Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Just when Liao Yunyun thought that she would be either knocked away or slightly scratched, someone was running faster than the car. The car was seen twisting slightly at a strange angle, and then it was compressed to half its original size. The four-seater sedan instantly turned into a two-seater.

"Ah! Help, help!"

The woman in the car screamed frantically, but the airbag in the front opened with a "bang". The protection mechanism buried the woman's entire face in the airbag, and she could only make a "whimpering" sound from behind.

Gu Tongwan turned his head to look at Song Bo, who was squinting and looking angry, but he did not delve into how he did it. Instead, he ran towards Liao Yunyun and asked with concern: "Yunyun, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, just scared." Liao Yunyun covered her chest with her hands, gasping for breath, obviously frightened.

After seeing that Liao Yunyun was really fine, Gu Tongwan stepped forward to open the car door for the woman, but did not pull the woman out immediately. Instead, he looked at Song Bo and said, "If she died, we might get into trouble. I don't think she can move for a while, so let's leave first."

The Security Bureau is only a few hundred meters away from here. If the patrolling Self-Defense Force members happen to see them, they might be taken to the police station. Although this woman can be considered attempted murder, she will probably not give up if she keeps pestering them. The way to teach such a person a lesson is to wait until the moon is high and the wind is dark. Gu Tongwan didn't want to waste any extra time here at this moment.

Liao Yunyun also nodded: "Yes, let's go first, it will be bad if we are surrounded by people." Seeing that some people not far away had seen the car accident and rushed over to watch the excitement, if they didn't leave for a while, they would really be surrounded by people.

The cruelty on Song Bo's face disappeared instantly, and he slowly withdrew his gaze. After seeing that Liao Yunyun was really fine, he chuckled: "Okay, I'll listen to you." This gentle look was completely different from when he just took action. Even Gu Tongwan couldn't help but frown when he saw it. If his good sister was really with Song Bo, he didn't know if she could control this thousand-year-old fox.

Because of the sudden accident, the three of them had no mood to continue eating. They thought Song Bo would send Liao Yunyun home, but unexpectedly Song Bo said that he had something urgent to do and needed to go somewhere, so he left in a hurry.

Liao Yunyun couldn't help muttering as she looked at the figure going away, "What's so important that you have to do it right now? And you even said you would send me home. Ha."

Sensing the disappointment in his friend's tone, Gu Tongwan couldn't help but tease, "Why, you don't want to part with it? Why did you put on a sour face before?"

"What do you mean by reluctant? What are you talking about? Do I look like someone who is reluctant?" I just think that some people don't keep their word.

"Okay, whatever you say is what it is. I think it's still early. How about you get in my car and go to my place? I'll make you something delicious?"

When she heard there was food, Liao Yunyun immediately perked up, her eyes sparkling, "That's fine, you don't know I've been missing your cooking every day since I got home, it's so delicious, oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, you know the woman at work with Xiaoyang, the one who stole Xiaoyang's pizza and then stole the bracelet you gave me, she's been fired."

"Are you talking about the female colleague named Meng Dan?" I had heard Liao Yunyun mention this person when we were chatting on the phone before. The reason why I had a deep impression of her was that every time Liao Yunyun mentioned this woman named Meng Dan, she always gritted her teeth. You can imagine how much she hated this person.

Liao Yunyun said with a smile: "I just threw a bait to Xiaoyang, but I didn't expect that she would really take the bait. But you can't blame us for scheming her. It's all because of her own greed that she caused the consequences today!"

It turned out that after that day, Liao Yunyun and Xiao Chen first found out that Meng Dan had used his position in the company to accept benefits from people from other companies over the years. Secondly, the censored version of the theft video they uploaded online finally caused a stir on the Internet. The main reason was that an employee who had resigned from the original company left a message on the post revealing Meng Dan's petty theft behavior, and even mentioned Meng Dan's improper means of obtaining work performance.

Liao Yunyun was also busy. Although she did not make a big deal about the bracelet incident at work, she and Xiao Yang went to the Security Bureau to report the theft.

Thefts and robberies are common in the base, and the security bureaus in each jurisdiction receive at least dozens of such calls or reports, if not hundreds of similar cases. However, Liao Yunyun's situation is a little special. She directly stated that what she had stolen was a special bracelet made from S-level crystal cores, and she was willing to offer a reward.

