Chapter 218 Games and Medicinal Diet

The next day, around three in the afternoon.

Huang Xu returned to Longshan Apartment with a bunch of things he had just bought.

When he opened the door, he found Sunny was the only one sitting in the living room, playing the game that he had not finished yesterday.

"Why are you alone at home? Where are the other two?"

"Hara has returned to Japan, and Mari has gone to the company to train for the new album."

When Sunny heard Huang Xu's voice, she glanced at Huang Xu out of the corner of her eye, and then turned her attention back to the TV screen.

Because at this time, the game protagonist Isaac she was controlling was carefully guarding against monsters that suddenly appeared.

Dead Space 3 is a third-person shooting (horror) game and the third installment in the Dead Space series, and it is also its pinnacle work.

It can bring players the deep fear of outer space with its excellent atmosphere creation and plot. The game content not only includes the exploration of confined spaces, but also adds the exploration of planetary environments with harsh climate and terrain, which can bring players an experience different from previous games.

sunny has been immersed in this game since she saw it the day before yesterday.

Huang Xu looked at Sunny's focused look and didn't say anything else.

He got up early today, made a simple breakfast for a few people, then drove to pick up Chen Fangyi and the other person and came to the company.

Today is the third day since the two of them came to Korea. He also wants to take him to do some serious work, find the programmers here, and deal with the issue of porting the software to China.

After all, the spokesperson has been found and the contract is about to be signed. The software also needs to be transplanted and optimized for the Chinese market.

This sounds troublesome, but it’s actually not that troublesome.

After all, mobile phone software nowadays mainly consists of two camps, Android and IOS systems.

As for the Symbian system which still has many users, Huang Xu gave up directly and did not plan to make software for the Symbian system.

After all, the Symbian system seems to have a lot of users now, but it will disappear in a very short time and disappear in the vast sea of ​​machines.

Therefore, they only need to create software that is compatible with Android and iOS.

And now the company already has the software for these two systems, it just needs to be translated into Chinese and simply adapted to the domestic environment.

It can be said to be very simple.

Therefore, Huang Xu and Chen Fangyi only took half a day, and before noon, they had completed the communication on this matter.

After all, now we just need to communicate a rough framework and get to know some people. The rest can be communicated through the Internet after returning to China.

Therefore, before noon, Huang Xu took Chen Fangyi and the other person out of the company, and then went to a nearby grilled beef intestine shop, where the two of them enjoyed the taste of Korean grilled beef intestines.

Then they took the two to the airport and sent them on the plane back home.

However, after seeing the two off, Huang Xu did not return to the company, but went to the supermarket to do some shopping, and then went straight back to the apartment.

He thought that Goo Hara had not been back for a long time, so this time he came back he wanted to make her some good food to supplement her nutrition.

She has been traveling in Japan for some time and has lost a lot of weight again, so Huang Xu wanted to take advantage of these two days to give her some weight loss.

I didn't expect that she would leave so soon.

Although Huang Xu was a little surprised that the two left so quickly, he also understood them.

Goo Hara and her group are still on a schedule in Japan. Due to their own affairs, they are able to come back for a few days, which is a rare opportunity.

As for Choi Jin-ri, she now has just over a month left until the release of the group's second album.

From now on, the members of their group and the company's employees will enter high-speed operation in the next few months.

Every day is extremely busy and it will last until the end of the promotion period, only then will there be time to rest.

Therefore, Huang Xu was not surprised at their departure.

It’s a pity that they can’t enjoy the fresh ingredients they bought for the time being.

So Huang Xu first sent a message to Goo Hara, and then he simply processed the fruits and ingredients he bought, put them in the refrigerator according to categories, and then went to the sofa in the living room and sat next to Sunny.

Looking at the BOSS on the TV screen, which was as big as the moon and surrounding the earth, Huang Xu looked at Sunny in surprise.

"Is this BOSS so big?"

"Yes, it's ridiculously big."

Sunny also felt a little emotional at this time.

As a veteran gaming geek, she has a good understanding of games and can be considered well-informed.

