Chapter 655: A Strange Situation (cont.)

So Gokou Ruri clenched her fists and glared viciously at Li Ke, but in the end, she didn't say anything.

Li Ke seized the moment and spoke into Gokou Ruri's ear.

"I'm hungry too."

Just where are you hungry?! You want to eat me, don't you?!

Gokou Ruri ranted furiously in her heart, but still picked up her chopsticks and impatiently served Li Ke a piece of tempura. After he ate it and she served herself some rice, she finally realized what she had done!

"!!"

Gokou Ruri's cheeks instantly grew scorching hot. She wanted to run away, but then remembered that she and Li Ke had already kissed. So instead of bristling, she decided that indirectly kissing him wasn't a big deal anymore. After all, they'd already done things far more outrageous.

But as she was thinking this, Li Ke spoke again.

"I want some more. Your cooking is delicious, Ruri."

Li Ke wasn't joking. Gokou Ruri's cooking couldn't compare to his, but she had poured her feelings into her food: her hopes for a better future, and her love for her little sisters and parents.

Cooking with heartfelt emotion could have this effect. Most people simply couldn't taste it; only chefs with exceptional skill and willpower could make ordinary people taste the feelings in their food.

But anyone capable of that would excel at anything they did. Great willpower brought great influence, and people like that only appeared in the worlds of food-themed anime.

Even then, only a handful of characters in those shows had such an ability, and it was regarded as the ultimate secret.

"Honestly... I can't deal with you!"

Gokou Ruri spoke irritably, but didn't say anything more. She simply pressed her legs together, enduring the wonderful feeling that made her want more and more,