"I know. I need gloves and a small knife."
The server provided Ye Huang with a small knife and disposable gloves as requested.
Ye Huang put on the gloves, picked out several pieces of cured ribs from the pot with a knife, and began to debone the meat.
This behavior caught the attention of other patrons, and some whispered among themselves, "Look, what is that man doing?"
"Do you need to do that to eat ribs? How peculiar."
"..."
Bai Xiao, feeling embarrassed by the side chatter, kicked Ye Huang under the table and said softly, "What are you doing!"
"You can eat now."
Ye Huang placed the deboned rib meat into Bai Xiao's bowl.
Bai Xiao was momentarily stunned, and so were the others. They then looked at Bai Xiao with great envy, "So he's deboning the ribs for his girlfriend!"
"How considerate, I'd take a dozen boyfriends like that."
More couples began to emulate Ye Huang's actions, and suddenly, the restaurant was running short on small knives.