Captain Tim's explanation was still reasonable, so Yungo and Grace could not say much more. However, they expressed dissatisfaction with the duty crew for not being informed in time about Captain Tim's new orders, which led to their misunderstanding of the maintenance personnel and almost caused a more serious misunderstanding.

"Hey! You two should hold your tongues! You know, the experience on Planet E has caused a great mental impact on everyone, so it's understandable that everyone makes a little mistake in their work under these circumstances. Just like Yungo, didn't you get seriously late for your shift work because you overslept? Look, have I ever blamed you for it? Since the current situation is special, we should not pick on each other but should understand each other's small mistakes at work!" Captain Tim added.

Since Captain Tim had spoken, Yungo and Grace had nothing to refute. Seeing that the two still had anger on their faces, Captain Tim smiled and patted them on the shoulder to comfort, "Forget it! Let this matter pass! However, in the future, you two must not conduct any patrols without permission! After all, no one can guarantee that all the crew members will relieve that high-pressure mental state after leaving Planet E. If you run into other on-duty members who are patrolling, and they mistakenly think you two are executing non-existent orders without permission, wouldn't that be more likely to cause trouble?"

Yungo and Grace nodded with their heads down, indicating that Captain Tim's analysis was very reasonable, and at the same time, they expressed their apologies for their behavior that almost caused trouble for everyone. Seeing the sincere attitude of the two in admitting their mistakes, Captain Tim patted their shoulders again and said, "Alright! Let's just pretend this never happened! Since you two little guys already know about my new orders, now come with me to the crew's cafeteria on the lower level!"

"What are we going to the cafeteria for?" Yungo asked in confusion.

"Hahaha! You'll find out when you get there!" Captain Tim laughed and led the two towards the crew's cafeteria on the lower level of the spaceship.

The two soon arrived at the cafeteria specially prepared for the staff with Captain Tim, which was much larger and better than the temporary lounge in the command center. In addition to dining tables for the crew, the cafeteria also provided a variety of leisure and entertainment facilities. However, due to many ancillary equipment lines of the spaceship not being repaired yet, these leisure facilities were also unable to be used normally. But judging from the situation in the cafeteria, everyone seemed not to care about those entertainment facilities that they usually needed to grab, because at this moment, all the crew members in the cafeteria were burying their heads to taste the food on the table.

"Wow! It smells great!" Grace couldn't help but sigh when she stepped into the cafeteria, being fascinated by the fragrance of the delicious food.

"Yes! It seems that our chef team has not let Aileen and their expectations down, and has really improved the cooking skills under their earnest teachings!" Captain Tim also took a big breath of the fragrance that filled the cafeteria, and then praised with pride.

"So, Captain, the purpose of you bringing us to the cafeteria is to eat?" Yungo asked.

"I'm not just bringing you here to eat, but to bring you here to participate in the first Express Vanguard Food Festival! You two must have missed the information sent from the command center to each rest cabin because you went to patrol the spaceship without permission. Hey! Fortunately, you just met me, otherwise, wouldn't you have missed the opening ceremony of this grand food festival? So, in the future, without my order, you two guys must not run around arbitrarily! Do you hear?" Captain Tim said.

"Aye-aye, Captain!" Yungo and Grace immediately stood up straight and answered in unison, while looking at Captain Tim with a slightly strange look, expressing their confusion about his approach to the food festival.

Captain Tim ignored Yungo and Grace, but led the two to sit down at his own table, and the chefs immediately brought the prepared delicious food to them. Although Yungo's appetite has not recovered until now, it does not mean that he cannot appreciate the taste of the food. It's just that whether in the restaurant on Planet E or now, the food provided by the chefs is basically mainly meat-based. This made Yungo even more uninterested in tasting the food because of the heavy oil and gas of the food.

Seeing Yungo only symbolically tasted the food on the table, Grace also put down her chopsticks after seeing Yungo didn't eat much, and then pretended to be reserved. Captain Tim was quite puzzled and asked, "Why? Why don't you eat? Don't you think the food is delicious? Before, I always heard Old Zhou complaining that you always eat very little, and it also made Aileen anxious because she couldn't conquer your taste buds. Humph! It seems that you two guys have a high taste! No matter how hard our chefs work, they can't get your approval!"

Seeing a trace of anger on Captain Tim's face, Yungo hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, Captain, you misunderstood! I think - uh -"

"What do you think? If you have any problems, just say it directly! There's no need to hide in front of me!" Captain Tim said.

Yungo quickly organized his language and replied, "Uh - Captain, you must not think too much! I don't think these foods are not delicious, I just have not been in a good appetite recently, which may be due to the great mental pressure before. So now compared to enjoying delicious food, I want to rest more, and then when we return to the Planet Alliance, I will find a doctor to check my body as soon as possible."

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"Oh! So that's it! Ah! Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why have you been holding it in by yourself?" Hearing Yungo say this, Captain Tim immediately showed a look of understanding and said in a caring tone. Then, Captain Tim looked at Grace with concern, seemingly asking if she also had a significant decrease in appetite due to the same problem?

"Uh - Captain, I'm actually okay. As for my appetite - it's mainly caused by him." Grace's face turned red as she pointed to Yungo beside her and said shyly.

