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.”

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

consisted of wild vegetables.

dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said, “These are

they were preparing for the

villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point

variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

the

seeing that the big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed.

the meal, Anita was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of

of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple

several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself

taste of the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone

tell you before? The city folks, especially the big

words spoken were

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

grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at

own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m not picky, and I absolutely love wild vegetables. If he doesn’t want

Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of reluctance at

of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the

no longer had to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy.

“I was just wondering what kind

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

immediately took over the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I

had the words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then

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