Jiang Yanxin felt a bit sorry for Chen Wan working so hard and trying to save time, so she blurted out, "How about we shower together?"
Chen Wan was taken aback by her suggestion and quickly waved her hand, saying, "No, no need, you go ahead and shower first.
I'm a bit thirsty, so I'll get a glass of water."
After saying that, Chen Wan hurriedly left.
Jiang Yanxin could visibly see Chen Wan's face, still with some bloodstains, turning red.
She shook her head with a smile, thinking she was just joking.
They hadn't even kissed yet, and suggesting showering together was too sudden.
It would definitely scare off the innocent Alpha.
Jiang Yanxin didn't delay and quickly went into the bathroom to shower.
Chen Wan went to the sink to wash her hands and poured herself a glass of water to calm down.
Just thinking about showering together made her ears turn red.
She decided to drink more hot water instead.
When Jiang Yanxin came out, Chen Wan quickly grabbed her clothes and went in to shower.
By the time she came out, Jiang Yanxin was already lying next to Yang Yang, exhausted and asleep.
Qin Ke wasn't asleep.
She had cooked eight-treasure porridge and served a bowl for Chen Wan, asking, "Where's Yanxin?
Isn't she coming out to eat?"
"She's asleep.
You should rest for a while, too," Chen Wan said while drinking the porridge.
"I wish I could drive for you, so you wouldn't have to work so hard," Qin Ke said, wanting to help but unable to, as only Chen Wan could drive the RV.
"Everyone's working hard.
There are too many unexpected situations in the apocalypse.
We should rest whenever we can because who knows when something might happen," Chen Wan said, still a bit shaken from last night's events.
They were resting well when suddenly so many mutated cows appeared.
Chen Wan thought that not many people at the service area last night could have escaped.
After breakfast, Chen Wan regained some energy and quickly went to drive.
The RV was severely damaged, and if they encountered danger again, it would be troublesome for them.
Fortunately, after driving for about half an hour, they reached a toll station in Yuezhou City, where many vehicles were blocked.
From a distance, there were not just dozens of vehicles.
Chen Wan maneuvered the RV with the mechanical arm, ensuring 30 cars were tightly connected, and then attached the RV to them, giving the system a command: "System, you can start repairing the RV now."
"Detecting 500 crystal cores and 30 small cars needed to repair the RV are ready.
Starting repair, repair time 2 hours."
After the system in her mind finished saying this, Chen Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't return to the room but lay down on the lower bunk, her mind still racing with thoughts.
"System, do you mean that every time we upgrade, we have to connect these vehicles?
This time, upgrading to level 2 already requires 100 small cars.
What if it takes a thousand cars to upgrade in the future?
Where will I find so many tightly connected cars?"
Chen Wan thought about this and felt a headache coming on.
"Host, need not worry.
When the RV upgrades to level 3, there will be new functions, including an absorption storage function.
This means that when the RV absorbs cars, cars no longer need to be connected.
The host can use the mechanical arm to absorb cars one by one until the required number is reached for an upgrade, and it can be stored in advance.
Vehicles not needed at the moment can also be stored in the system and used when needed," the system's mechanical voice explained in Chen Wan's mind.
Hearing the system's explanation, Chen Wan became excited.
This way, she could absorb vehicles anytime and anywhere with the RV, and she could absorb them whenever she encountered them, without the hassle of having to connect all the vehicles together.
This was good news for Chen Wan, but of course, there was a prerequisite.
The system had just mentioned that the RV needed to be upgraded to level 3.
Chen Wan's excitement about this feature gradually subsided, and she asked the system, "What do I need to upgrade the RV to level 3?"
The system's mechanical voice sounded again: "You need 5,000 level 1 zombie crystal cores, 20 heavy trucks, and 300 small cars, and as before, these vehicles need to be tightly connected."
When Chen Wan heard the number of crystal cores, she was fine with it.
After all, driving the RV out a few times would be enough to collect them.
But the cars were not easy to get.
Unless she went to a large parking lot or a bigger second-hand car market to try her luck, where would she find so many vehicles?
And they had to be connected end to end.
It seemed she couldn't be happy too soon.
The benefits of upgrading the RV to level 3 were good, but the materials needed for the upgrade were not easy to find.
Chen Wan sighed as she thought about the upgrade materials the RV had just mentioned, and she didn't know when she fell asleep.
Yang Yang woke up around nine in the morning, rubbed her eyes, and saw that Mom was sleeping next to her.
