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?"

as long as it's

it was four years into the apocalypse, finding something usable was already a feat. Regardless of the ladies'

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 long as there was stock, he could

have a few bottles. I'll let you take a

the supermarket before, and collected another batch from the office building. No matter how long they lasted, they would be

requests, "Those are

in a myriad of diseases. If it had been

learned their lesson, but it was already too late. Now, medicine was worth its weight

"Cough, cough."

Austin asking Stella for condoms at the

surprised them all with her response,

choked again, "That's a fair point.

the table, Rosie was confused, "What

Fortunately, it was just

could sell some, but she probably wouldn't be able to trade

Stella brought down several bottles of unopened skincare products from upstairs, "These are what we found when we

problem." He was confident he could sell

of cigars, "A friend gifted these, but I think they

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

windfall, "What do

fresh beef or lamb, that would be

days

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

had to be mindful of safety and couldn't venture into dangerous

was sunny, and there were surprisingly

were security patrols around, so the criminals didn't dare to

so the performance lacked the grandeur and thrill of the pre-apocalypse era. But it was still a sight to