Human Joys and Sorrows Are Not Shared

After rummaging through the snacks in her bag for a while, Xia Libing finally settled on a vacuum-sealed loaf of bread.

Tearing open the package, Xia Libing held the bread through half the wrapper with her left hand. A fragrant crispy pork knuckle manifested in her right hand. She took half a bite of the bread in her left hand, then half a bite of the pork knuckle in her right. As she chewed, her eyes unconsciously narrowed with pleasure.

During the years Xiang Kun had been away, the only way they could eat food with "Chef Xiang's flavor" was through Lao Xia's Fantasy Manifestation ability.

However, Tang Baona, Little Chubby Girl, Yang the Third, and the others found it somewhat regrettable that the "Xiang Kun dishes" Lao Xia manifested, whether pork knuckle, rabbit meat, or any other food, all leaned toward her own preferences. They were still delicious, of course, but the most remarkable thing about "Xiang Kun dishes" had always been their ability to make subtle adjustments for everyone's individual tastes. The difference between ninety-eight and one hundred might have only been two points, but the experience was fundamentally different.

Moreover, while manifested food had flavor and the same texture as real food, knowing it was fake still created a slight psychological difference when eating it. Combined with the lack of fullness, it made that strange feeling even stronger.

Of course, at the beginning, they had often manifested "Xiang Kun dishes" to eat. Even when Lao Xia was busy at the Chongyun Village Research Base while the others were in Peng City or Shenhai, they could have Alice manifest them. Whenever Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, or Little Apple failed at learning to cook and made such awful food that they cried after eating it, they would ask Alice