"I’ve always known His Highness is a great cook. I’ve watched a lot of live videos, but it’s my first time tasting it in person today!" A tall, thin soldier sitting at the neighboring table said. He didn’t seem to have much muscle, but when he started eating, his momentum didn’t lose out to his brothers beside him, and his strength and speed were even a bit better.

"Slow down!" The person next to him, who looked quite similar and a bit sturdier, spoke in a tone like an older brother watching over a younger brother, "Eating so fast, what if you choke!"

The two were indeed real brothers. The younger brother was probably used to being scolded by the older one and didn’t flinch a bit. He didn’t slow down at all and even seemed to eat faster.

While stuffing piece after piece of meat into his mouth, he mumbled, covering his mouth with one hand, "No worries... I only choked before... because the food in our canteen was too bad. Today, today is different! With such delicious meat, of course, I’m going to... eat all of it! It would be too disappointing to choke!"

But things don’t always go as planned. Just as he said he wouldn’t choke, a piece of meat, not yet chewed to pieces, went down his throat and got him choked, his face turning red as he gasped.

"Bro! Bro...bro!" His even more garbled words came out as he coughed. Watching his eager behavior, his brother, though a bit cross, reached out to pat his back, helping him catch his breath. After a while, when his brother finally regained his composure, he pointed at his head and said, "You! No one’s fighting you for it!"

The younger brother, having just embarrassed himself, was quite bashful at this point, chuckled awkwardly, and whispered, "Wasn’t I just too impatient? It’s rare to get something this delicious." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The older brother glared at him again, but as people near the commotion checked his plate, they found most of his food was already gone too. Clearly, he was also eating quite eagerly, but with better skills so he didn’t choke like his brother.

Although no similar dialogue occurred, everyone was eating hastily. Looking around, Du Xixi noticed that many people already had mostly empty plates in front of them, and some looked longingly at their empty plates, with a kind of fierce gaze...

Reassured that her cooking hadn’t gone awry, Du Xixi relaxed completely and started savoring the Hengheng Beast meat on her plate. She had made five meat dishes in total — braised pork, pork stewed with vermicelli, sweet and sour pork chunks, potato stew with meat, and crispy fragrant meat. Although the military canteen’s ingredients were ample, they were not varied, and with sufficient ingredients, she could have created even more delicacies.

But these five dishes were enough; soldiers were not afraid of richness, and Du Xixi’s culinary skills were good enough that the lean meat was tender, the fatty meat was soft — whether it was the melt-in-the-mouth braised pork or the crispy and fragrant meat, each was exceptionally tasty. Even Du Xixi felt a bit unsatisfied after finishing them, wishing for another plate.

Unfortunately, the robots were precise in their portion control, and Du Xixi’s stomach was quite full. If she ate more just to satisfy her mouth, her stomach truly wouldn’t handle it.

Du Xixi ate slowly, and by the time she put down her chopsticks, almost everyone in the dining hall had finished eating. Many cast wolf-like greedy glances her way, causing Du Xixi’s fingers to pause slightly, but she masked it well, not allowing any change to show in her expression.

"Xixi ah..." The Minister of the Military came over with a grin, speaking to Du Xixi, who was wiping her mouth, in a very gentle and ingratiating tone, "I remember you’re currently on vacation, so you don’t have classes in the Food Department, right?"

Du Xixi lightly raised her eyebrows, nodded towards the Minister of the Military seated in front of her, understanding his intent: "Yes, I won’t be going back until the school term starts next semester."

"Then..." The Minister didn’t state explicitly, but when he caught Du Xixi’s eye, she understood his implication and softly replied, "I get it, over the next few months I’ll put in effort to teach our military canteen the methods."