Mi Home Chat Group: Let's start with a roundup and have some fun!

[Jiaoqiu: Although my invention resembles a hot pot in appearance, its effects are more akin to medicinal cuisine. ╮( oωo )╭]

Kiana: This broth is way too red! It looks like they added a lethal dose of chili! (；?_?)

[Zhe: I usually eat ramen with No. 11, and she always likes to order the extra spicy kind, so she might like this too.]

Yun Li looked at the hot pot of red oil on the table, scratched her head awkwardly, and then looked at Jiao Qiu somewhat embarrassedly, asking softly:

"But I can't eat anything that's both spicy and hot, so why does Mr. Pepper like spicy food so much?"

While answering Yun Li's question, Jiao Qiu stirred the ingredients in the pot, and when he felt it was about right, he picked up a small yellow mushroom:

"Maybe it's because I'm a fox man. (=^▽^=)"

Yun Li: "Thank you, it doesn't seem so hot anymore! (；???)"

[Captain: Why does Pepper like spicy food? Because he's kind. (Guo Degang's voice)]

[Sino: The joke is explained as follows: In Jiaoqiu's line, it's equivalent to... This is a pun...]

[Tinari: Seno, shut up! (；!＿!)]

[Qiong: If Jiaoqiu doesn't like Hunan cuisine (cilantro), why?! (,,?ω?,,)]

[March 7th: Mushrooms need to be fully cooked before eating, right? But the ones Jiao Qiu picked up haven't been cooked for long. Won't eating them bring bad luck? ('⊙ω⊙`)]

[Pepper Hill: Don't worry, I've cooked them so many times, how could I not know if they're cooked through? ╮(‵▽′)╭]

Seeing that the broth in the pot had boiled, Jiaoqiu was about to add ingredients, but when his gaze swept over what Xing and Yunli were holding, his eyes widened suddenly, and he quickly urged the two to stop:

"Haha, the pot's boiling, time to add the ingredients... Wait, wait, wait a minute! Don't add those desserts yet! (；OдO)"

Realizing she had been discovered, Yun Li withdrew her outstretched hand and the string of Qiongshi birds, and said with a smile:

"I'm afraid of spicy food, hehe! (=^▽^=)"

[Thoma: Using cake and candied hawthorn as ingredients? This must be some kind of hot pot game. (∩△∩)]

[Firefly: Hehehe, Xing even puts my favorite oak-flavored cake roll in her hot pot, which proves she cares about me! o(*////▽////*)q]

[Captain: Hahaha, look how scared those two have made Jiaoqiu! Their eyes are wide open! (*σ'?`)σ]

[Lina: Even if Jiaoqiu agrees to let Yunli put the dessert in the hot pot, it'll still be spicy. ╮( oωo )╭]

[Skip: During that hot pot game last time, Ayaka accidentally put a small cake into the hot pot. The taste was really strange, and the combination of sweet and spicy was... well, let's just say it was a bit hard to describe. ('-﹏-`；)]

Jiaoqiu looked at Yunli and Xing, whose eyes were gleaming, and the desserts they were about to cook. A slightly awkward expression crossed her face, and she could only manage a forced laugh as she tried to persuade them:

"Um, let's use some fresh ingredients for hot pot. ヾ('▽｀;)ゝ"

Xing glanced at Jiaoqiu with a meaningful look, then lowered her head and, together with Yunli, rummaged under the table for other ingredients.

"Hey, why didn't you say so earlier? (⊙o⊙)"

[Captain: Looking at Ah Xing's intelligent eyes, those two might be up to something. (,,?ω?,,)]

[March 7th: Jiaoqiu, I think it's better to agree with Ah Xing and the others to have hot pot desserts, otherwise you might regret it ('⊙ω⊙`)]

[Jiaoqiu: I just advised them to cook some fresh ingredients, there shouldn't be any problems... right? Σ( ° △ °|||)︴]

Seeing Xing and Yunli bring out two plates of vibrant green cilantro, a large bead of cold sweat slid down Jiaoqiu's forehead. He then awkwardly pulled out a skewer of Qiongshi bird and suggested:

