The Reborn Otaku's Code of Practice for the Apocalypse Chapter 29

"Right." Yan Fei sneered and slowly nodded. "I have decided."

"What?" Luo Xun stared in confusion.

He had just co back, tired to death after moving things for half a day. Now he just wanted to take a bath and go to sleep. He did not understand Yan Fei. Why did he suddenly lose his temper?

His eyes involuntarily trailed down Yan Fei’s face to avoid his eyes and ended up on his lips. Yan Fei’s lips had regained their natural colour which stirred with enchantnt. His lips must be very soft.

Luo Xun desperately shook his head to stay focused. When tried to ask sothing, Yan Fei brushed close to his ear and said lowly.

"If you dare go out alone, I will lt down your door."

...That is not how tal powers work okay? It would also be a waste of wood. So what the hell was he doing?

Luo Xun’s head was still muddled, his whole face was red from embarrassnt at two people in such close contact. Although he beca bent after the apocalypse, he did not want to get mixed up in other’s drama and also did not want to spend crystal nuclei in order to sleep with potentially unhygienic people.

He had found soone he would have been willing to spend his days with, however the man had left before the friendship developed beyond that. The two had relied on each other on the road to stay warm, give a small helping hand, not so much for romance.

Therefore until now, Luo Xun had no experience with first kiss or tumble in the sheets even in his previous hotown. His closest companion would technically be Puppy, a young chow chow! Not this stunning, handso man in front of him!

"You...you, what are you doing!?" Luo Xun pushed Yan Fei’s shoulder in embarassant – afraid to push his chest in case of hitting the injury.

He had only been gone for five days, how did the guy change so much? What happened the past five days?

"Is this about your injury? That when you’re healed you can go out?"

He suddenly rembered Yan Fei effortlessly helping him move stuff. Luo Xun tilted forward.

"You’re fully healed!?"

Yan Fei’s eyes moved from Luo Xun’s face to his flushed ears and neck. His reaction was similar to the first ti, unable to stand the slightest teasing. Wait...was his initial guess correct? That Luo Xun was gay?

Light glimred in his chest, he had been irritable and anxious when Luo Xun had not returned to base on ti. However, right here and now, close to Luo Xun, Yan Fei felt a feeling blossom in his heart.

A thought arose – close, closer, keep him by his side.

The warmth of ho ca from Luo Xun, if he could keep this source by his side, it would be the beginning of a completely new life.

If they had t before the apocalypse, their lives following a scripted developnt, even if he beca interested in a man and wanted to try a sa sex relationship Yan Fei was afraid it would be with a ntality of curiosity. Even if the relationship beca serious, he could only hide in secret, dare not make it public.

But now, he suddenly wanted to try. It was not because it was sothing he had never tried before but because it was Luo Xun. Not about his sex or getting out of his pre-apocalyptic oppressed life, just because of Luo Xun as a person.

There was no one else who would make him scared after five days without contact, no one else who would make him worry once out of sight. No one else who would cause him to avenge them on those who might have hard them...

Luo Xun was stunned when Yan Fei did not answer his question and instead smiled from the bottom of his heart. Luo Xun could not look directly at the smile but also could not tear his eyes away.

"I am alright." Yan Fei was not prepared to explain his recent epiphany.

Anyway, he could not leave now, especially on his own. They had already decided to live together – at Luo Xun’s own initiative. He definitely would not leave.

As for the potential relationship problems between two people...Yan Fei’s peach blossom eyes narrowed, making Luo Xun dizzy.

"My injury has been completely healed, what sorts of supplies did you bring back today?"

"Woo..." They puppy who had been ignored for too long placed her chin on her paws while laying with on the ground with sad eyes and a drooping tail. The two people were too close – she could not squeeze in!

Luo Xun heard the sound and looked down. *Swish* The puppy stood up, her tail shaking so fast it left shadow after images.

"Brought many tal plates, hardware accessories..." Luo Xun had not seen Puppy in a long ti, he squatted down to catch the dop rushing into his chest.

Just the right height to cover his heart and liver if Yan Fei got provoked and jumped him.

"Did you eat you fill these days? You seem to have grown a bit..."

Luo Xun looked up with bright eyes. "We found a grocery shop, I only grabbed a few packets of frozen beef and mutton slices. Let’s eat hotpot!"

