At the same time as Asuna left, Chu Xuan turned around and strode after her, but Asuna, who had a serious and dull expression, still walked forward with her head buried as if she didn't see Chu Xuan walking side by side with her.

As for where exactly it is going...... Even Asuna herself didn't know.

“……”

“……”

When the two of them walked silently for a while, Chu Xuan, who had always been looking straight ahead, pushed down his reflective glasses, and finally took the lead in speaking:

"Asuna, because of our efforts, since last Christmas, both solo players and guilds have had to follow order, and after having order, whether it is production, leveling, playing **OSS, excavation quests, exploring maps, or inventing and creating...... Everything is starting to fall back on track.

Everything is going in a good direction now, but your temper is getting more and more irritable, and you're spending more and more time exploring the game and playing OSS, and you're demanding more and more from other people. ”

“……”

Asuna turned her head with a blank expression, glanced at Chu Xuan with gloomy eyes, and then turned her head back and continued to walk forward silently.

However, she didn't speed up her pace to get rid of Chu Xuan, but just suppressed her emotions and moved forward silently, in order to dispel those negative emotions that could not be ** out.

Chu Xuan, who was given a cold reception, followed Asuna for a while, and then spoke again:

"Because there are still no clues in this aspect of the game, you can only try desperately?"

"......, that's right."

This time, although Asuna did not stop, she finally answered Chu Xuan's question angrily.

"Don't let yourself be so tight.

The way you are now is no different from when I first met you...... Or rather, it's getting worse again.

If you go on like this, you'll die before you beat the game. ”

Chu Xuan kept his eyes on the front and said in a very flat tone. didn't look at Asuna's face,

"I don't want to waste time, it's good to be able to get out of this game a second earlier, the danger of death is nothing compared to that."

Asuna also didn't turn her head to look at Chu Xuan again, but replied in a voice that was extremely indifferent to others and to herself.

"Is it a waste of time...... I've told you many times that combining work and rest is better than hard work, right? ”

Chu Xuan seemed to be trying to persuade Asuna to relax properly, but the girl with the same expressionless face as Chu Xuan replied in Chu Xuan's style:

"I rested when it was time to rest, and I also went to the hot springs."

"The spirit has never relaxed, but simply rested the body."

“……”

Chu Xuan immediately exposed the truth of Asuna's so-called "rest", which made the girl speechless, but looking at her appearance, she had no intention of "giving in", trying to know that her behavior was "unscientific", and she still had to continue to persevere.

If she doesn't work hard every day, she won't be able to suppress her increasingly anxious heart, the nameless anger that has gradually accumulated in her heart, and the blindness that she can't close her eyes with peace of mind!

"Come to my room."

Suddenly, Chu Xuan threw out a very indifferent invitation in a flat tone, and then before Asuna could react, he turned around and walked towards the guild residence of the "Holy Black Cat Knights".

“……”

Asuna's eyes widened, and she was very surprised to look at Chu Xuan's gradually distant back that was supposed to be here to enlighten her, and she was so surprised that she didn't know what to say, but she only hesitated slightly, then immediately gritted her teeth and followed behind Chu Xuan.

Along the way, neither of them spoke, always maintaining a distance of three meters, returning to the guild residence one after the other, and entering the luxury apartment belonging to Chu Xuan.

Fortunately, everyone was very busy during the day, and the two of them didn't meet other members of the guild in the apartment area, so naturally no one saw Vice President Asuna enter Vice President Chu Xuan's room alone, otherwise there would definitely be some gossip that everyone liked to hear soon.

"Put this on."

As soon as he entered the door, Chu Xuan took two white aprons from the side of the kitchen door and handed one of them to Asuna.

“……”

Asuna glanced at Chu Xuan silently, then took the apron and wrapped it around herself.

"Do you want water?"

After Chu Xuan also put on his apron, he remembered that he should entertain Asuna, but after Asuna shook her head silently, he didn't seem to bother to continue pretending, and immediately turned around and entered the kitchen.

"Follow me."

Although Asuna didn't want Chu Xuan to pay attention to her, she called her over forcefully, but she behaved so rudely that she didn't even pour her a glass of water, which made Asuna, who was in a gloomy mood, couldn't help but get angry.

However, although Asuna was very unhappy in her heart, the habit she had formed for a long time still made her strictly obey Chu Xuan's orders.

Although Chu Xuan's order doesn't seem to have to be obeyed, as long as it is not a clear violation of the "principle", there is no need for Asuna to refuse to obey, this is **...... No, discipline is terrible.

