The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 15

Chapter 15: Chapter 15: The Rulemaker Himself Broke the Rules

Shen Lu quickly closed the door and let out a long sigh of relief.

After a short rest, she began to tidy up.

Once she finished cleaning, she counted her money, stacking the bills by denomination.

’I think they sell those powered exoskeletons around here. I heard they can turn someone who’s completely powerless into a super-strong person. The price isn’t too outrageous; a cheap one goes for ten thousand Star Coins.’

Shen Lu was a little tempted. Moving Fu Cheng every day was a strenuous job, and if she was really going to take care of him long-term, buying a powered exoskeleton was definitely a good idea.

"Have I lost my mind? Buying a powered exoskeleton just to make it easier to move Fu Cheng?" Shen Lu patted her cheeks. "You need to get a grip. You don’t even have 5,000 Star Coins right now."

She fed Fu Cheng half an egg waffle soaked in water and wiped down the lower half of his face that wasn’t covered in gauze.

"It seems like bringing you along really does attract customers," Shen Lu muttered. "But you’re so hard to move. Should I take you to the stall tomorrow or not?"

"Oh, well. What’s the use of overthinking it? I’ll just see how business is tomorrow."

"Fu Cheng, will you get better?"

Shen Lu was very curious. ’Since I didn’t abandon him like in the original plot, can Fu Cheng still become the great villain from the book?’

’He won’t stay like this forever just because I’ve messed up the original story, right?’

Before her voice had even faded, the man’s eyelashes began to tremble.

Curious, Shen Lu leaned in, only to be caught off guard as she met the gaze of Fu Cheng, whose right eye was half-open.

Shen Lu: Σ(⊙▽⊙"a

’W-wait, why did he suddenly open his eyes?’

Fu Cheng’s eyes were pitch-black, carrying a hint of grogginess from just waking up, but that quickly faded. His ink-dark pupils stared silently at Shen Lu.

Shen Lu, who had been leaning over, slowly straightened her back.

"Y-you’re awake?" Shen Lu, unsure what to say, gave an awkward laugh and waved her hand. "How do you feel? Are you in a lot of pain anywhere?"

Fu Cheng couldn’t speak, let alone move. He could do nothing but look at Shen Lu.

It dawned on Shen Lu as well, and she picked at her fingers, a little embarrassed. "Um... if you can open your eyes, does that mean your injuries are getting better?"

"I don’t have enough Star Coins to send you to the hospital right now, so you’ll have to wait a little longer."

"Are you thirsty? Blink twice if you are."

Fu Cheng didn’t blink. He maintained his gaze on her, making Shen Lu wonder if he was blind, since he wasn’t blinking at all.

But his eyes, which seemed to hold a restrained light, didn’t look like the eyes of a blind person.

Just as Shen Lu was about to ask if he was hungry, Fu Cheng, like a robot that had run out of power, slowly closed his eyes.

Shen Lu tentatively waved her hand in front of his face. There was no reaction.

’Looks like he’s passed out again.’

Shen Lu breathed a sigh of relief. She felt more at ease with Fu Cheng’s eyes closed than when they were open.

"I didn’t abandon him, so he won’t kill me without mercy later, like it was written in the plot, right?"

The young woman muttered to herself, "Why do I feel like I’m raising a tiger that will come back to bite me?"

Fu Cheng, who had heard everything crystal clear: ?

’What plot?’

’Of course I won’t kill her.’

’Shen Lu kept me, fed me, changed my medicine and bandages, and even considered buying a powered exoskeleton today just to make it easier to move me...’

’For those reasons alone, I would never harm her.’

’The main reason I opened my eyes at that moment was because Shen Lu actually used water to wipe my face.’

’That water is so precious. It can calm a rampaging Spiritual Sea and purge spiritual toxins. It wasn’t enough for her to give it to me to drink; she even used it to wash my face.’

’But I have to admit, wherever Shen Lu wiped, the spiritual toxins—clinging to me like maggots on a bone—were immediately silenced, as if submerged by a tidal wave.’

’Though they were only lying dormant and would resurface once the water dried...’

’But if Shen Lu kept using this water to wash my face, I think the spiritual toxins on the lower half of my face would gradually fade away.’

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