Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies-Chapter 182: Small Talk

"What?" Bai Meiyue turned her head and looked at Lei Qian. Because she was slightly hungry, her tone was very bad. However, Bai Meiyue didn’t think that there was anything wrong with the way she spoke to Lei Qian.

If anything, this man was the one at fault for stopping her when she was feeling hangry. Bai Meiyue didn’t want Lei Qian to do his fatherly duties, but the least he could do was to leave her be.

A soon-to-be mother was worse than the zombies outside when she was hungry, alright?

Lei Qian could also sense that Bai Meiyue was not willing to talk to him. He parted his lips to say something but before he could, Bai Meiyue’s stomach rumbled and the two of them looked down at the same time.

"Umm... should I bring something from the kitchen for you?" Lei Qian asked politely. He sensed Bai Meiyue’s resistance towards meeting with his mother and he didn’t plan to force her either.

After all, he knew that Bai Meiyue was a woman with her own thoughts and plans. If there was something that she didn’t wish to do, he didn’t believe that there was anyone alive in the world who could make Bai Meiyue listen to them.

Since she didn’t want to meet with his mother, he wouldn’t ask her to do it either.

Bai Meiyue nodded upon hearing his words and walked inside the room. Since he wanted to cook for her, she was not going to be polite.

She didn’t show any signs of embarrassment on her face, even though she felt awkward inwardly.

However, she shook her head and refused to feel ashamed of her physiological needs. She was carrying a child and there was nothing wrong with her stomach rumbling due to hunger.

Lei Qian watched her walk inside her room silently. Even though Bai Meiyue didn’t say a single word of thanks to him, he was still glad as Bai Meiyue was not showing any signs of resistance towards getting close to him.

The last thing he needed was for the woman to dislike his company due to the thing that happened in the hotel room.

He headed downstairs and walked inside the kitchen. Even though everyone in the Bai family saw him enter, no one said anything to stop him. Even Bai Jixuan simply glanced at him but didn’t make things difficult for him.

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They were simple and honest people. Since he brought enough supplies, they were willing to share them with him instead of hoarding everything.

Mother Lei watched her son enter the kitchen and chuckled. "I have to say that even though my son doesn’t look like he can do much in the kitchen, his cooking is really good."

"Is that so?" Mother Bai was quite surprised when she heard that Lei Qian could cook.

Seeing her surprise, Mother Lei patted her on the back of her hand and said to her, "Why are you looking so surprised? Cooking is something that both men and women need to know. It has nothing to do with gender."

Mother Bai turned a bit embarrassed. She played with the seams of her sleeves and said, "I have made you laugh. In my village, it was always the women who used to cook and clean. My old mother used to tell me that a man’s heart could be won by good food."

"Haha," Mother Lei chuckled a little. She patted Yan Wanning on the back of her hand and said, "There is no such thing. A man who truly likes you would not worry about such a simple thing. I am afraid of making you laugh but when I was young, I didn’t know how to cook; it was my husband who used to do it."

"Really?" Yan Wanning blinked her eyes in surprise. For her, such a simple act was hard to believe.

"Of course, do you think I will lie to you?" Mother Lei remarked with a light-hearted smile. "The world is changing, sister. We can’t always believe in what others tell and teach us blindly."

Lei Qian listened to his mother’s words quietly. He didn’t stop his mother from re-educating Yan Wanning. There were some really foolish norms instilled in Yan Wanning’s head, which might become stumbling blocks for Bai Meiyue and her brothers.

Thus, the only way to deal with these deeply rooted stigmas was to clear them one by one.

He carried the tray that held a bowl of hot noodles along with some stir-fried chicken and broccoli to the second floor, where he stopped in front of Bai Meiyue’s room and knocked on the door.

"Yueyue, can I come inside?"

"Come in," Bai Meiyue was reading a book when she heard Lei Qian’s voice. She raised her head and looked at the man who brought her freshly cooked food and sighed in relief.

Fortunately, he came just in time or else she would have found some snacks to eat.

However, just as she took a bite, Bai Meiyue couldn’t help but frown. Though she was not picky, she could notice the change in the taste easily. These noodles tasted much better than her mother’s. Even the broth of the noodles was rich and delicious.

She raised her head and noticed the nervous look on the face of the man in front of her. She asked, "You cooked this bowl of noodles?"

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"Yeah," Lei Qian looked around and finally sat down on a small footstool. He looked at Bai Meiyue, who was focusing on her meal, and said to her, "I don’t know what you like to eat so I made something simple."

After he finished speaking, he waited for Bai Meiyue to speak, and when she didn’t, his expression turned sullen. When Bai Meiyue saw him acting like a child, she was so amused that she almost laughed.

"...I like spicy food," she finally spoke up as she finished eating the noodles in her bowl.

When Lei Qian heard her response, his heart came back to life. He smiled and rubbed the back of his nape. "I understand." Because he didn’t want to leave just yet, he asked, "Are you the one who awakened as a water-type user?"