C178 Jiang Qian'er

The dinner was lavish, with steaming rice that was still fragrant despite a slight off-taste that hardly affected its edibility. Accompanying it was a generous platter of braised dishes, their aroma so potent it seemed no wall could contain it.

Dalang devoured his meal voraciously, while Xiaoxue savored hers with slow, deliberate bites. Zhao Zhe, however, ate distractedly