"The fish soup's here."
Inside the Solar Ship, in the little cafeteria.
More precisely, Huai Shi's workshop.
After Huai Shi left, the place had remained exactly as it was before.
It was kept spotless through daily cleaning, but a small table had been set up, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner were now being served.
Amid the enticing sour, fragrant, numbing, and spicy aroma, Luo Xian emerged from the kitchen and set the soup tureen on the table.
After wiping away her sweat, she saw the three people sitting primly beside the table and paused in surprise.
"What's wrong? Were you waiting for me?" Luo Xian smiled sheepishly. "No need to be so formal. Go on, everyone, eat. Don't hold back."
After a brief silence, Lin Zhongxiaowu, Anna, and Blood Calamity Gloria nodded in unison.
Yet they merely exchanged wary glances, none of them daring to pick up their chopsticks first.
"All right, I'll eat with you too."
Luo Xian smiled, took off her apron, sat down, and used her chopsticks to place a piece of fish in each of their bowls.
"Try it. This is your teacher's favorite—pickled fish."
"Ah, yes, yes!"
Anna beamed and nodded wildly, lifting her bowl with drool practically spilling from her mouth.
Then... under the table, she viciously kicked Lin Zhongxiaowu.
What are you spacing out for?
Eat already!
Lin Zhongxiaowu's face turned green.
Sensing his junior sister's silent urging, along with Luo Xian's expectant gaze, he forced a strained smile onto his twitching face.
Gritting his teeth and steeling himself, he picked up the fish and stuffed it into his mouth.
Then he felt as though a bomb had gone off.
The faint sourness of the pickled vegetables blended with the freshness of the fish.
Together with the numbing heat of the spices, the