After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me

Chapter 993 Hungry to Tears

Sure enough, Jing Bai wheeled over a small cart, stacked with various colorful test reagents.

He walked up to Zhouzhou, full of confidence, and said, "This is something I just made, specially added with some colorants. Doesn't it look appetizing?"

He remembered how many people would drink those brightly colored beverages at the supermarket.

After he said that, he looked at Zhouzhou expectantly, waiting for her response.

Zhouzhou struggled to hold it in, but eventually, she couldn't take it anymore and cried out loud, "Wahhh!"

She was so hungry! Why was it so hard to get food?

The spirits around her couldn't hold it in anymore, bursting out laughing.

"Hahaha, what a weird one."

They turned to look at Jing Bai, who was standing there awkwardly, and they laughed even harder.

This freak had scared them for so long. Finally, someone had come to deal with him!

Zhouzhou never imagined that, after coming down from the mountain, she'd end up crying from hunger.

Especially since she'd already eaten all the food Grandma Qin packed for her when she went on a mission. She hadn't had a chance to replenish it, and now her bag was empty. The hunger made Zhouzhou feel even more wronged.

Jing Bai looked at her, not knowing what to do. Sweat was already starting to form on his forehead.

"You... you shouldn't cry," he said awkwardly, trying to comfort her. "Crying takes more energy. The more you cry, the hungrier you'll get."

But upon hearing this, Zhouzhou cried even louder. Her little legs kicked and she slapped her thighs dramatically, crying, "Waaah, my life is so hard!"

"Ha!" The chief couldn't hold it anymore and laughed out loud.

This little girl was so much fun.

Hearing his laughter, Zhouzhou turned to look at him, her breath still heavy from crying.

All these bad people, laughing at her! Hmph!

She was a cute girl, especially with her bright, shiny eyes. When she cried, she looked so pitiful that it tugged at the heartstrings of anyone who saw her.

A female police officer couldn't help but step forward to comfort her, "Don't cry, dear. What do you want to eat? Just tell us, and we'll buy it for you."

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou turned to look at Jing Bai with pleading eyes.

Jing Bai nodded. "Yes!"

Only then did Zhouzhou stop crying. She blew out a big bubble from her nose and then smiled.

But, there wasn't even a single supermarket nearby.

Who would dare live next to a cemetery? And this area was a martyr's cemetery, so it couldn't be moved. Real estate developers would never think to build here.

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou rubbed her flat stomach, and reluctantly picked up a colorless, transparent vial to drink from.

As for the colorful ones he made, she didn't dare touch them.

Though he said they were non-toxic, they didn't look like it at all.

The colorless, flavorless nutritional supplement wasn't too bad.

And indeed, it worked. After Zhouzhou finished one vial, the feeling of hunger disappeared. She couldn't help but murmur, "Huh... this is pretty amazing."

"It's kind of like our fasting pills," she said.

She had seen "fasting pills" in the alchemy book Ancestral Master gave her, and she knew how to make them, but she had never eaten one because, compared to taking medicine to stave off hunger, she preferred to eat real food.

Thinking about it, Zhouzhou rummaged through her bag for a while before finally finding a bottle.

It was still full of medicine, not one pill had been touched.

Zhouzhou handed it to Jing Bai, "Brother, here, you can try this too."

Jing Bai took it, sniffed it, but didn't ask further. He just swallowed a pill.

After two minutes, his brow raised, and he rubbed his stomach, somewhat hesitant. "I'm full?"

He even felt a little too full?

"Yes," Zhouzhou nodded, "It's really effective. There are no side effects either. What flavor do you like? Strawberry or mango? I'll make it for you next time."

Jing Bai didn't particularly care about the flavor. He was more interested in the medicine itself.

The spirits watched them with curiosity. "Little girl, does this medicine really stop hunger?"

"Yeah," Zhouzhou nodded. "One pill lasts for seven days."

Seven days!

Some of the spirits couldn't help but exclaim, "If we had something like that back in the day, missions would have been so much easier!"

Wait, do they also go on missions?

Zhouzhou looked at them with curiosity, about to ask, when the chief suddenly froze, raising his hand to signal for quiet.

He listened carefully, his ears twitching as he floated outside to take a quick look. After a moment, he returned, his voice lowered as he said, "Someone outside is aiming at us."

The others peered outside, and using their spirit forms, they simply floated out.

When they returned, they said, "It's Hills!"

Zhouzhou looked at them, more surprised than ever. "You know him?"

They paused for a moment, then asked, "What? You know him too?"