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.”

finished savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the

all consisted of wild vegetables.

was a curly dock salad, boiled

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

they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They had to

noticed the villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them

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

lifted the

express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started to enjoy their meals.

their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of

concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply

several bites from her bowl without any sign of her

for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make him want

tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use your own cutlery to serve others!” Blaine

words spoken were somewhat harsh.

of the involved parties, Josiah wanted to clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him

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

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 to

couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the

food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going

the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt

Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish

relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If

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

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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