Lin Murong inwardly complained a bit, then went to take care of the rabbits.
A red braised one, a barbecued one, a jellied rabbit...
Five in total, he was going to be busy.
Lin Murong was bustling with activity.
Su Yinhe, however, was watching a drama, feeling rather chilled in her heart.
It should have been exciting to watch a melodramatic drama, but the one she was watching now was so ridiculously melodramatic that it left her feeling cold.
"Forget it, let’s not watch it anymore. Chi Yan, let’s go look for some other tasty little animals." Having come all this way, they couldn’t be satisfied with just five rabbits.
Coming out once, she must catch a few more.
Catch a variety of species, toss them in the space, and then have Lin Murong cook them whenever she felt like eating.
"Okay, as you wish." Whatever Su Yinhe wanted to do, Chi Yan would agree.
Really, sometimes, in front of Su Yinhe, he didn’t seem to have any thoughts of his own.
Saying they’d go meant they went; Su Yinhe packed up the stuff, and both she and Chi Yan continued to look for small animals.
However, it seemed that finding those rabbits had exhausted all their luck.
They searched for a long time but couldn’t find any cute little creatures.
Instead, they encountered a "pet."
That is, the ones mentioned by the system, zombies.
Chi Yan quickly took care of them without even reaching into their skulls.
The zombies they encountered were all low-level ones, and they didn’t really care for those Low-level Crystal Cores anymore.
Moreover, Chi Yan wasn’t willing to do such bloody work in front of Su Yinhe.
He was burdened with scruples.
They continued on their way and eventually they did come across a small animal.
It just wasn’t cute, nor was it edible.
A group of mutated toads...
Not only were they inedible, but they were also rather unpleasant to look at.
Su Yinhe even felt a bit sick.
"Where has my luck gone? Who stole it?" Su Yinhe questioned life itself.
"Could it be you?" Su Yinhe turned her head and pointed at Chi Yan.
"If not you, then it must be Lin Murong passing his bad luck on to me."
Can you use the word like that?
Although he didn’t understand, Chi Yan wouldn’t refute Su Yinhe.
Su Yinhe and Chi Yan searched for a few more rounds, but in the end, she decided to go back.
"Let’s see how Lin Murong’s rabbits turned out." Su Yinhe had walked so long that she was getting hungry.
They returned just in time; the rabbits were all ready.
Lin Murong was about to sneak a bite.
Holding a big piece of a rabbit’s leg, just as he was about to gnaw on it, Su Yinhe and the others returned.
"Galaxy, you guys... you’re back," Lin Murong said awkwardly, holding up the rabbit leg.
"Yeah, we’re back. Did you miss us? Are the rabbits ready?" Su Yinhe asked knowingly.
Lin Murong’s neck turned cold. "They’re ready, they’re ready; we were just waiting for you guys."
"You were just about to..."
"Testing the flavor, I was just testing the flavor, I absolutely had no intention of eating everything before you got back," Lin Murong’s confession slipped out.
"It’s not... uh... I..."
"Alright, alright, I get it, I understand. Now that it’s ready, let’s eat." Su Yinhe pretended to be understanding.
But seeing her like that made Lin Murong even more afraid.
So, when eating the rabbits, he took special initiative and was particularly attentive to Su Yinhe.
"Come, come, come, this leg here, it’s really delicious, Galaxy, you try it first."
However, Lin Murong’s attentiveness was reserved only for Su Yinhe, and only for that one leg. After breaking off the leg for Su Yinhe, Lin Murong began to eat his own share.
After all, he himself was most important.
As for Chi Yan, that didn’t concern him.
His own meal was more important.
Chi Yan had hands of his own, he didn’t need help.
Lin Murong was relishing his meal.
He took big, bold bites, ravenously.
He was chowing down like there was no tomorrow.
Rabbit wasn’t as cute as it used to be, but it sure was delicious, so much so that Su Yinhe felt like crying.
Damn, it was too tasty.
"Galaxy, what do you think of my cooking skills? Aren’t they impressive?" Lin Murong looked proudly at Chi Yan.
While still nibbling on the rabbit, Su Yinhe replied, "Very impressive, very impressive. Keep it up, keep it up."
"Hehehe. But of course, Galaxy, who do you think is a better cook, me or Brother Chi?"
"Do you really want to humiliate yourself?" Su Yinhe paused briefly, then posed a soul-searching question.
All right, he shut up.
Lin Murong gave Chi Yan, who had been silent the whole time, a fierce glare.
This disaster had struck Chi Yan out of the blue.
His entire concern was for Su Yinhe’s feelings alone; others mattered not to him.
So regardless of how long Lin Murong glared, it was pointless.
Damn it, he was being ignored.
An angry Lin Murong then transformed his sorrow into appetite.
He already had a good appetite, and now that his frustration fueled his hunger, it was even bigger.
He demolished five rabbits down to their very skeletons.
"Lin Murong, you’re really something else," Su Yinhe applauded with a pat of her hands.
The rabbit truly was an adorable little creature, cute before its mutation and still tasty afterward.
She loved the rabbit, she would champion the rabbit.
"Hehehe, it’s just a piece of cake," said Lin Murong, glancing at Chi Yan again.
He might not know about other things, but at least in this respect, he was certain he was better than Chi Yan.
It was a bit tragic, upon further thought, this seemed to be the only aspect where he outdid Chi Yan.
Wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu...
It was fucking pathetic.
Lin Murong started getting emo again.
Su Yinhe didn’t quite understand; hadn’t he just eaten his fill?
Why was he getting emo?
Weren’t people supposed to be emo only when hungry?
Shouldn’t he be happy after eating?
"What’s wrong with you?"
"I’m feeling emo, can’t you see?" Chi Yan was very somber.
"I see it. I’m asking what’s causing you to be emo." Was the rabbit not tasty, or was it not cute anymore?
"Oh my God! You’re not still hungry, are you?"
"No... that’s not it. I’m just feeling emo," Lin Murong said, looking at Chi Yan with a mournful expression.
Su Yinhe almost thought there had been some deep grudge between them in a past life.
"Alright then. Continue being emo. Chi Yan and I are going to take a walk outside to help digest."
"Hey. Galaxy, how can you treat me this way?!" Lin Murong was shocked.
"What did I do?" Su Yinhe felt Lin Murong was being absurd. What had she done?
She was just standing there. Could someone be wrong just for standing?
"Don’t you see? I went through all that trouble to cook rabbit for you, and then you bring another man—" Lin Murong pointed at Chi Yan, "to eat. That was bad enough, but after eating, you’re running off with him."
Good grief, he’s going crazy again.
"I get it. I get it. All these years have ultimately been a misplacement of my efforts." Lin Murong made a heart shape with his hands, then split it apart.
Su Yinhe was truly left speechless.