Chapter 31 Alice Longs for Food
Alice listened to Ivy's advice and found it quite reasonable.
The most important reason was that she was too hungry at the moment.
Thinking about the pictures Steven had sent her before, those steaks, foie gras, and desserts, saliva began to secrete in Alice's mouth.
All her reserve vanished as she could temporarily set it aside for food.
So, she found Steven's Facebook page and sent him a voice message in a gentle tone.
Steven was at home, sitting on the couch, watching TV shows.
Most major TV stations around the world had stopped broadcasting, but he had downloaded many classic movies and variety shows to kill time.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
Steven picked it up and saw it was Alice.
A mischievous smile appeared on his face.
Alice's slight self-esteem and pride finally collapsed.
He opened the voice message and immediately heard Alice's voice, trembling yet feigning sweetness.
"Steven, you are so bad! You haven't talked to me for so many days, you are really bad!"
"I only spoke a few words to you the other day, and I regretted it right after!"
"However, as a girl, I feel embarrassed to be the first one to apologize. You bad man, you don't know how to cherish me!"
Alice, as a scheming person and a hypocrite, was quite skilled in acting cute and coquettish.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have deceived Steven so thoroughly in her past life.
It must be said that hearing her coquettish voice, Steven was also somewhat aroused.
He gritted his teeth, this seductive woman, if he didn't know how malicious she was, he really wanted to have sex with her right away!
Steven replied to her message. "I haven't been feeling well lately, probably because I'm sick, so I haven't felt like checking messages."
Upon hearing this, Alice quickly asked, "Are you sick? Do you have a cold? In this weather, you must keep warm."
Steven replied: "No, I'm sick because it's too hot."
Looking at the message Steven sent, Alice was dumbfounded.
What?
Are you kidding?
The temperature in her house had already reached minus 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
Every day, she had to wrap herself in a blanket, cuddling with Ivy for warmth, and she was unable to sleep soundly due to the cold.
"You must be joking, Steven. How can you be hot on such a cold day!"
Steven sent a curious expression.
"Is it cold? Well, I have a fireplace in my house, so I don't feel anything."
"This thing makes the house uncomfortably hot when it's burning. Probably because I slept in front of the fire pit a few days ago, that's why I got sick!"
Steven said, taking a picture of the blazing fireplace with his phone.
In the photo, he even included his bare legs.
And inadvertently, he also captured the piles of snacks on his table, as well as leftover lamb chops and chicken legs.
Then, he sent the photo to Alice.
Alice saw the photos sent by Steven.
If the previous few photos only made her slightly envious, this particular photo drove her into a jealous frenzy!
A fireplace!
That was a heating miracle!
Even in the distant north, having this at home would be fine even if it was minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
Its heating capacity was even more effective than central heating. After all, people could warm themselves by the fire!
Alice had been freezing for the past ten days, almost losing sensation in her body.
Now, besides food, the thing she desired most was a way to keep warm!
A few days ago, just for warmth, she and Ivy burned a chair in the house.
Although it only maintained heat for a short while, the high temperature of the flames moved her to tears on the spot.
But there were few things she could burn in the house.
After burning everything, she could only reminisce about that feeling.
Who could have thought that this guy Steven still had a fireplace in his house?
Starlight City was a southern city where people didn't need to wear down jackets in winter, let alone have a fireplace in the house.
Alice didn't have time to think about this question. Her eyes were fixed on the photo, and she had only one thought in her mind—she wanted to go to Steven's house!
Seeing Steven's carefree demeanor with bare legs and a table full of food, Steven had become Alice's greatest hope!
Ivy, curled up in a blanket beside her, noticed Alice's change in expression.
She leaned in to take a look, soon also stunned, exclaiming, "OMG! Is this photo photoshopped? How can someone live such a good life at this time!"
"This is like heaven!"
Alice suddenly realized.
"Yeah, everyone is starving and freezing at home now. Why does Steven get to be so comfortable?"
"Maybe this photo, and the ones before, are all photoshopped by him."
She had a bright idea and made a video call to Steven.
Whether it was real or fake, she just needed one look to figure it out.
Ivy also leaned in, staring at the screen intently.
When Steven saw the call invitation, his expression was somewhat mischievous.
He really wanted to see Alice begging him.
If he couldn't see her dying in despair, how could he make up for his miserable death in the previous life?
So he reached out and answered the call.
As the call connected, both sides saw each other's current situations.
Steven had just finished exercising, lying lazily on the couch shirtless.
The room was brightly lit, with fitness equipment behind him, and you could vaguely see a lot of ingredients stacked in his kitchen.
Occasionally, he would cook some meals for himself, just for leisure.
So, he casually put some boxes of dried scallops, fish maw, abalone, instant noodles, as well as canned delicacies like caviar and truffles in the kitchen. For him, these were just fast food to taste occasionally.
But for the two women on the other side of the camera, these were the most wonderful foods they could dream of!
Compared to Steven's comfort, Alice and Ivy looked very disheveled on the other end of the camera.
Both of them were wrapped in thick blankets. Due to the low temperature, they couldn't use many of their cosmetics, so they appeared somewhat worn out.
They didn't look as exquisite as before.
When Steven saw Alice, he showed a hint of disappointment.
The goddess he had pursued so hard in the past turned out to be just like this without makeup, at most a six out of ten.
Thinking about how he had been infatuated with her for so long, he cursed silently in his heart: shit!
The two women didn't notice Steven's expression.
At that moment, their eyes were completely captivated by the things in Steven's house.
His shirtless upper body indicated that the indoor temperature in Steven's house was definitely very comfortable.
On days when they had less than an hour of electricity per day, the bright light in the room was something they couldn't even dare to think about.
After all, there were regulations that high-power appliances were not allowed to be used, otherwise, the authorities would cut the power off forcibly.
Especially in the kitchen, the mountain-like pile of food made the two women, who had been eating compressed food for a long time, unable to take their eyes off!
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