Captain Tim, who immediately understood what Grace meant, suddenly laughed and interrupted her, then gossiped and said, "Oh! I understand! You don't need to say more! Captain, I understand what you mean and I understand your feelings! After all, I have been there! Hahaha! Hey! People all say that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken, and if you marry a dog, you follow the dog, but you haven't even cooked the raw rice yet! The pace is so consistent? Hahaha! It seems that once the feelings are ignited, it's really hard to explain the truth with ordinary logic!"

Although Yungo and Grace were embarrassed by Captain Tim's straightforward words, they were relieved to see that his doubts and anger towards Yungo dissipated. So, Grace asked again, "By the way, Captain, why did we suddenly start holding a food festival? Although everyone's mood and mental state need to be adjusted after the disaster on Planet E, we don't need to hold a food festival like the Broadsword Expeditionary Force, do we?"

"Since you also know that everyone's mental state is not very good now, why question my decision to hold a food festival? Besides, don't you know that for us Vis people, delicious food is the best way to adjust our mentality?" Captain Tim was asking Grace, but he had already lost his anger just now.

After all, Yungo and Grace, especially Grace, are not only employees with the most potential that Captain Tim favors, but also the younger generation that he personally highly recognizes and regards as his confidants and future successors. It is also because of this reason that Grace has the confidence to question Captain Tim privately regardless of her position.

"But, we don't need to learn from the Broadsword Expeditionary Force to hold a food festival, do we? After all, now when we mention the food festival, we will think of what happened on Planet E. Although we can't forget what happened there, reminding everyone of those bad memories at this time may only have the opposite effect on adjusting emotions, right?" Yungo continued to ask.

Captain Tim swallowed the spicy fried meat in his mouth and replied, "Ah! I know your concerns. But the more difficult the moment, the more we need to face our own experiences, isn't it also a way to quickly help everyone get rid of pain? Besides, for us crew members who often leave the Vis world and go to remote planets for long voyages, it is even more necessary to maintain a positive attitude to face all kinds of sufferings. So, you can also regard this food festival as a new attempt for us to actively face the E Star incident."

Then, Captain Tim sighed and said, "Ah! In addition, this food festival is also one of the few spiritual support activities that we can inherit from the Broadsword Expeditionary Force at present! So, we must pass on the spirit of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force, who are willing to die, through holding this food festival, and spread it. This is also a way for all the crew members of the Express Vanguard to remember the Broadsword Expeditionary Force, who saved our lives and died heroically!"

When it comes to the Broadsword Expeditionary Force, the three quickly fell into silence. After all, we just evacuated from Planet E not long ago, so now as long as someone mentions the Broadsword Expeditionary Force, we will immediately fall into silence due to the heavy mood. This is also why everyone has become cautious in their communication during this period, because no one hopes their discussion topics are related to the Broadsword Expeditionary Force. Otherwise, the team members' minds will once again appear the scene of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force members' tragic death, and they will feel an invisible mountain appearing again, and once again press them so that they can hardly breathe. This is enough to show how terrifying and suffocating death is for today's Vis people.

"Ah! Anyway, the spirit of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force is always with us! We will never forget the kindness given by the Broadsword Expeditionary Force! Besides, if we hadn't met those guys from the Broadsword Expeditionary Force, our chef team's cooking skills would not have improved so much, and we wouldn't be able to eat such delicious food again!" Finally, it was still Captain Tim who took the lead in trying to dispel the sorrow that filled the dining table with a teasing tone.

Grace picked up a piece of grilled meat and continued Captain Tim's topic: "The captain is right! The spirit of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force is always with us! But speaking of which, there is still a lot of room for improvement in our chef team's skills! Let's take this cumin grilled meat for example! Although the meat is grilled just right, let alone compared with Ellie's chef team, I even think the quality of this grilled meat is not even half of Old Zhou's success!"

Although Captain Tim very much agreed with Grace's evaluation, he still made a gesture to keep his voice down after listening to Grace's calm, then looked at the two chefs who were asking about the taste of the food at the next table and said, "Shh -! Everyone speak softly! Don't let the chefs hear our evaluation! You know, this cumin grilled meat is grilled by the chefs with a newly developed formula, and they have high hopes for this dish! So, if they hear a bad voice, they will definitely give you a hard time when allocating food in the future!"

After speaking, Captain Tim made a gesture of spitting and picking his nose on the delicious food on the table, making Grace and Yungo feel nauseous. So, Grace immediately stopped the idea of continuing to comment on her true views of other dishes, and then picked up a large piece of stewed meat and put it into her mouth, giving a thumbs-up to the two chefs who were standing at the next table and looking at them expectantly. Similarly, even though Yungo had no appetite, in order to avoid the chef putting a strong dose in his food, he still scooped a large spoonful of fried shredded meat into his mouth and then followed Grace and Captain Tim to give two chefs a thumbs-up.

Although the cooking team of the Express Vanguard has an obvious gap in cooking skills compared to Ellie's team, the flaws do not conceal the virtues, and the food they cook now has improved a lot compared to their previous cooking level. Therefore, the delicious food provided by the chef team has been unanimously praised by the crew members.