Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

Xinghe's ears turned red as he obediently followed Li Xingyu's movements, holding his wrist.

Our Xinghe, on the surface, appears to be a gentle and refined gentleman, but deep down he is actually a very shy and obedient child.

"Xinghe? Have you remembered it?" Li Xingyu looked at Xinghe, who seemed a little dazed, with some confusion.

"Ah? Oh, I got it. Thank you, Little Feather." Xinghe replied quickly upon hearing Li Xingyu's words.

"Okay, now marinate the fish, and blanch the ribs and meat." Li Xingyu didn't notice Xinghe's odd behavior and was still arranging the next steps.

"Pickling? Blanching? What do you mean?" Xinghe asked, puzzled by Li Xingyu's words.

"It's a preparation method before cooking meat. It removes the fishy smell and blood foam from the meat and makes it more flavorful." Li Xingyu explained to Xinghe in simple terms as much as possible.

Xinghe nodded thoughtfully: "I see~"

"Okay. Come on, let's wash the scallions and ginger and chop them first." Li Xingyu replied to Xinghe while her hands didn't stop moving. She also called on Xinghe to wash and chop together. The two of them prepared the seasonings they would need later.

Blanch the ribs and meat separately in a pot with scallions and ginger. Then marinate the fish with scallions and ginger, and pour in cooking wine and light soy sauce.

It's strange, we have oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, pots and pans, but why don't we have cold dishes, stir-fries, or braised dishes?

What Li Xingyu didn't know was that her family prepared so many seasonings because someone in the family often cooked. Most of them were just for decoration, or they were just randomly added together, like the nutritious porridge in the morning. They had no idea about the proportions.

Li Xingyu put her doubts aside, told Xinghe the time needed for blanching and marinating, and then pulled Xinghe to pick vegetables.

As a butler system that already has a physical form, Xinghe can control all the appliances he marks, such as the bath water he prepared for Li Xingyu in the morning, the temperature control system in the ancestral house, and so on. It is a waste of his talents for Li Xingyu to ask him to pay attention to the time.

Actually, the main problem is that Li Xingyu doesn't know much about the appliances here, otherwise she could easily prepare a banquet on her own.

Because the blanching was done by putting the pot into cold water, and Li Xingyu didn't turn the heat up too high, it took a while to bring the water to a boil.

While they were at it, Li Xingyu pulled Xinghe along and helped him pick out the nearly full basket of water spinach. They also washed and cleaned the cucumbers, eggplants, green beans, and peppers. They chopped what needed to be chopped, drained what needed to be drained, and soaked what needed to be soaked in salt water.

In the middle, Li Xingyu placed the fish on a large plate, added scallion segments and ginger slices. Since there was no soy sauce, Li Xingyu made a sauce with a little light soy sauce and oyster sauce, poured it over the fish, and then put the fish into the pot to steam.

Steamed sea bass takes very little time, only about ten minutes. Li Xingyu told Xinghe to keep an eye on the time and turn off the heat when it was done.

I have to say, having a big kitchen is really great! I have several pots and pans, so I can easily cook several dishes at the same time. There's also a dishwasher and a robot vacuum—my interstellar kitchen helpers are incredibly useful, freeing up my hands.

After the vegetables were prepared, the ribs and meat were also blanched. The ribs and meat were poured out and washed to remove the blood foam. Just now, Li Xingyu asked Xinghe to watch the two pots of blanching water and to make sure to skim off the foam.

Xinghe washed the two pots used for blanching. Li Xingyu put the ribs and ginger into one pot and boiled it over high heat. She didn't know how this pot was made, but it felt similar to her old one. It needed to boil for about ten minutes. Then she opened the lid, put the corn in, and simmered it for about an hour. After adding salt, it was ready to serve.

Tell Xinghe what needs to be noted and ask him to keep an eye on the time. Li Xingyu put the white sugar into the wok and caramelized it because she couldn't find rock sugar and had to use white sugar instead.

After caramelizing the sugar, Li Xingyu poured the pork belly chunks into the wok, stir-fried them a few times to coat them evenly with the caramel, then added light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, and cinnamon and star anise that she had found in the nooks and crannies of the mustard seed space given to her by the main system, and continued to stir-fry.

When it feels almost done, add water to cover the pork belly. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for another 40 minutes. Finally, reduce the sauce over high heat until thickened, then it's ready to serve.

Li Xingyu checked the time, told Xinghe the precautions again, then controlled the hoverboard to descend, got off the hoverboard, put it away, and walked out of the kitchen.

Anyway, mixing cold dishes and stir-frying vegetables is quick and easy, so there's no need to rush now. The soup and braised pork will take a while to prepare.

As Li Xingyu left the kitchen, Xinghe followed leisurely behind her.

Are you kidding me? Do you think interstellar tools are a joke? Star River can already remotely control marked machines; he doesn't even need to be on-site.

Li Xingyu walked out of the kitchen and headed straight for the living room. She only remembered when she saw water being poured into the pot that she had hardly drunk any water all afternoon and her throat was a little dry.

As soon as Li Xingyu entered the living room, she saw her grandfather Qin Fengshi and Hu Yu's grandfather talking. The atmosphere was alright, but...

