Eating lobster was secondary; the crux was in peeling the lobster. Except for Lu Xiaobao, everyone had mastered the technique of using chopsticks to peel lobster, only differing in proficiency.
Lu Xiaobao, who ate the most lobsters, had the worst technique. When it came to beheading, tailing, and shelling, Dr. Lu always got stuck at the shelling step. It seemed that he still had to keep eating lobsters.
Since they agreed beforehand that only chopsticks could be used for the entire process of peeling the lobsters, and hands were not allowed, everyone's table was piled up with shrimp shells by the end, except for the pitiful few in front of Lu Xiaobao.
It was his treat, in his "father-in-law's" restaurant, and he, who loved eating lobster the most, barely managed to eat a few lobsters because his skills were inferior. He had no one to blame but himself.