"How about we get some dessert instead? (∩?∩ ；)"

Yun Li hadn't expected Jiao Qiu to resist cilantro so strongly, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes, looking at him curiously:

"What? Mr. Pepper hates cilantro? (⊙?⊙)"

[Shibao: Haha, the moment I saw the cilantro, I knew Jiaoqiu was definitely going to make spicy dumplings (￣y▽￣)~*]

[Funinga: It's just two plates of cilantro, Jiaoqiu, don't be a coward! (*σ'?`)σ]

[Pepper Hill: I absolutely do not want cilantro!! (。ì _ í。)]

Because Jiaoqiu couldn't stand the smell of cilantro, he pinched his nose with his left hand, and his face turned purple as he nearly suffocated: "Yeah, every time I smell cilantro, it's like there's a white robe somersaulting inside my nose. (@_@;)"

Xing pointed to the rice bowl in Jiaoqiu's right hand and reminded her, "But your bowl is full of cilantro. (⊙o⊙)"

Yun Li also pointed to the chopsticks in Jiao Qiu's left hand, gesturing for him to look more closely: "The chopsticks are also cilantro! (?o?)"

Finally, Xing smiled and pointed to Jiaoqiu's furry ears, delivering the final blow:

"Cilantro is growing in my ears too! ╭?( O ▽O)╭?"

【Gui Naifen: What a wonderful metaphor (=ω=；)】

[Fu Hua: This is the first time I've seen so much cilantro. I'm a little curious about the psychological trauma Jiao Qiu is experiencing right now (￣y▽￣)~*]

[Paimon: No need to be curious anymore, I feel like his demonic aura is about to erupt ahead of schedule. ╮( oωo )╭]

[Pepper Hill: Cilantro, get out of the vegetable world!!! (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴]

Chapter 312 Yun Li: But Jiao Qiu usually likes to eat spicy food, so ordinary stimulation might not be effective.

To Jiao Qiu's astonishment, the rice in the bowl turned into chopped cilantro, the chopsticks in his hand transformed into cilantro stalks, and even cilantro leaves sprouted from his ears.

Startled by the sudden appearance of so much cilantro, Jiaoqiu immediately dropped her bowl and chopsticks, jumping around frantically, trying to shake it off.

"What's going on?! Take it away!! Take it away!! (ΩДΩ)"

[Gimi: Watching everything on my body turn into cilantro was terrifying. (；OдO)]

[Alice: The rice and chopsticks turning into cilantro could be explained by Ah Xing and the others switching them; but cilantro growing in the ears is a bit abstract. (-_-)ゞ]

[March 7th: It's possible that the mushroom Jiaoqiu ate before was poisonous; he's already hallucinating. ╮( oωo )╭]

[Jiaoqiu: Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The mushrooms are fine, I must not have cooked them properly. (。ì _ í。)]

After thrashing around with her eyes closed for a while, Jiaoqiu suddenly opened them wide, made sure she was still in her bed at home, and then patted her chest in relief.

"Ah! I was so scared, it was just a dream. (?OдO)b"

The lively chatter outside attracted Jiaoqiu's attention. He pushed open the door and was immediately stunned by what he saw—a group of muscular men with cilantro growing on their heads were standing outside.

"Hey, very locked, Sally, Al-Curry Duck!" (I couldn't understand what they were saying, so I wrote it as a homophone.)

Jiaoqiu froze for a moment, then slammed the door shut and reopened it. After confirming he wasn't mistaken, he clutched his head and let out a terrified howl:

"Brother! Σ(OдO|||)ノノ"

[Rin: Wearing red underwear, so it's Jiaoqiu's zodiac year (?????)]