Yang Yang hadn't seen Mom all night, so she wiggled her body, eager to snuggle with Jiang Yanxin, but was afraid of waking Mom up.
So Yang Yang moved her pillow closer to Mom and lay down obediently, snuggling into Jiang Yanxin's arms to continue sleeping.
When Jiang Yanxin woke up again, it was already noon.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw her child playing with her chubby hands beside her, lost in thought.
Jiang Yanxin chuckled, turned on the light, and rubbed Yang Yang's face, asking with a smile, "What are you playing with?
Did you miss me?"
"I did~." Yang Yang said, burying herself in Jiang Yanxin's arms and saying in her childish voice, "Mom, I'm hungry.
Are we eating beef today?"
Jiang Yanxin didn't expect the little one to still be thinking about eating beef after a nap.
She kissed Yang Yang's face with a smile and said, "We'll eat beef.
I'll have your Mammy take out a big piece, and we'll fry it in a pan."
"Yay!
Beef!"
Yang Yang cheered adorably, completely forgetting about how she said the cows were cute before.
Jiang Yanxin picked her up and said with a smile, "Before we eat beef, let's go wash up.
I'll help you brush your little teeth."
Yang Yang nodded obediently, cooperating with her Mommy, and brushed her teeth clean.
Jiang Yanxin helped her wash her face and applied some lotion.
After Jiang Yanxin opened the door and let Yang Yang out, the little one was very excited.
Seeing Chen Wan still asleep, she hurriedly took off her shoes and tried to climb onto the bed.
But she was still too small.
She could climb down from the bed by herself, but she couldn't climb up.
Jiang Yanxin saw Yang Yang using all her strength but still couldn't get up, so she kindly pushed Yang Yang's little butt from behind, helping her up.
Once on the bed, Yang Yang blinked in confusion, a little puzzled by what had just happened.
Her hands scratched her head. She just crawled over to her Mammy and sat next to Chen Wan, looking at her.
Yang Yang thought for a while, her eyes lit up, and she leaned her head over to Chen Wan's face, then stretched her head to kiss her Mammy's face.
Chen Wan dreamed of being licked by a cute little kitten, her face feeling soft and ticklish.
Then she felt something was off.
The sensation was too real, just like a little kitten was licking her.
Chen Wan slowly opened her eyes.
She saw Yang Yang leaning over and kissing her.
Chen Wan immediately hugged Yang Yang into her arms, laughing softly, "Did our baby miss me?
I just dreamed it was a little cat doing it, but it was my little sunshine, wasn't it?"
Yang Yang was happy to see Mammy awake and snuggled into her Mammy's arms, saying, "Yes~."
Yang Yang rubbed her face against Chen Wan's chest and looked at her Mammy, "Mammy~ Where's the beef?
Aren't we eating beef today?"
Chen Wan was amused by Yang Yang.
It turned out her little glutton was so eager to wake her up because she wanted to eat beef.
Chen Wan patted Yang Yang's little butt with a laugh, saying, "You little rascal, you came to find me because you wanted to eat meat, didn't you?
Oh, my little rascal, Mammy will get you some meat."
Chen Wan got up, put on her shoes, and helped Yang Yang put on her pink bunny shoes.
Then she carried Yang Yang to the kitchen.
With a thought, a piece of mutant beef larger than the cutting board appeared on it.
Yang Yang's eyes lit up at the sight of such a big piece of meat, her mouth opened wide, and she exclaimed, "Wow!"
Chen Wan found Yang Yang's cute expression amusing, kissed her, and then put her on the ground before hurrying off to wash up.
Qin Ke also woke up and went to the bathroom to freshen up.
Yang Yang followed her Mom, watching her handle the meat.
Jiang Yanxin chuckled at the little glutton by her side, shaking her head with a smile.
She cut the beef she planned to fry into slightly thinner slices, intending to fry them with some oil, sprinkle a bit of salt and black pepper, and eat them directly.
After Chen Wan finished washing up, she came over to help Jiang Yanxin, "I'll handle the rest.
Let's make some roasted beef cubes since we have plenty of barbecue seasoning from the supermarket."
"Okay," Jiang Yanxin replied, setting aside the four pieces of beef she planned to fry and giving the cutting board to Chen Wan.
Chen Wan cut the beef into large cubes, washed them several times with water, added cooking wine to remove the smell, marinated them for about ten minutes, then drained the cooking wine and the water from the beef cubes.
