Chapter 132: Fierce Bamboo Maniac
“Isn’t that too much to ask?” Chen Xing’s eyes sparkled. “You’re living alone and it’s already so hard for you—how can I take your bamboo shoots?”
“But… if you really feel bad about it, can I have this bottle of roses instead?”
These were roses! Roses from the Rose Corridor! Oh my god, even if she couldn’t brag about it to others, just knowing in her heart was enough to make her walk on air!
“Huh?”
Huai Yu looked a bit puzzled. “Sure. But I’ve been growing these for a long time… if you want, I can pick some fresh ones for you?”
“No, no, no, no!”
Chen Xing shook her head frantically.
She had only been bold enough to ask for the roses on impulse. But if Huai Yu really went to pick them for her, well… surviving it would be a miracle…
Uncle Zaozi, who remembered the bamboo shoots they had eaten before, glanced at the roses in her arms and couldn’t help but ask, “I want the bamboo shoots too, but could I also have a rose branch? I… I can help you sort things out.”
“No need!” Huai Yu pointed cheerfully at the three big carts outside. “Could you help move them into the shed? I’ll go dig up the shoots for you.”
After a moment’s thought, she turned back, “I forgot to serve tea to my guests—let me make you some bamboo heart tea.”
The water in the thermos was still hot. She put the pre-roasted bamboo heart tea into the cups, and as the hot water steeped, a light fragrance wafted out.
Chen Xing took a deep breath, and the words of refusal wouldn’t come out anymore.
To live so innocently in this world—Little Yu really had some skills! This bamboo heart tea alone—if they didn’t risk their lives on the wasteland, there’s no way they could get this quality.
She glanced at the big hoe in Huai Yu’s hands. “Isn’t it hard to dig up bamboo shoots? Let me help.”
She clenched her fists. “I have earth powers.”
Huai Yu originally wanted to refuse, but she was also curious to see that power, so she nodded:
“Okay.”
Although she had talked so confidently inside the house, once they stepped outside, Chen Xing instinctively kept close to the wall—How could she not be scared!
The tall Rose Corridor loomed, as if it could pounce down any second. She tiptoed like a smuggler, not daring to make a sound.
Seeing her sneaky demeanor now, you’d never guess how bold and domineering she had been moments ago.
But luckily, aside from the faint scent of roses in the air, they made it safely to the bamboo grove.
Chen Xing let out a big breath of relief, then looked up and took in the thick bamboo grove, “This bamboo grove is pretty big, and the bamboo looks sturdy… We also ran into mutated bamboo on the wasteland before. Took us forever to cut a piece down, but the bamboo rice cooked with it was delicious…”
“Huh?”
Huai Yu froze. “I totally forgot about making bamboo rice! Xing Xing, you should stay for dinner—we’ll have that!”
Chen Xing didn’t want to take advantage of Huai Yu, but this was the Rose Corridor!
She hesitated for once, “That’s not really proper…”
“It’s fine!” Huai Yu shook the bracelet on her wrist. “I earned a ton of points today—”
But her excited words suddenly trailed off.
Because Keta Rō always came back at night and would bring her to collect its ball troops, and all the points she earned today were thanks to Keta Rō…
She didn’t have many secrets left, but Keta Rō was different.
So she had no choice but to say regretfully, “Actually, I don’t think we can. The Rose Corridor gets in a bad mood after dark… sorry, Xing Xing.”
Chen Xing, on the other hand, let out a huge sigh of relief, “The Rose Corridor having a bad temper is normal. If you said it was always nice, that I wouldn’t believe.”
“No worries, I’ll just come back next time when I find something good on the wasteland. We’ll pick a morning then.”
“Mm!” Huai Yu nodded, then pointed boldly at the bamboo grove in front of them: “The mutation level of these bamboo shoots is really low. Xing Xing, you guys have a lot of people, I’ll dig up a whole basket for you.”
Chen Xing stood there, casually stretching out her hand. “No need for you to dig—I’m an earth type—wait, huh?”
She flipped her palm, and it actually started trembling. The veins on her arm popped out, her whole face twisted from the effort.
But the soil in the bamboo grove, which should’ve obediently pushed out the bamboo shoots, didn’t budge at all. A long moment passed, and nothing happened.
“This… what the heck…” Chen Xing struggled to use her power, grinding her teeth as she forced out the words, but before she could finish, a huge swath of green shot toward them like lightning—
“Swish, swish, swish—”
All the leaves landed precisely on the ground right in front of her, and only then did Huai Yu react. She stomped her foot hard, “Kuang Biao! You’re scaring people on purpose again!!!”
Chen Xing finally withdrew her powers, took three big steps back, and stood there on guard.
Huai Yu felt super embarrassed.
She invited them for dinner, but halfway through realized it wasn’t appropriate. Brought them to dig bamboo shoots, but before even starting, Kuang Biao messed around again.
This stupid bamboo had way too many tricks up its sleeve. It gossiped every day, always chattering—it understood everything, so how could it not know Huai Yu brought over friends?
It was just messing around on purpose.
The big bamboo grove swayed, and Chen Xing heard a voice say, “You were the one who disrespected me first! Digging up bamboo shoots is one thing, but you even wanted to eat bamboo rice right in front of me—what a joke! Do you think I have no dignity?”
That shut Huai Yu up.
After a while, she asked curiously, “Do you even have dignity?”
Kuang Biao: “…”
The whole bamboo grove started shaking, and Kuang Biao’s voice cried out hoarsely, “I do! Of course I do!”
Huai Yu ignored it—so dramatic.
She turned back to look at the cautious Chen Xing and apologized: “Sorry, Xing Xing. Kuang Biao—that’s the bamboo’s name—it’s actually okay most of the time, it just really likes scaring people.”
“But don’t worry, it’s usually pretty obedient. The bamboo shoots grow fast and are really tasty. I’ll pick the Big Cubs for you later!”
Chen Xing wasn’t thinking about bamboo shoots at all now!
She kept staring warily at the bamboo grove and couldn’t help but ask: “Is this… a mutated plant? How can you live right next to a mutated plant?!”
Not to mention—on one side the Rose Corridor, and on the other this mutated bamboo—who would even dare come here?!
She’d never heard of anything so ridiculous in her life! Normally, if you ran into these two mutated plants, your survival odds would actually be better living in the wasteland!
But Huai Yu just looked confused, “I don’t know. When we built the house here, they didn’t say no.”
“And Kuang Biao came from the wasteland too. It even fought with the Rose Corridor! After they fought, it just settled down here…”
“I don’t really know much else… but its bamboo is pretty great.”
Kuang Biao talks wildly, grows wildly, but when it comes to being obedient, he knows how to be flexible.
