From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 215 - 206: Brown Sugar and Eggs

Off to the side, Qi Xiang watched Ye Junhan’s departing figure. She couldn’t help but feel that his visit was a bit strange.

She then turned to look at Ye Nan, who was standing nearby with her lips pressed together, lost in thought. Leaning close to Gu Xi’s ear, she whispered, "Did you see that?"

Gu Xi: ’See what?’

Looking like an enthusiastic bystander watching the drama unfold, Qi Xiang jutted her chin toward Ye Nan. "Why do you think Ye Junhan came all this way?" It’s not like he had to come just to tell us we’re leaving in an hour, right? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

We do have walkie-talkies, after all.

"Fugui, what do you think?" Finally, Qi Xiang looked up at Tuan Fugui. "Tell me, why exactly did your captain come here?"

Fugui jumped. He turned his head and, seeing that Ye Junhan was a good distance away, heaved a sigh of relief. He shot Qi Xiang an annoyed glare. ’For crying out loud, if you want to gossip, just gossip. Why drag me into it?’

’Can’t you see the person in question is still right here?’

’How awkward.’

However, as the Special Service Team’s doctor, Comrade Tuan Fugui’s psychological fortitude was as solid as a rock.

He thought for a moment and said seriously, "He’s probably just worried." ’That kid Liu Hao said whether or not we brothers can live the good life from now on, eating and drinking well, all depends on whether the captain can win over Miss Gu.’

’After all, in this day and age, even being a kept man takes skill. And as for our captain... uh, to be honest, his personality isn’t very likable. That face of his is really his only plus.’

’But Miss Gu is different. I heard she has a huge farmstead in South City, with all the vegetables, grains, fruits, and eggs you could ever want. Every single item is a treasure that’s nearly impossible to find on the outside.’

’More importantly, Mr. Wei said that if we stick with Miss Gu, we’ll get to eat meat!’

’Most of us weren’t big meat-eaters before, but ever since we had that crispy fried pork Mr. Wei brought back last time... the training grounds were nearly flooded with drool from those brutes.’

The thought of crispy fried pork... SLURP. Comrade Tuan Fugui, known in the team as the "pretty boy," secretly swallowed. He turned to Gu Xi and flashed a brilliant, eight-toothed smile. "Miss Gu, are we still drawing this blood?"

"Yes." Gu Xi nodded and held out her right arm. "I’ll have to trouble you, Mr. Tuan."

Qi Xiang, standing by, didn’t forget to add a reminder. "Just 10 milliliters, okay? Don’t you dare take any more."

"Don’t worry." Comrade Tuan Fugui thought for a moment, took out a fresh alcohol swab, and made sure to reassure Gu Xi, "Miss Gu, don’t be nervous. Actually, my technique is pretty good..."

Gu Xi: ’I’m really not nervous. But those two next to me certainly are.’

Gu Xi could understand why Qi Xiang was nervous, but why was that girl Ye Nan so tense?

Gu Xi was lost in thought.

’Could it be that Ye Nan is also interested in my blood?’

After the blood was drawn, Gu Xi and Qi Xiang left the medical area.

As they passed the parking area, Qin Yi waved at them from a distance through a car window. Qin Shi was behind her, with only her head peeking out.

Shen Yue was leaning against the other side of the vehicle, his eyes lazily narrowed.

His gaze fell on Gu Xi’s hand, which was still pressing a cotton ball to the draw site, and he raised an eyebrow slightly.

Gu Xi walked over, noticed someone was missing, and asked, "Where’s Wei Heng?"

"I know!" Qin Yi, leaning on the car window, quickly answered. "He went to find Ouyang for some brown sugar right after he got back from patrol."

Just now, Qi Xiang had mentioned in their Farming Team’s group chat that Gu Xi had given blood. After hearing this, Wei Heng had immediately gone to Ouyang to trade for some brown sugar, saying it was to help Gu Xi replenish herself.

"Gu Xi," Qin Shi said, getting out from the other side of the car. Her sharp eyes noticed that Yabao wasn’t twirling around Gu Xi’s fingertips today. Thinking of the green wall that had trapped them last night, she couldn’t help but worry. "Are you okay?"

"I’m fine." Gu Xi removed the cotton ball. Seeing that the needle mark was no longer bleeding, she rotated her wrist and said, "I’m going to bring some eggs to Wei Heng."

There was still a little time before the convoy was set to depart. Perhaps they could have a luxurious breakfast today—sweet brown sugar eggs.

After Gu Xi left, Shen Yue and the others slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Xi’s mood had been a bit off lately, especially last night...