She mixed in the barbecue seasoning evenly, added a little salt for flavor, and put a large tray of beef cubes into the oven to roast.
Jiang Yanxin switched to a frying pan, added some oil, and started frying the beef.
Since it was mutant animal meat, Jiang Yanxin thought it was safer to cook it thoroughly, so she didn't bother with different levels of doneness and cooked it well-done.
Meanwhile, Yang Yang was clinging to Qin Ke, acting cutely.
She had already been affectionate with her Mom and Mammy in the morning and hadn't yet sought out her Aunt.
Qin Ke held the little one in her arms, playing with her, noticing her eyes were fixed on the stove.
Amused, Qin Ke carried the little glutton over to watch.
The aroma of frying and roasting meat filled the air, and it was already 12:30.
Yang Yang was hungry, pursing her lips and asking Jiang Yanxin, "Mom, is this delicious?"
Her big eyes, however, were not on Jiang Yanxin but fixed on the meat in the pan.
Jiang Yanxin found the little glutton's expression amusing, leaned over to kiss Yang Yang's cheek, and replied, "It's delicious.
Mom will give you a big piece so you can eat to your heart's content, okay?"
"Okay!"
Yang Yang responded with determination, as if she could eat a whole cow.
The quality of the mutant beef was excellent, and Jiang Yanxin soon finished frying it, placing four plates on the dining table.
Yang Yang looked at the large piece of beef on her plate, unsure of how to start.
Qin Ke helped Yang Yang by cutting the beef into small pieces, and Yang Yang sweetly thanked her aunt, "Thank you, Auntie~."
"You're welcome, just eat up. Weren't you hungry?"
Qin Ke said with a smile.
Yang Yang nodded vigorously, picked up a spoon, and took a piece of mutant beef to eat.
After just two bites, her eyes lit up.
Qin Ke found Yang Yang's reaction amusing, cut a piece for herself, and was also stunned.
Before the apocalypse, she had eaten plenty of steaks, but none of the dry-aged steaks she had before could compare to the texture of this beef.
The mutant beef was more delicate, tender, and flavorful, with a unique taste from the cooked juices inside.
Qin Ke quickly told Jiang Yanxin and Chen Wan, who were still busy, "This is really delicious. This mutant beef is at least ten times better than regular beef.
I've never tasted meat this good."
Chen Wan had already brought out the roasting tray, dumping the meat into a large bowl.
It wasn't that she didn't want to use a plate, but the plates were too small to hold it all.
After placing the bowl on the dining table, Chen Wan sat next to Qin Ke, and Jiang Yanxin spoke up from across the table.
"It really is delicious, such a unique flavor, and the meat is so tender," Jiang Yanxin said to Chen Wan.
Chen Wan, seeing the excitement of the three, was skeptical.
She picked up a piece of roasted beef cube and said, "Is it really that exaggerated?
I think you guys just haven't had fresh meat in a while."
After saying that, Chen Wan put the beef cube in her mouth and was also surprised, her eyes widening.
The reason was simple: it was just too delicious.
"Wow, I take back what I said earlier.
It's really good.
Last night's effort was worth it.
Everyone, eat more."
Yang Yang didn't forget to praise with her hands, "Delicious!"
She then took another spoonful of beef into her mouth.
Jiang Yanxin helped Yang Yang with a few more pieces of roasted beef cubes, but didn't give her too much, fearing she'd overeat.
The three adults ate with gusto, so much so that they didn't even have time to chat.
In the end, the large piece of beef Chen Wan brought out was finished by the four of them, though mostly by the three adults.
Yang Yang also ate until her little belly was round, not forgetting to say, "The beef is delicious, I love beef!"
Chen Wan laughed and said, "As long as you like it, we have plenty more, so take your time eating."
"Okay," Yang Yang excitedly went to cuddle with Jiang Yanxin.
After the meal, Chen Wan didn't forget to distribute today's crystal cores to everyone.
She had become numb to it, no longer eating them one by one, but instead tossing them all into her mouth at once.
Jiang Yanxin and Qin Ke quickly ate theirs too, as they had been exhausted from the previous night, and these were good for restoring energy.
Qin Ke took on the task of cleaning the pots, while Chen Wan and the others watched Yang Yang eat the crystal cores.
Yang Yang was always reluctant to eat them, thinking they were delicious candies, so she cherished each one she ate, being cute to her Mom and Mammy as she did so.