[Interstellar] King of Food

Li Haoxuan shrugged: "I said, are you thinking too highly of me? You should have searched the things on me when I was unconscious. How can I get out of trouble?"

In order to show their preferential treatment for the captives, or to show the compassion of people who are beyond ordinary people, the gentle man finally agreed.

Put a sufficient amount of water in the pot, boil it, put the washed millet into it, boil it on high heat first, then switch to low heat and cook slowly, and keep stirring to prevent the millet from sticking to the pot.Li Haoxuan's hands kept turning the spoon, but his eyes were empty, and his thoughts spread to nowhere. At the end of his thought, he thought of Li Jiushu.

"I don't know when brother will arrive." Li Haoxuan subconsciously bit his lips. For some reason, he had 100% confidence that Li Jiushu would come to find him. Maybe it was because what Li Jiushu showed in front of him was a Look like you can do anything.

When the millet porridge in the pot boiled until the grains bloomed, Li Haoxuan grabbed a handful of white sugar and put it in, and boiled it for a few more minutes before turning off the fire.After filling out several bowls of fragrant and thick rice porridge, Li Haoxuan said to the young man beside him: "Do me a favor, bring these to the room where your 'goods' are stored."

The little guy gave him a strange look: "I can't decide on this, I have to ask our boss first."

He went out for a while, then came in, picked up a tray with several bowls of millet porridge, and shook his head: "Boss agrees, let's go."

"This is really rare good news." Hearing this, Li Haoxuan's fair face finally had a real smile on it.

The gentle man saw Li Haoxuan holding a tray in both hands and the young man beside him, and snorted softly: "You are already a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and you can't protect yourself. Are you still in the mood to think about others?"

Li Haoxuan smiled and nodded to him, carrying the tray into the dark room because of the drawn curtains.

The taxi driver turned his head towards the gentle man: "Boss, why did you agree to let him deliver meals to those goods? Since he is such a good cook, why don't we ask for those porridges?"

The gentle man took out a cigarette case engraved with exquisite patterns from the coat pocket hanging on the chair, took out a cigarette case from it, and put it in the corner of his mouth, and the taxi driver approached to light it courteously.

The gentle man took a puff of cigarette, exhaled a few smoke rings skillfully, stared blankly at the white wall opposite, and after a long time, he said softly: "...Tell me, if we were young, we would have met each other on Garbage Star." Has such a fool already married a wife and had children, and lived a normal life?"

The taxi driver asked suspiciously, "Boss, what did you just say?"

The gentle man stubbed out the cigarette butt in his hand, and said with a smile, "It's nothing, I suddenly became dazed, after finishing this job, let's change to another place, it's probably not safe here anymore."

Several people around nodded in agreement.

Li Haoxuan had never smelled such a disgusting smell, it was a mixture of excrement and rancid smell.The little guy probably couldn't stand the terrible smell, so he put the plate on the ground, ignored the porridge that was spilled on the floor because of his actions, and hurriedly pushed the door and left.

Those who were tied up were piled up in this room like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Some had their limbs chopped off at the root, and some had a neat piece of meat missing from their shoulders. The knife went out.

If Li Haoxuan were a philosopher, I am afraid that he would think this way at this time: Human beings claim to be the spirit of all things, follow the jungle law of the jungle, and eat chicken, duck and fish every day, I am afraid that they have never thought that they will be treated as food one day.

However, in fact Li Haoxuan was just an ordinary person lucky enough to have a second life, so seeing the terrifying scene in front of him, he just raised his voice and asked, "Is there anyone alive?"

After a long time, a young man in the corner hugged himself and curled up in a ball before responding: "Yes."

Li Haoxuan walked over with the fragrant and thick millet porridge: "Are you hungry, do you want some porridge?"

Seeing the pale young man who had not been exposed to the sun for too long and whose complexion was abnormal and frighteningly pale nodded, Li Haoxuan handed him a bowl of millet porridge together with a spoon, took another bowl and blew it up while gulping it down stand up.

The young man scooped up the porridge, smelled the tempting aroma, and didn't use a spoon. He held the bowl and sipped it around the bowl, gasping from time to time.

Seeing his delicate movements, Li Haoxuan actually felt an unspeakable sense of pride: "If Li Rui sees this guy, he will definitely stop saying that I don't look like a man!" '

Halfway through the drink, Li Haoxuan suddenly realized that he could not hear the voices from the people around him. He was startled, and quickly turned his head to look at him, only to find that the young man was crying silently while holding the bowl, and the tears fell onto the bowl Here, it looks really pitiful.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Haoxuan asked while biting his spoon.

