Chapter 1839 - 679: In the Cinema with Sophia...

Chapter 1839: Chapter 679: In the Cinema with Sophia...

Zhang Jingdong approached Sophia, smiled, and spread his hands: "Teacher Sophia, do you remember our bet earlier?"

Sophia looked at Zhang Jingdong’s expression at the moment and suddenly felt something was off.

But since she had promised him, it wasn’t appropriate to go back on her word, so she nodded, "Yes."

Zhang Jingdong then said, "Now that I’ve won, can I make that small request?"

Sophia feigned indifference: "Alright, go ahead."

"My request is simple, just give me a kiss."

"A kiss!?" Sophia was instantly a bit embarrassed and annoyed, "You... didn’t say it was such a small request back then?"

Zhang Jingdong pretended to be surprised: "Isn’t this considered a small request? If it were a normal request, I certainly wouldn’t just ask for a kiss, after all, for you guys, it’s just a greeting gift."

Seeing Sophia still hesitant, Zhang Jingdong continued: "Teacher Sophia, you won’t be a sore loser, will you... Since this is so difficult for you, then..."

"...Alright."

Sophia finished speaking and directly leaned over to kiss Zhang Jingdong’s left cheek.

"Congratulations to the host for successfully receiving a kiss from the target, rewarding 100,000 yuan!"

Not far away, the Italian boys who saw this scene immediately felt like the little boy in "The Legend of Sicily’s Beauty" watching Monica Bellucci kiss another man, full of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Zhang Jingdong was satisfied and smiled, then said: "Teacher Sophia, you’re truly playful, let’s go."

Then the two left the court and continued to wander through the streets and alleys of Milan.

Around 12 o’clock, Zhang Jingdong said, "Are you hungry, shall we go eat?"

Sophia nodded, "Okay."

Zhang Jingdong looked around and then said: "I want to have an Italian meal, which restaurant do you think is the best in Milan?"

Sophia thought seriously for a moment, then said: "Follow me."

The two walked around for about twenty minutes and finally arrived at a restaurant called Romo.

The restaurant’s decor wasn’t very luxurious, but it felt comfortable, especially in some details, such as the style and placement of tables and chairs, clearly given much thought.

Zhang Jingdong took a look at the menu, then said to Sophia: "I trust your taste, so you order."

Sophia nodded gladly, "Okay."

She glanced at the menu briefly, then ordered two salads, two T-bone steaks, one pasta, one seared tuna, and two servings of tiramisu for dessert.

Once all the dishes were served one after another, the two started eating and chatting.

Zhang Jingdong tasted a few dishes, then said: "Thank you for changing my perception of Italian cuisine."

Sophia wiped her mouth: "What do you mean?"

"Last night I ordered a pizza at the hotel, and it was extremely bad. I thought to myself, Italy is the homeland of pizza, yet the pizza here is so terrible, which shows there’s no good food here."

"But now I understand, it’s not that your local food is bad, it’s just the hotel doesn’t make it well."

Sophia suddenly understood, then said: "To be honest, compared to Huaxia, our Italian food is quite average."

"But I have to tell you, looking at the whole of Europe, our Italian food can at least rank in the top three. Only France, Spain, and Russia can compete with us. As for other countries, don’t hold out too much hope, especially the United Kingdom."

"The best restaurants in their country are basically Chinese restaurants, French restaurants, and Italian restaurants."

Zhang Jingdong smiled and nodded, "Okay, then I won’t take risks and will follow your advice to eat at these types of restaurants."

"But supposedly the United Kingdom has a considerably good economic and political status in Europe, why don’t they have good food?"

Sophia quickly thought about it and then said: "I think there are a few main reasons."

"First is war, during WWI and WWII the United Kingdom was a major participant, and during that time their war supplies were severely lacking, civilians could only eat limited canned and frozen foods, with almost no demand for flavor."

"Besides that, many chefs died during the war, and many family heirloom recipes vanished, leaving descendants unable to cook."

"Although these might seem incredible, it’s a fact, during those wars the United Kingdom indeed lost many people."

"Secondly is religion, most families in the United Kingdom are Protestant, they advocate self-discipline and restraint, believing that eating delicious food is sinful."

Zhang Jingdong thoughtfully nodded: "These indeed sound reasonable, but I also thought of another reason."

"What is it?"

Zhang Jingdong smirked: "Because those capitalists want to sell canned food and ready meals to everyone, if every family can cook themselves, then no one would buy their canned and ready meals."

Sophia reflexively said: "Makes sense, that should also be a reason."

Zhang Jingdong took a bite of pasta: "Which European countries have you been to before?"

"Seems like I’ve been to almost all of them, the whole of Europe is about the size of one Huaxia, and I love travel, during school holidays I would spend time in different countries."

"Aside from food, which country’s wine do you think is the best to drink?"

Sophia frowned slightly, seriously thought for a moment, then replied: "This is difficult to say, although there are only a few countries where wine tastes good, choosing the best one is truly hard."