"When reading the fragments of the Lord's deep memory, the emotional imprint on this object is the most vivid and profound."
Yu Wen said in a warm voice, handing over a pair of equally warm jade chopsticks, "'The warmth of home', 'Mother Jin's love', 'The fireworks of the year'... I think that what you need most at this moment may be this 'taste' that can anchor your soul. Try it, I reconstructed the raw materials with life energy, maybe it has more effect on nourishing the soul than you remember."
Long Jinyu took the chopsticks, his fingers were trembling a little. He picked up one, blew on it, and took a bite carefully.
In an instant, the familiar and tearful taste exploded on the tip of his tongue, the scalding hot soup, the fresh and sweet fillings, the pliable dough... and even that little bit of just the right amount of jealousy, it was exactly the same as the plate Mother Jin brought to the table every New Year's Eve deep in his memory!
Tears welled up again, but this time they were warm and comforting tears.
"Thank you... Sister Yu... it's really... so delicious..."
He spoke vaguely, no longer caring about his manners, and began to devour the food.
With every bite, a warm current seems to flow to the limbs and bones, soothing the injured meridians, nourishing the dry Soul Power, and filling the homesick hole deep in the soul.
After eating seventeen or eight times, he felt a warm and solid feeling in his stomach, and the raging hunger and emotions calmed down a little. He chewed slower, and looked at the lovely dumplings in the jade basin, his eyes suddenly became a little dazed and soft.
"... It would be great if...Xiaotao sister could also try it."
He murmured, his voice was very soft, as if he was speaking to himself, "She always finds the food in the college unpalatable, and she works hard in practice. If she can eat this... she will be very happy..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a softer and smiling voice came from the side, "The Lord is indeed kind and nostalgic, and cares about others. Why should you worry about this matter?"
Long Jinyu raised her head and saw Yu Su raising her hand lightly. The emerald brilliance flowed out from her sleeves like a ribbon, condensing and shaping in the empty space next to it. In the blink of an eye, another slightly smaller but equally exquisite jasper food box appeared on the stone table. The lid of the box was slightly closed, and the faint aroma could still be smelled.
"This is 'Jade Thermal Storage Casket', which can keep the food inside from getting cold for thousands of years and keep its charm."
Yu's voice was gentle and soft, with a calmness that understood everything, "When the Lord was immersed in memory recall and emotional fluctuations, the fierce and tenacious life connection between you and the 'Fire Phoenix Girl' became as clear as a beacon in the dark night. I had expected that after you wake up, I will definitely want to share this comfort from my homeland with her, so I have prepared it in advance. This one uses milder fire energy to infiltrate the filling, which is more suitable for 'that person's physique and Martial Soul. When you return, you can give it to your 'mistress'~"
Long Jinyu's eyes lit up and he blurted out. "Hey! You are so considerate and smart! You even thought of this! Sister Xiaotao must..."
His compliment got stuck in the middle.
Because he finally caught the extremely inappropriate name in Yu's words belatedly.
"Wait, wait..."
Long Jinyu Turned his head suddenly and looked at Yu's smiling emerald eyes, his face turned red, "Yu! You just... what did you call her?! 'That'? No, you said before... 'Mother'?! What kind of mistress! Where is the mistress! You, don't talk nonsense! You haven't even written this character yet!"
He was so panicked that he waved his hands repeatedly, and the dumplings he just ate seemed to have turned into deer and were pounding in his heart.
She tilted her head slightly, and a smile with a hint of narrow-mindedness appeared on her beautiful face. She stretched out her slender fingers, tapped her heart gently, and said in a long voice, "Nonsense? My lord, you are connected by blood with me, and our souls resonate. Some of the 'flavor' of connection and bond, in my perception, is more vivid than the stuffing of this dumpling."
She paused, looking at Long Jinyu's increasingly embarrassed and confused expression, the corners of her lips curved higher, and she slowly added, "In my opinion, the 'eight characters' of you two... the ink has been ground out a long time ago, and the paper has been laid out. What should be done, and what should not be done... well, basically, we have almost done it, right? It's just a matter of finishing the last stroke, sooner or later~"
"What?! I've basically done everything I should and shouldn't do?!"
Long Jinyu was not shy now, but really confused. He almost jumped up from the vine chair, "Hey! Don't say this nonsense! Me, sister Xiaotao and I are innocent! At most, we live in the same house and occasionally practice together. Sometimes she gets angry and I try to persuade her and teach her some truth... What have I done? I haven't done anything!"
He tried to search in his mind, he and Sister Xiaotao... were they not just bickering occasionally, she loved to stick to him, and he would get used to her company and care...
Apart from getting along with each other on a daily basis and fighting against the enemy together, there is really no cross-border behavior! We haven't even held hands seriously a few times!
At most, it was the few times when she was affected by Evil Fire that she became delirious. In order to suppress Evil Fire, he had close... physical contact with her? But that was because he had no choice but to have no distracting thoughts!
He selectively ignored the fact that Ma Xiaotao often pulled his arm, leaned on his shoulder, and the increasingly intimate atmosphere in the Phoenix Perch Pavilion.
Seeing his master, who was so anxious that his face turned red and his neck was thick, and he looked like "I'm wronged, my lord", with an innocent look, the smile in Yu Yu's eyes almost overflowed.
She did not continue to "give evidence", but stared at him gently and slightly teasingly with her eyes that seemed to be able to see through the fate of his fate, and said softly "Oh?"
This "Oh?" was repeated thousands of times and had profound meaning. It said nothing and yet seemed to say everything.
Long Jinyu was so scared that she couldn't argue. In the end, she could only let out a "woo" as if giving up on herself, and buried her red face in her hands. Then she turned her shame and anger into appetite, picked up two dumplings fiercely and stuffed them into her mouth, bulging her cheeks and chewing hard, as if she could swallow the embarrassment and Yu's see-through smile.
And his cute and angry eating look, as well as the aroma of dumplings that became increasingly rich in the air, with an aftertaste of happiness and warmth, finally made a certain "inhuman" existence next to him completely unable to hold back.
I saw that System-chan had come to the stone table at some point, and his strange eyes were staring at Long Jinyu without blinking...
... the chopsticks in his hand, and the rapidly decreasing number of Yuanbao dumplings in the jade basin.
She unconsciously opened her mouth slightly, her small throat rolled slightly, and she made a swallowing sound similar to an electronically synthesized "gulu" sound.
In the core of the data, modules related to "deliciousness", "appetite", "relationship with happiness" and the newly triggered "relationship between social shyness and eating behavior" are running crazily, with the indicator lights flashing dimly.
"Ahem."
He glanced at her with a smile but not a smile, and diverted the topic from the blushing Master, "System Treasure, I remember that your energy recycling system directly absorbs the free energy in the space and the overflow of the host Soul Power. Does it... do you need to undergo physical ingestion and transformation?"