"Ah, so spicy, so spicy!"
"Yao Ziyue! Don't throw fruit into it!"
"Mmm, this is good, this is good, add more..."
The air was filled with a pungent, spicy fragrance as several people sat around the table, noisily eating hotpot.
Winter was the season for hotpot, after all.
Several days had passed since the last time they had eaten it, and at Yao Ziyan's suggestion, they were having it again.
"Boss, you put in way too many chili peppers." Yao Ziyue took a huge gulp of Cola, a faint sheen of sweat appearing on her forehead.
"Spicy? I think it's fine." Luo Chuan's expression did not change, and he even wanted to add more chili peppers.
It was still the familiar group: Qing Yuan, Yao Ziyue, Anviya, and Frost.
"Come to think of it, I feel like you two have seemed a little different lately." Anviya said indistinctly as she ate.
"Hm?" Yao Ziyan turned to look at her, not reacting for a moment.
"How should I put it..." Anviya swallowed what was in her mouth and thought carefully. "Anyway, I can't really explain it. It's just a feeling. You know, that kind of feeling?"
"I know! It's because..." Upon hearing this, Qing Yuan immediately grew interested, her expression animated.
But before she could finish, Yao Ziyan casually picked up a peeled orange from the fruit platter on the table and stuffed it into her mouth, blocking the rest of her words.
The oranges had naturally been kindly supplied by the system. Tianlan Continent did not have this sort of fruit.
Of course, Luo Chuan felt that whether the system-provided "oranges" could truly be called oranges was open to debate.
Had anyone ever seen an orange that could increase one's sensitivity to comprehending spiritual energy?
And it did not taste