Rise of the Wasteland Chapter 239

Chapter 239        Comparison

Feng Wan told Zhou Qingfeng that the "Introduction to Biology" that her father was proud of was actually written by her mother. Before this, Zhou Qingfeng did not really believe what she had said. At the moment, what Feng Ruhai just said proved that the biology professor in front of him was not as great as he had expected.

Anyhow, Zhou Qingfeng was not going to uncover his secret. Zhou Qingfeng was acting dumb. Obviously, he knew what Feng Ruhai was trying to do. However, he secretly wished that Feng Ruhai would take a step backward.

Feng Ruhai came all the way here to see Zhou Qingfeng but he did not treat him nicely. On the other hand, he did not want to give up on his relationship with Zhou Qingfeng. Before he left, he invited Zhou Qingfeng to his house and said, "I'll pick you up and Aunty will cook something nice for you."

Li Mingjue was surprised at how Feng Ruhai acted in front of Zhou Qingfeng. However, she remained silent. She arranged an individual quiet room and made a cup of tea for Zhou Qingfeng before she left.

There was a computer in the room, and Zhou Qingfeng used it to search all sorts of dissertations online. A lot of the international scientific research articles were only partially available to the public. For instance, some of the professional works in the United States were only available to public interest organizations. It was not easy for ordinary citizens to get them and they were extremely expensive. Even so, people could still find them through the library.

Regardless of what the people out there were saying about 'Wasteland', Zhou Qingfeng stayed in the Tianyang City library for ten consecutive days. While he was absorbing all the knowledge, he was already thinking about the structure of a biology lab in his mind.

Every day, kind Aunty Li would open the individual room for Zhou Qingfeng, prepare a cup of water, and offer her help. She did not bother Zhou Qingfeng until closing time. She was indeed very considerate and Zhou Qingfeng did not find her annoying at all.

In contrast, Feng Ruhai would be there to bullsh*t for around thirty minutes. Basically, he was just praising himself. In fact, he could not really talk a lot about his knowledge. In the beginning, he could barely understand Zhou Qingfeng's questions. However, as Zhou Qingfeng's learning grew deeper and more sophisticated, he was astonished.

Later, Feng Ruhai could only talk to Zhou Qingfeng about trivial matters. "I'm gonna ask Aunty Li to cook something nice for you if you come", "Aunty Li is a real MasterChef, she can cook anything", "One of the reasons I fell in love with her was because of her cooking".

Even though Zhou Qingfeng always rejected Feng Ruhai, he was really curious about this quiet and plain woman; he wondered about her cooking.

Zhou Qingfeng was kind of sick of the books. Without teachers or laboratories, those professional dissertations were too boring for him. Thus, he walked around the library to relax. While he was walking, he saw Li Mingjue sitting alone and eating her lunch. Zhou Qingfeng asked, "Aunty, did you make this yourself?"

"It's just the leftovers from last night. I didn't wanna waste it so I brought it here." Li Mingjue slightly moved to leave room for Zhou Qingfeng. She smiled and asked, "Zhou, have you eaten yet?"

"I had some bread and drinks." Zhou Qingfeng snuffled and thought Li Mingjue's food was nice. "Aunt, are you sure that's leftovers? It looks so delicious."

"It's just a simple braised meat with some pickled vegetables. How good can it be?" Li Mingjue knew Zhou Qingfeng was still hungry. So she handed him a pair of chopsticks and said, "You can't just eat bread for lunch, try some if you don't mind."

Zhou Qingfeng wanted to try a little bit, but he ended up finishing Li Mingjue's lunch. While he was eating he commented, Nice, nice, the braised meat taste so good, so smooth and soft. The pickled vegetable is good too, what a great combination. It's so delicious."

Li Mingjue was happy that Zhou Qingfeng liked her food. Meanwhile, there were two women approached and sat down with them. It seemed like they were Li Mingjue's colleagues. One of them saw Zhou Qingfeng eating and she said, "Hey, young man. You're so lucky. Sister Li might not be good at other things, but her cooking is the best out of all of us."

"Sister Li is a beautiful flower in our unit. She's not just pretty, you have no idea how many managers want to marry her because of her delicious cooking."

Li Mingjue felt very awkward when she heard her colleague's words. Zhou Qingfeng was eating and talking at the same time, "Aunty is still so young and pretty, most importantly, she has an aura of elegance."

"Hahaha... Nonsense." Li Mingjue was shy. She quickly denied it. "Stop flattering me, I'm too old for that."