It turned out that in order to increase the enthusiasm of the Self-Defense Force members, the base set a reward amount for common cases such as theft. However, this amount was not issued by the Self-Defense Force, but was set by the owner who reported the case to offer a reward based on his own needs. Of course, the owner could ignore this rule. After all, it was not a mandatory requirement. However, some owners who were eager to get their personal belongings back were still willing to pay the reward. The amount started from 50 points and there was no upper limit. I heard that one time an owner offered a high reward of 2000 points in order to get back a stolen antique. The entire security bureau in the jurisdiction was involved in this vigorous investigation. In the end, it seemed that one of the teams found the thief and successfully wiped out a professional theft gang.

Although Liao Yunyun was reluctant, she still planned to bite the bullet and offer 100 points for her stolen bracelet. However, Xiaoyang was anxious to teach Meng Dan a lesson, and he was rich, so he directly increased the reward to points. When the Self-Defense Force was taking notes, he said angrily: "I feel comfortable spending this money. In addition to her dirty hands, she also set up traps behind our backs and asked the leaders to make things difficult for us. If she doesn't leave, and if she becomes the department leader again in the next evaluation, she will trample on us and use us like livestock, right?"

Originally, Liao Yunyun wanted to say a few words of comfort, saying that even if it wasn't Meng Dan, the current leaders were also using us like livestock. After all, those who worked these days were like tied-up oxen and horses.

After the case was reported, the Security Bureau acted quickly. They first investigated the basic personnel of the unit, and then accidentally discovered a video shot in the office. Although they had doubts about the shooting angle and content of the video, they followed this clue to track the whereabouts of the bracelet.

Meng Dan was indeed greedy, and she usually spent money without restraint. Recently, when the underground city opened up citizen quotas, she was eager to move underground and become a citizen, so she thought of various ways to "save money" for herself. Therefore, after taking the bracelet from Liao Yunyun that day, she turned around and sold it to an antique shop.

It was thought that things like the crystal core bracelet had no production numbers, and it would be difficult to trace its whereabouts even if an investigation was conducted. However, what Meng Dan did not expect was that this antique shop happened to be an illegally opened underground money house. The money house was closed down the day after the bracelet was sold, and the crystal core bracelet somehow ended up in the hands of the "Stolen Management Section" of another security bureau.

So the two security bureaus found common points during the investigation and traced the clues to Meng Dan himself.

At that time, Meng Dan's video also fermented on the Internet and caused a new wave of public opinion. Even the department leaders were pulled to the senior leaders to understand the situation. Colleagues who had been bullied or excluded by Meng Dan in the past also stood up and provided various strong evidence, pointing out that Meng Dan was indeed not clean.

Liao Yunyun clapped her hands when she was happy. "I finally got rid of my anger and got my bracelet back. But Xiaoyang's five hundred dollars was a bit of a waste. I have to treat him to a good meal next time."

When talking about food, Liao Yunyun asked again: "By the way, didn't you start recruiting people recently? How is it going now?"

Gu Tongwan replied: "There are many people who have submitted resumes online, but most of them are familiar with the situation. Some resumes are still in my backstage and I haven't had time to look at them yet. I will go back tonight to screen them a little bit. I will probably start the interview tomorrow afternoon."

"It's a pity that I'm busy at work right now. Otherwise I would go and help you with the interview."

Liao Yunyun rubbed her eyebrows.

"It's okay, just go do your thing first. I'm still busy recently. Plus, Aunt Man will help me with the interview, so there won't be any big problems."

I turned the steering wheel forward. During this period, there were many more cars on the road. The ice and snow on the road were gradually melting. Many cleaners were cleaning the water on the road. New traffic lights were also installed at intersections in areas with high pedestrian flow, so the traffic seemed much more orderly.

"There have been more people coming to the base recently. It should be because a lot of new permanent residents have flocked in after the city opened." Gu Tongwan squinted his eyes and saw that many new stores had opened on both sides.

