After strolling around the market, Xin Sui returned to the Li family home.

Xuan Tu is her mission objective, so she will naturally follow him. However, Xuan Tu will not stay in Thorn City indefinitely. He will probably leave once he recovers his powers.

She will leave with you then.

She came back today just to say hello to the Li family.

And she had already come up with an excuse.

As soon as I stepped through the main gate, a sarcastic voice came from the side hall: "Oh, so our Li family's genius fifth young lady, you've finally decided to come back after a night of partying?"

Xin Sui turned his head to look.

In the side hall, Li Beibei was sitting with a few of her "plastic sisters." On the table was a dish of something dark and a few glasses of water.

It looks like they're having a "tea party".

Those words just now came from Li Beibei. When she saw Xin Sui looking over, she raised her chin and pointed her nose at her, looking arrogant and smug.

Xin Sui raised an eyebrow. Li Beibei, who had been beaten down by the Li family head not long ago and ran away crying, was now trembling again.

Li Beibei's group of "plastic" girlfriends gave her the answer.

Plastic Sister #1: "Beibei, so what if Li Xueli is a genius? How can she compare to you having a good fiancé?"

"My future brother-in-law comes from a good family, is very talented, and treats you so well. He even sent us such precious food. We are so envious."

Number 2: "That's right, my brother-in-law is indeed from the He family, he can even get his hands on such precious food."

"I've heard that only those long-standing and deeply rooted families know how to make this kind of food from the Golden Age (the peaceful era before the apocalypse)."

Number 3: "I heard this food is called 'snack'? It looks special. The nutritional pastes we usually eat can't compare to this! Beibei, can we have some?"

Xin Sui walked over, wanting to see just how amazing the pastries sent by Li Beibei's fiancé really were.

"Where are the snacks? Third Sister, can you bring them out so I can see them?"

Upon hearing this, Li Beibei and her group of "plastic sisters" exchanged somewhat strange glances.

#1: "Li Xueli, are you blind? The desserts are neatly arranged on the table!"

Xin Sui stared at the food on the plate, looking it over from left to right. This thing, which looked just like the dried rice cakes sold on the roadside, was the snack they were talking about.

Forgive her, she really didn't recognize her.

But perhaps the taste makes up for the lack of visual appeal?

Li Beibei automatically interpreted Xin Sui's puzzled look as lust.

She said in a condescending manner, "Alright, since we're all sisters of the same clan, I'll reluctantly share a piece with you all."

Li Beibei picked up the small pastry, which was only the size of a child's palm, and divided it into five pieces, taking the largest piece for herself.

"You can divide the rest among yourselves."

Numbers 1, 2, and 3 rushed to grab theirs, and after they got theirs, they compared them to see whose was bigger.

The last piece that was left was only about the size of my little fingertip.

Xin Sui picked it up and, somewhat hesitantly, put it in her mouth.

The next second, "Ugh!"

What is this?! It tastes awful!

"Li Xueli, you!" Li Beibei glared angrily.

Xin Sui: "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to."

Because she often went hungry as a child, she generally doesn't waste food unless it's really bad.

This so-called "snack" is so bad that even "bad" doesn't do it justice; its taste is simply indescribable and outrageous!

Is this what you call "food"?

Is this something a human could do?

Even a random rock picked up from the roadside and chewing on it would taste better than this, right?

However, what made her question the meaning of life was—

Number 3: "Wow, this dessert is so delicious! I've never eaten anything so delicious in my life. Thank you, Beibei, you've let me taste the flavor of food again."

He was licking the crumbs off his hands.

#2: "It's a pity there's so little of it. I could barely taste it before it was gone."

Number 1: "Beibei, after you marry into the He family and become the city lord's wife, you'll definitely be able to eat even more delicious food. I'm so envious of you! Don't forget about us sisters then!"

Xin Sui: "..."

I felt deeply that I wasn't weird enough and therefore didn't fit in with them.

She couldn't stand it any longer and was about to turn around and leave when Li Beibei's words made her stop in her tracks.

"Don't worry, I won't forget you. When I come back from Bright City, I'll bring you even more delicious food."

Number 3: "Really, Beibei? That's great!"

Number 1: "Beibei, you're going to Bright City? I've never heard you mention it before?"

Li Beibei glanced at Xin Sui, her tone not without boasting: "Ake just sent someone to tell me that he just returned from his training outside and obtained a recipe from the Golden Age in the ruins."

"Knowing that I have an enhanced sense of smell, they sent it to me and told me to try to make the food from the recipes at home these few days, and then they will take me to participate in the annual food festival competition in Bright City."

As soon as she said that, compliments poured out like they were free.

Xin Sui recalled the plot and confirmed that such a thing did happen.

Xuan Tu, as the city lord of Bright City, specially organized this competition to satisfy Xiao Ming's love of food.

They also set up extremely generous and tempting rewards to attract people from all over the country to come and offer Xiaoming delicious food.

Of course, the food culture has declined in the post-apocalyptic world, and few people know how to cook ingredients into delicious ready-made meals.

Therefore, most of the food that the contestants brought to the competition was all-natural and could be eaten directly.

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