The self-heating hot pot was ready. Little Lightning patted Shen Zhiyi's arm with its paw, trying to get her attention.

"What's wrong?" Shen Zhiyi looked down at it.

Little Lightning looked up at her and meowed.

Shen Zhiyi understood and helped it turn on the self-heating hot pot.

Little Lightning gracefully leaped onto the table and sniffed the aroma of the self-heating hot pot.

It hasn't been here for a while, and I haven't had a self-heating hot pot in ages. I really miss it.

While Xiao Shandian was eating, Shen Zhiyi took out some snacks and gave some spicy ones to Xiao Shandian separately.

The rest were given to the Gudu Beasts.

Then she remembered Nalan Zhao standing to the side. She hesitated for a moment. Nalan Zhao probably hadn't eaten these before, right?

Shen Zhiyi thought to herself, then silently took out some more and put them on the table.

"Your Immortal Cloud Island probably doesn't have these, right? Want to try some?" Shen Zhiyi kicked Nalan Zhao's foot.

Nalan Zhao was focused on watching Little Lightning eat and hadn't noticed Shen Zhiyi's movements. He only realized what was happening after being kicked. "Huh?"

After recalling what Shen Zhiyi had just said, he replied with an "okay".

He picked up a small bag of nuts, took one, and put it in his mouth.

This was a taste he had never experienced before.

Because he suffers from anorexia, he has a poor appetite and rarely touches many things.

First, I don't want to eat it; second, I can't eat it.

They were afraid that eating these things would worsen his anorexia.

“It’s delicious.” Nalan Zhao ate one nut after another, and soon finished the nuts in his hand.

“Nalan Zhao, how come you have anorexia?” Shen Zhiyi suddenly remembered that Nalan Zhao was sent to her by Nalan because of anorexia.

Nalan Zhao was taken aback when Shen Zhiyi suddenly asked this question, and felt a little down.

Seeing his expression, Shen Zhiyi realized that the cause of his anorexia might not be good, and quickly said, "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it, I was just asking casually."

"Because of my parents' deaths."

The two voices rang out at the same time.

Shen Zhiyi fell silent. She had guessed that the reason for the incident might not be good, but she hadn't expected it to be this way.

"I'm sorry, I..."

“It’s alright.” Nalan Zhao interrupted Shen Zhiyi’s words. He didn’t need anyone’s sympathy or pity.

Even though he knew that his parents' deaths had nothing to do with him, he still couldn't get over it.

Shen Zhiyi opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Nalan Zhao paused for a moment before continuing.

“I didn’t have anorexia before; on the contrary, I had a very good appetite.”

“On one occasion, when my parents were very busy and had to travel around, I said I wanted the glass fruit from Glass Island and asked them to bring it back for me.”

“My parents promised to bring it back for me when they passed by, but they never came back that time.”

"Everyone says that my parents died on the way to Liuli Island because of my unreasonable demands, which forced my already exhausted parents to go to Liuli Island and suffer something they shouldn't have suffered."

"I want that glass fruit because..."

Nalan Zhao stopped, seemingly unsure how to continue.

Finally, he said, "I didn't understand anything back then and thought it was my fault."

“I wanted to go to my parents, but they wouldn’t let me, so I started a hunger strike.”

"That's when I developed anorexia."

"Years later, I learned the truth about my parents' death from my uncle, but it was too late."

Nalan Zhao felt guilty.

He hated himself for taking the glass fruit. If he hadn't taken it, those people wouldn't have had the opportunity to take advantage of him, and his parents wouldn't have died.

Shen Zhiyi came over and sat down next to Nalan Zhao, then reached out and hugged him.

"It's not your fault."

Shen Zhiyi didn't say much, only that one sentence.

Just as she was about to let go of Nalan Zhao, he hugged her waist.

"Sister, am I really useless?" Nalan Zhao's voice was very low.

Hearing this, Shen Zhiyi felt that he was crying.

Shen Zhiyi sighed, but didn't break free from Nalan Zhao's embrace.

She reached out and patted Nalan Zhao's back, letting the boy bury his head in her neck and shoulder.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You're doing great," Shen Zhiyi reassured her. "Aren't you doing a great job right now?"

"You are also your parents' pride, so why would they blame you?"

Nalan Zhao responded sullenly, and held Shen Zhiyi even tighter.

Shen Zhiyi felt Nalan Zhao's strength and felt somewhat helpless, letting him hug her for a while to calm herself down.

However, after a while, even after she calmed down, she still wouldn't let go. This guy's scheme was about to backfire on her.

"That's enough, don't push your luck."

Shen Zhiyi gave a silent warning.

“Sister…” Nalan Zhao’s voice sounded a little aggrieved, but he didn’t mean it.

Shen Zhiyi said expressionlessly, "Don't call me 'sister,' I don't fall for that."

Nalan Zhao: "..." Playing dead.

"We'll count to three." Shen Zhiyi remained expressionless.

Before Shen Zhiyi could even start counting, Nalan Zhao reluctantly let go of her, his face full of grievance.

Go play somewhere else.

Little Lightning had finished eating and was squatting down, licking its paws.

Seeing Shen Zhiyi looking at it, Little Lightning lazily meowed in response.

"Good boy." He even reached out and touched Little Lightning.

The other kids were already playing happily in the living room.

While playing, he ran over to play with Shen Zhiyi again.

Unable to resist the fluffy charm, Shen Zhiyi naturally chose to join in.

Nalan Zhao watched as Shen Zhiyi accompanied the star beasts, still feeling aggrieved about Shen Zhiyi's earlier refusal to let him hold her.

Shen Zhiyi glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, and of course knew what he was thinking. She snorted and ignored him.

The star beasts gradually left, leaving only Little Lightning to stay in Shen Zhiyi's villa.

Little Lightning spends his days lazily lounging on the sofa, or huddled in the trees outside with the squirrels.

And the fish that Little Lightning brought was a bit too big; it couldn't fit in one pot.

I cut it into pieces and made a pot of spicy fish.

Little Lightning ate happily, and Shen Zhiyi ate happily too.

The other two people and two beasts were in a bit of pain.

They weren't very good at eating spicy food, but they couldn't resist how delicious it was. They ate and drank water at the same time, unwilling to put down their chopsticks.

"A bunch of noobs." Shen Zhiyi attacked everyone indiscriminately.

Nalan Zhao glanced at Shen Zhiyi with a wronged expression, not daring to refute.

His nose and mouth were a little red from the spiciness.

Shen Zhiyi felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze.

"Yiyi, can we not make it so spicy next time?" Fox Moon couldn't stand any spiciness either.

Shen Zhiyi laughed at them, "Alright, alright, next time we'll make sauerkraut fish."

This put their minds at ease.

Nalan Zhao returned to Xianyun Island and did not return to Shen Zhiyi's Nebula for several days.

As usual, Shen Zhiyi sent the cooked meal to Nalan Zhao.

Each time, he would receive a "Thank you, sister, the food is delicious, I like it very much" from Nalan Zhao.

But they didn't say when they would be back.