Doomsday Code

Chapter 534 Go out for a walk

After hearing this, Huidun shook his head and said:

"It's not because of them, but I just feel like my whole life is so empty."

After saying that, Huidun snatched the teapot from Chen Cheng and took a few big gulps.

When Chen Cheng heard this, he knew that Huidun had typical symptoms of losing his goals and feeling empty inside.

Before this, Huidun was in a state of urgency because of the brothers like Jinmu who were behind him.

But now that there is no threat from Jin Mu and others, and the goal he had set before has been achieved, this man will lose his goal in an instant and feel empty inside.

The solution is very simple, which is to find him a new target.

Chen Cheng stood up and pulled Huidun up.

Huidun hurriedly put down the teapot and said:

"What are you doing?"

"Let's go and cure your emptiness."

"Wait a minute, am I supposed to go out wearing this?"

Chen Cheng looked back and nodded.

"Indeed, this is a bit too ostentatious. Let's go change our clothes."

Huidun was taken away by Chen Cheng, and before leaving, Chen Cheng did not forget to instruct Xiao Dun and the others:

"I'm taking the Crown Prince to get treatment. Don't follow me."

The two men asked the servants in the mansion for two sets of linen clothes to change into, and then quietly left the Prince's Mansion through the back door.

"Where are we going?"

Huidun asked curiously while walking on the road.

Although he had not been favored before, he was still very familiar with the royal capital because he had lived there since he was a child. He didn't know where to find a place to set new goals for him.

Chen Cheng just smiled and asked Huidun to follow him.

Then the two of them sneaked out of the city and headed towards the Acropolis below.

Walking on the muddy official road, there are endless streams of people and vehicles coming and going.

At this time, Chen Cheng stopped by the roadside with Huidun.

Then he pointed at the crowd passing by and said:

"How do you think they are doing?"

Chen Cheng's question was abrupt, but Huidun still answered while stroking his chin:

"Although they can't be called wealthy, judging by their clothes and body shapes, they should have enough food and clothing."

Chen Cheng did not give an answer, but continued along the official road with Huidun.

When the sun rose until noon, Chen Cheng saw a teahouse on the official road and took Huidun in to have some tea and rest.

At this time, the place was already full of passers-by. Some people who didn't have seats just used other things as cushions to sit on the ground, while the poorer ones just sat cross-legged on the ground.

The two entered the teahouse, and Chen Cheng, as if very familiar with it, called out to the waiter inside:

"Two bowls of herbal tea, please."

The waiter was also very efficient and quickly shouted:

"Two bowls of herbal tea are here."

Chen Cheng took the blackened pottery bowl and handed it to Huidun, who then took his own bowl and led Chen Cheng to the crowd sitting on the ground outside the teahouse.

When these pedestrians who were drinking tea and escaping the heat saw the two of them coming, they all gave up two seats.

Chen Cheng sat down and said with a smile:

"Thank you, uncles."

After drinking two sips of herbal tea, Chen Cheng asked curiously:

"I wonder where these uncles are from. Are they residents of this royal capital?"

An old man in sackcloth sitting next to Chen Cheng smiled with his yellow teeth showing:

"You're such a teaser, bro. How could someone like us possibly live in the capital?"

"Oh, I see some uncles pushing carts and carrying baskets. Where are they going to make a fortune?"

"Well, what's the point of getting rich? We're just bricklayers traveling between the capital and a few Acropolises. We have some skills, and the money we earn is enough to support our parents. If we can get a wife and have a child, that would be a great blessing."

"You're still marrying a woman? Don't you see how you look? You look old before your time. People who don't know you would think you're already in your forties or fifties. Which daughter would dare to marry you?"

This group of people began to tease the man sitting next to Chen Cheng.

Later, during their conversation, Chen Cheng also learned that these old men who looked to be in their fifties or sixties were only just over forty years old.

They all came from the same village to find work, and most of the time they worked for their employers, mostly to earn a living.

So when a group of men like this gathered together to talk about getting married and having children, they couldn't help but talk about all kinds of dirty jokes and gossip they heard in the host's house. In fact, most of them were a group of rough men who had never even touched a woman's hand.

At this time, the women in the traveling merchant group who were sitting on the seats could not hide their disgust on their faces when they heard such vulgar words.

These old men ignored others and after talking for a while, they drank the last drop of tea in the tea bowls in their hands, and put a little bit of tea foam into their mouths to chew and eat.

"It's fate that we met today, so I'll teach you something. Chew this last bit of tea foam and you'll be able to taste the flavor of meat."

The big man sitting next to Chen Cheng chewed the tea foam and swallowed it, returned the bowl to the shop owner, then picked up the load outside and left with the large group.

The merchants' families sitting in the shop all looked at him with disdain.

Some people even tried it out of curiosity, and then found that even their good tea tasted bitter when chewed, so they cursed in a low voice.

"I'm so miserable. We're just a bunch of country bumpkins who haven't even had meat to eat."

Chen Cheng drank the last sip of the cold tea and chewed the tea foam as the big man said.

But how could this inferior tea powder taste like meat when chewed? It only tasted bitter in the mouth.

Huidun, who was beside Chen Cheng, also tried chewing it, but it was so bitter that he immediately spat out the tea foam.

Seeing this, Chen Cheng patted him on the shoulder, then paid the bill and took him away from the tea stall.

It took a long time for the bitter taste in his mouth to disappear, and then Hui Dun asked curiously:

"Why did he say the tea foam tasted like meat? It's clearly bitter."

When Chen Cheng heard Huidun's question, he did not answer.

Because what the big man said was right, sometimes meat is bitter, but most people will never taste bitter meat in their lifetime.

Hearing Huidun still asking, Chen Cheng turned around, looked at Huidun and said:

"What do you think of the lives of those old men we were just talking to?"

It's the same question again.

And Huidun answered without hesitation:

"They were thin and frail. It was obvious that they had been doing physical labor for a long time without any nutritional supplements. It was obvious that they were not living well."

Chen Cheng also did not say whether Huidun was correct, but continued on his journey with Huidun.

But Huidun wanted to know why the big man said that the bitter taste of tea foam was the taste of meat.

Because in his or everyone's mind, meat can be smelly, fishy or fragrant, but it cannot be bitter.

This time, Chen Cheng turned around and said expressionlessly:

"He's talking about human flesh, the flesh of people who got sick after the great plague. No matter how you cook it, no matter how much spices and sugar you put in it, it's still bitter."