Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 274: Chapter 271: Is This Even a Man?

If Xu Anguo truly cared about his daughter as much as he claimed, then upon seeing a girl who looked so much like her and was of a similar age, it was illogical for him not to be suspicious.

She had likely been locked up in the Research Institute for over ten, or even twenty, years.

If, after all that time, Xu Anguo had never suspected she was his daughter, it could only prove that he didn’t care about his daughter nearly as much as he claimed.

Xu Anguo looked at Chen Xing, a sorrowful expression once again appearing on his face. ”I’m the director. How could I possibly see everyone? You know that we have more than one Xingguang Research Institute facility.”

’Heh!’

Chen Xing was finding Xu Anguo more and more intriguing.

’Even if their meeting at the hotel was a coincidence, how could he see her, someone who looked so much like his wife, and show absolutely no reaction?’

’Logically, he must have already known. That’s why he was able to act so naturally.’

Seeing that Chen Xing didn’t believe him, Xu Anguo hurriedly explained, ”Actually, I spend most of my time abroad. It’s only recently that I’ve been back in the country! So... I never had the chance to see you.”

”By the way, there’s a party in the safety zone tonight. Do you want to go?” ’He changed the subject pretty fast.’

”Mhm,” Chen Xing gave a simple reply.

’Go? Why wouldn’t I?’

’I’ll go and get a good look at what kind of people are there.’

”I’ll be going then!” As Xu Anguo was about to leave, he glanced at Meng Hu by Chen Xing’s leg.

Chen Xing pretended not to notice.

’Her mind was preoccupied with Cao Guangrong and his wife.’

’She figured that even if she managed to wake them up, they wouldn’t be able to say anything.’

Just then, Xu Anguo, who had just left, came back. ”I’ve captured Cao Guangrong and locked him up over there. Want to go take a look?”

’Like hell I would!’

’You’ve already said as much. It’d be pointless to ask him anything now!’

”Oh.” With a one-word reply, Chen Xing turned and went upstairs.

After Xu Anguo left, she came back downstairs and headed for the room where Cao Guangrong was being held.

She planned to use her spring water to try and wake Cao Guangrong up.

Cao Guangrong and his wife were still in a dazed state.

Chen Xing took the pre-prepared spring water from her backpack, helped Cao Guangrong sit up, and poured it down his throat.

About a minute later, some light returned to Cao Guangrong’s eyes. When he saw Chen Xing, his eyes widened in terror.

He pointed at Chen Xing, stammering and gesturing, his voice broken and intermittent.

”Be... care...” Out of a torrent of jumbled words, Chen Xing only understood these two.

She had hoped to learn more, but Cao Guangrong suddenly convulsed, then went completely still, no longer breathing.

Looking at Mrs. Cao beside him, she had also stopped breathing.

Chen Xing wasn’t too surprised.

’It would have been stranger if she were actually allowed to find anything out.’

She didn’t linger. She passed through the cultivation area and returned to the vicinity of the small villa where she was staying.

She hadn’t gone out for a few days, and only now did she realize this place had sunrises and sunsets.

The simulation was remarkably sun-like; even the evening glow looked somewhat authentic.

She looked toward the other end of the villa area.

It wasn’t far, only about two hundred meters away, but she couldn’t see the situation over there clearly at all.

’Is that the end, or another room?’

Curious, she slowly walked in that direction.

In the villa next door, Xu Anguo was standing at the window watching her, the solicitous expression he’d worn earlier now gone from his face.

Two hundred meters wasn’t far, and she arrived quickly.

Before her was a glass wall—a black glass wall. It wasn’t smooth, but uneven and bumpy.

She couldn’t see the other side, which made it seem all the more mysterious.

She reached out to touch it but was stopped by someone. ”Don’t touch that wall!”

The person was a woman of about fifty with pleasant features and a somewhat kind face.

But... Chen Xing was sure she had never seen this person before.

Seeing Chen Xing look at her, the woman smiled. ”This wall is electrified. It’s very dangerous to touch!”

”Oh, thanks.” Although reluctant, she still expressed her gratitude.

To be honest, she didn’t have a good feeling about anyone from the Research Institute.

’Besides, the person in front of her was also wearing a white lab coat.’

’No matter how kindly she smiled, she was still one of the people helping Xu Anguo with his experiments.’

’Anyone who could watch so many innocent people be experimented on and have their memories erased couldn’t be all that good, no matter how kindhearted they appeared.’

”Where are you headed? I can take you there.” Seemingly oblivious to Chen Xing’s aversion, Liu Minghua greeted her warmly.

Chen Xing just pointed at her own house, ignored the woman, and headed home by herself.

What she didn’t see was that the moment she turned around, the kindly expression vanished from Liu Minghua’s face.

After returning home, Chen Xing ate some of the food she had brought with her. Soon, it was time for the party.

Xu Anguo knocked on her door right on time.

Chen Xing followed him past the black glass wall and into a large dining hall.

There were already quite a few people inside.

Chen Xing had been here for three days, and this was the first time she had seen so many people.

’The small villas couldn’t possibly house this many people.’

This made Chen Xing think about the other side of the black glass wall.

’These people must have come from over there, right?’

When they saw Xu Anguo walk in with Chen Xing, many people came up to greet him enthusiastically.

Chen Xing didn’t feel any warmth. Instead, she felt like a lab rat being stared at by everyone.

As she followed Xu Anguo past rows of people, she saw Liu Minghua, the woman who had spoken to her earlier.

A man was standing right next to her; they looked like a married couple.

And that man... he looked so much like Yu Heng.

Looking at them now, Chen Xing understood why Liu Minghua had seemed familiar.

Parts of Yu Heng’s face resembled hers a little.

After Yu Heng disappeared in the National Capital Safety Zone, there had been no news of him since.

”Is this beautiful young lady your biological daughter?” While Chen Xing’s attention was on Liu Minghua and her husband, a voice spoke up from behind her.

It was clearly a man’s voice, yet it was as gentle as flowing water.

”Yes, my daughter, Shanshan!” Xu Anguo made no attempt to hide his delight.

It was as if having a daughter like her was a great source of pride.

Chen Xing had no idea what about her was worthy of such an attitude.

He made the introduction to Chen Xing: ”This is your Uncle Chen...”

Following Xu Anguo’s words, Chen Xing turned to look.

The sight stunned her.

’Could you even call this a man?’ ℯℯ𝑙.

’He was as beautiful as a little fox spirit, even more beautiful than a woman.’

If Yan Junxi was considered handsome and dashing, the man before her was the very definition of the word ”beautiful.”

Even though he no longer looked young, he still possessed the kind of beauty that could move anyone.

One could only imagine how eye-catching he must have been in his youth; he must have caused quite a stir wherever he went.

”My... she really is quite a looker!” The man called Uncle Chen, Chen Dingbang, said with a slightly sour tone.

His gaze swept over Chen Xing before he shot a coquettish wink at Xu Anguo.

’That look... it was probably hard for anyone, male or female, to resist, right?’

Chen Xing turned her head back to look at Xu Anguo.

As she did, she saw Xu Anguo retract his unsettled gaze, a look of panic on his face.