The judges of Food Wars are from Zongman

System: “Master, do you want to become even more powerful? Then exchange it for Erina Nakiri’s school uniform.”

Lin Xiao: “System, you are a pervert.”

Erina Nakiri: “Lin Xiao, your food battle requirements are so perverted”

Tokisaki Kurumi: “Lin Xiao, if you satisfy me with the food you cook this time, I will give you my garter stockings.”

Misaka Mikoto: “Lin Xiao, if the food this time is unpalatable, be careful of my electromagnetic cannon.”

Yukinoshita Yukino: “You are such a pervert.”

The judges of Food Wars are from Zongman
Chapter 1: Traveling Through Time
“There is no edema in the lung lobes, 36 grams of water in the chest cavity, the whites of the eyes are seriously damaged, and it is suspected that he died of shock.” Lin Xiao held a scalpel in his hand and gently swayed the corpse in front of him.
Lin Xiao is a forensic autopsy doctor. His daily job is to face corpses, dissect them, and analyze their causes of death.
Due to the particularity of his job, he has been single for a long time. Besides working, his other hobby is watching anime.
Just as he was about to operate again to check for heart problems, he suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground, not breathing.
“Let’s take a look at our challenger, Lin Xiao. My God, he was so scared that he fainted in front of the chef’s counter.” A sarcastic and sharp-voiced host was speaking continuously into the microphone.
“You dare to try the Dark Food Battle with such little ability? Go back and drink your milk and don’t come out to embarrass yourself.” A big man wearing a mask took off his shirt, wrapped it into a ball and threw it to the audience.
“What a waste of everyone’s time.” A man in a suit and a mask said disdainfully.
“I don’t know where this little guy gets the courage from.” A masked woman with seductive red lips said with disdain.
Lin Xiao supported himself on the floor with both hands and struggled to get up from the ground. A large string of information emerged in his mind like a nuclear bomb explosion.
The current Lin Xiao is no longer the anatomist Lin Xiao. He has traveled to the world of food battles and became the only descendant of the Lin family, the chef Lin Xiao.
As for why he was standing here, it was because his father was deceived into a cooking bet and lost the family’s ancestral property, the Yellow Crane Tower. He was speechless in facing his ancestors and finally chose to commit suicide in his own kitchen.
Although Lin Xiao was considered a qualified chef under his father’s training, he was still young after all, only sixteen years old, and had basically no social experience.
Under the provocation of Yamane Shimoji, who tricked his father into a bet, Lin Xiao got hot-headed and wanted to take revenge. He took out his family’s ancestral recipe and prepared to have another bet with Yamane Shimoji.
Who knew that Yamano Shimoji had someone put sleeping pills in Lin Xiao’s drinking water before the fight. Lin Xiao went on stage and just picked up the knife to cut a few vegetables when he felt dizzy, then fell to the ground and slowly lost consciousness.
When Yamanoshitaji saw Lin Xiao falling in front of the chef’s counter, a devilish smile appeared on his lips. He knew that his plan was successful. The Dark Food Wars would not care what the reason was that you could not cook. They only had one criterion for evaluation, that is, whether the dish was delicious. The winner was the one who made it delicious. Moreover, the underground cooking PK could add any stakes, even one’s own life could be used as a bet.
Yamano Shimoji’s movements gradually slowed down, he knew that he had already won.
Suddenly, a hand rose from under the cooking counter, like a demon reaching out from the abyss.
Lin Xiao felt that his body was a little soft, as if he had no strength at all, but he still slowly stood up.
The one who was most surprised was Shanye Xiazhi. He had clearly given Lin Xiao a sufficient dose of sleeping pills and saw with his own eyes that Lin Xiao drank the glass of water. How could Lin Xiao possibly stand up and compete with him at this point in time?
“Look at our contestant Lin Xiao. He might have gone to his father in his dream to seek comfort. Look at his strong hands. I don’t think he can even lift the pot.” The host, wearing a mask, used his sarcastic voice to ruthlessly add insult to injury to Lin Xiao.
“Garbage, go back and drink your milk.”
“You’re still coming out to disgrace yourself by participating in the Dark Food Wars.” The spectators laughed at him without any mercy.
Even your opponent, Yamanoshita Osamu, curled up his lips. Even if you stand up now, what can you change? There is no time left for you to make a decent dish.
While thinking about this, Yamanoshitaji speeded up his work, trying to finish his dish quickly and give Lin Xiao a fatal blow.
“Ding… Ding… Ding, welcome master to the world of “Food Wars!”, I am your system.” An elegant female voice sounded in Lin Xiao’s mind.
Lin Xiao had just finished digesting the information he had received from the time travel. At this moment, a system popped up. Was it true that the time traveler must carry a golden finger?
“What system are you?” Lin Xiao hoped to know the function of his system.
“Master, I am an equivalent exchange system. You can use anything in real life to exchange with me. Of course, I have the final say on this equivalence.” The system gently reminded.
“Tell me first, what can be exchanged now?” Lin Xiao was very curious about what he could exchange.
“Ding, searching, search completed. Master, as long as you win the set of kitchen utensils that Yamano Shitaji is using now, you can exchange that set of kitchen utensils for a C-level cookbook from me.” The system listed a long row of A-level recipes.
“Of course I will give the master a big gift package for beginners and will not let the master suffer too much.” After saying this, a red gem that no one else could see appeared in Lin Xiao’s hand.
Lin Xiao thought secretly, it seems that just defeating this Shanye Xiazhi is not enough, he must make him bet the set of kitchen utensils as well.
Lin Xiao’s dark eyes turned, and he suddenly thought of a way. He picked up the pumpkin in front of him and threw it to the ground, cursing: “You old thief, you have so little confidence in yourself that you have to use such a despicable method as drugging a sixteen-year-old boy to win against me.”
Yamano Shitaji obviously didn’t expect Lin Xiao to say this directly.
“You little bastard, don’t slander good people. What do you mean by I drugged you? What we are competing here is cooking skills, not who is a scoundrel.” Yamanoshita Osamu obviously would not admit to such a thing.
“You old mountain thief, you are the most shameless person. If you have the guts, let’s add one more thing. I bet my hands on your set of kitchen utensils. Do you dare to agree?” Lin Xiao’s voice sounded very ferocious, as if he had lost his mind.
The corners of Yamanoshitaji’s mouth curved up again. He didn’t expect that this kid had lost his mind and actually ran into the muzzle of the gun. In that case, just go with the flow.
Yamanoshita pretended to be angry and said, “Why are you so afraid? I’ll raise the stakes and bet my kitchen utensils on your hands.”
“What is our poor contestant Lin talking about? He even wants to increase the stakes. He even wants to use his hands to block Mr. Shanye’s kitchen utensils. Is he kidding about his career as a chef?” The host began to mock Lin Xiao without any hesitation.
The enthusiasm of the audience was ignited at once, and the whole arena became hot. It had been a long time since everyone had seen such an exciting cooking PK.
Only Lin Xiao slowly lowered his head with a smile on his face. He knew that his provocation had worked.
A red light invisible to others fell into his head.
“Congratulations to the master for winning the novice reward: Cooking Skill: Ruyi Fire.”
Let s use this competition to wash away the previous humiliation!
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ActivityRegister as a Filo member and get 200 points![Register Now]Chapter 2 The judges are not ordinary people (old version)
‘Ruyi Fire: You can control the size of the flame as you wish.’
Lin Xiao saw the introduction of Ruyi Fire, glanced at the ingredients on his table, and then looked at the remaining time. The current situation was very unfavorable to him.
Although Yamano Shimoji’s methods were a bit despicable, his cooking skills were real, and drugging was nothing more than adding another bumper.
Moreover, Yamanoshitaji has already finished cooking. He is making saury sashimi, and he is ready to defeat Lin Xiao with the pure seafood flavor.
Yamano Shimoji didn’t expect that at the last moment Lin Xiao would lose his mind and dig his own grave by adding conditions to himself. The added conditions were related to the future of a chef, which made his mood start to fly.
Although Lin Xiao used to be a anatomist, he still has the ability to cook. After all, he lived alone before and had to take care of his own food and drink.
Lin Xiao slowly picked up two eggs, broke them into a bowl, and started stirring the eggs with a whisk.
When Yamanoshitaji saw that Lin Xiao actually chose to fight back with eggs, the slight worry in his heart completely disappeared. How could a mass-produced food like eggs compare to the saury sashimi he carefully prepared.
Yamanoshita lowered his head and quickened his hands, finally completing his saury sashimi ten minutes before the end of the game.
An iceberg made of crushed ice with slices of saury inserted inside, is so delicate that it looks like a work of art. Next to the main plate are three small plates, which are the sauces that Yamanoshitaji carefully prepared for the saury sashimi.
“Try my new dish, the Sanma Trio.” Yamanoshita walked towards the judging table with a plate in his hand, full of confidence.
Lin Xiao then turned his attention to the judging panel, and he began to complain in his heart.
The guy with a few balls floating behind his back and whose hairstyle and face shape look like Uchiha Madara, are you sure you are here to be a judge?
Hey, hey, hey, there’s also that loli-looking girl with one red and one yellow contact lens. Don’t think I can’t tell that she’s COSing Tokisaki Kurumi.
And the guy next to him is wearing golden armor. He looks quite handsome, but the traces of gold COS are too obvious.
Three plates of saury sashimi were placed in front of the three judges. The guy who looked like Jin Shanshan crossed his arms and looked at Yamanoshita with indifference. He said, “Zashushou, if this doesn’t taste good, you’ll die a miserable death.”
Hey, hey, hey, do you want to learn the lines too?
A thousand horses were galloping in Lin Xiao’s heart.
The man who COSed Uchiha Madara raised his head and looked at Yamanoshitaji, then stared at the plate of saury. The black magatama in his scarlet eyes quickly turned.
Lin Xiao almost vomited blood after seeing this scene. Hey, hey, hey, there’s no way you can control your colored contact lenses.
The little loli who COSed Tokisaki Kurumi licked her lips in an extremely seductive posture and said, “Oh my, it’s sashimi.”
Yamano Shimoji was obviously a veteran of the battlefield. He was not at all flustered in the face of this battle. He said, “Don’t worry, Master Madara. This dish will definitely suit your taste.”
Lin Xiao almost fell to his knees. “Brother, you are not playing me, are you? Is this really a food war competition? Are you sure this is not a Cosplay? And you still call him Madara-sama?”
Are these judges really those legendary anime characters?
Uchiha Madara finally stopped his moving Sharingan and said, “I hope you won’t let me down.” As he said that, he picked up a piece of sashimi with chopsticks, dipped it in a dish of green sauce and put it into his mouth.
A special delicious taste burst out on my tongue, as if I were in the sea swimming with a group of saury. It was so refreshing and free. The sea water wrapped around my body, but it could not prevent me from gliding freely.
Uchiha Madara suddenly fell into a state of intoxication.
Tokisaki Kurumi also picked up a piece of saury sashimi without hesitation and dipped it in the slightly reddish sauce from the second dish.
When she put the saury sashimi into her mouth, the cool fish slices made her seem as if she was wearing a bikini, shaking her slender legs and playing with Shidao in the wind and waves at the beach.
A slightly sweet taste slowly spread in her cavity, and her whole body seemed to be full of energy.
The last one was Gilgamesh. He took out a pair of golden chopsticks from his treasure house, picked up a piece of saury sashimi, dipped it in the third plate of sauce, and slowly put it into his mouth.
He had a blank expression on his face, but suddenly his whole body exploded.
The umami flavor exploded in his mouth, and the spicy taste lingered for a long time, making him feel like he was lying on the beach, with the hot sun basking him and the waves hitting him from time to time, which was very comfortable.
Yamanoshitaji was very pleased to see the three judges lost in that expression for a long time. He turned around to look at Lin Xiao who was still slowly cutting the ham, and felt even more at ease. He didn’t need to worry that Lin Xiao still had a chance to defeat him.
“Come on, judges, give the scores and let that silly boy know what real cooking skills are.” Yamanoshitaji shouted at Lin Xiao in an extremely arrogant manner.
He knew that there were only five minutes left and Lin Xiao hadn’t even turned on the fire yet, so there was no time for him to cook. He had already secured victory in this match.
After being reminded by Yamanoshitaji, the three judges wrote down their scores on their own scoreboards without hesitation.
Uchiha Madara gave 8 points because the first dish made him feel the vitality of youth.
Tokisaki Kurumi gave it 9 points because the second dish made her feel the beauty of playing with Shidou.
Jin Shanshan gave it 8 points because the third dish made him feel relaxed. You know, a king cannot show fatigue in front of the people.
“What a horrible score. The three judges gave a total of 25 points. You know, our full score is only 30 points. Look at what our contestant Lin Xiao is doing now. My God, he has just started to make a fire, and there are only five minutes left. It looks like contestant Lin Xiao’s hands are about to say goodbye to him.” The host was amazed that Yamanoshita could get such a high score with a simple saury sashimi, and he did not forget to laugh at Lin Xiao, because he knew that a dish made in five minutes could never compare to this saury sashimi.
“Hurry up and give in. Maybe Chef Shanye will be in a good mood and won’t want your hand anymore.”
“I think his hands can be used to make braised pig’s trotters, which must taste good.”
“I think so too. Maybe my Wangcai will like it.”
“Hahaha, this kid is so funny. He’s still wasting time over there.”
Lin Xiao turned a deaf ear to everyone’s ridicule. Although the three judges surprised him, his professionalism began to show.
He stood in front of the chef’s counter, his almost indifferent temperament erupted throughout the entire competition arena, because he used to be a anatomist, and his job did not allow him to bring too much emotion into it. Every cut he made was so precise, and emotions would only hinder his performance.
Even when cooking now, Lin Xiao has entered that state. Everything is so precise and without emotion.
Lin Xiao placed three bowls filled with egg liquid on the steamer. The audience who were originally laughing at Lin Xiao were suddenly stunned by his next move.
Lin Xiao poured a little alcohol directly into the small flame, and the [Ruyi Fire] was activated. In an instant, a fire dragon rose into the sky. Lin Xiao changed his techniques, and the flame was like a toy in his hand. A huge vortex of flames wrapped around the ordinary steamer.
The audience was going crazy. Everyone started to guess what dish Lin Xiao was cooking to figure out how he could control fire so well.
Uchiha Madara opened his Sharingan again and carefully observed Lin Xiao’s every move. He didn’t expect that this young man who fainted on the field had such amazing fire control skills.
Jin Shanshan’s expression remained indifferent. This action did not change his opinion of Lin Xiao.
Tokisaki Kurumi held her chin with both hands, licked her lips with her tongue, and stared at Lin Xiao with narrowed eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
The originally blazing vortex of flames began to gradually shrink under Lin Xiao’s control, and then only a tiny flame was left burning slowly under the steamer. Just when everyone thought that everything was over, the originally tiny flame erupted again, like a gorgeous firework, and disappeared in an instant above the steamer.
The tempting aroma has begun to fill the entire venue. Everyone can hardly believe that the man who fainted during the Dark Food Battle can actually make such tempting food.
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Chapter 3 Game Over (Old Version)
“Tick, tick.” The second hand reached the moment when time ended.
“Time’s up.” The host’s voice hovered in the conference hall.
Lin Xiao opened his steamer with one hand, and a whirlwind of air gushed out, forming a whirlwind above his food, and an even richer aroma filled the examination room.
“Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission and finished it just in time.” Lin Xiao finally finished his dish at the last second before the end of the competition.
Shanye Xiazhi looked at Lin Xiao viciously, his eyes were like those of an evil ghost from hell, he wished he could catch Lin Xiao and send him to the eighteenth level of hell.
However, Yamanoshitaji still had confidence in himself. Even if Lin Xiao completed it now, he might not be able to beat his saury trio. After all, how delicious could a dish made in five minutes be? That kind of fancy flame operation was nothing but deceiving oneself.
A large amount of mist was emitted from Lin Xiao’s steamer, lingering for a long time. Everyone was curious about what kind of egg dish this guy was making.
In their understanding, it seems that there is no need to use ham in any egg dish, and it is usually steamed in a pan. More often, eggs and ham are fried.
As the fog slowly dissipated, the others finally saw clearly what Lin Xiao had cooked, which turned out to be a bowl of egg custard.
Yamanoshitaji looked at the bowl of shiny egg custard and instantly understood why Lin Xiao had controlled the flame like that. For a bowl of egg custard, the most important thing is the control of the heat. Only with perfect control of the heat can the deliciousness of this dish be fully brought out.
If you use too high a heat to stew the egg, the egg will lose its original activity. If you use too low a heat, it will be difficult to bring out the best flavor of the egg.
Lin Xiao took out three bowls of egg custard with an expressionless face, placed them on three trays, and then brought them to Uchiha Madara, Gilgamesh and Tokisaki Kurumi.
“Lin’s exclusive secret recipe, egg custard, give it a try.”
Jin Shanshan’s nose moved slightly, and his originally frosty face softened a lot. Seeing the shiny surface of the bowl of egg custard in front of him, his heart was moved. He didn’t expect that this person who fainted on the field actually had such strength.
The three judges picked up a spoon, scooped a spoonful and put it into their mouths, and the melting feeling instantly burst out.
At this moment, the three judges’ faces were flushed, as if they were in a huge hot spring with hot steam constantly rising.
As they chewed again, the ham in the egg custard began to burst out. The chewy and chewy texture kept passing through their mouths, making them feel as comfortable as if someone was helping them to massage in a hot spring.
As she swallowed it in one gulp, the feeling of the baby-like skin sliding across her throat was so delicious.
They raised their spoons again as if they were still not satisfied, and put a spoonful of egg custard into their mouths, and that rich sense of happiness burst out again.
At this moment, three people were already soaking in the hot spring, with a towel on their heads, the warm water flowing around their bodies, and an endless sense of happiness surrounded them.
The three judges were unwilling to leave such a happy environment so quickly, and hurriedly took another mouthful of the egg custard. Yamanoshitaji watched from the side as the egg custard Lin Xiao brought out became less and less, and finally the three judges were actually licking Lin Xiao’s bowl. In contrast, there were still a lot of fish slices left on their own portion of saury trio, and a sense of uneasiness began to grow in their hearts.
“Is there any more? Is there any more?” Uchiha Madara shouted at Lin Xiao while holding the bowl that looked like it had just been washed, not realizing that he had lost his composure.
Lin Xiao didn’t expect the judges to want to eat more, and there was not enough time, so he didn’t make more: “I’m sorry, I only made three servings.”
Helplessly, Lin Xiao could only apologize.
Uchiha Madara smacked his lips, looking unsatisfied and wishing he could have three more bowls.
Gilgamesh coughed twice quickly to wake up Uchiha Madara. He realized that he had lost his composure in public.
