Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 311: Chapter 308: I Save People Based on My Mood

Chen Xing immediately froze, turning to look inside the window.

The curtains weren’t fully open, revealing only half of a face—that of a man in his sixties or seventies.

But that half-face felt familiar to Chen Xing, though she couldn’t quite place where she had seen it before.

Seeing no one outside, the old man drew the curtains shut again.

After a moment’s pause, Chen Xing took a running leap and landed on the rooftop terrace of Cadar’s room.

She really had never seen who lived next door.

’Apparently, they didn’t show their face at the auction either.’

’That’s very strange.’

Anyone who could live on the top floor was someone even Yu Laosan couldn’t afford to offend.

’Logically, it should be someone incredibly powerful.’

’But... it seems like Song Yiguo never mentioned them either?’

Her mind churning with questions, she quietly approached Cadar’s room.

Because of the cold weather, the window was shut tight.

But... Chen Xing’s hearing was exceptionally sharp, and she still managed to hear the conversation inside.

Just in time to catch the important part.

Cadar glanced mysteriously out the window before asking, ”Have you heard of the Killing Demon called nightingale?”

”I’ve heard of him. They say he’s killed no less than a thousand people to date!”

”Not long ago, I happened to run into him. He saw I was wearing emerald earrings and deliberately lured me in, saying he had a green gemstone necklace. He even said his green gemstone necklace contained a Jiezhi Space...”

”Really?” Cheng Fang couldn’t contain her curiosity and interrupted.

’Does that mean her ring’s space wasn’t the only one?’

Cadar shot her a glare before continuing, ”He was trying to use that as a pretext to snatch my earrings. I’m not an idiot. How could I let him succeed?”

”If you’re not an idiot, how did you manage to lose such valuable earrings?” Cheng Fang couldn’t help but taunt.

”Isn’t your ring gone too?” If it weren’t for the Green Gemstone Jewelry, Cadar would have killed her right then and there.

Cheng Fang pouted. ”And then what happened?”

”My people almost caught him, but... to save his own life, he was willing to sacrifice an entire arm. He got away! Later, I heard he came to Huaxia, so I followed him here!” Cadar was filled with regret. If she’d known she would lose her earrings on this trip to Huaxia, she would have rather died than come.

”Do you know where nightingale is now?”

”About ten days ago, he was in the south. As for now, I have no idea where he is!” ’If I knew where he was, would I be here wasting my breath on you?’

’In that other life, the Killing Demon nightingale came to Huaxia because of her, number 00007.’

’So why did nightingale come to Huaxia this time?’

Chen Xing couldn’t guess.

’However... based on what Cadar said, nightingale most likely knows the secret of the Green Gemstone Jewelry.’

’That means wherever there’s Green Gemstone Jewelry, nightingale is likely to appear.’

Chen Xing turned to look at the snow-covered Green City.

’Nightingale... there’s an eighty percent chance he’s right here in Green City.’

The thought made it difficult for Chen Xing to hide her excitement.

She leaped back into her room, reappeared, and sat in the living room, pondering how to make nightingale show himself.

Just then, Cheng Fang’s voice echoed from the hallway.

Having failed to get any useful leads, she was disappointed, and her tone toward Cadar was no longer so eager.

Chen Xing opened her door and glanced at Cheng Fang. After their eyes met, Chen Xing darted back into her room.

Just two seconds later, Cheng Fang’s scream was heard.

Cadar and Bishop Louis both came out of their rooms to see what had happened.

Chen Xing came out two seconds later.

Cheng Fang’s other, uninjured finger had been brutally snapped, the severed digit discarded on the stairs.

”Looks to me like you’ve offended quite a few people!” Cadar showed no sympathy, instead gloating at her misfortune.

Bishop Louis, however, was kind-hearted and immediately went to check on her. ”Are you all right?”

”I... It hurts so much!” Cheng Fang convulsed, looking pleadingly at Chen Xing. ”Save me...”

She had heard that Xing Yue was a Healing Ability User who could even restore a severed finger.

Chen Xing let out a cold laugh. ”Why should I save you?” ’I’m the one who broke it. Would I save her?’

’Dream on!’

At that moment, the Superpower Users guarding the door were all focused on Cheng Fang, so when she stepped aside and became invisible, none of them noticed.

She was fast, and Cheng Fang’s scream was loud, so no one suspected she was the one who did it.

”I’ll give you a huge... no... I’ll give you double the reward!” Cheng Fang was in so much pain she was drenched in sweat.

Chen Xing sneered again. ”Show me what you’ve got first.”

”How can I get it in my current state?” Cheng Fang bit her lip. ”Don’t you have any sympathy?”

”I have sympathy, but I don’t waste it!”

”You’re both Huaxia people, so what’s wrong with saving her?” Although Cadar looked down on Cheng Fang, she also looked down on Xing Yue. ”You won’t even save your own compatriot. You really are cold-blooded and inhuman!”

At this point, even Bishop Louis was looking at Chen Xing.

It was as if not saving someone was some kind of heinous crime.

”Sorry! Whether I save someone or not depends on my mood, and I’m not in a good mood today!” After saying this, Chen Xing returned to her room and shut the door.

She couldn’t care less what they thought of her.

Louis: ”...” ’So... the day she saved me, she was in a good mood?’

He couldn’t help but wipe the sweat from his forehead. He let go of Cheng Fang and went back to his room.

He had a feeling that this Cheng Fang would put her in a bad mood, and he wasn’t about to do anything that would put her in a bad mood.

Leaving a pained Cheng Fang shivering in the cold.

Chen Xing’s entire focus was now on the room next door.

Despite all the commotion outside, the person inside never once came out to look. That was mysterious enough.

When Song Yiguo returned, Chen Xing asked him who was living next door.

”No idea!” If Chen Xing hadn’t asked, he wouldn’t have even known someone was living there.

About half an hour later, Vice General Du brought news about the neighbors. ”The room next door is registered under the name of an elder from the Maya Clan, but... from what I’ve gathered, the Maya Clan elder didn’t come in person.”

”I saw an elderly Eastern man living next door, maybe in his seventies or eighties.” Chen Xing didn’t say how she saw him.

Aside from his own enemies, Song Yiguo wasn’t very interested in other people right now. ”I heard you refused to save someone who was dying today?”

”Mhm.” Song Yiguo was about to ask something else when Chen Xing continued, ”Isn’t making her wish she were dead much better?”

Fair enough.

Song Yiguo wasn’t opposed to this kind of dark humor.

’As for enemies, the more miserable their death, the better.’

”I can’t find Yu Laosan’s hiding place. I’m going to need your help!” He had practically torn Green City apart over the past two days, but he still hadn’t found Yu Laosan.

If he couldn’t find him before the weather warmed up, he would have no choice but to give up.

He couldn’t just abandon the National Capital Safety Zone to waste time here with Yu Laosan.

”Give me half a day!” In truth, Chen Xing had already sent the Little Black Cat out to search during the night.

And she already knew Yu Laosan’s hiding place.

What she was looking for now was another one of Yu Laosan’s supply caches.

Judging by the income from Yu Laosan’s auction house, he had far more supplies than this.

As night had just begun to fall, Chen Xing took Vice General Du out for a tour.

Of course, in certain places, they went their separate ways, precisely to deceive Song Yiguo.

Having learned of Yu Laosan’s hiding place, Song Yiguo had already assembled a team.

”Yu Laosan has an Invisibility Ability and an Earth Attribute superpower. Rather than capturing him, it’s better to just kill him outright!” Chen Xing reminded him.