"Cooking herself?" Zu An asked with a strange expression. "Didn't Miss Zheng have class this morning?"
You're insulting my intelligence! I clearly saw you at school this morning. How could you possibly have had a chance to go home and cook?
Zheng Dan, however, was quick-witted and immediately guessed what he was thinking. She calmly explained, "My family also prepared a courtyard for me at the school, which I had prepared there."
"Ah, students can have courtyards like this too?" Zu An was taken aback.
Zheng Dan smiled and said, "Ordinary people naturally can't do this, but our Zheng family does have some influence in Mingyue City, so we can have this little bit of privilege."
Zu An suddenly realized that, apart from her, the young masters and ladies from other noble families probably also had their own courtyards in the academy.
Pshaw, I thought colleges were so high-class, turns out they're into this kind of thing too.
"Teacher Zu, could you let me go inside first? If someone passing by sees us, it might not look good." Zheng Dan looked at him pitifully, her eyes enough to soften the heart of any man in the world.
Zu An was no exception. He stepped aside to let her in and asked jokingly, "Are you worried that it will reach General Sang's ears and damage Miss's reputation?"
Zheng Dan sighed softly, "So the teacher already knew about my engagement. Alas, being born into a large family, I had no say in my marriage. I'm sorry to have troubled the teacher."
Zuan had to admire this woman's art of speaking. She hadn't said a single bad word about Sang Qian, yet she clearly revealed her helplessness in this marriage, and one could even sense that she wasn't entirely willing.
But thinking about it carefully, she didn't actually say anything, so even if it got back to other people, it wouldn't be a big deal.
"Let's not talk about those things anymore. I came here specifically to thank you." Zheng Dan looked at him with her big, watery eyes, so close that she seemed to glow.
Even though he saw several beauties from the Chu family every day, Zu An still couldn't deny that the girl in front of him was an extremely outstanding beauty. No wonder she could be ranked alongside Chu Chuyan on the list of beauties.
At this moment, Zheng Dan slowly took out the dishes from the wooden box one by one. The whole process was unhurried and the movements were extremely elegant. She exuded a special classical temperament, just like those Jiangnan ladies in cheongsams seen on TV in her previous life. Even when eating hairy crabs, they could eat with great elegance and charm, making people's imaginations run wild.
Soon the table was filled with several small dishes, each one a feast for the eyes and the palate, a truly exquisite sight.
Zheng Dan was slightly smug. You see, she was not only good at brewing tea, but also at cooking. She had complete confidence in her culinary skills. However, she rarely cooked, only doing it out of interest. Even Sang Qian hadn't had the chance to enjoy it, but this guy got to do it first.
She was waiting for the other person to praise her cooking skills, and then she would take the opportunity to be modest. She had mastered the whole process quite well. Over the years, she had been cultivating her image as a perfect lady from a well-to-do family, and she had become quite skilled in this regard.
"Hey, your lunchbox even has an insulation function!" Zuan went over and picked up the wooden box on the table, turning it over and over to examine it.
Zheng Dan's breath hitched. She really couldn't understand what the other person meant, but she still smiled faintly and said, "It's not surprising that the wooden box is engraved with heat-insulating runes."
"I see." Zu An suddenly realized. It seems we really can't underestimate this world. Although their technology isn't as advanced as in my previous life, they can achieve similar effects through cultivation techniques. The shock-absorbing runes on Chu Chuyan's carriage, the energy-isolating runes on the outside of the dice cup at the Silver Hook Gambling House, and the runes I heard about Chu family weapons also having corresponding runes engraved on them—I should pay more attention to this kind of knowledge in the future.
Upon seeing his appearance, Zheng Dan suddenly realized that this guy was just a good-for-nothing hoodlum in the city a month ago. He had only recently been chosen as the son-in-law of the Chu family and probably had never seen such things from a big family. Sure enough, even if a sparrow flies to a branch, it will never become a phoenix.
Despite feeling disdain, he maintained an impeccable smile: "Teacher, please sit down. These dishes will lose their essence if they get cold. Let me pour you some wine."
"Drinking?" Zu An said with a half-smile, looking at the half-exposed, jade-like wrist of the other person as they poured the wine. "It's easy to lose control after drinking."
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