“Let’s announce the scores next.” The host found it hard to believe that Lin Xiao had actually cooked a dish that could rival Yamano Shimoji’s saury trio in just five minutes.
Uchiha Madara raised the scoreboard without hesitation, on which were written in large letters: 10.
Tokisaki Kurumi’s face flushed, as if she had experienced something unspeakable. She slowly raised the sign with a big “10” written on it.
Jin Shanshan thought for a moment, then held up a sign that gave it a score of nine. “Miscellaneous cultivator, the food tasted pretty good, but it’s still not as good as what my personal chef makes.”
“Oh my God, this is probably the highest score I have ever seen. The total score is twenty-nine points. Let us congratulate Lin Xiao for winning this PK.” The host shouted out the result of the game at the top of his lungs. The entire arena was in a boiling state. The man who fainted in the food battle competition actually won the game. It was like a huge slap in the face of all the audience.
“Impossible, Impossible!!!” Yamanoshitaji’s face was almost distorted. He was unwilling to believe that Lin Xiao could defeat him in just five minutes.
“He cheated, he must have cheated!!!” Yamanoshita shouted at Lin Xiao with an almost distorted voice.
Jin Shanshan couldn’t bear to see Shanye Xiazhi refusing to give in even though he had lost, so he knocked on the empty bowl in front of him with his chopsticks.
The crisp knocking sound of “ding” silenced the entire venue through the microphone.
Za Xiu, who do you think you are cooking for? How can the king allow tastes he doesn t like to appear in his food? Look at the sauces on these plates. Each person has two portions untouched. You must know what this means. Look at the player who fainted in the arena. Although his egg custard was mediocre, every one of us ate it up, which shows that his cooking is much more complete than yours. Za Xiu, if it weren t for the space limit, I would have shot you to death. Jin Shanshan cursed and uttered the final judgment.
Uchiha Madara and Tokisaki Kurumi listened and nodded slowly, indicating their agreement with this statement.
“Then according to the agreement, hand over the ownership of the Lin family’s restaurant and your kitchen utensils to Lin Xiao, otherwise don’t blame us for being rude.” Uchiha Madara’s words were like a knife stabbing into Yamano Shimoji’s heart. He didn’t expect that even though he had prepared so many back-up plans, he still lost to the young man in front of him.
Lin Xiao lowered his head, his bangs covering his eyes, so no one could see his expression. He walked to Shanye Xiazhi and said, “I’ll keep your life for now. My father’s life is much more than this. Don’t worry, I will play with you slowly and let you understand what it means to live a life worse than death.”
Lin Xiao turned around and faced the audience, smiling brightly, as if announcing his victory.
Yamane Xiazhi stood there blankly, and suddenly he shivered, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, dazed and disoriented, with no idea what was going on in his mind.
Lin Xiao did not choose to leave, but walked up to Uchiha Madara and asked: “Excuse me, are you really Uchiha Madara?”
“Since you won this Shokugeki, I will tell you that I am Uchiha Madara.”
Chapter 4 C-level recipes (old version)
Then Uchiha Madara, Gilgamesh and Tokisaki Kurumi walked into a small black door and disappeared in front of Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao realized it later and then reacted after the others disappeared, “Fuck, that was Uchiha Madara. Damn, I didn’t even get anything out of him. It’s such a huge loss. If I could get Tokisaki Kurumi’s garter stockings, wouldn’t it be a huge profit?”
At this moment Lin Xiao was heartbroken.
Afterwards, Lin Xiao came to a secluded and deserted place and took out the set of kitchen utensils.
“Master, congratulations on getting the kitchen utensils of Yamane Shitaji. Here are all the C-level recipes. You can choose to exchange one with me.” The gentle voice of the system sounded in Lin Xiao’s mind.
“Don’t rush to change it. Let me ask you something. Will Tokisaki Kurumi still be a judge in the future?” Lin Xiao was obviously obsessed with Tokisaki Kurumi’s suspenders.
“Master, the judges are randomly selected each time. Let me remind you again, the judges’ personal belongings can also be exchanged with me. You can get rarer things in return.” The system’s voice was full of temptation.
“Damn, you should have told me earlier. That’s Tokisaki Kurumi. I don’t know when I’ll see her again.” Lin Xiao regretted it a lot.
“Is there another set of kitchen utensils that can only be exchanged for a cookbook? Is there any valuable information that you can exchange for me? I’m a little confused about the situation right now.” Lin Xiao adhered to the principle of being cautious. After all, he didn’t know his situation yet, and it wouldn’t be a bad thing to get a little more information.
“This is the first time the master has exchanged with me, so I will give the master some free information. Since the death of Lin Xiao’s father, all the employees of Yellow Crane Tower have chosen to resign, and the restaurant is now on the verge of bankruptcy.” The system slowly prompted.
Lin Xiao touched his chin. He didn’t expect his situation to be so bad. Although he won back his father’s restaurant, all the soft conditions had been destroyed. He had no chance to hire so many kitchen helpers at once. He didn’t have so much money to reopen the restaurant. There was only a storefront left, which made Lin Xiao a little at a loss.
“Master, I suggest you choose recipes with Chinese flavor. This will help the Yellow Crane Tower to get back on its feet.” The system reminded.
After hearing this, Lin Xiao finally realized that his own Yellow Crane Tower was originally famous for its Chinese cuisine. It was estimated that by promoting the name of Chinese cuisine again, it would be easy to attract some old customers to return.
Lin Xiao’s fingertips moved back and forth in the air, and finally landed lightly on a red recipe book, “I’ve decided on this one.”
“Ding… Congratulations to the master for obtaining the C-level recipe, Mapo Tofu.” The system’s voice suddenly became mechanical, and began to transmit things into Lin Xiao’s brain like running water.
Lin Xiao felt like his brain was about to explode. Everything about Mapo Tofu was imprinted in his mind as if it had been tempered a thousand times.
After a moment, Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief because he had learned the complete process of making Mapo Tofu. All he had to do next was practice it repeatedly. The set of Yamanoshitaji’s kitchen utensils that he had in his hand had also disappeared.
As for why he chose the recipe of Mapo Tofu, Lin Xiao actually thought about it carefully. He currently does not have a lot of funds, and he has learned that he actually has a younger sister at home. This sister is not his biological sister, but was adopted by his father. However, the relationship between the two siblings is still very good.
Originally, the family had some spare money, but after paying severance pay to the former employees of Yellow Crane Tower, the remaining money was only enough for food. My sister has already gone out to find a part-time job to supplement the family income.
At that time, Lin Xiao was willing to fight with Shan Ye Xia Zhi in gambling, on the one hand because of his father’s hatred, and on the other hand because he didn’t want to see his sister working so hard part-time.
In desperation, Lin Xiao chose Mapo Tofu, which has the cheapest raw materials. Although he didn’t make much money from one serving, he could win by quantity, which was Lin Xiao’s original plan.
Although he had just arrived in this world and everything was still so bad, for Lin Xiao, who was originally an anatomist, these were not too big a problem. He believed that he could solve all the problems, and he was still waiting to meet Tokisaki Kurumi again.
Lin Xiao came to a not very big apartment, which was the only inheritance left to him by his father. Since his father was also Chinese, he loved buying houses in his heart, so he made the place he lived in very cozy, so there was not much other money left. Also because of this, Lin Xiao and his cheap sister would not have to live on the streets.
“I’m back.” Lin Xiao slowly pushed open the door of his apartment. The apartment was surprisingly quiet, as if no one lived there.
Lin Xiao wondered in his heart, could it be that his sister did not come back? However, Lin Xiao quickly overturned this conclusion because he heard the sound of running water in the bathroom.
It turns out that my sister was taking a bath.
In my original impression, my sister is an excellent student who is good at both sports and studies. She is always among the top students in school exams and is a role model for students.
Lin Xiao returned to his room, changed into casual clothes, and took out a cup of Coke from the refrigerator. While watching TV, he slowly thought about how to carry out his Yellow Crane Tower revival plan tomorrow.
The sound of water in the bathroom began to slowly fade away, and a long lavender hair first emerged from the crack in the door. The next thing I saw was a pair of light brown eyes, a well-proportioned figure, and long, straight legs.
She rubbed her long hair with a dry towel, glanced at Lin Xiao who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, and said coldly: “Are you back?”
Lin Xiao was startled by the sudden greeting. He was absorbed in thinking about how to revitalize the Yellow Crane Tower and was interrupted by the voice.
When Lin Xiao looked back, his jaw almost dropped to the ground. His sister turned out to be Yukinoshita Yukino from “My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As Expected”.
Wasn’t she originally a rich girl? Why did she become the sister of a poor man like me? Hey, hey, hey, with such a cold expression, do the siblings really have a good relationship?
It turns out that this ‘Lin Xiao’ has some misunderstanding about a good relationship?
“Uh, I’m back.” Lin Xiao’s voice seemed a little staccato. He was simply overwhelmed by the huge amount of information.
“Drinking Coke late at night will make you fat.” Yukinoshita Yukino glanced at the Coke in Lin Xiao’s hand and said with a bit of disgust.
“Well, I just came back and I’m a little thirsty.” Lin Xiao explained dryly, although it sounded unconvincing.
“I have something I want to discuss with you.” Suddenly Lin Xiao’s expression changed and he became serious.
Xue Nai looked at Lin Xiao, whose expression suddenly became serious, and a strange feeling passed through her heart. Is this really her impulsive brother? Why did he suddenly look a little different?
Chapter 5: Xue No is the cutest (old version)
Xue Noi rubbed her hair and sat opposite Lin Xiao, putting on a serious look, saying, “You say.”
“Xue Nai, I want to reopen my father’s Yellow Crane Tower.” Lin Xiao looked extremely serious.
“Brother, is it because father’s death was too much of a blow to you? We no longer have the right to use the Yellow Crane Tower. Father has already sold it.” Yukino sighed and was a little reluctant to mention this matter.
Lin Xiao took out a piece of paper from his pocket. It was the right to use the Yellow Crane Tower that he had won today.
“I have won back the right to use the Yellow Crane Tower.” Lin Xiao said slowly.
Yukino looked at the paper and suddenly her eyes began to fill with tears. She tried hard to raise her head so that the tears would not fall, but they still flowed down her face.
“Brother still likes to be alone.” After saying that, Yukino went back to her room without looking back.
Lin Xiao suddenly became at a loss. Shouldn’t it be something to be happy about that he won back the right to use his own restaurant?
Why did Xue Noi go back to her room crying? Lin Xiao had never encountered such a thing before and was a little confused for a moment.
But he still came to the door of Yukino’s room, knocked on the door and said.
“Yukino, we have taken back what originally belonged to us. This should be something to be happy about. Why are you crying?” Lin Xiao asked with concern.
“My brother has been like this since he was young. No matter what happens, he always does it without saying a word and bears all the pressure by himself. I’m your sister, I will be worried. Xue Noi already has no father, and I don’t want to be without a brother.” Xue Noi’s voice was slightly tearful, which softened Lin Xiao’s heart at once.
It turns out that Yukino was angry because she was worried about her own safety.
Lin Xiao originally thought that he had turned into an emotionless machine. Because he had been single for many years and was engaged in dissection work, his heart had long been numb.
So when Yukino said those words of concern to him, he felt his heart beating strongly again, proving that he was still alive and that someone cared about him.
Lin Xiao knocked on the door, “Xue Nao, can I come in?”
“Brother is the most annoying. I don’t want to see you.” Yukino said angrily and in a crying voice.
“But brother wants to see Xueno, I’m coming in.” Lin Xiao gently pushed open Xueno’s door and slowly walked in.
Yukino didn’t turn on the light in the room, but just squatted on the edge of the bed, hugging her calves.
When Lin Xiao saw Xue Noi looking so lonely, his heart twitched. He realized how careless he was to have hurt such a lovely sister of his so deeply.
Lin Xiao slowly walked to Xue Noi, squatted down, and gently hugged Xue Noi’s head. A fresh fragrance after bathing drifted into his nose, and this smell suddenly made Lin Xiao feel very at ease.
“Yukino, I swear from now on that no matter what I do, I will discuss it with Yukino in advance before doing it.” Lin Xiao slowly embraced Yukino in his arms and said seriously.
Xue Nai did not resist, but slowly leaned on Lin Xiao’s chest, and said with a little cry: “Really?”
Lin Xiao made Xue Nai’s eyes meet his, “Really.”
After saying that, Lin Xiao smiled and touched Xue Nai’s head, “Our Xue Nai is the cutest. If you cry again, you won’t be pretty anymore.”
Yukino had never been touched on the head so intimately by her brother before, and suddenly she felt a little embarrassed, “Humph, Yukino will never become less beautiful.”
Lin Xiao looked at Xue No who suddenly became arrogant and laughed happily. He knew that because of this incident, his relationship with his sister became much closer and there was no longer that feeling of estrangement.
“Okay, Xueno is the cutest in the world, come out, brother really has something to discuss with you.” Lin Xiao took Xueno’s hand and pulled her out of his small room with no lights on.
There were still obvious traces of tears on Xue Noi’s face, but her tearful look really made Lin Xiao feel distressed.
This time, the two of them sat side by side on the sofa, and Lin Xiao said solemnly.
“First of all, I want to apologize to my lovely sister. I shouldn’t have participated in the Dark Food Contest with others without consulting my sister. I’m sorry! Secondly, I hope my dear sister Yukino can preserve the greatest wealth our father left us, the Yellow Crane Tower.” As he spoke, Lin Xiao handed the deed to the Yellow Crane Tower to Yukino.
Yukino suppressed a laugh and said, “Then I, your younger sister, will reluctantly forgive you.”
“Thank you for your kindness, sister.” Lin Xiao said with a smile. He didn’t mind making a few jokes with his sister.
After a while of playing, Xue Nai said a little sadly: “Although we have taken back the Yellow Crane Tower, the masters have all left, and it is difficult for us to restore the former glory of the Yellow Crane Tower.”
Having said this, Lin Xiao, who had originally looked relaxed, became extremely serious.
“I wanted to discuss this with you. I want to make my father’s Yellow Crane Tower flourish again.”
“Brother, I remember that your cooking skills have always been third-rate. Although I don’t know how you defeated Yamano Shimoharu, it is still too difficult for you to support the Yellow Crane Tower.” Yukino told the truth without hesitation.
Lin Xiao’s face was instantly filled with embarrassment. Did his original cooking skills only reach third-rate level? It was so embarrassing to be looked down upon by my lovely sister Xue Nai.
“Your brother’s cooking skills are now improving steadily.” Lin Xiao would never say that he had a system to help him.
“That’s fine. Since brother wants to reopen the Yellow Crane Tower, he must have a signature dish. So brother, make one of your signature dishes first so I can try the taste.” Yukino bluntly stated the key point.
“Do we have any more tofu at home?” Lin Xiao didn’t waste any words. He was just about to try the taste of the dish Mapo Tofu that he had just learned from the system.
“We still have some ingredients at home, what are you going to cook, brother?” Xueno looked at her third-rate brother curiously and saw that he actually wanted to cook for her.
“Of course it’s the famous dish ‘Mapo Tofu’ that my father mentioned before.” After saying that, Lin Xiao walked to the refrigerator, opened it and looked at the ingredients inside. He found that they were well prepared and it was not a problem to make a dish of Mapo Tofu.
Lin Xiao took the scarf hanging on the wall, picked up the kitchen knife next to the chopping board, and said majestically.
“My dear Princess Yukino, come and try the mapo tofu I made!”
Feilu novel, Fei will make you look good!
Chapter 6: Sweating Profusely (Old Version)
Lin Xiao carefully recalled the recipe for Mapo Tofu given to him by the system. As a third-rate chef at present, he had to find some breakthroughs in order to make a dish of Mapo Tofu that suits the taste of the general public.
The recipes the system gave him included not just one way to make Mapo Tofu, but several, each with a different flavor.
This time, Lin Xiao wanted to try the recipe of Liu Angxing’s dreamy mapo tofu in “Cooking Master Boy”.
The key to this dreamy Mapo Tofu is that soybeans are used instead of the original meat ingredient.
As for why he chose this approach, it was because Lin Xiao found that he did not have much money at his disposal. If he planned to open a restaurant, he could not afford the cost of ingredients alone.
So his idea was to start with the set meal.
Since he had already made up his mind, when he picked up the kitchen knife, his whole aura was different, focused and cold. This was a professional habit formed over many years and it would be difficult to change it in a short time.
Xueno had never seen Lin Xiao like this before. When Lin Xiao was cutting tofu, it was like he was a different person. His knife skills were sharp, but steady and not at all superficial.
It was hard for Yukino to imagine that this was really her brother who used to be a third-rate chef.
Lin Xiao’s attention is now completely focused on this Mapo Tofu. As one of the most popular dishes in Chinese cuisine, the key points that need to be achieved are numbness, spiciness, and freshness. A smooth texture is also very important.
Ten minutes later, under the control of Lin Xiao’s Ruyi Fire, he finally completed the Mapo Tofu on his first try.
The system gave this Mapo Tofu a score of 85 points. After all, it was his first time making it, so Lin Xiao was already very satisfied.
“Then my dear Princess Xueno, come and try this Mapo Tofu.” Lin Xiao smiled and brought the Mapo Tofu to Xueno.
Xueno had never seen dishes with such bright colors. In her impression, it seemed that her father Lin Ping could not make such red and white dishes like Lin Xiao.
Waves of fragrance kept hitting Yukino’s nose. She felt like she was in a huge furnace. Her saliva started to water just from smelling the fragrance.
Yukino picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful of mapo tofu into her mouth.
Lin Xiao watched Xue Noi’s reaction intently.
Suddenly, Yukino put her hands up to cover her mouth.
She felt like a volcano was erupting in her mouth, and after the eruption, waves of delicious flavor lingered on her taste buds for a long time.
She quickly scooped another spoonful and put it into her mouth. The volcano erupted again. She was sweating all over. The pajamas she had just worn after taking a shower were stuck to her body because of her sweat, and her whole body was highlighted by the pajamas.
But the spoon in my hand couldn’t stop moving.
Lin Xiao looked at Xue Noi contentedly while she was enjoying his cooking. He suddenly felt that having such a sister made his life quite colorful.
Yukino eats very quickly. She finished the entire portion of mapo tofu for two people in just three minutes.
She looked at Lin Xiao’s teasing eyes and suddenly felt a little shy. She realized that her brother didn’t seem to eat anything and she ate it all.
“I didn’t mean it.” Xue Noi said in a low voice, not daring to look at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao reached out and touched Xue Nai’s head, then said with a smile, “Is it delicious?”
There seemed to be a star twinkling in Xueno’s eyes, and she nodded desperately, “I’ve never eaten such delicious tofu food.”
“So what Xueno means is that brother can reopen dad’s restaurant.” Lin Xiao said with a doting look on his face.
