18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 288

No one knew exactly who smuggled them out, but Austin knew that all the fish hatchlings from the agricultural department could be acquired if you had the right contacts.

Austin exchanged for the fish with supplies, probably after some transactions, so it really wasn't cheap. There was some leftover spices from yesterday, so Stella decided to make a fish stew. Rosie was diligent, with Dylan assisting her.

When Stella wasn't looking, Dylan slipped a small pack of chocolate-covered almonds into Rosie's pocket. Snacks were too precious and Rosie didn't want any.

"Rosie, I saved these especially for you. We have more at home." As he said this, he peeled one and placed it in her mouth, "Is it sweet?"

"Mmm." Rosie smiled at him, "You're so nice, Dylan."

Encouraged by her praise, Dylan was overjoyed, whispering into her ear, "I only gave one to the others."

By "the others", he was referring to the adults' children.

Rosie, being singled out for special treatment, was pleased. "After dinner, I'll teach you some boxing, Dylan."

"Sure!" Dylan squatted next to her, helping with the chores. "The water's too cold, Rosie. Let me do it." Father and son, both inept in the kitchen, relished the creamy fish stew, and they were extremely content.

"Dad, the fish head Rosie made is really good."

Austin corrected his son, "Nonsense, Stella made it."

"Rosie fried the fish, and I helped with the veggies."

"Really? You can do that now? You're amazing, son."

As they chatted and ate, Austin noticed Stella's glowing complexion and asked, "Some wealthy ladies have been looking for skincare products. So you have a supplier?" Actually, she did have quite a few stashed away in Arcadia.

"What brand do they want?"

brand, as long as it's

apocalypse, finding something usable was already a feat. Regardless of the

months ago, he managed to sell a bottle of generic moisturizer. At first, everyone complained it smelt worse than manure, but in the end, they nearly came to blows over it. As

have a few bottles. I'll

from the supermarket before, and collected another batch from the office building. No

condoms?" Austin continued with his requests, "Those are in high demand,

many wealthy individuals had indulged themselves with no rules, resulting in a myriad of diseases. If

they quickly learned their lesson, but it was already

"Cough, cough."

fish bone when he heard Austin asking Stella for condoms at

his shyness amusing. Stella, on the other hand, surprised them all with

ha-ha, ha-ha-ha." Austin nearly choked again, "That's a fair point. Jasper, you're a

was confused, "What are you

choked. Fortunately, it

wouldn't be able to trade them for anything she wanted. Better to just

upstairs, "These are what we found when we were out scavenging before. You can try selling them, no loss

no problem." He was confident he could sell

cigars, "A friend gifted these, but I think they might have lost their

cigars Lukas had given them yesterday. Jasper didn't smoke, and Arcadia had plenty of better choices. There was no need to keep these

was overjoyed by the unexpected windfall, "What

beef or lamb, that would

a few days off, left his son behind in

since it was the holiday season. Jasper didn't object,

be mindful of safety and

to the city square, where the weather was sunny, and there were surprisingly

security patrols around, so the criminals

thrill of the pre-apocalypse era. But it was still a sight to behold. Applause would break out from time to time, and the faces that were usually hardened by the harsh apocalypse gradually softened. Some even teared