Chapter 532

After a brief one-day stay in Shencheng, Sun Cheng caught a ride with Wang Yuan and returned to Nandu before nightfall.

Wang Yuan had the driver drop him off directly at the entrance of the residential complex; although it was a small favor, it was still thoughtful.

However, Sun Cheng did not go straight back to the villa.

There was a supermarket not far from the complex, and he knew that during the few days he had been away, Ye Qi must have been eating whatever was available at home.

Having lived together for over a decade, Sun Cheng understood his sister's personality all too well.

Ye Qi did indeed have decent cooking skills from a young age, but he didn't know when she had turned into a homebody.

It wasn't that Sun Cheng discriminated against homebodies, but, how should he put it...

It was a slightly awkward feeling; she hadn't turned into the perfect goddess he had envisioned.

He bought some pork bones at the supermarket, thought for a moment, then bought a few boxes of fatty beef and lamb, picked up some vegetables, mushrooms, and meatballs, and only then did he walk toward home, pulling his suitcase with one hand and carrying a large, full bag of ingredients in the other.

"I'm home!"

He opened the door and said this softly to the visual screen hanging in the foyer.

This was a Visual Indoor Communication System, present in every room; it was similar to a video phone and was nothing rare.

He temporarily placed the ingredients in the kitchen, threw his suitcase back into his bedroom, and changed into comfortable loungewear.

Only then did he return to the kitchen to sort the ingredients he had just left there and place them in different parts of the refrigerator.

From the emptiness of the refrigerator, Sun Cheng immediately guessed Ye Qi's living situation over the past few days.

With him not at home, she likely couldn't be bothered to put effort into cooking and probably just made something simple with whatever was in the kitchen.

Rolling up his sleeves, Sun Cheng selected a few of the vegetables and meats he had just bought from the refrigerator and began to wash them.

Ever since Ye Qi arrived, he had rarely cooked for himself.

On one hand, Sun Cheng only knew how to make simple home-cooked dishes, and on the other, he didn't have the time.

But since he happened to be free today, he didn't mind taking the time to prepare a simple dinner.

Ye Qi usually livestreamed in the evenings; when Sun Cheng was home, she would normally eat dinner with him, rather than having a very small portion and then eating a late-night snack around one in the morning.

Calculating the time, it was still early until midnight, but he could just reheat it later if it got cold.

Eating hot pot alone lacked atmosphere, plus he had bought a lot of ingredients.

So, after washing the vegetables, Sun Cheng thought for a moment, then rinsed the rice and cooked a pot of rice, while simultaneously stir-frying a pot of spicy dry pot.

This was something he had only recently learned from Ye Qi; it was his first time making it, and although it felt a bit troublesome at first, it wasn't very difficult.

Soon, a plate of hot, red-oil dish emitting an enticing aroma was placed on the table.

Sun Cheng picked up a few pieces to taste; the flavor was just so-so, definitely not as good as the dishes Ye Qi cooked that day, but because he followed her recipe and used the same ingredients, it tasted quite good to anyone not particularly picky.

After simply tasting it, he put down his chopsticks.

Thinking for a moment, Sun Cheng went to the Visual Indoor Communication System at the entrance of the Canting, pressed the room number for Ye Qi's livestreaming room, and said, "Ye Qi, I'm back. I just made spicy dry pot; do you want me to send a portion over to you?"

The set of Visual Indoor Communication System installed in the house was a version for mid-to-high-end villas, costing about two hundred thousand, and could be operated via voice control or manual buttons.

From Sun Cheng's personal perspective, it was a very redundant invention; its only use was for families with many rooms to make calling people convenient.

After finishing his call, he waited in front of the communicator.

He didn't have to wait long before Ye Qi's figure appeared on the screen of the communicator.

"Hey, I'm livestreaming... I've already eaten dinner, but save a bowl for me in the refrigerator, I'll have it as a late-night snack later... Remember not to leave too much, or I won't be able to finish it!"

"Okay!"

After confirming that Ye Qi wouldn't eat for now, Sun Cheng first served a bowl for her, sealed it with plastic wrap to prevent the flavors from mixing, and then put it into the refrigerator.

Afterward, he ate his dinner alone in the Canting.

After finishing, he washed the dishes, rested for a while, and then went to wash up and take a warm shower.

Having finished everything, Sun Cheng did not go straight back to his room to rest, but instead, as usual, entered his bedroom.

Following the old routine, he first used the Micro Electromagnetic Jammer to clear out any surveillance equipment or wiretaps that might have been secretly placed in the house, and only then did he initiate the Awakening of Revenge.

"Revenge, provide a security report..."

"Everything is normal, Master. During your absence, no one attempted to break in or approach the villa."

Sun Cheng felt slightly at ease, and after asking a few more questions, he opened the stairs from the office leading to the Garage and entered the Safe House.

Unless he was truly busy, he would spend a few hours in the Safe House every day before going to sleep.

Located beneath the villa, the Safe House had become his private small Laboratory after a period of continuous equipment supplementation.

Compared to Base No. 1, which was inconvenient to enter and exit at any time, the Safe House right under the villa was much more convenient.

Because of this, a few days ago, upon realizing that Base No. 1 at Huwangling might have a risk of exposure, Sun Cheng, in addition to re-selecting Nublar Island as the location for Base No. 3 in the real world, also began a new round of expansion for the Safe House beneath the villa, digging deeper.

Inside the small Laboratory of the Safe House, an object three meters long, nearly one meter wide, and one meter high, resembling a metal coffin, already occupied a small portion of the entire Laboratory.

This was the result of Sun Cheng's hard work over the past period: a completed Sleep Pod.

The first-generation Sleep Pod did not have very rich functions.

After scrapping several electrocardiogram monitors and changing the configuration of the Sleep Pod several times, Sun Cheng successfully placed the electronic components from a purchased electrocardiogram monitor into the Sleep Pod one by one.

Besides that, he also added an oxygen supply system and an artificial massage device to the Sleep Pod.

Although the data from Sun Cheng's previous personal tests was not ideal—using this Sleep Pod to rest did not shorten his time to fall asleep—his sleep duration was reduced by seven to over ten minutes.

He was satisfied with this result.

In the next stage, Sun Cheng wanted to try to find a non-toxic gas that was harmless to the human body to use as a sleep-inducing agent for the Sleep Pod.

And incidentally, he would make improvements to the few minor problems discovered during the previous tests!

There was no help for it; in the real world, this human body had become a burden to Sun Cheng, who had already grown accustomed to the powerful Decepticon frame.

PS:

Chapter 529 was banned by the website again; those who can't see this chapter should go search for a pirated version.

I have modified it before, but no matter how many times I modify it, the website won't approve it, so I won't fix it anymore.

For this type of content, including real-world chapters, I will try my best to skip or not write them; there is no other way, as writing even a little bit gets me banned, and I am forced to delete large sections of the outline.