But even so, she was still very curious about a BOSS of this size.

And most importantly, this BOSS is so huge in size, so it should be quite difficult to deal with him.

Therefore, now all her attention is focused on the game screen on TV, fearing that she may not be able to beat the opponent.

When Huang Xu saw this situation, he didn't dare to disturb her. He sat quietly next to Sunny and watched her operations.

What the two didn't expect was that five minutes later, when they looked at the BOSS that was destroyed by Sunny, they all had speechless expressions on their faces.

"That's it???"

"That's it."

Huang Xu listened to Sunny's puzzled words. Although he was speechless inside, he still nodded.

He also didn't expect that such a huge-looking BOSS would be so simple and easy to defeat. Sunny only took five minutes to defeat it.

But now that it has come to this, Huang Xu looked at Sunny who was speechless and even a little irritated and said.

"I remember this game has a two-player mode, how about we try it out?"

"it is good!"

Faced with Huang Xu's proposal, Sunny naturally would not object.

Seeing that Sunny had agreed with his idea, Huang Xu went directly to the next room, moved out another screen, and began to assemble related equipment.

When he and Sunny were decorating the apartment, they had already considered the possibility of playing online games, so they had made certain preparations.

While Huang Xu was preparing the equipment, Sunny got up and started looking for some of her favorite snacks in the storage room.

In fact, snacks are the biggest enemy of girl group idols, and they generally don’t eat these things.

After all, these things are very easy to make them gain weight after eating, making their figures out of shape.

However, since they usually eat monotonous and tasteless food, they want to eat these snacks even more.

So they are more careful when eating, just eating a little bit to taste it.

There are even many girl group idols who have revealed on the show that they share a bag of potato chips with four or five people.

But Sunny doesn’t have such worries now.

After being with Huang Xu, Sunny's daily exercise volume has increased a lot. Even if she indulges herself occasionally, it doesn't have much of an impact.

After putting her favorite snacks on the sofa, Sunny turned around and went to the kitchen, took out some fruits from the refrigerator, washed them, and then cut them into a fruit platter and brought them out.

At this time, Huang Xu had already assembled the equipment and was ready to start the game.

So in the following time, Huang Xu and Sunny half-lying on the sofa, eating snacks and playing games, having a great time for a while.

Indeed, after the two-player mode of this game is turned on, the scenes and animations that appear are slightly different.

Not only are there many new interactive options, but the game's plot also has some differences from the single-player version.

Therefore, even though he had played one-sidedly with Sunny, he did not feel bored and had a lot of fun playing with Huang Xu.

It was not until Sunny felt a little tired that she put down the game controller and stretched her stiff body and sore eyes.

"so tired."

"Then why do you play for so long?"

Huang Xu looked at Sunny's tired state and started complaining.

In fact, he wanted to end the game two hours ago, but Sunny was having so much fun that he had no intention of ending it.

That's why the two of them have been playing until now.

But Huang Xu just complained, then looked up at the dark night sky outside the window, and said to Sunny:

"It's late now, are you hungry?"

"Not hungry."

Sunny took a look and saw that only the snacks in the packaging bags and the empty fruit plate were left, and she shook her head decisively.

Huang Xu also saw Sunny’s bulging belly, so he pulled Sunny up.

"Since you're not hungry, get up and move around."

"How about we go shopping together?"

"shop?"

Sunny was obviously moved by Huang Xu's proposal.

Speaking of which, she hasn't been shopping in Korea for a long time, and she also wants to go shopping on the streets with Huang Xu.

But this idea only lasted for a short time before she rejected it.

Given her and her group's fame, taking a boy shopping in a place like Korea would be tantamount to exposing herself.

No matter what kind of disguise she used, it was unlikely to escape the public's eyes.

Unless she doesn't communicate with anyone after she goes out, there is a high probability that she will be recognized.

And most importantly, the major night markets and shopping malls in Seoul are the key screening locations for paparazzi and scouts.

Even if she and Huang Xu could hide the truth from people outside the circle, they could not escape the eyes and cameras of these people.

