Volume 4: It's Dark, Please Close Your Eyes Chapter 16: The Grand Feast of the Sea World
Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Ji Lan took out a small spoon and carefully scooped the plate of "Ice and Fire Molecule Sweetheart Fruit" in front of him into his mouth.
The icy and stimulating taste made her feel very fresh. Although Ji Lan was not born in a high-class family, her rapid rise in the Alsophila Academy in the past two years allowed her to taste a lot of delicious food with her sisters.
She wasn't familiar with this kind of delicacy that used ice as the main cooking method in other cities, but at least it was rare in Licheng.
The sweetness of sweetheart fruit is very high. It is acceptable as a snack, but it is not suitable as a main dish.
However, after Tang Zheng's ice cooking process, the dullness of the taste buds caused by the frost just neutralized the sweetness of the sweetheart fruit to an almost perfect level.
"Hah--Geka." Ji Lan gently bit the sweet fruit in the shape of a shaved ice in his mouth, and a frosty and fragrant mist came out between his mouth and nose. When his teeth bit the crispy ice with an excellent taste, a stream of warm fruit juice inside was instantly squeezed out, bringing wonderful enjoyment to his taste buds again.
Ji Lan put this sweet fruit, which he had never tasted before, into his mouth bite by bite.
In addition to the main flavor of sweetheart fruit at first, you can actually taste the flavors of different fruit juices inside the crispy ice with every bite.
Every bite can bring her a different surprise.
This dish, which looks extremely cool, becomes hotter , as if the winter sun is cleverly integrated into it, making it sweet in the mouth and warm in the heart.
The most interesting thing is that even after eating this unique delicacy, every bite of frosty white mist that enters the mouth and nose can still leave beautiful memories in the mouth and nasal cavity. Even the mist exhaled has a fresh taste like fruit with dew on it.
The music can linger in the air for three days.
The food leaves a sweet aftertaste on the teeth and cheeks.
Just like that, Ji Lan, the last girl in Alsophila Academy, ate up all the dishes in the small ceramic plate in front of her without leaving a single bit.
The girls from Alsophila Academy looked at each other and knew from the happy and savoring expressions on each other's faces how satisfied they were with the dishes they had eaten. It went without saying.
Su Miyan was the first to take out a postal note worth one hundred taels of purple gold and gently handed it to Ji Lan. Soon, Bai Shu, Rong Xue and Qiao Wenzhu also presented the gambling money they had agreed on.
Ji Lan looked at the note worth four hundred taels of purple gold in his hand, smiled and shook his head.
Even for a top student in Alsophila Academy, four hundred taels of purple gold is not a small sum. No one expected that Tang Zheng could win such a huge fortune with just a meal.
Xiaotang's victorious smile made the girls in Alsophila Academy feel a little embarrassed.
Tang Zheng himself, on the other hand , still looked as calm as a philosopher. But for some reason, compared to Xiaotang's unconcealed smug smile, Tang Zheng's calm face always made people feel more depressed and angry.
If they hadn't just eaten the delicious food he cooked, the girls from the Alsophila Academy would have punched Tang Zheng in the face to let him know how powerful a pretty girl's fist is and not to act like a jerk and turn into a pig.
Ji Lan finally held the four tickets and walked up to Tang Zheng. "Congratulations, Junior Brother Tang Zheng. In the end, you won the bet on food."
Tang Zheng took the letter and clearly felt that he had become the focus of everyone's attention. He thought to himself that if he didn't show off now, he would be struck by lightning later. He still kept a calm expression on his face like a philosopher, shook his finger gently and said, "No, you are wrong. I don't care about winning or losing. I am serious!"
Tang Zheng's impressive answer made everyone present feel enlightened.
Even the few people from Yisu Academy who were very familiar with Tang Zheng's character and had a feeling that he might not be able to say anything good from his expression were a little surprised.
Could it be that Tang Zheng really changed his character and began to transform from a funny warrior to a philosophical warrior?
The complicated feelings of the people in Yisu Academy are naturally not something that can be told to outsiders.
Ji Lan, who didn't know Tang Zheng very well, had an even better impression of him after hearing these words. When Tang Zheng finished his lines and was looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, she suddenly stood on tiptoe and left a kiss on the side of Tang Zheng's cheek like a dragonfly touching the water, then turned around and let out a string of silver bell-like laughter.
"I didn't want to participate in this bet, but as a member of Alsophila Academy, I should be united. However, I don't have much money, nor do I have a strong temper, so I can only lose you a kiss."
"Oh my god--" Ji Lan's shocking action completely destroyed the philosophical atmosphere that Tang Zhenghao had worked so hard to create. His face changed again and again, and his expression became extremely complicated.
Being kissed by a beautiful woman should be an honor and something to be happy about, but as a otaku for two lifetimes, Tang Zheng suddenly lost his first kiss, and it was the girl he liked, which made him feel a little lost.
My heart was filled with mixed emotions, and for a moment, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"It's all Gongsun Yonghao's fault. If I hadn't plagiarized his lines, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation." Tang Zheng felt like his heart was bleeding.
