And Huo Yushen is not someone who likes to tell others about his private affairs.
But under Xia Chujian's stubborn look of defending her self-esteem, he did not hide it.
Huo Yushen said calmly, "I was injured when I was a child, and my taste buds were damaged. Everything I eat has no taste."
Xia Chujian was curious: "...What kind of injury is this? So strange? Does it only attack the taste system?"
Huo Yushen said: "...when I was very young...after my injury healed, the only part that didn't heal was my taste buds."
Xia Chujian felt a little sympathetic towards him: "You've been like this since you were very young? Can't it be cured?"
Huo Yushen said: "I've checked it out, and the doctor said that the gene chain related to taste has collapsed and cannot be restored."
Xia Chujian understood.
The Beichen Empire is completely helpless against gene-related diseases.
So it cannot be cured at all.
Xia Chujian tutted his words: "... then you really don't have a good time."
"Okay, let me do it. You're not picky about taste anyway."
Huo Yushen was still a little worried and asked, "Can you really cook?"
Xia Chujian then said seriously: "Have you really investigated me?"
"I grew up in a poor family. Do you know that children from poor families have to grow up early?"
"I'm an expert at cooking! Everyone who eats it says it's delicious!"
Huo Yushen: "..."
He still doesn't understand that the saying "children from poor families grow up early" can be interpreted as "children from poor families cook delicious food"?!
But seeing Xia Chujian's confident look, Huo Yushen still gave way.
He thought, there are still nine phoenixes, so at worst, this one can be considered a waste.
No matter how bad Xia Chujian's cooking was, he would be able to finish it.
He couldn't taste it anyway.
Huo Yushen stood aside with his hands in his sleeves, watching Xia Chujian cook attentively.
He was thinking that if Xia Chujian was just pretending to be rich, he would definitely not laugh at her because he couldn't cook either.
However, as time went by, he discovered that Xia Chujian really could cook...
She prepared seasonings and side dishes skillfully, and her gestures in cutting vegetables were as steady as holding a sniper rifle.
When she finally put the chopped pheasant into the stew pot, Huo Yushen stared at her and said, "...Did you suffer a lot when you were a child?"
Xia Chujian thought for a moment and said seriously, "My first and greatest memory of suffering is hunger."
"I was still young at that time, but I already knew that even if I was hungry, I couldn't tell my aunt because it would make her even sadder."
Huo Yushen couldn't express his feelings at the moment, and only said: "Then your aunt is not a qualified elder."
This sentence actually annoyed Xia Chujian.
She said slightly angrily, "Don't say bad things about my aunt!"
"My aunt has many shortcomings, but no one is perfect."
"For example... you, you're so cold and indifferent to others, as if the whole world not only owes you money, but also owes you life!"
"Would you like to hear someone say that about you?!"
Huo Yushen didn't care and said, "It doesn't matter, I'm just like this."
Xia Chujian was unhappy again and said, "I won't let others say that about you, because you are the leader of my leader."
"To say something bad about you is to say that I have no future!"
"Ruining my future is like killing my parents. I will never forgive you!"
This was indeed a nice thing to say, but Huo Yushen felt a little uncomfortable listening to it.
He coughed and calmly changed the subject: "Do you miss your parents?"
Xia Chujian didn't fall for it at all and said without hesitation, "I don't want to, I really don't want to. Don't ask why, if you ask I'll just commit suicide. I've been dependent on my aunt since I was born. She's the best aunt in my mind."
"No matter how good other people's parents are, they have nothing to do with me."
"I have my aunt, that's all."
Huo Yushen then said slowly: "You defend your aunt so much, I believe she really did her best to protect you."
Xia Chujian nodded: "Yes, everyone has different abilities and strengths."
"My aunt went through a very difficult time. Her health was very poor. I actually know that if she hadn't raised me, she would have... committed suicide long ago."
Huo Yushen was slightly startled: "You mean, your aunt has...depression?"
Xia Chujian said: "I think it was there in my early years, but I gradually got over it later."
"When she got out, she found a job right away, and I never had to go hungry again."
Huo Yushen asked, "How old were you when you weren't starving?"
Xia Chujian thought for a moment and said, "She should be in elementary school? Five and a half years old?"
Huo Yushen said, "Then do you know why your aunt suffered from depression in her early years?"
Xia Chujian said, "How should I know? Anyway, it must have been a sad thing that almost made her unable to get over it."
"I'm not so wicked as to make others recount their suffering just to satisfy my curiosity."
Huo Yushen said: "Sometimes talking is also a way to treat mental illness."
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