After they left, Tang Yaoyao said weakly, “Liuliu, I used up too much of my ability. I’m going back to my room to rest. Don’t call me down for dinner.”
“Yaoyao, are you okay?” Han Liuliu hurried over to support her, looking concerned.
“I’m fine. I can go upstairs by myself.” After saying that, Tang Yaoyao walked toward the stairs.
She had only made it halfway up when she suddenly bumped into something. Just as she was about to fall, an arm hooked around her waist and pulled her into a warm embrace.
“Ah.”
She instantly sobered up. Looking up, she saw Ji Moyu’s cold and handsome face, his dark eyes meeting hers.
“Um, thank you.” As soon as he released her, she quickly thanked him before going upstairs and returning to her room.
The System notification appeared: 【Favorability Points +1】 Current total: 12.
Phew! She lay down on the bed, took a deep breath, and soon fell asleep.
Downstairs at the dining table.
“Why hasn’t Yaoyao come down to eat today?” Xie Zian asked curiously.
Li Hai looked at Han Liuliu. “Liuliu, didn’t you call her down for dinner?”
Han Liuliu explained everything Tang Yaoyao had done earlier to everyone.
The System notification appeared: 【Favorability Points +5】 Current total: 17.
Some people thought she was kind, some thought she was overly self-sacrificing, while others thought she simply did not care about herself.
…
The rain outside continued to patter against the windows.
Tang Yaoyao slept until midnight before finally waking up.
She glanced at Han Liuliu, who was sleeping beside her, then quietly slipped out of the room.
Her stomach was so hungry. She wanted instant noodles, but there was no hot water, so she would have to boil some herself, and cooking with firewood was such a hassle.
009’s mechanical voice began promoting a product. “For one Favorability Point, you can buy a small biscuit that will keep you from needing to eat for an entire day.”
Tang Yaoyao rolled her eyes. “I don’t need that. What I want is the taste of actual food. Do you understand?”
She took out a braised pig’s trotter that she had previously stored in her Spatial Ability and sat at the dining table, happily gnawing on it.
As long as she still had food stored in her Spatial Ability, she had no intention of exchanging points for food from the System Shop.
Her next goal was to accumulate the 50 points needed to upgrade her ability to Level 2.
She checked her current points.
Hmm? Why had they increased by five?
009’s mechanical voice answered, “The contributors are Li Hai, Xie Zian, Xie Youlin, Ji Moyu, and Chen Dongming.”
They must have heard about what happened today from Han Liuliu.
It was normal for some people to disagree with what she had done. After all, this was the Apocalypse. If she did not receive Favorability Points for it, she did not even know whether she would still have made the same choice.
Once her stomach was full, she released Xiao Xian.
Xiao Xian excitedly rubbed against her. She took it outside with her.
“Xiao Xian, attack that leaf.” Tang Yaoyao trained Xiao Xian while holding up an umbrella.
The spikes covering Xiao Xian’s body seemed to have eyes of their own, hitting the target with pinpoint accuracy every time. The spikes it spat from its mouth had also become thinner and longer.
She trained for more than an hour.
009’s mechanical voice reminded her, “Host, it cannot leave its flowerpot for more than two hours, or it will wither.”
“Then when can it come out again?” No wonder it was so cheap. So there was a drawback after all.
009’s mechanical voice replied, “Two hours later.”
Once her ability reached the next level, she would have to buy several more kinds of mutated plants and rotate them during training.
Dawn was approaching, but the rain continued to pour harder and harder.
She went upstairs and woke Han Liuliu, asking her to make breakfast.
“Noodles, eggs, ham, and Chinese sausage. Do you need anything else?” Tang Yaoyao asked Han Liuliu, who was starting the fire.
Han Liuliu said gratefully, “That’s enough, that’s enough. Yaoyao, go outside and wait for your food!”
Tang Yaoyao wanted to help. Although she could not cook, she could at least lend a hand.
However, Han Liuliu drove her out of the kitchen.
Bai Youyou came downstairs and saw the two of them in the kitchen. Her expression darkened as she sat down nearby.