“Of course, I believe you can do it, but we don’t have much money right now. Even if you want to rebuild the restaurant, it’s not that easy.” Yukino suddenly became worried that she couldn’t help her brother at all.
“I remember that our restaurant has three floors, right?” Lin Xiao searched his memory and found out that his restaurant was actually quite large and had three floors.
“That’s right, father hired a lot of people before.” Yukino nodded seriously.
“Then I will open the first floor first, and keep the two floors above closed for the time being. We will open the two floors above when we make enough money.” Lin Xiao said thoughtfully, a pretty good plan forming in his mind.
“But brother, our restaurant is located across the Totsuki Academy. Back then, father fought three battles with the leader of the Chinese Cuisine Research Association of Totsuki Academy, and won two of them before he was able to open the restaurant.” Yukino said cautiously. She was watching the PK match nearby, so she had a particularly deep impression of it.
“Are you worried that the Totsuki Chinese Cuisine Research Association will come and cause trouble?” Lin Xiao pointed out what Yukino wanted to say.
“Brother, Totsuki is now the leader of the Chinese Cuisine Research Association and one of the top ten in the academy.” Yukino suddenly lost her confidence. After all, this title was too big.
Lin Xiao smiled and scratched Xue Nai’s nose, saying, “Then you should believe in your brother’s ability. If your sister doesn’t believe in your brother, how can he be sure of winning?”
Xue No’s pretty face turned red, and she said with a slight stutter: “I…I, of course, believe that there is no problem with my brother.”
“Okay, go wash again. Look at your sweat, it’s stuck to your clothes.” Lin Xiao said jokingly.
“It’s all my brother’s fault for making the mapo tofu so delicious. Humph, I’m going to take a shower.” Saying that, Yukino went to her room to get a set of clothes and ran to the bathroom to take another shower.
Lin Xiao’s mouth curled up slightly, and he found that his life was pretty good now. With such a lovely sister, as long as he could open a restaurant, then there would not be any big problems.
Although the people from the Totsuki Chinese Cuisine Research Institute might be a bit troublesome, Lin Xiao is looking forward to them coming to cause trouble. As long as the food battle is going on, the judges will appear randomly, which means he will have another chance to meet Tokisaki Kurumi.
Chapter 8 Bet on Your Hair (Old Version)
“Brother, what’s wrong with you? Why do you look so pale?” Xue Nai asked Lin Xiao with concern.
How could Lin Xiao not look pale after running all the way from home to the store? He had to arrive before Xue Noi got to the store, otherwise he would leave a serious flaw.
“It’s okay, there were just too many customers today and I just came to my senses now.” Lin Xiao waved his hands quickly, indicating that he was fine and that he absolutely could not let his sister find out that he had stolen her stockings.
“Brother, you are so awesome. We have used up all the ingredients for today.” Yukino walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and found it was empty.
Lin Xiao immediately puffed out his chest with pride, “Of course not, it doesn’t matter whose brother he is.”
Yukino laughed happily, her lavender eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, looking very beautiful.
In fact, Yukino hasn’t been so happy in her heart for a long time. Ever since her father passed away, her brother’s mind has been full of revenge, making everyone in the family panic. Now, Yukino really likes such a positive life.
“Hey, boss, give me a serving of Mapo Tofu.” said a short high school student with blond and yellow hair.
Lin Xiao turned around, his pupils contracted. He didn’t expect Kuga Teruki, the leader of the Totsuki Academy Chinese Cuisine Research Association, to arrive so soon.
“Well, I’m sorry, all the ingredients for today have been used up.” Lin Xiao replied with a smile.
“Oh, really? You mean I can’t eat today?” Kuga Norihiru asked Lin Xiao with his dead fish eyes.
“I’m afraid so. I hope customers come early tomorrow.” Lin Xiao smiled. He knew that things would never end so easily. This was a test from Yuanyue to him. If you want to open a store opposite Yuanyue, then you have to show the corresponding level, otherwise you’d better close it down as soon as possible.
“That won’t work. I just want to eat it today. I’ll have someone send the ingredients over.” After saying that, Kuga Noriaki took out his cell phone and made a call, “Have someone send some of the ingredients for making mapo tofu to the newly opened Yellow Crane Tower restaurant opposite the entrance to the college.”
After saying that, he hung up the phone, sat on the bench, leaned against the dining table, looked at Lin Xiao with a smile, and said, “If the food is not delicious, you will have to close down.”
The tone was calm, not like a threat at all, but more like a notification.
“If it tastes great, what are you willing to pay for it?” Lin Xiao is not a salted fish that can be bullied at will. He knows Kuga Ki-teru very well.
“It’s interesting. You dare to make conditions to me. Do you know who I am?” Kuga Ki-teru stood up and looked at Lin Xiao, although he was still very short.
“Of course I know, Kuga Ki-teru, the leader of the Totsuki Academy Chinese Cuisine Research Association, and the current eighth seat among the top ten.” Lin Xiao reported Kuga Ki-teru’s background like a treasure.
“I know you still dare to make conditions. Tell me, what do you want?” Kuga Ki-teru came with empty hands. There was nothing valuable in his hands except a mobile phone.
“Cruel system, see? The person in front of you is Kuga Ki-teru. Does he have what you want?” Lin Xiao asked his system in his mind while looking at Kuga Ki-teru.
“Oh, Master, why do I need his things?” the system replied with a look of disgust.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, he’s the eighth of the current top ten. Isn’t there anything on him that you like?” Lin Xiao seriously suspected that his system was lesbian, and he didn’t even want Kuga Teruki’s things.
“Ah, Master, you are so annoying. If you can get all his hair off, I will replace it with a C-grade kitchen utensil for you.” The system said proudly.
“Deal.” Lin Xiao made up his mind, and then his eyes were fixed on the yellow and golden hair of Kuga Teruki.
“I don’t want anything else, I just want your hair.” Lin Xiao said.
“My hair? Damn, no matter how delicious the food you cook has nothing to do with my hair?” Kuga Teruki was confused. What kind of trick was this? He could even bet on my hair.
“Don’t say you don’t dare? I’ve already set the conditions.” Lin Xiao looked at Kuga Teruki with a smile, secretly complaining in his heart that his system was so deceptive that it actually wanted other people’s hair.
“Shorty, promise him.” A girl wearing glasses and with blue hair in pigtails walked in from outside.
“Damn, Ningning, who did you say is the shorty?” Kuga Teruki obviously recognized who the person was.
“Whoever is the shortest here is the dwarf.” Ningning pushed his glasses and said calmly.
Lin Xiao and Xue Nai immediately laughed secretly and glanced at Kuga Teruki with ill intent.
“Are you here to ruin my show?” Kuga Teruki obviously noticed that everyone’s eyes were on him.
“I’m here to help you. The higher-ups are worried that you’re unreliable, so they asked me to look after you.” Ningning crossed her arms and looked down at Kuga Teruki.
“Who said I’m unreliable?” Kuga Teruki held his head high and looked up at Ningning.
“That’s what I said.” Ningning replied.
“Damn it! I’m the eighth of the Ten Greatest Totsuki Masters, and you say I’m unreliable?” Kuga Teruki roared.
“I’m the sixth seat.” Ningning said.
“Damn, I’m the leader of the Totsuki Chinese Cuisine Research Association, did you know that?” Kuga Teruki immediately threw out another title.
“Shit, I fought against Tsukasa Eishi in my first year.”
“I’m the sixth seat.”
“Can you please stop talking about your sixth seat?”
“I’m taller than you.”
“Forget it, forget it. Just continue talking about your sixth seat.” Kuga Teruki covered his chest and almost couldn’t breathe.
“Excuse me, do you agree to this condition? Otherwise, I have to go home after get off work and cook for my sister.” Lin Xiao quickly stepped forward and let the two funny guys continue arguing like this. It would probably be dark by then.
“I’ll make the decision for him and agree to it.” Ning Ning said calmly.
Lin Xiao looked at Kuga Teruki with a look on his face that said, “What are you talking about?”
“Hmph, a good man doesn’t fight with a woman. I don’t believe that the mapo tofu you make can be that delicious. I accept this bet.” Kuga Teruki was too lazy to argue with Ningning and agreed immediately.
“But if you lose, please close the restaurant immediately. Garbage is not allowed in front of the school gate of Yuanyue.” Ningning pushed her glasses, revealing her sharpness.
“As you wish, but if I win, please ask him to give me all the hair on his head.” Lin Xiao pointed at Kuga Teruki, and his momentum burst out all of a sudden.
“Okay, it’s decided.” For a moment, sparks flew between the two sides.
I have to say that Totsuki Academy is very efficient. In less than ten minutes, they had brought over several sets of ingredients for the 23 different ways of making Mapo Tofu.
So, let s get started.
Chapter 9 Watch Your Head (Old Version)
Lin Xiao randomly selected ingredients from a pile of ingredients. Actually, he had no choice at all. The only recipe he was proficient in was the dreamy mapo tofu made by Liu Angxing in “Cooking Master Boy”.
He quickly picked out what he needed from the pile of ingredients.
I have to say that Totsuki is worthy of being the number one culinary school in Japan. The ingredients there are extremely fresh. It is obvious that people just want to see whether the food in your restaurant is worthy of opening a store next to Totsuki, and they are not here to cause trouble on purpose.
Lin Xiao carefully checked the ingredients and found no problems, then he went to the chef’s counter with a knife.
For a moment, his eyes became very deep, not at all like his usual gentle eyes.
Yukino looked at her brother nervously. Although the mapo tofu made by her brother tasted really good, she didn’t know if it would be pleasing to the eyes of the Ten Greatest Students of Totsuki.
Ningning and Kuga Kishiro couldn’t help but nod slightly after seeing the changes in Lin Xiao after he picked up the knife. For a chef, the most basic thing is knife skills. If the knife skills are not up to standard, it is basically impossible to make any delicious dishes.
Lin Xiao had already gotten rid of all his unnecessary thoughts. He used to hold a scalpel, but now he holds a kitchen knife, but both have the most basic requirement, which is precision.
With a flash of the knife, the whole piece of tofu was broken into two sections. Lin Xiao’s hand speed exploded again, and the knife flashed. After three seconds, the tofu flew apart and turned into small square pieces of tofu.
“Such a fast and precise knife. You can tell at a glance that the person uses a knife often.” Ningning couldn’t help but say.
“Your knife skills are good. I wonder how well you understand the materials.” Kuga Teruki nodded, indicating that he agreed with Ningning’s point of view.
“Hmm? He used soybeans, and didn’t use meat to make Mapo Tofu. Quite interesting.” Kuga Teruki obviously noticed some details about Lin Xiao.
It is obvious that Kuga Teruki has more say on Sichuan cuisine. Up to this point, Kuga Teruki doesn’t think it’s strange. The fact that he can come up with these ingredients means that he has studied this “Mapo Tofu” thoroughly and is not afraid of your tricks at all.
The next key step is to put the tofu into the pot. You must control the heat well and not overcook the tofu, otherwise this dish of “Mapo Tofu” will be a defective one.
Lin Xiao silently chanted Ruyi Fire in his heart, and a faint flame rose in his heart.
Flame is the foundation of cooking. If you want to cook any delicious dish, the flame must be controlled very well.
Although Lin Xiao’s Ruyi Fire is only LV1, it is more than enough to deal with the dish Mapo Tofu. After all, the upper limit of C-level recipes is that high.
The rising flames fell into the Mapo Tofu like a giant dragon, and a rich aroma began to spread.
The temperature control is just perfect.
Kuga Teruki couldn’t help but want to exclaim in admiration, but then he thought that if the person’s cooking was really delicious, then his hair would be in trouble.
Ningning remained silent, looking at Lin Xiao’s performance and Kuga Teruki’s hair.
Kuga Teruki could see from Ningning’s eyes that she was looking for a place to start using the scissors.
Finally, simmer over low heat and reduce the sauce.
Lin Xiao’s movements were done in one go, and people couldn’t help but shout “good.”
Lin Xiao brought two pots of freshly prepared mapo tofu to Ning Ning and Kuga Ki-sho, “Try it.”
“Quick, system, tell me how many points I got this time.” Lin Xiao’s heart was roaring.
“Master, this time it’ll barely be 91.” The system took a look at the Mapo Tofu made by Lin Xiao, and it had to be said that it looked very appetizing.
At this point, Lin Xiao was full of confidence, and Xue Nai didn’t dare to breathe, because she knew that her brother’s work this time would be related to their future life.
If the top ten deny it, it means that it will be impossible to save my father’s restaurant.
Yukino clasped her fingers together, and she could even hear her own heartbeat speeding up.
Ningning picked up the spoon and gently scooped a spoonful of the flavorful Mapo Tofu into her mouth.
“It’s so hot” was Ningning’s first thought, but why did she want to chew it so much? However, when she wanted to chew it, the tofu had already slid down.
Ningning was looking for what the chewy ingredient was. She scooped up another spoonful and put it into her mouth, but before she found it, she swallowed it again. The spicy feeling suddenly burst out.
“Damn it, why can’t I stop?” Ningning’s spoon was flying in her hand, and soon her plate was empty.
“I can’t figure out what ingredients are working.” Ningning grabbed Hisahi Teruki’s portion and continued eating.
“It’s obviously very spicy, but I still can’t stop eating it. What’s going on with this umami taste and chewy texture? It’s the fragrance of the plant, and the chewy texture is soybeans. No wonder it’s so umami.” After Ningning figured out the principle, she put down the spoon in her hand, picked up the tissue next to her and started wiping her mouth.
Kuga Teruki looked at her blankly. Is this still the Ningning who only takes small bites of everything?
He actually finished two pots of Mapo Tofu by himself.
“Hey, hey, hey, you ate my share too, how can I give you a review?” As soon as Kuga Teruki saw Ningning’s reaction, he knew that his hair was in trouble today.
“Sorry, that’s rude.” Ningning didn’t care at all about the way Lin Xiao and Xue Nai looked at her.
“You don’t need to participate in the judging because I’m the only one judging this time.” Ningning turned around and said to Kuga Teruki.
“I don’t accept it. Why can’t I participate in the judging?” Kuga Teruki jumped up from his chair.
“Those who participate in the betting cannot participate in the judging.” Ningning grabbed Kuga Teruki’s shoulders and pushed him back onto the stool.
“Are you sure you didn’t eat too much and ate my portion, and then want to kick me out?” Kuga Teruki began his final dying struggle.
“I have always been absolutely fair, and you must avoid suspicion. This concerns the reputation of the Ten Outstanding People.” Ning Ning picked up a pair of scissors from the table, stood behind Kuga Teruki, and said to Lin Xiao.
“Congratulations, you passed. According to the agreement, this guy’s hair is yours.” After saying that, Ningning’s scissors began to fly.
Lin Xiao secretly admired on the side, saying that he was worthy of being the sixth of the top ten. He used the scissors so smoothly that he felt inferior to him.
Kuga Teruki was in tears. Now a pair of scissors was flying around his head. If he accidentally stabbed his own head, it would be a waste of time.
“Ningning, I will remember you. I will definitely complain about you. I will report you for taking revenge on others.” Kuga Teruki roared.
“Shorty, sit still and watch your head.” Ningning still had a blank expression on her face and didn’t take Hisahi’s threat seriously at all.
Xue Nai covered her mouth and laughed secretly. Lin Xiao put his arm around Xue Nai’s shoulders, put his mouth gently next to Xue Nai’s ear, and said softly, “Sister, take a few photos quickly. If you miss this kind of dark history, you will never have the chance to do it again.”
Xueno’s pretty face turned red. Although she and Lin Xiao were brother and sister on the surface, they had never done such intimate actions since they were young. But she still obediently took out her mobile phone and took pictures of Kuga Teruki frantically.
Chapter 10 C+ Rank Ice Soul Blade (Old Version)
“You mean, the Yellow Crane Tower restaurant opposite the school gate has passed Ningning’s test?” Erina Nakiri looked at the photos in her hand carefully.
“Yes, young lady.” Hisako hesitated for a moment and handed a few more photos to Erina Nakiri.
Erina Nakiri was stunned. Why does this bald guy in the photo look so familiar?
It looks like Kuga-senpai?
“Hisako, who is this bald guy in the photo? Why does he look so familiar?” Erina Nakiri was a little unsure if she had recognized the wrong person.
“Miss, that’s Senior Kuga.” Feishazi was trying not to laugh, and in order not to be rude in front of the young lady, she held it in so much that her stomach ached.
“What’s wrong with Kuga-senpai? Why did he shave his head?” The more Erina Nakiri looked at this bald guy, the more she wanted to laugh, especially Kuga Kiryu’s dead fish eyes that looked like they had lost all hope in life. They almost made her laugh.
“Senior Kuga lost a bet with the new boss of Yellow Crane Tower, so Miss Ningning cut off all his hair and gave it to the boss.” Feishazi wanted to laugh when she thought of the bet. This boss was so mean. How would Senior Kuga face people in the future?
“Ningning-senpai is so cruel. This boss is also an interesting person. We have to find a way to get him to Totsuki.” Erina smiled slightly, not sure if it was because she saw the bald photo of Kuga or because she remembered what Ningning-senpai might have done to Kuga-senpai.
As if she had made up her mind, Erina stood up from her seat and said, “Hisako, let’s go to that restaurant and take a look.”
“Miss, you still have fourteen dishes to taste in the afternoon. This is your daily homework.” Feishazi reminded.
“Just think of it as a chance to take a break. I’ll go talk to grandpa.” After saying that, Erina got up and walked towards her grandfather’s room.
The first floor of Yellow Crane Tower.
“Brother, why did you hang such an ugly photo in such a conspicuous place in the lobby of our restaurant? Will the customers be unwilling to come to dine when they see it?” Yukino looked at the photo of Hisahi’s big bald head with a little worry.
“Oh, sister, you don’t understand this. What my brother is doing is called the celebrity effect. Look, the Ten Greatest of Totsuki have all acknowledged the strength of our restaurant. How could the customers not want to come and eat?” Lin Xiao looked at the photo with satisfaction. In his eyes, this photo was simply his cash cow.
“Brother, even though Kuga Noriyuki is really amazing, no one can recognize him now that he looks like this.” Yukino was still a little worried.
“Don’t worry, your brother has already thought of this.” After saying that, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened the playback software, and there was the video of Kuga getting his head shaved.
“Brother, you are so bad.” Yukino laughed secretly while watching the video.
“Sister, what you said is wrong. Brother is just on guard. After all, they come to cause trouble. How can they just leave after destroying the place? Wouldn’t that be very embarrassing for us? Now, we can borrow his face to help promote our Yellow Crane Tower. This will be worthy of his big bald head.” Lin Xiao watched the video with satisfaction and replaced the original advertising animation of Yellow Crane Tower that recommended dishes with the video of Jiuya having his head shaved by Ningning.
