Xi Xi deftly took out a small porcelain jar from the cabinet, boiled a pot of water, and gently put in the tea bag that her mother had taken from the Dongli Post Station.
The aroma of tea instantly filled the air, like the morning mist, refreshing and intoxicating.
"Is this person reliable?" Chu Zhiqin looked at her daughter, who was already busy, with some doubt and said, "The public chat says that the girl you traded with is not a good person!"
"They said she betrayed her teammates! On server 891! That's why there was so much hostility towards her in the public chat..."
As Xi Xi took a can of evaporated milk from the car refrigerator, she said casually, "I was just making a deal with her, we're not close friends, we each got what we needed."
She slowly poured the evaporated milk into the tea, added an appropriate amount of white sugar, and gently stirred with a spoon until the two were perfectly blended, creating a unique color and aroma.
"But..." Chu Zhiqin's expression darkened, a sense of unease creeping over her. But... wouldn't making a deal with this kind of person be like diverting trouble to her own family...?
Xi Xi casually turned on the induction cooker, put in all the chopped red dates and white algae, and slowly simmered them.
She knew that everyone on the public screen was driven by self-interest, and the fact that they could speak with one voice and condemn each other showed that most of them were in the same boat and belonged to a community of shared interests.
The "evil" of human nature lies precisely in this: because their own interests are at stake, people will speak without thinking.
"I'm not talking about the person, and I don't think there's anything wrong with her behavior in this matter." Xi Xi carefully stirred the prepared roasted milk evenly and put the lid on. "If my family members were facing a crisis, I would also use intelligence as a bargaining chip. To act as some kind of righteous person at this time would be too high-sounding."
"Besides, that Earth Spirit Guardian Shield is really good. Mom, you should have noticed that since the last earthquake, people are in a state of panic. There are many people on the public chat who want the Earth Spirit Guardian Shield, but they just can't buy the Algae Rose Roasted Milk."
"The rhetoric used to attack Yoo Eun-hee is just like the way you haggle in the market, shaking your head every few steps!"
Chu Zhiqin first glared at Xi Xi, then nodded in agreement. She gently lifted the lid of the porcelain jar, and a rich aroma of milk and tea, mixed with a hint of the unique fragrance of white algae rose, wafted out.
“But this rose-flavored roasted milk is for removing the debuff…” Xi Xi said hesitantly while portioning out the roasted milk, “I was exhausted before and had on me all day, I really don’t know why she wants 10 portions…”
Xi Xi pondered for a moment and decided to try to get some information out of Liu Enxi.
She has no sense of righteousness and doesn't care whether a person is good or bad. As long as they don't pose a threat to her or her family, everyone is pretty much the same in Xi Xi's eyes.
If Liu Enxi really is some utterly wicked person, then things will get even more interesting. Let her show her what it means to "be punished by other wicked people"...
Xi Xi was eager to try her luck, but to her surprise, after receiving the roasted milk, Liu Enxi disappeared for a while, and then said a lot of grateful words.
Before she could even try to get any information out of them, the other party revealed the whole truth without holding anything back.
Xi Xi then realized that, similar to the desert, there was also a unique storyline deep inside the tunnel! Liu Enxi was besieged on all sides because of this unique boss.
Liu Enxi (Peaceful): "That Boss is very strange. It makes a sound similar to a guqin (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument). As soon as we hear that sound, we get a 'Fatigue' debuff."
Liu Enxi (flat): "My sister was seriously injured and is still unconscious. She's been like this for many days... She was already weak, and now that Boss has added fatigue to her body..."
Liu Enxi (Ping): "Anyway, thank you for the roasted milk. I just fed it to her."
Xi Xi was naturally suspicious, so she pressed for details, and Liu Enxi answered all her questions without hesitation, which didn't seem like she was just making things up.
The other person's frankness made Xi Xi feel a little strange. This person, who was considered a bad guy by everyone and had even betrayed his teammates, was actually revealing his true feelings to her without reservation... It just didn't seem right.
Xi Xi (Xiao Ji): "How did you know that 'Rose Baked Milk' can relieve 'fatigue'?"
Xi Xi remained silent for a long time before finally realizing the most illogical part.
comes from "Dongli's Time: A Beginner's Cooking Tutorial", which she won in a cooking competition.
According to what was said on the public screen, no one knew about this functional food, and it wasn't even sold in the food court at the transit station.
As expected, the other side remained silent after the brief question, and only sent a reply after a long while.
Liu Enxi (Ping): "Actually, you probably already know from the public chat. I have a former teammate named Cui Quan."
Liu Enxi (Ping): "He's the guy who came in second in the food competition... He had a recipe slip in his lucky bag, which I traded with him for a high-quality hammer."
Liu Enxi (Ping): "I told you, you might not believe it... I didn't want to switch with him in the first place... He's not a good person."
Xi Xi raised an eyebrow. Cui Quan? A note? Why does it feel so familiar, like something out of a poem?
Xi Xi vaguely remembered that Li Jinshao seemed to know Cui Quan as well. When they were talking about the blue stone and blue mushroom soup, Li Jinshao mentioned that Cui Quan had received several sheets of paper with recipes written on them.
When she first heard about it, she had doubts. Now, after comparing the prizes of Chu Zhiqin and Li Jinshao in the Silk Competition, Xi Xi became even more certain that the person named Cui Quan had deliberately concealed "Dongli Zhijian: Elementary Cooking Tutorial" and had copied several recipes by hand to deceive Li Jinshao.
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