"Dilly-dallying, just like a woman."
"What did you say?" Yu Zexiao was furious, but Jian Anning quickly grabbed his arm and held him down. Then she put on a pair of disposable gloves, swiftly removed the shrimp heads, broke the sections apart, and pulled out the tender meat, placing it on Yu Zexiao’s plate, "Try it, the taste is really good."
Seeing that it was Jian Anning who helped him with the shrimp, Yu Zexiao naturally wasn’t angry anymore and sat down to take a bite. Indeed, the shrimp was plump and smooth, with a hint of spicy flavor, utterly appetizing and delicious. The whole table sighed in relief when they saw him start eating. If this tyrant got angry, it was bad news for everyone!
"It’s tasty, isn’t it? Eating this occasionally is fine, and shrimp doesn’t make you fat." While speaking, Jian Anning quickly peeled another shrimp for Yu Zexiao and immediately smiled, "Speaking of which, we should really thank Director Li for bringing us to such a great place! You can’t find such good stuff in Canada!"
She was smoothing things over for Yu Zexiao, to prevent him from offending anyone further. Director Li naturally understood and chuckled, "Haha, is that so? If it’s good, eat more."
"You’re from Canada?" Nie Anni glanced at Jian Anning, who nodded with a smile, "Yes, my family lives in Vancouver."
"No wonder..." Nie Anni glanced at her and Yu Zexiao, thinking that if she were just a regular assistant, Yu Zexiao probably wouldn’t spare her a glance. Having a family in Vancouver meant she was at least middle class.
In the middle of their conversation, a piece of snow-white shrimp meat appeared in Jian Anning’s bowl. Puzzled, she looked up and saw that it was from Situ Xuan next to her—he was also earnestly peeling the spicy crayfish. Perhaps because he’d never personally eaten this sort of spicy crayfish before—usually, even if he did eat them, they were Boston lobsters, flavored with cream and cheese—so his peeling technique wasn’t very practiced. After struggling for a while, he managed to peel one but offered it to Jian Anning’s plate.
Moreover, it was evident that he was very attentive. He not only peeled the lobster meat but also painstakingly removed the green vein on the shrimp meat with a toothpick. Anyone who has eaten lobster knows that the vein along the lobster’s back is its intestine, filled with undesirable contents. But Situ Xuan took care of even that, clearly very meticulous.
Jian Anning was taken aback and immediately said, "William, why aren’t you eating?"
Situ Xuan just smiled faintly, his authoritative demeanor seeming to fall away in her presence, "I noticed you hadn’t eaten a single bite, so I peeled it for you."
The reason she hadn’t eaten was that she had been peeling some for Yu Zexiao.
Seeing that he had peeled one for her, Jian Anning felt it would be impolite to eat only the one he had prepared.
After a moment’s thought, she also peeled one for him and passed it over as a reciprocal gesture, "Thank you."
Situ Xuan watched her with a smile, a glint in his grey-blue eyes, nodded elegantly, and picked up the snow-white shrimp meat with his chopsticks to eat.
Thanks to the generous "Piao Xue Man Xi," "seven," "Ban Ge Lan," and "Jing Min LOVE" for the rewards~~ There will be a bonus update at 11 pm tonight~~ Also, a note that rewards in the book city do not sync to the Yunchi website, so it’s hard for Xiao to see everyone’s rewards. My apologies for not acknowledging those who gave rewards in the past few days!