This meal ended here, with the phrase "We eat to live, not live to eat" serving as a motto for many. Yet for those present, eating had long since devolved into nothing more than a life experience.
After all, Mr. Su Bai had stayed in the Land of Enlightenment for half a year without touching a grain of rice, and he was still alive and well.
On the way back, the atmosphere in the car felt markedly heavier compared to when they'd left Jie Bing's villa. The Monk was driving, and even the lively fat guy had fallen uncharacteristically silent.
Fat guy's earlier mockery of himself as "Crown Prince" and his "loyal chub" came across more as self-deprecating banter—directed at both him and Mr. Su Bai.
