Not only Luo Xiaole was stunned, but also the people who followed her in were stunned.
This was a snack shop, which not only had complete and well-covered frying equipment but also a cotton candy machine.
More importantly, there were two boxes of small potatoes inside.
As expected of the owner of a snack shop, she knew how to store potatoes.
It had only been less than two weeks since the apocalypse.
These potatoes had not spoiled under normal temperature and good preservation.
"Come, come in quickly, and close the roller shutter behind you," Luo Shu said familiarly, gesturing to the people behind him, as if he had been the owner of this restaurant his entire life.
He looked perfectly natural.
The others followed his instructions and sat down.
He rushed over, enthusiastically peeling potatoes, "My dream is to be a chef, eating delicious food made by my own hands every day. That little life would be simply wonderful." A hint of satisfaction even lit up his face.
"Everyone is tired today. I, this young master, will fry some potatoes for you and show you my skills!"
After speaking, he rolled up his sleeves, picked up the firewood beside him, and arranged it skillfully. He borrowed some fire, prepared to heat the oil, and looked very adept.
Even Luo Xiaole, who cooked for her aunt and the others every day at home, was astonished.
Soon, everyone, for the first time since the apocalypse, had the rare opportunity to eat fried potatoes.
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it instantly soothed everyone's frightened hearts after so many days.
Some people cried as they ate.
Such a meal of fried potatoes might have been nothing before the apocalypse.
But after the apocalypse, this was already a cooked meal and a delicacy that could not be easily obtained.
How did this damned world suddenly become like this!
Seeing that everyone's emotions were not good, Luo Xiaole also fiddled with the cotton candy machine.
Although it was her first time making it, she succeeded on the first try and made a few decent cotton candy rolls.
She passed them to everyone.
"The days ahead will likely be tough. I hope that when you feel down, you will remember the cotton candy from tonight and keep some sweetness in your hearts," Luo Xiaole said sincerely.
The girl in the team who was dissatisfied with Luo Xiaole received the cotton candy, snorted disdainfully, and passed it on.
"Xu Lingyan, why are you so hostile towards her?" Zhou Xiaojun looked at her inexplicably.
"Because she's hypocritical! Faking it!" Xu Lingyan rolled her eyes at Luo Xiaole again.
"Elaborate?" Zhou Xiaojun was eager to hear gossip.
"This afternoon, when the zombies broke through the gate and ran towards the warehouse, I saw it all! She ran faster than anyone else!
She didn't even try to warn us and just turned around and ran to the back first!
Now she's pretending to make a good impression on us. Who is she trying to fool?" After speaking, she confidently put her hands on her hips, feeling like everyone else was drunk while she alone was sober, and she was the only one who knew the truth.
"No way?" Zhou Xiaojun's eyes widened. "This bean sprout doesn't look like that kind of person! She was very quick when she opened the lock. We wouldn't have been able to escape that wave of zombies today without her..."
"What do you know? That's because the zombies were already chasing them. If she hadn't opened the lock, she would have been finished too! Just wait and see, she'll reveal her true colors sooner or later," Xu Lingyan grumbled.
The few people who heard this now looked at Luo Xiaole with changed eyes.
After all, they had spent these past few days with Xu Lingyan. They didn't know Luo Xiaole, and emotionally, they were more inclined to believe Xu Lingyan's judgment.
They all secretly decided to stay away from this "selfish person" Luo Xiaole.
So they simply stopped eating the cotton candy and put it aside with disdain. 138 Reading Network
Luo Xiaole had long noticed their unusual behavior.
After years of being treated coldly by her aunt and uncle's family, she was very sensitive to such looks and recognized them immediately.
She lowered her eyes and suddenly realized.
She seemed to no longer care about others' opinions.
Before, when her aunt and uncle looked at her like that, she would feel very upset.
But now she had other clearer goals. She wanted to work hard to trade, earn money, upgrade, strengthen her body, and survive to find the truth about her parents' death.
Her inner purpose was very clear: as long as she stayed by Mo Chen's side and kept her life, it would be fine.
As for being ostracized by others, she didn't care at all.
At the same time, this made her firmly decide not to trade weapons with the people in the team for the time being.
Although she really wanted to make money, handing over weapons to people who might be unfriendly to her would be a huge hidden danger for her.
Moreover, Mo Chen's team was on her trading list before.
They had already successfully traded with them once.
Now, the main combatants in the team basically had a weapon she had strengthened.
The team's combat power should not be a problem for the time being.
...
After a day of rushing, everyone was very tired.
After eating, they were soon full and satisfied.
They drew up a rough guard roster and then, one by one, tiredly lay down.
Luo Xiaole and Zhu Hui huddled in a corner of the snack shop, preparing to sleep.
They had to go to Taiyang University tomorrow, which might be very dangerous.
Luo Xiaole found that the better she rested, the more mental power she could use for enhancement.
She had to get enough rest tonight.
Just as she was about to close her eyes, the ring on her hand vibrated "buzz" again.
A familiar force came again.
Luo Xiaole was startled. Her map was acting up!
She quickly turned over and, in a direction others couldn't see, slowly let out the light spot on the map.
She saw that the ring on the map seemed even smaller, and the indicated location was clearer.
It had originally just floated roughly above Taiyang University.
Now it had shrunk by half.
The ring's light spot flickered back and forth at the entrance of Taiyang University, then stopped at a small triangular building, motionless.
Luo Xiaole's eyes widened. The person wearing the ring didn't enter the school?
Where did it stop?
The triangle was unclear. It seemed she would have to go to the school gate tomorrow to find out.
Luo Xiaole didn't think much of it. She had obtained important intelligence, and with that, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
...
"Xiaole." She heard someone gently call her, and then cautiously shake her awake.
"Xiaole, it's your turn to guard the night," Zhu Hui's voice sounded softly beside her.
Luo Xiaole rubbed her drowsy eyes and sat up straight.
There were two people assigned to guard duty at the same time. Luo Xiaole glanced over and saw that the other female guard seemed to be the one who had exuded hostility towards her earlier.
Her name was something like Xu... something Yan...
When that girl saw Luo Xiaole was on guard with her, she rolled her eyes again.
Luo Xiaole couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her and dozed off silently.
It wasn't that she was unwilling to guard seriously.
It was that she had now learned to turn crisis into motivation and fully utilize the "stiffening system" on her body.
If there were any real danger, her stiffening would tell her immediately.
Based on her past experience, stiffening even had a pre-warning effect at certain times.
By the time her stiffening period ended, she still had a chance to counter the situation.
She had already silently placed a circle of nails around her and put the strawberry bear in her closest pocket.
As long as the stiffening didn't trigger, she had nothing to fear.
"Heh, as expected, no sense of responsibility. You're dozing off while on guard. It seems opening locks is your only skill. Just be a locksmith, you're a nobody," the girl's unfriendly voice drifted over.
I don't care what you say.
Luo Xiaole thought silently in her heart.
But after a while, she suddenly realized something and opened her eyes.
"This is good," Luo Xiaole thought.
She suddenly felt that what this girl said made a lot of sense!