Chapter 165 - 132: Good Bamboo Kuang Biao

Chapter 165: Chapter 132: Good Bamboo Kuang Biao

"How could I impose like that?" Chen Xing’s eyes burned brightly. "It’s so hard for you to live out here all alone. How could I accept your bamboo shoots?

"But if you really feel bad about it, could you give me this vase of roses?"

These were roses! Roses from the Rose Corridor! Oh my god, even if she couldn’t brag about it to others, just knowing it herself would put a spring in her step!

"Huh?" Huai Yu looked a bit lost. "Sure. But these have been kept in the vase for a long time... If you want, I can go pick some fresh ones for you?"

"No, no, no, no, no!" Chen Xing shook her head frantically.

She had only asked for the roses out of a momentary burst of courage. If Huai Yu actually went to pick them for her, returning alive would be a miracle of pure luck.

Only Uncle Zaozi remembered the bamboo shoots they had eaten before. Looking at the bouquet of roses, he couldn’t help but ask, "I want the bamboo shoots, but can I get a branch of the roses too? I... I’ll help you organize your things."

"No need!" Huai Yu simply pointed at the three large carts of goods outside. "Then I’ll just trouble you to move all of that into the shed while I go dig up some bamboo shoots for you."

After a moment’s thought, she turned back around. "I forgot to brew tea for my guests—I’ll make you some Bamboo Heart Tea."

The water in the thermos was still scalding hot. The previously roasted Bamboo Heart Tea was placed into cups, and as the hot water poured over it, a faint, refreshing fragrance wafted through the air.

Chen Xing took a deep breath, unable to voice any words of refusal.

To live so innocently in this kind of world, Little Yu really had some impressive skills! As for this Bamboo Heart Tea, they wouldn’t be able to pick leaves of this quality without a bloody fight in the Wilderness.

She looked at the large hoe in Huai Yu’s hand. "Bamboo shoots aren’t easy to dig up, right? I’ll go help you." She cracked her knuckles. "I’m an Earth Element, after all."

Huai Yu originally wanted to decline, but she really wanted to see this superpower in action. After some thought, she nodded. "Okay."

Despite her domineering talk inside the house, once they stepped out the door, Chen Xing subconsciously pressed herself against the wall.

How could she not be afraid!

The towering Rose Corridor, looking as if it could pounce at any moment, was right before her eyes. She crept along like a smuggler, tiptoeing and not daring to breathe too loudly. Seeing her current sneaky and fearful demeanor, one couldn’t imagine the commanding presence she had exuded just moments ago.

Fortunately, apart from the faint scent of roses in the air, nothing happened, and they arrived at the bamboo grove safely.

Chen Xing let out a massive sigh of relief before finally looking up to inspect the grove of thick bamboo. "This bamboo forest is pretty big, and the bamboo looks sturdy. We’ve encountered mutant bamboo in the Wilderness before. It took a lot of effort to chop off a single segment, but cooking rice in it tasted amazing..."

"Eh?" Huai Yu paused in realization. "I completely forgot about making bamboo rice! Sister Xingxing, stay for dinner tonight and we’ll eat that!"

Chen Xing didn’t want to take advantage of Huai Yu, but this was the Rose Corridor! She uncharacteristically acted a bit coy. "That might not be a good idea..."

"It’s fine!" Huai Yu shook the bracelet on her wrist. "I earned a lot of points today—"

Her enthusiastic words came to an abrupt halt. Ke Taichiro would return every night and take her to collect its clustered balls. All the points she had earned today were entirely thanks to Ke Taichiro... Now, she didn’t have many secrets left to hide here, but Ke Taichiro was different.

At this moment, she could only say with heavy regret, "Actually, I don’t think it’ll work out. After dark, the Rose Corridor gets in a pretty bad mood... I’m sorry, Sister Xingxing."

Chen Xing, however, let out a massive sigh of relief. "It’s perfectly normal for the Rose Corridor to have a bad temper. If you told me it was always in a good mood, I wouldn’t dare believe it.

"It’s no problem. The worst-case scenario is that I’ll just come find you again next time I scavenge something good in the Wilderness, and I’ll make sure to choose a morning."

"Mhm!" Huai Yu nodded. She then pointed domineeringly at the bamboo grove in front of her. "The Mutant Value of these bamboo shoots is very low. Sister Xingxing, there are a lot of you guys, so I’ll dig up a whole basket for you."

Chen Xing stood in place and casually reached out her hand. "No need for you to dig. I’m an Earth Element, remember—eh?" ℯℯ𝑙.

She turned her palm over, but her hand slowly began to tremble. The veins on her arm bulged out, and her entire face contorted from the exertion. Yet, the soil in the bamboo forest, which should have obediently pushed up the bamboo shoots, didn’t move an inch. Even after a good while, there wasn’t the slightest change.

"What... in the world..." Chen Xing spat out through gritted teeth while struggling to use her superpower. Before she could even finish her sentence, a massive green shadow shot toward her face like lightning.

SWISH SWISH SWISH!

All the leaves landed precisely on the ground right in front of her. It was only then that Huai Yu reacted, stomping her foot fiercely. "Kuang Biao! You’re deliberately scaring people again!!!"

Chen Xing finally withdrew her superpower, quickly taking three large steps back with a vigilant expression.

Huai Yu felt so embarrassed. She had invited her guests to dinner, only to take it back halfway when she realized it was a bad idea. She had brought them to dig bamboo shoots, and before they even started digging, Kuang Biao was intentionally causing trouble.

This stupid bamboo had too many tricks up its sleeve. It was always so energetic when gossiping every day, claiming to understand this and that. How could it not know that the people Huai Yu brought over were friends? It was just causing trouble on purpose.

The large bamboo grove in front of them swayed, and Chen Xing heard a voice speak out.

"It was clearly her who disrespected me first! Digging bamboo shoots is one thing, but she actually talked about eating bamboo rice right to my face—what a joke! Do I not have any dignity?"

This question rendered Huai Yu speechless. After a moment, she asked curiously, "Do you have dignity?"

Kuang Biao, "..."

The entire grove of bamboo began to sway wildly as Kuang Biao’s voice shrieked, "I do! Why wouldn’t I?!"

Huai Yu ignored it. What a drama queen. She turned back to look at the retreating Chen Xing and apologized, "I’m so sorry, Sister Xingxing. Kuang Biao—the bamboo is named Kuang Biao. It actually has an okay heart, but it has this bad habit of loving to scare people.

"But don’t worry, it’s pretty obedient most of the time. The bamboo shoots grow fast and taste great. I’ll pick out the big ones for you in a bit!"

Chen Xing couldn’t care less about the bamboo shoots right now! She merely stared at the bamboo forest with utmost vigilance, unable to hold back her question. "This... a mutant plant? Why are you able to build a house right next to a mutant plant?!"

Furthermore, with the Rose Corridor on one side and mutant bamboo on the other—if someone really lived in this place, who would ever dare to visit?! She had never heard of anything so absurd in her entire life! Normally speaking, encountering these two major mutant plants meant you’d have a higher chance of survival just setting up camp in the Wilderness!

Huai Yu put on an innocent, clueless expression. "I don’t know. When I built the house here, neither of them objected.

"Plus, Kuang Biao came from the Wilderness and even got into a fight with the Rose Corridor! After the fight, it just took root here...

"I don’t really know anything else... Anyway, it’s a pretty good bamboo."

It talked tough and grew wild, but when it came to obedience, it certainly knew when to yield and when to stand tall.