Li Xingyu turned to look at the floating sphere following behind her, her steps hesitant.

"Little Feather, what are you standing there for?" Qin Fengshi was the first to look over. They had already noticed Little Feather's mental energy fluctuations and were just waiting for her to come over.

Being a god-level ability user is no joke; their perception is incredibly strong, not to mention they've been on the battlefield. Almost as soon as Li Xingyu stepped out of the kitchen, the two of them had been keeping an eye on her.

Seeing that Li Xingyu had stopped, Xinghe slowly stopped beside her without saying a word.

Upon hearing Qin Feng's words, Li Xingyu looked at her two grandfathers who were watching her, pointed to the floating sphere that had drifted to her side and behind, and asked in her eyes.

"It's alright, come on over. We don't need to worry about these things anymore." Hu Yu smiled gently at Wen He and urged her to come over quickly.

They were both public figures before, and even if they weren't, they've been married to Grandma Li for so long that they've gotten used to it. In the past, it wasn't very convenient because of their work, but they still appeared in public quite often. Now that they're retired, they don't have to worry about it anymore.

Seeing her grandfather nod, Li Xingyu ran towards Qin Fengshi and the others, then threw herself into Qin Fengshi's arms: "Grandpa~ Hehe."

Xinghe followed Li Xingyu and came to the sofa. He nodded to the two elderly people and greeted them: "Grandpa Fox, Grandpa Qin, good evening."

Hu Yu nodded and smiled as he gestured for Xinghe to sit down: "Oh, little Xinghe, there's no need to be so polite. Come, come, sit down."

Xinghe smiled at Hu Yu, picked up the kettle on the table, filled Hu Yu and Qin Fengshi's cups with water, then poured a cup for Li Xingyu and handed it to Li Xingyu, who was peeking out from Qin Fengshi's arms and looking in his direction, her eyes crinkling: "Here, have some water to soothe your throat."

"Thank you, Xinghe." Li Xingyu took the water and sipped it slowly. She watched as Xinghe poured her a glass as well, and she sat down next to Hu Yu to drink it slowly.

"Little Feather, what delicious food are you and Xinghe making in the kitchen? It smells so good!"

The one who asked this question was Hu Yu. He looked at Li Xingyu, who was slowly drinking water, with a smile, and sniffed a few times as he spoke.

Animals have a keen sense of smell, let alone advanced ability users. The higher the level, the greater the enhancement and changes to the body. Everyone in the house should be able to smell it now, but they are not in the living room for the time being because they haven't finished dealing with the matter.

Looking at Hu Yu and Qin Feng, who were filled with anticipation, Li Xingyu brought up the live chat while explaining to them, "It's braised pork and corn and pork rib soup. You probably haven't tried these before. Let me tell you, they're delicious."

This time, Li Xingyu didn't bring up the bullet screen; instead, she watched the bullet screen in her live stream on a computer screen that was about 20 inches long (one inch ≈ 3.3cm) and 15 inches wide.

The barrage of comments and gifts in the live stream was flying by so fast that Li Xingyu could only see a large expanse of colorful light bars and dazzling special effects flashing past her eyes.

Li Xingyu slowly drank water while holding the cup in one hand, and controlled the computer screen with the other. She first turned off the gift effects, and then turned down the speed of the bullet comments until she could see the content of the bullet comments clearly.

[Your Highness, what were you doing just now? Why did you put meat, bones, and leaves into the pot to cook? I tried it before, and it didn't taste good.]

[Your Highness, how did you tie your hair? It looks so pretty and it seems so easy to do! That little stick is so cute too.]

[Your Highness, are those your parents and guardians beside you?]

[Your Highness...]

Every single one of these comments was preceded by "Your Highness," making Li Xingyu want to dig her toes into the ground. But she couldn't tell them not to call her that, since here, even underage women with god-level mental power were called "Your Highness," just like how girls were called "little girls" in her previous place. How could she explain that?

Li Xingyu tried to ignore their titles and chose some questions that were easy to answer. After all, she couldn't have no interaction at all from beginning to end, could she?

"The ribs and pork belly are intended to be used to make two particularly delicious dishes: one is called corn and rib soup, and the other is called braised pork. Those aren't ordinary leaves; they're spices and seasonings. You'll see how delicious they are in a little while."

"This is a hairpin, a type of headdress used by ancient humans on Earth. This one is one I just created."

As Li Xingyu finished speaking, she took the hairpin off her head, and her long, black hair, as black as a waterfall, cascaded down to her waist, becoming the half-up hairstyle she had at the beginning.

Everyone stared in astonishment, both surprised and amazed.

When Li Xingyu was putting her hair up, the floating ball didn't capture it. People in the live stream just turned their heads and saw that Li Xingyu had already put her hair up. Xinghe didn't see it because of the angle.

Li Xingyu didn't notice the reactions of the three people present. He waved the hairpin at the floating ball, asking it to take a close-up photo.

The hairpin that Li Xingyu conjured this time was entirely golden, with star patterns on its surface, a sign that her spiritual power was manifesting.