In front of the museum was a bustling street.
He Lanjing asked: "What do you want to eat?"
"...noodles."
"If you had infinite money, what would you want to eat?"
"Poached fillet."
He took her to a Sichuan restaurant.
The two settled, and Pipi turned the menu and was shocked: "How can Sichuan food be so expensive?"
He Lanjing looked at her: "I'll treat you."
Pipi ordered two dishes, one boiled fish fillet, and one mushroom dish. "The boiled fish is quite big, should be enough for two people."
He Lanjing did not say anything. When the waiter took the menu, he said, "I won't eat anything, just eat it by yourself."
She was supposed to eat alone? Hadn't she ordered dishes he liked?
Pipi was a little embarrassed and said, "Are you not hungry?"
"Not hungry." He Lanjing said faintly.
"Then you... what do you usually eat for dinner? Do you make it yourself?"
"What I eat, you wouldn't like."
Pipi laughed: "No. I am an omnivorous animal. I eat everything. Tell me, what do you like to eat?"
He Lanjing looked up at her and said, "I eat flowers."
"Flowers?" Pipi didn't understand. "Western blue flowers? Cauliflower? Flower fungus? Pepper?"
He Lanjing shook his head.
Pipi's eyes fell to the vase on the table. There were two carnations inside.
"You mean... actual flowers?"
"Yep."
She pointed to the vase: "This? Carnations?"
"A safflower."
"This is a carnation."
"I call it safflower."
"Of course... it is red."
Pipi felt that their conversation had begun to be newsworthy, so she kept going: "OK, you eat flowers, flowers. How do you prepare them? As a tea? Candy them? Boiled?"
"Healthy."
Pipi took the carnation and handed it to him: "Show me, okay?"
He Lanjing did not comply. "I won't eat it."
"This is a flower, why won't you eat it?"
"It's had fertilizer on it."
"...Do you only eat green food?"
"Yes."
Pipi thought about it and asked: "How many flowers do you have to eat in a day? Does it depend on the flower? What's the average?"
"I don't know."
"Where do you buy the flowers? At a flower shop?"
"I plant them myself. I have a big garden."
"But... if the harvest is not good, is there enough to eat?"
"Then I'll go hungry."
Pipi looked at his figure, gave half a sigh, and said, "They're not nutritious enough... no wonder you are so thin."
The boiled fish fillets were brought over, and Pipi ate them alone. He Lanjing watched her silently.