CHAPTER 66: CHAPTER 24 TRUTH_3

Ke Lian nodded contentedly, then replied, "This is what Bai Zhan asked me back then. He truly liked someone, yet he had to watch that person be with someone else."

"Didn’t he try to stop it?"

Ke Lian hugged Du Xixi, placing his hand on Du Xixi’s lower abdomen, as if he could touch the unborn child inside: "Silly girl, in such matters, letting things go naturally is the best way to handle it. Even if he had tried to stop it, would the outcome have changed? He liked someone who didn’t like him; would stopping it change that fact?"

Du Xixi fell silent, and Mo Ying in the kitchen was silent too. She knew that Ke Lian was using this opportunity to guide her.

Liking someone is a natural thing, it cannot be changed nor forced. Just like the person Bai Zhan liked didn’t like him, instead fell for another person, this is a fact that Bai Zhan couldn’t change.

"Thank you." Mo Ying whispered softly, although it didn’t reach the ears of Ke Lian and Du Xixi outside, Mo Ying heard it clearly herself, and that was enough.

Perhaps she truly let go.

...

Falling in love takes just a word, a smile, or even a moment of a warm glance from that person.

Letting go doesn’t require words or a smile, just a...trial.

She let go because she tried, and succeeded.

...

The smooth completion of the Lucky Roll became a symbol of moving on, as Mo Ying walked out of the kitchen like nothing happened, both Du Xixi and Ke Lian also tacitly acted as if nothing had happened.

The three gathered together, ignoring the earlier events, and began to focus on the Lucky Roll, as the atmosphere gradually became cheerful.

The Lucky Roll was cut into small pieces, each shaped like an auspicious symbol.

Originally, Du Xixi wanted to use seaweed as the material to form the auspicious shape, but perhaps the seaweed in the Star Era was gathering dust somewhere, so Du Xixi used black rice instead, to form the shape.

The tender yellow of the egg skin had a toasted golden color after being grilled slightly, accompanied by the sweet aroma of black rice and the savory aroma of fresh meat, creating an enticing fragrance that reached the noses of the three of them.

Oh, and Ke Xing, who just walked in from outside, was also drawn to the scent of the Lucky Roll.

Ke Lian and Du Xixi have gotten used to Ke Xing’s routine trips, because under Ke Xing’s "incitement," many of his old friends had moved nearby, and the once quiet place had become livelier due to their visits.

Mo Ying had also gotten used to it. During a time when she stayed with Du Xixi at the Ke Family home, she had witnessed Ke Xing’s ability to make friends, as even the aloof neighbors were driven by Ke Xing to potentially become talkative.

But those who could be friends with Ke Xing were all good people; although they talked a lot and were a bit gossipy, they all had their boundaries. Knowing that Du Xixi was pregnant, they rarely came by to chat, fearing they would disturb Du Xixi and get a scolding from Ke Lian.

Because of this, with no disturbances, Ke Lian turned a blind eye and didn’t bother about their chatter.

Only thinking about how Ke Xing was out more and more every day, Ke Lian felt that Ke Xing’s old friends were indeed too many, keeping him from coming back to see his son, daughter-in-law, and future grandchildren.

"Is there something delicious today?" Ke Xing casually tossed his coat aside, adeptly joined at the dining table, joining the footsteps of Du Xixi and the others, and leaned his head close to the Lucky Roll.

"Lucky Roll, a very delicious pastry." Du Xixi casually gave a brief introduction, then saw Ke Xing impatiently grabbing chopsticks and starting to eat. Smiling, Du Xixi began eating a piece of Lucky Roll that Ke Lian had given her.

Du Xixi felt there was a great difference between pastries and cakes, for instance, not all pastries are cakes, and the Lucky Roll before her and in her mouth was a typical example.

Compared to cakes, Lucky Roll definitely belongs in the pastry category. It doesn’t have the floury texture of cakes or their delicate appearance, and most notably, when sliced, it’s like the printed black auspicious shapes.

The egg skin was slightly bouncy, the black rice fragrant, and the meat filling savory and sweet; the combination of the three flavors was definitely an indescribable delicacy.

After casually eating a few pieces, Du Xixi couldn’t eat any more and stopped, while the other three, with their large appetites, started devouring the Lucky Roll, each taking turns eating piece by piece.

Because Du Xixi knew that both Ke Xing and Ke Lian have big appetites, and together with the always good appetite of Mo Ying, Du Xixi decided to make more with Mo Ying to prevent Ke Xing and the others from still being hungry.

More was indeed more, at least dozens on a plate, but the four full plates of Lucky Roll, with Du Xixi eating just a few that could be ignored, the other three of them shared all the four plates of Lucky Roll!

Du Xixi felt she now had a very direct understanding of the appetites of the people in the Star Era.