My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 700 - 236: Going Home

From the depths of memory, Du Xixi vaguely dug up scenes — she was five years old, and her relationship with Chen Yin had just formed, pleasant but not too close. Chen Yin tried hard to get closer to her, seemingly offering her a gift in exchange for calling him "big brother."

What gift did Du Xixi ask for? She doesn’t remember; it seemed like a painting or perhaps a dress. For a five-year-old girl who spent most of her time in the kitchen practicing her culinary skills, the most desired gift was perhaps not material but a significant improvement in cooking skills.

Du Xixi doesn’t remember what gift she asked for but remembers the last thing she said to Chen Yin: "If possible, I really hope I can graduate tomorrow."

The grandfathers of the Du Family had high expectations for Du Xixi; as the sole heir of the direct line, her burden was indeed heavy. The sooner she graduated, the fewer days the grandfathers had to bear the burden of running the entire household.

Du Xixi’s fingertips once again caressed the carved picture, which depicts a little girl. The tall chef hat was carved roughly, but at the top of the hat, a neatly carved "D" was familiar to Du Xixi—the style of chef hats worn by the Du Family chefs.

Du Xixi’s chef hat was slightly different, highlighting her exceptional position in the Du Family. The brim of her chef hat even had "Du Xixi" embroidered in light gold thread, stitched by a highly skilled embroiderer, one stitch at a time.

Du Xixi’s gaze at the carving gradually softened, even though the warmth from nostalgia made her like the carving more. The mysterious resemblance it had to her memory also made Du Xixi exceptionally doubtful.

That was the secret between Du Xixi and Chen Yin; even the elders of the Du Family didn’t know that the five-year-old Du Xixi had such expectations, preferring to believe it was a coincidence rather than overthinking it.

Anyway, it wouldn’t be Chen Yin’s doing; he would never harm Du Xixi. That, Du Xixi was certain.

Du Xixi activated her Light Computer, which had been in power-saving mode, repeatedly photographing the carving with the camera function to ensure she fully recorded it, and then nodded in satisfaction.

She took one last look around the small wooden house, confirming there was nothing valuable for her on the surface, then stepped back out, not forgetting to close the door as she left.

"Madam?"

Du Xixi was still gazing at the exterior of the small wooden house, lost in thought, when a familiar mechanical voice came from behind. Turning around, she found 2569, who had somehow followed her to the top of the waterfall.

Du Xixi smiled and, seeing the slightly messy state of her housekeeper robot, asked amusingly, "What happened to you? How did you get here?"

At this moment, 2569 still looked daft and silly as usual, but just that it was covered in some unknown slime, with a few leaves and weeds stuck to it. Du Xixi needed no guesses to know that it must have been "attacked" by those fierce beasts on its way over.

As Du Xixi had imagined, 2569 indeed fought its way through, the beasts wouldn’t allow Ke Lian and others close, but the special floral scent of 2569 was very much liked by them. After the beasts on the way surrounded 2569 with sniffing, it managed to navigate its way to Du Xixi.

This was also a feature set up by Ke Lian—location tracking. When others couldn’t find a way to locate Du Xixi, 2569 remained unimpeded and could find Du Xixi as long as they were in the same world.

"Madam, those beasts were so rough, and a large snake even crawled over me, making me all sticky. It’s really uncomfortable!" 2569 looked at Du Xixi with some grievance, but when its wheels rolled closer, worried that it might dirty Du Xixi, it stopped, staying close, "But a big lion took care of me, accompanying me here. It left only when we got close."

Du Xixi hadn’t expected the beasts to like 2569 so much. When she came over, the beasts ignored her existence, completely indifferent. She hadn’t had any big snakes crawl over her nor been personally guarded by a big lion.

Du Xixi kept smiling, patting 2569’s shoulder in preparation to return. She felt there was nothing particularly special here for her to observe, and when she passed the two lying Iron-eating Beasts, they even roared at her.