Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 201 - 196: Discovery

Fish are living creatures and cannot be placed in the system backpack, but if slaughtered on the spot, the heavy scent of blood would surely attract other mutant beasts. Fortunately, these fish have a strong life force, and after Pudding generously provided a giant fish basket, Tang Yiyi tossed the caught fish directly into it, placed it in the space button, and put an intelligent air machine she exchanged from the system inside.

This machine contains a large amount of air and can release air based on the environment. If the oxygen level drops, it will automatically increase the release of oxygen, making it quite intelligent.

However, this gadget requires quite a few points. If it weren’t for Pudding wanting to eat fish and deliberately giving Tang Yiyi some inside help to exchange it at a discount, she wouldn’t be willing to redeem it!

The space button isn’t entirely vacuum-sealed. Using this intelligent air machine, the mutant fish won’t die inside for a short time. Of course, this is what Pudding said, as Tang Yiyi had never tried it before. She had always thought the space button, like the system backpack, couldn’t store living creatures.

To prevent the hard-caught fish from dying, Tang Yiyi didn’t have the heart to harm any more mutant beasts. She merely gathered some water plants according to Pudding’s suggestions. On the way back, she stopped the car a few times under Pudding’s guidance to collect some mutated plants. By the time she returned to Safe City, it was almost noon.

She was grateful to Song Yunxiu and thought about inviting him over for a meal at home, but considering Tang Yuan’s presence, she abandoned the idea. Because she had been frequently out these days without taking Tang Yuan, the child’s temper had been growing more intense, and at such a young age, he was particularly assertive. She couldn’t figure out how he grew up this way!

If she brought outsiders home without his permission, Tang Yuan causing a fuss would be the least of her problems! While she wasn’t afraid of Tang Yuan making a fuss, she couldn’t bear to hurt his feelings. Probably due to the absence of a father, Tang Yuan was overly mature and somewhat sensitive, with a strong possessiveness towards her as his mother. If Tang Yuan found out she had been spending time with Song Yunxiu instead of him these past days, he would be heartbroken.

So she had to suppress her guilt and bid farewell to Song Yunxiu before driving home. Song Yunxiu, unaware of her concerns, merely noticed her apparent hesitation and felt a bit disappointed after she left.

However, he quickly composed himself and contacted Guan Jin. Guan Jin was engrossed in gaming, and his personal terminal had been ringing for quite a while before he lazily picked it up. As soon as he saw the name displayed on the screen, he was startled, hurriedly closed the game, and answered the call. Staring at Song Yunxiu’s stern face, his heart skipped a beat, and he hastily pledged, "Boss, why do you look so annoyed? Did someone upset you? Tell me, and I’ll handle them for you!"

Song Yunxiu gave him a cold glance, making Guan Jin’s skin crawl, before stating, "I have a task for you. Investigate Tang Yiyi from Songyun City, especially regarding a murder case from two years ago, in which the victim was a pregnant woman. I want all the information when I return!"

Guan Jin cautiously asked, "When... are you coming back?"

"Immediately!"

With those two words, Guan Jin let out a wail, glared at Song Yunxiu accusingly, and then aggressively ended the call. He rapidly tapped the virtual keyboard, leaving only a flurry of afterimages.

Meanwhile, recalling Guan Jin’s earlier look of utter despair, Song Yunxiu’s mood brightened. He thought for a moment and decided that as a considerate team leader, he should give Guan Jin some time, and without hesitation, he turned around and headed out of Safe City towards the Third Level Hunting Zone.

He had observed Tang Yiyi’s actions along the way, remembering she once mentioned her mother used to run a restaurant, so he suspected she might intend to process some mutated beast meat. Then he suddenly recalled when he first met her, Tang Yiyi once asked him for Red Refining Snake meat!

At that time, he thought Tang Yiyi was risking her life by using the mutated snake meat to upgrade and refused her request, fearing she might harm herself, even selling those mutated snakes instead. Later, Tang Yiyi never brought it up again, so he never gave it more thought. But recalling it now, he suddenly felt a bit guilty.

Since he had some time, he decided to hunt some mutated snakes to give to Tang Yiyi before leaving.

Yes, think of it as a reward for her S Level superpower!

Song Yunxiu happily made up his mind and headed back to the Third Level Hunting Zone to hunt those Red Refining Snakes, unfortunately leaving Guan Jin in a bind. Guan Jin, unaware that Song Yunxiu had left the city again, thought he would return soon and was frantically investigating Tang Yiyi’s information, his fingers nearly cramping!

Initially, he wore a distressed expression. But as he gathered more information, Guan Jin became excited—two years ago, Tang Yiyi had just turned into an adult and became pregnant!

This was a huge gossip! Although ordinary people were more prone to pregnancy than superpower users, Tang Yiyi getting pregnant right after coming of age was something else! Moreover, the drama was that she had been imprisoned for allegedly killing a pregnant woman, only to be discovered pregnant herself shortly after!

While Safe City had its own shadows with certain areas acting independently, Guan Jin didn’t believe anyone in prison dared to provide Tang Yiyi with any "special treatment." Considering the timeline of her pregnancy, she likely had an encounter before being imprisoned.

With this calculation, Guan Jin became more amused. Back then, Tang Yiyi wasn’t even of age for long. Even if she had intimate contacts daily after reaching adulthood, conceiving so quickly was almost supernatural! And the man who got her pregnant, just how "powerful" and "genetically gifted" was he?

Chuckling to himself, Guan Jin suddenly realized something wasn’t right: "Eh? Wait a moment... why does this timeline seem so familiar? Uh, isn’t this the..."

The nonchalant expression on Guan Jin’s face slowly faded as concern took its place, and his demeanor grew serious: "This timeline matches exactly with when the boss faced that incident! That’s too much of a coincidence! Uh, wait, could it be..." A vague thought began to crystallize in his mind, his eyes widened substantially, and his mouth gaped open enough to fit an egg!

Back then, Song Yunxiu was invited to attend Chu Ling’s coming-of-age ceremony, where he was drugged by Chu Ling’s sister, Chu Ning. Embarrassed by the event, he never divulged to anyone what kind of drug Chu Ning used or how he spent that night, but he kept the matter buried in his heart while quietly investigating her identity.

And the more he avoided mentioning it, the more Guan Jin wanted to uncover the truth. Occasionally, when bold enough, Guan Jin would secretly speculate that Song Yunxiu must have been given some "mood-enhancing" drug, hence his embarrassment in revealing anything!

That hypothesis had only been a fleeting thought Guan Jin entertained privately, never taking seriously. Yet, witnessing Song Yunxiu’s recent urgency in investigating "Tang Yiyi," suddenly Guan Jin felt he had uncovered the truth!

He laughed foolishly for quite some time before abruptly recognizing the key issue—Tang Yiyi was pregnant two years ago! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)