Lin Hu sat by the hot spring pool, soaked a towel in the hot spring water, wrung it out, and applied it to his eyes and forehead, then closed his eyes to rest.
Duan Linzhou deliberately avoided looking at Lin Hu from the beginning, and only turned his gaze to him after the other party closed his eyes to rest for a while without reacting.
Lin Husheng was very fair-skinned, and had dyed his hair red. The red hair was wet and clung to his neck and chest before spreading out in the water. The hot spring water was whitish and steaming, making it difficult to see clearly.
Duan Linzhou didn't know how long he watched, until he felt the fatigue in his body dissipate from the hot spring before he decided to get up.
Duan Linzhou called the other person's name several times but received no response. He then removed the towel from the other person's face and discovered that the other person was asleep with their eyes closed.
She has long eyelashes and a red mole under her right eye.
Duan Linzhou reached out, but then stopped. He was only a few centimeters away from the red mole. Duan Linzhou was puzzled. What was he going to do?
Shaking his head, he didn't want to think too much about it and could only helplessly lead the person out of the hot spring, otherwise they would really faint if they stayed in the water any longer.
When Lin Hu woke up the next day, it was already noon. He stared at the ceiling, lost in deep memories, but his mind was blank.
How did he get back to his room? He remembered falling asleep. Could he have sleepwalked, put on his clothes, and dried his hair?
Lin Hu thought for a while before remembering to check the time; it was almost one o'clock. He quickly took some food that had been prepared earlier from the warehouse and distributed it to the group before getting up to wash up.
After washing up but still not seeing Duan Linzhou, Lin Hu harvested all the crops. Since Duan Linzhou already knew about the existence of the secluded paradise, Lin Hu simply threw all the animals on the raft onto the island.
Now I only need to look at fruits and vegetables; I'm only busy with those three fruits right now.
After Lin Hu collected all the fruit, he lay down on a rocking chair under the grape trellis with Boss Zhou in his arms, planning to put some of the fruit on the market.
However, before that, he had to browse the 1097 system store, which had become a place he would visit whenever he had nothing else to do.
If I can't eat it, can't I at least watch it?
Looking at the crystal cores that were slowly accumulating, Lin Hu decided that next time he would buy a cooking machine first, and then a cake maker. That 10x10 perfect piece of land was too expensive, so he would wait and see.
Lin Hu figured that with the cooking machine coming up, they definitely needed plenty of ingredients, so they didn't put yesterday's mutated meat on the market.
Instead, they put the 200 bomb cherries they just received on the trading market, with a limit of two per person, each containing two level-two crystal cores.
He doesn't plan to list the others yet; he needs to keep some in his warehouse as a backup. Otherwise, once the raft's protection expires, other players might attack his raft, and that would be his life-saving weapon.
Although the store had even more advanced attack weapons and seeds, he was currently poor and wanted many things, so he couldn't bring himself to swipe his black card.
After seeing that several people had bought his bomb cherries, Lin Hu went to check the chat area to see if anyone would come out and give him free advertising.
After waiting for a while, someone sent a message interspersed among a bunch of random chats.
At first, no one noticed. It was only after someone who had also bought it commented and tagged that person that people started to notice.
[?: @Wangxx: I bought it too, but I only read the introduction and haven't used it yet.]
[Wang xx: It's really awesome. I was just curious and threw it into the sea, and it made a huge splash.]
[Luo xx: I bought one too. The description says it can damage level 1 and 2 monsters. I'll try it out on the island tonight.]
[? ? ?: Wow, they actually dared to come to the island! I once passed by a small island covered in peach blossoms, and before I even got close, a swarm of bees the size of my fist tried to sting me. I was so scared that I ran away as fast as I could.]
[? ? : Don't say anything, me too, I get nervous whenever I see an island.]
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After that, few people talked about his bomb cherry, probably because many people were waiting to see the results after those who bought it used it.
Around two or three in the afternoon, Lin Hu finally got up from his rocking chair, hungry, to prepare a meal.
Only then did they realize that Duan Linzhou hadn't returned yet, and they didn't know where he had gone or how he had replied to their messages.
Lin Hu had no choice but to cook first, taking out the pigeon and a bunch of miscellaneous soup ingredients that he had unpacked earlier to make soup.
Two hours later, Lin Hu had already started drinking the soup, but Duan Linzhou was still nowhere to be seen.
Lin Hu kept one bowl in the warehouse to keep it warm, and sent the rest to Duan's parents.
After drinking for a while, Lin Hu continued to prepare dinner. Having slept too long during the day and not having much to do, Lin Hu was full of energy and planned to give everyone an extra meal.
He caught a chicken and planned to make the spicy chicken he ate in Guizhou Province when he was a child. It just so happened that the glutinous rice cake with chili that he made a while ago was also finished.
Spicy chicken in many other places is dry, but the kind in Guizhou Province is oily and soupy.
Because it was a large, somewhat plump hen, after blanching it in water, I stir-fried it for a while longer in the oil. I didn't worry about wasting the excess oil; I made chili oil to use later, perfect for mixing with noodles or rice noodles.
After the food was cooked, Lin Hu made a light dish of cabbage and meatballs, and at seven o'clock sharp, he sent the dish, soup, and rice to Cheng Yuan and the others.
Lin Hu carried the dishes outside one by one, and was about to go back inside to get the bowls when he caught a glimpse of a figure emerging from the golden light beside the raft.
"You're back at just the right time. Go wash up and come over for dinner."
After recognizing Duan Linzhou, Lin Hu greeted him and went back inside to get a bowl.
"What delicious food did you make?" Duan Linzhou asked as he caught up.
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