Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 683 - 351: Spicy Hot Pot Rice Cake Soup

Qin Huai successfully found Chen Huihong, who had been waiting for over 40 minutes at the exit.

Chen Huihong was so bored she started playing a mobile game and was engrossed, not responding even when Qin Huai called her twice.

Chen Huihong came alone, and upon seeing Qin Huai with two suitcases, instinctively went to take one. Qin Huai handed her the empty suitcase.

"Sister Hong, I need to swing by home first to drop off some stuff. I’ve got some vacuum-packed minced meat in this suitcase, and I’m afraid it’ll spoil if left out too long," Qin Huai said.

"Minced meat? Is minced meat a specialty of Guangdong Province? What kind of meat?" Chen Huihong asked, confused.

"Luoluo did well in her last exams, so I promised her something delicious. I asked Master Cao to make some minced meat for her to wrap Four Happiness Glutinous Rice Dumplings. I initially planned to make them when I got home today, but since we’re heading to Mr. Luo’s for a tea party, I’ll make them tomorrow morning," Qin Huai explained.

Chen Huihong had a lightbulb moment and took out her phone to call Luo Jun, saying to Qin Huai before the call connected, "No need to make them tomorrow; we’ll make them at Luo Jun’s house later."

"But Mr. Luo’s place might not have..." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Hello... I got through, I got through! Why are you rushing? The plane can’t arrive any earlier. If you’re so capable, fly over here to pick up Xiao Qin!"

"Let me tell you something important, Xiao Qin brought some minced meat back to make Four Happiness Dumplings. Does your place have the ingredients for them? Like glutinous rice flour... and those other things."

"Yunzhong Restaurant has them," Qin Huai whispered, "These past few days, Zheng Siyuan and Tan Wei’an made Four Happiness Dumplings. I prepared a lot of red bean filling and peanut brittle before leaving, so there should still be some left."

Chen Huihong nodded, "Xiao Qin says Yunzhong Restaurant has them. Zhang Shumei is probably shopping, so just let her know. If she’s nearby, she can go to Yunzhong Restaurant to get the ingredients. We can’t let Luoluo miss out on snacks at our tea party."

"Poor Luoluo, I met her in the cafeteria the other day, and she could only eat three bowls of rice; her appetite has gotten smaller."

Qin Huai: ...

Chen Huihong hung up the phone, "Let’s go, my car is up ahead; we’ll head straight to Luo Jun’s place. When we get in, you should tell me what’s going on with Old Shi."

Clearly, Chen Huihong couldn’t wait to hear the story about Dang Kang.

Once in the car, Qin Huai shared a simple version with Chen Huihong, who listened with great interest and couldn’t help but comment afterward:

"These auspicious beasts are something else. Even without Divine Power, they have a beast buff. That’s the right word, buff, right? Unlike me, who has no special talents other than not dying of hunger."

Qin Huai: ... Sister Hong, you’re being modest. Watering the money tree at noon for so long without killing it is itself your passive buff.

As Chen Huihong was expressing her thoughts, the car drove into the underground parking lot. Taking advantage of still being in the car, Qin Huai asked one last question, "Sister Hong, am I imagining things, or does Shi Dadan’s tribulation seem much simpler than yours?"

"You’re not imagining things; I also think his tribulation is quite simple. It might be because it’s only his second life," Chen Huihong said as she parked the car, turned off the ignition, opened the door, and stepped out, slightly lowering her voice, "Tribulations naturally come with many uncertainties."

"While you think his tribulation is simple, he might just feel unlucky."

"The way you told it was a bit brief. Once we’re up there, you’ll need to tell it again in detail. If he failed his tribulation last time because of such a thing, I can only say he’s truly down on his luck."

"To put it bluntly, someone might have set him up to kill Xu Nuo, but they probably didn’t expect him to succeed in one go. Tampering with the brakes could just mean loosening a nail; under normal circumstances, the brakes won’t show issues, but they won’t work during an emergency stop. But what if he had to stop suddenly ahead of time? What if there was a pig crossing the road, or a cow wandering off, or if the car in front of him had an accident requiring a stop?"

"His root problem was that he directly caused the death of his good friend. Most first-life spirit beasts who fail their tribulation never learn how to be human. I’m not speaking coldly here. In my first life, it was a chaotic time with countless people dying right before me, begging desperately for me to save them."

"If Hui Niang hadn’t had an accident, I probably wouldn’t have failed my tribulation. I actually discussed a lot with Luo Jun and Cheng Gong, and we all think there are only two ways for a spirit to succeed in their tribulation: either they integrate into human society truly becoming a human, or they never integrate and always watch coldly."

"Spirit beasts that fail their tribulation are those of us who are stuck between the two."

"Just like in that novel I recently read, talking about the Emotional Path and the Emotionless Path. Either you cultivate the Emotional Path, or you cultivate the Emotionless Path. Don’t get stuck in the middle trying a bit of everything, or you end up falling into the demonic path."

Qin Huai didn’t expect Chen Huihong to summarize such a philosophy. Indeed, as long as there are enough failed examples, experience can be gleaned, and it does sound pretty reasonable.

Chen Huihong’s novel reading recently hasn’t been in vain.

Dragging along their suitcases, Qin Huai and Chen Huihong stepped into the elevator. Once in, they stopped discussing spirits and instead talked about Chen Huixi’s studies and the upcoming parent-child activity day next semester.

Yes, at Experimental Primary School, things are so competitive that preparations for next semester’s parent-child day have already started this term.

According to informed sources, last year’s parent-child kitchen event was a huge success, garnering praise from many parents. The mediocre group thought being average was just fine, the spending group felt their money was well-spent, and the elite group believed they didn’t perform well last time and were determined to achieve better results this time.