Yu Shu asked, “This is Cha Shan?”

“Yes.” The waiter replied, “If you like it after trying, you can order it again next time.”

Yan Jin understood, “No wonder it’s called Cha Shan, it turns out the dishes are stacked layer by layer on a mountain-shaped wooden sculpture.”

[Countless bizarre dark cuisine names just ran through my mind, I didn’t expect Cha Shan to be a dining implement rather than a dish.] [No wonder it’s only served at formal banquets, if this mountain is used for regular meals, it would be hard to reach the dishes.]

Zhou Nong Yun: “…Ah Jin, you didn’t order it on purpose?”

“I didn’t order this.” Yan Jin said frankly, “Ah Yu ordered it, he said he was curious, so he ordered it.”

Zhou Nong Yun held her chest and sighed, “I expressed my feelings to the wrong person.”

“Ah Yun, you’re being too dramatic.” Yan Jin chuckled, “And I told you to order for yourselves, I wouldn’t presume to order for you. What if I ordered something you don’t like and you had to force yourselves to eat it to be polite, how unpleasant would that be.”

Zhou Nong Yun wanted to say more, but the young man beside her who looked somewhat similar to her lightly tugged her sleeve, “Xiao Wu.”

“Fourth Brother, I’m just joking with my friend.” Zhou Nong Yun rubbed her nose, “I’m just teasing her.”

Because Zhou Nong Yun brought her fourth brother Zhou Shao Yuan today, she was a bit more restrained in her speech than usual. After explaining a few sentences, she sat down with Tu Zi Xuan and the others.

Zhou Shao Yuan and Tu Zi Xuan’s younger brother Tu Jia Rong both knew that one of the purposes of coming out today was to accompany their sister’s friend’s future husband in conversation, so they very consciously sat down next to Yu Shu.

“I heard everything from my sister.” Tu Jia Rong had a lively personality and started chattering as soon as he sat down, “My sister said Miss Yan was worried you’d be bored sitting alone, so she specially asked my sister to bring a relative to keep you company.”

“I’ve never seen a woman as considerate as Miss Yan in all my life.”

“At first, when I heard from Ah Yun that there would only be you, the only man, at tonight’s warm stove gathering, I thought the women were careless and didn’t know how to be considerate of men. Men and women are different, how could they leave you, a man, to sit alone among a group of women for a meal, it would be so uncomfortable.”

Zhou Shao Yuan smiled slightly, “But later, when I heard from Ah Yun about Miss Yan’s intentions, I realized it wasn’t that Miss Yan was careless, but that she cared too much about you, wanting to bring you wherever she went, unwilling to let you leave her side for even half a step.”

The admiration in their words was obvious, but Yu Shu, who was usually eloquent, simply said this time, “She is indeed very good to me.”

Even though Yu Shu wished he could take a loudspeaker and announce to the whole world how much Xiaoxiao liked him.

But in front of strangers he was meeting for the first time, following their conversational cues to show off how well Xiaoxiao treated him… unless his brain was waterlogged, Yu Shu felt he would never do such a thing.

Previously, when he bragged to his classmates, it was because everyone in the academy knew that Xiaoxiao and he were in love with each other, and their marriage was a sure thing.

Although Zhou Nong Yun and Tu Zi Xuan’s brothers also knew he had a good relationship with Xiaoxiao, they didn’t personally witness how unique Xiaoxiao was to him. If they heard too much of his praise for Xiaoxiao, what if other thoughts arose in their minds?

He had read all the popular dog-blood stories on AJiang and deeply understood how dangerous and tricky a role a friend’s brother could be.

Just as Xiaoxiao said, he wouldn’t have any interaction with Zhou Nong Yun and the others, so naturally he wouldn’t meet their brothers again either.

So today, he should restrain himself and not mention anything related to Xiaoxiao, lest he give them a chance to covet Xiaoxiao.

While Yu Shu was chatting with two newly acquainted friends, Yan Jin and the other two were whispering on the other side.

“Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice. How well the nourishing worked over the past month will be evident tomorrow.” Zhou Nong Yun cheered Yan Jin on, “Come on! Don’t let us women lose face!”

“Go Ah Jin!” Tu Zi Xuan even exaggeratedly massaged Yan Jin’s shoulders and patted her back, “You mustn’t let us women’s prestige fall! Don’t be gentle the first time, the more fierce the better, strive to make him unable to get out of bed for three days!”

[Ever since my younger sister said she only heard a long beep sound just now, I knew they were talking about that again.] [Speaking of this, I want to laugh. Yuanyuan and Xiaoxiao have been nourishing for a whole month, I’m really looking forward to the results tomorrow.] [I have a question I’ve always wanted to know. Yu Shu can get pregnant now, so after he and Yan Jin consummate their marriage, will he be expecting?]

…

[What I’m more curious about is, where will Yu Shu give birth from?]

“Zhozi, control your expression a bit.” Yan Jin said softly, “Your smile is too exaggerated, be careful they notice.”

Tu Zi Xuan replied in an equally soft voice, “I’m just too worried about you, afraid you might not perform well, so I couldn’t control my emotions for a moment.”

“Don’t worry.” Yan Jin: “I won’t underperform.”

If a month ago, Yan Jin was still worried about her abilities, then after a month of being fed by her two mischievous friends, Yan Jin was now very confident she could beat Yu Shu in a demon fight.

But this kind of thing, as long as she knew it in her heart, there was no need to say it out loud.

“But Ah Jin, you need to think clearly, if you really plan to take him, then you’ll have to give him a title afterwards.” Zhou Nong Yun said, “The men of our An Kingdom value chastity. If you take a good man’s first time, although you don’t have to give him a title, it’s still hard to justify, after all he gave you his pure body.”

“I do have thoughts of being intimate with him.” Yan Jin: “Naturally, I also have the intention of marrying him.”

“Why are you two speaking so seriously?” Tu Zi Xuan laughed, “If you like him, just take him into your family. Later if you get tired of him, you can just take in more concubines, right? Anyway, you’ve already given him the position of principal husband, what else could he be dissatisfied with?”

[I didn’t expect classmate Zhozi to be the one who is so openly scummy.] [Tu Zi Xuan’s words make me, a woman, feel disgusted. Isn’t this just a genderswapped male-dominant society??] [I’m a woman too and I’m quite puzzled, why do some women love to reflect like this? Love to genderswap?]

…

[This is a female-dominant society, it’s normal for women to have three husbands and four concubines. If you don’t like it, then just don’t like it.]

① Cha Shan comes from “Eating an Interesting Song Dynasty Banquet” by Li Kai Zhou

The meat floss extra appears, but won’t appear in the main story, hahaha

Consummation next chapter, just in time for the 100th chapter

Everyone can start betting now, in the demon fight next chapter, will Xiaoxiao win or will Yuanyuan win.

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