In the lobby of the hot spring hotel.
As the current major shareholder of the Pei Group, the investor of the project, and the big spender who organized this hot spring activity, everyone lost the mood to continue playing when they learned that Yan Yincheng had fainted in the hot spring pavilion. They all returned to the hot spring hotel, concerned about the follow - up of this incident.
"Daisa, you were at the scene. Quickly tell us what exactly happened?"
"I don't know either. I couldn't see anything at that time. I just heard a rush of water, and then Mr. Yan fainted."
Daisa said, spreading her hands.
"I didn't expect Mr. Yan, who looks so tall, to faint so suddenly. His physical condition is really too poor," Huang Zhenzhen couldn't help but say.
"Could he have some hidden illness?" Zhang Ma was extremely worried. He was the father of two children. If he had some unknown hidden illness, would it be passed on to the two young masters?
Only Aunt Li was deep in thought.
At this time, Xu Zixi appeared in the lobby with the two kids. Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances. Finally, Fang Ruiyang was pushed forward.
Stepping forward, Fang Ruiyang asked, "Yuan Xi, is Mr. Yan okay?"
In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to Xu Zixi. Their reactions varied, with curiosity, worry, and solemnity.
Xu Zixi said, "It's nothing serious. He ate too little for lunch and stayed in the hot spring for too long. He's already awake now."
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief in unison.
Brother Hu couldn't help but say, "The notice at the hot spring pavilion says not to soak in the hot spring on an empty stomach. Who told him not to pay attention? I guess he must have been trying to get close to the young lady and ended up making a fool of himself!"
Zhou Yaru said, "How could Mr. Yan pay attention? He can't see!"
Huang Zhenzhen said, "I have to say that soaking in the hot spring really takes a lot of energy. I was so hungry that I saw stars when I left the hot spring. I'm going to eat a lot at dinner later."
Daisa retorted, "Are you sure your energy was consumed by soaking in the hot spring?"
Huang Zhenzhen blushed and covered her mouth. "Shut up quickly!"
The group got into a ruckus again, and the slightly solemn atmosphere returned to its previous light - heartedness. Except for Xu Zixi, this incident didn't affect anyone else.
Xu Zixi looked down at her watch.
After all this commotion, it was indeed time for dinner.
She sighed helplessly and rubbed the space between her eyebrows. She hoped that someone would take her advice...
She was about to take the two kids back to the room to take a bath and change clothes, and then go for dinner.
Behind her, Aunt Li chased after her. "Young lady, I'd like to have a word with you."
Aunt Li looked rather serious. Xu Zixi thought it was something important, so she let her into the room as well and said, "Aunt Li, just tell me what you have to say. If I can help, I won't refuse."
"Young lady, you just said that Mr. Yan fainted because of low blood sugar from not eating at noon, right?"
Xu Zixi was a bit stunned when she didn't expect Aunt Li's words to be related to Yan Yincheng. She replied, "That's right."
"Actually... a week ago, Xiao Wei came to me when you were out. He said that Mr. Yan's stomach was a bit uncomfortable and asked me to go up and cook a meal for Mr. Yan.
That night, I cooked a bowl of noodles for Mr. Yan. However, Mr. Yan only took a few bites out of courtesy and then had someone send me home."
"I think Mr. Yan didn't faint just because he didn't have lunch today. This problem of his must have been building up for a long time and finally erupted today."
Aunt Li said slowly.
Xu Zixi said, "You're just telling me about something that happened a week ago?" She frowned tightly. If she had known about his problem earlier, she would never have agreed to participate in this activity.
Aunt Li said apologetically, "I'm sorry, young lady. I was afraid that if I told you, you would blame me for contacting him privately. But don't worry. I only saw him once, and I haven't cooked anything for him since then. Moreover, he doesn't like my cooking. Every time I prepared lunch for him, half of the food in the lunch box would be left over. I think Xiao Wei must have been desperate and thought of me that day."
Xu Zixi was a bit absent - minded.
He always left half of the food that Aunt Li cooked, but he always finished what she cooked. He even ate the scallion oil noodles clean.
Did he like what she cooked so much?
"Okay, I understand. You meant well. I won't blame you," Xu Zixi said.
After Aunt Li left, Xu Zixi sat on the bed for a while. Her rational and emotional selves turned into two little people, arguing fiercely in her mind.
The emotional self said, "A person as picky as him can't even be satisfied by Aunt Li, whom you trained personally. He only likes the food you cook. This is the highest praise for your cooking skills! Now that he's fainted from hunger, what's the harm in cooking a meal for him?"
The rational self said, "This isn't being picky. It's just a bad habit formed by being spoiled, just like a child being picky about food. It can be corrected! What you said to him just now was right. No one can always help him. He has to learn to take care of himself. Don't pay attention to him."
The emotional self said, "Don't forget that five - million - yuan agreement. You didn't tear it up, which means it's still valid. Cooking a meal for him can also be considered as fulfilling the contract!"
The rational self retorted, "He also signed that agreement using the name 'Yincheng'. Even if it's not torn up, it's already invalid!"
The emotional self said, "Actually, he didn't really lie. His mother's surname is Yin. It's okay for him to take his mother's surname and be called Yincheng..."
The rational self: ...
In the end, emotion defeated reason, leading her to make a decision.
She didn't think what she said to him just now was wrong. He was so irresponsible to himself. One could only imagine how he treated the original owner back then.
However, considering how much he appreciated her cooking, she could consider cooking a meal for him personally, but - only this once, and never again.
She handed the two kids to Zhang Ma and found the person in charge of the hotel. Xu Zixi asked to borrow the kitchen.
The fresh wild crucian carp was fried over low heat until both sides turned a beautiful golden color. When the time was right, it was put into a soup pot next to it to continue boiling.
The gas flame continuously transferred heat to the casserole. The boiling water and the appropriate water temperature completely stimulated the essence in the crucian carp. The originally clear water gradually turned milky white. The medium - heat was turned to low - heat and the soup was slowly simmered until the medicinal properties of the Chinese dates, longans, Chinese wolfberries and other medicinal materials were completely integrated. Only then was a pot of crucian carp soup truly completed.
At the same time, oatmeal and millet porridge was also being cooked.
Aunt Li said that someone's stomach was not very good. Considering that he hadn't had a proper meal for a long time, it would be more suitable for him to eat some light and easily digestible food.
After thinking for a while, she also steamed a bowl of egg custard for him.
There was fish and eggs. It should be enough nutrition for his body, right? She still didn't plan to forgive him, and doing this was already quite kind - hearted!