When Mu Tang woke up, Lu Yan was sitting on the chair next to the bed, holding his copy of "The Housewife's Handbook" in his hand and reading attentively.
I don't know if I didn't understand what it meant, so I turned back a few pages, took the book and looked closer.
"...What is that? It looks delicious."
Lu Yan quickly looked up and found that the person who was still sleeping finally woke up and was looking at him with a squinted smile. He was dazzled by her smile for a moment:
"What?"
Mu Tang pointed to the cover of the book:
"this."
Lu Yan closed the book and turned it over. On the cover was some kind of cut pasta, golden and crispy on the outside, with a lot of sesame seeds sprinkled on top, which made people very appetizing.
Lu Yan looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it was, so he turned the book to the table of contents, followed the pictures one by one, and found it on the third page:
"It's the Tornado Beef Pie."
Mu Tang's eyes lit up. The name sounded delicious, so she looked at Lu Yan expectantly:
"I want to eat."
"..." As a beginner in cooking, someone who doesn't even know how to make soup, suddenly asking him to learn about the "advanced cooking skill" of pastry is like rushing the duck to the shelf.
Lu Yan's mind went blank for a moment, without any clue.
The words of rejection were about to blurt out, but after seeing Mu Tang's eyes shining with expectation, he swallowed them silently.
Lu Yan nodded bravely:
"good."
Then he subconsciously lifted the book and began to read the formula on it carefully. However, these words were like fighting in his mind. He knew them all separately, but he couldn't understand them together.
Mu Tang got up from the bed and knelt down opposite Lu Yan, looking at him thoughtfully.
This kind of sight made Lu Yan feel more stressed, and he couldn't read the things in his hand. His eyes wandered aimlessly on the writing, and finally he found "flour" and "steamer".
They didn't have these two things. Lu Yan seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw:
"Ahem, Mu Tang, look." Lu Yan turned the book over, showed the content side in front of Mu Tang, and pointed to the picture above:
"Making this requires flour and a steamer. We don't have any now and can't do it for the time being."
Mu Tang's eyes widened and he leaned over to read the contents of the book carefully.
Lu Yan was not as nervous as he was now when holding a gun for the first time. If Mu Tang really wanted to eat, he would have to sneak into the base's warehouse to see if there were any materials.
He didn't even think about refusing Mu Tang's request forcefully.
Mu Tang was still reading the things in the book carefully, turning pages with her fingers from time to time. Lu Yan didn't wait for her answer, and was already thinking about the possibility of "going out to find supplies now."
There was a sudden light on his hand, and Lu Yan lowered his head. It was Mu Tang who had pulled the book over and spread it on his lap. And the page on "Tornado Beef Pie" has long been turned.
So Mu Tang remained silent not because he wanted to eat beef pie, but because he was fascinated by reading.
Lu Yan took a deep breath and couldn't help but laugh a little when he thought about how nervous he was just now, just like before the verdict.
Seeing Mu Tang lying on the bed, flipping through the pages of the book in his hand, he looked very focused. Lu Yan couldn't help but laugh and sighed in his heart:
"Like a child." Then he stood up and looked at the pot on the table.
The stew in the pot is still the same "tomato beef soup" as the previous two days. This is the first dish Lu Yan learned to read, and it is also the best at it now.
Lu Yan stirred the pot with a spoon, picked up the salt next to it, and suddenly thought of the "feeding tragedy" two days ago. His tongue immediately felt numb, and he subconsciously became cautious even when shaking the salt. .
After confirming that the saltiness was suitable, Lu Yan poured out the soup and consciously made "everything preparation". The "overwhelming pride" of victory in the war suddenly arose in his heart, and even his voice became louder:
"Mu Tang, come to eat."
Mu Tang sniffed, sucked hard, and his eyes suddenly lit up:
"It smells so good!" It's an unprecedented fragrance. Different from the light and weak ones I smelled before, this time the smell is very strong.
This kind of fragrance is a great temptation for a foodie. Mu Tang immediately threw the book aside and sat on the chair waiting for the meal.
Lu Yan brought the soup to the table. Mu Tang picked up the spoon and drank it. The next second he screamed, threw the spoon away and covered his mouth.
"What's wrong?!" Lu Yan quickly came over and asked anxiously.
"Well..." Mu Tang's eyes became watery, he pointed to his mouth, and said in an unintelligible voice:
"hot!"
Lu Yan couldn't laugh or cry. It should be because he absorbed the crystals of high-level zombies and his body recovered rapidly, so Mu Tang's five senses are now the same as those of ordinary people.
