Crab roe buns had always posed one problem for Su Bai: they were delicious, but easy to get sick of.
Actually, any food flavored with crab roe had a similar issue. Like the crab roe-flavored sunflower seeds Su Bai loved as a child—the first bite was always especially fragrant, but by the end, they left him feeling weary.
The red sour soup happened to whet the appetite and cut through the richness. Come to think of it, they really went well together.
The only problem was that with sour, sweet, spicy, salty, and crab roe flavors all gathered together, the flavor profile was overly complex. It was not very friendly to people with more traditional tastes.
Su Bai did not mind. He had a high tolerance for food and was not the kind of person who clearly belonged to either the "sweet camp" or the "savory camp." Sweet, salty, spicy—he could devour all of it!
"How is it, Brother Su Bai? My sister and I specially simmered the red sour soup yesterday. Even Senior Sister Xiaolu praised us for being hardworking~"
While Su Bai ate, Wan Xinyan ran over with a grin to serve him. She took the chance to claim credit, and while doing so, did not forget to mention her senior sister. Her emotional intelligence was truly maxed out.
Zhou Jialu responded as well, and the two sides complimented each other back and forth as though they were at some elegant ladies' tea party.
Su Bai simply enjoyed his meal while listening to the girls' conversation, which did not contain much of actual substance.
If one said their conversation concealed murderous intent, that would not exactly be wrong. Zhou Jialu and the Wan sisters truly did not get along very well, but they could not possibly start a