Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

"We were talking about when the others would come, which should be during the summer vacation."

Xinghe wrapped one arm around Li Xingyu's waist, pulling her closer to his chest. He gently rested his chin on the top of Li Xingyu's head, while continuing to stroke Li Yue's tail.

"Ah~" Li Xingyu had mixed feelings. She leaned against Xinghe's chest, hugged Li Yue's tail with both hands, and buried her face in it.

Li Yue sat up abruptly, the warm breath from his tail making his fox ears turn red even though they were covered by fur, not to mention his exposed face and neck. He was practically burning up.

"Xing... Xingyu..." Li Yue couldn't utter a complete sentence, stammering as she called out to Li Xingyu.

As we all know, small animals' tails are very sensitive, and Tanuki Moon is no exception. Her tail and ears are two of the most sensitive spots on her body.

Being petted is fine normally, since they are friends and markers who can accept it, but having their breath directly on the fur and skin is a bit too irritating.

"Aww~ I'm sorry, Li Yue, I'm just a little troubled. I don't really like or know how to get along with strangers." Li Xingyu was still leaning against Xinghe's chest, but her face was lifted up from Li Yue's tail.

Li Xingyu forgot about this when she buried the fox spirit's tail; all her thoughts were focused on interacting with a group of strangers.

"No...it's nothing. Is Xingyu not good at interacting with people either?" Li Yue hugged one of her tails, her ears turning red as she answered Li Xingyu, a look of curiosity on her face.

Tanuki Moon's tail is now about one meter long, and the thickest part near the tip of the tail is about twenty centimeters in diameter. Holding it in your arms is like holding a warm, plush pillow.

"Pfft~ Our little feather is a real social phobia, but she's made great progress lately, you've improved a lot." Xinghe raised her arm around Li Xingyu and ruffled her hair, her voice gentle as water, her tone full of relief and affection.

Li Xingyu didn't speak, but as she listened to Xinghe's voice and words, her ears turned red, and she almost couldn't help but bury her face in Li Yue's tail again.

Actually, Li Yue could easily retract his tail. In the past two days, Yin Lian has taught him a lot about the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, and he is now able to control his human form very well.

However, Tanuki didn't retract its ears and tail, and its intentions are probably self-evident.

After chatting for a while, the others also came to the living room in twos and threes.

Yinlian and the others were still preparing lunch in the kitchen. They were determined to learn how to cook the dishes that Li Xinghua had eaten so far, including stir-fries and stews.

Li Xingyu intended for them to communicate and learn from each other, and didn't have much intention of participating, especially since Xinghe was still there.

Although Xinghe is currently chatting with them in the living room, it's easy to see that he's not such an irresponsible person.

Just as Li Xingyu had thought, Xinghe only called Li Xingyu and the others to lunch after confirming that he had already taught them.

"Oh my~ Today's lunch is quite sumptuous~" Li Xingyu walked into the restaurant with Xinghe and Li Yue and saw the table full of dishes.

In other words, for the sake of quantity, Yinlian and the others deliberately made the dishes into small portions to balance the large quantity.

At lunch, Li Xingyu ate until she was stuffed again. After resting on the sofa for a while, she decided to go outside for a walk to digest her food.

Tian Shu and Li Yue also pulled Xing He along.

Since it was already noon, Li Xingyu only planned to take a walk under the trees, so she went to their backyard.

They strolled along, stopping to chat. Even though it was afternoon, the backyard of the Li family was not stuffy at all because of the shade from the trees, and there were even gusts of cool breeze blowing from time to time, which was very pleasant.

Li Xingyu wasn't planning on taking a nap today, so he walked a little further than usual. He also found a lot of pretty flowers, plants, edible wild vegetables, fruits, and herbs along the roadside.

Xinghe and the other two don't usually pay much attention to these things, but Li Xingyu's explanation piqued their interest.

Li Xingyu's levitating ball followed her the whole time, and the live stream was always on, mainly because its presence was indeed a bit low.

This is also to make women feel more natural and relaxed during live streams.

This often led to Li Xingyu forgetting that she had started a live stream, but when she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the floating ball, she would start explaining it to everyone.

