I will never give in to Miss Death

Li Denghua waved her hand and turned around: "Let's go, bye."

"Bye-Bye."

After saying goodbye to the little princess, I took Zhou Xiaofei's hand, whose skin was obviously darker than mine, got into the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor.

"What do you like to eat?"

"what……"

Zhou Xiaofei lowered her head: "Anything...anything is fine."

"Then I'll cut some watermelon when we get up there. It'll take some time before the meal is ready."

I patted the shoulder of this kid who was a little taller than me.

"Don't be so shy, aren't we friends? Just treat this place as your home."

"..."

……

No. 208 I wish to win the heart of one person

The elevator door opened, and I took Zhou Xiaofei to Elodie's rental house, took out the key and opened the door.

On the way back just now, Zhou Xiaofei kept staring at the roast duck I bought from the market, acting like a greedy little cat.

That was the only cooked food I bought tonight. I don’t know if the cooking method in Minami-nagi district is unique, or if the roast duck had just been made and was still hot when I bought it. On the way back, the roast duck was steaming and smelled delicious.

From the first time we met until now, Zhou Xiaofei has left a very good impression on me.

She has dark skin, like the kind of children from rural farmers' families who often need to work in the fields and get tanned, or a darker "wheat color". She also has a good personality and doesn't give the impression of a "naughty child". In comparison, Li Denghua's personality is much worse.

Li Denghua speaks very directly, or in other words, she has "low emotional intelligence" and is like a naughty child. When she gets along with me, she really doesn't mind at all that my "brother" is the one who gave her a second chance at light. She says whatever she thinks, and is a little rebellious, but not to the level of a "naughty child". It can only be said that compared with adults, she is still very childish in doing things, but basic communication is still possible.

Zhou Xiaofei's words were much more mature. She knew what to say and what not to say. She would listen quietly without interrupting on important occasions. After knowing that I was an adult, she was very respectful to me, as if she was a "child from a poor family who grows up early".

In terms of appearance, Zhou Xiaofei is about the same height as me, and she looks okay, with a ponytail. However, because her skin doesn't look that good, she doesn't stand out in the crowd.

Li Denghua also said that Zhou Xiaofei's family was very poor. They were the kind of girls who were so poor that they had to pick up discarded erasers from the ground to use, and they couldn't even afford to buy a bottle of water at school.

I'm not sure about the details of this girl's family, but from her conversation with her grandmother just now, it seems that her family is similar to what Li Denghua said: "She lives with her grandmother and her mother works outside."

For a girl with this kind of background, we happen to be good friends. Our family is preparing a big meal today, so there is definitely no problem in inviting her to our house for dinner.

What’s more, Zhou Xiaofei looked at the pitiful look in my hand just now...it was indeed a bit pitiful.

She probably hadn't had such a "big meal" for a long time.

"There are five people living here now, all of them are sisters. If you pass by here on your way home, or if you have time, you can come and visit."

After opening the door, I first took out the guest slippers from the shoe rack next to me and handed them to the girl next to me, then took off my own shoes: "Or you can call me."

"came back?"

Hearing the noise in the hallway, Lan Jiajia, who seemed to be browsing on her phone in the living room, came over. She was stunned when she saw the elementary school girl next to me, and then asked curiously: "Wow... Whose little sister is this?"

"my friend."

I introduced her to Lan Jiajia: "Her name is Zhou Xiaofei, Xiao as in dawn, Fei as in concubine. She goes to the Xingguang Primary School next door. I got to know her when I went there once before."

Then, I turned to Zhou Xiaofei: "Xiaofei, her name is Lan Jiajia, you can call her Sister Lan."

"Sister Lan."

Zhou Xiaofei, who had just taken off her shoes and put on slippers, greeted Lan Jiajia politely.

"Hey, hello little one."

Lan Jiajia responded very gently at first, then turned to me, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Your friends actually include students from Xingguang Primary School?"

"I don't know why this is happening."

I was also helpless: "Just... by coincidence, I went in to play, and then by coincidence, I sat next to Xiao Fei, we chatted for a few sentences, and then we got to know each other."

"Should I say that all of Lolita's best friends are Lolita?"

