By now, no one cared whether Shen Guofu’s words were problematic. All eyes were fixed on the huge chunk of at—rosy in color with smoothly rounded edges. The only thought on everyone’s mind was to taste it as soon as possible; nothing else mattered.
"Hurry up, hurry up! Playing badminton all afternoon left so frustrated. I urgently need my brother-in-law’s cooking to soothe my nerves."
As Lin Xu was preparing to cut with the chef’s knife, Chen Yan couldn’t help but mutter.
Shen Baobao asked from the side, "What happened? Ran into an amateur?"
"No, I t a handso guy. We played several gas together, and we really clicked. Afterward, he even took out his phone to add on WeChat."
"Uh... isn’t that a good thing?"
Wahaha! Our single, marriageable, petite Yan Bao finally has a romantic encounter! This definitely calls for a couple of celebratory beers tonight... Wait a minute. Yan Bao said she was frustrated. If they added each other on WeChat, why would she be upset?
Chen Yan said resentfully, "I accepted on the spot, but as soon as we connected on WeChat, he sent a ssage asking which hair salon I got my hair done at. He said his girlfriend really likes my hair color and wants the exact sa..."
Isn’t that just pitiful?
Shen Jiayue quickly wrapped an arm around Chen Yan’s shoulders. "There, there, don’t be sad. With your beauty, Yan Bao, you’re bound to et your Mr. Right..."
Lin Xu had thought his sister-in-law had a perfect romantic encounter at the badminton court, but he never expected sothing like this.
He quickly started cutting the at. His sister-in-law desperately needed a plate of pork head at to soothe her wounded heart right now.
He made an incision about ten centiters from the edge of the at block and cut straight through, producing a strip of pork head at about ten centiters wide and nearly fifty centiters long.
At the cut, the two layers of pork skin, top and bottom, made the at look neat and clean.
In between were tempting pieces of at, including both lean and fat, pressed tightly together, with a layer of white cartilage from the pig’s ear in the middle, giving the pork even more defined layers.
Beautiful! everyone around silently exclaid in admiration.
Even Chen Yan, still heartbroken, stared intently at the beautiful cross-section of the pressed pork head, montarily forgetting to continue her tale of woe.
Shu Yun asked from the side, "Did you block that guy, Chen Yan?"
Chen Yan shook her head. "No, I referred him to the custor service girl from the salon where celebrities often get their hair done. I told him his girlfriend could chat with her."
What in the world? Is this repaying deceit with kindness, or does she find the guy so attractive that she’s willing to compromise her principles?
Only Shen Baobao tentatively asked, "Is it that salon where a single hair appointnt costs hundreds of thousands? Their custor service reps are really good at chatting, always going on about how won should treat themselves better, blah, blah, blah, just to lure them into spending money."
Tsk, tsk. If that guy’s girlfriend gets talked into it by the custor service rep, the pressure will be all on him. He’ll either have to shell out hundreds of thousands for his girlfriend’s hairdo or face her questioning their relationship. Who knows, after a good sweet-talking by the rep, they might even break up!
After hearing the lady boss’s explanation, Shu Yun and Song Tiantian felt a sense of vindication. Hmph! He could have just asked directly. But no, he had to try that pickup artist routine. Serves him right!
But, wait a minute... How does Chen Yan have the custor service rep’s WeChat? And it seems the lady boss knows about it too. Could they have been sweet-talked as well?
Chen Yan flicked her stylish and fashionable hair, saying, "I had my hair done at that salon. It cost over three hundred thousand in total."
As Lin Xu was cutting the at, he muttered to himself, "Over three hundred thousand? That could buy so many pig heads!"
His voice was a bit loud, and Chen Yan heard every word. The indignant woman imdiately flared up, "Mutter that again, stinky brother-in-law, I dare you! Believe it or not, I’ll kidnap your wife right now... Hmm, Yueyue has practiced Taekwondo, so it seems I can’t kidnap her. Well then, believe it or not, I’ll steal Dundun from you!"
On the service counter not too far away, Dundun, who had been sleeping on the roof of his little house, jolted awake.
Heavens! Is that silly aunt of mine really going to kidnap , this cat?
He scampered into his little den and, not forgetting his predicant, even pushed his small blanket against the entrance, terrified that his harebrained aunt might actually co for him.
The interruption from Lin Xu lightened the mood considerably.
Chen Yan, phone in hand, was about to tell her parents she wouldn’t be ho for dinner when she noticed the guy from the badminton court liking her posts on Monts.
He was especially active on the posts featuring sports cars, not just liking them but also comnting.
Chen Yan scoffed, then promptly blocked and deleted him. She also cancelled her mbership card for that badminton court through her phone.
"I’ll stick to tennis from now on. The barrier to entry is higher, less chance of dealing with annoying situations like this."
By the ti she put her phone away, Lin Xu had already sliced up a plate of pork head at.
Sliced pork head at looked even more appealing, the cut shimring with a jelly-like sheen, a result of the collagen in the pork skin binding the pieces together.
Having finished cutting, Lin Xu handed the plate to Chen Yan. "You had a bad experience today, Sister Yan. You eat first."
"Hmph, at least you have a little conscience."
Chen Yan, holding the plate, turned to Shen Guofu and Han Shuzhen and asked, "Aunt, Uncle, should we eat down here or go upstairs?"
Shen Guofu, who had no patience left to go upstairs, pointed at a nearby dining table. "Let’s just eat here. We had lunch on the second floor, so let’s have dinner on the first floor. We should experience both."
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