Liao Yunyun took a sip of water from her cup before continuing the conversation: "Last time, didn't we open up to 10,000 people? They basically all lived in the outer circle, and then there was a riot outside the city. Considering that there are too many people in Shangjiang City recently, the base made a temporary adjustment and opened up an additional 5,000 places in the past two days. It should be just these two days. There will be more people in the base in the future. I heard that the original west gate has been readjusted. It may be necessary to tear down the original high wall after May and expand the area to at least three kilometers. This way, it can accommodate tens of thousands more people."

"It will have to be expanded sooner or later. The population base will only get bigger and bigger. One underground city alone cannot solve the population pressure in the next ten years. I estimate that the area of ​​the base will have to be at least doubled in five years. I heard that the expansion has already started in Kyoto." Gu Tongwan said.

Liao Yunyun smiled and asked, "Speaking of Kyoto, Chen Yanxi should be coming back soon, right?"

"Well, it should be next Friday." Although Gu Tongwan's face remained calm, Liao Yunyun saw the slightly curved corners of her friend's mouth and knew that she was excited about her lover's imminent return.

After arriving at Gu Tongwan's place, she made a spicy hot pot with the ingredients available on the balcony. The ingredients were very simple, including vegetables such as bok choy, zucchini, lettuce slices, luncheon meat, beef rolls, frozen tofu, and various hot pot meatballs. These were all packed in foam boxes on the balcony. These ingredients can only be placed on the balcony when the temperature is below zero. If the temperature rises above zero, they have to be taken back to the refrigerator.

The temperature is rising steadily during this period. It is expected that the temperature will return to zero degrees in April, but the temperature today is still minus ten degrees Celsius. In such weather, it is most appropriate to eat a hot pot or hot spicy hot pot.

Because the ingredients are ready, you only need to take them from the balcony to the kitchen and then simply wash and cook them.

After blanching, heat the pan with cold oil, add onions, ginger, garlic, dried chilies, and a small piece of beef hot pot base. Simply stir-fry all the ingredients to stimulate the aroma and then pour in hot water. After the water boils, add the previously blanched ingredients and finally add the thick rice noodles. After two or three minutes, a bowl of steaming hot spicy rice noodles is ready.

Sitting in the living room on the second floor enjoying the heating, Liao Yunyun couldn't wait to enjoy the food, especially the aroma of the hot pot base, which instantly brought her back to the time before the end of the world when she was enjoying spicy hot pot with the air conditioner on. The feeling of alternating hot and cold couldn't be more comfortable while sweating profusely eating the hot pot and enjoying the air conditioner.

When Gu Tongwan put the cooked spicy hot pot on the small table, two people each had a bowl. However, they both had normal appetites, so the rice noodles were cooked according to one or two taels. Otherwise, if they couldn’t finish it, the leftovers would not taste as good the next day.

"Here, this is aged vinegar. If you like, you can add some yourself." Gu Tongwan pointed to the small bottle on the table.

Liao Yunyun had already picked up her chopsticks and started slurping noodles. She was still chewing when she started chattering, "Wanwan, did you make this hot pot base yourself? It tastes so authentic. I strongly suggest that you add this to the menu of our restaurant."

Gu Tongwan thought about it and nodded: "Yes, it is possible. The taste of homemade hot pot soup base is better, but if it is used in a restaurant, the quality of the oil and the various spices will not be very good, so the taste of the hot pot soup base will also be different."

Although there are still several large boxes of hot pot that she bought at the beginning in the space, she can eat hot pot thousands or even tens of thousands of times by herself, but if it is used to open a store, it will definitely not last too long. So it’s not that Liao Yunyun’s suggestion cannot be adopted, but the taste cannot be restored 100%. She herself has tried to use ingredients on the market to make hot pot base, but the taste can only be said to be unsatisfactory. It’s not very delicious, but it’s not unforgettable either.

Liao Yunyun had eaten and drunk her fill, and when she was leaving, she couldn't resist her best friend. Not only did she carry a lot of bags in her hands, but her best friend even personally sent her to the downstairs of her apartment in the community.

After parting with Gu Tongwan, she walked forward about ten meters and saw a man from afar with one hand in his pocket and his head down, seemingly smoking.

When I looked carefully, I found that the person was Song Bo who had left earlier?