Li Zhibai gently blew on it twice, then took a sip from the spoon.
Then her beautiful eyes instantly widened.
As soon as it entered her mouth, an indescribable fragrance filled every corner, not a traditional scent captured by taste buds, but a joyful aroma felt by the entire body. It was like a glass of chilled sour plum soup on a hot sumr day, bringing refreshing and delightful coolness from the sea breeze to the core.
This feeling of a sea breeze rushing through gave Li Zhibai, who always lived in the mountains, a strange sense of freshness and satisfaction.
"The taste is great, isn’t it?"
Zhu Pingniang squinted her eyes and smiled with satisfaction. "Chang’an’s skills paired with my ingredients... it should be like this."
She exclaid.
"Chang’an... your teacher is very satisfied with your shrimp cooking skills, by the way... your ability to cook seafood is evidently much better than other dishes. Is it because Ms. Yun loves eating shrimp and crab?"
Yun Qian thought it wasn’t like that; she would like anything Xu Chang’an made.
"Not really. Eating these all the ti would get boring." Xu Chang’an, seeing Li Zhibai’s enjoynt, was also pleased. "It’s just that I used to live by the sea and am most familiar with cooking these."
"I see, Ah Bai likes it very much. I’ll give you a point for that, my dear sister," Zhu Pingniang said, satisfied.
Xu Chang’an "..."
Li Zhibai "..."
She intended to praise her student, but Zhu Pingniang had said it all. Just when Li Zhibai was about to give up, she suddenly saw Yun Qian’s gaze.
"Chang’an, I really like your cooking." Li Zhibai said, smiling at Yun Qian and shaking her head.
Ms. Yun... why is she so easy to understand?
If soone praises Chang’an, she becos this happy.
"As long as the teacher likes it." Xu Chang’an brightened up.
As a student who always gets into trouble, hearing a complint from his teacher is a rare occurrence.
It’s a pity, though, that the quality of seafood at Flower Moon Building still lacks a lot.
Quite regrettable.
Speaking of which, ever since leaving the island with Yun Qian, he hadn’t encountered seafood as good as that on the island.
Thinking of the crabs on the island, Xu Chang’an almost drooled.
Not just the shrimp and crabs, even the fish were leagues apart. The fish on the island were so fresh that they were delicious even when simply stead, occasionally showing translucent flesh.
Xu Chang’an wasn’t sure why the island’s food was so good... upon thinking it over, he figured it might be psychological.
After all, being in a world with Yun Qian, even gnawing on tree bark would taste delicious.
"Miss, don’t you think the food on our island tasted better?" Xu Chang’an asked.
"Did it?" Yun Qian blinked.
Things from the sea?
Oh.
Yun Qian recalled sothing.
Like the sea turtle recorded in the book the Rowing Maiden read to her, described as ’ruling over four ends, a thousand years for spring, a thousand years for autumn.’
Her husband took the knife that once cut her long hair and swiftly skinned and gutted it, and then cooked it.
Strictly speaking, such a thing shouldn’t be considered food, should it?
But if he said it was edible, then it was edible.
"Indeed... it was my illusion." Seeing Yun Qian’s reaction, Xu Chang’an realized they thought the sa, attributing the deliciousness to psychological influence.
What a sha.
If it weren’t an illusion, he still hoped to have the chance to return and bring so ingredients back to cook for the teacher soday.
He respected Li Zhibai the most, so naturally, he wanted Li Zhibai to taste his skills.
But now, it doesn’t really matter.
"..." Miss Lu, watching Wen Li eat alone, felt a deep admiration.
This Immortal Sect sister was excessively beautiful, and even had such a good ntality... able to peacefully enjoy food in such a peculiar atmosphere.
"Crab... I’ll have a taste too." Miss Lu picked up a red crab.
With no one to feed her, she ate on her own.
But just as Miss Lu opened the crab shell, Zhu Pingniang snatched it away.