After awakening, physical fitness is indeed improved by ability or mental strength. At the very least, Li Xingyu and the others walked for nearly two hours without feeling tired at all.

On the contrary, Li Xingyu and his companions became more and more enthusiastic as they walked, because the process of gaining something every few steps was really enjoyable.

Li Xingyu opened several new storage spaces to store some of the strange and unusual things they had collected.

Although Li Xingyu had many storage spaces before, she didn't use them all. Because the special-grade storage spaces were so large, she still categorized her items, so quite a few remained unused.

Li Xingyu put the honeysuckle in her hand into the storage space she had specially set up to store herbs. This was one of the newly opened storage spaces she had opened.

In addition to this, a storage space was also opened to store materials suitable for making handicrafts, and Li Xingyu also put a lot of things in it.

"Alright, Little Feather, we've gone quite far, it's almost time to go back." Xinghe put the honeysuckle in her hand into her storage space.

Originally, the three of them only intended to help Li Xingyu pick what she needed, but after Li Xingyu told them the uses of these plants, she asked them to put them in her storage space for future use.

Xinghe and the others naturally wouldn't refuse Li Xingyu's kindness, since these things don't take up much space anyway, not to mention they all basically have top-grade storage space.

Although storage spaces cannot be purchased in sets, even high-end ones can be easily bought, as they possess more than one storage space each.

Furthermore, some places restrict the use of high-tech products, such as places with chaotic magnetic fields or places where signals are artificially blocked.

They planned to carefully identify these plants after they returned, hoping they might come in handy in the future. There's an old saying in China: "Prevention is better than cure."

What Xinghe and the others didn't expect was that this knowledge would one day, a long, long time later, really help them a lot, pulling them back from the brink of danger more than once.

Li Xingyu was happily munching on a peach the size of her palm when she heard Xinghe's words. She could only nod because she still had a piece of peach in her mouth and couldn't speak.

These peaches were given to them as they passed by a tall peach tree.

This peach tree has a long history; at least it was already bearing peaches before Xinghe became a human, and it also had its own consciousness.

When Li Xingyu heard him speak, she was completely dumbfounded and almost shouted that there was a demon.

After talking, Li Xingyu and the others learned the name of the peach tree, which was called Taoyao.

It was named by Li Xingyu's great-great-grandmother. Li Xingyu exclaimed, "Wow, no wonder this tree is so big! It must have lived for tens of thousands of years!"

Li Xingyu estimated that the trunk of this peach tree was at least five meters long, not to mention its branches that blocked out the sky and the dense clusters of peaches.

However, Tao Yao spends most of her time sleeping, sleeping at least twenty hours a day. When she wakes up, she talks to the little spirit animals around her.

The bamboo shoots often come to play on Peach Blossom's body. Although they also want to make this place their territory, Peach Blossom prefers peace and quiet and is not happy for them to live on her body.

However, the peaches that grow on Taoyao's body are indeed delicious. They are a type of nectarine, with abundant juice. When they are just ripe, they are sweet and refreshing, and when they are fully ripe, they become sweet and soft.

Every year, Tao Yao would use his peaches to trade with small animals or the Li family.

Sometimes it's interesting gossip from the outside world, sometimes it's nourishment, and sometimes it needs someone to help it clear away the dead branches...

When Li Xingyu and the others arrived, Tao Yao was worrying about how to clean the dead branches, fallen leaves, and other dirt off her branches.

Even though Tao Yao has lived for a long time and is a plant with a spirit, its branches sometimes wither for various reasons. When strong winds blow, withered branches from other trees may be broken off and blown onto its crown.

Tao Yao himself cannot move, but fortunately, he produces a lot of peaches, and they taste top-notch, which he can exchange for many things.

Another advantage is that his spiritual power can cover a wide area and he can communicate with other spiritual plants.

Li Xingyu and the other three agreed to help Tao Yao clean the withered branches and fallen leaves off her body, and Tao Yao would give them the peaches that had grown on her body in return.

After tidying up, Li Xingyu looked at the dry, thick peach wood on the ground and politely asked Tao Yao if she could have it.