“Hey, hey, hey, system, as agreed, I have already got all of Kuga Teruki’s hair here. Hurry, replace it with something.” A hundred white swans were taking off in Lin Xiao’s heart.
“Choose for yourself.” After that, the system pulled out an interface of C-level kitchenware.
After choosing for a long time, Lin Xiao found that the effects of these C-level kitchen utensils were quite average. They could only increase the preservation ability and improve the taste by 10%.
Lin Xiao simply looked down upon such a low bonus.
“Hey, system, are you hiding something? After all, I gave you Kuga Teruki’s hair, but you gave me these scraps. How much do you look down on Kuga Teruki?” Lin Xiao couldn’t help but complain. He could feel that the system must have some good stuff hidden in its hands.
“Master, you were the one who asked me to make this exchange. It’s good enough that I’m willing to exchange with you. Why are you so picky?” The system scolded Lin Xiao arrogantly.
“Even if you don’t give face to Kuga Kisho, you have to give me some face, right? You know, I will help you get some private items of Kuang San in the future.” Lin Xiao also learned his lesson. Knowing the system’s hobbies, he began to persuade and trick some practical things out of it first.
“Since the master cares so much about this system, I will give you this C+ grade Ice Soul Sword in exchange.” After saying that, the system took out an Ice Soul Sword and threw it to Lin Xiao. Then no matter how Lin Xiao called her, she did not respond.
Lin Xiao thought about it carefully, but couldn’t remember which anime had an Ice Soul Sword.
It doesn t matter if I can t remember Lin Xiao. His Ice Soul Blade must be a divine weapon. I don t know how effective my own Ice Soul Blade will be.
Lin Xiao opened the panel about the Ice Soul Blade. He was shocked when he saw it. The system really gave him face this time.
Although the Ice Soul Blade is only C+ grade and not yet B grade, the attributes of this knife are definitely quite practical. First of all, when using this knife on ingredients, it can increase the freshness of the ingredients by 20%. This alone is already better than the several C-grade kitchen utensils he had just seen.
The most important thing is that this Ice Soul Sword has an additional attribute, which is that when used on fish ingredients, it increases the freshness of the fish ingredients by 30%.
You have to know that making a delicious fish, not counting the pickled ones, a fresh fish will directly affect the results in all aspects.
With this knife in hand, Lin Xiao can be said to have an advantage in fish preparation.
“Brother, what are you grinning about?” Yukino saw her brother standing there, grinning at someone unknown thing, with saliva starting to flow from the corners of his mouth.
Lin Xiao then realized that he had lost his composure and quickly changed the subject: “Xue Nao, what do you want to eat tonight? Brother will make it for you.”
“It doesn’t matter. I like to eat anything my brother cooks.” Xue Noi looked at Lin Xiao happily. Her brother finally acted like a brother.
But looking at my brother’s happy face, I suddenly remembered that I changed clothes in the room before coming here today. When I went out, I saw my brother’s shoes at the entrance, and I felt hot wind on my ankles at that time.
Yukino shook his head. He believed that his brother would not do such a perverted thing.
Lin Xiao had no idea that Xueno had discovered some clues about him stealing stockings from Xueno’s room. He was thinking about how to get some useful things from the system.
Moreover, he also got information from the system that as long as the food battle was launched, the judges would be randomly selected from the super time and space. However, Lin Xiao was still obsessed with Kuang San, and he must find a way to bring Kuang San to his side. Lin Xiao secretly made up his mind, but his current methods were too simple, and he had to get more chef’s kitchen utensils and recipes.
Chapter 11 The System is a Lily (Old Version)
Yamano Shitaji knelt tremblingly in front of a man with silver-black hair. The man held a transparent high-heeled glass in his hand, and dark red wine was flowing in the glass.
He stood up, walked up to Yamano Shimoji, and said, “Are you saying that Ning Ning from the Ten Great Masters of Totsuki has recognized the guy who just opened the Yellow Crane Tower?”
“Sir, I thought that with that kid’s level, he would be killed by the Ten Heroes of Totsuki even if we didn’t take action. Who knew that kid actually got away with it.” Yamanoshitaji said without daring to raise his head, sweating profusely.
“Because of your self-willed behavior, we lost the Yellow Crane Tower that we had already obtained. How are you going to compensate for this?” The man walked behind Shanye Xiazhi, his tone was light, but the majesty in it could not be violated.
Yamanoshitaji put his forehead to the floor, his voice trembling: “Please give me another chance, sir. I will definitely teach that brat a lesson this time.”
The silver-black-haired man drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp and said, “This time, I will let you use your life as a bet for the Dark Food Wars to defeat that kid.”
“My Lord, I…”
“I won this cookbook from a three-star restaurant in France. I’ll give you three days to prepare. The theme of this food battle is still your specialty, ‘fish.'” The man threw down the cookbook and turned away.
Yamanoshitaji picked up the cookbook, his heart trembling. The recipe that man gave was definitely the best recipe in the world. “Lin Xiao, this time I want to get back everything I lost.” Yamanoshitaji heard a screaming laughter.
“Miss, excuse me for being blunt, but this kind of place where common people eat is not suitable for you to come.” Feishazi tried to stop her.
“Hisako, don’t you think it would be interesting to come and see the place where Senior Kuga got his head cut bald?” Erina said.
“Next time you see Senior Kuga, you can tell him that I’ve been to the shop where you had your hair cut. It was pretty average. It’s actually very interesting that you had your hair cut in that kind of place.” A little devil appeared above Erina’s head.
When Hisako heard what Erina said, she immediately understood that she was going to pick a fight. As long as she could find some fault in this store, she would have the right to speak in front of Senior Kuga in the future.
“Miss is wise.” Feishazi’s eyes instantly showed admiration.
“Besides, don’t you think that opening a store across from my business does not require my approval?” Erina smiled gently. This was her ultimate goal.
They arrived at the entrance of Yellow Crane Tower.
“No, my hair…”
Isn’t this a restaurant? Why is someone getting their hair cut here? Erina was very curious and looked around for the source of the sound.
When I looked up, I saw a video of Ningning cutting Kuga’s hair with a pair of scissors.
Hisako and Erina were both confused. The owner of this store really had such a bad taste.
When you walk into the lobby, there is a table with three incense sticks on it and two lines of words written next to it.
Huanghelou Mapo Tofu is most recognized by Kishiro Kuga.
Then a photo of Kuga Norihiro with a bald head was hung on the wall.
“Miss, have we come to the wrong place? Why do I feel like this is a shady shop?” Feishazi looked at the strange atmosphere around her and felt a little scared.
“It should be here. He actually dared to use the reputation of the Top Ten to make an advertisement. He is so audacious. I’ll teach him a lesson.” Erina was very angry. This boss didn’t take the Top Ten seriously at all and actually made such a vulgar advertisement.
After Xue Nai and Lin Xiao cleaned up in the kitchen, they prepared to go home. Anyway, there was nothing valuable in the store except some tables, chairs and benches, and the ingredients had been used up long ago. If they wanted to eat, they could only go home and cook.
Suddenly, he heard someone’s voice outside the door. Lin Xiao pushed open the door to the kitchen and shouted outside, “We’re closed. Come early tomorrow and eat the mapo tofu that is also recognized by the Ten Great Masters of Totsuki.”
“Commoner, who do you think is coming to your restaurant to eat? Why don’t you entertain them quickly?” Hisako saw that the owner of this restaurant was so arrogant that he dared to ask Miss Erina to come again tomorrow, which showed that he simply didn’t take the young lady seriously.
“Damn, isn’t this Erina Nakiri and Hisako Arato? Just when I was about to fall asleep, someone brought me a pillow.” Lin Xiao had a blank expression on his face, but he was already screaming wildly.
“System, hurry up and come out to receive customers.” Lin Xiao roared at the system.
“What are you doing, perverted master? I’ve already given you a decent set of kitchen utensils, what else do you want?” The system woke up sleepily, and through the eyes that saw Lin Xiao, it saw Hisako Arato and Erina Nakiri.
“Tell me quickly, what do you like about them? I’ll find a way to get them for you.” Lin Xiao began to seduce the system like Snow White’s stepmother.
“Fuck! Master, come on, take off all their clothes, I want them all.” The system was obviously more excited than Lin Xiao. Seeing these two people was like seeing gold.
“Little girl, why are you so impatient? These two guys are not easy to deal with. Pick one first, and then take your time after you get familiar with them.” Lin Xiao began to bargain. In his eyes, these two people were a moving treasure house. How could they empty the treasure house so quickly?
“Master, what you said makes sense. Slowly but surely, a steady stream of success will last a long time. So I’ll have a lower request today. I’ll just have the shirt Erina is wearing.” The system nodded, thinking that what its master said made sense, but this was really too tempting.
“Let’s state the price of the shirt she’s wearing first, so we don’t have to argue later.” Lin Xiao firmly took the initiative.
The system looked embarrassed, always feeling as if it had fallen into some trap set by its master, but it didn’t want to let Erina Nakiri go with her right in front of it.
“Then let’s switch to a B-level cookbook.” The system made a difficult decision.
“You still say you’re not a pervert, but Kuga Norihiro’s hair is only worth a C-grade kitchen utensil, and Erina’s shirt is only worth a B-grade cookbook. System, I’m going to report you for being biased.” Lin Xiao complained crazily. This was serious gender discrimination. You know, he had spent so much effort to get Kuga Norihiro’s hair, but it was sold so cheaply. He was still very unhappy.
“Hmph, master, I don’t care. Anyway, we agreed at the beginning that I set the price. I’ll wait for your good news.” After saying that, the system slipped away, not caring what Lin Xiao did with Erina’s shirt next.
“Damn it, he just slipped away like that. Never mind. I’ll have the stuff in my hands by then, and we can talk about it.” Lin Xiao let out an obscene laugh, realizing that he was too smart.
“My two ladies, I’m sorry, but our shop is closed, and we’ve run out of ingredients and packed up. Why don’t you get up early tomorrow?” Lin Xiao smiled and started to set the trap.
“Boss, who do you think we are? We come to your restaurant to eat to give you face, but you actually ask us to go back.” Feishazi was angry. This boss was so ungrateful.
“If you really want to eat it, I have some ingredients at home. How about coming to my house and I’ll cook for you?” Lin Xiao had an embarrassment on his face, as if he had no choice.
“Brother, you can’t bring these two strange women home.” Xueno was a little dissatisfied. The house was her and her brother’s small house, so how could she allow strange women to enter.
“Let’s eat at your house.” Erina was furious. How dare a restaurant make such excuses. They simply didn’t take her divine tongue seriously. Humph, after eating, she would give a bad review and make this restaurant go bankrupt.
“Miss, this isn’t a good idea.” Feishazi thought for a moment and said.
“If I say yes, then it’s okay.” Erina was very firm.
“Okay then, come with me.” Lin Xiao looked hesitant, but still agreed.
In fact, he had already started laughing wildly in his heart, looking as if his evil plan had succeeded.
Once you come to my house, all these things on you will be mine.
Chapter 12 This dress is a bit small (old version)
“Please sit wherever you like. I’ll go get you some drinks.” Lin Xiao led Hisako and Erina into the room and pointed at the sofa.
Along the way, Xueno was very unhappy. She wondered why her brother brought these two unfamiliar women home.
Lin Xiao obviously saw that Yukino was unhappy, but he still chose to remain silent, because he knew that Erina and Hisako appeared here, and they must have come for their Yellow Crane Tower. If he failed to pass this test with them, he would still be in trouble later.
Then let’s conquer them with our smell, but before that we have to get Erina’s shirt first.
“Yukino, quickly serve the guests some tea.” Lin Xiao said.
“Hmph, brother, go get it yourself. You’re not my guest.” After saying that, he walked back to his room, closed the door, and didn’t want to pay any attention to Lin Xiao.
“Really? I’m sorry to have embarrassed you.” Lin Xiao was overjoyed. Was this sister really not his biological daughter? She was so cooperative.
On the surface, he still looked heartbroken, thinking that he had not entertained the guest well enough. He quickly ran into the kitchen and poured two cups of hot water and brought them up.
How could Lin Xiao miss such a good opportunity? He walked to Erina’s side, and suddenly his hand slipped, and the two cups of water collided with each other and poured all over Erina.
Lin Xiao looked apologetic, “Sorry, sorry, I’ll wipe you dry right away.” He picked up the dry paper at hand and applied it to Erina.
“Ah!!!” Erina screamed.
“You commoner, what are you doing? Where are your hands?” Feishazi also screamed because Lin Xiao’s hands were groping around Erina’s body.
“You pervert!” Erina pushed Lin Xiao away, but the wet clothes stuck to her body, revealing the black corners inside.
“Don’t look.” Erina crossed her arms over her chest, having never expected to encounter a situation like this.
Lin Xiao apologized repeatedly, feeling secretly proud of himself.
“Why don’t you change your clothes? You’ll catch a cold if you wear wet clothes.” Lin Xiao said with concern, thinking to himself, as long as you take them off, these clothes are still mine.
“Who wants to wear your clothes?” Erina roared. She had never been so embarrassed before.
“No, no, no, what I mean is, I can ask my sister to get you some of her clothes. That shouldn’t be a problem.” Lin Xiao quickly suggested.
Erina thought about it and felt that this was much better than wearing Lin Xiao’s clothes, so it was still acceptable.
“Hurry up and take me to change clothes.” Erina said.
Lin Xiao immediately came to Xueno’s room and knocked on the door.
“Yukino, come out quickly, brother has something to talk to you about.” Lin Xiao didn’t dare to open the door and go in directly. In case he ran into something strange, his plan for today might be ruined.
“Brother is the worst. I don’t want to pay attention to him.” Yukino’s muffled voice came from inside.
It seems that Yukino was a little angry because Lin Xiao brought Erina and Hisako home.
“Yukino, I’ll come in first.” After saying that, Lin Xiao took out the spare key and opened Yukino’s room.
Although it wasn’t my first time here, I was still a little nervous.
Seeing Xue Noi burying her head in the bed, Lin Xiao sat beside the bed and touched her head.
“Xue No, don’t be angry with your brother. You don’t know how important these two guests outside are to your brother.” Lin Xiao began to explain slowly.
“The girl with long yellow hair is named Erina Phichakiri. Totsuki Gakuen is her family’s business. If we can get their approval, it will only be beneficial to the development of our Yellow Crane Tower.” Lin Xiao said softly in Yukino’s room.
“Brother, it’s obvious that sister is prettier, Xueno doesn’t believe it.” Xueno continued to cover her head on the bed, not wanting to look up at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao gently slapped Xueno on the butt, and Xueno sat up in horror.
“You are so naughty. You should know that Yellow Crane Tower is your father’s last effort. How can I watch it go bankrupt in my hands?” Lin Xiao said this with a bit of severity.
When Yukino saw that her brother was really angry, she said, “Brother, you are not lying to Yukino, are you?”
“When has brother ever lied to Yukino? You know that brother once competed with others in the Dark Food Wars for dad’s Yellow Crane Tower.” Lin Xiao persuaded her with emotion and reason.
Xueno looked doubtful and asked, “What does brother want Xueno to do?”
“Didn’t there just happen an accident? My brother accidentally spilled water on a guest and needs you to help.” Lin Xiao’s attitude was sincere, without any hint of lies.
“Okay, Yukino got it.” Yukino got up from the bed, walked to the living room and started communicating with Erina.
“Sister Erina, I’m sorry, my brother is clumsy. Why don’t you come to my room and change your clothes?” Yukino looked very apologetic, and Erina’s anger subsided a lot.
“If it weren’t for you, your brother would have died today.” Erina was not wary of Yukino, and her heart softened when she saw Yukino’s red eyes.
“Sister Erina is the best.” After saying that, Yukino pulled Erina to her room.
Lin Xiao stood in the room and looked at them with a smile.
“Brother, why are you still standing here? Get out now.” Xue Nai said as she pushed Lin Xiao outside.
Lin Xiao originally wanted to take a look, but was suddenly pushed out by Xue Nai and locked outside the door.
“You pervert, I always feel that you have ill intentions towards our Miss Erina.” Feishazi glanced at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao laughed and said, “How could that be possible? You are my most distinguished guests. How dare I be disrespectful to you?”
“I don’t know why, but when I see your face, I always feel that you are doing something bad.” Feishazi remembered that Lin Xiao hung Kuga’s photo in the restaurant lobby.
“Ms. Hisako, I think you are overthinking it. You came to me today and wanted to try my food. I didn’t know about it at first, so how can you say I did something bad?” Lin Xiao defended. How could he possibly say that he liked Erina’s shirt?
“Hisako, what are you two talking about?” Erina changed into Yukino’s clothes and walked out of Yukino’s room. She heard Lin Xiao and Hisako talking and asked in confusion.
I have to say that Erina has a really good figure. Yukino’s clothes seem a little small on her, so the round curve of Erina’s chest is wrapped very tightly, and your flat belly shows that she exercises regularly. Lin Xiao finally understands why so many bosses like women to wear shirts. It’s so tempting.
“You pervert, where are you looking?” Feishazi cursed when she saw Lin Xiao’s stupid look.
“Hisako, don’t be rude.” After saying that, Erina picked up one of Yukino’s coats and put it on herself, covering her curvy figure.
Lin Xiao secretly lamented that it was a pity that he couldn’t continue to appreciate this beautiful body.
I looked at Yukino, who was standing obediently next to Erina. I didn’t know what the two of them were whispering about in the room, but it was obvious that their relationship had become much closer.
“Okay, make your dish. You’ve already wasted a lot of time.” Erina glanced at the time and said lightly.
“Okay, I’ll be there right away.” Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that the last level was coming.
Chapter 13 Buttons? (Old version)
Lin Xiao picked up the kitchen knife again, and his energy and spirit burst out, and he seemed like a completely different person.
Erina was secretly surprised. The man in front of her suddenly became different. His temperament was lonely and cold, as if there was no one else except him.
The kitchen knife wielded in his hand like a baton in the hands of an orchestra, so smooth and so eye-catching.
Xueno likes watching Lin Xiao cooking the most, because every time Lin Xiao starts cooking, his temperament is completely different from usual, and his meticulous look makes Xueno’s heart beat faster.
Feishazi didn’t expect that this ordinary-looking and unreliable man could be so charming when cooking.
Lin Xiao didn’t know what was going on. Every time he picked up a knife, his nerves became particularly sharp, as if he was born to be a chef.
Soon, three pots of Mapo Tofu were completed by Lin Xiao. For Lin Xiao, Mapo Tofu was now so skillful.
“Three beauties, please try it.” Lin Xiao brought the Mapo Tofu and placed it in front of the three people.
Erina looked at the bowl of red mapo tofu in front of her, and a tempting aroma hit her nose.
