Lin Fei prepared a whole table of dishes; he plans to leave for a while to handle some matters. So he uses these dishes as an apology; there's really no alternative, since these women lack for nothing - they're practically the "rogues" of the upper echelons of society.
Thus, Lin Fei couldn't find anything else to offer as an apology except his culinary skills to satisfy their taste buds.
The time quickly reached dusk and then nightfall. Soon after, a few beautiful women came in from outside, hung their bags on the wall, took off their high heels, and entered the house. Smelling the food, they exclaimed, "Smells so good! Lin Fei, why did you cook again today? Did you do something wrong?"
Hearing this, Lin Fei was speechless. Apparently, he needs to change his method of apologizing in the future. They saw through him at once, which really doesn't give him much face.
