Chapter 892: Chapter 897: One Spoonful of Salt Per Egg
Terrible taste, definitely terrible taste, utterly terrible...
Lin Feng has eaten eggs without salt and salty duck eggs, but he’s never tried such a bizarre concoction that’s half an egg, half salt!
It’s truly torturous! Lin Feng silently sighed in his heart, with tears almost glistening in the corners of his eyes...
Lin Feng really had the urge to bluntly speak his mind to Li Liping, but Ning Aoxue’s gaze stopped him in his tracks.
Ning Aoxue knew Li Liping was a beginner, so she didn’t want to discourage her, plus, she wouldn’t allow Lin Feng to say anything too nasty, to prevent damaging Li Liping’s enthusiasm.
Lin Feng understood this too. As a culinary novice, Li Liping probably didn’t have much concept of salt, and couldn’t be overly blamed...
Helplessly, Lin Feng forced a faint smile and sincerely said to Li Liping, "The overall appearance and aroma of this fried egg is quite good, but the taste is slightly too strong. If it could be a bit milder, it would be perfect..."
Just slightly too strong, Lin Feng thought he’d been as polite as possible, yet Ning Aoxue’s expression still subtly darkened.
"Is that so?" Li Liping hadn’t tasted it herself, so naturally didn’t know how salty her creation was. She nodded earnestly, "Then I’ll use half a spoon of salt for each egg in the future..."
Half a spoon of salt for each egg?! And she says it rather begrudgingly...
Lin Feng’s eyes widened and he somewhat speechlessly looked at Li Liping, asking out loud, "Then how much did you use before?"
"A spoonful of salt for each egg?" Li Liping innocently widened her eyes, grinning at Lin Feng, somewhat embarrassed as she asked, "It’s not really that salty, is it?"
Then, not waiting for Lin Feng to say anything, Li Liping directly picked up the chopsticks in front of Lin Feng, lifted the half-eaten fried egg, and placed it into her cherry lips, gently sampled it...
"Eh..." Lin Feng started in surprise but was too late to stop Li Liping’s action...
"Pfft... Whoa... So salty!" Li Liping frowned, unable to stand the salty bitter taste, actually spit out the half-eaten fried egg, disregarding her image. If Lin Feng hadn’t dodged quickly, he might have been sprayed all over...
Soon after, Li Liping’s eyes brimmed with redness, nearly crying...
Not only was the taste in her mouth distressing, but what made Li Liping even more upset was that she took Lin Feng’s polite words seriously, thinking her fried egg just had minor flaws, not expecting the taste to be this unbearable...
"Lin Feng, Aoxue, I’m sorry... My cooking skills are so bad, impacting your appetite..." Li Liping finally felt beaten by her stunning lack of cooking skills, apologizing to Lin Feng and Ning Aoxue, head hung low in sorrow.
"It’s not like that..." Ning Aoxue, seeing that Li Liping had tasted the fried egg, didn’t bother with comforting lies, "Everything is difficult at the start. For your first formal attempt at cooking, achieving this level is quite good."
"You’ve done pretty well already; less salt and this breakfast would be perfect." Lin Feng nodded in agreement, considering that a pampered young lady like Li Liping took the effort to cook was commendable enough; demanding taste would be too much.
Li Liping nodded hesitantly, asking, "Really? You’re not just saying this to make me happy, right?"
"When I cooked for the first time, I didn’t know I had to add oil, just threw the veggies into the pan, it burned instantly, then I hastily added water... The scene, in short, was utterly miserable!" Lin Feng casually recounted a distant memory, his face with a relaxed smile, maybe twenty-something years ago...
"Cooking without adding oil first... Lin Feng, you’re definitely even dumber than me!" Li Liping felt much better, hearing Lin Feng’s story, her face showing an extremely proud smile, at least she knows to add oil for frying eggs...
"Yes, yes, you’re the smartest..." Lin Feng didn’t want to argue over such trivial matters with Li Liping, casually grabbing a piece of bread, which was still edible despite a heavy coating of cream making it quite sweet, yet it tasted far better than the fried egg, Lin Feng quickly finished all the bread.
Ning Aoxue also only ate the bread, leaving more than half of Li Liping’s salty eggs on her plate.
After breakfast, Lin Feng and Ning Aoxue prepared to go back to campus for a marketing exam, assuming Li Liping would follow them back to school, yet when they were ready to leave, she showed no intention to leave, instead clearing the dining table...
"Liping... Senior?" Lin Feng called out to Li Liping, casually asking, "You’re not going back to class?"
Lin Feng remembered, Li Liping hadn’t attended class for several days; has she been skipping classes all this time?
"Me?" Li Liping somewhat panicked, looking at Lin Feng, shaking her head, "I-I don’t have class today!"
"No class?" Lin Feng shook his head, doubting Li Liping’s claim; if she were a senior without classes due to internships, it would be understandable, but as a junior, how could she be so free?
"Yes, that’s right..." Li Liping smiled sweetly at Lin Feng, "You should hurry off, I’m fine staying home alone!"
Lin Feng and Ning Aoxue exchanged a glance before leaving hesitantly.
Once Lin Feng and Ning Aoxue drove far enough, Li Liping lazily sat on a chair by the dining table, weakly murmuring to herself, "What’s the point of attending class, just to get a graduation certificate anyway. Back during my freshman year, my family had already spent money to get the director of Jiangzhou University’s academic affairs office sorted out, attending classes was just for show... If my family hadn’t wanted me to stay in Jiangzhou to keep my cousin company, I would have dropped out long ago..."
Apparently, the only reason Li Liping was studying at Jiangzhou University was because her father, Li Hong, spent substantial money to deliberately curry favor with Cao Ying. Now that she’s fully fallen out with her family, the pretense of courting Cao Ying has vanished, making her even less willing to attend school; coupled with the graduation certificate already being arranged, she really isn’t afraid of any consequences from skipping class...
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After leaving in his car, Lin Feng suddenly felt something was amiss. He remembered that he and Li Liping had thoroughly offended the Jiangnan Ling family. Given Ling Aiguo’s power, whatever kind of reprisal might come, Lin Feng wouldn’t be surprised. He worried whether leaving Li Liping alone at home could lead to some accident...
With this thought, Lin Feng was somewhat distracted at Jiangzhou University, even kind of haphazardly getting through his exam. After the class finally ended, he drove Ning Aoxue back to the Jincheng residential area, suddenly noticing a strange black Mercedes parked at the entrance, with several strong men dressed in black inside, looking arrogant...
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