"It's my fault for not reminding you earlier." Lu Yan felt quite guilty about this. He took the bowl on the table, took a hot bite, patiently blew it to cool down, and handed it to Mu Tang's mouth:
"This isn't hot anymore, No."
Mu Tang took a sip from Lu Yan and smashed it in his mouth.
Lu Yan asked nervously:
"How is it?" You should be able to taste it now.
"It tastes good!" Mu Tang gave a positive answer, and Lu Yan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief:
"If it tastes good, drink more."
Mu Tang had already buried his head in the bowl and replied in a muffled voice:
"good."
After Lu Yan finished eating his bowl, he stopped moving and leaned his chin to watch Mu Tang eat. After she finished eating, he served it to her again. After a while, almost the whole pot of soup went into Mu Tang's stomach.
Such a warm and quiet time was broken by a violent knock on the door:
"Lu Yan, I know you are inside, open the door!" It was Jin Kaiyu's voice. He knocked on the door hard. After a few seconds, he lost patience and started kicking the door violently.
Mu Tang put down the bowl and looked at the door with a frown.
Lu Yan touched her head and whispered:
"It's okay, just keep eating." Then he stood up and opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, Jin Kaiyu's face was filled with anger. He was breathing heavily, with veins popping out on his forehead and neck. His eyes were fixed on Lu Yan:
"Lu Yan, tell me clearly, what is going on with my brother?!"
"Didn't you see it?" Lu Yan said coldly.
Jin Kaiyu took a step forward and tried to pull Lu Yan's collar, but Lu Yan avoided it and caught him. He could only punch the door frame hard and asked through gritted teeth:
"I'm asking you, why did my brother become like that?!"
"Then you have to ask your brother himself." Lu Yan was unmoved.
"You!" Ren Yu shouted angrily, his eyes about to burst:
"Then why are you the only one doing well, and what about the others?! Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
"What do you want me to explain? For example, tell everyone that your brother pushed his deputy into the zombies to save his life; or tell everyone that your brother threw all his companions away when he was surrounded by zombies, and he After running for his life, he was accidentally bitten by a zombie and cut off his own feet to avoid turning into a zombie?!"
Lu Yan looked at Jin Kaiyu quietly, his eyes full of indifference:
"Which explanation do you want me to tell the people at the base?"
Jin Kaiyu took a step back, his face a little depressed.
He couldn't refute it. The things Lu Yan said did seem to be done by his brother, and his brother had even done it before, quite a lot.
He was sure that as long as Lu Yan told him, everyone in the base would believe it and no one would doubt it.
Because he usually works as a blessing in the base, those people can only endure it silently like a coward because they are afraid of his brother.
But now his brother was lying there half-dead, and these people were already starting to make moves. If Lu Yan told these things, Jin Kaiyu couldn't imagine what would happen to him and his brother.
Even though he and his brother both have superpowers, he is far from the intimidating force his brother had in the base. He is like a waste and has no intention of making progress, so now that he has lost his asylum, he can only tremble.
But, I am so unwilling...
Jin Kaiyu looked at Lu Yan with hatred. He was sure that Lu Yan had nothing to do with his brother becoming like this!
Jin Kaiyu raised his palm and turned into a ball of flames and threw it towards Lu Yan!
He wanted to avenge his brother and let Lu Yan be buried with his brother! !
However, the fire fist that was thrown out suddenly stopped before it could get close to Lu Yan!
Lu Yan's face remained motionless as he casually grabbed Jin Kaiyu's wrist, preventing him from moving forward or retreating.
Jin Kaiyu's eyes widened, and he reluctantly tried his best to break free from Lu Yan's hand. But Lu Yan's seemingly easy grip was like shackles made of welded steel, blocking him from moving.
Lu Yan exerted force on his hand, and the pain of acupuncture immediately swept through Jin Kaiyu's wrist, and his face turned pale.
"What's wrong?" Mu Tang's voice came from behind Lu Yan. Lu Yan loosened his grip and threw Jin Kaiyu aside.
"It's okay." Lu Yan responded in a deep voice.
Jin Kaiyu leaned slumped against the wall and watched as Lu Yan pulled the door up and closed it in front of him.
Lu Yan, Lu Yan, Lu Yan...
Jin Kaiyu recited the name silently over and over again, squeezing these two words out from between his teeth, as if he wanted to chew them bit by bit.
"I will never let you go, I will never let you go..." Jin Kaiyu whispered, his bloodshot eyeballs engraved with hatred, Mu Tang's figure suddenly flashed in his mind, and the corners of his mouth curled up fiercely. Smiling fiercely.
"I will make you regret it..."
