The Chef Rules the Last Days-Chapter 78 - 76 Panic

78: Chapter 76: Panic

78 -76: Panic

“Let Su Niang make some porridge,” the man told Li Qian as he picked her up and carried her upstairs.

Just as Zhao Changsheng was about to follow, Jianxiong stopped her, and Li Qian shook his head at her too, so in the end, she had no choice but to sit down, fuming.

Back in the room, Su Mo lay down on the bed again, and Lu Chen stayed by her side, asking her, “Speak up if you’re feeling unwell.”

“It’s nothing,” she shook her head.

He washed a towel for her and wiped her face.

“I can do it myself,” Su Mo snatched the towel and wiped her face haphazardly.

The man tucked her disheveled hair behind her ears and asked again, “Are you really sure there’s nothing uncomfortable?”

“Mhm,” Su Mo nodded, but that relentless anxiety inside her heart kept disturbing her.

The porridge Su Niang brought was sweet potato porridge, the first crop to come out that they had Su Mo try.

She pushed away Lu Chen’s helping hand, got up, and changed the sanitary pad that was almost leaking.

After she’d eaten her fill and lay in bed, Su Mo didn’t move an inch, the heart-wrenching pain from earlier had vanished as if it never existed, only the persistent unease lingered in her mind.

Fearing something might happen to her, during her period Lu Chen had stayed with her and hadn’t set foot outside the room.

“I want to go out for a walk,” Su Mo had been cooped up in the dorm for three days, and the panicky feeling in her heart had never ceased, making her somewhat frazzled.

The man was sitting at the table fiddling with firearms.

Hearing her request, he put everything back into the “Space,” “Okay.”

After observing her for several days and seeing nothing amiss, he felt much more at ease.

Su Mo happily climbed out of bed, put on her shoes, and headed downstairs, with Lu Chen following leisurely behind her.

She wandered past the fields; the first crops to come out were the sweet potatoes that had been planted earlier.

They were tasty and filling, but she was already tired of eating sweet potato porridge.

During her period, whenever she wanted to cook something special for herself with the “Flat Pot,” the man would glare at her with a cold look, and she’d have to abandon the idea.

Sigh, life is hard.

On the road, they ran into Zhuang Mei, who was returning from helping out at the cafeteria.

Her belly was getting larger by the day, and she immediately came over to greet Su Mo when she saw her.

“Miss Su Mo.”

Su Mo replied with a smiling face, “Hey, your belly is so big now, you should rest more.”

Zhuang Mei caressed her belly with a loving expression, “I can still manage, he’s very strong.”

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Su Mo also touched her belly and felt the amazing fetal movement, “He kicked me!”

Zhuang Mei laughed at her surprised expression and teased, “You can have one in the future too.”

Su Mo’s cheeks flushed red, and she shook her head like a rattle-drum, “No, no, no, you better go back.”

Having children, she’d rather be spared.

“Do you like children?” Lu Chen suddenly asked from behind her out of the blue.

Su Mo shook her head then nodded, “I like them, but I won’t have any.”

“Hmm?” Lu Chen came up beside her, looking down at her.

“I don’t want my children to live in fear every day,” Su Mo answered seriously, looking up at him, then slyly bumped against his arm, “Why are you asking this?”

Lu Chen rubbed her head and moved ahead, saying softly, “Let’s go back.”

“Oh,” Su Mo touched the area over her heart, feeling anxious again.

She forced a smile on her face and followed him.

Lately, her condition seemed to be growing more severe.

Sometimes, when Lu Chen spoke to her, she would become distracted, and although she acted as if everything were fine, he still sensed that something was off.

When he asked Su Mo, she couldn’t explain it either.

Lu Chen had taken her to see the doctor on the first floor, who examined her from head to toe and found nothing amiss, so he had no choice but to order her to rest in the dormitory.

She became quieter, and though she still joked and chatted with her friends from time to time, those around her gradually started to notice her subtle changes.

These past few days, she often sat alone in the airing yard, staring blankly at the sky, her heart beating chaotically, making her feel uncomfortable.

“What’s wrong?” Lu Chen sat down next to her and touched her head.

“I don’t know,” she said, somewhat dazedly turning to look at him, her hand on her chest, her mood somewhat depressed, “It keeps pounding non-stop, it’s really uncomfortable.”

“Is your heart hurting again?”

“Not hurting, just feeling very anxious,” Su Mo shook her head, feeling deflated.

Lu Chen pursed his lips, his face stern; these past nights, he could always hear her tossing and turning.

“Lu Chen…” Su Mo leaned on his shoulder, murmuring, “I keep feeling like something big is going to happen.”

The man patted her back gently, not dismissing her premonition as an illusion but instead asked her seriously, “Is it a warning from the system?”

The system…

Su Mo shook her head; she had asked, but all she got was the mechanical sound of “no access permission.”

That uneasy feeling tormented her every moment.

Everyone in the prison was laughing and joking, but she couldn’t muster the mood to put on a smile, so she hid here all the time.

“Lu Chen…” Su Mo looked up at him, earnestly saying, “Let’s not go out lately, stay with Jianxiong and the others.”

“Okay.”

If she didn’t want to go out, he would comply with her wishes.

Su Mo’s condition had been poor lately, and Zhao Changsheng and others had heard about it; they would pop in from time to time to cheer her up, batting their eyes flirtatiously at her, and they felt pained to see her still in low spirits.

A week passed, during which Mo Yan came to find her, hoping she would persuade Lu Chen to agree to go out for supplies, but she was chased away by Zhao Changsheng without even getting to see her.

Today, Su Mo sat at the dormitory desk, staring blankly at the sky, her heart beating so fast that it made her uncomfortable.

“My girl, you can’t be frowning like this,” Zhao Changsheng accompanied her, pulling her face to force her into a smile, worry filling her fox-like eyes.

Su Mo sat on the stool, swatting away her hand, and spoke softly while looking out the dormitory window, “Have you noticed, today’s sky is particularly different?”

Zhao Changsheng looked outside a few times and said, “The sun’s hanging high, but lately, the zombies have been more active than ever; plenty are appearing at the gate, and every day we have to send people out to clear them.”

She automatically ignored what Zhao Changsheng said, her eyes suddenly widening at the sight of countless black particles appearing out of nowhere within the clouds, swirling and spreading densely, staining the entire sky.

“Can’t you see it?” she trembled, pointing out the window.

“What?” Zhao Changsheng looked again, only to see nothing but clear skies.

“What is that?” Su Mo’s expression became frantic, and she stood up to rush outside.

Zhao Changsheng timely stopped her, equally nervous, “What exactly is wrong with you?”

Recently, Su Mo was acting far from normal.

Her large eyes stared intently at Zhao Changsheng, “Do you believe me?”

“Believe,” she answered without hesitation.

“This is telling me something is definitely going to happen today,” Su Mo pointed at her chest, where her heart was pounding wildly, “Let’s go find Lu Chen!”