Because he was dead set on proving himself in front of that old friend of Gu Xi's, Wei Heng pulled out all the stops for lunch, whipping up a full eighteen dishes.
The spread included both meat and vegetable dishes, each one a feast of color, aroma, and flavor.
This not only had Lu Shiliu, a country bumpkin who had never eaten pure food before, drooling with anticipation and eating until his mouth was slick with grease, but it even earned Wei Heng a second glance from Lu Chenyuan.
Wei Heng primly straightened his back.
Gu Xi: "..." 'So, what on earth is with this weird competitive streak?'
Wei Heng had clearly prepared for this in meticulous detail.
After lunch, not only did he single-handedly take care of everything in the kitchen, but he also deftly brought out several large bowls of various fruits he had already washed.
These days, fruit was a rare commodity.
