Impossible Lovers

47

When Mee opened the door, she saw that Mark was indeed still standing outside. She hadn't expected this young man to be so persistent.

Upon hearing the sound of the door opening, Mark quickly looked up and greeted Mee with a smile, "Hello, Auntie."

Mee nodded casually and said to him, "Come in."

"Thank you, Auntie!" Mark hurriedly went inside, afraid that if he hesitated for a second, Mee might change her mind.

After sitting down at the dining table, Lisa came out holding the freshly cooked dishes. Placing the dishes on the table, she took a glance at Mark. His ears were red from the cold.

"Have some rice soup; it's hot," Lisa said as she picked up a thermos filled with rice soup and poured half a bowl for Mark.

Rice soup and rice wine looked somewhat similar, and Mark hadn't had rice soup in a long time. "You're so cultured, even making rice soup."

Lisa replied, "Our hotel's restaurant specializes in farmhouse cuisine, and the rice we serve is steamed white rice, so of course, we have rice soup."

Mark had heard before that Lisa had a hotel, but he hadn't asked for more details. Now, he just learned that the hotel's specialty was farmhouse cuisine, "Did you also make steamed white rice today?"

"Yes, paired with our hotel's signature dishes," Lisa pointed to the two dishes she had just served, "This is Bean Curd Beef and this is Double Pepper Pork Liver. They are both masterpieces from me and the head chef. You've come to the right place today."

Mark looked at the well-prepared dishes; they were well-presented, showing some culinary skills, "I really couldn't tell that you can cook."

"Heh," Lisa chuckled, "I know, you ordinary folks have biases against us. You think we can't do anything except seduce men."

"...I didn't say that."

"I won't argue with you; let's eat," Lisa went into the kitchen and brought out the rice, "Help yourselves to rice since we have rice soup, I didn't cook any other soup."

Seeing Jungkook also come over from the living room, Lisa called out to Mee, "Mom, come and eat too. Don't worry; I won't run away."

"..." After going through all this trouble in the morning, Mee naturally gave in. She moved the chair away from the door, walked over, and sat down at the dining table, "Let's all use chopsticks; the dishes should cool down a bit."

With that said, everyone picked up their chopsticks and started eating. Most of the dishes on the table were leftovers from yesterday's preserved vegetables. Everyone naturally wanted to taste the two dishes cooked by Lisa.

However, the dish Bean Curd Beef had a lot of red oil in it, making it look fiery red. Mark hesitated for a moment and moved his chopsticks to the Double Pepper Pork Liver. This dish didn't seem spicy, but it contained a lot of chopped green peppers and small chili peppers.

Lisa noticed that Mark shook off all the chili peppers from the pork liver and couldn't help but correct him, "The double peppers in this dish are essential; it tastes better when you eat them together with the chili peppers!"

"I don't eat spicy food," Mark replied.

He tasted a piece of pork liver; it had a sweet and sour flavor, not very spicy, but incredibly delicious and aromatic. His eyes brightened, and he exclaimed, "This is so delicious! I never expected your cooking skills to be this good!"

"I told you, I learned from the master chef. Our hotel's restaurant at Starlight Farm is well-known for this," Lisa said proudly.

"In that case, I must bring my friends there some time," Mark replied.