It was obvious that Lan Jiajia liked Zhou Xiaofei very much, and even had a sense of "maternal aura overflowing". She looked at the bags we brought back and asked: "You bought so many things?"

"Well, a friend of mine who loves to eat is coming tonight. She's going to live with us from now on, and today is Xiaomo's birthday."

I carried my things and walked towards the kitchen: "That friend will live in Xiaomo's previous room, and she may also work in the coffee shop."

"The girl with the super big breasts in the coffee shop just now?"

"Her name is Philo."

"No wonder."

Lan Jiajia took the bags I left behind and followed me to the kitchen. She roughly checked the contents of the bags: "What are these...fish? Crabs? And two chickens. Why are there so many?"

"If you can't finish it, you can have it for breakfast tomorrow."

After putting the things in the kitchen, I returned to the living room and glanced at Zhou Xiaofei, who was still a little reserved at the entrance: "Xiaofei, come in, don't be shy, I told you to just treat it as your own home."

"My house...my house is not that big."

Although she was still very shy, the girl still mustered up the courage to walk in. She looked at the neatly arranged flower pots in the living room, as well as the decorations and the big TV next to them, and exclaimed, "How beautiful..."

"These were made by my Xiaomo. She likes to play with these flowers and plants."

I smiled and opened the refrigerator in the kitchen: "What would you like to drink?"

"Ah I……"

Zhou Xiaofei waved her hand: "I don't need it."

"It's okay. You're just too reserved. Didn't we have a good chat at school before?"

I took out a can of Coke and peach juice: "Which one do you want?"

The girl showed an envious expression and hesitated for a moment: "That bottle of pink juice."

"it is good."

I raised my hand and threw the bottle of juice to Zhou Xiaofei: "Catch it!"

“Eh? Hey hey——”

My sudden movement made the girl a little flustered. She subconsciously ran two steps towards me and reached out to catch it.

"Wait a moment, I'll help you cut a watermelon."

Back in the kitchen, I took a fruit knife, took out a slice of watermelon from the refrigerator, skillfully cut the watermelon flesh into pieces, placed them neatly on the plate, and poked two toothpicks on them.

"Come, eat some watermelon first. The meal may take more than an hour to be ready."

With the elegant steps I learned when I was a maid in the coffee shop, I walked into the living room with a plate of neatly arranged watermelon flesh in both hands. I placed the plate on the coffee table in front of Zhou Xiaofei, found the remote control under the table, and turned on the TV.

"Here, you can watch TV first. Just press the channel you like. This is the next channel, this is the previous channel. Once you're done, press OK. Or you can ask me if you have any questions about your homework."

"Um...thank you."

It can be seen that Zhou Xiaofei was very happy. She took the fruit plate with great joy, sat on the sofa very obediently and observed the watermelon I handed over. It seemed that she was not brave enough to use the TV remote control to change the channel for a while. She was similar to the children in my memory who followed their parents to their relatives' homes to play and sat obediently on the stool and dared not move.

Seeing this, I didn't say anything and went back to the kitchen.

"Seven big crabs, good fellows. Tonight, you, Xia Mo, Filo, and the kid over there, five of us, will eat one crab each on average."

Lan Jiajia in the kitchen had already unpacked the bag I brought back: "And these two chickens, what are you going to do with them?"

"Wait, seven crabs? Five people?"

Lan Jiajia’s words left me stunned for a few seconds.

Originally, I seemed to be thinking of two for Lan Jiajia, one for me, three each for Xiaomo and Feiluo, and then using the "litter box theorem" to add one extra.

There should be ten of them, I think I missed one.

Yes, at that time all I was thinking about was “three crabs each for Xiaomo and Philo”, but when I was calculating, I seemed to have thought of “three crabs for two people”, and in the end I ended up buying seven crabs.

I can actually get elementary school math problems wrong!

"Yeah, isn't it five people?"

Lan Jiajia asked puzzledly: "Is there anyone else coming tonight?"

"Ah... no, nothing."

I felt my face getting hot. “I may not be able to eat so much by then. I will probably be full after half a piece. I will give the rest to Xiao Mo Feiluo and the others.”

