Chapter 11: The Long Night

As the sun set, Lu Fan and Elijah were on their way home.

"Ah...... It's a big day......" Lu Fan rubbed his eyebrows.

However, there is finally a clue to a new milestone, and it can be regarded as a new harvest.

"Hmph, if you complete the task so badly, you can barely pass the test at this level." Ilya's cat tail swayed from side to side behind her skirt.

"Hey, what about me, if Xu Yuanyuan hadn't been blocking it, I'm afraid that you would have picked up the bat directly to find fault, and you would still be an exclusive demon."

Ilya "cut" and said disdainfully: "There is no road race, I can't get used to some people." ”

"Is it because they look down on the women's clothing bosses?"

"It's not all ......," Ilya's red eyes flickered, and her expression became serious, "It's their insect-like eyes, their condescending arrogance, their prejudice that prides themselves on being superior......"

Lu Fan didn't speak, he was surprised that Elijah, a cat lady who didn't seem to be familiar with the world, could be so cynical. It seems that her life in the Dimensional Administration is not simple, I am afraid that she has experienced some things.

This is also another reason why Lu Fan is willing to take care of her, after all, it is the Dimensional Administration that binds himself to the speech and spirit system, and Ilya is at most a low-level salesman.

"Gollum ~~~~~~"

Suddenly, a voice sounded, and it sounded from Ilya's stomach. She quickly covered her stomach and blushed.

"You haven't eaten properly since I told you last time, have you?" Lu Fan was a little helpless.

"Why, I'm trying to improve my food." Ilya pursed her lips, her little face puffing out cutely.

"What's the improvement?"

"A different flavor of instant noodles."

"What's the difference!"

Lu Fan was a little helpless, when he opened the system interface and glanced at the power icon, his face suddenly turned white.

50%!!!!!!

It's only been a few days, and only half of the battery is left! This is really a life!

Lu Fan didn't say a word, took Ilya's little hand, and rerouted towards a supermarket on the side of the road.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

"Go buy the ingredients first, and then you take me to your house."

Lu Fan's tone did not allow for the slightest refutation.

……

Half an hour later, Lu Fan and Ilya appeared in front of a high-rise apartment.

Lu Fan raised his head and looked at the high-rise residence that soared into the sky like a giant tower.

"Wow, the rent for this apartment isn't cheap, is it?"

"I don't know if it's cheap according to the price level of this world, but it doesn't matter, anyway, the cost is all paid by the Dimensional Authority."

"Didn't the Dimensional Administration reimburse you for your food expenses?"

"It's a lot of food, but I don't know how to spend it. Besides, I've never cared about this kind of thing, and when I was an intern at the Dimensional Bureau, I only ate nutrient solutions. ”

"Please, you care! Do you know that just watching the battery almost scared me to death? Your current physical condition is not just about your own survival, I don't want to go to time and space prison. ”

"What, to put it so seriously, I didn't mean to."

The two of them talked and went upstairs.

The moment he got out of the elevator, Lu Fan glanced at the floor number - the top floor, the top floor of this expensive luxury apartment.

The top floor should be the ultra-luxury version that is different from other floors, because when he looked downstairs just now, he found that the size of the floor-to-ceiling window glass was much larger than that of other floors.

Ilya yawned, pulled out her door card and swiped it, and was the first to enter.

"Excuse me." Lu Fan also followed into the door.

He was still a little apprehensive, and it was the first time he had grown up to enter a girl's house. That's right, whether it's traveling through the world before it, or this world, it's the first time.

In his memory, when he was a child, he never went to Tao Xueran's house, and every time Tao Xueran took the initiative to come to his house to play.

After entering the door, Lu Fan subconsciously sighed, "Sure enough!" ”

The decoration can be described as luxurious, with huge glass floor-to-ceiling windows surrounding it, overlooking the bustling night view of Donghai City in all directions. Antique furniture and a variety of appliances with a modern touch go hand in hand.

Moreover, this apartment is a double-storey duplex structure, the first floor is the living room and kitchen bathroom, and the second floor is a study and several bedrooms, you can imagine what kind of rent it is.

Ilya took off her shoes in the entrance of the door, revealing a pair of cute beautiful feet wrapped in white silk, and then rushed into the living room.

After stepping into the living room, a pungent smell rushed into Lu Fan's nostrils, irritating him to sneeze several times, this smell seemed to be the smell of spoiled and moldy food.

Lu Fan asked, "Where is the kitchen?" ”

Ilya sat cross-legged on the couch, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV, then used her nose to snuggle in a certain direction.

Lu Fan glanced at the cat lady helplessly, and then entered the kitchen.

The TV in the living room starts playing the news:

……

"This afternoon, the Municipal Special Search Division launched a raid on the Shilong Entertainment City, a subsidiary of the Qunlong Group, but still found nothing.

Some time ago, because of the surrender of the person in charge of Tianlong Loan Company, Qunlong Group, which became the focus, recently fell into the cusp of public opinion again because of an employee of Donghai No. 1 Middle School who was suspected of hurting students.

The teacher surnamed Zhu confessed that he had lost a lot of money in order to play games in Shilong Casino, and owed a lot of debts to Tianlong Loan Company, so he had to take risks as a last resort.

The companies involved in these two incidents are subsidiaries of Qunlong Group.