Unless they go to a park with less traffic and poor lighting, they can reduce the probability of being discovered.

Therefore, after thinking about all this clearly, she could only shake her head helplessly and reject Huang Xu's proposal that made her heart beat.

Huang Xu looked at Sunny's helpless expression and there was nothing he could do. This was the disadvantage of Sunny being a celebrity, and it was also the price she needed to bear.

Unless she stops being an idol, she will always have concerns in this regard.

Even after a few years, when Sunny and her group disbanded and she was no longer a popular idol, she still had no way to escape from this.

Even if she lost her popularity, if people found out about her relationship with me, or if she married me, it would still be on the news in Korea.

All I can say is that by that time, compared to now, the influence may be lower, but there will still be people paying attention.

There is no way, this is the influence of the empress in South Korea.

So after thinking for a while, Huang Xu could only rub Sunny's hair with his hands and comfort her:
"Then let's wait a few days. Next time you have a holiday, we can go abroad together."

"Well, I'll definitely go shopping when I have a break next time."

After listening to Huang Xu's words, Sunny nodded and then asked Huang Xu.

"By the way, where are we going next time? Do you have any plans?"

"Not yet. Is there anywhere you want to go now?"

"No, as long as there's something delicious and fun to do, and no one knows us, it's fine."

"That's it."

Huang Xu scratched his head with a headache, and then he quickly thought about the destination for his next trip.

Although he had not traveled to many places in his past and present lives combined.

However, he had experienced the era of self-media in his previous life. Through short videos, he watched many travel vlogs of travel bloggers and traveled to many places online.

So after thinking for a while, he said to Sunny:

"If you go to China at this time, there are many fun places. For example, it is spring now, and many ingredients are fresh. We can go upstream from the mouth of the Yangtze River and taste the fresh ingredients while enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way."

"In addition to seasonal ingredients, many kinds of fruits are ripe in this season, such as lychees, cherries, mulberries, and mangoes, which are just coming on the market now."

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sunny couldn't help swallowing as she listened to Huang Xu's description of the various spring delicacies.

For South Korea, due to its small land area, materials are relatively scarce and the variety of products is also relatively rare.

Therefore, when I heard Huang Xu talking about the various spring delicacies along the Yangtze River, I couldn't help but feel a little greedy.

Influenced by Chinese culture, Korea also has the idea of ​​eating seasonal ingredients, and is quite popular with all kinds of spring ingredients. Many people drive to the mountains in spring to look for fresh wild vegetables to eat.

But after counting them, there are only a few types.

Now, after hearing Huang Xu talk about spring ingredients, there are already twenty or thirty kinds, and Huang Xu hasn't finished yet. How could she not be longing for it?
Huang Xu also said that China's lychees are now beginning to ripen, which makes Sunny even more eager to eat them.

The fruit lychee is not unfamiliar to Korea and can even be said to be very famous.

Because the climate in South Korea does not support the growth of lychees, lychees can only be imported.

However, there is a very serious problem with imported lychees, which is that the lychees will ferment and rot in a very short time after being picked.

Therefore, preservation becomes an issue that must be considered.

This has resulted in fresh lychees being a very rare fruit in Korea, and many people have never even seen it.

Even a famous idol like Sunny has only tasted canned lychees.

As a result, when Huang Xu said that now was the season for lychees to ripen, he could no longer hold back, so he grabbed Huang Xu's hand and asked:
"How many lychees are there? Will it be hard to buy them? After all, there are so many people in China."

"How much? Is it hard to buy?"

When Huang Xu heard Sunny's question, his expression became a little tense.

Although his hometown does not produce lychees, he has eaten lychees a lot since he was a child and has never felt that lychees are scarce.

After all, when the season arrives, fruit shops and street vendors all sell lychees.

It is also difficult to preserve. In order to sell out as quickly as possible, merchants generally do not charge a high price, basically just a few yuan per pound.

Huang Xu has also seen that for lychees that have not been sold after two days, the store owners directly offer discounts on them, and some are even given away directly to regular customers.

