"Oh, you mean Bugger? The flower just threw itself at me." Gu Fenghua's voice sounded increasingly vague as she walked into the tent and went back to sleep.
"Bugger?" repeated Luo Enen.
"I meant bugger as in an annoying creep." Gu Fenghua went quiet after saying this and fell asleep.
Luo Enen went speechless. She had no clue whether Gu Fenghua or the demon plant came up with this nickname. Regardless of who the culprit was, it was… The nickname sounded mind-boggling.
She had never heard of demon plants throwing themselves at a human before. Demon plants were incredibly rare to begin with. Unlike demon beasts, it was far harder for plants to cultivate into demonic beings. Only a handful of plants possessed the conditions to cultivate, so the ones that were capable of becoming demon plants were far more powerful and harder to tame.
Even though demon plants were rare, Gu Fenghua possessed one. Also, her demon plant looked highly intelligent. Luo Enen felt as though she had made an incredible discovery tonight.
Before long, Luo Enen spotted the demon plant rustling as it came back. It completely disregarded the shock on Luo Enen's face. Instead, it reverted to a little white flower and went back and fell asleep next to Gu Fenghua's ear. All Luo Enen could think about was how the demon plant swaggered.
Gu Fenghua fell into a peaceful slumber, but Luo Enen was incapable of sleeping a wink. The incident last night had completely changed her worldview. It came as such a shock that she was unable to sleep.
In the morning, Gu Fenghua woke up to see Luo Enen with dark eye rings and looking listless as she greeted, "Morning, Fenghua."
"Wow. Where did you go last night? Why are your dark eye circles so bad?" Gu Fenghua was startled by the sight of Luo Enen.
"Nothing. I made some porridge. Want some?"Luo Enen picked up a bowl and handed it to Gu Fenghua. "I tried it. It is edible."
Gu Fenghua lowered her head to look at the contents of the bowl and her lips twitched. What was this green sticky mixture that resembled mucus? Was this porridge? Was it edible? She certainly hoped Luo Enen was not messing with her first thing in the morning. The sight of the so-called porridge made Gu Fenghua want to throw up. She had yet to eat, so she had nothing to throw up yet.
"I added some vegetables. Even though it doesn't look good, it is really edible," explained Luo Enen sheepishly when she realized that her porridge did not look appetizing at all.
"No, thanks. You can have it all. I can eat something else." Gu Fenghua waved her hands. She retrieved a bun from her bracelet and warmed it over the fire, drank some warm water, and made do. Sigh. It was exhausting to have a teammate like Luo Enen who was incapable of cooking.
Gu Fenghua ate the bun as she looked at Luo Enen. Luo Enen bravely confronted the porridge she had made. The moment she took a bite, her face promptly turned green and she turned to spit it out.
She was such a fool! Gu Fenghua's lips twitched. Fortunately, she did not eat the porridge.
After breakfast, the two of them set out on their way. They quickly left the outskirts of the mountain after walking for three days and made it to the depths of the mountain. For three days, Gu Fenghua had eaten the rations she had prepared in her interspatial bracelet. Gu Fenghua almost developed PTSD from eating Luo Enen's terrible cooking.
The two of them walked all morning and prepared to stop and eat when they got hungry at noon. They had steamed buns stuffed with meat that Gu Fenghua had stored in her bracelet. Gu Fenghua sighed and started to miss home-cooked food and the dishes from the restaurants back home. Sweet and sour fish, stewed beef tendon, braised rabbit with mint, braised pork ribs, pork belly with salted fish, southern pan-fried pork belly, steamed chicken wrapped in lotus leaf, braised meat noodles, stuffed eggplant, tofu with crab roe…
The more Gu Fenghua pondered, the sadder she felt. Since the freshmen exercise lasted for three months, she had prepared a lot of food in her interspatial bracelet. However, they consisted mostly of snacks and ingredients and only a small amount of ready-cooked meals. The bracelet was able to keep the food fresh, so they came out looking exactly like how they looked when she first stored them. Hence, she had packed some cooked food.
Sadly, the cooked food could only last eight to ten days tops. Her cooking was average and Luo Enen's was worse. From the looks of it, they had to go without good food for a long time.
Luo Enen finished the last of her food and suddenly frowned as she said, "Fenghua, do you hear that?"
Gu Fenghua raised her head and looked ahead as she replied, "Uh huh. Sounds like someone is fighting."
"Let's go over and take a look." Luo Enen stood up.
"Sure. We can steal from them when they aren't looking." Gu Fenghua finished her food and stood up as well.
Luo Enen staggered the moment she heard Gu Fenghua's plans. All this time she spent with Gu Fenghua was a real eye-opener. After the initial shock, she felt excited.
The two of them went up quietly to squat behind a huge boulder and observe. Three people were attacking a fat boy. Also, the fat boy was particularly agile. These people were clearly students from the academy since they were dressed in blue and white school uniforms.
"Don't be stupid. Hurry up and hand over your token and this stuff in your bag. Otherwise, we will break all four of your limbs," said the leader sinisterly.
"How can I just hand it to you?" The fat boy evaded them nimbly as he ridiculed, "Do you want to break all four of my limbs? Then I will break all five of yours!"
Gu Fenghua whispered to Luo Enen from their hiding place, "I didn't expect the fat boy to be capable of cracking a dirty joke."
What dirty joke? Luo Enen blinked as Gu Fenghua looked at her like she was a retard. After some time, Luo Enen finally grasped what the fifth limb the fat boy was talking about and instantly blushed crimson.
Gu Fenghua disregarded the innocent Luo Enen and turned to continue watching the fight.
"Shall we help him?" asked Luo Enen softly. These three students were clearly trying to rob the fat boy, so the fat boy was the victim here.
"Let's wait and see…" said Gu Fenghua deeply. She suddenly caught a scent and turned to look to the side. She instantly charged towards them and shouted decisively, "Of course we have to help! These students are a disgrace. How could they openly rob him? We have to help that hottie!"
Luo Enen opened her mouth wide. The turn of events came so quickly she was unable to wrap her mind around it. She suddenly caught a whiff of the smell in the air and looked in its direction. She promptly realized why Gu Fenghua had changed her mind about stealing from them and wanted to save the fat boy.
The fat boy was clearly cooking when those students attacked. Also, that lovely scent in the air was his cooking.
A sense of loss rose in Luo Enen's mind when she finally grasped Gu Fenghua's actions. Gu Fenghua's heroic image promptly collapsed.
Gu Fenghua charged over. Did she dive right into the fight? Certainly not. She simply sent Little White Flower and ordered it to beat up those three attackers. The three of them shouted in shock when they saw the demon plant and promptly forgot about fighting Gu Fenghua.
She smiled warmly as she looked at the fat boy. "Are you okay?"