[Captain: Hahaha, I opened the door and met some tough guys! What Azure Sea?! No, it should be the Cilantro Sea now! (*σ'?`)σ]

[Jiaoqiu: I must have opened the door wrong. Let me try again. Σ( ° △ °|||)︴]

[Naxida: He's not dead yet. Jiaoqiu is probably still dreaming. He'll be fine when he wakes up. After all, who grows cilantro on their head in real life? (っ'ω｀)ノ(╥ω╥)]

Jiaoqiu sat up in bed again, looking at the familiar room, her tense nerves relaxing once more:

"I was so scared! It was just a dream again. (；'O﹏O`)"

Jiaoqiu twitched his ears, hearing what sounded like music outside the door. He squinted and pushed open the door, but before he could even check what was happening, he was hit squarely on the head by a cilantro dumpling.

By the time he could see the nine coriander-covered pitchers at the entrance, he was already mostly submerged in the coriander balls, the strong smell of coriander turning him a pale blue.

"Cilantro vs. fox spirits!!! (；'⊙д⊙`)"

[Qiong: What a dreamlike Inception! This is already the third level, isn't it? (⊙o⊙)]

[Billy: So many cilantro pitchers, great for PVZ! ( ￣▽￣)σ]

[Ying: Hahaha, the light blue pepper mound is a hidden gem! (,,?ω?,,)]

Jiaoqiu sat up in bed again, drenched in sweat, clutching his chest with his right hand and instinctively gasping for breath.

"I was so scared! What a boring dream within a dream! (；＞ω＜)"

Just as Jiaoqiu was about to relax, a magnetic voice suddenly reached his ear, causing him to catch his breath and open his eyes wide:

"Honey, what's wrong? Did you have a nightmare? (*OωO*)"

Pepper turned around stiffly and saw a coriander pitcher with a human body staring at him with his bright, piercing eyes.

[Zhe: Sigh, four consecutive nightmares, poor Jiaoqiu ╮( oωo )╭]

[Jiaoqiu: I want to escape so badly, but I can't! (っ╥╯﹏╰╥c)]

Kiana: Hahaha, the coriander pitcher has a human body, it looks so abstract! (∩▽∩)

【Furina: (?????)】

[Jiaoqiu: Damn it, Taiyi's Dream is chasing me... (?ω? )]

[Ying: Hehehe, Fufu's finishing touch is amazing (￣▽￣)~*]

In the real world, Jiaoqiu's face turned purple, her eyes became round, her body trembled as she lay on the ground, and she muttered:

"Brother Cai, no!"

Seeing the pitiful state of the pepper mushroom, Xing took out one of those small yellow mushrooms he had eaten before and sighed helplessly:

"Sigh, it seems like Pepper Qiu ate some undercooked mushrooms and is hallucinating. (O_O)"

Hearing Ah Xing's analysis, Yun Li opened her eyes wide and looked at her curiously:

"Then how should it be treated?"

[Sangbo: Brother Jie, no! (,,?ω?,,)]

[Jepard: Hmm? Sambo, you better behave yourself, or I'll find evidence to arrest you. (。ì _ í。)]

[March 7th: The mushrooms were definitely not cooked properly, now they're poisoned ╮( oωo )╭]

[Fu Hua: Judging from his condition, his symptoms are quite severe. I suggest sending him to the Dan Ding Si (a medical facility) for a few days. (°ー°〃)]

[Siegfried: Pepper's complexion is clearly polarized, half purple and half white from top to bottom, she could totally cosplay Sweetheart Superman (=ω=；)]

After closing her eyes, Ah Xing immediately began brainstorming. Countless formulas flashed through her mind, and she quickly came up with a solution: "It seems that hallucinogenic substances have invaded his nerves, and he needs something stimulating to wake him up (︶o︶)."

Yun Li pondered the feasibility of A Xing's plan and raised a crucial question: "But he usually likes spicy food, so ordinary stimulation might not be effective. (⊙o⊙)"

Ah Xing and Yun Li were silent for a moment, then suddenly came up with a good idea: since normal stimulation didn't work, they would stimulate Jiao Qiu with the things he hated most.

Their eyes lit up, and each brought out a plate of fresh, vibrant green cilantro, saying happily, "Then let's have some cilantro!"

[Kelei: For mushroom poisoning, you can consult Master Tinari. He is a forest ranger in Daocheng Forest and often stays in the rainforest of Sumeru. He is quite familiar with first aid methods for these symptoms. (oωo ?)]