A spokesman for Qunlong Group said today that all its subsidiaries adhere to law-abiding operations and there are no illegal operations.

The spokesman also insisted that these incidents were all done by the Qingsong Group and were deliberately framed.

In recent years, the business lines of Qunlong Group and Qingsong Group have become more and more integrated, and the competition in Donghai City has also become fierce.

At present, the case is under further investigation. ”

……

After entering the kitchen, Lu Fan finally discovered the culprit responsible for the odor - the entire dishwashing sink was occupied by the finished instant noodle bowl, and some food scraps had turned a strange green.

Helpless, he walked out of the kitchen and was about to lecture Ilya about the situation, only to find her curled up on the couch and asleep.

Ilya, who was asleep, unarmed with the cold expression on her face, revealing a delicate and lovely sleeping face, her eyelashes trembling slightly, as if she was having some strange dream.

Her posture was like that of a cat, her little hands clasped to her chest, and her fleshy calves bent slightly.

Lu Fan couldn't help but be a little stunned, he coughed dryly, looked away, and then put the blanket on the sofa over her.

Glancing at the wall clock, it was still early, Lu Fan raised his arm, it seems that he is going to have a big fight with this kitchen tonight.

……

I don't know how long I've been asleep, but Ilya, who is still in a daze, twitched her little nose and seemed to smell the aroma of food, and she slowly opened her eyes.

What caught her eye made her sober up instantly.

On the coffee table in front of her, there is a table full of steaming food, including braised fish, sweet and sour pork ribs, roast duck slices, and a variety of vegetarian dishes.

Lu Fan walked out of the kitchen with a towel, and when he saw Ilya waking up, he immediately said:

"Hey, you're finally awake, do you know how long this kitchen has been tossing me, a bunch-"

Before he could finish speaking, Ilya interrupted his barrage: "I...... Is it OK to eat? ”

As she spoke, she stared at Lu Fan with big eyes, pointed to a table of food, swallowed a few times heavily, and the cat's ears, which were originally drooping, also stood up mentally.

Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Wash your hands first." ”

……

An hour later.

The original table of food has been swept away by Ilya, Lu Fan held the teacup, and glanced at the rice cooker helplessly, okay, two pots of rice went down.

How big is this cat lady's stomach!

Licking the last few grains of rice from the bowl with her pink tongue, Ilya sat back on the couch with a satisfied face.

She gently patted her little belly, which was already slightly bulging, then looked at Lu Fan, and said with a silky smile: "People have become like this, you are responsible." ”

"Poofβ€”"

Lu Fan squirted out a mouthful of tea, and then began to cough violently.

"What is the responsibility?"

"Of course, I'm responsible for filling my stomach later, otherwise?"

"Then please don't use such a misleading statement!"

"Is there one? What did you misunderstand? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Never mind. ”

Lu Fan coughed dryly twice, and quickly changed the topic: "Okay, it's not too early, I'll go back first." As for your food in the future, I will seriously consider it. ”

He stood up and stretched.

"Cut, slow down and don't send it." Ilya snorted with her hands, but she was still peeking in Lu Fan's direction with her eyes.

Lu Fan was just about to walk towards the door.

Suddenlyβ€”

There was a loud bang.

The sky outside, which had been clear a few minutes ago, was suddenly thundering.

In less than a minute, it began to rain heavily. The rain rained like a waterfall against the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the apartment.

Lu Fan stood at the door and asked embarrassedly, "That...... Do you have an umbrella at home? ”

"No ......," a gossamer voice came from behind him.

Turning her head, the cat lady was curled up on the sofa and shivering.

There was another loud bang in the sky, and with this thunder, Ilya's body huddled on the couch shook even more.

It turns out that she is still afraid of thunder?

But it's no wonder that this room is the top floor of the apartment, and the head is a lightning rod.

Lu Fan was thinking about how to comfort her, when Elijah's voice came again: "Don't leave tonight, stay." ”

"Huh?"

"...... with a guest room on the second floor"

……

In the middle of the night, Lu Fan looked at the water curtain on the window in a daze.

Now he was lying on the bed in the bedroom next to Ilya's room. After dinner, Ilya seemed to be afraid of thunder, took a shower and went back to her room early.

But it was not yet the sleep time of Lu Fan's biological clock, and with the thunder outside, he had to look at the scenery of the rainy night in a daze.

Speaking of which, how did this reckless cat lady graduate from the Dimensional Administration, hot-tempered, lazy, greedy, afraid of thunder, except for reciting the lines of the system, she is quite serious......

Now, of course, there is a more critical issue.

Lu Fan was nervously staring at the power bar in the upper right corner of the system interface, and after feeding her, the power finally recovered to 90%, who knew that with this thunder, the power fluctuated back and forth between 70% and 75%, and there was a downward trend.

Not long after lying down, the power dropped so much, he was afraid that before he could hold on until the next morning, the power would go to zero.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden creak, and the bedroom door opened.

Lu Fan didn't move, pretending to be asleep with his back to the door, nervously pricking up his ears to listen to the movement.

It was undoubtedly Ilya who opened the door, and what did this girl do in her room without sleeping in the middle of the night?

Hearing only the sound of Suosuo's footsteps, Ilya groped aimlessly in the darkness, slowly approaching the quilt.