Food: Starting with Wonton Noodles

Zhou Yu: "Now? There's nowhere to cook here, is there? And besides, can you even eat anything?"

Zhou Yu frowned slightly. Cheng Yin's attitude of taking him under her thumb from the start, along with her subtle desire to control him, made him very uncomfortable.

Cheng Yin: "It's okay. As long as it's made by you, I can eat it. I know the owner here very well, I can just tell her."

Seeing that Zhou Yu didn't speak, she continued jokingly, "Or are you afraid that the waiter just now misunderstood?"

After saying that, she covered her mouth and chuckled twice, then said in a deliberately generous manner:

"I forgot to ask earlier, how many relationships have you had? But you're so handsome, and you've never gotten married, so I can guess you've been with quite a few women. But you're old enough now, you should have had your fun, right?"

"Let me be frank, I really like you, and I think our baby will be very beautiful. As long as your medical check-up is fine and you promise to settle down, I don't mind your past."

"So, would you like to cook a dish for me?"

Cheng Yin felt that what she said was very eloquent, sophisticated, and respectful to Zhou Yu. She waited for Zhou Yu's reply with a mixture of pride and anticipation.

Zhou Yu wanted to leave immediately, but Cheng Yin's controlling nature was exposed without any attempt to conceal it, which made him even more disgusted with her.

In fact, when feelings run deep, a desire for control naturally arises, which is perfectly understandable.

But Cheng Yin's controlling nature, which she displays even before they're together, is really annoying.

Zhou Yu was a pure idealist in matters of the heart; he could not tolerate the slightest deviation from the truth.

So over the years, only his senior from university has remained unforgettable to him. Because in her eyes, there was nothing else but Zhou Yu; she was pure and innocent.

The people Zhou Yu encounters in the future will all have impurities. Even if someone initially only has eyes for Zhou Yu, various other impurities will gradually appear later.

For example, like Cheng Yin, it seems that she is with Zhou Yu only because Zhou Yu is handsome enough.

Or perhaps they simply felt that Zhou Yu was exceptionally talented, rather than genuinely liking Zhou Yu as a person.

In the end, it always ends up being spent arguing about all sorts of trivial matters.

So, by the end, Zhou Yu was exhausted.

Therefore, even though he saw the same look in Jiang Yan's eyes, he didn't want to experience it again.

......

After all, Cheng Yin was related to Luo Qiming, so Zhou Yu held back and didn't turn against her, even though she was acting like a wild animal claiming its territory.

He said, "Actually, I do know that waitress. She's a part-time worker I hired for my stall. I guess she's doing this part-time too."

"I think you've misunderstood me. I'm here today only because of Uncle Luo, to get to know you. I'm not in a hurry to get married. Actually, there's nothing wrong with me cooking, but it seems like you don't just want to eat my cooking."

"Of course, if you really want to eat right now, I can make it for Uncle Luo's sake. However, I will invite the waitress from earlier to eat with us, not because there's anything between us, but because I don't want you to misunderstand that there's anything between you and me, or between me and her."

"Let's consider ourselves friends, and I'll treat you to my cooking. So, would you like to eat some of my food?"

Cheng Yin gritted her teeth and said, "Eat!"

Zhou Yu: "Then I'll make you a mango pomelo sago dessert. We've already ordered a lot of food today, and it would be a waste if we didn't finish it all."

When Cheng Yin clattered in her high heels to talk to the store manager, Zhou Yu saw that the store manager was initially hesitant, but eventually nodded.

Then Cheng Yin came back, her high heels clattering. She said, "Okay, you can go do it now."

The process of making mango pomelo sago is not complicated. The restaurant manager did not intend for Zhou Yu to do it entirely by himself, nor did he intend for Zhou Yu to go into the kitchen. Instead, he thoughtfully chopped and measured all the necessary ingredients and put them on the bar.

Zhou Yu didn't care; he hadn't originally intended to achieve the most perfect result.

He had only intended to use words to get Cheng Yin to cooperate, but he didn't expect that Cheng Yin would still stubbornly insist on him cooking.

After Zhou Yu modified the ingredient ratios provided by the restaurant, he prepared three servings of mango pomelo sago.

When Zhou Yu brought out the three servings of mango pomelo sago, Cheng Yin still looked at Zhou Yu with hope, hoping that he would change his mind.

Zhou Yu didn't look at her, but instead smiled and beckoned the nearest waiter over, saying, "Don't you have a part-time worker named Jiang Yan here? Would it be convenient to ask her to come over? She's a friend of mine."

Seeing Jiang Yan approaching with a surprised expression, Cheng Yin could no longer hold back.

Without saying a word, she grabbed her small handbag from the seat with a "snap" and stomped away in her high heels.

"Brother Yu, did I ruin your blind date?" Jiang Yan asked somewhat nervously.

Actually, she had been watching for a while and roughly guessed what was going on.

Zhou Yu laughed and said, "It's nothing. You're my friend. I just wanted to invite my friend to eat the desserts I made. It's just a pity that a serving of mango pomelo sago will have to go to waste."

However, before Zhou Yu could finish speaking, he saw a familiar face next to him.

Seeing that Zhou Yu had noticed him, Chen Mingyuan kept winking and making faces at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu greeted him directly, but Chen Mingyuan pretended not to know Zhou Yu, so Zhou Yu had no choice but to walk over.

Chen Mingyuan then laughed and said, "Actually, I've been watching for quite a while. I thought I might ruin your plans, so I didn't greet you."

He was eating alone here today. He had actually seen Zhou Yu for a while, but since Zhou Yu was having dinner with a girl, he didn't disturb him.

Later, when he saw that Zhou Yu had changed to another girl, he not only admired Zhou Yu's popularity with women, but also feared that Zhou Yu would be embarrassed, so he pretended not to know her.

Zhou Yu laughed and said, "Would you like to try my mango pomelo sago? You might not believe it, but although mango pomelo sago looks more like a Western dessert, it's actually a Cantonese dish."

Although Zhou Yu used Jiang Yan to drive Cheng Yin away, he still didn't really want to be alone with Jiang Yan in this situation.

They happened to run into Chen Mingyuan, so they pulled him to sit down and have a meal together.

Chen Mingyuan sat down next to Zhou Yu, somewhat surprised. "Huh? Really? This doesn't look like Cantonese cuisine at all!"

He and Zhou Yu met while running, but they got along well mainly because they both loved food.

That time, when he shared his favorite sticky rice chicken with Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu talked to him about various aspects of morning tea culture, which already made him very impressed.

So when Zhou Yu mentioned mango pomelo syrup to him, he became interested.

Zhou Yu laughed and said, "This dessert, Mango Pomelo Sago, was actually invented by Lee Gardens in Hong Kong. Do you know Lee Gardens?"

Chen Mingyuan nodded. He didn't recognize the restaurant from the last century that Zhou Yu had mentioned to him.

Lee Gardens now has many branches in China, and wherever it opens, it is basically the leading restaurant chain in that area.

It's also the legendary Whampoa Military Academy of Cantonese cuisine, so of course he knows it.