The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 73

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: "This nutrient liquid has a problem, don’t drink it!

Bai Lei showed the picture to Bai Wanwan. "Sis, can you believe this? Shen Lu slapped Mrs. Shen. Look how swollen it is."

Bai Wanwan glanced over from what she was doing. "That’s got to be fake, right? Shen Lu isn’t crazy, why would she hit her adoptive mother?"

"Shen Lan said so in a post."

"Oh?" Bai Wanwan set the car to autopilot, then zoomed in on the picture for a closer look. "That’s not right. Shen Lu’s hands aren’t that big. Her hands are tiny—they haven’t grown since elementary school. Looking at her hands alone, you’d think she was a grade schooler."

"Wow, sis. You know a scary amount about her."

Bai Wanwan rolled her eyes at him. "Of course. She’s my rival. How am I supposed to beat her if I don’t know her inside and out? It’s also because her hands are so small that she couldn’t learn to play a lot of instruments."

That was why Bai Wanwan always outshone Shen Lu in music; every school talent show was her time to shine.

"Shen Lu’s reputation is even more ruined now," Bai Lei said, scrolling through the comments. They were all calling Shen Lu cruel and heartless.

Bai Wanwan shrugged. "So what? Her reputation wasn’t that great even when she was the young miss of the Shen Family."

When the siblings got home, they tried to sneak upstairs, but Mrs. Bai called out and stopped them.

"You two need to clear your schedules for the evening a week from now. You’re going to the Shen Family’s home for a birthday party."

"A birthday party? Whose?"

"It’s for the Shen Family’s young miss who just returned, Shen Lan. You two need to go and make an appearance."

Bai Wanwan pouted. "But I don’t even know Shen Lan."

"They’ve already sent an invitation. It would be rude not to go."

"Fine."

Once they were upstairs, a belated thought struck Bai Wanwan. "Hey, that means Shen Lu’s birthday is coming up soon, too. She and Shen Lan were born on the same day."

Bai Lei lifted the lid of a takeout container and stuffed a large mouthful of fried noodles into his mouth. "Duh."

...

After he finished eating, Xue Can stared at Shen Lu for a few seconds. Seeing that she was completely oblivious, focused solely on making fried rice, he stood up decisively and left.

Shen Lu caught a glimpse of him from the corner of her eye, then looked away.

’I’ll give him the cold shoulder for a few more days. I can’t accept Xue Can’s apology that easily.’

’And what if he doesn’t fall for it? Then so be it. It’s not like I don’t have other options. Worst case, I’ll just hold my nose and work with Bai Lei.’

[DING. Sales detected: Mint Water 70/70, Egg Waffles 60/60, Malatang 60/60, Fried Rice 60/60, Fried Noodles 60/60, Braised Snacks 30/30. Task complete. Reward: one Lottery Ticket.]

Hearing the task completion notification, Shen Lu quickly finished frying the noodles she was working on. She asked Cai Su to watch the stall and left to check on the renovations.

She walked over to the abandoned building, where several people were busy working on the second floor.

Shen Lu walked up the stairs. The first door on the left was the living room she was having renovated.

Unlike the building materials Shen Lu was familiar with from her past life, the workers simply poured a substance resembling a non-Newtonian fluid out of a bucket, roughly shaped it, and once it was fully exposed to the air, it would become incredibly solid.

It was said to be fireproof, shockproof, waterproof, and emitted no harmful gases.

’I have to admit, this kind of building material is a real time-saver,’ she thought. ’No wonder Boss Xu said he could get it done in three days.’

After looking around and seeing that everything was being done according to her instructions with no need for changes, a very satisfied Shen Lu returned to her stall.

On her way, she ran into Zeng Xiaodao.

Shen Lu hadn’t seen him in a while. He seemed to be doing well; the injuries he’d sustained before had healed, leaving only a few faint scars.

"What have you been up to lately? I haven’t seen you around," Shen Lu said, walking over to greet him.

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