My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 678 - 228 Honey Candy_3
This map actually began being drawn a few days ago, when they surveyed the surrounding terrain; drawing the map would make it easier to plan the next step. However, Du Xixi and 2569 came yesterday, and they were about to return to the Blue Star Empire, so whether the map was drawn or not didn’t matter much.
It was only after Du Xixi learned of this matter and thought it was a good idea to draw a map as a keepsake that Chen Dan decided to continue drawing the map early in the morning.
Every slope, every cave, every potentially dangerous area where animals might appear, and every cave where Ke Lian and his team thought they could temporarily stay... Chen Dan had been doing battlefield analysis for decades, but it was his first time drawing a map, so he was especially meticulous, with his thoughts and actions closely connected, leaving no room for even a shaky hand.
Chen Dan greeted everyone, and the others also noticed Ke Lian’s arrival and greeted him. Du Xixi looked at the spirited Ke Lian and smiled with satisfaction. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Actually, she had noticed yesterday that Ke Lian looked quite tired, as if he hadn’t had a good rest for a long time—of course, the other officers were almost in the same condition—but today Ke Lian seemed to have suddenly replenished his energy bar, looking very energetic.
Ke Lian responded to everyone’s greetings and then approached Du Xixi, watching a pot emitting white steam and constantly releasing a sweet and cloying aroma. He asked Du Xixi, "What is this?"
"Honey!" Du Xixi playfully raised her eyebrows. "Mo Feng found it, a huge beehive! Once the moisture is boiled out, we can mold it into honey candies."
Ke Lian raised his eyebrows slightly. He had tasted honey before, and it was a large piece—the kind freshly delivered from CD-0329 Star. Du Xixi had cut a small piece and stuffed it directly into Ke Lian’s mouth.
The slightly fishy taste mixed with sweetness made Ke Lian somewhat uneasy. He managed to swallow that small piece of honey without much chewing, but the taste lingered in his mouth, only suppressed after he drank three or four cups of strong tea.
Even honey with moisture was hard for him to bear, so honey candies without moisture... Ke Lian’s expression froze, and he directly turned to the riverbank: "I’m going to wash up; don’t call me when it’s time to eat candy."
Ke Lian spun around quickly, so he didn’t see the teasing looks from Du Xixi and his comrades. When Ke Lian reached the riverbank and began washing his face repeatedly with river water, Du Xixi smiled and said to everyone, "See, I told you your Lord Ke Lian doesn’t like sweet food!"
Mo Feng crossed his arms and shook his head, "Tsk, who’d have thought? Our fearless Marshal isn’t afraid of heaven or earth, just sweet food."
"I don’t think it’s fear. Remember when our Military Department’s canteen made sweet and sour ribs with bags of sugar—so sweet it could knock your teeth out? Yet, the Marshal frowned but ate them all up," Zhang Chengjia laughed heartily. "I reckon the Marshal isn’t afraid; he resists it."
"Well, it’s no issue for a tough guy not to like sweet food. If he had a sweet tooth, it’d feel a bit off... like acting girly," the burly officer spoke honestly, clearly without any ulterior motives. But Du Xixi, the ’girly one,’ was there, and everyone tensed up, afraid she might be offended.
Yet Du Xixi merely raised an eyebrow and smiled, not taking the officer’s words to heart. But once the pot of honey was done, and 2569 molded it into honey candies, Du Xixi personally handed one to him with a glove, "Give it a taste and see how sweet it is."
The burly officer, unaware of his verbal blunder earlier, grabbed it eagerly, not caring that the honey candy was slightly hot, and bit into it without hesitation. He then ate the whole piece.
"Wow! This sweet and tasty candy is delicious! I love it!" The officer squatted on the ground, happily eating the honey candy Du Xixi had given him.
Du Xixi watched his back, seeing him indulge in the sweetness, and smirked triumphantly. She knew the officer meant no harm; after all, he was someone who wore his heart on his sleeve. If he dared provoke Du Xixi, the ’girly one,’ it’d be miraculous.
Still, Du Xixi wasn’t happy hearing his words, so she waited to see if the officer would eat his words... to say he’s truly clueless!
Ke Lian hadn’t returned for a long time, clearly trying to avoid the honey candies. Du Xixi initially meant to tease him with them, but when he stayed away for so long, even disappearing from the riverbank, she began to worry and asked Mo Feng and the others to find Ke Lian.
She was ’new here,’ unfamiliar with the area, so it was better to send Mo Feng and his team instead.
