The Empress Dowager Takes Control

Unlike the private room where he had dined with Liu Yuewang, the food here was not served as individual portions. Instead, dishes came out in large shared platters like at an ordinary restaurant, rather than tiny single servings no bigger than a soy sauce dish.

For example, the "Crispy Sea Cucumber" Liu Chang'an had just eaten there had been one thin slice per person. Here, it filled a plate as large as the kind normally used for chopped chili fish head.

As for that foie gras fried rice, the difference was even more obvious. Over there, it had truly been the size of a scoop of ice cream; here, it came in a whole basin.

No wonder even Shangguan Dandan had stuffed cheeks. The reason she was now clutching her Owl You Vessel and glaring at him without speaking was clearly because the food had taken control of her.

All he had to do was pinch her cheeks, and he could puncture the surface elegance she struggled to maintain, exposing a mouthful of sea cucumber, beef, foie gras, and shrimp.

As though she sensed Liu Chang'an's restless impulse, Shangguan Dandan widened her eyes, becoming even more majestic and inviolable.

"Brother Chang'an, come eat." Zhou Dongdong jumped down from her seat and ran over to Liu Chang'an. "I was already full, but I can still eat a little with you."

"If you're full, then forget it. I don't need you to keep me company. Stop eating." Liu Chang'an picked up a pair of chopsticks and took a slice of spicy beef.

Zhou Dongdong stood with her mouth open, tilting her head up at Liu Chang'an. Her eyes followed his chopsticks from picking up the food to putting it into his mouth.

Liu Chang'an smiled. With his second bite, he fed Zhou