During the dinner, Xiang Kun still relied on the two stones with established super sensory contact to suppress his urge to vomit. However, compared to dining with just two or three people, it was quite easy for him to eat less or not at all under the watchful eyes of many during a group dinner, now that he had the ability to build cognitive models of multiple people based on his new cognitive pattern.
For example, he chewed more even when there was nothing in his mouth; occasionally, he pretended to drink soup from his bowl, while actually not having sipped at all; and when others turned their attentions to him, he became more talkative, so as to distract them from noticing his idleness. Otherwise, people would naturally urge him to eat and even serve him food with public chopsticks.