This shows how popular this thing is in China.

And if Huang Xu remembered correctly, the current global lychee planting area is only more than 10 million acres, and China has a planting area of ​​7 to 8 million acres, and the output accounts for 70% of the global output.

Therefore, there is really no shortage of lychees in China.

After listening to Huang Xu's story, Sunny's mouth opened wide. She found it hard to accept for a moment.

It is a very precious fruit in Korea, but it is so common in China that it was a bit hard to accept at first.

Huang Xu felt helpless when he saw Sunny's shocked expression.

Although Sunny and I had been to China several times, she was more aware of the size of China than most Koreans.

But when I hear something new, I am still shocked.

This is a huge gap from the education they received since childhood, so Huang Xu waited patiently for her to slowly react.

Sunny did not disappoint Huang Xu's expectations. This time, it only took her a very short time to recover from the shock.

After all, this kind of thing that happened is not the first time, and we have developed a certain immunity to it.

And the moment he woke up, he anxiously grabbed Huang Xu's hand.

"Let's take a plane to Huaxia tonight. I want to taste some fresh lychees."

"Ah? You are a little too anxious. If we want to go, we have to wait until your next break. It won't be too late for us to go then."

"But, were there still lychees at that time?"

"Do not worry!"

Huang Xu gently stroked Sunny's hand and comforted her:
"There are many varieties of lychees in China, some early-ripening and some late-ripening. From now on, over the next three or four months, lychees of different varieties from different origins will be available on the market."

"So long?"

Sunny's face, which had just calmed down, showed a surprised expression again.

She didn't expect that there would be so many varieties of lychees and that they would be on the market for such a long time.

Therefore, she could only speak to Huang Xu with some envy.

"I really envy you. You can have so many kinds of lychees to eat."

"Well, if you really want to eat it, we can go over there often to taste it."

Looking at Sunny's envious expression, Huang Xu could only comfort her with a few words.

At the same time, he also felt some feelings in his heart.

He had always heard that China was vast and rich in resources, but he never felt much about it.

But after what Sunny did today, he really felt something. He had never thought that lychees, which are very common in China, could cause such a big reaction from Sunny, a star idol.

After all, this thing is so common.

At the same time, he also had deep resentment towards the customs in South Korea. Why do you have to have such a severe entry policy?

Otherwise, they just need to ask their friends to send some to Korea.

Even if they have to bring it back and forth manually by plane, it is not a problem. This way they don't have to go to China specifically to taste it.

But he just complained.

There is some logic behind what the Korean Customs did.

They also have to ensure their own agricultural and sideline products industry and the security of their own country.

So after complaining for a while, Huang Xu hugged Sunny and continued to explain.

"And after visiting these, we can also go to China's Yunnan Province. The various mountain delicacies there should have started to be shipped. We can..."

Huang Xu has actually always had a yearning for Yunnan Province.

Apart from the climate and natural scenery here, what remains are the various mountain delicacies.

Huang Xu had been obsessed with the wild delicacies here since he tasted them once in 2017 in his previous life. Unfortunately, he did not have the chance to return there again, which made him feel very regretful.

Although I later bought a lot of mushrooms through various online shopping platforms, the taste of them could not compare with what I ate anywhere else.

Of course, it may be that the ones he bought online were not as fresh as those elsewhere, or it may be because many of the mushrooms he ate there were poisonous and they dared not sell them online.

In short, the mushrooms purchased online and those eaten locally have completely different tastes.

Especially those slightly poisonous mushrooms, the aroma after cooking is unmatched by other mushrooms.

That's why Huang Xu can't forget that place.

After listening to Huang Xu's story, Sunny was a little dumbfounded and looked at Huang Xu with some uncertainty.

"Since you know those mushrooms are poisonous, why do you still want to eat them?"

"You do not understand."

Huang Xu looked at Sunny's shocked expression and began to explain patiently.

"In fact, those toxins are not highly toxic, and after being cooked at high temperatures, they are no longer toxic and taste extremely delicious."