"I can't eat seafood either. When I went for a physical examination, it showed that my uric acid level was high. I guess it was because I drank milk tea frequently before. Seafood is a high-purine food. I will eat half a seafood with you, Nuoer."

Lan Jiajia smiled and took the bag of vegetables: "Then I'll take care of this."

"Are you ok?"

Hearing Lan Jiajia say this, I was a little worried: "Is it much higher?"

I remember that high uric acid seems to be a "disease of affluence". A long time ago, humans had a gene fragment in their DNA that could break down uric acid, but because food was extremely scarce during that period, this gene was permanently shut down. Modern people eat too much seafood and meat, especially animal offal, pork liver, pork kidneys, large intestines, etc., or drink too much broth, which can easily lead to high uric acid. If it is not controlled, if you don't exercise, and don't drink water to promote metabolism, it will subsequently cause gout, hand and foot pain, and in severe cases it will develop into kidney disease, renal failure, and then problems with organs throughout the body.

In addition to animal offal and various broths, high-sugar foods can also easily cause this, such as milk tea and cola.

"It's not a lot, just a little bit above the limit. There are no particularly obvious symptoms, but it needs to be controlled."

Lan Jiajia said as she picked vegetables: "That's why I quit my job as an editor to do this. I work as a maid in a coffee shop and exercise every day. The doctor said that more exercise is very helpful in reducing uric acid."

Indeed, this is the case with diseases of affluence. Before, when Lan Jiajia was an editor, her daily job was to sit in the office without exercise. If she often drank milk tea and ate meat and fish under such circumstances, she would easily get sick.

It seems that Xiaomo and the others will have to deal with the seafood tonight. Anyway, they are not human beings, so they can eat whatever they want.

As for Zhou Xiaofei... her family is relatively poor, so they definitely can't eat these on a regular basis. It's okay to eat them once in a long time.

"I plan to use these two chickens to make Orleans roast chicken and steamed chicken with medicinal herbs, similar to the ones made in coffee shops."

I opened the lid of a large bowl of black jelly on the induction cooker and tried to poke the solid inside with a knife.

Soft and solidified.

Well, it looks like it was successful, perfect.

Wearing gloves, I carefully lifted the pot from the induction cooker, walked to the countertop on the side, took a large basin, started cutting the black jelly into pieces, put it in the bowl, and then added honey.

After sorting all this out, I put the full bottle of black jelly into the refrigerator.

In this way, we cook for an hour, eat for an hour, and then take a short break, which is nearly three hours, which is enough time for the refrigerator to lower the temperature of the dessert to a delicious level.

After doing all this, I squatted down, found the oven on the bottom shelf that I had hardly used since moving back home from the first floor of the cramped apartment, and moved it to the countertop.

“Do you have aluminum foil?”

"Here, there."

Lan Jiajia tiptoed to take down a roll of aluminum foil from the kitchen: "Our Nuo'er is so virtuous."

"We were so poor before that we had to cook our own food."

I found the New Orleans roast chicken seasoning powder in the ingredient box and started to process the whole chicken I bought.

"Then I'll help with the steaming. I've almost learned it."

Lan Jiajia put on an apron, looking like a virtuous mother, and opened a bag of ingredients I bought: "Is this it?"

"Yeah, the one with the Cordyceps flower in it."

I took a look at it and said, "Yes, this one, this one, this one, and this one. Just add some salt and soy sauce and chicken essence and it will be almost done."

"learn!"

The girl in an apron next to him began to take the chicken aside and wash it.

"Speaking of which, Nuo'er, how did you get to know Xia Mo in the first place?"

While cooking together, Lan Jiajia next to them asked a question seemingly casually.

"How do you know Xia Mo?"

I was stunned, then pretended to be thinking seriously and continued to fiddle with the New Orleans roast chicken in front of me: "Well... it's quite complicated to explain. I knew her very early, so it can be considered a bad fate."

I really don't know how to tell you this.

I can't just tell you honestly and seriously: I was a brave man in my previous life, and Xiaomo was the little devil I rescued. Because I was so good to Xiaomo, I attracted the girl's love. Then I was betrayed by people close to me and finally sacrificed. The girl helped me to get revenge, followed me to this world, and turned me into the little loli I am now, right?

Even if I really said that, few people would believe it.