Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies

Chapter 72: Steamed Carrots

After buying their food, they sat next to Su Yinhe, one munching on a carrot, the other on an apple.

Crunch, crunch, crunch…

Crunch, crunch, crunch…

They were both really getting into it.

Qin Mingzhou didn’t show up today; he was a bit busy, almost got himself kidnapped, and now he was out with his gang trying to snatch back what was taken.

His absence made Lin Murong the happiest of all.

“Is it good?” Su Yinhe asked, after finishing an ice pop, spotting Lin Murong munching on his thirteenth carrot of the day.

“Delicious, very delicious,” Lin Murong took a big bite.

“Alright.” Su Yinhe nodded, “Then keep munching, and you won’t need lunch.”

“No way, carrots are just snacks; you can’t mix up snacks and proper meals,” Lin Murong was so startled by her comment that he stopped his munching.

“You can still eat?” Su Yinhe eyed his stomach, wondering if he had a bottomless pit for a belly. How could he eat so many carrots and not be full?

Also, considering carrots as a snack seemed a bit sad. She actually felt pity for him.

“Of course.” Lin Murong patted his abs, “I can probably eat.”

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“Okay then. I’m going to make you steamed carrots. You love carrots so much, I must satisfy your craving.”

Lin Murong shuddered, his hand trembling as he held the carrot.

“That’s not good. I actually like to eat other things too, like braised pork, four happiness meatballs, shredded pork with garlic sauce…”

“No problem. You like carrots, right? I’m just fulfilling your wishes,” Su Yinhe said with a smile.

Lin Murong: “…”

The carrot in his mouth suddenly lost its flavor.

“Don’t, I’m actually not that…”

“It’s settled then, steamed carrots for you, and for the next meal, boiled carrots, and for the one after, braised carrots…”

Seeing Lin Murong’s despondent expression, Su Yinhe felt satisfied.

Indeed, the best way to shift one’s worries is to create worries for someone else.

People’s happiness is always built on someone else’s suffering.

Chi Yan: “…”

Not knowing what to say, he wisely chose to remain silent.

However, his silence didn’t mean Su Yinhe would let him off the hook.

“What about you, Chi Yan? What do you like to eat?” Su Yinhe asked with a smile, able to face him with the most relaxed demeanor after all these days.

Chi Yan: “…I like pretty much everything.”

“Okay then. Since you’re not picky, let’s have steamed carrots together. I’ve never tried steamed carrots before. I wonder what they taste like.”

“You must have been a devil in your past life,” Lin Murong panicked, fearing they really would end up eating only steamed carrots.

After some thought, Su Yinhe said, “Probably not. I must have been a pig butcher.” Who knows how many pigs she had slaughtered, how much bad karma accumulated, to end up as a corporate slave.

“Why?”

“Because… I have a little hobby. I like to castrate pigs,” Su Yinhe said, as she pulled out a shiny pig-slaughtering knife.

Lin Murong: “!!!”

He quickly moved to a safe distance.

“I… I am human.”

“Oh.” Su Yinhe put away her pig-slaughtering knife.

When she said they’d eat steamed carrots, they really ate steamed carrots. Su Yinhe steamed five plates of carrots.

Lin Murong, who usually loved to finish every last bit of his meal, for the first time felt no urge to clear his plates.

He trembled, holding his chopsticks over the five plates of steamed carrots.

What kind of devil is this?!

Chi Yan just ate a bowl of rice. Lin Murong… Lin Murong ate four plates of steamed carrots.

After having one plate, Su Yinhe felt the taste was a bit bland and decided it needed some soy sauce.

Perhaps the steamed carrots had left some sort of shadow over Lin Murong because he didn’t nibble on anymore carrots that afternoon; instead, he started chewing on sugarcane.

“Murong, do you like roasted sugarcane?” Su Yinhe asked with a smile, watching him.

…

Su Yinhe never expected that she would see two high-level leaders from Sun Base within such a short period of time.

One was Lin Nianbei.

The other one… was the man they had just found.

Looking just as genteel as Lin Nianbei, he beamed with a kind smile. Several dozen Superpower Users followed behind and to the side, protecting him.

“Boss Su, good day. I’m one of the principals of the base, Zheng Yiyang, you can call me Xiao Zheng,” Zheng Yiyang extended his hand.

Look at that!

That attitude!

She had been wrong just now! How could Lin Nianbei even compare to Xiao Zheng! Look at him, so humble.

Older than her, yet addressing her with such respect!

This was completely different from Lin Nianbei.

“Hello. May I ask what you need from me?” Just because of this attitude, Su Yinhe decided she’d fetch him a chair.

A luxury one, at that.

Su Yinhe shook his hand and brought out a luxury chair.

Fancy and opulent just by the look of it.

Of course, the chair couldn’t possibly belong to Su Yinhe; it was Chi Yan’s. She had once complimented how pretty the patterns were, and he had given her a whole set.

“Thank you, Boss Su.” After sitting down, Xiao Zheng smiled, deepening the creases on his face.

“Not at all, not at all.”

Xiao Zheng looked at her and after a moment of contemplation, he spoke.

“The thing is, Boss Su, I’d like to purchase some supplies with Crystal Cores.”

As soon he spoke, Su Yinhe’s impression of him improved a notch.

Better than Lin Nianbei.

This Xiao Zheng wasn’t thinking about freeloading like Lin Nianbei.

Just for that, the conversation was worth an extra moment.

“Certainly. Shop to your heart’s content.” Since he was willing to trade with Crystal Cores, Su Yinhe had even less reason to refuse.

“It’s just… I want to buy a substantial amount of supplies, and I was wondering if Boss Su could offer a discount.” Xiao Zheng gesticulated slightly with his fingers.

After Xiao Zheng finished speaking, fearing Su Yinhe might not agree and trying to continue, he had yet to utter another word when he heard Su Yinhe reply.

“Absolutely.”

Su Yinhe agreed decisively.

“Ah?” The words Xiao Zheng had prepared got stuck in his throat, momentarily lost.

Just like that…

Agreed?

“Absolutely. If the amount of supplies you’re purchasing is significant, I can offer you a 20% discount.” Just for that attitude, she had to offer a discount.

Su Yinhe was very straightforward.

If it weren’t for the incident with Lin Nianbei, Su Yinhe wouldn’t have been so quick to agree, but after the comparison with Lin Nianbei, she had found Xiao Zheng’s attitude favorable and was happy to give him a discount.

Clients who didn’t expect freebies were always good clients.

At the end of the day, he was polite and didn’t try to coerce her with morality.

“Thank you, Boss Su, I represent Sun Base and am grateful for Miss Su’s generosity,” Xiao Zheng, stunned by Su Yinhe’s directness, soon recovered and thanked her.

“It’s no trouble at all. Now let’s discuss how much you want to buy…”

“Alright. I am willing to offer…”

What followed was a pleasant exchange.

Xiao Zheng was not only very humble, but also very adept at subtly flattering her.

He gave compliments that sounded more pleasant than anyone else’s.

Su Yinhe was very satisfied.

And in the end, she even agreed to give him a generator.

Su Yinhe was pleased, and Xiao Zheng was even more so.

A few words and he had earned himself a generator; he began to look at Su Yinhe a bit differently, as if he saw her as a big sucker.

They settled on how many Crystal Cores he would give, what goods to buy, and the dates, as well as how many people would come to transport the goods.

When leaving, Xiao Zheng was somewhat reluctant.