Enforcer Manual
Chapter 988 - 895: Spiritual Sustenance_2

Chapter 988: Chapter 895: Spiritual Sustenance_2

He slurped his noodles, the plump and juicy beef dancing on his taste buds, a delightful surprise to someone accustomed to cheap synthetic food.

Delicious,

After you filled your belly, it was time to hit the road.

For some reason, this thought suddenly popped into his head.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"

Before Song Lan could even lift his chopsticks, Lu Xiang’s check-in message had arrived.

Perhaps only telepathy could explain the tacit understanding between them, as Director Lu, far away in District 17, sensed that it was lunchtime and ordered Song Lan to quickly take a snapshot of their meal and send it to her.

"Potatoes! You put potatoes in the braised beef noodles!!!"

This string of exclamation marks aptly reflected Lu Xiang’s mood at the moment.

Immediately after, she sent another new message separately.

"(╥╯^╰╥)"

"What’s this supposed to mean?"

"Yeying happened at home!"

The diversion from District 4 and the trip back to school had taken up too much of her attention, and it was only after getting back home that Lu Xiang realized she had made a severe oversight—they had left Yeying alone at home for an entire week.

Little Yeying had fully exercised her ability to rummage through things. With Song Lan and Lu Xiang away, no one reminded her not to binge, so she ate all the reserve food she could find, leaving not even the bags of uncooked rice untouched when they got home.

As for her hidden snacks and treats, not even the wrappers were to be found.

"I’m quenching my thirst by thinking of plums."

The second day Song Lan was not home, Lu Xiang was already missing her meals.

Sitting face-to-face with Yeying, she held a slice of white bread sent over from the core city while broadcasting the picture of the braised beef noodles Song Lan sent on a tablet, enlarged to full screen, pretending she was also eating braised beef noodles.

Little Yeying’s eyeballs were rolling non-stop, and Lu Xiang had no doubt that if she wasn’t careful, a fresh bite mark would appear on the tablet.

Experience had proven that the method of quenching thirst by thinking of plums was utterly ineffective. After discovering potatoes in the noodles, Lu Xiang’s craving had only intensified.

Lu Xiang, you must endure.

Don’t lose to your appetite.

After finishing the last slice of white bread, she closed the tablet with a sigh.

After eliminating the distraction of braised beef noodles and potatoes, she finally remembered she had messaged Song Lan to discuss serious matters.

She sent over her discoveries from the Morning Star Academy ruins.

The ruins had undergone massive changes over the years. The Chancellor had mentioned an unknown plant that had almost taken over the entire space, and a natural path had formed behind the sealed walls, leading to the very heart of the plant.

Lu Xiang then found that she had some kind of connection with the plant; she could control the rate of its growth to some extent.

"Do you think I might have been a Psychic like δ before?"

Lu Xiang sent over her speculation.

After all, the "Emperor" had mentioned that he hadn’t managed to catch all the Shadows; some still escaped the United Government and were at large "outside."

Before meeting them, the "Emperor’s" primary task was to follow the traces of Destruction and bring the runaway Shadows to justice.

Could she be one of the escaped criminals?

Lu Xiang had seen the powers of Shadows; for them, manipulating a person’s mind and turning them into a puppet was child’s play.

"You’re different from them."

Soon, she received a reply from Song Lan.

"How am I different?"

"You fell from the sky."

"What does that imply?"

"It means you’re a genuine ’heaven-sent’ girlfriend. I’m investigating this matter, and maybe Mr. ’Mouse’ knows some inside information."

Lu Xiang stared at her phone screen for quite a while. She didn’t understand the true meaning of ’heaven-sent,’ but she was very pleased with the word ’girlfriend.’

So pleased that she temporarily forgot about the dry taste of the bread.

That is the significance of spiritual sustenance.

"I’m going back to the department as well. The mayor has approved our recruitment expansion, and we need to finalize the numbers and the list in the next few days."

...

"Why are you all looking at me?"

When Song Lan put away his phone, he noticed that the living room was unusually quiet, with everyone, including "Mouse," staring straight at him.

"Eat, why are you not eating?"

"I feel a bit full."

The ongoing "Nothingness" eavesdropping drama spoke everyone’s mind, and it was inexplicable where this feeling of fullness came from.

The beef noodles were delicious, and they had only eaten a few bites. But from where did this sensation of fullness originate?

"Eat, let’s talk while eating."

Observing the mood, "Mouse" stood up to break the stalemate. "You came to the Oasis to investigate the Brotherhood? Did they provoke the Law Enforcers from District 17?"

At the same time, he couldn’t help but suppress the envy and jealousy in his heart.

He too wished to receive comforting messages from a girlfriend during meals, like Song Lan did after joining the Esinvig Army.

When he tried sending a message inviting Aishi to join him for lunch, he received this reply:

"What’s there to eat? Have you found the person the boss tasked you to? How on earth can you still eat?"

The stark contrast made "Mouse" feel a surge of sorrow.

"There was a young volunteer in our area who Captain Doug took a liking to. Recently, he became a victim of cyber fraud, lured here by a scammer impersonating the daughter of a big company boss from Oasis. He escaped from the Skull Gang that night, and now people from the Brotherhood are searching for him."

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