Fear of food

Chapter 25 Jinghai Foraging Group

Chen Qi shook his head, saying meaningfully, "Drinking beverages is unhealthy; I still prefer mineral water."

He got up, took two bottles of mineral water from the shelf, and handed one of them to Zhuifeng.

"It's too kind of you to ask Brother Zhuifeng to come on our first meeting. Let me offer you some water instead."

Zhui Feng smiled and took the bottled water, nodding in satisfaction. "Not bad, you've passed the first test."

After the food terror outbreak, all the drinks also showed abnormalities.

Only drinking water such as mineral water and purified water are unaffected.

Zhui Feng was testing Chen Qi with a beverage.

"Let's go outside and talk about it," Zhui Feng said to Chen Qi, glancing at the cashier who was listening intently.

"it is good."

Chen Qi paid the bill and walked out of the convenience store with Zhui Feng.

He asked, "How many more tests are there?"

Zhui Feng waved his hand: "We're not that formal. I was just showing off in front of that cashier at the convenience store. Actually, we were pretty much done."

"But just to be on the safe side, I'll ask one more question."

Zhui Feng walked to his electric scooter, opened the insulated box containing takeout, took out a takeout order, violently tore it open, and took out the food container.

“Come and see, describe what you see,” said Chasing Wind.

Chen Qi looked into the lunchbox and said, "Nose."

Inside the transparent plastic box were large noses covered in blackheads, looking as if they would burst with juice if squeezed.

“That’s right, we saw the same thing.” Zhui Feng patted Chen Qi on the shoulder. “From now on, we’re brothers. I’ll add you to the group!”

Chen Qi opened WeChat and found that he had been added to a group chat called "Jinghai Food Hunting Group".

There were fewer people in the group than he had imagined; there were only seven people, including himself, and Momo was among them.

Everyone's nicknames are very simple: Pancake, Coffee, Broad Bean, Swill, and Wind Chaser.

Swill: A new person?

Coffee: Welcome, welcome!
Chen Qi changed his group nickname to "Biscuit" and then greeted the people in the group.

Cookie: Hello everyone
Coffee: It's been a while since any new people joined. @ChasingTheWind, aren't you going to introduce them to everyone?
Chasing the Wind: I just saw the biscuits, and I still have a lot to do. Let's talk about it after I'm done.

Zhui Feng put away his phone and waved to Chen Qi, saying, "Don't pay attention to them for now. Let's find a secluded place to have a proper talk."

Chen Qi nodded, secretly quite curious about the members in the group.

According to Momo, everyone in this group is one of his kind.

And almost everyone's code name is named after food. Does this mean that they have a special type of food?

After all, if you don't want to eat weird food, you need your own special food to survive.

Xu An'an ate dried bread, while Chen Qi ate wild food.

The people in the group probably eat flatbread, drink coffee, eat broad beans, and... swill?
Chen Qi glanced at Zhui Feng, wondering: Zhui Feng's codename is different from everyone else's, so what does he eat?
Chasing the wind, chasing the wind, you can't live on air every day, can you?

Zhui Feng took a helmet from under the seat and handed it to Chen Qi: "Get in!"

Chen Qi got on the electric scooter, and Zhui Feng curled his lips into a wicked smile: "Brother, hold on tight!"

Whoosh!
The electric scooter shot off like a wild horse.

Chen Qi experienced the feeling of being pushed back in his seat for the first time while riding an electric scooter.

I also witnessed the true value of being a gold medal rider.

About ten minutes later, the electric scooter stopped in front of a self-built house in the urban village.

"This is my rented apartment, I live alone, it's a bit messy, so please bear with it if you find it dirty," Zhui Feng said casually. However, this way of communicating actually made Chen Qi feel more at ease, easing the awkwardness of their first meeting.

Zhui Feng opened the door to the first-floor rented room, carried the takeout insulated box inside, and Chen Qi followed.

The room was actually quite large, but the decoration was just a bare shell, giving it a sense of emptiness with bare walls.

Besides a bed, a table, two chairs, and a single assembled wardrobe, the room contained only these items.

The arrangement of clothes and other miscellaneous items reflects the messy style typical of single men.

"Find anywhere to sit. If you don't feel like there's anywhere to sit, you can stand up too." After saying that, Zhui Feng plopped down on the bed.

Chen Qi wasn't one to be pretentious. He casually tossed the blue delivery jacket from the chair onto the bed, then moved the chair to sit opposite Zhui Feng.

Zhui Feng laughed: "It seems we can get along. Let me make it clear first, I'm not being rude to you, I'm just being rude to my friends."

Chen Qi didn't think anything of it. He pointed to the blue delivery uniform on the bed, then looked at the yellow delivery uniform on Zhui Feng's body, and said, "Wearing multiple jobs?"

“That’s right, I work for two large companies at the same time.” Zhui Feng straightened his back. “High-end talent is in high demand.”

Just then, Zhui Feng's phone suddenly rang.

He answered the phone and immediately put it on speakerphone. A young woman's voice came from the other end, her tone clearly emotional: "Where's my takeout? Why are you sending it further and further away?"

Zhui Feng: "I'm sorry, I was in a car accident on the way. I'll deliver it to you as soon as possible."

Woman: "But you're already late. How long will it take for you to deliver it?"

Zhui Feng: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. How about this, if you can wait, I'll process it here and send it to you. If you can't wait, please cancel the order and place a new one. I'll refund you."

Woman: "Forget it, I'll cancel it. Don't bother refunding me. I'll just contact customer service for a refund."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Chen Qi apologized, "It's all because I delayed the delivery. I'll make up for this order."

"It has nothing to do with you. I wasn't planning on delivering this order anyway," Zhui Feng said casually.

Seeing Chen Qi's puzzled expression, he pretended to be mysterious and said, "I deliver food not just to make money, but also to eat, literally."

He dragged the takeout box to the side of his feet, opened it, and found only one takeout order inside.

That is, the takeout that he had violently torn apart before to test Chen Qi.

However, as Zhui Feng opened the takeout container, Chen Qi looked surprised.

He clearly remembered seeing big, oozing noses covered in blackheads in the box before, but now they had turned into strawberries!

However, these strawberries looked a bit wilted and didn't seem very fresh.

In short, it looked completely unappetizing to Chen Qi.

Zhui Feng picked up a strawberry, put it in his mouth, and showed an expression of enjoyment on his face.

He glanced at Chen Qi and said, "I won't invite you to eat, you definitely won't like it."

"How did they do that?" Chen Qi asked, puzzled.

How can you silently turn a box of big noses into a box of strawberries?
"This is how I get food. We all have our own unique ways of foraging, but mine is rather special."

He paused for a moment before saying, "I can only eat the takeout that was refused."

Does this work too?
Chen Qi's eyes widened; this felt even stranger than Xu An'an's idea that everything could be made into bread.

"These unusual food deliveries, after being rejected by customers, will become normal food that I can eat."

"Actually, there's nothing strange about this. There are a few people in the group who are just as eccentric as me. By the way, how do you get your food?" Zhui Feng asked.

"Me?" Chen Qi shrugged. "I just picked them up outside."

(End of this chapter)