Yukino picked up the spoon and started eating. It was the same feeling again. Yukino felt that her body was full of strength, as if a volcano was erupting in her brain. That kind of endurance made it impossible to stop.
Erina looked at the satisfied expression of Yukino next to her and was a little skeptical whether this bowl of mapo tofu was really that delicious?
Hisako was also a little skeptical. It was just an ordinary bowl of mapo tofu with such low-grade ingredients. No matter how good it tasted, it would be just so-so. But why did Yukino look so enjoyable?
The two thought about it and decided to give it a try.
Erina and Hisako both picked up their spoons, ready to try the mapo tofu made by Lin Xiao.
When she took the first bite, she just felt hot, but when she swallowed it, Erina felt like a volcano was erupting inside her body.
Her blood was boiling and she felt that the coat she was wearing was a complete restraint. She quickly took off her coat and continued to work on the pot of Mapo Tofu.
Every bite was like adding gasoline to the fire in her belly, and Erina felt like she couldn’t stop at all.
The smooth taste made her feel like she was soaking in a hot spring.
Erina felt very uncomfortable because Yukino’s clothes were originally one size smaller, so Erina felt very restrained.
Damn it, why was this strange feeling so comfortable? Erina felt like she was electrocuted.
Lin Xiao looked at Erina’s intoxicated look and asked with a smile, “How is it?”
“It’s not delicious at all.” Erina picked up the spoon and scooped another spoonful of the mapo tofu into her mouth.
“Is it not delicious? Why do I feel like you look very comfortable?” Lin Xiao’s voice approached Erina like a devil.
“Commoner, it’s your honor to have me taste your cooking.” As soon as the words fell, the second button of Erina’s shirt burst open and bounced onto Lin Xiao’s face.
The scene was very awkward for a moment.
Erina had never felt so embarrassed before. She actually ruined someone else’s clothes in a strange man’s house.
When Hisako saw that half of Erina’s pink clothes were exposed, she quickly took her coat and wrapped Erina up.
Lin Xiao silently picked up the button and said, “Ms. Erina, I should have passed.”
“Hmph, you’ve passed this time.” Erina felt that if she continued sitting here, it would be like putting herself on fire.
“Hisako, let’s go.” Erina couldn’t stand the looks from these two people and decided to leave.
Lin Xiao suddenly remembered something and ran to Xueno’s room. He took the shirt that Erina had changed out of and shouted to Erina, “Your clothes.”
When Erina saw that she had ruined someone else’s clothes, her face turned red. How could she bear to go back and change back into her own clothes?
“I don’t want it anymore, you can throw it away. The money for Yukino’s clothes will be sent to you tomorrow.” Erina ran out without looking back.
Lin Xiao’s mouth curled up wildly. His plan succeeded, it was so smooth, and he also dealt with all the difficulties that Erina might have for Huanghelou.
“Brother, do you like girls with big breasts?” Xue Nai stood behind Lin Xiao and asked with a look of grievance.
“Why do you say that?” Lin Xiao thought about it carefully. He didn’t do anything strange in front of Xue No.
“Just now, when the button of Erina’s clothes fell off, your eyes were fixed on Erina’s chest.” Yukino said honestly.
“Children, don’t think about these weird things.” Lin Xiao touched Xue Nai’s head and said gently.
“Brother, I’m not a child anymore. I’m going to high school next year and I can find a boyfriend.” Yukino said seriously.
“Then you must bring Xueno’s future boyfriend back to meet your brother.” Maybe because Xueno was still young, Lin Xiao didn’t take it to heart.
“Brother, can Yukino be your girlfriend for another year?” Yukino suddenly plucked up the courage to say this.
Hearing these words, Lin Xiao’s brain seemed to be struck by lightning. What was going on? Could it be that a god really heard my voice?
“Why does Xueno want to be your brother’s girlfriend?” Lin Xiao suspected that this teenage girl was having a brain cramp.
“Anyway, my brother and I are not biological siblings, so we can get married according to Japanese law.” Yukino said seriously.
“Okay then, I’ll wait for a year for Xueno to be my girlfriend.” Lin Xiao is not a fool, and he would be a fool if he refused at this time.
“Brother, then please give me Sister Erina’s clothes. I’ll wash them and return them to her tomorrow.” Xueno was a little unhappy when she saw that Lin Xiao was still holding Erina’s clothes in his hand.
Cough, cough, cough. Lin Xiao quickly coughed a few times and said, “I’ll send it to her right now. How can I let my sister wash clothes for a strange woman?”
After saying that, Lin Xiao quickly ran out, pretending to chase Erina.
Xue Nai did not stop Lin Xiao. She felt very sweet in her heart that her brother actually agreed to let her be his girlfriend in the future.
Stupid brother, don’t think I will forget that you hid in my room and spied on me last time.
As she thought about it, Yukino’s face began to turn red.
Chapter 15: Difficulty at the Yellow Crane Tower (Old Version)
Lin Xiao’s Yellow Crane Tower’s business has started to pick up in the past few days. Although it is not as lively as when his father was alive, it has at least regained some popularity.
Lin Xiao also successfully passed the two tests of Yuanyue, which gave him more time to develop himself.
For him, there are no friends in this world. The only one he can rely on is himself and his sister who needs his protection.
Therefore, Lin Xiao made good use of every moment, because he knew that any small accident could cause him to capsize, and he would have no chance to start over.
In addition to serving in the store, he has also been practicing the dish of pickled yellow croaker. With his unremitting efforts, the original 80% progress has been improved to 90%. It must be said that the effect of the ice soul sword is more significant, so that the system can give this dish a high score of 85 points.
It s still not enough, Lin Xiao began to sigh in his heart. Although this dish is simple, the flavor is still not complete enough. Although the taste of the two ingredients together is very clear, it is not enough and cannot reach the position in Lin Xiao s mind.
However, business has been really good these days, thanks to the big bald photo of Teruki Kuga, which has attracted many diners to come and take a look at the bald photos of the Ten Great Men of Totsuki.
However, the current problem is that Lin Xiao s dishes are too monotonous, causing diners to request new dishes, which makes Lin Xiao very embarrassed.
Just when Lin Xiao was worried about this, a person whom Lin Xiao was familiar with and hated came to his shop.
“Isn’t this the shop of the lost dog Lin Xiao?” Yamanoshitaji walked slowly into the Yellow Crane Tower and commented loudly.
“Yamano Shimoji, you actually dare to come here, I’m afraid you don’t want your life anymore.” Lin Xiao picked up his kitchen knife and looked at him coldly.
“What? The door of your restaurant is open, but you won’t let people in?” Shanye Xiazhi said sarcastically.
Yamanoshita stood in the hall and said, “Your father lost to me in the food battle that day, so he gave me this Yellow Crane Tower. I didn’t expect your cowardly father to be such a loser that he hanged himself in the kitchen. You actually continued to open a restaurant in a place where people have died. Aren’t you afraid that these diners will feel sick when eating?”
Those who were eating were enjoying their meals when they suddenly heard Yamanoshitaji say that someone had died in this restaurant. Their faces turned green and yellow and they shouted angrily, “Boss, you idiot, you actually sold us food in a place where someone had died.”
“Boss, we want our money back. This is unlucky.”
Suddenly, the crowd was outraged.
Lin Xiao didn’t expect that Shanye Xiazhi was so hateful that he actually told the unlucky things that happened here in public.
“Of course, I don’t mind whether anyone has died here. In my opinion, this kind of small shop should be closed down and shouldn’t insult everyone’s tongues.” Yamanoshita continued to incite the emotions of other diners.
“Boss, I want my money back.” The diners started to get noisy and didn’t want to listen to Lin Xiao’s explanation at all.
“Lin Xiao, I’ll give you a chance. Don’t you want to take revenge on me? Use this restaurant as a bet, and I’ll use my life as a bet, and let’s have a dark food battle.” The voice was like the temptation of the devil from hell.
Xue Nai pulled Lin Xiao’s sleeve from behind, hinting Lin Xiao not to act impulsively.
Lin Xiao’s veins bulged, he knew that all his previous efforts were ruined by Yamano Shimoji’s words. Even if he won the food battle, the fact that someone had died in the restaurant would have been publicized throughout the city. Who would eat in a restaurant where someone had died, unless he had the money to tear the restaurant down and rebuild it from scratch.
“Yamano Shimoharu, you’re going too far. I promised you a food battle. If you lose, I want you to hang yourself in this hall.” Lin Xiao roared and began his final struggle.
“Okay, Lin Xiao, I’ll wait for you at the Dark Food Wars Hall in two days. The theme of this food war is ‘fish’.” Yamanoshitaji walked out of the Yellow Crane Tower without looking back.
The guests cried out that it was bad luck and turned around and left Lin Xiao’s restaurant.
Lin Xiao sat weakly on the bench in the restaurant. He had forgotten that this had happened. Yamano Shimoji’s words aroused his rage. Everything was on the right track, but this bastard destroyed it all again.
Yukino knelt weakly on the ground. She had thought that she and her brother could live a happy life, but the appearance of Yamano Shimoji once again shattered Yukino’s fantasy about the future.
“Brother, can you please not go to the Dark Food Wars?” Yukino’s voice was tearful and she looked a little at a loss.
Lin Xiao stood up, walked to Xue Nai, hugged Xue Nai, and said softly: “Xue Nai, it’s my brother who is useless and failed to protect our Yellow Crane Tower, but you have to believe in me, I will take it all back.”
“But Yukino doesn’t want to see her brother take risks.” Tears were on Yukino’s face and her emotions were a little out of control.
“I will wash away this humiliation with the blood of my enemies.” After saying this, Lin Xiao helped Xue Nai to a chair and walked into the kitchen alone.
Xue Nai looked at Lin Xiao’s angry expression and felt a little at a loss. She felt that the brother who had been so gentle to her a few days ago had disappeared, and she was very scared.
As if grasping at her last straw, Yukino took out her phone and called someone.
Erina was reading in her study when her cell phone rang. She picked up the phone and saw that it was Yukino calling. She remembered the embarrassing incident that happened to her at Lin Xiao’s house and blushed instantly, but she still answered the phone: “Yukino, what’s the matter with you?”
“Save my brother, please, save my brother.” Yukino’s voice trembled, like someone who was about to drown in the river.
“What’s wrong with Yukino? Totsuki Academy shouldn’t bother Lin Xiao anymore. What could have happened that would require you to ask for help?” Erina was very calm. Although she didn’t have a good impression of Lin Xiao, she couldn’t ignore Yukino’s request for help.
“Brother…Brother is going to the Dark Food Wars again. Brother said that our store might be hopeless.” Yukino said intermittently, holding back her tears.
“What’s going on? Wait for me in the restaurant, I’ll be there soon.” Erina was surprised to hear the news. Lin Xiao was actually going to participate in the Dark Food Battle, a food battle where anything could be staked.
The development of the matter was beyond Erina’s expectations. Out of concern for Yukino, Erina dialed a number: “Is this Kuga-senpai?”
“Huh? Erina, why did you think of calling me?” Kuga Teruki was very surprised when he received Erina’s call. He had been hiding in the kitchen every day these days and didn’t want to go out to see anyone. The main reason was that this big bald head was too conspicuous.
“Lin Xiao, do you still remember?” Erina asked.
“Damn it, don’t mention this kid to me. How could I forget the person who made me lose my hair?” Kuga Teruki was so angry that his teeth were itching.
“Something went wrong at his restaurant, and he accepted the Dark Food Wars.” Erina said seriously.
“Has this kid Lin Xiao lost his mind? He actually dared to accept the Dark Food Battle. His mapo tofu is barely edible. What does he rely on to compete in the Dark Food Battle?” Kuga Teruki obviously couldn’t believe that this was a decision made by Lin Xiao, who had betrayed him.
“So I want to go over there and take a look. Do you want to come with me?” Erina invited.
“Okay, I’ll go and see how unlucky this kid is.” Kuga Teruki smiled. He actually dared to cheat me, and the retribution is coming so soon.
“Okay, see you later.” As the future successor of Totsuki, Erina has already started to make good plans.
(Counting, if you want to see the protagonist turn evil, please leave a message in the comment section)
Chapter 16: Good People Are Bullied (Old Version)
Erina and Kuga Teruki came to the Yellow Crane Tower again. What they wanted to see more was why Lin Xiao would accept the Dark Food Wars. You know, that could be life-threatening.
Yukino and Kuga Teruki came to the Yellow Crane Tower. There was a video of Kuga Teruki having his head shaved bald playing at the door. It looked very happy, but the hall was empty.
Yukino was sitting in the hall, not knowing what she was thinking. When she saw Erina coming, she cried and fell into Erina’s arms.
Erina was also helpless about this. Life is unpredictable. After encountering such a blow, it would be difficult for Huanghelou to turn things around.
Kuga Teruki turned off the video at the door in disgust, and then he saw a bald photo of himself in the hall, which made him furious. The most important thing was that there were three incense sticks burning below to worship him, which made him feel so uncomfortable.
But his lack of height prevented him from taking the photo.
“Where is Lin Xiao?” asked Kuga Teruki.
Yukino raised her head from Erina’s arms and pointed to the back kitchen of her house. She looked so tearful that it made people feel so sorry for her.
“You go in and take a look first, I’ll accompany Yukino for a while.” Erina said to Kuga Teruki.
Kuga glanced at Yukino and walked into the kitchen helplessly.
I saw Lin Xiao very calmly processing a yellow croaker. His knife skills were still as sharp as ever, but he always used to be reserved when using the knife. But this time, Lin Xiao used his skills to the point that it gave me a shudder.
I have never seen anyone use a knife so coldly and with such disregard for feelings.
For Lin Xiao, this is his truest state. When he cut the corpse in the past, he vomited the first time, his hands were shaking the second time and he couldn’t cut accurately, and he still couldn’t hold on the third time.
I don t know how many times I have practiced. Every cut is so precise that it seems like it is engraved in my bones. I watch myself gradually lose my emotion when using the knife. This happens every time I pick up a knife.
“I’m talking to you, are you okay?” Kuga Teruki saw that Lin Xiao’s condition was not right, as if he was on the edge of something.
Kuga Teruki’s voice brought Lin Xiao back to reality, “What are you doing here? There is nothing worth seeing in the Yellow Crane Tower anymore.”
“Don’t say that. After all, I have donated my hair here. Don’t be so heartless.” Kuga Teruki spread his hands. Although he expressed his condolences for everything that happened in the Yellow Crane Tower, there was nothing he could do.
“I don’t know you well. If you have nothing to do, could you please leave?” Lin Xiao’s words were cold and he didn’t want to pay attention to me for long.
“I already know about your wish to participate in the Dark Food Wars. I personally advise you not to participate.” Kuga Teruki thought about it and said what he wanted to say.
Lin Xiao did not answer, but continued to cut his yellow croaker.
Kuga Teruki saw that Lin Xiao didn’t respond and thought he was listening to him.
“Why don’t you come to Totsuki? As long as you join Totsuki and practice well in Totsuki, with your ability, you will definitely become one of the top ten in the future. When you graduate, there will be many restaurants that want you. You can even open Yellow Crane Tower at that time.” This was the first time that Kuga Teruki had persuaded someone, and he seemed very unfamiliar.
Lin Xiao ignored it and continued to move his knife.
“Don’t be like this, it’s so embarrassing for me, and your sister is also worried about you.” Kuga Teruki was a little helpless. Lin Xiao was not in the right state at all.
“Even if you don’t think about yourself, please think about Yukino.” Kuga Teruki felt like he had become the auntie next door. He had never advised anyone like this before.
Lin Xiao stabbed the knife into the chopping board, clenched his bloody hands, and turned to face Kuga Teruki: “Are you done? What do you, the proud sons of heaven, know? The good situation I worked so hard to build is now completely ruined. Do you know what ruined means? That means no one will come to eat at this restaurant anymore, even if I win the food battle. No one will come to eat at a place where someone has died.”
“You all take turns to test whether my cooking skills are up to par. Do I need your approval to open a store here? Now that our store is ruined, shouldn’t you be the happiest ones?”
“After this incident, I understand a truth: the weak have no say. If there can only be one strong person, then that person can only be me.”
“I won’t refuse the Dark Food Wars. I said before, I want that man to hang himself in this store to comfort my father’s spirit in heaven. It’s okay, you can go.” Lin Xiao’s words revealed indifference.
“Why are you so persistent? The dead cannot be resurrected, and your sister is still alive. What will happen to your sister if something happens to you?” Kuga Teruki had never seen such a cold-hearted person.
“No accidents will happen to me, and I will not allow myself to have any accidents. I want to wash away the humiliation you have brought upon me. From now on, I am the only one who can decide for others, and others will no longer have the right to decide for me!”
The knife in Lin Xiao’s hand flashed, and a whole yellow croaker was instantly cut into pieces in his hand, with the internal organs and flesh separated intactly on both sides.
“If you intend to stop me, then prepare the stakes and use food battles to stop me. I will not accept any other methods.” Lin Xiao said lightly.
“Why are you doing this?”
“A kind man is often bullied, and a kind horse is often ridden.”
“Brother, can you please not go to the food battle? I don’t want to lose you.” Xueno walked in crying and said to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao was slightly stunned, remembering what he said to Xue Nai that night, and shook his head slightly, saying: “Xue Nai, don’t worry, brother will take everything into your hands, and no one can hurt you.”
There was a little warmth in Lin Xiao’s words. Perhaps only Xue Noi could move Lin Xiao.
“Lin Xiao, why are you doing this? With your qualifications, you will definitely have a place in the future top ten in Totsuki. Why do you put your future on something like this?” Erina couldn’t help but persuade him.
“Because I am Lin Xiao. I don’t fight for the future. I only want the present. I know that if I don’t avenge this now, I won’t be happy even if I succeed in the future. I said, I want that person to die.” Lin Xiao’s indifference made Erina shudder.
“Erina, Kuga Teruki, you two don’t need to persuade me. I know what I’m doing and I’m clear-headed. If anything unexpected happens this time, Yukino will be in your care. If you have nothing else to do, please go out. I need to practice.”
Lin Xiao turned around, left his back to them, and said nothing more. He knew what he wanted, so he would do his best to get it.
Yamane Xiazhi, I want your life.
(Friendly reminder: Kuang San is about to appear again, and the plot will be reversed. Those who are interested can guess.)
Chapter 17 Three Judges (Old Version)
Two days passed quickly, during which time Lin Xiao stayed in the kitchen with his head buried and did not come out.
He was not very familiar with the fish theme, so he needed a lot of practice. He knew very well that Yamano Shimoji’s real strength was not that weak at all. The reason he was able to defeat him last time was entirely because he underestimated his opponent.
He thought his method was foolproof, but he didn’t expect Lin Xiao to wake up in the middle of the process, disrupting his plan. The dish was already halfway done at that time, and there was no time to make another one, so he lost the food battle to Lin Xiao.
