Global Collapse

Chapter 540 Wang Jinlian and Gu Dalang

The second person to see Gu Mian return was Fatty.

His face appeared behind the window that Xiao Hong had knocked open, and he started grinning foolishly as soon as he saw Gu Mian.

Unlike Xiao Hong, he didn't fly out the window and climb down. If Fatty had done that, he would probably have been smashed to pieces by the time he got downstairs.

Gu Mian and Ke Ke said goodbye on the first floor.

Then, he took Little Red, who was diligently gnawing on her own head, up the stairs.

On the way, they ran into the couple, "Accompany Me Next Year" and "Know My Melancholy," who were contemplating life in the stairwell. They were startled to see Gu Mian and her partner.

I don't know if I was frightened by the strange outfit or by Xiao Hong's face.

When Gu Mian returned home, the strange headdress on her head was still there.

Finally, Xiao Hong was pulled off Gu Mian's head by her brother and thrown out the window.

Gu Mian, meanwhile, was deep in thought, staring at a coffee table piled high with lychee sodas in the living room.

The fat man had already rushed into the kitchen with great joy, busy preparing a sumptuous dinner.

He went to the seafood section of the supermarket during the day to buy hairy crabs and scallops with lots of crab roe, and also kneaded the dough early.

Soon after, the sound of mincing meat came from the kitchen.

The crabs and scallops have been steamed and are emitting a fragrant aroma.

"What is he doing?" Gu Mian glanced at the kitchen.

Chu Changge looked at the book in his hand without even raising his head: "He said he would make crab roe soup dumplings for you. He simmered the soup for several hours during the day and said it would taste absolutely delicious."

Although she had never cooked before, Gu Mian knew that crab roe buns were very difficult to make; just scooping out the crab meat was exhausting.

At this moment, the fat man had already taken out a whole cooked hairy crab, pried open the shell, and was rummaging around for the crab meat and roe.

No longer glancing at the fat man who was huffing and puffing as he worked hard, Gu Mian turned her attention to the lychee soda on the table in front of her.

The lychee soda had a new packaging; the pink can looked incredibly tacky. Without a doubt, this whole table of food was Xiao Hong's handiwork.

But this packaging...

"What's wrong?" Chu Changge asked, noticing that Gu Mian had been staring at the table full of sodas for a long time.

Gu Mian leaned back slightly: "I've seen this new packaging design in the dungeon, the one with amnesia that I just went into."

Zhao Shuang's company is on the thirteenth floor, but it only occupies half of the floor; the other half is occupied by a design company.

The company seemed to have a small warehouse, and the design drawings that couldn't fit were piled up in the hallway. Gu Mian spotted this pink design among the piles of drawings.

Gu Mian picked up a can of soda and pulled the tin ring: "So the things in the supermarket are indeed produced from duplicates."

He took a sip as he spoke.

Just then, Xiao Hong, who had been thrown downstairs by her brother, peeked in through the window. She looked at the can in Gu Mian's hand with a resentful expression.

Meanwhile, the fat man in the kitchen had already chopped the crab and scallop meat, mixed it with the previously chopped minced meat, added soup jelly and various seasonings, and stirred it.

Several large, thin sheets of dough had already been rolled out and were set aside, waiting to be served.

The steamer was already on the fire and ready, with a row of newly bought straws next to it.

Soon, the fat man had wrapped several soup dumplings and placed them in the steamer. The soup dumplings he wrapped had large fillings and thin skins, and each soup dumpling was as big as a bowl.

“It’s a pity we didn’t know that at the time,” Gu Mian said, looking at the pink can in her hand. “If we could have traced it back to that design company, we might have been able to find the supermarket’s supplier.”

Suppliers who supply game marketplaces should know some inside information.

At this moment, Xiao Hong had already arrived at the coffee table and secretly took a can of lychee soda.

“Speaking of which, this instance is very dangerous,” Gu Mian said, looking at Chu Changge. “The instance sets a huge trap for players at the beginning. If you step into it, everyone will be doomed.”

Chu Changge pushed up his glasses: "It seems that some players have stepped into a trap."

That's why there are only two names on the compensation list.

Because everyone else died because of it.

If it weren't for Gu Mian entering that instance, there probably wouldn't be a single survivor left.

With the death protection mechanism disabled, the dungeons seem to have become even more dangerous.

Gu Mian was reluctant to let Chu Changge and Fatty enter the dungeon again.

