Taking the tablet, I first checked the homepage recommendations, which still featured yam juice and braised mutton, with no new items or any hints.
Just as I was about to ask Xiao Dong, a partner who leaned over pointed to the sidebar:
"This 'Hometown Series', could it be Lin's surprise?"
Hometown Series?
Isn't it just a dish of fried noodles? Could it be...
After clicking, three images appeared on the page. The top one was fried noodles, the bottom was egg soup, and the middle image looked like a soup with green spinach and red shrimp visible in it.
This is...
"Hometown Bump Soup? Is this the surprise Lin planned?"
"Wow, this bump soup is just like my grandma used to make. She'd love to find some withered spinach before frost to make bump soup. Those spinach leaves may not look good, but they taste so sweet... Let's have a portion, since we can't go back home for now, let's enjoy some hometown dishes."