He quickly got up to remove the ingredients from the bag. Beef and mutton slices were not heavy but took up space so Luo Xun did not buy any before the apocalypse. Now that he accidentally got so he would not hold back.

He was glad that it was winter outside, the weather was cold, electricity only ca from a standby power supply. The blackout had ended recently but the at in the freezer had not gone bad. Otherwise they could only eat biscuits, potato chips or sothing similar.

"Well there are so vegetables on the balcony that can be harvested." Yan Fei’s eyes softened.

Luo Xun’s cooking was not superb but had the taste of ho. A taste not found in the upscale restaurants Yan Fei had frequented. Although he had eaten while Luo Xun was gone, he would not starve himself, but the taste of the heated dumplings and buns were different from Luo Xun’s prepared food.

He did not know if it was a matter of the heart or because at the ti he had eaten alone – the little puppy did not count. The beef and mutton slices had softened in the bag so Luo Xun put them into one of the freezers. Two of the freezers at ho had been completely filled the last one was on standby for temporary use.

Along with the packs of at, he also got two packages of bacon and put them all together. Luo Xun changed his clothes, placed the plate in a corner and went to the balcony to pick so vegetables.

The hogrown little rapeseed had grown a lot, though not actually that big, he could grab so leaves. Before leaving Luo Xun had planted so bean sprouts, which had grown large enough to harvest. He left the roots to regrow, the top parts could be rinsed and eaten as a side dish. The dishes would not be decadent but could be eaten fresh.

"By the way, did any of the plants mutate?"

Luo Xun had instructed Yan Fei before leaving, if anything strange grew he would dispose of it. Since the plants looked normal with no mutations mixed in, Yan Fei must have handled it.

"Yes, so of the colors were strange so I took and burned them." Yan Fei had followed Luo Xun into the greenhouse and saw him skillfully pick up a nursery box in order to check.

Strange plants were likely to have mutated into benign variations with larger yields or even an entirely new species of plant. But Luo Xun was afraid sothing would happen to Yan Fei so he let him imdiately get rid of anything wrong. Otherwise he could co back to find that Yan Fei and the puppy had eaten unknown, mutated plants. There would be no place for him to cry.

"Okay, I’ll lightly rinse so. I’ll plant the remainder tomorrow morning."

He took out the edible parts and brought out the hot pot ingredients to lay out on a plate. Luo Xun rinsed out the cooking pot, lit the fire, ready to eat!

There was so tofu in the freezer, also bought in the market before the apocalypse and directly frozen. The ho grown soybeans could be harvested late next year. If Luo Xun felt like eating tofu, they would use the dried soy beans at ho.

He had been busy with many things since the start of the apocalypse. What if one wanted to eat sothing specific during this ti? Was it cold enough to be worth the effort?

Took out the tofu, washed the rapeseed, bean sprouts, pea sprouts, chopped parsley and took the at out from the packaging. The two n sat at the table and waited for the water in the pot to boil.

When eating hot pot Yan Fei like to eat any red at but also enjoyed more uncommon ingredients such as mushrooms, beef tripe, minced fish and beef. For a long ti he had not eaten such a pure hot pot, usually he ate a more complex one with more ingredients.

He was at ease, eating with Luo Xun was peaceful. Luo Xun first put lamb slices in after adding so rapeseed and sighed with so regret. "Unfortunately there’s no cabbage planted at ho."

The growth rate of chinese cabbage was slower than other vegetables. Even if he planted right after renting the house, there likely would not have been any to eat right now.

"Eat these first, wait until the plants have sprouted again before saying sothing like that." Yan Fei gave him a cooked slice of mutton and also got himself a piece.

In fact, Luo Xun had eaten rather well since entering the apocalypse, especially compared to his past experience over a decade. Back then he sotis did not even have a mouthful of hot water to drink. Coupled with the mass variations of crops after the apocalypse, ordinary people could not access basic tasting crops.

Unpalatable, even having many days with nothing to eat, being able to eat was a happy occasion. Not to ntion after being reborn he could eat ummutated at and vegetables.

During the apocalypse, most of the crops would mutate. Luo Xun was very aware of this matter, the change in taste was only a small part. One of the reasons his first priority during the end of the world was to collect as many crop seeds as possible.

