Chapter 51: Gathering Friends

After dinner, the two of them went downstairs as usual to take a walk and digest their food.

After returning from their walk, Hyori started making phone calls to gather friends for tomorrow's gathering. Everyone was busy, so if they didn't make plans in advance, it would be hard to know if they would have time.

The phone calls took about an hour to finish.

"Are the calls done?" Li Shenxing asked.

"Done, but a few are unavailable," Hyori said.

"Good, now let's take out the rice wine."

"Sure~ Sure!" At the mention of rice wine, Hyori immediately became excited.

"Xiaomao, take out the airtight bowls and the bottles for the rice wine. I'll bring the glass jar to the kitchen."

"Got it." The two of them went their separate ways to get things done.

After placing everything on the island, they sterilized everything with hot water.

"Let's start!" Li Shenxing slowly unscrewed the glass jar, and a strong aroma of alcohol spread.

"Wow~ It smells so good!" Hyori took a deep breath and exclaimed.

Li Shenxing first scooped out the floating glutinous rice with a ladle and placed it in the airtight bowls. The remaining rice and rice wine, Li Shenxing and Hyori poured into the bottles and stored them in the refrigerator.

"Do you want to taste it?" Li Shenxing held the ladle and tempted Hyori.

Hyori gave Li Shenxing a few kisses on the face and said, "That's enough, if it's enough, hurry up."

Li Shenxing was somewhat helpless in the face of Hyori's occasional queen-like dominance.

"Here, try it, is the taste good enough?" Li Shenxing handed the ladle to Hyori.

Hyori took the ladle, scooped up a spoonful of rice wine, and took a sip.

"Hmm, the taste is still good, but a stronger alcohol flavor would be better."

"The rice wine needs more time to ferment. Alright, let's start cooking."

"I'll do it, Oppa, you can wait in the living room."

"Is that okay? Should I go?" Li Shenxing asked, a bit worried.

"Go, go." Hyori pushed him out of the kitchen.

Hyori took out a smaller pot, scooped out two servings of rice wine, and placed it on the stove. She then took out some goji berries and two eggs from the refrigerator.

She put the goji berries in the pot first, and once the water boiled, she cracked the eggs and stirred them, then turned off the heat and let it sit for a minute.

She took two ladles and carried the pot to the living room.

"Be careful." Li Shenxing, who had been watching the kitchen, saw Hyori carrying the pot out immediately.

The two of them ate the rice wine while watching a TV variety show, occasionally making comments about the show.

Until it was time to sleep, they turned off the TV and went to the bedroom to rest.

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The next morning, Li Shenxing got up on time, washed up, and changed into his outdoor clothes. He went downstairs, as he had to leave early and didn't have time to exercise.

He took out the cat food from the refrigerator and put it in a pot to steam, setting the timer. He apologized to the cats, "Kids, I'm sorry, you'll have to eat breakfast a bit later today, Dad doesn't have time." It would take some time for the cat food to cool down.

He made a simple sandwich for the two of them, poured a glass of milk, and after eating his breakfast, he wrote a note for Hyori, put on his backpack, and left.

He hailed a taxi at the apartment entrance, got in, and told the driver to go to the airport.

Half an hour later, Li Shenxing, with his backpack, walked into the airport.

"Shenxing, over here."

Before Li Shenxing could find anyone, Tae Yong spotted him first.

"Are you the only one here? The others haven't arrived yet?" Li Shenxing asked as he walked over.

"They're almost here, I just called them."

They didn't have to wait long; the group for the sea fishing trip soon arrived.

They took their luggage and went to check in.

By the time Hyori woke up at home, it was already past eight. She got up, washed up, and went downstairs to eat breakfast.

"Oppa." Not seeing Li Shenxing downstairs, Hyori called out, but no one responded. She then remembered he had to leave early today and wouldn't be back until tomorrow.

She walked to the dining table, saw the note, picked it up, and read it. She then went to the stove, where the cats were already waiting.

"Sorry~ Dad is busy today and couldn't feed you on time, sorry~ So Mom will feed you breakfast~." She opened the pot, felt the cat food, and placed it in each cat's bowl. The hungry cats immediately started eating.

"Alright! Eat slowly, Mom is also having breakfast." She stood up and sat at the table to eat the sandwich Li Shenxing had made.

After finishing her simple breakfast, Hyori went upstairs, changed her clothes, and left with her bag.

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Today's work was to discuss songs. This album was mainly about Hyori, so they hoped she would write a song representing her experiences or a story. Since the progress was smooth, she got home earlier than usual.

Not long after getting home, she received a call from her friend Yoojoo Hyun.

"Unnie, where are you now?" Yoojoo Hyun's voice came through the phone.

"Just got home, come over quickly, I'm hungry."

"I'm at a supermarket near your house, I don't know what you have at home."

"You don't need to buy meat. I have carrots, green peppers, lettuce, and tomatoes. You decide what to do." Hyori opened the refrigerator and told Yoojoo Hyun.

"Got it, I'll buy a few more things and be there soon, bye~"

"Bye~" She hung up the phone, put it on the table, and picked up the little fat one.

"Little fat one, there are a lot of uncles and aunts coming to play today~ Are you happy?" Hyori pinched the little fat one's face and said.

She looked at the time; it was just past five. After thinking about it, Hyori still took the little fat one into the kitchen.

"Little fat one, we'll have dinner a bit earlier today, are you happy~" She kissed its chubby face and asked.

In the kitchen, she put the cat down, opened the refrigerator, took out enough food for the cats, placed it on a plate, added water, and put it in the pot to steam. After the water boiled, she set the timer and went back to the living room, turned on the TV, and sat on the sofa.

Hyori lay on the sofa, boredly flipping through TV channels. She checked the time and thought the cat food should be ready, so she got up and went to the kitchen. At that moment, she heard the doorbell. She pressed the button to open the main door, went to the entrance, and opened the door. In came Siewi and Yoojoo Hyun.

"Why are you two together?" Hyori asked.

Siewi lifted the shopping bag in her hand, "We met at the supermarket."

"Quite a coincidence." Hyori was speechless.

The three of them went to the kitchen, and Hyori used tongs to take the cat food out of the pot and let it cool.

Yoojoo Hyun saw it and asked curiously, "What's this? Are these rice balls you made, Unnie?"

"What! This is the kids' food, cat food." Hyori was speechless.

"Hehe, your cats eat so well, I'm not even as good as a cat." Siewi said pitifully.

"What are we having for dinner tonight?" Ignoring her, Hyori asked.

"Let's make pasta and eggplant." Yoojoo Hyun opened the refrigerator and looked around.

"Little fat one~ Say hello to Auntie." Hyori held the little fat one and came to Yoojoo Hyun's side.

"Unnie, why does Little fat one look fatter?" Yoojoo Hyun patted its belly.

"It eats too much and doesn't like to move." Hyori rubbed the little fat one's face.