Originally, she thought that maybe Yu Shu didn’t remember what the salt and sugar jars looked like, so he accidentally added sugar instead of salt.

　　Now hearing Yu Shu say this, Yan Jin knew that this was all done intentionally by Yu Shu.

　　When Yan Jin just took a sip of the fish slice porridge, that taste, calling it both sweet and salty would be a compliment. Yan Jin really didn’t want to, and didn’t have the courage to take a second sip.

　　But Yu Shu was still watching her intently from the side. “Yan Jin, don’t you like eating fish? Why did you only take one sip and stop eating? Is what I made not tasty?”

　　”…No, I quite like it,” Yan Jin said with difficulty. “It’s just that I want to savor it more and not finish it too quickly.”

　　After all, it wasn’t her cooking, but someone else’s. How could she be picky?

　　Moreover, this was Yu Shu’s first time cooking. As long as it didn’t kill her, Yan Jin really didn’t have the heart to dampen the enthusiastic Yu Shu’s spirits.

　　”Yan Jin, you just love telling the truth.” Yu Shu’s eyes were shining under his eyelashes, expectant yet apprehensive. “Is the fish slice porridge I made really that delicious?”

　　Facing Yu Shu’s expectant gaze, Yan Jin went against her conscience and nodded. “Especially delicious! So delicious that I want to gobble it all up.”

　　Last time, Yu Shu was able to finish most of the white sugar cake with extra ingredients without changing his expression. This time, she couldn’t lose either and had to finish all the fish slice porridge.

　　Good friends had to reciprocate and accommodate each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

　　At most, she would drink a few more cups of tea after finishing the porridge to cleanse her stomach.

　　”Since Yan Jin, you like it so much, I’ll let you have this whole pot of fish slice porridge!”

　　Yu Shu smiled, revealing a pair of eye bags, and didn’t forget to ask for credit from Yan Jin. “I ladled the fish slice porridge for you first and haven’t ladled my own yet, so the pot is clean and doesn’t have my saliva. It’s not dirty.”

　　When Yan Jin heard there was still a whole pot of fish slice porridge, her vision momentarily blacked out, but she still forced a smile. “Yu Shu, you’re so generous.”

　　”No need to thank me!” Yu Shu showed a big smile. “We’re friends after all!”

　　[Host Yan Jin, you don’t have to force yourself.]

　　”I’m not forcing myself.” Yan Jin looked at Yu Shu, who was smiling like he had just received candy. Her eyes flickered as she said to the system in her heart, “After all, everyone has moments when they are blinded by beauty.”

　　[As a fan, I want to “condemn” Yan Jin for coveting Yu Shu’s beauty; but as a person with normal taste, I want to say to Yan Jin, “Sister, you’ve worked hard”.]

　　[Yan “Blinded by beauty, going against conscience to speak” Jin]

　　Yan Jin put on a full act and successfully finished that pot of fish slice porridge without Yu Shu noticing anything amiss.

　　Although the consequence was that Yan Jin didn’t want to eat for three days, let alone drink porridge.

　　While drinking tea to suppress that strange taste, Yan Jin didn’t forget to sigh to the system, “I’ve made such a big sacrifice, so I can tease Yu Shu one more time in the future.”

　　After finishing breakfast, seeing that Yu Shu was quite bored at home alone, Yan Jin asked Yu Shu through the window if he wanted to go to the government office with her.

　　”I can’t make white sugar, so why would I go to the government office?” Yu Shu smiled while organizing paper and brush. “If Sister Yan Jin is afraid, I can accompany you too.”

　　”I’m just afraid you’ll find it boring.” Facing Yu Shu’s teasing gaze, Yan Jin sighed. “I’m really not afraid to go to the government office alone.”

　　”I understand, I understand everything.” Yu Shu “empathetically” comforted Yan Jin. “You just don’t like talking to people.”

　　Feeling that no matter what she said, Yu Shu would misunderstand her as being socially anxious, Yan Jin sighed softly. “Then I’ll leave first.”

　　”Go, go.” Yu Shu waved his hand at Yan Jin, his dimples looking like they were filled with honey. “Sister, I wish you all the best.”

　　”I’m not being narcissistic, but sometimes I really suspect Yu Shu has feelings for me,” Yan Jin muttered to the system. “Otherwise, how could he call me ‘sister’ so nicely?”

　　[If anyone else said that, I would think they’re very narcissistic. But when Yan Jin says it, I feel… she’s not entirely unreasonable.]

　　[Yan Jin: You call me sister so sweetly, so you must like me.]

　　”I really didn’t expect to see Miss Yan again so soon.” The county magistrate smiled. “Miss Yan’s ginger candy recipe from last time saved many sugarcane-growing commoners. This official knew Miss Yan had great talent, but didn’t expect that in less than a month, Miss Yan would actually develop a priceless method for making white sugar.”