booktalesy Chapter 106 The Familiar Recipe
Chapter 106 The Familiar Recipe
Inside the restaurant, the air seemed to freeze.
The fungal zombie outside the window, which had just been baring its fangs and claws but was now decapitated, silently spoke of the terror of the woman before them.
There were no energy fluctuations.
With just a snap of his fingers, the monster died without warning.
The girl swallowed hard, her fork trembling, and even the steak she hadn't finished chewing didn't taste good anymore.
"It's a good thing that the little girl is vigilant."
Seeing Daidai's alarmed expression, Li Xiulan's smile deepened. She gracefully pulled out a chair and sat down slowly.
"But don't worry, I wouldn't go so far as to bully you two little girls, besides..."
Her voice was soft and carried the warmth of an elder.
Daida Mei stared intently at the mysterious Chinese woman who had suddenly appeared.
Although the other person is very beautiful and has an absurdly good temperament, this is Raccoon City!
Can a normal person stroll leisurely in such a godforsaken place while wearing high heels?
She would never believe it, not even if you beat her to death.
But the other party's friendly attitude left her somewhat puzzled.
"You...aren't you in cahoots with those who wanted to kidnap me?"
The naive girl mustered her courage and asked a question, but her body language betrayed her by shrinking further behind Sato Saori.
Saori Sato: "..."
"Kidnapping?"
Upon hearing Dai Da Mei's words, Li Xiulan's gentle gaze suddenly turned cold.
In that instant, the temperature inside the restaurant seemed to drop to freezing point.
The candle on the table flickered violently, almost going out.
"Is someone trying to kidnap you?"
After a long pause, she slightly turned her head, her tone calm, but the suffocating pressure she exuded was palpable.
"Tell me what happened."
The naive girl was startled by this imposing aura.
This feeling...
The same woman in red as before...
No, he's a hundred times more terrifying than that woman!
"that……"
The simple-minded girl dared not hide anything and told everything without hesitation.
"The US government sent a team of special forces to capture us, saying they wanted to use us as hostages to threaten Lin Fan!"
"And then, there were two freaks, a man and a woman! One was a woman in a red dress who could use telekinesis, and the other was a big black guy with terrifying strength! They killed all the American soldiers, and then they wanted to capture us too!"
At this point, Daida Mei looked aggrieved, "What did I do to deserve this? I'm just a streamer who freeloads off people!"
Li Xiulan listened quietly, her fingers tapping lightly on the table.
Da, da, da.
The rhythm was gentle, yet it sent shivers down my spine.
"Using you to threaten Lin Fan?"
A playful smile curved Li Xiulan's lips.
"It seems the US really has no way to deal with that kid."
Lin Fan...
That kid?!
The naive girl instantly gleaned a piece of information from the mysterious woman opposite her.
That was the mysterious woman in front of him, who also knew Lin Fan.
Thinking of this, her will to survive instantly surged.
"Um...pretty lady."
First of all, I want to clarify that I have absolutely no connection with that perverted Lin Fan!
At most... at most, we were just ordinary friends who shared a table with me! Not even friends! I'm the victim!
She must distance herself from the situation.
What if the woman in front of him is Lin Fan's enemy?
Hearing Daida's desperate attempt to distance herself from the situation, Li Xiulan was not angry at all; instead, she laughed out loud.
"hehe."
She looked Da Mei up and down, a strange satisfaction in her eyes.
She has a lively personality and a quick tongue. Although she is a bit cowardly, she is loyal in critical moments.
Most importantly, this girl has a tenacity like that of wild grass.
He and his lazy, good-for-nothing son complement each other quite well.
"Don't underestimate yourself."
Li Xiulan looked at Dai Damei meaningfully.
"I see you have the potential to become his friend, and even... it's not impossible for you to go further."
The silly girl was stunned.
Go a step further?
What does that mean? Become best friends? Or become... cellmates?
Before Daidaimei could figure it out, Li Xiulan suddenly reached into her trench coat pocket.
Sato Saori tensed up instantly, gripping the knife tightly in her hand.
however.
At that moment of extreme tension,
Li Xiulan took two things out of her pocket.
Those are... two hair clips?
Moreover, the black hair clip looked very cheap, and it even had two small, plastic-looking strawberries stuck to it.
It looks exactly like those stationery boxes that cost five cents a sheet at the stationery store near the elementary school gate.
"It's our first meeting, and I didn't bring any gift."
Li Xiulan casually placed two hair clips in front of the two women.
"These two little gadgets are for you. Wear them and play with them."
The girl stared at the plastic hair clip on the table, her lips twitching wildly.
This……
Is this considered a greeting gift?
Pretty auntie, you had such an imposing aura just now, how come you only spent two yuan and fifty cents?
The contrast is too great!
"Um... thank you, sister."
Although she was inwardly complaining, the naive girl still didn't dare to refuse and reached out to take the hair clip.
It feels cool to the touch.