"Sister?" Miss Lu was stunned.
Really... her sister wouldn’t allow her to eat the red crab herself?
"What are you looking at for?" Zhu Pingniang glared at her, pointing to the spread: "Why do you love at so much? I haven’t seen you take a bite of vegetables since we started. Occasionally, you must eat so veggies. Balance is healthy."
A balanced diet is necessary.
"..." Miss Lu was speechless.
Though she loved at, she thought...
"Sister, aren’t you from the Immortal Sect? Do these things really matter..."
"Just eat so veggies... your body needs it. If not, you’ll suffer when you get gout, and I won’t be responsible." Zhu Pingniang snorted.
Xu Chang’an also nodded.
Gout is what they were referring to.
Eating too many crabs leads to this, so even when he prepared food for Yun Qian, he paid close attention to this aspect.
"Sister isn’t a mortal, it shouldn’t matter that much..." Miss Lu sighed gently, "I was the one who taught you how to open crabs in the first place."
"Listen to ." Zhu Pingniang said unwaveringly.
"... Oh."
Left without words, Miss Lu obediently picked up so vegetables, only to see her crab fall into Zhu Pingniang’s hands.
Then, Zhu Pingniang skillfully opened the crab shell, took out the crab roe, drew out the leg at, mixed it in the shell, and blended it with chopsticks... the aroma of red crab wafted over.
Zhu Pingniang offered the spoon full of crab at to Li Zhibai’s lips, softly saying, "Ah Bai, ah~."
Looking at the small dishes in her bowl, Miss Lu felt desolate inside.
Why.
Her life was that miserable.
Not only did she have to watch the woman she liked get intimate with soone else, but she couldn’t even channel her sorrow into food, denied even a bite of crab, what was left for her.
Annoyed.
Next ti, while giving Pingniang a bath, she... would definitely use five extra units of strength.
Viciously stuffing the veggies into her mouth, Miss Lu paused after a bite, then added another.
Delicious.
Then it’s fine.
"..." With Li Zhibai watching Miss Lu’s reaction closely, her body grew slightly stiff.
Earlier, Zhu Pingniang just had her eat; now, though it was also feeding, with that soft "ah..." included, she couldn’t open her mouth.
Li Zhibai knew Zhu Pingniang was imitating Xu Chang’an, so she gave Xu Chang’an a glare.
He taught her bad habits.
"...?"
Xu Chang’an, confusedly glared at by Li Zhibai, had a question mark floating above his head.
Wasn’t his craftsmanship praised?
Did he do sothing wrong?
"Alright, I was just teasing." Seeing Li Zhibai’s hint of annoyance, Zhu Pingniang showed a playful smile.
Her Ah Bai was a thin-skinned girl... but the more it was like this, the more she wanted to feed her.
"I was wrong earlier, so try it." Zhu Pingniang brought the spoon back to Li Zhibai’s lips, tapping it lightly, "Chang’an made it with great effort, and it’s Ms. Yun’s favorite."
Li Zhibai sighed.
Do I seem that easy to deal with?
She spoiled Zhu Pingniang, and it seed she was mistaken for an easily manipulated woman.
Yet, seeing Zhu Pingniang with her arched, curved Liu i, and bright eyes glimring with a playful light... she couldn’t get upset.
Tong Jun had completely turned into her Ms. Gu, even making a simple al feed seem vibrant and enchanting.
Li Zhibai wanted to be annoyed, but now she couldn’t find it within herself.
She took a deep breath and ate the crab at from the spoon with one bite.
The at was delicious.
The crab flavor was rich.
Looking into Zhu Pingniang’s half-smiling eyes, she resisted her inner discomfort and sighed lightly, "Alright, I like it very much, next one."
In consideration of Yun Qian, Chang’an, and the delicious food...
She would go along with Zhu Pingniang’s joy.
After all, she was rarely happy, so why... not let her be completely happy, and avoid spoiling her mood.
Li Zhibai thought so.
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