"Oh no, Sister Li, you're really good looking. You just don't make yourself look pretty. I'm sure you'll look at least ten years younger if you cared about your skin more!" One of the women said excitedly, "Unlike me, my face will be so d*mn ugly without some makeup from Chanel or Lancome."

Zhou Qingfeng was curious when he heard the woman talk. He raised his head and saw the woman sitting opposite him. She looked to be around thirty years old with thick makeup and dressed up to the nines. By just looking at her clothing and accessories, one could tell that she was rich.

The other woman joined the conversation, "Sister Li, you should really be nice to yourself. It's not that your man has no money, ask him for money! I went to Paris last month and it is true that French ladies really do love themselves. I really hope I could bring all the cosmetics back."

"Look at my face, I did an SPA in a high-class beauty shop, and it was really effective. I heard it was the beauty formula of King Louis XIV, and it has been used for hundreds of years."

When Zhou Qingfeng heard the words like 'Louis the XIV' and 'hundreds of years', he looked at the casual Li Mingjue who brought leftovers for lunch. He instantly realized that the two women were comparing each other.

While facing such a sensitive topic, Li Mingjue remained silent. She just smiled and trying to change another topic. In fact, she was very famous in the unit because of her great temper and simple-minded thinking. Of course, there were people who were jealous of her.

Zhou Qingfeng finished Li Mingjue's lunch and was very satisfied. He joked and said, "Aunt, I'm so sorry that I finished your lunch, I need to pay you back."

"What are you talking about? It's just a simple lunch. If you like it, you can come tonight and I'll make more for you." Li Mingjue did not take him seriously when he said he wanted to return the favor.

However, the two women started to laugh and said, "Huh, what are you going to do? Tell us. You can't just simply buy a cheap lunch for her, at least bring her out to a proper restaurant."

"I don't have time to go to a restaurant. But I have some cosmetic wear from the United States. They may be useful for Aunt."

"No, no, it's alright. I'm already forty years old, I don't need to put on makeup."

"Wait… We wanna see what he's gonna give you! Show us what you've got. Don't try to cheat us with something cheap, we know about the brands from the United States."

Li Mingjue did not want to accept the gift from Zhou Qingfeng but the two women insisted on looking at the cosmetic wear. They were talking very loudly in the lunch area and a lot of the other colleagues came to see what was going on.

The cosmetic wear that Zhou Qingfeng mentioned were actually from the Benz pickup. The pickup was huge. After Feng Wan found those discs, Zhou Qingfeng searched and cleaned the entire car and found quite a number of things, including the cosmetic wear from 2030. He removed the tags and gave some to Feng Wan; she thought they were actually very good.

While Zhou Qingfeng went to his pickup to grab the cosmetic wear, people started talking about Zhou Qingfeng.

"Sister Li, who's this young man? He's giving you cosmetic wear, what is he trying to do? Is he your daughter's boyfriend?"

"In my opinion, we have to help Sister Li out, we can't just let that kid get along so easily. I hope he's not gonna show some with cheap stuff, it'd be embarrassing."

"Last month, the little blue Lancome was fifty percent off and I bought for it two thousand yuan. The one he's getting must at least better than that."

"Right, he can't give his future mother-in-law some cheap stuff."

Both of the women kept on talking. Li Mingjue was worried and no idea about what to do.

After ten minutes, Zhou Qingfeng came back with more than 19 types of cosmetic wear from the United States. At the same time, the people around them were interested too.

"This is Helena's skin cream."

"This is La Mer's cleanser."

"This is SK-II skincare essence."

Zhou Qingfeng carried a bag with a dozen bottles. Every time he took one out, the noise around him lowered a little. Finally, everyone kept quiet. Someone of them were shocked. One of the women calculated in her mind and found that everything in front of her added up to twenty to thirty thousand…, dollars!

Oh my God, what a huge expense! They're all top international brands, and you can't even get them in China.

Finally, Zhou Qingfeng took out a little bottle. He could not figure out what it was, "What is this?"

One of the women was shocked and yelled, "It's Bvlgari man essence fragrance, one of the top international brand that's worth more than ten thousand dollars. Coincidentally, I saw it in a fashion magazine and I recognize it."

"Fragrance for men? Gross." Zhou Qingfeng simply dumped that little bottle into the trash. A faint woody scent soon came out of the bin. With a bold and resolute male breath, it smelled incredibly good.

But it also meant that little bottle that worth ten thousand dollars was broken.

It's broken….

It's broken…..

It's broken…………..

Chapter end