Scientific Travel

It turns out that even a bunch of delicious foods, when put together, don't necessarily taste good.

It was even quite unpalatable.

Deng Yin saw him tinkering with these things from the very beginning. She thought he would come to call her for dinner, but he didn't.

While Gou Dan was lost in thought because the food was so unpalatable, Deng Yin sighed and said, "He must be embarrassed to invite me to eat because I saw his body. That's why he's eating alone in silence. He must feel embarrassed to face me."

Deng Yin has a sixth sense in some ways, which, although inaccurate, she has always believed to be accurate.

After all, she was in the wrong first, and Deng Yin wasn't someone who cared much about saving face. She pushed open the door and sat down opposite Gou Dan.

Bai Guo (a type of hot pot) doesn't require much cooking skill; the taste of the food depends entirely on the dipping sauce.

But when Deng Yin saw the pot of chili peppers that Gou Dan had cooked, he couldn't help but ask, "What are you making? Boiled chili peppers? Do you need to prepare so many side dishes for this kind of thing?"

"This is a hundred pots."

"..."

Looking closely, this thing really does resemble a hot pot, where a bunch of things are put into hot water to rinse. The bowl in front of Dog Egg probably contains dipping sauce. He put in too much food; Deng Yin initially thought it was a bowl of side dishes.

"Hahaha, I was wondering why it looked so much like a pot of chili peppers..." Deng Yin tried to comfort Gou Dan, but still couldn't help asking, "So why did you cut the chili peppers into pieces and put them in to cook? Wouldn't it be easier to eat them if you just put them in whole?"

Dog Egg's face grew darker and darker. Only then did Deng Yin realize his true purpose, and changed the subject: "This piece of meat is cooked. Let me taste it and see how it tastes."

Deng Yin had already made up her mind that no matter how the meat tasted, she would praise it against her conscience.

Seeing that Deng Yin had swallowed it, Gou Dan's face was full of amusement. He asked softly, "How was it? Was it delicious?"

"well......

It tastes awful!

Deng Yin had never felt that his conscience was so intolerant of betrayal; every second he ate the piece of meat in his mouth felt like torture. They say life has a hundred flavors, and Deng Yin could taste a hundred flavors in that piece of meat too.

You can taste all the most basic flavors like sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty on this piece of meat. Deng Yin even tasted a few flavors that he didn't know how to describe.

"Hahahahaha..." Gou Dan was amused by Deng Yin's reaction. He originally thought it was hard to eat, but seeing how Deng Yin originally wanted to lie and say it was delicious, but finally couldn't help but tell the truth, he suddenly felt that it wasn't so bad.

It's true that food that tastes bad doesn't taste so bad once it's shared.

Deng Yin was dissatisfied with his reaction and frowned, saying, "Are you crazy?"

Dog Egg nodded in agreement and said, "That's true to some extent, but it's mainly because your expression just now was too funny."

Deng Yin laughed too, deliberately raising her voice, and said, "It's alright, not as funny as your face rolling around on the ground in pain."

Dog Egg's expression changed instantly; he hadn't forgotten why he'd been bitten by the dog.

Deng Yin assumed he was embarrassed by what he'd said about his embarrassing moment, so she naturally changed the subject. "I really felt bad for my stomach just now, so I'm planning to make it up to it. Do you want to come with me?"

"want."

The ingredients were all chopped. Deng Yin instructed Gou Dan to carefully scrub the pot. Although she didn't say it explicitly, Gou Dan understood.

She was afraid of lingering smells.

Even if Deng Yin hadn't said anything, Gou Dan would have done it anyway.

After all, that smell... should definitely be avoided if it lingers.

“I bought a lot of base ingredients before, and I just put two portions in the cellar. Next time you want to eat it, just go to the cellar and get it.” Deng Yin came up from the cellar and said to Gou Dan, “Now I will teach you how to make the dipping sauce.”

Gou Dan had no interest in studying. He asked Deng Yin, "Why should I study? Since my indenture is with you, I'll definitely stay with you for the rest of my life unless something unexpected happens. Why don't you just transfer me to a different job?"

Deng Yin tapped Gou Dan's head with the other side of his chopsticks. He said, "You know you were sold to me? Anyone who didn't know better would think you were my master. No respect for elders, call me master."

"Master," Gou Dan obediently did as instructed.

"Good boy/girl, here's a cake for you."

Deng Yin didn't want the two of them to act like natives of this world. Although she said that he was bought by her, there was no master-servant distinction between them in their daily interactions.

She's suddenly saying all this now simply because she's realized the importance of rules.

If she had set rules for Gou Dan beforehand, he wouldn't have been bitten by the dog, and none of the subsequent events would have happened.

How can such a powerful system be so fragile?

Being struck by lightning makes you dizzy, being bitten by a dog makes you dizzy, all that strength for nothing.

When they had almost finished eating, Deng Yin asked Gou Dan, "Tell me, what were you doing at the neighbor's house in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

"Huh?" Gou Dan feigned ignorance, trying to get away with it. "I didn't."

"If you lie to me again, I'll take half your cake away."

"No, no, no, I'll tell you, okay?" Gou Dan said reluctantly, "I was just bored in the middle of the night, so I went out for a walk and accidentally ended up at his house."

"Can't you at least prepare a draft before you lie?" Deng Yin said. "How careless do you have to be to climb over a two-meter-high wall and sneak into someone's house?"

"Well...maybe it's because I have long legs, I just flipped over easily." Gou Dan knew this reason was far-fetched, so he decided to take the initiative and asked Deng Yin, "Wait a minute, how did you know I went to the neighbor's house?"

“Their dog supposedly had its jaw dislocated by thieves. For the two days you were unconscious, they cursed at you in the yard every morning. Look at my dark circles.” Deng Yin sat closer to Gou Dan so Gou Dan could see his dark circles. “They started cursing at dawn every day, and it would last at least an hour. Do you know how I survived those days?”

Gou Dan asked sheepishly, "So how is it now?"

"It should be fine now." Deng Yin had heard someone mention that someone in their family was a martial arts practitioner and very experienced in treating dislocations.

"By the way," Deng Yin specifically instructed Gou Dan, "Don't mention that you were bitten by a dog when you go out. Their family is currently searching for the culprit."

Dog Egg was somewhat surprised: "Is it really necessary? To make such a fuss over a dog?"

"Of course!" Deng Yin was moved by their perseverance and went outside to inquire about the situation. "It is said that the dog once saved the family's child's life, and they have always treated it like family."