With the precedent set by the neighboring table, Chen Qi and Yufang were tense when facing the newly served pure meat dumplings.
Tension, fear, and even a little bit of expectation.
Yufang didn't dare to reach out.
"Or we... just don't eat it, it's only five yuan a serving anyway, it's a waste but let it be wasted," Chen Qi suggested; she came to Ding Lake to enjoy vegetarian dishes, not to risk her life.
"No way," Yufang was frantic at that moment, "How can we not eat something we've paid for? It's worth five yuan each, it's so expensive, even a little bit of Häagen-Dazs isn't this pricey!"
Always thrifty and frugal, valuing every penny, Yufang promptly picked up the small bowl and drank a spoonful of the dumpling soup as if resigned to her fate.
Eh.
Yufang was stunned.
Although it tasted awful, it wasn't... tear-inducing.
Yufang took another sip of the dumpling soup, yup, it definitely tasted bad.