It doesn't have the plastic feel I expected; instead, it has a warm, jade-like texture.
"Remember, you must wear it on your head."
Li Xiulan stood up, straightened her clothes, and spoke casually, as if she were reminding someone to take their keys when going out.
"As long as you wear it, even if someone wants to harm you, they won't be able to do anything to you for a while. Even if a regular missile explodes, it can protect you for a time."
Dumb Girl: "???"
Saori Sato: "???"
Even a missile explosion could protect us temporarily?
Auntie, aren't you exaggerating a bit?
This is clearly just a plastic hair clip that costs 9.9 yuan with free shipping on Pinduoduo!
"no……"
As Daida Mei held the hair clip and looked at Li Xiulan's matter-of-fact expression, a sudden inspiration flashed through her mind.
Why does this style of suddenly giving away gifts and then forcibly bragging about them feel like...?
Does this look familiar?
The naive girl couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "That scumbag Lin Fan before..."
When Lin Fan gave her that so-called "protective charm" back then, didn't he have this same smug look on his face?
These two...
Could they have all come from the same training program?
Li Xiulan's ears twitched slightly, clearly having heard Dai Damei's complaints, but she just smiled mysteriously and offered no explanation.
"Alright, we've met."
Li Xiulan glanced at the ever-growing number of zombies outside the window and said calmly.
"You guys keep eating, but it's best to stay in the city and not wander around. This is the safest place."
After saying that, she turned and walked out.
The high heels clicked crisply on the floor.
"Hey! Where are you going?" the naive girl shouted instinctively. "There are monsters everywhere outside, it's very dangerous!"
Li Xiulan didn't stop walking; she waved her hand without turning her head.
"Go and resolve a minor problem."
The moment the words fell.
Her image flickered, like a television screen with a poor signal.
then.
Vanished into thin air.
"Holy crap?!"
The silly girl's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and the hair clip in her hand fell to the table with a "thud".
"Where are all the people?!"
Sato Saori was also horrified, pointing at the empty doorway, speechless for a long time.
Teleport?
Stealth?
What kind of awakened one is this?
……
At the same time.
The top floor of the tallest building in Raccoon City.
The cold wind howled.
The wind here is strong enough to blow an ordinary person away.
But Li Xiulan stood quietly on the edge of the rooftop, the strong wind blowing past her without even lifting the hem of her clothes.
She looked down at the city that had become a living hell, her eyes indifferent.
He pulled an old-fashioned flip phone out of his pocket.
There was no dialing; I simply opened the flip cover.
Two seconds later.
A deep male voice, extremely respectful and even slightly trembling, came from the other end of the phone.
"Big Sister".
"Did you find out what I asked you to investigate?" Li Xiulan asked expressionlessly.
"Found it!"
The person on the other end of the phone answered quickly, speaking rapidly.
"Don't worry about the US government; they're just a bunch of terrified politicians."
"As for those two Awakened Ones..."
"The woman in red is called 'The Witch,' and the black man is called 'Titan.'"
"They belong to an assassination squad supported by the Morgan family."
"The Morgan family?" Li Xiulan narrowed her eyes. "That rat den that claims to control the economic lifeline of the United States, but actually conducts human experiments behind the scenes?"
"Yes, boss."
The person on the other end of the phone asked cautiously.
"The Morgan family has been secretly collecting the genes of high-level awakened individuals and various viruses in recent years, attempting to create a 'god'."
Umbrella is one of their businesses.
Their motive for kidnapping the two girls was simple... they were after the physical constitution of the black-scaled creatures that spread the virus.
"Boss, should I do something?"
There was a hint of bloodlust in the man's voice.
"I will immediately mobilize the Shadow Guards and make all direct descendants of the Morgan family disappear from the face of the earth within ten minutes."
For them, wiping out a powerful financial family is merely a matter of issuing an order.
Li Xiulan remained silent for a moment.
"Need not."
She spoke softly.
"The Shadow Guards are making too much noise; it'll easily attract the attention of those old guys."
"and……"
She stretched out her hand and looked at her rough, uncared-for hands, typical of a housewife.
These hands, which have been cooking for twenty years, haven't been stained with blood in a long time.
Some people seem to have forgotten the fear of being controlled by these hands.
"I haven't laid a hand on anyone in over twenty years."
Li Xiulan clenched her fists tightly.
boom!
The air within a radius of 100 meters was instantly crushed, producing a muffled thunderous sound.
"Some people, how dare they extend their claws towards that kid..."
"Then be prepared to be chopped up."
"This time, I'll do it myself."
"And a heads-up to some rats hiding in the gutter..."
Li Xiulan turned around, facing the direction of Washington, her eyes blazing with murderous intent.
"Don't think that just because I've been a wife and mother for twenty years, I'm really dead!"
Snapped.
Close your phone.
Li Xiulan took a step forward.
The void beneath their feet seemed to transform into tangible steps.
She walked away, step by step, seemingly stepping on thin air...