A spring vegetable salad topped with a small amount of caviar and sea urchin roe, lobster cream and fatsia shoot consommé, shrimp tartare with egg sous vide, beef bourguignon with morel mushroom cream, and plum sherbet accompanied by rose cream and lemon macarons - dishes Winter had never seen before were placed in front of her one after another.
Winter's face brightened instantly, as if she had never been troubled.
"Mmm, mmm! This is really delicious!"
Winter listened attentively to the server's detailed explanations with sparkling eyes, slowly tasting the spring flower-like dishes and repeatedly expressing her admiration.
Ryan occasionally glanced at Winter with eyes that seemed to be smiling but not quite, remaining surprisingly quiet throughout the meal.
The table with Hugo and the woman, far away, was also quiet.
Hugo sat in his seat, looking at the tablet in his hand. Today, too, he had a mountain of cases to solve.
