Chapter 166: Braised Pork Chapter 166: Braised Pork After Lin Murong finished eating, the three of them sneakily went to gather information.
Let me clarify, Su Yinhe was the “sneaky,” and Lin Murong was the “slinking.”
As for Chi Yan, he looked at the two of them with an unspeakable expression before he couldn’t bear to watch any longer.
The way those two were acting was really quite obvious.
Their behavior indeed caught the attention of some people.
Su Yinhe realized this wouldn’t do and resumed acting normally.
She swore she used to be a normal person.
It was all Lin Murong’s fault.
Considering that the folks at Sweetheart Base seemed a bit fanatical about women, Su Yinhe took great care with her disguise this time.
You couldn’t tell she was a woman unless you looked closely.
She even thickened her eyebrows.
Lin Murong marveled when he saw her.
This miraculous makeup art.
On their way, they noticed something off about Sweetheart Base.
There wasn’t a single woman to be seen.
“No wonder they looked at you weird; they really haven’t seen a woman, have they?” The three of them found a deserted spot to rest.
“But this isn’t right,” Su Yinhe said, her fingertips against her chin, frowning.
During the apocalypse, the survival rate for females was indeed lower than for males, but it shouldn’t be this extreme.
Take Sun Base, for instance; there were more males, but there were also quite a few women.
Nothing like Sweetheart Base, where they hadn’t seen a single woman along the way.
“According to my speculation, this Sweetheart Base must have some unspeakable secret.” Lin Murong pulled out a pair of lens-less black-framed glasses from who knows where, put them on, and made a thoughtful gesture.
“Where did you get those glasses?” Chi Yan asked, a bit puzzled by the glasses he took out.
“I found them on the third floor of the small villa. Rubbish as it might be, there are quite a few good things.” Lin Murong chuckled, having not only found a pair of glasses but also a small mirror, and a comb—that comb was pretty, engraved with flowers and carrying a scent.
“Have you ever considered that your glasses might have been… worn by that skeleton?” Su Yinhe spoke with difficulty.
Lin Murong really would pick up anything.
Lin Murong’s chuckle…couldn’t continue.
“Use the precious little brain capacity you have and think about it. That was the skeleton’s house, so the glasses must have belonged to it. Maybe they were even on when the person died. Where did you pick them up? On the table? Or the ground?”
Lin Murong could no longer keep up his act.
He quickly took off the glasses.
But he couldn’t bear to throw them away, so he had Chi Yan put them in storage. Who knows when they might come in handy?
With the glasses off, Lin Murong slightly modified his disguise and went to gather news.
Chi Yan and Su Yinhe watched from a distance.
They saw Lin Murong skillfully pull out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, quickly bonding with a big brother.
“Nicely done, getting your hands on these in such times,” the big brother said, puffing away with admiration.
Lin Murong, with a cigarette in his mouth, chuckled as well.
“Big brother, I want to ask you about something.”
“What is it?” The big brother savored his smoking, completely enraptured, not remembering the last time he had a cigarette.
He thought he’d never smoke again in his lifetime.
“I’m just curious, why doesn’t our base have any women? I haven’t seen one for several days. I can’t even find someone to blow off some steam with,” Lin Murong sighed.
Who would have guessed that Big Brother would become alert upon hearing this.
“You don’t even know this, are you really from our base?”
“Ahem, I’m new here. My previous base is gone, and I have a relative here, so I came to seek refuge with a relative. Who knew I wouldn’t be able to find my relative upon arriving?” Murong handed over a pack of cigarettes. “Really, I had no idea. That’s why I’m asking you, Big Brother.”
“Is that true?” Big Brother pocketed the cigarettes smoothly.
“It’s the truth, I’m still young. I just wanted to find a woman, but I’ve been looking for days and haven’t seen so much as a shadow. I just can’t take it anymore.” Murong looked extremely frustrated.
“Stop dreaming, unless you become a leader, women are out of your reach. If you’re not picky, you could give men a try.” Big Brother sighed too.
“What?” Murong looked horrified.
“No no no, I’m not interested in men.”
“Then there’s nothing you can do.” Big Brother spread his hands, helpless. Having been at this base so long, he had not touched a woman.
The women who entered Sweetheart Base only had one place to go.
“There’s really nothing I can do, huh?” Murong was not giving up.
“Nope, unless, you find a way to become trusted by those above.” Big Brother, with a cigarette in his mouth, became angry as he spoke.
He wasn’t short on food and drink. When he didn’t lack those, every now and then, he would think about women.
But as soon as a female arrived at the base, she would be tied up and locked away.
Regular guys like them never even got to see them.
Murong asked a few more questions and, thanks to the cigarettes, Big Brother told him everything.
When he returned, he didn’t look too good.
Murong shared the information he had gathered with Chi Yan and Su Yinhe.
“No wonder they looked at you so weirdly; they actually wanted to kidnap you. Galaxy, promise me you’ll never walk alone at night.” Murong gripped her hand.
Su Yinhe’s mouth twitched and she shrugged off his hold, “Thanks, but I don’t have the habit of wandering around at night.”
“But it’s dangerous at home too, especially when that home is rented from Chen Yuan.” Murong decided to change houses when he got back; he shouldn’t covet someone else’s property.
“Let’s move to a different house.”
“But, do you want to clean it all over again?”
Cleaning those three floors had worn him out like a dog, and now after finally finishing, they hardly stayed two days and they were to give it up?
“Are you planning to leave it nice and cheap for the next person?”
“Well… then forget it. I can’t bear it either, wuwuwu…”
Cry then. Where are the tears?
All howling with no tears.
Murong must have been crying from hunger, as upon arriving home he wolfed down three bowls of rice.
As for eating less next time, that was long forgotten.
Can’t help it, the braised pork was too delicious, and since Chi Yan and Su Yinhe didn’t eat it, he had to take care of it himself.
Braised pork must be had with white rice, it was only natural to accidentally eat more. How could anyone resist braised pork?
Murong devoured his food with gusto.
He polished off a good portion of the dessert and fruit after dinner, and still hugged the snacks and kept eating.
This felt like raising a happy little piglet.
Carefree and content.
Over the next few days, they went out during the day to gather information, and Murong gradually gave out several packs of cigarettes.
They found out that as soon as a woman enters Sweetheart Base, someone would immediately kidnap her and take her to a place to be kept for the pleasure of those above.
And capturing a woman led to rewards, so to them, a woman was not just a woman, but also food and supplies.