After binding with the system, I became a super rich and beautiful woman!

Half past six in the evening.

The charity gala has finally begun.

"Distinguished guests, good evening!"

"My name is Xiaofen, and I am the host of tonight's banquet. I hope everyone will have an unforgettable evening."

An unforgettable night?

Ha ha.

In the audience, Li Zhen covered her mouth and chuckled, sneering.

Tonight will probably be an unforgettable night for everyone!

"Next, please welcome our charity manager to the stage to give a speech."

"Wow!"

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

Soon, a middle-aged man carrying a wireless microphone walked onto the stage from one side of the audience.

"Good evening, everybody!"

"My name is Xiao Meng, and I am the organizer of this charity gala dinner!"

The middle-aged man had small, squinty eyes, a small nose, a small mouth, and wore glasses.

He looked shifty and sneaky when he spoke, and didn't seem like a good person at all.

In any case, in Li Zhen's eyes, this middle-aged man was definitely not a good person.

"First of all, I would like to thank all the guests present for taking the time to attend tonight's dinner. Secondly, I would also like to thank my family members who have silently supported me all these years..."

The manager went on and on.

Those who don't know might mistake this for a speech given by a graduate of a certain university at a gala.

Listening to his endless chatter, Li Zhen felt increasingly sleepy and wished she could just lie down on the table and go to sleep.

If it weren't for the fact that it was the first time Li Zhen had accompanied He Jingyao to such an event and she wanted to give him face, Li Zhen probably would have disregarded her own image long ago.

No one knows how long the man surnamed Meng talked, but just as Li Zhen was about to fall asleep with her eyes closed, someone suddenly patted her arm.

"Li Zhen!"

"Hmm, what's wrong? Ah~"

Li Zhen groggily opened her eyes and yawned.

"time to eat."

He Jingyao was holding a pair of chopsticks, and at that moment he had a piece of candied lotus root on his chopsticks.

After Li Zhen saw it clearly, she thought He Jingyao liked to eat candied lotus root.

But... He Jingyao put the candied lotus root on her plate.

"You should try this sweet lotus root with osmanthus honey..."

"Ah? Oh..."

Li Zhen looked at the tempting candied lotus root on the plate and couldn't help but swallow hard.

Immediately, under He Jingyao's gaze, Li Zhen quickly sat up straight, picked up the chopsticks next to the plate, and then carefully tasted the piece of candied lotus root.

Li Zhen can still enjoy sweet lotus root, and she eats it several times a year.

Whether attending a wedding banquet or a birthday party, Li Zhen always sees a plate of specially made sweet lotus root among the cold dishes.

Even at funeral banquets, candied lotus root often appears on the plates.

Speaking of which, she quite likes to eat candied lotus root.

However, this was the first time she had ever eaten candied lotus root since arriving in this parallel world.

I wonder if the candied lotus root in this world is as delicious as the one in her previous life.

Li Zhen took two bites of the sweet lotus root and couldn't help but look up and nod at He Jingyao.

"Mmm, this candied lotus root is quite delicious!"

"hey-hey."

He Jingyao smiled, his lips curving upwards in a doting manner.

"I knew you'd like it!"

"Here, have another piece."

He Jingyao hadn't even eaten a bite himself; he was busy serving food to Li Zhen.

By this time, Li Zhen had finished the first piece, and she did not refuse the second piece that He Jingyao brought her.

"Thank you!"

As she spoke, Li Zhen lowered her head and continued to eat the second piece of candied lotus root.

To be honest, Li Zhen was 100% certain that the sweet lotus root she ate tonight was even more delicious than any she had ever eaten in her previous life.

The two pieces of sweet lotus root she ate tonight tasted more intense and pure, and the fresh lotus root aroma was also more pronounced.

"I'll just have two pieces."

Li Zhen stuffed the last half of the candied lotus root into her mouth.

Then, he added another sentence, his words mumbled indistinctly.

"You don't need to put any more food on my plate. You should eat too, don't go hungry!"

She had just secretly checked the time; it was already 7 p.m.

Under normal circumstances, very few people have not eaten dinner by 7 p.m.

Let alone people like them who need to eat three meals a day.

In the evening, they usually don't eat dinner too late.

Normally, we eat dinner before six o'clock.

Dinner is only eaten after 7 p.m. in special circumstances.

"Okay, I know!"

He Jingyao smiled gently, then gripped his chopsticks and picked up more dishes from the table.

This time, he served Li Zhen a baked prawn.

He had just finished serving Li Zhen a piece when he very quickly served himself one.

"hey-hey."

Afraid that Li Zhen would lecture him again, He Jingyao quickly waved the fried shrimp on his chopsticks at her.

Then I put them on a plate and started carefully peeling off the shrimp shells.

Li Zhen was too lazy to peel the shrimp shells with her hands, so she put the shrimp to her mouth and started biting.

She rarely peels shrimp with her hands; most of the time, she bites them herself.

Seeing Li Zhen eating shrimp like that, He Jingyao found it very funny and unconsciously shook his head.

He then placed the shrimp tail meat he had peeled onto Li Zhen's plate.

"What are you doing?"

Li Zhen took a bite of the shrimp and saw He Jingyao give her the shrimp tail he had peeled. She couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This guy, why is he so fond of giving so much?!

It doesn't mean she can't peel shrimp; it just means she's too lazy to do it.

He Jingyao, however, would rather not eat it himself than give up that piece of shrimp tail meat.

"Here, have some. I'll just peel another one."

"No."

This time, Li Zhen directly refused his offer and returned the shrimp tail meat to He Jingyao.

"You can have the first one, but I can have the second one!"

There weren't many shrimp on the table to begin with; there were probably only a dozen or so in total.

We can't just give it all to her if He Jingyao doesn't eat it.

Li Zhen would never do something so selfish.

"Okay, okay, I'll eat it."

Seeing Li Zhen's determination, He Jingyao had no choice but to obediently pick up the shrimp tail meat and stuff it into his mouth.

"..."

Li Zhen finally felt relieved and continued eating.

Next, Li Zhen finally relaxed and started picking out whatever she wanted to eat.

This directly thwarted He Jingyao's attempt to keep serving her food.

After He Jingyao understood her intention, he was not angry. Instead, he felt that Li Zhen was showing concern for him.

I feel sorry for him because he might not have enough to eat.

So she picked up the food herself and didn't ask him for help.

Both harbored their own ulterior motives, yet they couldn't help but care for each other.

Ten minutes later.

Li Zhen finally looked up from her plate with satisfaction, picked up a pack of wet wipes from beside the plate, and wiped her mouth.

Then he turned to look at He Jingyao beside him.

To everyone's surprise, He Jingyao was holding a whole slice of watermelon after the meal, and was smiling at Li Zhen.

Here, your dessert!

Why don't you eat it yourself?

Li Zhen blinked but didn't immediately take the watermelon from He Jingyao's hand.

"I've already eaten!"

He Jingyao smiled and tapped his chin.

Li Zhen took a closer look.

"Oh my god!"

There was even a watermelon seed stuck to He Jingyao's chin.

"Hahaha."

Li Zhen couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"How can you be so cute?"

"Hahaha……"

That's hilarious!

Li Zhen almost laughed herself silly.

Are you still going to eat watermelon or not?

He Jingyao pretended to be a little angry and wiped the watermelon seed off his chin, then handed the watermelon in his hand to Li Zhen.

"I eat!"

Li Zhen shook her shoulders, then slowly stopped laughing and lowered her head to eat watermelon bite by bite.