Storage space not only stores items, but also makes the weight of items stored in the storage space approach zero.

So after Tao Yao agreed, Li Xingyu and the others simply processed the peach wood and put it away.

"Peach wood is warm in nature and has a pleasant fragrance. It is not only dense and delicate in texture, but also has a refreshing aroma. It has the effect of calming the mind and soothing the nerves. It can also promote human metabolism, improve blood circulation, and is said to be a divine object that can ward off evil spirits and protect the home, and can prevent illness." This is what Li Xingyu explained to the three of them and her viewers in her live stream when they were dividing the peach wood in Xinhe.

"When the time comes, Xinghe, Grandpa Huyu, and I will carve some items from these peach woods and put them in our home. They'll look really nice." Li Xingyu shrugged, seeing the doubt on their faces.

Now Li Xingyu and the others are strolling home along another road.

The backyard of the Li family was not connected to the back mountain they had visited before; instead, they were two hills arranged one in front of the other.

However, the path that Li Xingyu and his group have chosen now will pass by the lotus pond they saw before. Li Xingyu plans to go to the lotus pond to collect some lotus leaves, lotus flowers and lotus pods.

At this time of year, some fast-growing lotus pods have already produced lotus seeds. Li Xingyu is craving raw lotus seeds, and lotus seed and pork rib soup would also be delicious.

Lotus flowers can be coated in egg wash and fried; they become crispy and delicious, with a subtle lotus fragrance.

Lotus leaves can be used to make beggar's chicken, lotus leaf tea, lotus leaf rice, fried lotus leaf dumplings, etc.

Just thinking about it made Li Xingyu's mouth water. Then she decided to tease others and recited the food she had in mind that used lotus flowers, lotus leaves, and lotus seeds as ingredients.

Then Li Xingyu received three pairs of resentful eyes and a floating ball that kept circling around her.

"Mmm, that feels good." Li Xingyu's face relaxed, and she walked down the mountain with her hands behind her back. Every now and then, she would stop by the roadside to pick some pretty wildflowers, wild fruits, grasses, and Chinese medicinal herbs. She was very enthusiastic and enjoying herself immensely.

"Maybe the moon doesn't blink."

Stars cannot speak

Does it make you feel lonely?

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Li Xingyu even sang happily. She likes to sing when she's in a good mood and has nothing to do.

As mentioned before, Li Xingyu likes to listen to songs with a traditional Chinese style and a slow, soothing rhythm, although...

In fact, Li Xingyu likes to listen to any song that she thinks sounds good, and her tastes are very diverse.

"Swish, swish, swish~"

"Huh? Who is it?" Li Xingyu was picking dandelions growing by the roadside when she heard rustling sounds coming from the grass on the mountain not far away.

Xinghe and the others were picking dandelions when they heard the sound and immediately ran to Li Xingyu's side. They weren't too nervous, but were simply afraid of scaring Li Xingyu.

There is nothing that could threaten the lives of the Li family on this land, unless they bring it upon themselves; this is the Li family's confidence.

Besides Xinghe, the hidden guardian, there are many other guardians in their ancestral home, all of whom are powerful and experienced in combat.

"Little Feather?" A soft yet alluring voice, tinged with doubt, rang out, and a slender figure appeared before Li Xingyu and the other three.

"Uncle Xi Le?" Hearing the voice, Li Xingyu peeked out from behind Xinghe and was somewhat surprised to see who it was.

"Hey~ Little Feather, long time no see." Li Xile responded happily and walked out of the bushes.

The person who came was Li Xingyu's uncle, Li Xile. He was a descendant of merfolk and humans, with more human blood. He could not transform into a merfolk, but he possessed the voice and talents of a merfolk.

He is 3582 years old this year. In the fifth year of his awakening, his parents sacrificed themselves in a battle with a monster, leaving behind only a father whose abilities were damaged and whose legs were injured and could not be healed.

Li Xile was raised in the orphanage of the Li family.

The Li people provide assistance to orphans and members of the clan with meager incomes, and have established a special institution for this purpose—the orphanage.

The orphanage was funded mainly by two sources: the resources of the men living in the Li family and the inheritance of the clansmen who died in battle.