Xia Mubing agreed to Qin Huai's request to borrow the kitchen. Qin Huai was afraid Zhao Cheng'an, alone in the private room, would secretly eat the fruit platter and be too full to eat the potato dumplings later. So he quickly ate more than half of the fruit platter and then, under the puzzled gaze of Zhang Guanghang, your pastry chef, entered the kitchen to start working.
Zhao Cheng'an didn't go to the kitchen; he was sitting in the private room.
It's not that he didn't want to go; he's just feeling too full. Friends who have often eaten too much know that if you're really too full, you don't want to move, or even stand, because it makes your stomach feel uncomfortable. Sitting is barely tolerable, and all you want is to lie down.
Zhao Cheng'an can't lie down now, so he can only slump in a chair. Even though he wants to see what Qin Huai is making and why it's so urgent, all he can do is think about it.
Qin Huai is kneading dough in the kitchen.
