Chapter 846: This Is Not an Exaggeration at All

Chapter 846: Chapter 738: This Is Not an Exaggeration at All

Because she couldn’t eat, had no appetite, and her mouth tasted bitter, Xia Anni developed a habit of sucking hawthorn slices.

Whenever she felt uncomfortable in her stomach and wanted to retch, she would break off a piece of hawthorn or suck on a small piece of dried tangerine peel to suppress it.

The effect was minimal, but better than nothing.

However, this also made her more accustomed to the taste of hawthorn.

Too sour, it felt stimulating; too sweet, it was a bit cloying.

Now the taste in her mouth was just right, a hint of sweetness amidst the sourness—the syrup covering the hawthorn puree perfectly blended the unique sourness of hawthorn.

After finishing a “cherry,” Xia Anni subconsciously smacked her lips, her resistance to eating noticeably decreased.

The familiar taste made her feel like she could eat two more without any pressure.

After savoring the taste in her mouth, Xia Anni extended her chopsticks to pick up another cherry and put it in her mouth.

“Crunch, crunch!”

After eating, Xia Anni looked up and smiled at Liu Yiming, “Brother Liu, this medicinal cuisine is indeed quite tasty—sour and sweet. At first glance, I thought it was made of cherries, but tasting it, I realized it was hawthorn.”

To express her gratitude, after finishing the cherry in her mouth, Xia Anni picked another one.

However, this time when she picked, the cherry didn’t break off at the stem but fell with the leaf stem attached.

Xia Anni bit off the cherry, leaving the leaf stem clamped by the chopsticks.

Since the cherry was made from hawthorn, what was the leaf stem made of?

Curiosity got the better of Xia Anni, and with the cherry chewed and swallowed, she tried biting the leaf stem.

The leaf stem broke easily; it still had the familiar syrup taste, but tasting it carefully revealed hawthorn flavor with quite a chewy texture—hard and fibrous, no longer resembling hawthorn jam.

What is this?

She carefully examined the remaining bit of leaf stem—a thin line of reddish-brown inside.

Curious, Xia Anni asked, “This leaf stem has quite some chew to it. Is it also made of hawthorn?”

Fu Yu explained, “Yes, but it’s made from fruit leather, extra roasted to mimic the appearance of the stem.”

“Oh, no wonder.” Xia Anni thought the leaf stem was quite interesting, offering a novel texture.

She couldn’t resist picking out another leaf stem, but it turned out to be quite securely stuck; applying a little force caused the cherry leaves stuck together to fall down.

Seeing the cherry leaves fall, Xia Anni instinctively reached out to catch them.

These cherry leaves look quite realistic; if not for their slightly pale color, they indeed look convincing.

Could these also be made of hawthorn?

Trying a bite, Xia Anni sampled the flavor.

No longer the crispy syrup texture; instead, it melted in her mouth with hints of light matcha flavor?

Moreover, the sweetness wasn’t purely syrupy and cloying but carried a hint of rich smoothness.

Like… chocolate?

Surprised, Xia Anni looked at Fu Yu, hesitantly asking, “Is this leaf made of chocolate?”

“What? Chocolate!” Not waiting for Fu Yu to answer, the nearby agent hurriedly handed over a napkin: “Spit it out quickly!”

This statement stupefied everyone!

Spit it out?

Can’t eat chocolate?

But… judging by Xia Anni, she didn’t seem to have any issues?

Fu Yu said to Xia Anni, “Yes, the leaves are made of chocolate; it’s a plate decoration.”

“Oh, so it’s decoration. Then is this medicinal dish only the cherry fruit?”

Fu Yu nodded: “Yes, but this medicinal dish is an appetizer; you can also try several others.”

Among the medicinal dishes on this table, this one dish doesn’t need to worry about cooled-off flavors.

Xia Anni’s expression appeared normal, but the agent beside her asked worriedly, “Are you okay?”

Xia Anni shook her head: “I’m fine, I just tasted a bit.”

Upon hearing this, the agent felt relieved, realizing his earlier reaction was a bit overly dramatic.

Hastening to explain, he said, “Annie can’t eat chocolate; it makes her throw up.”

What the agent said was true; Xia Anni never ate chocolate.

Before falling ill, she avoided chocolate because of its high calorie content, fearing weight gain.

Afterward, she didn’t consume it because chocolate was too sweet and cloying, and if vomiting occurred, the mix of stomach acid and chocolate flavor was overwhelmingly disgusting.

The agent feared Xia Anni would not withstand it and vomit again, but fortunately, what he worried about didn’t happen.

Due to excessive worry, the agent was astounded when he saw Xia Anni cooperatively pick up a spoon, scooping star-shaped dumplings to her lips.

Xia Anni was actually willing to eat!

Upon realizing this, the agent unconsciously held his breath!

No matter what it is, as long as she can eat it.

The key thing is, all the dishes here are medicinal cuisine; eating casually might help the illness.

This small bowl of soup contained only a few star-shaped dumplings.

Though it’s unknown what they’re made of, since the dumplings were very small—about the size of an adult’s fingernail—and looked plump and cute, Xia Anni suddenly felt she might be able to finish this small bowl of dumplings.

With prior experience eating cherries, this time, she chewed carefully.