Chapter 507 — A Bit of Practice
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"Ha, then eat up!" Wu Chengtian's vanity was enormously satisfied. He thought to himself that Wei Zhao was far beneath him, and he could not imagine what Sun Jingyan saw in the man. Judging by Feng Xiaoxiao's behavior, Wei Zhao had probably never even treated her to a proper meal. Yes, that was it — he simply did not know how to put on a show. He had assumed that since Sun Jingyan was born into a wealthy family, she must lack nothing and have seen everything, but now it seemed that might not be so. As long as he kept putting on a show in front of Bie Jingyi from now on, there was no fear she would not like him!
"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Feng Xiaoxiao pulled the abalone in front of her, picked up her fork and started eating without a thought for anyone else. After two bites she sighed in admiration, "This abalone is really delicious! It's the first time I've ever eaten abalone this big!"
"That's nothing!" Wu Chengtian waved a hand and said smugly. "This abalone is the sort we eat casually at home. At New Year and other festivals, the abalone we eat is much bigger than this. This is only a single-head abalone; the ones my family eats are half-head abalone!"
"Huh? There's such a thing as half-head abalone? Brother Chengtian, you're amazing — you've eaten everything!" Feng Xiaoxiao said admiringly. "In that case, why don't you give me your portion too? You can eat it anytime, but this is the first time in my whole life!"
"Sure, no problem!" Wu Chengtian's heart gave a lurch, and he silently cursed his own loose tongue. Eat it himself? Like hell. This single-head abalone was already top grade; to get even a small piece of it at New Year was considered good, so how could he eat it every day? But the words were already out — how could he take them back? Gritting his teeth, Wu Chengtian could only give his portion of abalone to Feng Xiaoxiao. In his heart, though, he consoled himself: what a show of class this was. He might as well treat it as practice in putting on airs, so that in the future he could do it smoothly in front of Sun Jingyan!
"Really? That's wonderful. Oh, but these two aren't very much either — I can hardly bear to eat them!" Though Feng Xiaoxiao said this, her fork was not idle, shoveling one delicacy after another into her mouth.
Feng Xiaoxiao had come with the express intention of fleecing Wu Chengtian. Who told him and his grandfather to treat her that way at the auction? If not him, who else was there to fleece? Besides, Feng Xiaoxiao really had never eaten anything so high-class; if she did not eat her fill now, she might never get the chance again before she died. So she paid no attention to appearances at all — first fill her belly and worry about the rest later!
"This junk is nothing to people of our lineage!" Wu Chengtian continued practicing his showing off. He found that his skill at it was improving by the day — he could tell tall tales without even blinking. He was thrilled inside, though his face remained calm. "Wangba, wouldn't you agree?"
"Of course! Seafood like this is common fare in the eyes of people of our lineage. Far too plain. When we want something to eat, we usually have things like crested ibis..." The Xiao family was a whole grade below the Wu family — how could they eat such high-class things regularly? Even when the old master of the Xiao family was alive, he probably had not tasted it more than a few times. But to play along with Wu Chengtian, Xiao Wangba naturally let his mouth run away with him.
"Oh? What's a crested ibis? Is there any here? I want to try it too!" Feng Xiaoxiao asked in surprise.
"That..." Xiao Wangba was struck dumb for a moment. He had only been talking idly. There were hardly any crested ibises left in the whole world; he had never even seen one, let alone eaten one. Now Feng Xiaoxiao wanted to eat one too — where was he supposed to get it? Even if he could get one, wouldn't he be shot for it? It was a protected animal!