133 - Tasting Cake

Translated by rabbitrisu

“Auntie, what floor is Uncle Hong’s home on?” Cheng Yun followed Madam Chen, carefully lighting her path with the light from his phone.

“Right here.”

The first floor of the residential building was an old shop, while the second floor was residential apartments. Although there was the smell of decay in the air, the motion-sensing light in the hallway were still sensitive. As soon as the group walked to the second floor, the lights in the hallway lit dimly.

At that moment, Madam Chen pointed to a dilapidated wooden door directly ahead of them.

Under the dim light, Su Zimo saw that the walls on either side of the dilapidated hallway in the old residential area were mottled and the corners were leaking water. The hallway pavement was a little wet. Even young and strong people may trip on the wet floor, let alone the elderly people living there.

Perhaps thinking of that, the hallways were covered with ripped open cardboard boxes, but those boxes were already soaked through from the excessive moisture. The smell of decay in the air was partly from that, so they didn’t seem to provide much protection.

To be honest… this kind of environment didn’t surprise Su Zimo.

Su Zimo was actually surprised that… since the Lin siblings ascended the stairs, there hadn’t been any accidents.

A dark hallway with a wet, slippery floor.

Were those not extremely accident-prone conditions? From the start until now, the Lin siblings had such bad luck that they would fall while walking on flat ground, but they’d followed them this long completely intact?

Su Zimo knew that he was thinking too much, but he felt that something was waiting for the Lin siblings to arrive.

When Madam Chen walked through the slippery hallway, she carefully held the wall as if by habit. When Su Zimo saw her come down the staircase earlier, no wonder she had put the important woven bag to the side.

“This is Old Hong’s home.” Madam Po took a step carefully and walked to the dilapidated wooden door across from her, then said with some confusion, “He really went back to the country? I hadn’t heard about any relatives.”

Su Zimo glanced at the Lin siblings who were following behind them. They looked cold. They were wearing leather clothing, but they hugged themselves tightly with their hands.

“Knock on the door and see. If someone is there, they’ll answer the door.” Cheng Yun said, knocking on the wooden door a few times with a banging noise. “Uncle Hong! Uncle Hong! Are you home?!”

“Uncle Hong! Uncle Hong!”

Cheng Yun stood at Uncle Hong’s door and shouted several times, but there was no response. As an experienced trainer who had enhanced his physique many times, Cheng Yun could usually pick up sounds from moving tables and chairs.

But at that moment there were no signs of life moving inside the door. It was extremely quiet.

There shouldn’t be anyone inside, right?

Cheng Yun looked at the door in front of him. It was just a shabby and thin wooden door. When he knocked just now, he could see that the wooden door swayed gently.

It seemed that as long as he hit hard enough, he could knock the door open.

But it still made Cheng Yun feel immoral.

“Da-gege, da-jiejie, what’s going on with you?” Su Zimo turned his head and saw Lin Hao and Lin Ren leaning against the wall with pale expressions, their legs shaking slightly.

“Hai, hai. It’s nothing.” Lin Hao immediately shook her head. “We… We slipped and fell by accident just now. Fortunately we caught ourselves on the wall.”

It’s just that to Su Zimo’s eyes, their legs seemed to be trembling from tension so much that they couldn’t stand still.

“Let’s go to granny’s house for something to eat first, ba?” Madam Chen had already welcomed them toward the upward staircase. “It seems that Old Hong really isn’t home. Maybe he found relatives in the country.”

“Of course, ah. Of course, ah.” Lin Hao and Lin Ren nodded immediately.

“Well A-Hao, A-Ren, didn’t you say you wanted to eat cake from Nan Feng Zhai? This granny prepared them a long time ago, just waiting for you to come.” Madam Chen laughed casually, “You two little mice, I can’t attract you without good food.”

“Granny, is the cake yummy?” Su Zimo raised his head and asked.

“It’s the most expensive cake in that place. Granny picked up plastic bottles for a month and was able to buy it once.” Madam Chen seemed to describe some extraordinary food.

“If A-Ren and A-Hao come often to chat with me, this granny will be happy even if she spends money!” Madam Chen smiled. “Old Hong, that old man, he dotes on these siblings even more than I do!”

“So, every time A-Hao and A-Ren visit you, you prepare an expensive cake?” Cheng Yun asked oddly.

“It’s not expensive, not expensive!” Madam Chen immediately changed her mind. She was happy they were accompanying her. After a while, she brought everyone to the third floor and opened the door to her home. “It’s good food. A-Ren and A-Hao are so dear to me, so I must prepare something delicious, ah.”