For Lin Xiao, this food battle cannot fail, otherwise he will have no way out. Fortunately, he had exchanged a B-level recipe with the system before, which was about fish, so his situation was not so embarrassing.
However, the training in the past few days did not allow him to make much progress. He had not made any breakthroughs after completing 90% of the B-level recipe strategy.
During this period, Xue Nai tried to dissuade Lin Xiao many times, but Lin Xiao’s heart was already as firm as iron and could not be shaken.
Because of the news revealed by Yamanoshita Osamu, the business of Yellow Crane Tower has completely declined in the past few days. The stores that were once popular have suddenly become deserted. Some media even denigrated Yellow Crane Tower, calling it the doom of the culinary world and that it will bring misfortune to diners.
Lin Xiao turned a deaf ear to the outside world. He had already anticipated what might happen now, so he was not surprised.
In fact, he knew in his heart that this was also a trick by Yamane Xiazhi. Don’t you want to revive the Yellow Crane Tower? How can you revive it when its reputation is ruined? Seeing how incompetent you are, what can you do? Hurry up and lose the Yellow Crane Tower.
Although Lin Xiao had not made any great achievements in the business world, he still had some basic knowledge, so these things did not affect his determination.
Two days later, in the Dark Food Wars Club.
It was still the same host wearing sunglasses and with a mustache. He was holding the microphone and making an impassioned speech: “Welcome everyone to the Dark Food Wars Club. Here, everything can be used as a bet. Let us welcome the two opponents, the so-called fish cooking master – Mr. Yamanoshita.”
Everyone in the venue wore various masks and shouted excitedly, calling out Shanye’s name.
For these people, they just want to spend money to watch a thrilling event, and it doesn t matter who wins or loses.
Yamanoshitaji stood on the lifting platform and slowly rose up. All the spotlights were focused on his head. At this moment, he became the protagonist and accepted everyone’s cheers.
“As we all know, Mr. Yamano is a new generation fish master. The fish dishes in his hands seem to be full of soul…” The host praised Mr. Yamano Shimoharu to highlight his ability.
“Next, let us welcome the person who accepts the challenge, Mr. Lin Xiao from Yellow Crane Tower!” Finally, the host began to introduce Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao was dressed in black today, looking cold and heartless, as if he was not here to cook but to send someone to hell.
“Mr. Lin Xiao defeated Mr. Shanye in five minutes that day and took back the ownership of Yellow Crane Tower. But everyone must have heard about what happened recently. Although the reputation of Yellow Crane Tower has been ruined, the Mapo Tofu is still fresh in people’s memory. I wonder if Mr. Lin Xiao is good at fish dishes?” The host continued to do his duty.
“Let’s see what the bets of both parties are. My God, Mr. Yamano actually used his own life as a bet. What a bold act.” The host couldn’t believe his eyes.
“Mr. Lin Xiao’s bet is still the ownership of Yellow Crane Tower. As far as I know, this is the most valuable thing in Mr. Lin Xiao’s hand. It seems that the two sides have been harboring grievances for a long time. Without further ado, let us welcome the first judge to come on stage.” The host stretched out his hands to the judging desk, and the spotlight instantly focused on it.
A symbolic yellow straw hat was revealed to the public, and the corners of the man’s mouth slightly raised under the hat. The audience obviously recognized who this person was.
For someone like Lin Xiao who has watched countless films, he obviously knew who the man in the straw hat was. What he didn’t expect was that he would be the judge this time.
“Let us welcome the man who aspires to become the Pirate King – Mr. Luffy.” The host deliberately dragged out the tone to stir the audience’s emotions.
Luffy lifted his straw hat slightly, grinned and said, “I will give my secret technique to whoever wins this match.”
Luffy’s public promise instantly brought the atmosphere in the venue to a climax.
All the audience were sitting in their seats, shouting Luffy’s name frantically, as if they had forgotten the two protagonists of this food battle.
Lin Xiao was not surprised that Luffy was so popular, but he was more curious about what the use of Luffy’s secret skills was in this cooking world. He didn’t have a devil fruit, so he couldn’t use it even if he got it.
“Thank you Mr. Luffy for your generosity. Let us welcome the second judge – the man known as the king of harem, Mr. Kiritani Kazuto.” The host’s hand reached out to the second judge’s seat again, and the spotlight focused on the young man in black.
Kirito scratched the back of his head in embarrassment in his seat, then stood up and bowed slightly to show his respect to everyone.
Obviously, Kirito’s popularity is not as high as Luffy, and everyone’s enthusiasm is not higher than the cheers for Luffy.
“Finally, let us welcome the most evil fairy in history – Miss Tokisaki Kurumi!!!” The host’s voice was obviously much louder than before, and it was obvious that he also loved Tokisaki Kurumi very much.
“Kuang San, Kuang San, I want to give birth to a baby for you!” The audience below shouted wildly.
The spotlight shone on Kuang San’s face. Kuang San held her chin with both hands and looked at Lin Xiao with lazy but gentle eyes.
“Oh my, I feel a lot lonelier than last time.” Kuang San said something incomprehensible.
Lin Xiao’s eyes met Kuang San, and he instantly felt as if a bullet had been shot in his heart, as if Kuang San had walked into his heart and seen the loneliness hidden deep in his heart.
Kuang San slowly released her chin, stood up, put her index finger between her lips, and made a “hush” gesture. The originally frenetic scene suddenly became quiet.
She lifted her skirt, bowed slightly to the audience, and then sat down.
The venue suddenly erupted in a wave of cheers for Kurumi, as if the protagonists participating in this food battle were not Lin Xiao and Yamanoshita, but Tokisaki Kurumi’s personal show.
Soon, the spotlight was focused on Lin Xiao and Yamano Shimoji again.
“The theme of this Shokugeki competition is ‘fish’. Let’s enjoy this life-and-death competition.” The host screamed wildly into the microphone, announcing the official start of the Shokugeki competition.
Chapter 18: Be Calm and Resilience (Old Version)
Erina, Kuga and Yukino were already sitting in the middle of the field. Yukino clasped her hands together as if she was praying for something.
“I wonder what kind of fish Lin Xiao will cook this time?” Jiuwo was obviously more curious about what dish Lin Xiao would cook.
“Judging from the ingredients Lin Xiao purchased recently, we can roughly guess that it should be a home-cooked dish, pickled yellow croaker.” Erina had seen the ingredients Lin Xiao purchased and roughly guessed it.
“It’s not difficult to get started. I wonder how it tastes?” Kuga Teruki had obviously heard of this. Although he studied Sichuan cuisine, he had some knowledge of other types of cuisine.
“His method is simple indeed, but the question is whether he can match the ingredients well.” Erina said.
“Will my brother lose?” Yukino asked a little worriedly.
“It’s hard to say. I know Yamano Shimoji. He was also a graduate of Totsuki, but he didn’t make it into the top ten. After graduation, he left Totsuki and I don’t know where he went. After he came back, he has been doing very well in fish dishes.” Erina briefly explained what she had investigated.
“The key is the completeness of the combination of ingredients, and it must also suit the judges’ tastes,” said Teruki Kuga.
Yamanoshitaji took out a saury from his food storage, a saury that was still jumping.
One has to sigh that Yamano Shimoji is indeed a master in cooking fish. With a flick of the knife, the viscera of the saury have been removed, while the fish is still jumping on the chopping board, as if it didn’t realize that something was missing.
Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly. It was saury again. As the most common fish ingredient, Lin Xiao knew something about it.
It can be seen that the ingredients prepared by Yamano Shimoji for this food battle are of very high quality. This saury should be the best one caught from the sea this morning, with full and powerful lines.
This time, Yamanoshita Osamu did not make any sarcastic remarks and focused on his cooking. It is still unclear what type of saury he is going to cook.
Lin Xiao also took out the yellow croaker he had just picked out at the seafood market this morning. Although the quality of the ingredients was not as high as that of Shanye Xiazhi, it was as fresh as possible, after all, it was still alive.
Lin Xiao was not affected by the outside world and silently drew out the Ice Soul Sword given to him by the system.
The blue light flickered, and the three people sitting in the judging panel instantly became excited when they saw the knife.
“This kitchen knife is quite interesting.” Kirito thought about it and found that there was no information about this knife.
“I didn’t expect he had such a sharp weapon in his hand.” Luffy looked at it and nodded.
Tokisaki Kurumi held her chin with both hands and smiled without saying a word, with even more tenderness in her eyes.
Lin Xiao’s Ice Soul Blade rose up, and the bursts of blue light slid back and forth like a painter’s pen.
It’s pleasing to the eye.
“I didn’t expect Lin Xiao’s knife skills to be so amazing, and the knife in his hand is not simple.” Kuga Teruki couldn’t help but praise Lin Xiao’s knife skills when he saw his knife skills.
“This level of knife skills is indeed sufficient for processing ingredients like fish. I wonder how strong it is.” Erina nodded slightly, indicating that she agreed with Hisaha’s opinion.
This was the first time that Xueno saw Lin Xiao use the Ice Soul Blade to cook. The charming blue light made her see a different side of her brother.
Yamano Shimoji obviously did not expect that Lin Xiao’s knife skills were so amazing. He only knew that Lin Xiao’s fire control technique was very powerful. Last time, he used that gorgeous fire control technique to make that ordinary egg custard in the last five minutes to defeat him.
Yamane Xiazhi snorted coldly. So what if he had great knife skills? He was already at a disadvantage in terms of materials, and that could not be made up by just knife skills.
Of course, he didn’t know the effect of the Ice Soul Sword. If he knew, he would definitely hit his head against the cooking counter and die.
The two of them processed the ingredients at the same time without rushing. The audience was amazed at Lin Xiao’s knife skills. The wisps of blue light were pleasing to the eyes.
The next step is the cooking process, which is very critical. If it is not handled properly, it will affect the result.
Lin Xiao put the prepared ingredients into the pot and began to stew slowly. In fact, there is no extra operation for this pickled yellow croaker. It is just preparing the ingredients, processing them and putting them into the pot to stew. But the most important thing is the combination of ingredients, and the completeness of the ingredients is very critical.
Yamano Shimoji was making a big move. He turned on two boilers, frying saury in one of them and preparing the ingredients in the other.
The speed of its movements is dizzying.
Soon, a unique aroma of the sauce spread throughout the hall, making people suddenly feel hungry.
I have to say that Yamano Shimoji has a very good grasp of the rhythm this time. When the saury starts to turn slightly brown, he applies a layer of sauce on it and then slowly frys it over low heat. This frying method will make the whole fish full of the flavor of the sauce without losing its original freshness. It can be called a masterpiece.
Soon everyone started drooling at the aroma. Erina sniffed and smelled the raw materials of several sauces.
On the other hand, Lin Xiao was still slowly controlling the temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, as if the fragrance that filled the air had nothing to do with him.
Xue No was secretly anxious because Lin Xiao’s dish was so unappetizing. Everyone was drooling while Yamano Shimoji’s saury was still being prepared, but Lin Xiao’s dish didn’t have any fragrance at all, as if it was overcooked.
Luffy was lying on the judging panel, drooling madly. If the rules allowed it, he would have used the advantage of his rubber man’s long arms to snatch the fish and eat it.
Kirito, on the other hand, sat upright in his seat, savoring the aroma, which gave him a hint of sweetness.
Kurumi remained unmoved and just sat there waiting patiently.
Finally entering the closing stage, Yamanoshita’s hand speed became faster and faster, the frequency of rolling became higher and higher, and finally closed smoothly, but he did not finish the production after the closing. He took out two bottles of sauce and gently dripped it on his saury twice. A strong fragrance spread again, and the fragrance also revealed a faint sobriety, which prevented people from being so intoxicated.
Lin Xiao was like an old monk in meditation, oblivious to the scene and just patiently stewing the food there.
“Ding!” The sound is very crisp, and this sound also means that one person’s cooking is finished.
Yamanoshitaji came to the judging table carrying three plates and handed over his dishes respectfully.
“Please taste the secret saury, judges.” Yamanoshita bowed slightly.
Chapter 19 Can I have another bowl? (Old version)
“Oh~ This fish smells so delicious.” After saying that, Luffy picked up the chopsticks and ate Yamanoshita’s food in one bite.
Seeing Luffy eating like this, Yamanoshitaji felt annoyed. Does this judge really understand food?
“Well, it tastes really good.” Luffy answered in the affirmative.
Nonsense, how dare you come to participate in the Dark Food Wars if the food doesn’t taste good? Yamanoshita complained silently in his heart.
Kirito ate a piece of saury very politely. After the first bite, the crispy feeling filled his mouth, and the unique freshness and saltiness of sea fish mixed together, as if he was swimming with sea fish.
Kirito suddenly fell into beautiful memories.
Kuang San took a small bite of the saury, and the sweet taste immediately filled her mouth. She felt like she had turned into a saury swimming in the sea.
When Yamanoshitaji saw Kirito and Tokisaki Kurumi both smiling happily, he felt at ease instantly.
This shows that the judges are very satisfied with their own cooking.
“Let the judges give their scores now.” The host spoke in a high voice, continuing to stir up the audience’s emotions.
Luffy picked up the sign in his hand with a smile and gave it a ten.
The audience below were all stunned when they saw the score given by Luffy. Why did you give such a high score with such an emotionless expression? It’s really too much of a sin.
Kirito held up his chin, as if he was in deep thought, or as if he was struggling. Finally, he slowly raised the sign with an eight on it.
Tokisaki Kurumi still smiled slightly, without saying much, she also picked up the sign and gave it an eight.
“Let us congratulate Mr. Yamano for his high score of twenty-six points.” The host held the microphone and shouted at the top of his voice, and the whole venue rumbled.
“Our contestant Lin Xiao is really patient. He is still slowly stewing the soup over there.” The host began to urge Lin Xiao to finish quickly.
Lin Xiao seemed not to hear anything, just like an old monk in meditation, with his eyes closed, not hearing or asking anything.
The more unmoved Lin Xiao was, the more curious everyone became about what kind of fish dish Lin Xiao was making that didn’t reveal any flavor at all.
Yamano Shitaji looked at Lin Xiao’s calm expression, and a trace of uneasiness flashed through his mind. Could it be that this guy had some trump card?
So Yamane Xiazhi began to taunt Lin Xiao.
“You are still trying to be mysterious. The time is almost up. You’d better hand over the ownership of Yellow Crane Tower.” Yamano Xiazhi began to harass Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes, but he didn’t look at Shanye Xiazhi at all. Instead, he waved his hands and a fire dragon rose from the bottom of the furnace.
The audience’s eyes were wide open. What kind of fire controlling technique was this that had such strong explosive power?
When the audience came to their senses, there was a faint fragrance in the air. This fragrance was so fresh that people couldn’t help but want to take a few more breaths. In an instant, they felt their lungs becoming empty.
Audiences smelled the aroma and felt as if they were in a dense bamboo forest with rustling sounds.
It was clearly a fish, so why did it appear in the fantasy of a bamboo forest?
Erina smelled the rich aroma and said slowly, “It seems that we have all underestimated Lin Xiao. His control over this dish has surpassed everyone else. I’m afraid Yamano Shimoji is doomed.”
Kuga Teruki smelled the fresh fragrance in the air and couldn’t help but sigh: “If he comes to Totsuki, his future will be bright.”
Luffy obviously smelled the fish dish made by Lin Xiao, but inexplicably there was not a particularly strong smell of fish. Instead, it made him feel like he was in nature.
Kirito took a deep breath and felt his lungs being cleansed.
Tokisaki Kurumi said nothing and just looked at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao divided the prepared fish soup into three portions and slowly brought them to the three judges.
“A home-cooked dish, pickled yellow croaker.” Lin Xiao just said lightly, and his emotions could not be seen at all.
“Oh~ It smells good.” Luffy is still as straightforward as ever. You can’t tell from his face that he is enjoying the food.
When Luffy took the first sip of soup, his grinning mouth slowly closed. He took the second sip, and his emotions began to stabilize. His fists slowly clenched.
Everyone looked at Luffy’s abnormal reaction and felt a little strange. Is it delicious or not?
Suddenly, a tear began to slowly slide down Luffy’s face. It had been a long time since he felt this way.
Everyone’s curiosity was about to explode. What does it taste like? They even shed tears while drinking it. I wonder if they are kidding us.
Kirito looked at Luffy beside him and found that he had fallen into such a state of disgrace. He could hardly believe it. He picked up the fish soup in front of him and took a sip slowly.
He felt that he had come to a small bamboo forest, where a girl was standing, the girl who had died in front of him that year.
He took another sip of soup in silence, and the girl slowly walked in and said to him, “Kirito-kun, long time no see.”
At this moment, Kirito’s tears flowed unconsciously.
The audience was silent. What kind of soup was this? It actually made two judges cry after drinking it. This was simply unscientific.
Tokisaki Kurumi slowly stirred the soup with chopsticks, her golden-red eyes looked at Lin Xiao and said, “Are you lonely?”
Lin Xiao felt that Kuang San had seen through his heart.
“Maybe, drink the soup. It won’t taste good if it’s cold.” Lin Xiao looked directly at Kuang San and said slowly.
Kuang San nodded and drank the soup in one gulp.
Kuang San narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she had entered the depths of Lin Xiao’s heart. She saw Lin Xiao holding a scalpel and constantly making gestures on the dead body.
Kuang San just watched quietly. She saw Lin Xiao s past because she was an elf favored by time.
Lin Xiao ate alone, performed surgery alone, and did other things alone.
Kuang San said softly, “You must be very lonely.” She turned around and walked away slowly, leaving something in Lin Xiao’s heart.
Kuang San just looked at Lin Xiao gently. Lin Xiao slowly came back to his senses. He felt that Kuang San had left something in his heart, but he didn’t know what it was.
Luffy continued to drink the fish soup. Finally, he finished it and asked, “Can I have another bowl?”
Chapter 20 Victory (Old Version)
Lin Xiao said nothing, and silently made a bowl of soup for Luffy, and Luffy began to drink it slowly again.
“What on earth is going on? Is there some magic in contestant Lin Xiao’s fish soup that made our judges shed tears?” The host excitedly explained the current situation.
Kirito slowly put down the bowl in his hand and bowed deeply to Lin Xiao, “Thank you for letting me make up for my regrets.”
Luffy followed suit and bowed deeply to Lin Xiao, “Thank you too!”
The audience actually understood Kirito’s bow to Lin Xiao, so what did Luffy mean by bowing as well?
Everyone looked puzzled.
Only Kurumi was the calmest person, as if a gentle breeze was blowing across the hills and nothing had happened.
The host looked at the four people on the stage awkwardly. This wave of communication made the host not know what to do.
Fortunately, the host was very competent and coughed twice, “Now let our judges start giving Lin Xiao a score.”
