Chapter 62 I'll call you when the strawberries are sweet!

Jin He – the most vicious person An Yi encountered in his otherwise smooth-sailing life.

An Yi did not forgive Jin He until nightfall. He felt that Jin He should take the initiative to apologize to him. If she was sincere, he would condescend to forgive her and help her with the sheet music for her new song.

However, Jin He didn't seem to have any intention of apologizing to him.

"..."

An Yi stood expressionless beside the grill, grilling meat. Since Jin He couldn't stand the smell of meat, the task of grilling meat was handed over to An Yi, with Lin Nian standing next to him to supervise him.

Jin He held a cucumber in his hand, quite a distance from the barbecue grill.

Jiang Xiubai squatted down beside him and advised him: "If you don't eat meat, it's easy to lack protein. You can eat some dairy products regularly."

"I don't like dairy products."

"You can eat some soy products."

"I don't like eating soy products."

"Then you can eat some eggs."

"I don't like eggs..."

Jiang Xiubai, unable to bear it any longer, grabbed a cucumber and shoved it into Jin He's mouth. "You unlucky kid, you pick and choose, you little rascal!"

Why are you swearing?!

However, as an idol with such a high level of physical activity, he would lack protein if he didn't eat meat, eggs, and dairy products. A lack of protein would weaken his immune system. So, Jin He would force himself to eat something, whether he liked it or not. It's just that he's a really strange person.

I don't like eating grilled meat, but I like eating grilled meat dipping sauce...

In his words, mixing the dry ingredients and chili sauce together, cooking some noodles and mixing them in, and coating each noodle with crushed peanuts and roasted sesame seeds, along with some scallions or cucumbers, makes it really delicious!

"Eat some of this." Lin Nian put two pieces of lean meat into Jin He's noodle bowl, and under Jin He's contorted expression, shoved the bowl into his mouth: "You can eat roast meat, take it and eat it."

Shen Duoyuan glanced at Jin He's noodle bowl, picked out two noodles, put them in his own bowl, and tasted them.

“When I traveled before, I found that every place has its own way of making barbecue,” Lin Nian said while putting meat into Jin He’s bowl. “I traveled to a mountain in Jilin before, and they eat Korean barbecue there. It’s really delicious.”

Jin He became interested upon hearing this. After all, he hadn't traveled much. He chewed the meat in his bowl with difficulty and looked at the captain.

"It's just Korean chili sauce as a dipping sauce, but I prefer to mix the dry ingredients and sauce together and then wrap it in a lettuce leaf for a better taste." Lin Nian gave a thumbs up and, seeing Jin He looking at him curiously, asked, "Would you like to try it? I'll take you next time?"

Jin He nodded, mainly because she wanted to go out and have fun.

"It will taste a little sweet and sour, would you like it?"

“How could he possibly like it?” An Yi muttered from the side, “He doesn’t like sweet and sour flavors either, he finds them too cloying.”

"Um... what about Qiqihar barbecue? Qiqihar barbecue is also very delicious."

"He thinks it's too oily."

"What about Mongolia? Mongolian barbecue is also delicious."

He doesn't eat beef or mutton.

Lin Nian: "..."

Jin He shook her head guiltily, holding her bowl to the side. Under Lin Nian's gaze, she stuffed a piece of roasted meat into her mouth and mumbled, "I'm eating it. I can eat one or two pieces."

“But I have a question!” Shen Duoyuan raised his hand. “Why doesn’t Xiaohe like to eat meat? I don’t think he’s allergic to meat protein, is it just because he doesn’t like to eat it?”

“Some people just don’t like the taste of meat,” Jiang Xiubai said.

“But even meat that doesn’t taste like meat, Xiaohe doesn’t like to eat it,” Shen Duoyuan said. “This won’t do; we need a balanced diet.”

"I was greedy when I was little, and I ate too much," Jin He replied, picking at the noodles in her bowl. "I didn't eat meat for several years afterward. When I first debuted, my manager told me to gain weight, so I tried eating a few pieces, and then..."

Then, because his stomach and intestines were not used to digesting meat, he developed gastroenteritis.

However, Jin He felt that he had made a lot of progress. At least he could now eat a few pieces of lean meat, whereas a few years ago he couldn't eat a single piece of meat. He had already made great progress.

As for the rest, that's fate; let fate decide.

This topic didn't last long before the members started talking about their parents in the comments. An Yi and Lin Nian are both natives of Haicheng and reportedly come from well-off families. When talking about their families, An Yi didn't reveal much, only saying, "My dad also studied art."

"Does Uncle also sing? Then An Yi's singing must come from a family tradition."

“What? He can’t sing at all, and he sings terribly.” An Yi didn’t hold back when talking about his own father. He said, “It’s super awful.”

How bad is "extremely awful"?

"He studied literature."

"Ah, a writer."

“It’s not as bad as they say,” An Yi replied.

“My hometown is in Yue City,” Shen Duoyuan replied. “We can go there for morning tea!”

Jin He opened her eyes slightly, her interest piqued again.

"Yes, there are lots of delicious food, chicken feet, char siu, rice noodle rolls... Oh, you'll see when you get there."

“My home is in Heilongjiang Province.” Jiang Xiubai rested her chin on her hand, looking lost in thought. “To be honest, I don’t really like the food in Haicheng. Northeastern cuisine is really delicious, like stewed pork in an iron pot, sweet and sour pork, and cold noodles…”

Jin He stared wide-eyed as they introduced their parents.

"By the way, in our area, they sell popsicles outdoors in winter. At that time, it's already minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius outside, so the popsicles won't melt at all if you leave them outside," Jiang Xiubai said. "And every house has heating, so it's 20 or 30 degrees Celsius inside and minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius outside, so you can wear short sleeves right inside!"

"Does every household have heating?" Jin He asked.

"Yeah. Because it's quite cold in Northeast China, except for a few older neighborhoods where the heating isn't very good, most of the heating systems are burning really hard. Sometimes I even get nosebleeds from the heat at home, haha..."

After everyone had finished introducing themselves, only Jin He was left. He knew he couldn't avoid this topic, but luckily the company had prepared a response for him. So he said, "I'm also from Haicheng, but I'm from the countryside."

"Rural areas?"

Although they had been working together for half a year, Jin He had always kept quiet about her family. When this topic was suddenly brought up, the other members sat up straight, eager to listen.

"Yes, I live with my mother-in-law, my younger sister, and my uncle and aunt. My mother goes out to work."

“Actually, the countryside is very interesting. Have you ever farmed? When I was little, I would help my grandma plant rice seedlings and help my uncle weed the orchard. It was so much fun,” Jin He said, resting her chin on her hand. “Because my uncle grows strawberries, and strawberries are really sweet and fresh when they are first picked.”

Jin He swallowed hard as she thought about it, and then said, "The strawberries smell really good, the kind of aroma you can smell as soon as you enter a strawberry farm."

"The strawberries grown by Uncle Xiaohe must be very sweet!" Shen Duoyuan said enthusiastically. "When do you have time to go to Uncle Xiaohe's house to pick strawberries?"

Jin He was visibly taken aback by these words, then nodded: "Sure, I'll call you when the strawberries are sweet."