Amid Su Yu's shock and confusion, the two returned to the Imperial Garden.

Hurrying to cook, the two of them didn't chat much. Li Xi returned to her room, changed her clothes, and then took Su Yu into the kitchen. Knowing that tonight was a tight schedule, Li Xi had prepared the menu the day before. Before leaving this morning, she had also told Aunt Lin what vegetables she needed to buy. Li Xi also discussed the side dishes with Aunt Lin during her free time during the day.

Therefore, at this moment, all Li Xi has to do is cook and season.

There are countless ways to enjoy mushrooms. The three main cooking methods are boiling, stir-frying, and deep-frying. Each of these categories can be further subdivided. Just cooking them in soups offers a variety of ways.

For example, kelp mushroom soup, tomato mushroom soup, mushroom and egg soup, and cream of mushroom soup that Assistant Jiang specifically requested, etc.

Based on the number of people eating today, Li Xi's menu yesterday consisted of two boiled dishes, two stir-fried dishes, two braised dishes, one deep-fried dish, and one stuffed dish. The two boiled dishes were cream of mushroom soup and wakame mushroom soup; the two stir-fried dishes were stir-fried mushrooms and stir-fried meat with mushrooms; the two braised dishes were braised tricholoma and braised chicken with milk mushrooms; the one deep-fried dish was salt and pepper mushrooms; and the one stuffed dish was stuffed meat with mushrooms.

Except for the "two roasts", Li Xi had already found the mushroom varieties when drawing up the menu. For the other dishes, the mushroom varieties were randomly selected, or he just took whichever ones he saw.

Normally, Li Xi was used to cooking, so even with so many dishes, she wouldn't be too overwhelmed. But! Today, Su Yu was in the kitchen! Coveting Li Xi's cooking skills and her impressive appearance while cooking, Su Yu forced her way into the kitchen to help.

The more they helped, the more trouble they caused. The whole meal was a complete mess. Luckily, Aunt Lin, the master of the scene, was there, so nothing major went wrong. By the time Luo Jingxuan and Assistant Jiang arrived home, the dishes were already on the table.

As usual, Li Xi served the soup first. By the time four bowls of soup were on the table, the others were already seated. After placing the last bowl, Li Xi had planned to say something to start the conversation, or at least introduce the guests. Instead, she looked up to see Assistant Jiang staring at the dishes, his eyes sparkling.

Forget it, there’s nothing much to say.

"Eat, just treat it like your home."

As soon as Li Xi finished speaking, Assistant Jiang couldn't wait to pick up the soup bowl and started slurping it. Luo Jingxuan, who was sitting next to Assistant Jiang, gave him a look of disdain and also picked up the soup bowl to drink, but his movements were much more graceful than Assistant Jiang's.

Su Yu was also very greedy, but after all, there were two strangers sitting opposite her, so she was a little reserved when drinking soup and eating vegetables.

Li Xi was also hungry, so she ignored the strange atmosphere at the table and drank her soup. A bowl of soup warmed her heart and stomach. Li Xi was so satisfied that she almost collapsed like Ge You. Of course, she couldn't collapse, because she hadn't eaten the delicious food on the table yet.

Chopstick after chopstick, the four of them ate the food on the table in silence, no one spoke. It was not known whether they were all distracted by the food, or if they felt that the other was a stranger and did not want to talk. It was not until Li Xi had almost finished eating that there was a sound at the table.

"I haven't introduced them yet." Li Xi put down her bowl and chopsticks, wiped her mouth with a napkin, and then pointed at Su Yu and said, "This is my friend Su Yu, the real daughter of the Lu family who was just adopted some time ago."

After that, he stared at Luo Jingxuan for a while, then pointed at Luo Jingxuan and said to Su Yu, "This is my marriage partner, Mr. Luo Jingxuan, and next to him is his assistant Jiang Huai. You can call him Assistant Jiang."

When Li Xi introduced them, the three of them put down their chopsticks. After Li Xi finished speaking, Luo Jingxuan looked at Su Yu and nodded, still with that cold expression, "Hello."

"Hello." Su Yu nodded immediately, without any extra expression. Li Xi looked at them and didn't realize that they were cousins.

"Hello, Miss Su, I'm Jiang Huai." Assistant Jiang's attitude was much friendlier, and his smile was very bright.

"Hello!" Su Yu smiled back.

And then nothing happened.

"Is it, over?" Li Xi stared at Luo Jingxuan when she said this, and her meaning was very clear: you don't recognize your relatives?

However, Luo Jingxuan, standing opposite, clearly didn't understand Li Xi's expression and returned a puzzled look. It was Assistant Jiang who enlivened the situation.

"I know Miss Su, the partner who runs 'Rich Family Gossip Talk' with Miss Li. She studied software engineering in college. Her previous hobby was the anime, and now her hobby is gossip." After Assistant Jiang finished speaking, he looked at Li Xi with a look of begging for praise.

In return, Li Xi and Su Yu looked puzzled.

"You do know it clearly." Li Xi looked at Assistant Jiang with a half-smile.

Assistant Jiang's smile froze on his face. "Well, it's because she's close to you. When I was investigating Mian Lao Si, I mentioned her by the way... hehe." Assistant Jiang scratched his head a little embarrassedly after saying this.

Su Yu didn't think much of it, but just watched Assistant Jiang and Li Xi's confrontation with curiosity. Li Xi, on the other hand, was not incomprehensible, but just wanted to tease Assistant Jiang.

"You want to check the people around me, so you should be very familiar with your boss's network of relationships, right?"

"Well..." Assistant Jiang looked at Li Xi and then at Luo Jingxuan. One of them was half-smiling, the other holding a bowl and drinking soup. The boss was actually drinking soup! He was drinking soup while others were chatting!

"Yes, I know her better than my own network."

"Oh~" Li Xi raised the last syllable of her voice and signaled Assistant Jiang with her eyes to look at Luo Jingxuan and Su Yu.

Su Yu looked left and right in confusion, but couldn't figure out what was going on, so he continued to eat.

Assistant Jiang was overwhelmed by Li Xi's gaze and said with a wry smile, "I'd better eat." Then he buried his head and continued to eat.

Li Xi snorted softly, glanced at Luo Jingxuan, and then took a spoon to scoop up the soup. After taking two sips of the soup, she felt something was wrong. She kicked her foot under the table in Luo Jingxuan's direction, making sure she had hit him, then looked up at him.

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