Chapter 498: illusion
“Illusion, it must be an illusion,” Murong said blankly, convinced it was an illusion.
“What are you eating?”
“It’s just like that for you.”
Laugh, laugh, laugh, as if not afraid of laughing oneself to death.
Galaxy admitted she was a bit malicious.
But she couldn’t help it.
She must have been born a malicious woman.
“Boss, don’t sigh. I won’t laugh anymore… hahahahaha… sorry, couldn’t hold it in,” Xu Jiaoqin didn’t mean to laugh anymore; she was just a customer and should give the boss some face.
But for some reason, while she was trying to hold back her laughter, she saw the boss’s face and couldn’t help but burst out laughing again.
“Alright, if you can’t hold it back, then don’t. Being too tolerant isn’t always a good thing,” Galaxy patted her shoulder.
“Okay, then I won’t hold back hahahahaha…” Xu Jiaoqin gave up on trying to hold back.
And started laughing again.
This time, she laughed even more exaggeratedly, almost neurotically.
She was just being polite.
Doesn’t she know what being polite means?
Xu Jiaoqin didn’t get it at all.
But by that time, it was too late; she had already spoken her mind.
Galaxy kind of wanted to slap herself to death.
She really deserved to die.
That’s what she got for speaking without thinking.
Galaxy could only continue to watch her laugh.
Because of Xu Jiaoqin’s laughter, Galaxy didn’t offer them anything extra when they left today.
She, being the boss, needed to maintain some dignity as well.
A little bit of revenge.
She, with a kind heart, could only resort to this kind of retaliation, which couldn’t really even be called retaliation.
Galaxy shook her head, then got lost in thoughts and started to become narcissistic again.
She, with a kind heart… hehehe…
Galaxy felt that her brain really wasn’t functioning too well lately.
She wondered if someone had eaten it.
She felt brainless, as her IQ seemed to be plummeting rapidly these days.
Because they had bought a lot at the supermarket recently, the resources of the Cheetah Team had greatly increased.
They already had a lot of supplies.
Exchanged at the supermarket before.
After the supermarket disappeared, they’d been a little afraid; although they had already exchanged a lot, people are like that, always worrying it’s not enough, being frugal when eating and using.
They’d break a piece in half into several chunks to use.
They had plenty of supplies, but still used them frugally.
Resources are always limited; they always had to think about the future.
After the return of the supermarket, they bought a lot of things and replenished what they had used up, and even stocked up more than before.
Now they really had an abundance.
Monkey suggested, “Sis, should we throw a feast to celebrate?”
“Yeah, yeah. Sis, let’s celebrate. The supermarket is back, and we’ve saved up so much. We have to celebrate,” Yuanyuan’s eyes lit up when she heard this and quickly joined the persuasion squad.
The others also brightened at the suggestion and joined in the persuasion.
“Yeah, yeah. Sis, look at the weather; isn’t it perfect for a warm meal? Let’s have a feast and reward ourselves.”
Xu Jiaoqin looked at everyone gathered around her and almost laughed out loud.
“Alright, alright, alright. I promise you. Do I look like such an unreasonable person? Needing so many of you to persuade me.” Not just them, Xu Jiaoqin herself wanted to prepare a meal too.
She wanted to have a tasty meal.
The snacks the boss gave them before were good and plentiful, but no matter what, they still weren’t completely satisfying.
“Yay! So what feast are we having?” Bai Yuanyuan was jumping for joy and, after her excitement, didn’t forget to grasp the critical question.
“Let’s make a hotpot,” Xu Jiaoqin suggested after thinking for a bit.
With this kind of weather, anything else would get cold too quickly if eaten slowly.
They don’t have central heating right now. Other than wearing more layers, they rely on their own bodies to stay warm.
A hotpot is different.
You can eat while you cook.
And the food is piping hot when it reaches your mouth.
Although Superpower Users like them eat fast, freshly cooked items definitely won’t cool down before they’re finished.
But, having a hotpot is lively.
The Cheetah Team has quite a few members, especially when including families.
So Xu Jiaoqin went ahead and set up three large pots to cook.
It was fortunate that they bought so many big pots at the supermarket.
One pot had a Beef Butter Hotpot base, another a tomato pot, and the last one was a clear broth.
Whichever you liked, that was the pot to go to.
Most people still preferred the spicy Beef Butter Hotpot; it had a strong flavor and seemed to make them feel warmer in this weather.
Their feast consisted of pots, bases, chopsticks and bowls, food, all purchased at the supermarket.
“Remember this, no supermarket, no meal today. If you see someone troubling the boss in the future, no matter what, you must help out,” Xu Jiaoqin said sternly.
“Don’t worry, Sis,” Bai Yuanyuan ate a piece of meat that was just fished out and still too hot, her face scrunching up from the heat, but she didn’t forget to echo Xu Jiaoqin’s words.
“To me, the boss is like my second parents. If anyone dares to make trouble for the boss, I don’t care if it costs me my life, I will intervene.” Although the boss is so powerful and may not need her help, she had the willingness to offer it.
Having lived this long in the apocalypse, they theoretically shouldn’t harbor such thoughts.
But the boss was just too good to them.
In some ways, the boss truly gave them a second chance at life.
So if Su Yinhe ever really gets into trouble one day, and they happen to be there, they would risk their lives without hesitation to help her.
Su Yinhe didn’t know that there was a group of people willing to risk their lives for her, all because they bought a few things from her.
They finished their lively feast.
It was a rare luxury.
You see, the ingredients for this feast were not cheap.
Fresh vegetables from the supermarket, various kinds of fresh meat.
Since there were many of them, they bought a lot.
When Xu Jiaoqin bought them, her heart was bleeding.
With that amount of money, they could have bought so much rice, so many supplies.
The feast they had today, if exchanged for staple foods, could have lasted them a month if eaten conservatively.
A month’s worth of food was devoured in this single meal.
Tasty it was, true, but heartbreaking as well.
However, it was just a rare occasion to indulge, and after that, they had to start cutting back on food and clothing again.
There was no choice, they had to save.
This damn apocalypse, who knew when it would end.
And who knew when the supermarket might disappear.
Xu Jiaoqin had asked Su Yinhe this question.
Her answer was, “Do as you please.”
She would move it if she felt like it.
If she didn’t want to move, she could stay put forever.
What she promoted was doing things according to her whims.
Xu Jiaoqin seriously suspected that maybe because she laughed too loudly, Su Yinhe deliberately said that.