Chapter 84: Cooking a Few Hearty Dishes

"Come, let's split the loot!"

Ruan Mian excitedly transferred fifty thousand Interstellar Coins to Lu Yi; this money rightfully included his share.

If you want the horse to run, how can you not let the horse eat grass!

She still made a profit after giving away fifty thousand; not only did she make money, but she also got a freebie—not a loss!

Lu Yi looked at the amount received on his Light Brain, his expression unreadable, his eyes pitch black.

"Ruan Mian, do you know that man?"

Ruan Mian was browsing the products in the Light Brain mall, her fingers sliding incessantly; she answered without even lifting her head while looking at the items on the screen.

"I don't know him, we just met once before."

After saying that, she added an explanation, "We had a little friction, so this should count as hush money!"

"That man is very dangerous!"

Lu Yi calmly sowed seeds of doubt, "His Mental Power is very strong, I can't tell his level, and there is a murderous aura about him; he could crush us to death with a flick of his finger if he wanted to."

Although Interstellar regulations forbid killing or harming people at will—it is a crime—in such a remote place, killing one or two people, especially a little nobody like her, would just be that.

What else could be done.

"Stay away from him in the future."

Ruan Mian nodded like a pounding pestle, her eyes full of caution; Lu Yi knew she had taken it to heart.

Only then did he heave a sigh of relief and curl the corners of his lips.

"Mm-hmm, I know that even without you saying it; I cherish my little life very much!" She just knew that a man with that kind of face was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

Seeing her so obedient, Lu Yi couldn't help but pat the top of her head.

Some slightly yellowish, soft hair strands wound around his fingertips.

Her head tilted, dodging his hand, with some dissatisfaction in her eyes, "What are you doing, you've messed up my hair!"

Lu Yi stopped teasing her and took a basketball-sized metal sphere out of his Light Brain.

It made Ruan Mian curious, "What is this thing?"

It was pitch black, interspersed with silver-blue light; it looked high-tech and not simple at all.

"Take a guess?"

"I won't guess, tell me if you want to or not."

Lu Yi was helpless, "Alright, then come with me."

He walked out the door with the sphere and only placed it on the ground after a distance of about five meters.

She watched him press a switch; the sphere opened, shooting a long beam of light upward that gradually spread out into a large semicircle.

Centered on the sphere, a Protective Shield with a diameter of ten meters and a height of three meters.

It not only covered her house but also a patch of open ground.

Science fiction movies coming to life!

"What is this?"

"A Protective Shield," Lu Yi explained, telling her about the buttons on it, "This is to turn it on, this is to turn it off."

"A Protective Shield?!" Ruan Mian had heard of them, but this was her first time seeing one.

"Then this, what can it defend against?"

"Many things—signals, detectors, attacks, concealment; it's an all-in-one multi-functional device, though this is the cheapest model."

It was also because the conditions weren't met, otherwise he could have hand-crafted a better one for her.

For now, it would just have to do.

But a look of surprise appeared on Ruan Mian's face, "Then does that mean I can grow vegetables outside?"

Heaven knows that such a tiny little space was truly too stifling; she had so many abilities, yet she couldn't use them!

So many delicious plants!

"Yes."

Lu Yi thought that later he would place a few more Signal Jammers and Interference Devices outside and do some more covering up to absolutely ensure her safety.

"Really! Lu Yi, you are truly amazing! You know everything..."

Halfway through her smile, Ruan Mian became suspicious, "Wait, where did you get this thing? You didn't just buy it, did you?"

"It wasn't expensive."

To hell with it not being expensive; even a chair was that expensive, so this Protective Shield must be even more expensive.

This cool guy didn't look like much on the outside, acting all wild and arrogant, but he was actually quite a decent person.

"No way, don't try to fool me; to thank you, let me treat you to something delicious!"

Lu Yi naturally nodded, looking at her with a smile, "Alright, then I shall look forward to it immensely."

"Looking forward to it isn't enough, go pull the water pipe over!"

She released a large pool of water, almost filling a patch of mud, and as her palms covered the soil, clusters of rice plants grew out, with large, plump ears of grain hanging from the stalks.

She kept channeling her ability until the ears of grain turned a golden yellow.

Lu Yi was very surprised.

"What is this? Is it also edible?"

These Interstellar people were truly pitiful; they hadn't even seen rice.

Then again, it was an extinct species, so naturally, it wasn't worth it for so many people to learn about it.

At this, her eyes were filled with pity.

"Of course, just wait to eat something delicious!"

As for the machine to dehusk the rice, that was naturally left to Lu Yi; Ruan Mian only described it a little, and he said he could make it.

It's almost becoming a treasure chest.

Since there's rice, I'll seriously make a few hearty dishes.

Candied sweet potatoes, Green Pepper Shredded Potatoes, stir-fried baby bok choy with peppercorns, and finally, a tomato mushroom soup.

They are all various kinds of vegetarian dishes, how could they not be hearty?

At this moment, Lu Yi was curious about a patch of oyster mushrooms that Ruan Mian had grown, when he felt footsteps approaching beside him.

"Do you like mushrooms that much?"

Seeing her speak, Lu Yi didn't mind saying what was on his mind, "Can this thing be eaten?"

This thing is very common on rotting corpses; on those battlefields where they fought the Zerg, those corpses would bloom with these things in all sorts of colors and strange shapes.

It's just that this one with such a plain color is the first time I've seen one.

In their understanding, these cannot be eaten; one would surely die.

"Can this be eaten?"

Ruan Mian smiled confidently, "I don't know if the ones they make can be eaten, but you can rest assured eating what I make!"

The hulling machine Lu Yi made was very easy to use; every grain was hulled cleanly and was very intact, and the rice grains were also several times larger than those grown on Earth.

The crystal-clear rice looked delicious at first glance.

The three dishes and one soup looked very simple to make, but in reality, the vegetables needed almost filled the large plot of land in front.

There was a wide variety of plants that had never been seen before, too many to even look at.

What was even more heart-stirring than these was the wafting aroma of food coming from the kitchen inside.

It made one drool with desire.

"Lu Yi, come, carry the dishes!"

Ruan Mian's shout was like a key opening a certain door; having received the order, he rushed in with quick steps.

The garlic scent of the stir-fried baby bok choy hadn't faded yet, and the aroma of the Green Pepper Shredded Potatoes spread out.

She was still boiling sugar in her hand, and seeing his silly expression, she wanted to laugh, "Carry them out; that soup is a bit hot, be careful, the candied sweet potatoes will be ready soon."

Oh, right, the rice is also about to be ready, it's already puffing out white steam...