CH 151

Chapter 151 - Is there a time limit for those wishes? (1)

Bei Nuan deeply regretted her decision. As someone that didn't shy away from sour and spicy food, she thought she would be able to handle the sourness of the candy, but the overwhelming sourness of the candy was like being hit by a thunderbolt. Like lightning, the sour flavor zipped from the tip of her tongue to her brain. Her expression wrinkled, and she wanted to cry. This candy was known as the most sour candy in the world, and it truly lived up to its reputation.

It felt like her inhibitions melted whenever they kissed, so she didn't want the mood to become so heated this time. Moreover, she had a mischievous impulse to play a prank on Lu Xingchi. As a result, there was significant collateral damage to herself. Really, it was a brain fart to think it was a good idea to eat this candy. This level of sourness wasn't tolerable by humans.

The moment the tip of his tongue touched the candy, Lu Xingchi paused. His beautiful eyes narrowed, and then he tightly hugged Bei Nuan.

Bei Nuan struggled to spit out the candy, but Lu Xingchi freed one hand and firmly held her head to his and tightly sealed her mouth, so that she couldn't do what she wanted.

Tightly embraced, they suffered the unbearably sour candy together.

The worst of the taste finally subsided. No matter how terrible the sour taste was, they would slowly get used to it. Lu Xingchi's movements gradually became tender and lingering.

When they finally separated, Lu Xingchi seemed like he was savoring the moment.

He said, "Bei Nuan, I like your new idea, very exciting."

Bei Nuan, who was about to cry from the lingering sour flavor: "..."

***

When they came back, they found that Tang Tang had cooked today and made stir-fry squid with pickled pepper.

Lu Xingchi was in a very good mood. He rolled up his sleeves and asked Bei Nuan for half a kilogram of prawns.

Bei Nuan thought; the big boss had been studying hard and planned to show what he successfully learned.

As if he was doing an operation, he seriously removed the feelers on the prawns, cut a line on the backs, deveined them, and oiled the pan. This time, he didn't pour too much oil. Plus, he remembered to wipe the pan dry before adding the oil.

As the prawns gradually turned into a lovely orange-red, fragrance wafted out of the frying pan.

Lu Xingchi calmly added a bit of sugar, salt, and light soy sauce and sprinkled scallions. The quantity for everything was well controlled.

When he was taking the prawns out of the pan, everyone came over to look like they were parents attending their child's graduation ceremony. Although braised prawns were simple, their success depended on their freshness. Plus, Lu Xingchi had been very careful in cleaning them, and there weren't any bits of veins left.

Before the rice was served, the plate of prawns had been polished off.

Lu Xingchi didn't eat much. He kept looking at Bei Nuan

With a prawn hanging from her mouth, Bei Nuan grabbed prawns with both hands to prevent Du Ruo from finishing off the prawns too quickly by himself.

Lu Xingchi was extremely satisfied.

***

After lunch and more driving, they reached Yanhe River.

Xie Yuanqing had spoken correctly. At this time of the year, the upriver rain caused the Yanhe River to swell. With no one managing the water flow, the river had overflowed the banks and flooded the fields.

Just like the bridge for the big river outside of Jiang City, the bridge for Yanhe River was long gone.

The zombie virus had spread from east to west. The people on the west side had been sealing off bridges and blocking roads. When the paths couldn't become blocked, bombing the bridges became a routine operation.

Unlike the last time they crossed the river, there were no shady boats on this river. As Lu Xingchi drove the jeep along Yanhe River, they didn't see a single boat.

Bei Nuan made up her mind that she would put a boat into her pocket space the next time she had the opportunity. Even an inflatable boat would do, as long as it could fit five people.

Yanhe River flowed from west to east. In front of them, there was a v-shaped bend that extended all the way across. So, for now, they could avoid crossing the river by going south along the river bank and following this bend.

But if they did that, they would have to do as Xie Yuanqing said. Follow along Yanhe river and cross the border.

In the novel, the team had taken this route.

Unsurprisingly, after Lu Xingchi discussed with everyone, they decided to take this route too.

Elated, Bei Nuan asked, "So we're going abroad?"

Du Ruo calmly analyzed, "That we're leaving the country doesn't have any meaning now. There's no living people, only zombies everywhere. The zombies on the other side of the border will be the same as the zombies on this side of the border. There can't be language differences between zombies, right?"

All zombies made the same incoherent noises.

***

Bei Nuan looked at the countdown for the Holy Mother's wishes task.

When no one was around, she furtively urged Lu Xingchi, "What's your two other wishes?"

Lu Xingchi glanced at her. "What's the hurry? You're so anxious. Is there a time limit for those wishes?"

Bei Nuan felt as if her heart stopped beating in fright.