Melody Zachary personally cooked an elaborate dinner, a table full of hometown dishes, which Oliver Shaw ate with relish, even though Mia Foster wasn't quite accustomed to them.
The northern palate tends toward saltiness, while Melody's hometown dishes are sweet, with every ingredient inseparable from one seasoning, "sugar." She also prepared Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, enthusiastically serving two to Mia Foster. With such warm hospitality, Mia felt obliged to eat them even though she didn't like them.
As a result, she could barely swallow half a Crystal Shrimp Dumpling, which kept tumbling around in her mouth.
The mixture of ground meat and shrimp wasn't fresh and flavorful but rather sickeningly sweet like honey. The taste was indescribable. A bowl of egg drop soup was in front of her, served by her future mother-in-law Melody, and even though Mia knew it was also sweet, she had no choice but to gulp down the remaining half of the dumpling with the soup.