"Cooking, will you?"

After taking Asuna into the kitchen, which seemed to be more spacious than the living room of an ordinary family, Chu Xuan washed his hands in the cooking pool and asked Asuna who was quietly following him without looking back.

"No, it won't."

Asuna replied in a muffled voice, without any expression on her face, but it was not the same as the blank expression she had before, at least half of it was because she was angry and deliberately made a straight face.

But it's a pity that Chu Xuan didn't look back at her at all, no matter if she had an expression or no expression, she didn't want to get any reaction from Chu Xuan.

"Come and take a closer look."

Chu Xuan, who had his back to Asuna, commanded very coldly, and Asuna didn't have any intention of resisting at all except glaring at Chu Xuan in the back, but walked to Chu Xuan's side very obediently and looked at him expressionlessly.

Under Asuna's somewhat indifferent gaze, Chu Xuan directly took out the bowls, basins, knives, ingredients, and spices he needed from his item inventory and began to cook.

He first filled the pot with water and put it on the magic stove to boil the water.

Then he took out a piece of tofu that was as white as jade, and quickly cut it into small pieces of two centimeters square and exactly the same size with a kitchen knife; He took out another piece of bright red beef—not marbled, just plain beef—and chopped it quickly; In addition, the garlic sprouts are cut into sections, and the bean paste is finely chopped.

When Chu Xuan processed the ingredients, the water in the pot was also boiling, he added a little salt to the water, scalded the tofu for two minutes, and then took it out and soaked it in clean water.

Then Chu Xuan boiled the oil pot until it was 40% hot, poured in the minced beef and stir-fried until it was slightly golden and then put it out, poured the oil again and burned it until it was 30% hot, and added the hot sauce, finely chopped bean paste and chili noodles.

After the red oil was stir-fried, Chu Xuan poured the stock stored in the storage space into the pot, poured in the tofu and burned it for three minutes after boiling, then added soy sauce, sugar and appropriate salt to taste, and thickened it with water starch once.

Finally, he added minced meat and garlic sprouts to continue to cook for two minutes, poured water starch for the second time to thicken, and sprinkled pepper when the juice was collected and served, so that a plate of numb, spicy, hot, fragrant, crispy, tender, fresh, and live mapo tofu was completed.

"Get out."

After the mapo tofu was ready, Chu Xuan didn't clean up the kitchen, turned off the fire and came to the restaurant with a plate, and although she was still expressionless, Asuna, who had already secretly started to swallow saliva, also followed out with a stiff face.

"Sit."

Chu Xuan took the lead in sitting at the table with mapo tofu, but when Asuna, who had a poker face and tried not to look at the plate and not let her nose suck hard, sat opposite him, Chu Xuan added:

"Sit on my side."

“……”

Perhaps irritated by Chu Xuan's repeated "teasing", Asuna glared at him fiercely, and then reluctantly stood up and sat on the chair beside Chu Xuan.

"Eat."

After Asuna sat down, Chu Xuan didn't say a word, pointed to one of the two spoons placed on the side of the plate and said to her, and at the same time poured her a glass of cold water and put it on the side, but there was no staple food.

Because of Chu Xuan's order, Asuna was "forced to helplessly" pick up the spoon, scooped a spoonful on the fresh and emerald green, red and white plate, and then put the mapo tofu that was still trembling slightly into her mouth.

“……”

Although Chu Xuan's food was far more delicious than Asuna expected, with her strong willpower, Asuna's face still did not show any expression, and the frequency of sending the spoon to her mouth did not speed up.

However, Chu Xuan didn't care about Asuna anymore at this time, he also picked up the spoon and ate the tofu intently...... He made it himself.

In less than a while, this plate of mapo tofu was eaten by the two of them, and Asuna had already taken out her white bread halfway, and ate two whole breads with mapo tofu and water.

After putting down the spoon, the two of them fell silent again, Asuna held the cup in both hands and drank the water silently, while Chu Xuan sat upright, not squinting, and no one took the lead to speak, as if whoever spoke first would lose.

"Thank you......"

After drinking two glasses of water, Asuna, who eats people with a short mouth, finally couldn't help but speak, but when she opened her mouth, she found that her voice had become extremely hoarse because of the spicy food just now, which couldn't help but make her blush.

But because of this humiliating accident, Asuna also had to let go of her shelf.

"Ahem......"

After clearing her throat vigorously, Asuna turned her head, looked at Chu Xuan with some embarrassment, and said to him seriously:

"Thank you." (To be continued.) )