Chapter 26, About Encounter

This is the time to take the instant lunch boxes off the shelves.
Zhuo felt a gaze pricking him from the back of his head. He turned around in confusion and saw Comrade Romanov standing at the end of the cargo gallery, staring at him without blinking.

There was a flash of surprise in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

She was pushing a convenience store shopping cart. The shopping cart made of iron mesh was filled with large pieces of vacuum-packed Wagyu steaks, cauliflower, green vegetables, milk, etc. There were a lot of them, and judging from the packaging, they were all high-end products... Although it may be a bit presumptuous to say this, from this direction, Ling really looked young, and the pusher of the shopping cart was almost up to her chest.

Judging from her expression, she must have noticed me, so she stopped on purpose.

Zhuo was a little hesitant about whether to say hello.

In fact, Zhuo has never spoken to Ling since the fever incident last week, and Ling has never taken the initiative to look for him. They both tacitly put what happened that day behind them.

Of course, it is also possible that for Zero, it was just a casual thing that day, so he might have forgotten about it a long time ago.

After all, for someone like Zero, taking care of a sick patient is no big deal. He might have performed surgery on a friend with his bare hands, removing a bullet from his body, or something like that.

In short, the two of them have different life experiences and perspectives, and their worlds are different.

Sheep will never understand why wolves want to eat meat.

Zhuo knew in his heart that the reason why he was so impressed by what happened that day and felt grateful was because he was an ordinary student and had lived in his own little world for a long time. So when some light from the outside world shone in, he would feel that the light was coming towards him.

This kind of thinking is unacceptable.

Therefore,
After that day, Zhuo has tried his best to avoid contact with Ling...even though there was not much contact in the first place.

During this week, Zhuo stopped staring at Ling.

Some feelings develop unconsciously just by staring at someone. If you observe someone for a long time, even if they are ordinary-looking, you will find them more and more pleasing to the eye.

Besides, Zero is pretty good looking.

So be more careful.

That was originally my plan, but now that we've met, I still need to say hello.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Romanov." It was the same old greeting.

"good afternoon."

Zero sounded absent-minded when he spoke, with his head slightly lowered, as if he was thinking about something.

"...Ah, let me make it clear in advance that I am not following you or kidnapping you. I come here to buy things every day." Zhuo explained first.

There has been quite a lot of kidnapping incidents lately.

"Ok, I know."

After hearing Zhuo's immediate defense, Ling lowered her eyes and muttered to herself in a voice that only she could hear: "Even if I know you don't want to have anything to do with me, you don't have to do this." Then she looked up as if nothing had happened and glanced at the instant lunch box in Zhuo's hand.

Of course Ling knew that Zhuo was not following her, because she was the one following her.

Zhuo naturally noticed that Ling was looking at the lunch box in his hand, but he didn't explain anything.

Of course, he couldn't choose high-end dishes like Zero did, and he didn't know how to cook.

It was Ling, however. She was pushing the shopping cart with one hand and holding a mobile phone with the other. It was a white iPhone with the screen on. Zhuo guessed that someone must have asked her to buy these things.

Zhuo had never experienced the life of rich people. He used to think that these rich people had special delivery people to come to their door. Now it seems no different.

"Then... I won't bother you anymore?" Zhuo said tentatively.

So Zhuo didn't want to talk any more and walked towards the cashier with his instant lunch box.

Since I have to attend training after school recently, it takes more than an hour longer than usual in the evening. It is probably already past five o'clock now.

At this time, some office workers and most students participating in club activities will basically go home at this time.

Buying instant bento is no longer as convenient as it used to be.

He held his lunch box in his hand, and stood behind a line of about five or six people, quietly waiting for the people in front to finish.

The cashier was quite fast and it was his turn in a short while.

He swiped his card to pay, packed his lunch, and walked out.

He looked back and saw a queue behind him. Everyone was holding shopping baskets of different sizes. Only a few people were buying only one thing like him.

Of course,
There are only a few people who can fill up a whole car like Zero.

When Zhuo saw that the shopping cart, which was only shallowly filled before, was now filled to the point of overflowing, he was still dumbfounded.

Among them, Wagyu steaks, vegetables, etc. only take up a small part, and most of them are potato chips, snacks and other things to fill nitrogen. You don’t have to think about who they are bought for.

However, Comrade Su Enxi probably didn't take Zero's size into consideration when assigning the task, right?

It is true that Ling is very strong. Zhuo has witnessed it with his own eyes. He can even run while carrying a sofa weighing more than 200 pounds.

In terms of weight, the piles of goods on the table have completely submerged the cashier counter, making the cashier busy and not knowing what to do. But if you really calculate it, they are not that heavy. I estimate that Ling can lift them with one hand.

The issue is,
Can she hold it?
A mountain of snacks.

Can you hold it? After all, it's zero. As long as you are not afraid of being watched, you can still do it.

Zhuo, who had once experienced being too sentimental, no longer planned to go over to help after seeing this scene.

He wasn't in a hurry to leave. After all, Zero had taken care of him when he was sick. If the other party needed help, he could also lend a hand... although he thought the possibility was slim.

The fact was just as he thought, Zero did not ask anyone for help.

Even though she was sure she saw Zhuo standing next to the automatic door of the convenience store.

Zhuo watched her gather all the things on the floor to one side, then she squatted on the ground and picked up the things one by one and put them into plastic bags, without caring about the eyes of others. She bought more than twenty plastic bags from the cashier.

Zhuo dared to guarantee that if she walked on the street with all these things, she would become the focus in another sense... In Neon, everyone likes to bring their own storage bags.

Having said that, even though Ling was squatting there packing up the "mountain" of goods, attracting the attention of every person in line or passing by, few people asked her if she needed help.

This country places great emphasis on not disturbing other people's personal lives, so the people who approached Zero were all students of similar age.

By the way, they are all sunny-looking.

And those who have ordinary looks probably don’t even have the courage to step forward and ask.

　Thanks to brother ZZJM for the two monthly tickets.

　　Thanks to brother 20230202084827174 for the four monthly tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)