After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me - Chapter 993

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.

Looking at the long list of “out of delivery range” options on the food delivery app, Zhouzhou pouted again, ready to burst into tears.

Ancestral Master floated out, took a look, and sighed. “Forget it, I’ll go get it.”

He could fly faster.

It was better than watching Zhouzhou cry all night.

Besides, asking her not to cry or make a fuss while she was hungry was really too much of a challenge.

Even adults would find it difficult, not to mention Zhouzhou, who had a huge appetite.

Zhouzhou looked at him pitifully, “Ancestral Master, hurry up!”

“I know, I know,” he replied, taking some cash from her before flying off.

Although others couldn’t see him, it would still be awkward to just take the food without paying.

So, when the cook was tidying up, he was a bit confused to see money suddenly appear on the counter.

At Jing Bai’s house, Zhouzhou collapsed on the couch, looking pitiful. Even the spirits couldn’t bear to watch her like this.

One of them said, “Oh, I just remembered. Someone came to visit us a while ago and brought food.”

Zhouzhou immediately perked up, but when she saw the few rotten apples in his hand, she collapsed again, lying on the sofa with a face full of despair.

Why was it so hard to fill her stomach tonight?

The spirits awkwardly mumbled, “I didn’t expect them to be so bad so quickly.”

Though he said it was a while ago, it was actually almost half a year.

After all, the living people were busy. Who had time to think about the dead?

With this thought, the spirits’ voices trailed off, and they fell silent.

Noticing the change in atmosphere, Zhouzhou sat up again and said, “Uncles, aunties, brothers, and sisters, are you hungry too? When Ancestral Master brings food back, let’s eat together.”

Upon hearing this, the chief smiled, “We’re not hungry. We don’t feel hunger anymore.”

They were spirits, after all. After dying, how could they feel hungry? What was hunger to them now?

Zhouzhou couldn’t help but feel sympathy for them. They were so pitiful.

She had to live a good life. It was so sad to not be able to eat something tasty.

But Zhouzhou’s words seemed to comfort them a little.

The chief couldn’t resist reaching out and gently patting her little head. His eyes were filled with affection.

Zhouzhou smiled back at him before slumping down on the couch, weakly muttering, “I’m so hungry…”

At that moment, Jing Bai pushed his “snack” cart toward her again. He had already realized Zhouzhou didn’t like the nutritional supplements, but still said, “This will fill you up.”

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?”