Chapter 23: So There Wasn't a Share for Me
In Building Nine, next to Building Eight, a group of people was gathered.
“Bo... Boss, you must avenge me! That little brat cut off my finger, it's truly too much!” Cheng Peng endured the pain and said to the enchanting woman sitting on the sofa.
“What a waste, I told you to restrain yourself a bit, but you just wouldn't listen.
Now look at you.”
Zhang Miao snorted coldly and said to the underling who was treating the wound.
She casually tossed him a bottle of medical rubbing alcohol; the latter opened it and poured the alcohol inside onto the wound.
“Hiss—ah!”
Cheng Peng cried out in pain, tears almost welling up.
“Isn't there any iodophor......”
Zhang Miao said disdainfully: “It’s good enough that you have alcohol. Tell me how she cut off your finger.”
She glanced at the index finger lying quietly on the living room table.
Cheng Peng, his wound bandaged, began his painful recollection.
“At that time, I saw that woman open the door, and I just wanted to ask for a little food, who knew......”
“Idiot!”
After some explanation, Zhang Miao couldn't help but curse Cheng Peng again.
“Why don't you use your pig brain and think properly? For a woman to survive until now, she must have some skills. Didn't you even think of that?”
Zhang Miao paused, then said to him: “However, injuring my people is naturally not acceptable.”
Cheng Peng's eyes lit up, and he excitedly said to his boss: “Boss, when are we going to find her?”
The latter spoke softly: “Tomorrow, you should focus on recuperating today.”
On the other side, Su Qinghan was standing in the kitchen, looking at the water already boiling in the pot.
She reached out, tore open a bag of pre-made pure hand-pulled noodles, put them in, and then, as if for high school, covered the pot with the lid, leaving only a slight gap.
She walked out of the kitchen, glanced at Xiao Mumu who was still sleeping on the sofa, and poked her cheek with her fair finger.
Xiao Mumu was sleeping soundly when she felt someone poking her face. She opened her eyes and saw Su Qinghan standing in front of her.
Seeing Xiao Mumu wake up, Su Qinghan said to her: "Don't sleep, come and help."
“Okay.”
Xiao Mumu responded, and followed Su Qinghan barefoot to the kitchen.
As soon as she looked up, she saw the packaging bag on the table.
“What are pre-made pure hand-pulled noodles?”
“Master, what should I do?”
Xiao Mumu said to Su Qinghan.
The latter was adding seasoning to two bowls, one large and one small, and said to Xiao Mumu without turning her head.
“See the garlic on the table? Peel all of them, we'll eat them with the noodles later.”
As the saying goes, eating noodles without garlic means the flavor is halved.
Garlic is a regular guest on people's dining tables; peeling it to eat directly, or pickling it, are both good choices. Su Qinghan quite liked to eat it.
Xiao Mumu looked at the steaming iron pot, then at the two bowls beside Su Qinghan, feeling a little happy in her heart.
“We're eating noodles today! After eating snacks for so many days, it's indeed not very good.”
Xiao Mumu smiled and became a garlic-peeling little sister, her hand movements swift.
Soon, she had peeled a large bowl of garlic; this should be enough for a long time.
Su Qinghan poured some hot water into the large and small bowls, then scooped up the cooked noodles with a colander, and poured some mineral water over them.
This way, the noodles would be more al dente and have a better texture.
The fragrant noodles were placed on the living room table by Su Qinghan, who also brought a stool and set it down.
Xiao Mumu, holding a small bowl full of garlic, ran to the table, put the bowl down, and quietly waited for Su Qinghan to call her to eat.
On top of the shiny, oily noodles, there was also a golden fried egg.
“It smells so good～”
Xiao Mumu smelled the fragrance of the noodles wafting into her nose and couldn't help but drool, her eyes fixed on the bowl next to Su Qinghan, who was eating noodles.
Ten seconds, twenty seconds……
A minute passed, and Su Qinghan did not call her over to eat noodles.
She felt a little disappointed in her heart.
But Xiao Mumu still stood by, watching Su Qinghan eat noodles.
Eating a few mouthfuls of noodles, then taking a bite of garlic, made the craving Xiao Mumu cross her fingers and fidget constantly.
Soon, Su Qinghan finished a bowl of noodles.
She looked up at Xiao Mumu standing beside her, then picked up the other bowl of noodles and started eating.
The excited feeling she initially had because Su Qinghan glanced at her, thinking she was about to be allowed to eat noodles, calmed down when she saw Su Qinghan start eating the other bowl.
“So there wasn't a share for me after all……”
She silently walked to the sofa, climbed up, lay on the pillow, and covered herself with the quilt.
“If I fall asleep, I won't be hungry.”
Xiao Mumu, comforting herself in her heart, closed her eyes, not looking at Su Qinghan who was eating delicious food.
Before long, the other bowl of noodles was also finished by Su Qinghan.
She put down her chopsticks, glanced at Xiao Mumu lying on the sofa preparing to sleep, covered her mouth, chuckled lightly, and said to her: “There's still a bowl on the kitchen stove, oh. If you don't eat it, I'm going to eat it, yo～”
Xiao Mumu's ears twitched.
Hearing what Su Qinghan said, she immediately got up from the sofa, ran to the kitchen, and secretly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
She looked up at the stove, and sure enough, there was a bowl full of noodles.
She stepped on a stool, clutching chopsticks in her hand, and started eating directly on the stove.
“Delicious!”
Xiao Mumu used her chopsticks to pick up the golden fried egg, put it to her mouth and took a bite, then ate some noodles.
Five minutes later, Xiao Mumu wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand, put down her chopsticks, and just as she was about to return to the living room, she saw Su Qinghan standing behind her holding bowls and chopsticks.
Su Qinghan handed the bowls and chopsticks to Xiao Mumu, and said to her: “Wash these clean, I'm not raising you for free.”
“Okay.”
Xiao Mumu took the proffered bowls and chopsticks without a second thought, placed them in the washing sink, then scooped a basin of water from the nearby water bucket, rolled up the sleeves of her pajamas, and began to wash the dishes.
It's not good to eat and drink for free.
If she couldn't be of some use, then she would probably......
Thinking this, Xiao Mumu's hand movements became even faster, washing the bowls so clean they could be used as mirrors.
A long time later, Xiao Mumu had finished washing all the bowls and chopsticks.
She arranged them neatly, jumped off the stool, and returned to the sofa.
She looked around but did not find Su Qinghan.
She then looked at the closed storeroom door and quickly guessed that Su Qinghan was inside.
“Haa～”
It's easy to get sleepy after eating one's fill.
Xiao Mumu yawned, covered herself with the quilt, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
The white figure lay on the sofa just like that.
Her whole person looked much better than before; her body was no longer the bag of bones it once was.
Her fair and petite body rose and fell with each breath, just like a little kitten.
Su Qinghan, sitting cross-legged in the storeroom, took a look at the time displayed on her phone.
2025-6-28-13-24
She set an alarm for seven in the evening, slowly closed her eyes, and began to meditate.
“I had just entered a state this morning, and was disturbed by people, sigh.”