Luffy picked up the sign and added two strokes on the ten-point sign. Because it was an Arabic numeral, he added a vertical stroke in the lower right corner of the zero position.
“Oh my God, Judge Luffy gave it nineteen points. Judge Luffy, please don’t change the scoreboard at will. Please erase the vertical line in the lower right corner.” The host said awkwardly.
“A small accident happened. Let’s just say that judge Luffy gave him a ten.” The host immediately smoothed over the situation.
“Let’s see how many points Mr. Kirito gave. Oh, my God, it’s also ten points. Could it be that the legendary thirty points will appear this time?” The host looked at the number of points in front of him in disbelief.
Yamanoshitaji looked at Lin Xiao in horror. How could it be possible? Why did the dishes he cooked have such magical power? Now he could only hope that Kuang San would give him a low score.
Kuang San stood up, slowly walked to Lin Xiao, and said: “Do you feel what I left in your heart?”
Lin Xiao looked at Kuang San and nodded.
Kuang San stood on tiptoe and kissed Lin Xiao gently on the right cheek, “This is a gift.”
After saying that, Kuang San walked back to her seat, picked up the scoreboard, and wrote a big 10 on it.
The audience below was boiling with excitement. Kuang San actually kissed Lin Xiao in public.
“Oh my God, this is the first time that a perfect score has been achieved. Let us congratulate Lin Xiao.” The host shouted heartbreakingly to express his excitement.
“Impossible, impossible.” Yamanoshitaji stepped back like a madman and fell to the ground.
No one cared about the loser, and the entire hall began to shout Lin Xiao’s name.
“Mr. Luffy, could you please tell us why you gave Mr. Lin Xiao such a high score?” asked the host.
Luffy touched his chin and said, “Because Lin Xiao’s bowl of fish soup made me feel like I was swimming in the sea again.”
The audience was puzzled. What does it mean to feel like swimming in the sea? Can’t you swim with a lifebuoy?
“Oh, what a wonderful reason.” Fortunately, the host was a smart guy and immediately asked Kirito.
“Then what is your reason, Mr. Kirito?” the host asked with a smile.
“This bowl of fish soup from Mr. Lin Xiao makes me feel happy.” Kirito said slowly.
“A sense of happiness? It turns out that Mr. Lin Xiao can bring happiness to others?” The host praised him.
“Where’s Miss Kuang San?”
“Because of Lin Xiao’s fish soup, I can taste the flavor I had before.” Kuang San said ambiguously.
“Is it the same taste as before? Mr. Lin Xiao is truly an amazing magician.” The host spared no effort in praising Lin Xiao.
Luffy came to Lin Xiao and said, “As a reward for the winner, this secret technique is given to you.”
Luffy tapped Lin Xiao’s forehead lightly, and Lin Xiao instantly felt like his head was about to explode. After he finally recovered, a lot of new ideas about how to use the rubber machine gun popped into his mind.
“Congratulations, Master, for unlocking the cooking skill ‘Rubber Machine Gun’.” The system’s voice sounded in Lin Xiao’s head.
Lin Xiao wanted to curse. He thought it was an attack-type skill, but it turned out to be a cooking skill. He was afraid that it would kill him.
As the winner, Lin Xiao now owns Yamane Shitaji’s life, which means that Yamane Shitaji cannot resist Lin Xiao’s orders at all.
Lin Xiao walked up to Shanye Xiazhi and said, “Do you still remember what I said to you?”
“Please, let me go. I don’t want to do this. I’m also being ordered by someone.” Shanye Xiazhi begged in a panic.
“It doesn’t matter. When you forced my father to death, you should have thought that this day would come.” Lin Xiao’s eyes were full of indifference.
“I can exchange all my recipes for my life.” Yamanoshitaji hugged Lin Xiao’s thighs like a defeated dog.
“You want your life?” Lin Xiao asked.
“Yes, sir, I am willing to do anything you ask me to do, as long as it can save my life.” Yamano Xiazhi heard that Lin Xiao actually began to relax.
“Then let my sister judge you.” Lin Xiao dragged Yamano Shimoji like a useless dog and came to Xue No.
“Xue Nao, it was this bastard who almost caused our family to be destroyed. Now his life has been lost to me. It is up to you to decide whether he lives or dies.” Lin Xiao said to Xue Nao.
Xue Noi covered her mouth, tears streaming down her eyes, “Brother, I was really scared just now.”
Xueno walked up to Lin Xiao and hugged him, not even looking at Yamano Shitaji.
Lin Xiao hugged Xue Nai and gently rubbed her hair.
“No matter what, brother is by your side.”
“Brother, I don’t want to see this person. I never want to see him again.” Xue Nai said softly to Lin Xiao.
“Yamano Shimoji, did you hear what my sister said?” Lin Xiao asked.
“I heard it, I heard it, I’ll get out of here right now.” Yamanoshitaji crawled out of the club on his knees.
“I don’t want you to go back to Neon in this life.” Lin Xiao shouted at Shanye Xiazhi.
Lin Xiao looked at Xue No who had fallen asleep in his arms, and slowly walked out of the hall while holding her.
Walking in the long dark hallway, the sound of a pair of leather shoes began to be heard, “click, click.”
Lin Xiao put the sleeping Xue No aside and looked directly at the person walking towards him.
The middle-aged man had silver-black hair and his hands were behind his back, looking at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao saw the man’s face clearly and asked softly, “Nakiri Tsuchiya?”
(PS: Next, the Totsuki Academy chapter begins.)
Chapter 21: Enrollment (Old Version)
A week had passed since the Dark Food Wars. Lin Xiao strolled along the campus streets. This long-lost feeling made him feel a little better.
A girl with lavender double braids was walking on the road, looking a little lost and thinking about something.
What should I do? If I get an E again in this course, I ll be in trouble. I ll definitely be expelled. He thought as he walked forward.
“The hope of the whole village lies in me. No, Tanosho Kei, you must work harder and live up to the expectations of the whole village.” Tanosho Kei encouraged herself while walking forward without seeing the road ahead at all.
With a “bang”, Tanomo Kei bumped into a strong back.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” Tanomo Kei jumped to the side and apologized repeatedly like a frightened rabbit.
You have to know that everyone who attends classes in this school is either rich or noble, and she can’t afford to offend any of them. She can only hope that her apology can be forgiven by that person.
Lin Xiao just felt a light push on his back, and then he heard someone bowing and apologizing behind him, which made Lin Xiao feel embarrassed to lose his temper.
Lin Xiao turned his head and immediately recognized who was in front of him. The idea of ??playing a prank came to his mind.
“Classmate, you didn’t look ahead when walking and bumped into me and hurt me. What do you think I should do?” Lin Xiao pretended to be vicious, as if he was on the verge of exploding at any time.
Tansho Hui panicked. She was usually weak and frail, and had never heard anyone speak to her in such a tone. She immediately cried out in her heart, “Mom, save me.”
As soon as Lin Xiao saw Tian Suo Hui’s expression, he knew that she was frightened, and continued to pretend to be vicious: “Hey, I’m talking to you. Are you pretending to be innocent and trying to deny it?”
“Mom, this guy is so fierce. What should I do? I’m going to be late for class. If I’m late, I’ll get an E grade. Am I going to be expelled like this?” As Tansho Kei thought about it, tears were about to come out. Did she never expect that she would have to go back to her hometown like this?
When Lin Xiao saw tears welling up in Tanaka Hui’s eyes, he immediately felt something was wrong. He really didn’t expect Tanaka Hui to be so timid that she was about to burst into tears after just a few words of threat. Lin Xiao was a man who couldn’t stand seeing girls cry, so he immediately changed his tone.
“Don’t think I can forgive you just because you pretend to be pitiful. I must punish you. I will make you take me to teacher Roland Chapelle’s class.” Lin Xiao loudly announced the punishment for Tansho Kei.
“Mom, save me! Huh?” Tian Suoke Hui was obviously frightened by Lin Xiao’s words. He was actually going to attend Teacher Roland’s class. Why had she never seen him before?
“What? You don’t want to lead the way when I ask you to?” Lin Xiao continued to pretend to be vicious.
“No…no, I’ll take you there right away.” Tansho Kei breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he just asked her to lead the way. She thought something bad was going to happen.
Tanosuke Hui felt grateful that she also had to attend Teacher Roland’s class, otherwise she might have been late.
In an office far away, Erina Nakiri stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Lin Xiao bullying Tanomo Megumi in the distance. She couldn’t help but hold her forehead in distress. She felt deeply that Lin Xiao came to Totsuki with ill intentions.
Ning Ning stood in her office, flipping through a book, and asked casually, “How did this guy Lin Xiao come to Yuanyue?”
“From what I see, Lin Xiao’s apparent strength is more than enough to join Totsuki, but I don’t know how he got in. As far as I know, the enrollment season has passed, right? Erina, did you invite him?” Kuga Teruki said as he sat on the sofa in Erina’s office, crossing his legs.
“I invited him, but he refused. This time he was allowed in with the approval of the commander-in-chief.” Erina said thoughtfully.
“The commander-in-chief approved it? That’s interesting. Didn’t this kid refuse when we invited him in the first place? Why is he suddenly coming to Totsuki now?” Kuga Teruki remembered what he said when he persuaded Lin Xiao in the kitchen that day.
Erina held her forehead and thought slowly, then said, “It was after that Dark Food Wars. A few days later, the commander-in-chief gave me a list of names, and he was on it as a transfer student.”
“No matter what the reason is, at least Lin Xiao is just barely qualified in our eyes now. He still needs to practice for a few more years.” Ning Ning made a blunt comment.
Erina thought about it and nodded, then looked at the two of them, “I said, you two suddenly came to my office, is there something going on?”
Seeing these two people coming to her house for no reason, Erina always felt that something bad was going to happen.
“Regarding this quarter’s research funding application, I strongly request that the Chinese Cuisine Research Association’s funding be cut in half.” Ning Ning stated her request bluntly.
“Huh, what did you say, you four-eyed girl? How did my Chinese Cuisine Research Association offend you? How dare you set your sights on me?” Kuga Teruki got anxious when he heard this. You know, although Erina is only the tenth seat, Totsuki is her family’s property.
It is very likely that if Erina nods, her own funds will be reduced.
“Bald, your Chinese Cuisine Research Association is so big, but I haven’t seen you come up with any new dishes. You’re just wasting money every time.” Ningning closed her book and faced Kuga Teruki. She hated it most when people called her a four-eyed girl.
“Who are you talking about, bald guy? Don’t think I’m afraid of you just because you’re the sixth seat.” Kuga Teruki said angrily.
Ever since I lost the bet last time, Ningning has given me another nickname, Bald Head .
“Anyone without hair here is bald.” Ningning immediately counterattacked.
Erina helplessly watched the two people in front of her quarreling. She didn’t know why, but every time she met these two people, they would always quarrel, and the reasons for the quarrel were always so unacceptable.
“You guys discuss it first, and then tell me the result. I have to go to class, so I’m leaving first.” Erina didn’t want to waste time watching them quarreling, so she decisively gave them the choice and immediately left under the pretext of attending class.
Seeing that Erina was about to leave and had no intention of trying to keep her, the two men continued arguing, wishing they could just have a fight.
Chapter 22: Tadokoro Megumi’s Bad Day (Old Version)
Lin Xiao followed Tansho Kei to the classroom at a leisurely pace.
By the time they walked into the classroom, Roland Chapelle had already finished teaching the basic courses and arranged the requirements for today.
Roland Chapelle looked at the two people who came in with an annoyed look on his face. He hated it most when someone was late for his class. “Two latecomers, if the dishes you make today don’t meet the A-level evaluation, they will be directly rated as E-level.”
Tansho Kei was crying in her heart, who would save the baby? It was all the fault of the guy behind. He could have caught up by running, but he said he wanted to see the scenery, and thus he was late as well.
Lin Xiao accepted everyone’s attention, and even though he was so thick-skinned, he felt a little embarrassed.
At this time, the system popped up.
“Master, if you can get the hairpin on Tansho Kei’s head, you can come to me to exchange things.” The system began to deceive Lin Xiao and started doing bad things again.
The corners of Lin Xiao’s mouth twitched slightly, and he looked constipated.
The other students didn’t know Lin Xiao at all. Looking at his constipated expression, they all thought that Lin Xiao was frightened by Roland Chapelle. Moreover, the person following him was the last in the class and was almost certain to be expelled this semester. Expecting them to make an A-level dish was like expecting Erina to propose to you one day.
Everyone began to gloat over her misfortune, saying, “It’s really bad luck for the last-place student. I guess she can pack up and go home after this class.”
“Don’t say that. What if he really gets an A-level evaluation?”
“You want to get an A-level evaluation under Mr. Shaper? Do you think you are one of the top ten?”
Chapel frowned. He hated the students’ chaotic behavior. “Each group will be given half an hour off. If you don’t start, you can come to me now to get an E grade evaluation.”
The others immediately became quiet. They no longer dared to talk nonsense and just watch the fun. If they continued like this, they would not pass the test themselves, and would be embarrassed to be with others.
Megumi Tadokoro was about to give up struggling. She felt that this was the darkest day in the past few years. She was forced to be late today and was even asked by Teacher Shaper to prepare an A-level dish. This was basically a declaration that she could pack up and leave.
Lin Xiao stared at the two words written on the blackboard, “Sauce”, and understood that the core of this assessment was the sauce.
The cooking assessment can be done by two people working together. When Lin Xiao saw that Tansho Kei was helpless, he felt that he was quite sorry for her. After all, she was late because of him.
“Hey, do you want to team up with me?” Lin Xiao invited Tanosuke Hui.
Obviously, Tansho Kei didn’t expect that someone would be willing to team up with her to cook. You know, she is the last one in the class and basically no one would be willing to team up with her.
“Is it okay? I’m afraid I can’t do it well.” Tansho Hui wanted to refuse weakly, fearing that she would drag down Lin Xiao.
“It’s okay, don’t worry, I’m here.” Lin Xiao didn’t say much nonsense, and thought carefully about what kind of dish he should make with a prominent sauce.
Finally, after thinking about it, it seems that only the Old Beijing Noodles with Soy Sauce that I often eat can better highlight the flavor of the sauce.
After all, if the sauce of a bowl of noodles with soybean paste is not good, then the noodles will taste terrible.
The width, thickness and thinness of the noodles will also greatly affect the taste.
Lin Xiao thought secretly, it seems that if he wants to get an A-level evaluation, both the noodles and the sauce must be top-notch, and the noodles cannot be chosen ready-made, he must knead them himself.
Lin Xiao wrote down the sauce recipe on a piece of paper and handed it to Tanaka Hui: “Well, please do me a favor and help me find these ingredients and then simply process them.”
These are the raw materials for the sauce. In fact, half an hour is more than enough to make a bowl of noodles with soybean paste.
Tian Suoke Hui didn’t expect Lin Xiao to trust her so much, and she was immediately deeply moved. You know, usually others disliked her and thought she would be a drag.
Tanaka Megumi patted her face and immediately encouraged herself, Tanaka Megumi, you can do it. Even if you can’t get an A-level evaluation, you have to make a dish that will impress people.
“Okay.” Tanomo Kei took the list and started looking for raw materials.
Lin Xiao went to get some flour and started kneading the dough.
Time passed very quickly, and there was not much time left for them, so many people had to speed up their hands.
Tian Suoke Hui returned to Lin Xiao with the materials she had chosen, and found that Lin Xiao was still kneading the dough slowly, and she suddenly felt anxious.
But Lin Xiao only asked her to clean the ingredients and let him take care of the rest.
As she watched people around her finish their dishes one after another, Tadokoro Megumi felt more and more stressed.
“Is this steak with foie gras?” Chaper looked at the dish in front of him.
“Yes, teacher, I made this foie gras sauce carefully.” The student answered immediately.
Chapelle picked up his knife and fork, cut off a small piece of steak, dipped it in a little foie gras and ate it slowly.
He nodded as he ate, “The foie gras tastes pretty good.”
The students were overjoyed after hearing this, thinking that this time they might have a chance to get an evaluation above B.
“But your dish is really terrible.”
“As a main dish in French cuisine, the flavor of the beef is completely covered by your foie gras sauce, which does not highlight the flavor of the beef at all. This is a huge mistake. This kind of work that steals the show deserves an E.”
Chaper’s comment was like a gunshot, which instantly turned the student pale. The foie gras steak he had carefully prepared was criticized as worthless.
The other students were suddenly nervous. The teacher’s requirements were so strict. It was not enough for the sauce to be delicious. The sauce must be able to bring out the flavor of the raw materials.
Some smart students quickly began to make adjustments to avoid the sauce being too thick and causing the same mistake as the student above.
Lin Xiao finally finished kneading the dough, but the other students had already started the finishing work, so he didn’t have much time left.
Tanomo Kei was about to faint. Most of the classmates had already finished cooking, but they had just started, and there were only ten minutes left. How could they make it in time?
Lin Xiao glanced at his watch and estimated that it was almost enough.
He pulled out the Ice Soul Sword from the leather sheath at his waist, and a blue light flashed, immediately attracting everyone’s attention.
Looking at Lin Xiao’s leisurely attitude, Shaper immediately became curious about this student who had just joined the academy. With only ten minutes left, what kind of dish could he make?
Chapter 23 The Smiling Teacher (Old Version)
Lin Xiao’s sword flashed suddenly, and a blue light began to flash. The effect of the Ice Soul Sword began to take effect, and the ingredients began to shimmer.
Everyone’s faces suddenly changed. They didn’t expect that this leisurely fellow in front of them had such great knife skills and could process the materials so quickly.
The fire rose up like a fire dragon rising into the sky. The flames blocked everyone’s vision. Many people observed a moment of silence. With such a big fire, the materials inside must have been burnt.
Lin Xiao was as weak as a mountain, but he kept shaking the pot in the raging fire, and an enticing aroma immediately filled the air.
Since it was the last few minutes, everyone had already finished the dishes they were working on, and Chapelle’s food tasting was also coming to an end. Only Lin Xiao’s group had not finished yet.
Lin Xiao controlled the high fire while stir-frying the prepared fried sauce.
At the same time, he turned on another stove and boiled hot water.
The classmates were so surprised that they were speechless. Where did this guy come from? He had such strong knife skills and fire control skills. Why had they never seen him before?
The hot water was boiling, and Lin Xiao put the kneaded noodles into the pot, and the noodles rolled in the water.
Seeing the perfect timing, Lin Xiao quickly took out the noodles, poured the sauce he had just prepared, and added some side dishes. A simple noodle dish was ready.
Everyone was immediately disappointed. They thought this guy was making some fancy dish, but it turned out to be just an ordinary dish of noodles with soybean paste. It made people not even want to watch it anymore.
