Chapter 648 His Determination

The taste of that dish was fairly normal, leaning toward the salty side.

He chewed for a while, swallowing slowly, finally managing to dilute the peculiar taste that had filled his mouth.

Lysander asked, “Are you okay?”

Josiah waved his hand dismissively. “I’m fine.”

“Why must you do this? You’re surely not used to the food here. You don’t have to force yourself. You should hurry back to the city.”

“I’m used to the food.”

Lysander was puzzled.

“Give me a bit more time to adjust. I’ll get used to the food here.”

Lysander tilted her head slightly to look at him. “Are you really planning to stay here?”

“You’ve been here for half a month, no? I can also do it.”

“I’m not like you. I come from an ordinary family. As a child, we struggled, and I’ve experienced my fair share of hardships due to our poor conditions. This level of hardship doesn’t faze me, but it’s almost worlds apart from the life you’re used to living…”

“It’s okay,” Josiah said. “I’ve told you I want to experience your life. I can handle it.”

Lysander let out a soft sigh.

Josiah served her some food. “You should also eat.”

savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served, filling the entire

dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.

boiled dandelion,

that had just been served, he said, “These are

as a token of their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left

of respect, made a point of generously complimenting

vegetables in the city. If

he spoke, he followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly

from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats

impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables in no

the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her

unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he

dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell

quickly intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t

were somewhat harsh.

about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving

realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and at a loss.

Identifying the problem, she directly took his bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m not picky, and I absolutely love wild vegetables. If he doesn’t want to eat them, he can give them

all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables

sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed

felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause

Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s quite

much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you

are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I

words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl

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