Chapter 21: Guests (2/2)

Su Xiaoqian left the room with the dish at hand at lightning speed. In the past, she didn’t want to deliver the older young master’s food, but when she heard that she didn’t need to serve the guests, she gladly took the tray and went straight to the deranged older young master, feeling a little grateful to him.

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At the dinner party, the guests merrily drank their wine and ate mouthfuls of the food.

Because of the guests’ presence, the master and the madam ate their food more elegantly, gracefully using the knife to cut the meat into smaller pieces, but in truth, their real table manners didn’t change at all.

However, the most amazing thing was that the young master, who has always only eaten the vegetables, had also begun to eat the meat, eating more than anyone else tonight.

With the young master having such a large appetite, the madam reluctantly gave a big portion of her meal to her youngest son, wanting him to thoroughly enjoy his dinner.

The madam seemed pleased as she watched her son savagely wolf down the food, but as she looked at her almost empty plate, a flash of regret suddenly appeared in her eyes.

Was it her or did the penguin meat that they were eating now tasted extremely similar to the food that they usually ate?

Furthermore, after every meal she ate, she always seemed to forget something. Just what had she forgotten?

Her head would ache when she thought about it, but the savory goodness of the dishes made her dispel her trivial doubts immediately. As soon as she thought of this, she instantly forgot and only focused on enjoying the delectable food in front of her.

“Boss Gu, your family’s dish is extremely delicious! I have never eaten this kind of meat before, what is this?”

Boss Zhao ate a bite with absolute relish. He snuck a peek at Miss Liu and even she had forgone her lady-like manners, crazily eating meat and drinking wine.

“This is farmed penguin meat.” Boss Gu answered with a hearty laugh, “It is delicious! My wife and son both love eating dishes made with penguin meat.”

“Penguin meat, I would never have imagined that such a unique domesticated animal would taste good.” Boss Zhao fervently nodded, “Not bad. Next time, I’ll also ask my chef to use penguin meat.”

Boss Zhao gladly took another bite and felt that it tasted even better as he chewed it. However, he felt that something was wrong every time he took a bite. He discreetly glanced at Teacher Wang. This scholarly man, who always looked composed, was also greedily devouring the food as if he were a reincarnated starved ghost, losing his former erudite appearance and looking a bit like the uneducated youngest son of this family.

The dish was delicious. Even the usually crazy Miss Liu finished it, how could Teacher Wang be careless about his appearance?

Was this the power of a culinary delicacy?

Boss Zhao’s mind was full of doubts as he finished his meal. He rested his eyes for a moment after eating a heavy meal and then accompanied the returned scholarly Teacher Wang and Miss Liu to the master’s study.

Besides dinner, their other objective was to admire the master’s handcrafted plaster cast replica.

The vivid and lifelike replica was neatly showcased inside the study, earning gasps of amazement from the three onlookers.

The three of them ecstatically chatted with the master all evening, their talk even reaching to 11 o’clock.

Seeing that it was already this late, the master called Bai Yan and ordered him to show them the guest room to rest for the night.

After the three had settled in, Bai Yan came to report back, and the master said, “Butler, please call the maid and the cleaning lady and let them attend to Boss Zhao and Teacher Wang. As for Miss Liu… I know she’s quite fond of you. You will take care of her tonight and they all must absolutely feel at home.”