Although Yaoshi Yuan had apologized to Shang Xin Lei earlier, she did not actually think she had been completely wrong.
After all, with a man and a woman alone together on a date in an unknown Secret Room, even if they were only eating, it was easy for something ambiguous to happen, right?
Yaoshi Yuan herself had no interest in matters between men and women. Unfortunately, Shi Dong, who thought about romance all day long, was beside her. After being exposed to it so often, Yaoshi Yuan had learned quite a bit—such as eating rouge, feeding each other, and even lying on top of each other while eating and being intimate... There was no way they were really only eating, right?
And yet, they really were.
The stone table was already tall, and putting the copper pot on top made it even taller. Sitting down, they could barely see into the pot, so Yan Qing and Shang Xin Lei simply stood up to eat.
They had not stopped moving their chopsticks since the battle began. Plate after plate of mutton was cleared, and the clear broth quickly turned cloudy. Forget talking—up until now, they had not even made eye contact. After the mutton came fried gluten, after the fried gluten came vegetables, and after the vegetables came more broth, or it would soon boil dry... Yaoshi Yuan had never cared much about food as long as it filled her stomach, but seeing the way they ate made her crave it too, and she stood up to cook some meat.
"Here, this cut is incredibly tender when cooked. It practically melts in your mouth." Yan Qing placed a plate of meat in front of her and smiled. "I thought the noble Duke of Jin needed someone to serve her while she