Chapter 182: The Fat Sparrow
That day, out of curiosity, Su Qingjun decided to try the grilled loach. Unfortunately, she didn’t find it to be as delicious as Lu Chen had described. After a few bites with a slight frown, she put down the unappealing-looking dish, which seemed to lack the tantalizing flavor he mentioned.
“It doesn’t seem to suit my taste. I don’t find it particularly delicious,” Su Qingjun said apologetically to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen smiled, took another piece of grilled loach, and after a few bites, he spat it out on the ground. “Hmm, it seems you’re right. It really isn’t that good.”
Su Qingjun laughed, “Maybe it’s because you brought it all the way from Kunwu City up to the mountain. It’s traveled a long distance, cooled down, and isn’t very fresh anymore. Perhaps it would taste better if we had it fresh and hot.”
Lu Chen shook his head. “It’s not that. I remember eating this occasionally as a child; even if it was from the night before, I’d still drool over it. The grilled loach hasn’t changed; I have.”
For a moment, there was a silence on the cliff edge of Feiyan Terrace. Neither of them spoke, and from afar, the sound of Ah Tu’s barking could be heard, as if it had caught something in the woods and was making a fuss.
After a while, Su Qingjun smiled and said to Lu Chen, “Actually, isn’t this a good thing? You’ve improved; it’s not like you want to go back to the hard times of your childhood, right?”
Lu Chen smiled and nodded, “You’re right. It’s an improvement.”
He packed up the snacks and smiled at Su Qingjun, “I thought I could introduce you to something new and maybe even amuse you, but I ended up messing it up. How embarrassing.”