After taking a few bites, the corners of Xu Xin's mouth twitched a few times.
He felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
At present, they do not have soy sauce, chili pepper or other seasonings to cover the taste. They only have salt, but salt can enhance the flavor and even bring out the bitterness of the herbs. These dishes are simply bitter.
"Hmm..." Coco took only one bite and stopped eating. It pushed Xu Xin with its little paw. Xu Xin understood what it meant and handed it an apple. It crawled to the side with the apple in its mouth and started to eat it.
In this way, several people finished the meal of fried herbs.
"Wow, this meal... is so special." Li Wenxi stuck out his tongue. "So bitter!"
"...Sister Xuefei, if you need vegetables in the future, you can ask us for them..." Xu Xin's mouth was full of bitterness. He felt that this taste would probably linger in his mouth for a long time.
We must believe in the wisdom of our ancestors. Although there is nothing that is inedible, things that taste good are made into food, and things that taste bad are made into medicinal herbs.
Although this is a joke, the stir-fried meat with medicinal herbs... is really unpalatable.
"I don't care." Qi Xuefei didn't know whether she was insensitive to bitterness or had gotten used to it. She finished the meal with a calm expression throughout.
"I think it's okay." Ji Chaoyang put down his chopsticks and smiled, "Actually, it's not as good as bitter melon. I do like bitter melon salad."
Xu Xin's mouth twitched.
Cold bitter melon... Is that really something humans can eat...
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Everyone has eaten and drunk enough. Time is precious, so it's time for us to set off." He immediately ended the topic and stood up.
"Ying!" Coco climbed onto his shoulders in two moves.
The Silver King and the White Horse also stood up.
"Well...how should we go? I don't want to ride a wolf anymore..." Qi Xuefei looked at the Silver King.
Her face, which hadn't changed after eating such a bitter dish, turned pale in an instant. She was about to have a psychological trauma.
"There is a white horse here. Let Ji Chaoyang take you!" Li Wenxi pointed to the white horse which was a circle bigger than the Silver King.
"I can take you with me," Ji Chaoyang nodded. "Don't worry, a horse is much steadier to ride than a wolf."
"Well... okay then." Qi Xuefei glanced at Ji Chaoyang and agreed.
The four of them came to the tree house. Xu Xin pushed Li Wenxi onto the wolf's back and climbed onto the wolf himself.
On the other side, Ji Chaoyang also rode on a white horse, and Qi Xuefei was behind him, holding his waist.
"Wow, you two look like a perfect match, like Prince Charming and Snow White!" Li Wenxi leaned in Xu Xin's arms and teased while hugging Coco.
"Don't talk nonsense, you little girl!" Qi Xuefei glared at Li Wenxi, and Li Wenxi chuckled.
"Xu Xin, you lead the way. Let's go to Li Yajun's area first." Ji Chaoyang said to Xu Xin as if he didn't hear their conversation.
"Okay." Xu Xin nodded, then said to Silver King, "Silver King, let's go to the destroyed tree house first!"
"Awoo—" The Silver King howled like a wolf and rushed out suddenly.
Ji Chaoyang and Qi Xuefei followed closely behind.
"Hey Xu Xin, do you think Ji Chaoyang and Sister Xuefei are a good match?" Li Wenxi nudged him backward with his elbow and whispered, "They're a perfect match, both in appearance and age!"
"You bastard..." Xu Xin looked at her helplessly, "They just met today, and you're already trying to bring them together?"
"Hehe, don't they look like a perfect match? Think about it, Ji Chaoyang is obviously one year older than Sister Xuefei, but when they stand together, it looks like an older-younger-brother relationship. It's quite exciting!" The more Li Wenxi thought about it, the more it made sense.
"You're so love-brained!" Xu Xin patted her head gently. "A new crisis is about to hit. It's going to be very cold and difficult to get through. Wake up!"
"Hey, isn't it that I feel safe the moment I meet you all?" Li Wenxi said, crossing her legs and sitting sideways on the wolf's back. She hugged Xu Xin with both hands, resting her face in his arms, and whispered, "If we all work together, we will definitely get through this."
"Slow down, the Silver King is moving too fast in the jungle and we can't keep up!" Ji Chaoyang's voice came from behind.
"Oh, okay!" Xu Xin responded and asked Silver King to slow down a little.
Soon, the four saw the ruins of Ma Hongyu's collapsed tree house.
Qi Xuefei loosened her grip on Ji Chaoyang's waist, her face turning pale. It seemed like riding a wolf wasn't the only thing that was uncomfortable for her; riding a horse wasn't as comfortable for her either. However, it seemed much better than riding the Silver King.
"This is Ma Hongyu's tree house. We buried him nearby."
"I don't want to know where you buried the person." Ji Chaoyang shook his head. "Let's keep going. That tree house in the south is Li Yajun's, right?"
"That's right, it's..." Xu Xin stopped talking abruptly.
"What's wrong?" Several people looked at Xu Xin.
Xu Xin's eyes were fixed on the back of the ruins.
Following his eyes, the pupils of several people shrank.
I saw a touch of red swaying in the wind in the desolate area.
It was a half-meter-tall flower with yellow stamens and bright red petals, and it looked eerily beautiful.
"...Akagiri Flower?"
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