Liu Siyan and Chen Mengying reached out and took the half of the sweet potato that Xiaofan handed them, then they carefully peeled it and put the steaming sweet potato flesh into their small mouths.
"Siyan, this stuff is so dirty, how can you eat it?" He Jun quickly spoke up to stop them.
"Wow, it's so delicious, so delicious." On the other side, Lin Hai also imitated Xiaofan and handed the sweet potato to Zhang Qing. After Zhang Qing tentatively took a small bite, her eyes lit up and she shouted loudly.
The other students watched as these five people ate the fragrant sweet potatoes, then looked at their own grilled food, which was either burned or undercooked, and couldn't help but swallow.
"Really delicious. Haha, does anyone want some? There's more here." Liu Siyan was a girl who liked to share and understood that joy was better shared.
With Liu Siyan's words, a few girls walked over slowly and softly asked, "Can I have a taste?"
"Yeah, over there, help yourself, be careful, it's hot." Liu Siyan said generously.
"I want some too, I want some too."
Sure enough, other classmates slowly came over, wanting to taste the sweet potatoes. Many people had eaten sweet potatoes, but few had tasted them made this way.
"Wow, it smells so good, so delicious."
Soon, the students who tasted the sweet potatoes started praising them.
"There isn't much, everyone share it." Liu Siyan smiled as she greeted friends who came over for sweet potatoes.
"Hey, hey, save some for me." Seeing more and more people coming over, Lin Hai hurriedly grabbed one and held it tightly.
With ten sweet potatoes gone in no time, Liu Siyan watched the satisfied expressions of the students who ate them and smiled with satisfaction.
Her smile was always so pure and sweet. Sitting on the ground, Xiaofan couldn't help but be a bit dazed, as if nothing had changed, still liking to quietly watch her from the side.
"Ah, Xiaofan, you haven't eaten yet." At this point, Liu Siyan remembered that the person who had been busy all day hadn't had a chance to eat before everything was shared.
"It's okay." Xiaofan shook his head, thinking he had eaten enough of these when he was little.
"Here, this is for you, if you don't mind." Liu Siyan said, handing the half-bitten sweet potato in front of Xiaofan.
With sufficient lighting now, Xiaofan would surely see Liu Siyan's little face flushed red, thinking how their relationship had become so close.
Time seemed frozen, as if everyone was watching to see what Xiaofan would do next. Would any man refuse when the prettiest goddess at Seventh Middle School personally handed you something delicious?
Sure enough, Xiaofan smiled lightly and reached out to take it.
"Oh, your hand is dirty, just bite it straight." Liu Siyan said coquettishly, avoiding Xiaofan's dirty hand and placing the sweet potato in front of him again.
The classmates beside them quietly watched, no one spoke, just watching the two of them, anticipating Xiaofan's next move.
However, Xiaofan reached out again, but this time the target wasn't the sweet potato, it was Liu Siyan's wrist.
Gently holding it, Xiaofan slowly leaned forward and bit into the sweet potato.
"Wow..."
"Hah."
"Hooray."
With Xiaofan's action completed, the people around began to make a commotion, whistling and cheering echoed around.
"I, I need to wash my hands." Liu Siyan hadn't expected things to turn out this way, blushing, she charmingly stood up and ran to the hotel to wash her hands.
And He Jun, upon witnessing the ambiguous scene between the two, angrily turned back to his group, puzzled over why, in terms of background and looks, he was inferior to the ordinary Ye Xiaofan.
Is sweet potato the only thing? Certainly not. As time passed, the sky had completely darkened, the aroma of sweet potato fading as the air slowly dissipated. Everyone continued eating what they had prepared in their respective groups. Meanwhile, another aroma wafted around. As everyone searched for the source, they realized it was coming from where they had just eaten the sweet potatoes.
The grilled fish, regularly made at Chen Mengying's family's roadside stall. The fish, after being cleaned and grilled over charcoal, was placed on a plate, smeared with seasoning, paired with other side dishes like mushrooms, tofu skin, bean sprouts, cilantro, pickled vegetables, and cucumber slices.
Such a fragrance was enough to whet the appetite.
With the side dishes served, what would be the main course? Xiaofan revealed the second clay oven they had buried, the five sections of bamboo they had put in earlier slowly retrieved. After letting them cool a bit and cleaning the mud off the bamboo with water, Xiaofan borrowed knives from the kitchen to open the bamboo section by section.
"Wow..." There was a series of exclamations. It turned out the bamboo that seemed dirty contained packed rice inside, looking delicious and aromatic.
"Hey, why are you drinking again?" Seeing Xiaofan placing two bottles of beer in front, Liu Siyan asked, slightly furrowing her brow.
"Hmm? I'm thirsty." Xiaofan said as a matter of course. Then, noticing Liu Siyan's displeased expression, he quickly explained, "In this condition, how can we be happy without a bit of drink, come on, everyone a glass, don't drink too much."
With Xiaofan's words, Liu Siyan's expression relaxed. Then, the five people gathered around a table, happily enjoying the delicious food they collectively made today, although Xiaofan handled almost everything by himself, at least everyone participated in the process.
However, three grilled fish were too much, so in the end Xiaofan and the others kept one weighing two catties, giving the remaining to the classmates looking on hungrily nearby. Bamboo rice couldn't be shared; even Liu Siyan was tasting such delicious rice for the first time.
In contrast to today's ridicule and misunderstanding, now these five were the focus of envious gazes, sipping small drinks, eating delicious food, happily enjoying the fresh and peaceful moment.
However, did everyone think that was the end? Certainly not...
"Wow, I can't do it anymore, I really can't eat, if I had known I wouldn't have eaten so many sweet potatoes. No way, I have to rest, I can't eat anything now." Lin Hai stood up satisfied, wanting to stretch his full belly nicely. Now he understood that no five-star hotel or seafood feast could surpass this seemingly inconspicuous bamboo rice. Eating felt so satisfying.
"Hey, where did Xiaofan go?" Liu Siyan finished eating and went back to wash her hands, only to find Xiaofan's figure missing when she came out.
"Oh, he said he was going to get something, he'll be back soon." Chen Mengying replied.
And Xiaofan's departure lasted half an hour. When he returned, the nearby girls screamed once more.
"Not Ye Xiaofan, why must you be so detestable, having made so much delicious food earlier, now there's watermelon... Gosh, I really should have joined their group earlier."
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