Mr. Zombie lingers in the city

Chapter 15: Finding You Some Antiques

Around 7 a.m., people who have been drinking usually can't sleep in.

At least that's how Gu Xixia felt. She sat up in bed, rubbing her groggy head, as fragmented memories began to flood back.

In the kitchen, Hu Xiaoyu was cooking porridge for Gu Xixia.

I drank alcohol yesterday. Although I didn't vomit, my stomach definitely feels uncomfortable.

The thick, bluish-green glutinous rice porridge was bubbling away, and Hu Xiaoyu kept listening to the sounds outside.

Hu Xiaoyu's heart tightened when he heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom.

Hu Xiaoyu took out her phone and placed it on the kitchen counter, then began to check the time.

Fifteen minutes passed, and Gu Xixia still hadn't come out of the bathroom. It was the weekend, so she didn't need to go out and wouldn't take a shower.

Hu Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, she remembered what she said last night.

Rubbing his temples, Hu Xiaoyu turned the gas stove to a low flame and cautiously made his way to the bathroom door.

Looking at Gu Xixia sitting on the bench, placing her porcelain-white feet in the gray foot basin, Hu Xiaoyu sighed.

Gu Xixia heard the noise, glanced at him, but didn't say anything.

"I was just saying that in anger..."

The sound of water reached her ears, and Gu Xixia bent down and began to rub the soles of her feet.

"After all, think about it, I'm an elder, and you kick me in the face, is that appropriate?"

"I got excited and said things without thinking. They're nonsense and don't count. Alright, alright, get up and have breakfast."

Gu Xixia remained silent and continued to wash her feet.

As you scrub even between your toes, you can hear a squeaking sound.

Hu Xiaoyu scratched his hair and squatted down next to her.

"It's not the smell of your feet, it's the smell of leather. It's normal for leather to have a smell, right?"

Gu Xixia kept going, even taking laundry detergent from the cabinet under the sink and pouring it into the basin.

Seeing that Gu Xixia remained unmoved, Hu Xiaoyu pursed his lips in distress.

This appearance is related to an experience she had during high school.

It was Hu Xiaoyu's sharp tongue; in the sweltering summer heat, this girl insisted on coming over to cool off.

Her classmates expressed genuine envy that she had such a young and handsome older brother.

During adolescence, there's always a bit of a competitive spirit, and Xia was very proud back then.

But how should I put it, that day she was running, sweeping, and playing badminton, so naturally she was sweating.

As for Hu Xiaoyu, because she had been alone for a long time, she was somewhat inconsiderate of others' feelings when she spoke.

So without thinking too much, I said: You smell really bad, stay away from me.

As soon as she said it, Gu Xixia froze, and so did her classmate.

Then Lao Hu blinked and froze as well.

The little girl didn't get angry; she just silently let go of him and walked home alone.

Then, amidst her grandfather's anxious expression, she stayed in the bathroom for over two hours.

Hu Xiaoyu tried to break down the door several times, but Xia was a girl after all, and he couldn't just barge in like that.

If Xia really went in, given her personality at the time, she would have committed suicide on the spot.

Later, Hu Xiaoyu seemed to forget his mistakes and made several more mistakes. Each time he did, Xia would go to the bathroom and give him a good spanking.

That's why Hu Xiaoyu was so scared after saying those words last night.

Sure enough, I saw her soaking her feet when I woke up in the morning.

"Get up and have breakfast. I'm not kidding, it really doesn't taste like anything."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xixia glanced at him, then lifted her foot out of the water and placed it in front of him.

Hu Xiaoyu looked speechless for a moment, then took a towel and started wiping her feet.

"Isn't that enough to prove it?"

Gu Xixia stared blankly at her feet, now covered in slippers by Hu Xiaoyu. Her cool and alluring face was expressionless.

"What else do you want?"

"Take a closer sniff."

"?!"

"Don't push your luck! If you keep messing around, you think I won't replace your high school makeup photo with mine...!"

Before Hu Xiaoyu could finish speaking, Gu Xixia immediately covered his mouth with a charming smile and said coquettishly.

"I was wrong, please be magnanimous and delete the photos, okay?"

He lifted Gu Xixia's sleeve in an annoyed manner.

"Fine, get up and eat breakfast! You're just asking for it!"

Watching Hu Xiaoyu turn and leave angrily, Gu Xixia pouted.

How could I have been so foolish as to leave him with such a weakness?

Gu Xixia shuddered with embarrassment at the thought of how awful she looked the first time she put on makeup.

Gu Xixia pulled her feet out of the slippers and sniffed them.

After confirming that there was no strange smell, Gu Xixia got up and went to the living room.

He took the white sugar, poured it into the glutinous rice porridge, stirred it well, took a sip, and then looked at Hu Xiaoyu, who was playing on his phone in front of the computer.

"The new house is all renovated, shall we go take a look this afternoon?"

"Can."

Without turning his head, Hu Xiaoyu responded with a somewhat unpleasant expression because he didn't get the character he wanted.

Why that expression?

"I need to spend money again to guarantee a higher constellation level."

Gu Xixia gracefully scooped up the white porridge with both hands and brought it to her lips, a hint of helplessness appearing in her eyes.

"I already told you, your account has been heavily recharged, the system probably marked it as a heavy spender, so how could it still give you good items?"

"Shouldn't the more you buy, the higher the drop rate? Don't they even know how to do business?!"

He shook his head helplessly, picked up the pickled mustard greens that Hu Xiaoyu had personally made according to an online tutorial, and put them in his mouth.

A crisp chewing sound rang out, and Gu Xixia mumbled something.

"This involves the issue of user profiling. The system assumes that you have plenty of money, so it will usually give you a taste of success at first. After that, it depends on your spending habits."

"If we don't squeeze more money out of you, a player who habitually spends a lot of money on in-game purchases, wouldn't the big data analytics be wasting its time collecting your information?"

With a sigh, Hu Xiaoyu chose to quit the game.

"I'm not playing anymore, it's bad luck. Have you finished eating? If you have, then we're going out."

"It's still early, can you let me rest for a while? My body still feels a bit weak~"

Despite her unconscious attempts to act coquettishly, Hu Xiaoyu didn't indulge her at all.

"Did I tell you to drink this much?"

"What am I supposed to do when someone comes to offer me a toast..."

"Who would dare to persuade a girl to drink if she doesn't drink?"

Gu Xixia's expression turned cold upon hearing this.

"Do you want to start a fight?"

Hu Xiaoyu pursed his lips, went to the sofa, sat down with his arms crossed, and stared at her intently.

Under Hu Xiaoyu's unwavering and unblinking gaze, Gu Xixia finally gave in.

As a zombie, not blinking is instinct; blinking is a habit he developed unconsciously.

"Okay, okay, I'll get ready right away..."

After browsing through the wardrobe for a while, Gu Xixia chose a pair of blue straight-leg pants, a white short-sleeved shirt, and a brown jacket.

Twisting her body in front of the mirror, Gu Xixia nodded in satisfaction, seeing that she was exactly the clean and refreshing type that Hu Xiaoyu liked.

As the car drove off, Gu Xixia looked in a direction completely different from the new house.

"Where are we going?"

"Go to my hideout in Rongcheng, I'll find you some antiques."

Hearing his concern, a slight smile appeared on her cool and charming face. She reached out the window, her narrow eyes behind her glasses filled with a smile, trying to capture the sunlight before her.