Chapter 244 The Temptation of Food
To prevent the two from starting a fight, Gu Xinyan quickly stepped forward to calm them down:
"Ellie, His Highness Aoyu is a guest invited by your father. We've made a lot, so it's good for him to have a taste. If you want anything else to eat later, Sister Gu will make it for you!"
"Okay, then!"
Ellie knew she couldn't be too harsh, after all, this annoying guy was invited by her own father. Oh well, seeing how pitiful he was, she'd give him a little.
After comforting Ellie, Gu Xinyan quickly scooped out the extra seafood fried rice and various stir-fries.
He placed it on the table next to Ellie, then smiled and greeted Ao Yu, who was still standing at the door:
"Your Highness, come and try some! These must be eaten while they're hot, otherwise they'll lose half their flavor when they get cold!"
Ao Yu: ""
Half the flavor? No way! Forget it, he wasn't going to bother with that little fish; good food was more important.
Thinking this, he quickly walked to the table and began to eat heartily.
However, the moment he took a bite, his eyes widened in surprise. This... was so delicious! He had never tasted such a delicacy before.
In the past, when members of the tribe went to the human realm, they would bring him some delicacies, but none of them tasted as good as what he had just seen.
The delicious seafood, bursting with juice, coated every grain of rice, and paired with the special sauce, was so incredibly fresh it made his tongue tingle. Those two humans weren't wrong; it really was delicious.
Every bite brought him immense satisfaction. Everyone in the tribe knew he loved to eat, so whenever he returned from a trip, they would always bring him food from outside.
He used to think those dishes were delicious, but compared to today's meal, they were simply incomparable.
So he stopped caring about his image and started eating heartily, quickly finishing all the food in front of him.
After finishing his meal, he licked his lips with a lingering sense of satisfaction, feeling like he hadn't had enough. He could only look longingly at Gu Xinyan, as if hoping to eat some more.
Ao Yu's behavior made those around him unable to help but chuckle. Sure enough! Even the most arrogant person becomes obedient in the face of delicious food!
"snort!"
Seeing him like that, Ellie gave a small snort, but didn't say anything.
After all, she had just been annoyed by the Dragon Prince's hypocritical attitude after getting the advantage, but now that he was back to normal, she didn't feel as hostile.
Seeing this, Gu Xinyan chuckled and divided the rest among the two little ones.
Of course, it has to be split in half; otherwise, if it's not divided evenly, the two of them would probably start arguing again.
Watching the two little ones eat heartily, Gu Xinyan turned her attention back to her work. The blue fish beast was quite large, and she planned to prepare several different flavors.
One is used for stir-frying, another for stewing and making soup, and of course, it's also essential to eat it raw, so you need to prepare a lot of various sauces and condiments.
When making the soup, she first put the prepared bluefish into a special clay pot, which she had already added various seasonings to.
After simmering for a while, a rich aroma wafted from the pot. After watching it simmer for a bit, Gu Xinyan took a small fruit and dripped its juice into the pot.
As the juice simmered in the pot, a sweet aroma wafted out, mingled with the fragrance of fruit, instantly invigorating anyone who smelled it.
This made everyone in the kitchen look into the pot, and they kept swallowing hard.
As time went by, one delicious dish after another was served, with various delicacies vying for attention, dazzling Ao Yu's eyes.
The raw seafood platter looked particularly unique, and there was a small bowl of special dipping sauce on the side.
And on the side were the fragrant grilled meat and fish, as well as the soup made by the blue fish beast that had just made his mouth water.
Looking at these, Ao Yu's mouth had been watering non-stop since the beginning, he was so hungry, but he also knew that he couldn't eat these now, he could only eat them when the palace banquet started.
And so, with their mouths watering, Ao Yu and Ellie, just when they were about to burst, finally welcomed the start of the palace banquet.
Sitting in their chairs, looking at the table full of delicious food, the two little ones finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As he exhaled, the Mermaid King and the Dragon King noticed him, and they looked at their children with puzzled eyes, not understanding what the two little ones were doing.
"Father, elder brother, let me tell you, the food that Sister Gu and the others made is absolutely delicious! You must eat a lot later. Oh my, everything is so good, it's the kind of food that will make your tongue tingle!"
Listening to Ao Yu's incessant introduction, the Dragon King and Ao Yuan were speechless.
“Yes, yes, Sister Gu’s cooking skills are top-notch. We’re just lucky that Sister Gu and her family came to visit us. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to eat such delicious food,” Ellie quickly chimed in.
Mermaid King: ""
Well, actually he also thought that Boss Gu and his team were very good cooks, otherwise he wouldn't have had the nerve to invite them to help prepare the imperial banquet.
Looking at the shocked faces on the table, the Mermaid King felt incredibly satisfied.
"The Sister Gu you're talking about, are you referring to those humans? They came from Saint Orchid City?"
The Dragon King asked in confusion, after all, they had encountered those humans when they first entered the city, and they never expected that the food on the table was actually prepared by them.
That's incredible! No wonder the Mermaid King invited them here. But when they heard about the origins of these people, their eyes widened in surprise.
"Boss Gu and his group didn't come from Saint Lan City, but from another world, from Blue Star, China."
It was by sheer chance that I was brought here through a portal of light, and the place I came out of just happened to be on our merfolk's side.
So I invited Boss Gu and his team to the palace banquet, and asked them to cook a meal for us while they were at it.
After pausing for a moment, the Mermaid King continued, much to the astonishment of the crowd:
"Mr. Gu and his business owners are probably already familiar with them. They're located in the square, and Mr. Gu's shop has many items that we don't have here."
There are also various medicines; you can take a look later. Alright, enough talk, let's eat first. After we finish eating, we'll discuss the black mist matter properly.
After saying that, he picked up his glass first. The wine in the glass was something he had bought from Boss Gu's shop.
It's so delicious! You won't know until you try it, and once you do, you'll fall completely in love with it.
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