Chapter 38 (1/2)

Chapter 38 Aroma

“Don’t worry, we understand.” Chang and the others nodded and left the office.

“Do you know where the kitchen is?” Chang picked up Jing so that she didn’t need to limp.

“I know.”

“Great.”

“How’s your injury?” Qing shui asked.

“I’m alright; the wolfhound bit my leg, but it wasn’t deep. It hurts a lot, but it won’t affect my walking and running.” Chang looked at the marks on his leg. “I feel like my wounds heal faster than before; it should be better by tomorrow.”

“That’s good, because we can’t afford to take a break from hunting.” Qing shui looked at Chang’s crossbow. “Although you’ve got a good weapon and will have a good meal tonight, we will still need at least two meals a day to make sure you have enough strength to hunt. However, since it’s not currently possible to store food, we need to understand the crisis we have on our hands.”

“I know.” Chang nodded as he looked at the red sky feebly and said, “In this world, I’ll never let my guard down.”

“I’m glad then,” Qing shui replied.

They walked to the kitchen as they talked. Chang found the kitchen, but it was unexpectedly small, which seemed unnatural considering it was supposed to be able to cook for the whole army. There was only one stove – apparently, it was a private kitchen for captains or commanders.

“We’ve arrived. Pangzi, could you ask Lin to come over? We’ll have dinner here.”

“Alright!” Pangzi ran out as he answered. He was so quick that he didn’t look like someone who’d starved for a few days.

“Haha, look at him, I haven’t seen him so happy in while.” Chang laughed, “Mr. Li, let’s cook.”

Qing shui smiled back and rolled up his sleeves. He lifted the parcel of meat onto his shoulders and walked into the kitchen.

This was probably the best moment they had since the red fog. Even though Chang didn’t know how to cook as his parents did everything for him, he still had some basic sense of how to put the ingredients together. He put aside his crossbow and helped Qing shui slice the meat. Then, they marinated the meat in a big bowl with salt.

“See, I told you we’ll have meat for dinner today.” Jing was standing beside Chang and her eyes clearly showed her hunger. Chang picked up a piece of meat as if he was showing off his achievement.

“Thank you!” Jing looked at the pile of meat on the chopping board. She did her best not to drool as she nodded expectantly.

While they were speaking, Lin joined in the festivity and helped boil the soup base.

While Chang was preparing the meat in front of him, he was extremely considerate of every cut he made. He almost got killed by the giant wolfhound, and this was his reward from the deadly chase. Even though it was brutal and inhumane to eat dog meat, who cared when death was looming around the corner?