The young man sniffled: "If I can go back alive safely, I will never run away from home because I am dissatisfied with the marriage arranged by my parents. I only now realize that in the face of death, those things that I can't usually stand are bullshit! As long as I I can survive, and I will be grateful for everything every day in the future, and I will never punish myself for other people's mistakes in my life and waste time sulking."

Li Haoxuan said as if he had come here: "You think so now, but when you get home safely, you will definitely have conflicts with the people around you because of various unsatisfactory things, because the desires in one's heart can never be satisfied. Yes, man is such a strange animal."

The young man wiped his tears, looking a little embarrassed: "Maybe you are right, but the me in the next second and the me now are completely different individuals, at least at this moment I sincerely think so."

"By the way, I forgot to ask you, what happened to those people? Are they all dead?" Li Haoxuan felt a little terrified of the terrifying conjecture that appeared in his mind after asking.

"No, they're still alive." The young man's nasal voice was heavy and clear, so Li Haoxuan could only stop drinking porridge and carefully identify the syllables he uttered: "Some people can't bear the pain of cutting off various body parts. and die, so those people would regularly give them sleeping pills and keep them in a coma all day long."

As he said that, the young man rolled up his sleeves, revealing mottled scars: "I'm still the lucky one, they only occasionally take some blood from me." And when the young man said this, he showed an embarrassed look, but he still insisted Then he continued: "...Maybe it's because of the inferiority of human beings or something. Whenever I can't bear the pain of taking blood and want to end my life, I will look at those people who have lost their limbs. And then, it's satisfying... because I'm not the most unfortunate person, those people are in a much worse situation than me."

The young man buried his head, feeling very regretful in his heart. He didn't know why he would tell the truth. I'm afraid that in this person's eyes, his image would definitely plummet.

Li Haoxuan patted the shoulders of the people around him, and for some reason, he saw the young man trembling as if he had been electrified: "Ah, this is actually quite normal... I inherited a small restaurant from my elders many years ago. Because I look too young, many people don't believe in my craftsmanship, and some old customers never come here again. At the worst time, only three customers come to eat seven days a week, which is equivalent to only half of people come here to eat every day .”

Noticing that the small body under his hands was no longer trembling, Li Haoxuan raised the corners of his lips in a good mood: "I was in a very bad mood at the time. Fortunately, I received an umbrella from a little girl on a rainy day. Of course, this is not the point , the point is that at that time, I would spare an hour every night to look at the small vendors on the street. Seeing their figures persisting in the cold wind, and then returning to my warm small restaurant, I found that things were actually not the same. It’s not as bad as I imagined, I’m at the starting line of life, and I’m far ahead of some people who have already decided their life’s path after birth, and barely earn enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives.”

The young man gently stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve, and there was already a spark of hope in his eyes: "So, we are all lucky people, we will be saved, won't we?"

Li Haoxuan nodded: "Yes, when one of the hundreds of millions of sperm stands out, the fastest one combines with the egg, and then a fertilized egg is formed, which eventually develops into a fetus. In this way, each of us is lucky enough. Because we were born winners."

The young man couldn't help laughing: "You are clearly lying."

The little guy walked in impatiently: "Smile, smile, laugh at your sister, laugh?! Why don't you come out soon after staying here for so long! Let me tell you, don't try to play tricks!"

Li Haoxuan responded: "Yes, I'll go out now." He put away the porridge bowl and was about to take it away when someone grabbed his pants, looked down in surprise, and saw the young man showing a bright smile , softly said: "Those who doubt your cooking skills because of your age are fools, the porridge you cook is obviously so delicious: it is soft and thick, and it feels warm in the stomach when you drink it, that is real happiness the taste of."

"Thank you" Li Haoxuan was about to speak when he was kicked by the impatient little guy, and he had no choice but to leave here.

The gentle man raised his head and glanced at Li Haoxuan who finally came out, smiled coldly with one corner of his lips curled up, and ignored him.

A few people were eating, when the half-covered door was pushed open, and it was the person who released the wind who came back.

The gentle man swallowed the last mouthful of beef soup, wiped the corners of his lips, and asked slowly, "Did you find anything?"