The Chef Rules the Last Days

28: Chapter 26: Prison (Part 2) 28: Chapter 26: Prison (Part 2) The car stopped in front of a three-story building.

Li Qian said to the person in the driver’s seat, “You go find Boss Lu and have those students brought here, I’ll take them over later.”

Hu Er nodded, “That group, always a trouble.”

Li Qian shot him a warning glance and then got out of the car with the two, followed by Jianxiong helping Zhao Xiwen out as well.

“This is where the superpower users stay, while civilians live in the prison cell area,” Li Qian said as he pointed to the three-story building marked for the prison guards’ dormitory, his eyes casually sweeping over Su Mo.

He then asked with a smile, “How many of you four are superpower users?

Although guests are welcome, we have a strict hierarchy system, ordinary people can only stay in the prison cell area.”

Zhao Xiwen, shrugging off Jianxiong’s helping hand, limped forward as she said seemingly unintentionally, “Only Su Mo does not have a superpower.”

Su Mo quickly turned her gaze towards her, hand gripping the Tang Blade tighter, what was with this malicious vibe?

Jianxiong, standing next to Zhao Xiwen, released his hold on her with surprise and rebuked Li Qian, “You’re going to let my sister stay in a prison cell?

No way.”

In Jianxiong’s mind, he had already marked Su Mo as a valuable treasure, where else could he get a taste of ripe meat without her miraculous superpower?

Li Qian pushed up his glasses, his expression helpless, “No way around it, ordinary people can’t stay overnight here.”

Lu Chen shielded Su Mo behind him, his tone extremely stern as he spoke to Li Qian, “She stays with me, otherwise, we leave.”

Hearing this, Zhao Xiwen was stunned, her clenched fist at her side loosened, and her body involuntarily trembled.

Li Qian pondered for a moment then clapped his hands with a smile, “Here, superpower users are gods, your decision can be considered an exception.”

“Then please come inside,” he led the group towards the building.

Zhao Xiwen, standing at the door, felt as if her steps were laden with a thousand pounds.

Jianxiong, noticing her unease, timely whispered to her, “That sister Su Mo is pretty good.”

“I know,” Zhao Xiwen forced a smile, limping up the steps with great difficulty.

Jianxiong sighed inwardly but still followed, supporting her.

Despite his bulky and fierce appearance, he was clear-hearted.

He had seen through her physical gestures just now very distinctly.

Zhao Xiwen’s feelings towards Boss Lu were anything but simple.

The entrance of the first floor was spotlessly clean, with a small table placed by the door where a young, beautiful, and curvaceous girl was seated.

Upon seeing the newcomers, she immediately stood up with a smile,

“Welcome back, Li Qian.”

Li Qian brought them to the table and said gently to the girl, “Yue Ru, please arrange their accommodation.”

He whispered something to her, making Yue Ru glance at the four and giggle repeatedly.

Having said that, Li Qian turned to the four and bowed slightly to apologize, “I have an urgent matter to report, please rest here for now, we’ll meet again in the evening.”

Yue Ru took out four forms and placed them on the table, her eyes inadvertently sweeping across Lu Chen’s face, “Please fill in your superpowers and names.”

Knowing her current designation was to have no superpower, Su Mo simply wrote her name.

The forms were collected back, and Yue Ru checked each one against the person.

Her eyes were full of admiration when looking at Lu Chen, and finally, when she turned to Su Mo’s blank form, she looked up in surprise.

“Su Mo from Southern University?”

“Hm?” Su Mo was startled, “You know me?” She had no recollection of this curvaceous person.

Yue Ru put down the form, having previously heard quite a bit about this Su Mo, a klutz who won the affection of Southern University’s heartthrob, Mo Yan.

Mengyao had often complained to her about it.

Thinking of Chu Mengyao, her expression held a trace of pride, “I’m Mengyao’s roommate; I’ve heard her mention you before.”

“She’s still alive?” This time, it was Su Mo who was surprised.

“Of course, thanks to Mo Yan’s help, many of us survived,” Yue Ru puffed out her chest, her face showing disdain as she lifted the form filled out by Su Mo.

“You’re an ordinary person.

Since Li Qian brought you here, who are you staying with?”

Her gaze unconsciously overlooked the handsome man, her eyes moving between Jianxiong and Su Mo, her expression somewhat mocking.

Was this look one of contempt for her being an ordinary person?

Su Mo snatched the Tang Blade from her hand and slammed it heavily on the table.

“Of course, I’m staying with my boyfriend,” she replied, turning her head and raising a smile at Lu Chen, with a hint of threat in her eyes, “Right?”

The man flicked her forehead with a finger, his cold gaze meeting Yue Ru’s.

“Are we good now?”

That suffocating gaze caused Yue Ru’s legs to go weak with just one look.

“We’re good,” she immediately bowed her head and wrote down three room numbers on a blank sheet of paper, then dug out a few sets of keys from the drawer and handed them to Su Mo.

“The rooms are on the second floor.”

Only after the four of them had left did she clutch the forms and head towards the back of the dormitory building.

That man’s gaze was too terrifying; who would have thought that this end of days, that nobody could find such a strong and handsome man for protection?

The three rooms were next to each other.

Su Mo distributed the keys, and Zhao Xiwen, hesitating in front of the door, finally decided to speak up.

“Why don’t you stay with me, Su Mo?

It’ll be more convenient for us, two girls, to look after each other.”

“Sure,” Su Mo agreed without a second thought, her smile beaming.

She tossed her set of keys to Lu Chen, waved at him, and then entered her room.

She wanted to see what kind of trouble this woman she had kindly helped would cause.

Taken aback by how readily she agreed, Zhao Xiwen also paused before giving the pair a smile and limping into the room.

The room was not big, just a bunk bed, a restroom, and some small furniture.

Su Mo tossed her bag onto the top bunk and said cheerily, “Your leg is injured, so you take the bottom bunk.”

“Thank you,” Zhao Xiwen pressed her lips together and sat down below.

And thus, the four of them were settled in.

In the prison guard’s office.

There were already two groups of people gathered inside, one group was the strong men who had gone to the supermarket in the morning, and the other was the students who had taken supplies the day before.

Sitting on the chair behind the desk was a middle-aged man, his figure skeletal as a skull, his face slightly sunken, supporting himself with a snakehead cane.

When Li Qian entered, all eyes were on him, the atmosphere tense.

A raspy, deep voice came from the head seat as the man spoke, “Didn’t you say that the chain couldn’t be broken?”

Li Qian did not meet the man’s gaze and said deferentially, “A Level 1 Power Superpower indeed can’t break it; it seems to be the work of accomplices.

There must be a Space Superpower User as well.”

“Everything was fine when we went there!

And we don’t have a Space superpower!

You all checked the goods we brought back,” a young man said excitedly, standing in the forefront.

Mo Yan gestured for him to remain calm.

Mo Yan walked up to the table and rapped on it, implying, “Indeed, we don’t have a Space Superpower User; there’s only one in the whole prison, right?”

“What about those few people you brought back?” the man asked, tapping the floor lightly with his cane.

“I’ve put them up in the dormitory,” Li Qian replied, lifting his head slightly and passing over a few forms.

“3 superpower users and 1 ordinary person.”

“Oh?” The man’s gaunt hand took the forms, and the tapping of the cane on the floor ceased, his voice eerily low, “Lu Chen.”

The utterance of this name caused the complexions of several burly men below to change.