Everything else is fine, but if they encounter a similar werewolf game scenario again, one of the three of them will definitely die.

At this moment, Xiao Hong, who had just taken one can, was not satisfied and was sneakily taking a second can, thinking that neither of them had seen her.

Just as Xiao Hong was stealing, the crab roe soup dumplings in the kitchen were cooked. Fatty lifted the lid of the steamer, and the aroma of crab mixed with the steam wafted out, making everyone's mouths water.

He carefully pinched the diaper under the soup dumpling, took it out of the steamer, and placed it on a plate that had been prepared beforehand.

When the soup dumplings are moved from the steamer to the plate, they sway back and forth as the soup inside moves around.

"Doctor," the fat man said proudly, carrying a small plate, and wobbled over to Gu Mian, "look at what I made."

Gu Mian looked at the plate in his hand. The skin was very thin, and you could almost see the broth inside.

The fat man swept away the cumbersome cans on the table, placed the plate in front of Gu Mian, and thoughtfully inserted a straw: "Doctor, please have a taste!"

Her attentive manner was just like Jinlian's when she served medicine to Dalang.

Gu Mian bent down and took a breath.

The delicious and rich broth slid down my throat.

"delicious."

It was really delicious. Gu Mian remembered that the last time she ate crab roe soup dumplings was when she was in school.

When the waiter brought the soup dumplings, he slipped and a dumpling hit him in the face.

Gu Mian smelled of food all day long.

But now there's a problem.

The fat man made ten soup dumplings the size of a bowl.

"It seems like I made too much," the fat man lamented. "I could save it for tomorrow, but it definitely won't taste as good then... and I want to make something else tomorrow..."

While he was fretting, he placed a soup dumpling in front of Xiaohong. Xiaohong sniffed it and then left with her lychee soda, clearly not interested in it.

The older brother would just stand there grinning foolishly; you couldn't expect him to finish the food.

"To avoid waste, and to have fresh food tomorrow," the fat man said, puffing out his chest as he carried the steamer basket, a scheme brewing in his mind. "Why don't we give the extras to Miss Qiao and the others?"

Gu Mian had no idea what those women downstairs ate every day; there certainly wasn't a chef like Fatty cooking for them.

Gu Mian and Chu Changge had no objection to the suggestion, so the fat man carried the two still-steaming large plates downstairs.

Coco was still a little hesitant when there was a knock on the door.

Because of her older sister, they lived on the first floor.

Living on the first floor is quite unsafe now; if someone knocks on the door in the middle of the night, it could be another player from outside.

Fortunately, the hotel doors all had peepholes.

After confirming that the fat man outside was carrying something, Coco opened the door with a puzzled look on her face.

As soon as she opened the door, she was drawn in by the aroma of food, a fresh crab scent. She looked at the fat man's outstretched hands and saw that he was holding two large plates in each hand, with two plump soup dumplings on each plate.

A pale yellow broth flows out from above, making it look incredibly appetizing.

The fat man shoved a plate into Coco's hand: "The doctor specially asked me to bring you the soup dumplings we made tonight."

"Did you bring this to us specifically?" Coco asked hesitantly.

Gu Mian, who was framed upstairs, sneezed.

"Yes." The fat man nodded seriously, feeling that he had contributed to the expansion of the protagonist's harem.

"Eat up," the fat man grinned with satisfaction. "I still need to deliver this to Miss Qiao."

After saying that, he ran away in a flash.

Coco stood at the door, holding the plate, in a daze for a long time before finally saying thank you to the fat man's back.

She and her sister hadn't had a decent meal in a long time.

Not to mention after the game appeared, she had never eaten anything like this even before the global game started.

Although she was very grateful, Coco felt that Gu Mian didn't seem like the kind of person who would send someone to deliver steamed buns on her own initiative.

Meanwhile, the fat man had already knocked on Liu Ruyan's door.

She lived with Xiao Qiao, and they would secretly whisper about something to each other all day long.

Although these two people need to replenish their energy, they have very low requirements for taste; they just need to eat something that will keep them alive.

When the fat man knocked on the door, Xiao Qiao was munching on a pancake she had bought yesterday, like a hamster.

As soon as Liu Ruyan opened the door, she stopped abruptly, threw down the pancake in her hand, and followed the aroma to the doorway.

To write this chapter, the author stayed up all night observing the shape and taste of crab roe buns; they tasted absolutely delicious!
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