Shen Yue and the others had been faintly worried. Seeing that she was now in the mood to arrange for breakfast, they figured she must have gotten over it, right?

Wei Heng, however, was a little troubled.

Gu Xi had given him two whole large boxes of eggs, but the brown sugar he had on hand was far from enough.

Supplies for the Special Service Team were generally distributed by the logistics department. Of course, if the team wanted to cook something special, they could also use merit points to exchange for precious resources.

That was how Ouyang had gotten the brown sugar.

This kind of brown sugar, produced before the apocalypse, was extremely expensive due to its scarcity. Ouyang had been saving for a long time just to get this small packet, and now, upon hearing it was to help Gu Xi recover, he had given it all to Wei Heng.

But obviously, it was still far from enough.

Seeing his predicament, Gu Xi silently pulled a large bag of honey dates from her space and handed it to him.

Wei Heng: "..."

Seeing Wei Heng staring silently at the honey dates, she thought for a moment and then pulled out a bag of rabbit milk candies she’d stored in her space at some point.

Wei Heng: "..."

’The ingredients were too eclectic.’

Fortunately, over the past year, he had honed exceptional skills amidst pots and pans.

In any case, everyone was extremely satisfied with the brown sugar eggs that day.

...

Half an hour later, the lead armored off-road vehicle had already gone ahead to clear the path, and the other vehicles were preparing to depart when a commotion suddenly erupted from the direction of the Abnormal Ability Research Institute.

Their vehicles were sandwiched between those of the Special Service Team and the Guard Team. The disturbance threw the entire convoy into disarray.

Inside the command vehicle, Ye Junhan picked up the walkie-talkie. "Liu Xiao, go see what’s going on."

Liu Xiao jumped out of a pickup truck and quickly figured out the reason.

It turned out that more than half of the people from the Research Institute were seriously injured. Due to the convoy’s limited medical resources, even with Ye Nan of the Healing System and the army doctor Tuan Fugui present, they had only received basic treatment the previous night, which had merely stabilized them.

So, the Research Institute had contacted a nearby base and requested a rescue transport helicopter to take several of the critically injured back to the base for treatment.

The base’s rescue transport helicopter had already departed and was expected to arrive in two hours.

Therefore, they couldn’t leave now.

But they hadn’t notified the Special Service Team about this beforehand, only causing a scene now when everyone was about to leave.

After hearing the report, Ye Junhan’s expression instantly turned cold.

The people from the Research Institute had gone behind their backs to request a helicopter from the base. What they wanted to transport was obviously not the few critically injured members, but that Hybrid Monster!

And for their helicopter to be arriving so quickly, it was clear they were trying to snatch the thing and transport it away before the military arrived.

Gu Xi had thought of this as well.

She lifted her eyes and looked at Ye Junhan in the front seat through the rearview mirror. "Those two from before, where were they sent?"

She was asking about the two completely bestialized mutants from the abandoned safe camp yesterday, who had been taken away by the military transport plane along with the other survivors.

Ye Junhan met her gaze and hesitated for a moment. "I’m not sure."

Gu Xi frowned slightly, her gaze falling on the hybrid giant-tailed monster in the distance. "What about it, then? What was your original plan?"

"After the convoy leaves, Liu Hao and Zhang Feng will stay behind." Ye Junhan paused. "The military’s transport plane will be returning this afternoon at the latest."

To provide logistical support for the front-line troops clearing out the wilds, the military maintained a transport route through here.

But because the nearby safe camp had been destroyed and there were too many injured survivors, the military’s large transport plane had been temporarily requisitioned.

The Hybrid Monster was enormous. A regular helicopter couldn’t possibly move it. They had to wait for the large transport plane to return.

But now... Ye Junhan looked out the window. The people from the Abnormal Ability Research Institute had already split into two groups.

Clearly, while trying to snatch the Hybrid Monster, they hadn’t given up on their previous plan either.

Ye Junhan retracted his gaze, pressed the walkie-talkie button again, and issued a series of commands in a low voice.

The convoy was reorganized. Ye Nan boarded the Special Service Team’s medical vehicle, while the other lightly injured individuals, including Xu Hai, were moved to the Guard Team’s vehicle at the rear.

As for the Research Institute’s three vehicles and one of the Guard Team’s heavy armored vehicles, they remained where they were, waiting for the base’s rescue transport helicopter to arrive.

Soon, the convoy set off again.

Through the car window, Gu Xi’s gaze slowly swept over the vehicles that remained behind...