CHAPTER 405: CHAPTER 137 LOTUS SEED SOUP (PART 2)_3

Du Xixi personally prefers the latter.

Placing the large basin of lotus seeds on the washing station, Du Xixi turned on the faucet. The cool summer water rushed into the basin, eager to wash away the dirt on the lotus seeds. Du Xixi picked up a few seeds, scrubbed them clean, and then showed them to the livestream audience.

"During yesterday’s livestream, I shared a simulated image of a lotus from the Cultural Relics Bureau." Du Xixi once again pulled out the detailed, realistic picture and shared it in the livestream, "Look, when the petals fall and the round pod matures, it becomes a lotus pod. Inside, the round, smooth fruit is peeled to look like this."

With fingertips as tender and white as the flesh of the lotus seed, the soft lighting always complemented Du Xixi’s skin tone, this time too "did not fail its mission," illuminating Du Xixi’s jade-white skin to appear delicate and smooth while also showing the lotus seeds clearly.

One by one, the lotus seeds were quite small, lying obediently and adorably between Du Xixi’s fingers. However, at the bottom of each lotus seed was a small opening. Seeing someone ask about it in the comments, Du Xixi answered: "Inside the lotus seed grows a green embryo, which tastes bitter and cooling. It isn’t suitable for what I’m making today, so my family took the time to remove them in advance."

The cleaned lotus seed flesh was sleek and white, and Du Xixi put them in a pot to steam them until they were tender and soft before taking them out. In another pot, Du Xixi added rock sugar and white sugar to boiling water, letting the water turn slightly yellow, then added the lotus seed flesh and dried longan that had somehow been sun-dried.

Du Xixi didn’t have fresh longan on hand, but since Chen Yin liked lotus seed soup with longan, Du Xixi chose some well-preserved dried longan. Cooking it a little longer would make no difference.

Besides, all the fruits from the Ke Family were from CD-0329 Star, including these dried longans made from longans sent from CD-0329 Star. They were pure and had no additives, so the taste wouldn’t be bad.

If possible, Du Xixi even wanted to make some sago to add in, or find some tremella or red dates to enrich it, but without the means, she had to keep it simple.

When the lotus seed flesh had blossomed open and the longan meat was full of juice, Du Xixi stirred for a little while longer and then thickened the soup with starch to make it more viscous. And with that, the large pot of lotus seed soup was ready.

Du Xixi ladled some lotus seed soup into containers customized by 2569, sealed them well, and handed them to 2569. Without needing further instruction, 2569 understood and turned to ask the mecha outside the door to deliver it to the Imperial Palace for Chen Yin to taste.

Lotus seed soup is delicious whether hot or cold, but Chen Yin likes it hot, so Du Xixi intended to send it over right off the stove so it would surely be warm when it reached him.

The livestream audience only knew that Du Xixi dished out some lotus seed soup, and it seemed her housekeeper robot took it away. Where was it taken? For whom? Such questions quickly appeared in the comments, and Du Xixi, not intending to hide anything, openly stated: "Yesterday, my brother sent lotus root, so I sent back glutinous rice lotus root. Today, Rob sent lotus seeds, so naturally, I want to reciprocate with lotus seed soup."

Besides the lotus flowers used for research by the Cultural Relics Bureau, the remaining lotuses are only planted at the Imperial Palace and Blue Star University. As for where Du Xixi’s lotuses came from, everyone actually understood.

But while everyone thanked Chen Yin for sending Du Xixi the ingredients to make delicious food, they also envied him because he could taste the freshly made treat first.

Du Xixi always had the Perception Sharing Space on. The sweet scent in the air felt like a long feather being tickled into the noses of the viewers, tantalizing their senses and making their hearts itch with desire.

But apart from the portion of lotus seed soup given to Chen Yin, the rest remained in the pot. If Du Xixi didn’t dish it out, how could they enjoy it in the Perception Sharing Space straight from the pot?

It was too hot to handle and too hot to sip!

Still, Du Xixi pampered her fans, seeing them fill the comment section, apparently mouthwatering for the lotus seed soup. She quickly spooned a large bowlful for them.

With a large bowl and spoon at the ready, the livestream audience could finally taste the lotus seed soup. One by one, they became too absorbed in the sweet flavor to even comment.

Unlike the soft, sticky texture of glutinous rice lotus root, the lotus seed soup is entirely refreshing and sweet, from the mouth to the throat, velvety and smooth, akin to sipping nourishing broth, leaving the whole body feeling content.

Apart from the soup, the lotus seeds first steamed till tender, then rolled freely in water, naturally melting in the mouth without needing much effort from the teeth, the flesh dissolving softly and smoothly, nothing more.

While the dried longan lacked moisture, in the pot soaked in soup, it soon regained fullness and sweetness. As the teeth pressed down, the load of sweet juices within spilled out, mingling with the chewed longan flesh as it overflowed between the lips and teeth.