see any of it coming true!"
"What do you know? Our diviner Tian Ji was famous even before the apocalypse. It’s just... for some reason, her powers to divine have been unstable."
"Sigh! How I wish Bo Chuan were our divinator instead! From the moment he had joined the Burning Star base, they had found various mines, and even edible herbs!"
Bo Chuan? Wasn’t he the flirtatious fox by the female lead’s side?
If she had to describe him... then it was mysterious. His divinations were accurate 100%, which seemed logical only in the fantasy novel.
"Hm... if I am not wrong, he should lose his power two months from now, and he was only able to regain his power after finding the divination crystal. " Ni Mengxue lamented internally.
’I should snatch it, but according to the timeline... it still hasn’t formed and would require one month and two days.’
As for zombie tide? She planned to leave this base anyway.
Having learned her lesson, she had tied a scarf around her face and rubbed a lot of dirt too.
Her first stop was the Barter Shop. Just as its name suggests, one can exchange one food item for another.
The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with a pot belly, black hair, brown eyes, and his lecherous gaze flickering at the customers as he remained seated behind the counter.
Ni Mengxue knocked on the counter and said calmly, "Do you have sauce, vegetables, eggs, and oil here?"
"Depending on what you give, we can get you items." The shopkeeper said with a bored expression.
"I want oyster, soy, and hot sauce. 5 eggs, 1 Kg carrots, 500 grams of green onions, sesame oil, and vegetable oil. Oh, do you have olive oil and canola oil?" She asked.
The shopkeeper, Romeo’s attention finally diverted to her, and he asked with interest, "May I know if Miss has an appropriate amount of food in return for these items? And what item is it?"
"I do. It’s pure fresh white rice."
Romeo chuckled and said, "Miss, you do realize that all the items you have listed may cost you 50 Kg of premium white rice?"
Ni Mengxue paused and did a rough calculation in her mind. 5000 mid-level zombie crystals. That was almost 5 high-tier zombie crystals!
Thinking about her general waiting to be pampered, she gritted her teeth. "I have it!"
Romeo’s eyes flickered with interest. "Then please provide it, and we will deliver everything to your home."
Thinking about how the housing matters still have to be dealt with, she waved her hand. "I have awakened as a space ability user. Just give me the materials directly."
The transaction was quickly finished, and Romeo stared at Ni Mengxue meaningfully.
After leaving the shop, she felt a few people trailing behind her. ’Greedy indeed.’