"But that's too dangerous. Why would anyone do that? What if the toxins aren't completely removed?"

"Forehead"

Hearing this, Huang Xu rubbed his nose guiltily.

The reality is indeed just as Sunny said. Although the government issues warnings every year and publicizes various safety knowledge about edible fungi, we still see news about people going to the hospital due to mushroom poisoning almost every year.

There are even many news reports of people dying from eating mushrooms.

But people everywhere are still chasing after this wild delicacy.

However, Huang Xu did not tell Sunny all this. Instead, he just took her hand and comforted her.

"Don't worry, if we go to taste it, we will definitely go to those regular restaurants, where the processing will be more professional, no problem."

"And haven't you heard about the Japanese's love for pufferfish? It's also a highly poisonous fish. After being processed by professional chefs, not only will the toxins disappear, but the taste will also be extremely delicious."

"Indeed, we tasted this when we went to Japan."

After hearing Huang Xu's example of puffer fish, Sunny understood China's approach.

But she was still a little worried, so she asked Huang Xu:

"What if the chef didn't clean it properly and there are toxins in it?"

"Well, besides being famous for its mushrooms, their doctors are also excellent at treating food poisoning."

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"But don't worry, we will definitely not eat those poisonous mushrooms when we go there, don't worry."

Huang Xu felt a little embarrassed when he saw Sunny's speechless expression, but he immediately spoke.

"And we don't have to go here. We have other places to choose from."

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"Where else?"

"Um, how was New Zealand when Zhenli and her friends went to record the show?"

In response to Sunny's question, Huang Xu reacted quickly, and then he remembered Choi Jin-ri who had just returned yesterday.

I also remembered Sunny's longing expression when Choi Jin-ri was telling the story yesterday.

So I quickly asked her tentatively to see if she liked it here.

Sunny pondered for a moment and said to Huang Xu:

"New Zealand is also a good choice, but we'll decide where to go when we have a break."

"Okay, we'll talk about it later."

Huang Xu followed Sunny's words and said something along her lines. Then he looked at the time. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening. So he pointed at Sunny's slightly bulging belly and asked her:
"Why don't you go exercise for a while over there while it's still early."

"Ah~~, that's annoying."

Sunny looked at Huang Xu pointing at her and threw the pillow next to her at him.

Then he stood up and prepared to go to the next room to do some exercise to help digest the food.

Although she doesn't like sports, as a professional idol, she still has very high standards for herself.

I ate so many snacks today. If I don’t exercise to burn them off, I will definitely gain weight tomorrow.

But as she left, she spoke viciously to Huang Xu.

"You have to stay with me too."

"I understand, but I'll go make some soup first."

"stew?"

"Yes, it's the kind we eat in Yangcheng."

Huang Xu got up and went to the kitchen, took out the squab that he had bought at a high price today from the refrigerator, and showed it to Sunny.

"Didn't I buy some herbs for stewing soup last time I was in Yangcheng?"

"At that time, I was thinking that I would make some soup for you guys when I have time to nourish your body."

"But I was busy and didn't have much time, so I didn't make any. When I went to the market this afternoon, I saw these fresh pigeons, so I bought a few and prepared to stew some soup for you to try."

"It's a pity that Hola and the others didn't get to enjoy this feast."

Huang Xu explained while operating and soon found a casserole. Then he put the cleaned squab and prepared medicinal materials into the casserole.

After adding water, Huang Xu did not put the casserole on the gas stove, but put it directly into the steamer and started setting the time.

The method he is using now is actually the Cantonese cooking method of stewing in water.

The soup made with this method has a clear and mellow taste without destroying the nutrients in it. It is a cooking method often used in Cantonese cuisine.

Sunny was watching Huang Xu's operation, thinking about something in her mind. After Huang Xu put the casserole into the steamer, she asked Huang Xu uncertainly:

"Is this the medicinal food that is good for the body that you mentioned?"

"Yes, this is also a kind of medicinal food, and it does have certain benefits for the body."

"How's the effect?"

"Well, I don't know the effect, but it should be good."

(End of this chapter)