Among the people present, there was another person who, seeing this scene, also felt extremely uncomfortable. He felt very unhappy and had mixed feelings. He wished he could have a good fight with Ji Lan.
"Haha, Tang Zheng, the senior sisters from the Alsophila Academy have already tasted your delicious food, and we have been looking forward to it for a while. Can the dinner start as usual?" Jiang Wuyan looked at Xiaotang, whose face looked a little strange, and quickly turned to Tang Zheng and suggested with a smile.
"Okay, okay, everyone, don't be polite, let's eat, eat as much as you want, eat as much as you want. If you don't finish all the dishes, you're not giving face to me, Tang Zheng, haha." Tang Zheng took the opportunity and didn't care about the fact that Ji Lan kissed him forcibly. He quickly asked everyone present to take a seat.
I have to say that the girls at Alsophila Academy are very tasteful.
The arranged dinner venue had a broad view and superb scenery, allowing Tang Zheng, a guy who had hardly traveled in his previous life, to finally experience the feeling of a dinner on the sea.
Surrounded by beautiful scenery, with delicious food in front of them and beautiful women as their companions, that night, no matter if it was the Yisu Academy, the Alsophila Academy, or the Bailu Academy, everyone put aside their identities as opponents in the academy martial arts conference, and the atmosphere was more harmonious than ever before.
As the "mastermind" of Yousheng Academy during the day, and the "chef" of tonight's delicacies, Tang Zheng was forced to drink a lot of wine by the girls from Alsophila Academy and the men from Bailu Academy.
Under the leadership of Xiaotang, Yisu Academy was not to be outdone and "fought back", especially Jilan, who was frequently toasted by Xiaotang with reasons such as "admiration", "admiration very much", "admiration very much", and "admiration no matter how you look at it"...
After a few rounds of drinks, almost everyone at the dinner was drunk and the atmosphere was becoming more and more lively.
Instructor Zou, who was celebrating that "he almost lost his life", was somewhat out of tune with the lively party atmosphere of these young people. Facing the delicious food, fine wine and beautiful women, he had no interest at all. His eyes kept moving between Xu Qingyan and Tang Zheng.
There was no way. The fact that Xu Qingyan was able to easily defeat the four-star instructor of Jiuhua Academy who had defected to the demon clan and had become half-demon in the magic circle that suppressed humans and strong demons, and easily rescue himself, had been like a thorn that pierced his heart, like a fishbone stuck in his throat, and he had to get it out.
Although Xu Qingyan was his savior, as an instructor at Yisu Academy, he was well aware of the importance of Tang Zheng and several other students. As long as the threat to their safety was resolved, he would not say a word even if it meant giving up his own life.
Therefore, even at the risk of being branded ungrateful, Instructor Zou had to get to the bottom of this matter.
Unfortunately, there are too many things going on today and the pace is too fast.
One moment, Leng Zhan asked him to notify the Leng family, the next moment, Tang Zheng asked him to attend a dinner, the next moment, it was a bet at Alsophila Academy, and the next moment, he spent a fortune to buy a recipe...
Instructor Zou felt that his life had never been so tortuous as it was today.
Every time, when he wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Tang Zheng in private about something important, Tang Zheng happened to be busy.
Finally, the dinner started. Instructor Zou had been looking for an opportunity, but unfortunately Tang Zheng was always the focus of everyone's "firepower", one person after another, one cup after another.
Instructor Zou, there is absolutely no chance for me to be alone with Tang Zheng...
Fortunately, after waiting for the clarion call for a counter-offensive toast led by Xiaotang from the Yisu Academy, Tang Zheng finally had time to have a bite of the food he cooked himself.
"Now!" Instructor Zou looked around and made sure that no one noticed him, so he picked up a glass of wine and prepared to have a good talk with Tang Zheng about the doubts about Xu Qingyan's identity in the name of a toast.
However, just as he walked to Tang Zheng's side and stuffed a mouthful of food into his mouth, Tang Zheng looked at the wine glass in Instructor Zou's hand with horror and shouted directly: "Zou, Instructor Zou...you, come and toast too...uh, okay, okay...I'll drink first as a sign of respect, my sincerity...is all in this glass!"
After saying that, Tang Zheng picked up a glass of wine that someone had placed next to him, tilted his head back, drank it all in one gulp, and then...
With a crisp snap, it fell headfirst onto the plate in front of him, splashing a few drops of sauce.
Instructor Zou glanced at the empty cup that he had used as a prop to cover up the situation, then glanced at Tang Zheng who was unconscious, his fingers trembling.
"Haha, Zou... Instructor, Master, whatever, it's all good... He's just a weakling in the drinking room, you'd better not drink with him, come... his glass... I, I'll drink it for him." Xiaotang, who was sitting next to Tang Zheng, came over with a glass of wine, looked at Tang Zheng and Instructor Zou, smiled foolishly, then tilted his head back and drank another glass of wine.
Instructor Zou glanced at the empty wine glass in his hand again, his face filled with grief and indignation: "Being greedy for wine will lead to mistakes, being narrow-minded will let your father down!"
