Chapter 507 — A Little Practice
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Ha, then eat up!" Wu Chengtian's vanity was thoroughly satisfied. He thought to himself that Wei Zhao was far beneath him, and wondered how Sun Jingyan could possibly have taken a fancy to Wei Zhao. Looking at Feng Xiaoxiao like this, Wei Zhao had probably never even treated her to a proper meal. Yes, that was it—he must simply not know how to put on a show. He had originally assumed that Sun Jingyan, born into a wealthy family, must lack for nothing and have seen everything, but now it seemed that might not be so. As long as he kept putting on a show in front of Bie Jingyi from now on, he need not fear that she would not like him.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Feng Xiaoxiao pulled the abalone in front of herself and started eating with her fork, paying no attention to anyone else. After two bites, she exclaimed in admiration, "This abalone is really delicious! It's the first time I've ever had abalone this big!"
"That's nothing!" Wu Chengtian waved a hand and said smugly, "This abalone is just what we eat casually at home. At New Year and festivals, the abalone we have is much bigger than this. This is only a single-head abalone; what my family eats is half-head abalone!"
"Huh? There's half-head abalone too? Brother Chengtian, you're really something—you've eaten everything!" Feng Xiaoxiao said in admiration. "In that case, why don't you give me your portion too? You can always eat it again, but this is the first time in my whole life!"
"Sure, no problem!" Wu Chengtian's heart gave a lurch, and he silently cursed his own loose tongue. Eat it himself, my foot—single-head abalone was already the very best; having a small piece at New Year was lucky enough, so how could anyone eat it every day? But the words were already out of his mouth; how could he take them back? Gritting his teeth, Wu Chengtian could only give his portion of abalone to Feng Xiaoxiao. In his heart, though, he consoled himself: what a show he was putting on now—call it practice for putting on a show. In the future, he would be able to put on a show with ease in front of Sun Jingyan!
"Really? That's wonderful! Oh, these two aren't very much either—I'm a little reluctant to eat them!" Though Feng Xiaoxiao said so, her fork was not idle, shoveling the delicacies into her mouth without pause.
Feng Xiaoxiao had come with the sole intention of fleecing Wu Chengtian—who had told him and his grandfather to treat her that way at the auction house? If not him, then who? Besides, Feng Xiaoxiao truly had never eaten anything so fancy. If she did not eat her fill now, who knew whether she would ever get the chance before she died! So Feng Xiaoxiao paid no mind to appearances at all—she would eat her fill first and worry about the rest later!
"This shabby stuff means nothing to the likes of us scions of great houses!" Wu Chengtian continued to practice putting on a show. He found that his skill at it was improving by the day—he could tell tall tales without even blinking! His heart was racing with excitement, yet his face remained perfectly calm. "Wang Ning, don't you agree?"
"Indeed! Seafood like this is common fare in the eyes of scions of great houses like us! Far too plain. When we eat, we generally have things like red swamp crayfish..." The Xiao family was a whole tier below the Wu family—how could they possibly eat such fancy things often? Even when the old master of the Xiao family was alive, he might not have tasted it more than a few times! But to play along with Wu Chengtian, Xiao Wangba naturally let his tongue run wild as well.
"Oh? What's a crested ibis? Are there any here? I want to try it too!" Feng Xiaoxiao asked in surprise.