The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

In the backyard of the 93 courtyard house, on the left side near the kitchen, Li Kaixin had already prepared all the side dishes.

The meal also includes over ten kilograms of moose meat and wild boar meat from the secret region, eight or nine kilograms of crayfish, seven or eight palm-sized crucian carp, a piece of tuna meat, and condiments such as oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar.

Since Li Kai said he wanted the same dish as last time, he was too lazy to rack his brains to think of making other dishes.

Just as he was about to go to the stove to start a fire, Li Kai, Li Xiaoxiao, and Zhang Xiaohua walked over from the main room.

"Big brother, let me do it!"

Seeing the pile of dishes in front of the stove, Li Kai ran over to Li Kaixin and took the firewood from his hands.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoxiao, who was following behind, couldn't help but purse her lips: "Li Kai, if you had this much enthusiasm when you were doing your homework, Xiaohua wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble to teach you."

"Xiaoxiao, you always have to say something when I'm doing chores," Li Kai said resentfully, stepping aside. "Why don't you start the fire?"

"I'll do it!" Li Xiaoxiao said, immediately stepping forward to take his place. "You're so slow and hesitant, all you're capable of is starting a fire."

Li Kai wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, he stood to the side with a grin and said, "Hey, that's perfect. I can take a break for a bit."

Standing nearby, Zhang Xiaohua chuckled softly at the bickering siblings.

She looked at Li Kaixin, who had returned to the stove, and asked softly, "Brother Kaixin, is there anything else I can help with?"

"No need, Xiaohua, you can just keep an eye on things from the side."

Li Kaixin smiled, then turned to Li Kai and said bluntly, "Xiao Kai, go chop some firewood in the yard; we don't have enough in the kitchen."

"Huh?" Li Kai was dumbfounded, pointing to the large pile of firewood still against the corner: "Big brother, there's still so much left, it should be enough for cooking tonight, right?"

"I said it's not enough, and that's final." Li Kaixin raised an eyebrow, her tone laced with threat. "What, you really don't want to eat tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Li Kai dared not say anything more and turned to walk towards the kitchen door.

Watching all this from the fire, Li Xiaoxiao couldn't help but sneer at his retreating figure, "Serves you right, all that smugness!"

Li Kai had just stepped one foot out the door when he heard these words and immediately stumbled.

When Zhang Xiaohua saw this, she felt both amused and worried. She had just chased after him when Li Kaixin called her back.

"Xiaohua, don't worry about him. I have something I want to ask you right now."

He called Li Kai to chop wood, not simply to prank his younger brother, but because he had something else he wanted to say to Zhang Xiaohua alone.

"Brother Kaixin, feel free to ask me anything?" Zhang Xiaohua stopped in her tracks and turned to look at the figure on the stove.

As Li Kaixin added ingredients to the pot, he casually asked, "Xiao Hua, what do you think of Xiao Kai usually?"

"Happy Bro, you mean him!" Zhang Xiaohua perked up immediately, counting on her fingers one by one: "He's too impulsive, doesn't study hard, and always loves to brag to his classmates."

"Do you like him?" Li Kaixin asked again.

"I like it!" Zhang Xiaohua blurted out almost immediately, then realized what she had said and her face turned bright red.

Li Kaixin stopped what he was doing, looked up at her, and said, "Xiaohua, Xiaokai has so many flaws, didn't you sound quite disgusted with him just now? How come you've fallen for him?"

Although he said that people's subconscious reactions are the most genuine, there's always a chance of something going wrong, so it's better to ask questions to clarify some things.

Zhang Xiaohua thought Li Kaixin had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained, "Brother Kaixin, I didn't look down on Brother Kai, I... I like him."

"Xiaohua, don't panic, I was just asking casually."

Li Kaixin smiled gently, then changed the subject: "However, I still don't understand, what exactly do you see in him?"