If all the seeds were planted and he could find so good varieties then future days would be much better. He had lived a good life only because his chives had mutated into a high quality variant.

The entire harvest of chives each ti was specially sold to an important person’s ho. This was how he secured a life all those years ago. One could live without a backer in the apocalypse but do not expect to live well without a thigh to hold, survival skills or life support.

Compared to the prepared Luo Xun, Yan Fei had suffered when the apocalypse had arrived. He used to live in the center of the city. He realized early the end of the world but wrongly estimated the severity of the situation. Most people avoided zombies to get convenience food. Before encountering Luo Xun, he rarely had a good al.

The at was not very rich but was much better than previous days. Although Yan Fei did not go out these days, he listened to Luo Xun’s radio everyday day from morning to night. The contents of the radio focused on current peace but it could not completely cover up the truth of the outside world. Yan Fei was very intelligent and analyzed the outside situation by observing static and dynamic information of the area.

The two people ate and cleared the table of ingredients. Luo Xun ran to the balcony to cut so more leek, rapeseed or sothing to rinse and eat.

The puppy was lying at the edge of the table with a small bowl in front of her. It had a few slices of rapeseed along with two slices each of beef and mutton. She grabbed a piece of beef and placed it on Yan Fei’s slipper. Head tilted as she debated eating.

Yan Fei’s body blocked his view of the puppy so he did not realize his shoe had turned into a table. He thought she was lying there and playing around.

After dinner, the two people did not want to move. Luo Xun turned towards the door in surprise when he heard laughter from the outside corridor along with a woman’s voice.

"Soone moved into 1602?"

Yan Fei shook his head. "The 15th floor, a group of college students ca a few days after you left. I haven’t seen them but there were n and won."

He had only caught a glimpse from the balcony the day they had moved in.

Luo Xun thought for a mont then nodded. "1602 has already been accounted for by the army. This kind of house won’t move anyti soon."

Except for old neighborhood houses, when the army went to the old district to clean out zombies. If they could roughly confirm that a family had died or turned into zombies and had the house deed or other accounts, the items would registered for public housing distribution.

It was trivial and a waste of ti, but it at least guaranteed the interests of most people. The rest of the houses would wait for more people to arrive on base in the coming months and be carefully allocated.

Yan Fei carelessly shrugged his shoulders. "New people may have a power or so kind of useful skill. The radio encouraged people to register, as well as help the base kill zombies and rescue trapped people."

"Wait for two days. I want to have a good night’s sleep." Luo Xun stretched and yawned.

Thinking for a mont, Yan Fei stood up. "I’ll tidy up, you take a bath and rest early."

Luo Xun had been busy outside for a number of days, Yan Fei could finish chores by himself. He stood and the puppy rolled off his foot, when he glanced down, his expression darkened imdiately.

"What’s the matter?" In surprise Luo Xun also looked down.

The coral, velvet slippers on Yan Fei’s foot was covered in large oil stains. Puppy had plastered small pieces of either beef or mutton all over the shoe. Luo Xun began to chuckle, clutching his belly. Did the puppy treat the shoe as a table? She was ...so talented!

Yan Fei stooped to poke the puppy’s forehead, who was sowhat groggy until she felt pain from her forehead. Thinking Yan Fei was playing around, she jumped up and chased his hand. She caught his finger gently and licked it like a aty bone.

Yan Fei threw off the puppy and grimaced at his hand. "You should train your dog better!"

Luo Xun fell from the sofa howling with laughter. "You, you stayed at ho and didn’t ta her these past few days?"

Yan Fei had contributed his own slippers as a makeshift table.

"How co she did not eat on my slippers?" It must have been because of character.

Seeing Luo Xun laugh. Yan Fei’s mouth quirked to the other’s confusion. Yan Fei suddenly stretched out his hand and wiped dog saliva on Luo Xun’s face. Luo Xun rolled onto the ground from the sofa.

"Saring dog spit on soone’s face?" Luo Xun finally got up after laughing himself into exhaustion.

"Isn’t she your dog? Aren’t you going to take a shower now?" Yan Fei calmly returned from the washroom, flicking away water droplets – finally washed clean. He went to the table and packed the dishes.

The little puppy was holding her own bowl, munching on the rapeseed, completely oblivious to the fact that the two owner’s fight had been caused by her.