Lu Wanzheng handed the dipping sauce to everyone except Lu Ci. She had originally prepared six dishes, but she just found out that Lu Ci doesn't eat oysters. It was such a waste of her good intentions, as she had wanted Lu Ci to eat some.
"Wanzheng, what's this?" Mo Yushan picked up a small dish, held it to her nose and smelled it. It tasted a little sour, and her mouth immediately watered.
Lu Wanzheng placed a few oysters on her plate. "This is a dipping sauce for the oysters, but you can choose not to use it. The point of steaming is to enjoy its freshness." She used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of oyster meat and put it into the dipping sauce. She had developed this sauce herself, and she thought it was delicious.
Mo Yushan swallowed hard, reached for an oyster, dipped it in the sauce, and the white oyster meat was stained with brown sauce. She ate them one after another, the sour taste exploding in her mouth.
The sourness here isn't from adding vinegar; it has a refreshing lemon flavor.
"Is there lemon juice in it? It looks delicious!" Mo Yushan's eyes lit up. It really was delicious!
Mo Yushan's satisfied expression inspired the others to start eating as well.
Everyone who has tried it says it's delicious.
Everyone said so, and Lu Ci was itching to try it. She had been to many Michelin-starred restaurants abroad and eaten countless delicacies. She shouldn't have been attracted by such a small sauce, but the temptation from so many people around her made her really want to try it.
Can……
She couldn't bring herself to do it.
She just said she doesn't eat oysters, so if she reaches out and takes some now, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?
After Lu Wanzheng sat back down, she prepared to focus on her meal. As she picked up some food, she inadvertently glanced at Lu Ci, who looked conflicted and stared intently at the large plate of oysters in front of her.
Lu Wanzheng had prepared a lot of oysters, but by now, the top layer had already been eaten by others.
Zhong Yunyue also noticed this. He felt a little guilty after scolding Lu Ci, so he secretly kept an eye on her. Seeing her eating white rice and occasionally biting her chopsticks while looking ahead, he guessed that Lu Ci was feeling awkward.
Lu Wanzheng handed the bowl of dipping sauce that she had initially prepared for Lu Ci to Zhong Yunyue, giving him a chance to redeem himself, since he had gotten into a fight with Lu Ci because of her.
Zhong Yunyue took the dipping sauce and pushed it in front of Lu Ci.
Lu Ci was thinking about whether she should secretly take one; everyone was eating, so no one should notice her.
Just as she was about to reach for the oyster, a hand reached out from her right, picked up an oyster, and placed it in front of her. Next to the oyster was a dipping dish, which she didn't know had been brought there at some point.
"Try these oysters. The ones you ate before might not have been very good, so you didn't like them. Everyone has tried the ones Wanzheng made, and they taste great. See if you like them."
The man's deep, gentle voice reached Lu Ci's ear, and to her, it was like heavenly music.
With such a stepping stone, Lu Ci naturally wouldn't miss it.
But she still couldn't swallow her pride, "Then I'll reluctantly give it a try and see if it tastes good."
Seeing her reluctant expression, Mo Yushan was about to retort when Lu Wanzheng pressed her down. Mo Yushan looked at Lu Wanzheng in confusion, only to see Lu Wanzheng shake her head. She could only lower her head and eat her meal.
Lu Ci picked up an oyster with his chopsticks, dipped it in the sauce, and put it in his mouth.
The oysters were very juicy, and she used very little dipping sauce, so the sour taste didn't completely mask the oysters' sweetness.
It's really delicious!
But she couldn't speak, so she just ate a couple of bites of rice and picked up an oyster.
Lu Wanzheng watched Lu Ci's actions and found them amusing. It seemed that this young lady wasn't too bad, just a little silly.
She lowered her voice and said to Xiao Qifeng, "I always said some people should eat more oysters."
Xiao Qifeng smiled indulgently, "Hurry up and eat, I'll peel the shrimp for you." He put down his chopsticks, picked up the serving chopsticks, and took a shrimp.
“I’ll do it myself,” they both said in low voices, so low that only the people sitting on either side of them could hear them.
Xiao Qifeng: "No need, this smell is strong, don't get your hands dirty."
Mo Yushan nudged Gu Yewei to her right, "You should learn from him, he's so sweet."
Gu Yewei chuckled lightly: "If you want, I can peel it for you."
"Forget it, I'll do it myself. Your hands are more precious." These are the hands that make money, after all.
Seeing that Lu Ci was eating one dish after another, Zhong Yunyue felt relieved and started eating as well.
He tried every dish, and every dish was delicious. "Mr. Xiao's cooking is very good."
Mo Yushan immediately echoed, "That's right, it tastes even better than Ye Wei's."
She spoke loudly and without any attempt to hide her feelings. Gu Yewei was displeased; his girlfriend was praising another man's cooking. He said coldly, "My cooking isn't bad either." He glared at Mo Yushan, warning her with his eyes to watch her words.
Mo Yushan immediately fell silent. Gu Yewei had been a coach for so long and had a certain amount of authority. Even though he doted on her, she still didn't dare to act recklessly in front of him sometimes.
Despite receiving praise from others, Xiao Qifeng remained humble. "Wanzheng cooks better than me. I can't compare to her. I just wanted to make sure she could have a good meal when she got home from work, so I casually learned how to cook." His calm and composed tone shocked everyone. He spoke as if cooking was a very simple thing, and he had just been playing around with it, yet he had done it better than them.
It's absolutely deadly.
Gu Yewei scoffed lightly, but he didn't mean to belittle anyone. "I'm just learning casually. If I studied seriously, I would definitely do better."
"Yes, yes, you'll do your best. We'll be waiting to see you show off your skills tomorrow." Mo Yushan scooped up a large spoonful of the thick vegetable paste. "Can't you shut up with food?"
Xiao Qifeng peeled several shrimp for Lu Wanzheng and put them into her bowl.
The meal lasted for nearly twenty minutes, during which Mo Yushan's chopsticks never stopped. Everyone else had finished eating, leaving only her. Seeing this, Lu Wanzheng picked up her chopsticks again and ate her own food bit by bit, not putting any pressure on Mo Yushan.
[Lu Wanzheng is still eating? She's an actress, isn't she afraid of gaining weight eating so much? Other actresses eat one bowl of rice over three meals, but it seems like Lu Wanzheng can eat three bowls in one meal.]
[What does it matter to haters whether this girl is fat or not? She seems thinner today, and she doesn't seem to be in good spirits. It must be because of what happened last night.]
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