Only Chaper noticed how smooth Lin Xiao’s series of operations were just now. There was no drag at all. This is the most critical part of cooking noodles. If the noodles are cooked for too long, it will affect the taste of the noodles. If the sauce is made first, the sauce will definitely not taste good when it gets cold.
A small dish of noodles with soybean paste can show Lin Xiao’s mastery of cooking, but that is only one aspect. The most important thing is whether it tastes good or not.
Tansho Hui looked at Lin Xiao as if he were a monster. This man was simply a superman sent by God to save her. This is what she thought at this time.
How could she remember that she was blaming Lin Xiao at the beginning.
Lin Xiao brought the bowl of noodles with soybean paste to Chaper and said, “Old Beijing noodles with soybean paste.”
Chapelle glanced at Lin Xiao, took the noodles and said, “If you can’t reach the A level, you’ll still be rated E.”
He didn’t forget what he just said.
Everyone looked at Lin Xiao with pity. The highest rating at the moment was only B grade, and A grade was almost the level of the top ten. They didn’t think that Lin Xiao’s bowl of noodles with soybean paste could get an A grade. After all, so many high-end dishes were only rated B grade.
Chaper took a bite of noodles, and immediately, a fresh and sweet fragrance began to fill his mouth. He nodded slightly. He had to say that Lin Xiao’s sauce was already very well prepared, but it was a pity for the noodles.
Just when Chaper was feeling sorry for Lin Xiao’s noodles, a smooth and chewy texture burst out in his mouth.
Shaper, who had been serious, suddenly laughed.
The students looked at Mr. Schappel in surprise. Was this still the Mr. Schappel they knew who was extremely strict with students? Because no one had ever seen Mr. Schappel smile.
Chaper felt like he was entangled by a noodle monster and was being whipped madly by it. The chewy texture began to explode with every bite. This noodle was simply incomparable.
Finally, Chaper finished the bowl of noodles with soybean paste.
The students looked on in amazement. They saw a Teacher Schappel they had never seen before, a Teacher Schappel who could laugh.
Schapper cleared his throat, realizing he had lost control.
“Congratulations, this bowl of noodles with soybean paste is A-grade.”
Lin Xiao smiled slightly, pulled Tian Suo Hui who was standing beside him to his side, pointed at her and said: “Don’t congratulate me, congratulate us. Without his help, I can’t achieve this level alone.”
Shaper looked at Tanaka Megumi thoughtfully. He knew very well what Tanaka Megumi had done, but since people insisted that it was a group, there was no need for Shaper to worry about it. The trash students would be eliminated in the end. He could save them once, but not a second time.
“Congratulations, you have passed this assessment.”
When Tansho Hui was pulled over by Lin Xiao, her face turned as red as a monkey’s butt. She knew that she had only gone to pick some ingredients, and everything else was done by Lin Xiao.
“This guy is a good man, and he smells so nice.” Tanaka Hui stuck close to Lin Xiao, and her whole body began to drift.
At this time, Tian Suoke Hui had no idea that Lin Xiao was so mean to her at the beginning, which scared her so much that she almost went to find her mother.
“Ms. Tanaka Hui, the test is over. Congratulations on passing it.” Lin Xiao said to Tanaka Hui who was really wandering in the sky.
When Tian Suohui’s soul came back, she saw Lin Xiao so close to her and her face turned red with shame.
“Well, I don’t know your name yet?” asked Tanomo Kei embarrassedly.
“My name is Lin Xiao.”
“Why haven’t I seen you in school before?”
“I’m a transfer student. I just arrived today.”
“Transfer student, could it be that you are the one who gave a speech at the opening ceremony a few days ago?”
Of course Lin Xiao knew who Tanosuke Hui was talking about, and quickly shook his head.
“I’m not the one giving the speech. Can I go and see the school dormitories?”
“Okay, I’ll take you there.” Tansho Kei suddenly woke up and felt that she seemed to have lost her composure.
Erina received a report from Hisako about the results of Lin Xiao’s first class, which made Erina a little interested. Lin Xiao actually passed Mr. Chaper’s assessment with an A grade, which was a rare thing for a transfer student.
Of course, getting an A grade does not mean that you have the ability to be one of the top ten students. It only means that surviving in this school will not be a big problem.
Of course, Lin Xiao did not forget the task assigned to him by the system. According to the information he had, Tanaka Hui lived in Qixing Dormitory, so the reason why he went to the dormitory to see Lin Xiao was that he wanted to spend more time with Tanaka Hui and improve Tanaka Hui’s favorability.
How could he know that at this time, Tian Suoke Hui’s mind had already started to wander, and various ideas about Lin Xiao bombarded her mind one after another.
Suddenly, Tansho Kei remembered that she seemed to have not introduced herself yet, but why did this person know that her name was Tansho Kei.
“Um, my name is Tadokoro Kei. I’m sorry that I haven’t introduced myself to you in such a long time.” Tadokoro Kei apologized quickly.
Lin Xiao nodded and said, “I know. I saw your name and photo on the school’s ranking list.”
Tansho Kei’s face turned red again because she was among the last few and therefore stood out.
Chapter 24 I’m Coming to Marry You (Old Version)
Lin Xiao followed Tadokoro Megumi and flirted with her when someone came towards him. Lin Xiao looked closely and saw that it was Erina.
Erina obviously recognized Lin Xiao sitting opposite her, but she didn’t want to say hello to Lin Xiao at all because she was not familiar with him. Besides, that night when she was at his house, he actually poured water on her and touched her randomly. She got angry just thinking about it. If it weren’t for Yukino, Erina would never have given Lin Xiao a good look.
However, Erina couldn’t find the reason why Lin Xiao came to Totsuki, so she was very confused.
Lin Xiao is not a person who hesitates. As soon as he saw Erina, he went up to greet her: “Erina, long time no see.”
Erina thought silently in her heart, who hasn t seen you for a long time? Are you familiar with me?
Out of politeness, Erina still replied: “Long time no see.”
When Lin Xiao gets shameless, his face is thicker than a city wall.
He immediately raised his head and said, “We are discussing going to the Polar Star Dormitory to take a look. Do you want to come with us?”
When Tanomo Kei saw that it was Erina Chikiri, she was immediately shocked. Lin Xiao actually knew Erina, and the two seemed to have a pretty good relationship.
“Hello, Miss Chikiri.” Tadokoro Megumi greeted.
Erina nodded. She was not very familiar with Tadokoro Megumi.
“You didn’t come when I invited you to Totsuki last time. Why did you think of coming in this time?” Erina asked.
“Isn’t this all for the purpose of marrying you?” Lin Xiao said something shocking.
“You…what nonsense are you talking about.” Erina was obviously frightened by Lin Xiao’s words. How could it be related to her?
“I’m telling the truth.” Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly.
“These two things have nothing to do with each other, okay?” Erina was a little exasperated. When had she ever been made a joke of like this before?
“Who said it doesn’t matter? Why would I come to Yuanyue if I didn’t want to marry you?” Lin Xiao said with a smile.
“You mean grandpa agreed?” Erina immediately thought that it was her grandfather who let Lin Xiao in.
“Of course not, otherwise why do you think I am here?” Lin Xiao said shamelessly.
Erina looked at Lin Xiao in horror. What on earth was going on? How did she suddenly become Lin Xiao’s fianc e? No, I have to call grandpa to confirm it.
This is actually what happened.
Let’s go back to the day when the Dark Food Wars ended.
“Chiqieji?”
“Good, good, you actually defeated the chess piece I trained.” Zhiqieji looked at Lin Xiao and said.
Lin Xiao was shocked. He didn’t expect that the mastermind behind this was actually him, Erina Kijiri’s father.
“Are you interested in joining my organization? At your age, your future is limitless.” Zhiqie Ji invited Lin Xiao and didn’t care about Yamane Xiazhi’s defeat at all.
Lin Xiao’s half body was hidden in the darkness, thinking quietly about something, and then he said, “It’s not impossible for me to join. Marry Erina Chikiri to me, and I will agree to your request.”
“Young man, your request is quite high. I have no right to decide Erina’s marriage, but I can give you a condition. If you can do it, I will marry Erina to you.” Chikiri Ji’s expression did not change at all, as if he was not talking about his own daughter.
“Oh? What conditions?” Lin Xiao looked directly at Zhi Qie Ji, feeling a little nervous.
“I want you to become the first among the Ten Greatest Totsuki, and then compete with Erina in a food battle and defeat her.” Chikiri Ji said with a serious expression.
Lin Xiao appeared calm on the surface, but he had a series of question marks on his face in his heart. Is this guy really his biological father? He actually asked him to fight Erina Shokugeki and defeat her. Is he really his biological daughter?
“Why should I compete with Erina in food battle?” Lin Xiao still asked the question in his mind.
“I am Erina’s biological father, and I know her very well. If you don’t defeat her in terms of hard power, she will not recognize you. Besides, if you can’t even defeat my daughter, how can I think you are worthy of my daughter?” Chikiri Ji expressed his opinion.
“That’s interesting. Okay, I promise you. I will take the first seat in the Totsuki Ten, and then compete with Erina in the food battle. I hope that after I win, you can keep your promise and marry Erina to me.” Lin Xiao said calmly, as if he was talking about something that would definitely happen.
“Then according to the agreement, Lin Xiao, you will be the most powerful weapon in my hand at that time.” Zhiqie Ji said with a smile.
“Please arrange for me to enroll in school. I’ll wait for your news at home.” After saying that, Lin Xiao picked up Xue Nai and walked out of the hall.
“What an interesting boy.” Zhiqie Ji said lightly.
For him, arranging for someone to enroll in school was not a big deal at all. Moreover, this might not happen in the future, so it was the best thing to observe Lin Xiao as a promise.
After all, the conditions he set were to take the first place in the top ten and to defeat Erina. If either of these two conditions was not met, then Lin Xiao would not be able to marry Erina.
If Lin Xiao died in Yuanyuezhejian, then these things can be treated as if they never happened. Simply put, Zhiqie Ji gave Lin Xiao a blank check. If Lin Xiao can do it, then this check can be cashed. If Lin Xiao cannot do it, then this check can never be cashed.
Of course, Zhiqieji didn’t know that Lin Xiao had the help of the system. If he knew, he would definitely not make such a condition.
“Brother, do you like Sister Erina?” Xueno whispered in Lin Xiao’s ear.
Just when Lin Xiao put Xue Noi aside, Xue Noi woke up.
“How could that be? I just want to go to Totsuki Academy to have some fun. You are the only one in my heart.” Lin Xiao said gently to Xue No.
“Brother, Erina is a very good woman. If you can marry her, Yukino won’t mind. All you need to do is stay with you.” Yukino snuggled in Lin Xiao’s arms and said softly.
“Xue No, don’t worry, brother will always be with you.” Lin Xiao said to Xue No silently.
Let’s bring the timeline back to the present.
After Erina hung up the phone, she angrily yelled at Lin Xiao: “Lin Xiao, you actually dared to lie to me.”
“Hey, hey, hey, you don’t really believe it, do you? Do you still have a little hope in your heart?” Lin Xiao laughed and started to run away. Erina didn’t care about her ladylike demeanor at all and chased Lin Xiao to fight.
Chapter 25 Isshiki Hui (Old Version)
Tansho Kei looked at Erina who was playing and was a little confused. Could it be that Lin Xiao knew Miss Erina before?
In the end, Lin Xiao begged for mercy repeatedly, and only then did Erina let him go.
But when she stopped, Erina realized that she had actually done something so rude.
“Hmph, I’ll forgive you this time. If you talk nonsense again next time, I’ll beat you to death.” Erina shouted at Lin Xiao with a red face.
“Calm down now. Do you want to go to Qixing Dormitory together? I heard that another transfer student is also there.” Lin Xiao invited Erina.
Erina was stunned, as if she had denied the other transfer student the right to cook, and it was her grandfather who let him in in the end.
“Why go to a place like that where ordinary people stay? I’d rather spend my time researching new dishes.” Erina refused decisively.
Lin Xiao walked to Erina naturally, put his arm around her, and whispered in her ear.
Megumi Tadokoro watched from the side and wondered how the two of them could be so close to each other.
Erina didn’t react either, and listened attentively to what Lin Xiao whispered to her.
“Are you serious?” Erina was obviously a little bit unconvinced by what Lin Xiao had just said to her.
“Of course it’s true, otherwise what do you think I would do?” Lin Xiao said with a confident look as if to say, “You have to believe me.”
Erina glanced at Lin Xiao, feeling that this guy was plotting something. However, out of curiosity about what he was talking about, she finally replied, “Since you are so sincere, I will go with you to take a look.”
At this time, Erina obviously didn’t realize that Lin Xiao was very close to her, and their faces were almost touching.
“Hey, hey, hey, why are you so close to me?” Erina pushed Lin Xiao away, only then realizing that Lin Xiao was too close to her. In the past, whenever a strange man approached her, she would basically subconsciously dodge, but for some reason she didn’t have that feeling towards Lin Xiao.
“Huh, isn’t this just to tell you secretly?” Lin Xiao said with a laugh.
“Hmph, I’ll go talk to that girl myself.” After saying that, Erina avoided Lin Xiao and walked towards Tanomo Megumi.
When Tanomo Kei saw Erina walking towards her, she suddenly became very nervous.
“Can you take us to Qixing Dormitory?” Erina’s tone was a little stiff. She had never spoken to anyone like this before.
“Okay… okay.” Tanomo Megumi became even more nervous. This was Miss Divine Tongue, and she actually wanted to go to Qixingling.
Lin Xiao looked at the nervous look on Tanosuke Hui’s face, and quickly got between the two of them and said, “Let’s go, let’s go. If we get there late, there will be nothing to eat.”
Suddenly, the two people who were originally chatting and laughing turned into an awkward threesome.
In order to avoid an awkward atmosphere, Lin Xiao tried hard to liven up the atmosphere, chatting with Tadokoro Megumi while speaking to Erina.
But Erina’s cold aura is irresistible and she is the topic terminator.
The three of them traveled over the mountains and finally arrived at the gate of Qixingliao. It must be said that this dormitory was built quite remotely.
“Welcome back.” Yoshino Yuuki happily opened the door to welcome back Tadokoro Megumi.
Suddenly I saw two unfamiliar people standing next to Tanomo Kei, and one of them looked so familiar.
“Miss Chikiri!!!” Yoshino Yuuki’s shout startled everyone in the dormitory.
“Yoshino, are you too eager to meet Miss Chikiri? There’s no way Miss Chikiri would come to our place.” Sakaki Ryoko came from behind and looked outside the door.
“Miss Chikiri!!!” Sakaki Ryoko screamed and her tonsils could be seen trembling.
“Long time no see, Erina.” Isshiki Hui smiled and squinted his eyes as he opened the other half of the door.
Tanosuke Kei smiled awkwardly and led the two people behind her in.
“This is Qixingliao. It looks so big.” Lin Xiao said as he looked around.
“Hello.” Erina greeted them calmly, but she was already complaining in her heart: Why on earth did I come to this place? Why do I feel like I’ve been cheated?
Everyone welcomed the two of them in very cautiously. Although they didn’t know who Lin Xiao was, anyone who could stand next to Erina must be no ordinary person.
“Um, I don’t know this classmate’s name yet?” Isshiki Hui was relatively calm. To him, Erina was just a junior schoolmate.
“As for me, my name is Lin Xiao, and I came to Totsuki to marry Erina.” Lin Xiao said frankly.
“Lin Xiao, you bastard, you actually ruined my reputation again.” Erina clenched her hands into fists, and the rise and fall of her chest was very obvious.
“What? I just told you my goal. Why are you so excited?” Lin Xiao said quickly when he saw Erina was on the verge of going berserk.
“Why would someone like you target me? And with your third-rate cooking skills, why do you want me to marry you?” Erina was obviously not convinced by Lin Xiao. In her eyes, Lin Xiao’s level was just that, at least he was not her opponent.
Isshiki Hui knew that the two would never stop arguing, so he quickly asked, “What kind of cuisine is Lin Xiao good at?”
“Chinese cuisine.” Lin Xiao boasted about his expertise. After all, he was still Chinese at heart. Moreover, the five thousand years of accumulation of Chinese cuisine was something that other countries could not easily surpass.
“Then you should be able to get along well with Jiuga.” Isshiki Hui thought for a while and remembered that among the top ten, Jiuga seemed to be the one who was better at Chinese cuisine.
“Of course not. I have a very good relationship with Kuga Teruki. He lost a bet to me in our store that day, and he even shaved his head. You see, I still have a photo of him with a bald head in my phone.” As he said that, Lin Xiao took out his phone from his pocket and sent the photo of Kuga Teruki with a bald head to the people in Qixingliao.
“This is really Kuga-senpai, and it seems that the person who cut his hair is Kinokununi Ningning.” Sakaki Ryoko almost laughed out loud when looking at the photo, because Kuga Teruki’s expression was so funny.
Erina really felt a little embarrassed that Lin Xiao actually carried this kind of thing with him. She guessed that now the bald photo of Hisagi Teruki would be circulated in the academy.
Everyone was immediately amused by Kuga Teruki’s photo, and the sense of restraint brought by Erina was suddenly diluted a lot by Lin Xiao’s photo.
Lin Xiao winked at Erina, but Erina ignored him.
Isshiki Hui smiled slightly and said, “Let’s have a party tonight.”
“agree!”
There were stars in everyone’s eyes, and they all looked at Erina.
“Okay.” Erina agreed reluctantly.
Chapter 26 Your Apron (Old Version)
“Master, you haven’t given me Xiaohui’s hairpin yet.” The system obviously couldn’t stay any longer. She knew that Lin Xiao had many chances to take action, but he had been holding back.
Lin Xiao thought to himself, I finally forced you out: “There are so many people here, how can I do it?” Lin Xiao said to the system in his heart.
“Master, what are you afraid of as a pervert? I believe you can do it. However, I can also accept it if you can get Isshiki Hui’s nude apron.” The system looked around and finally stared at Isshiki Hui.
Lin Xiao thought to himself: “Sure enough, my system is perverted. It is actually interested in Isshiki Hui’s nude apron.”
“Hehe, this is not easy. What can you give me?” Lin Xiao began to ask for benefits. Just kidding, he should discuss what kind of treasure he wants first. This is Lin Xiao’s principle.
“How about you take your pick of B-level recipes?” The system quoted its own price.
“This Erina’s shirt has already been changed. I want to improve my culinary talent.” Lin Xiao said bluntly.
“Master, this is already an A-level item.” The system was a little reluctant.
“Then I have no choice. After all, it is someone else’s personal property. It is not so easy to get it.” Lin Xiao started to play tricks.
“Okay, okay, as long as you get Xiaohui’s hairpin and Isshiki Hui’s nude apron, I will give you props to increase your cooking talent.” The system was reluctant, but the things it wanted were right in front of it, so it was unwilling to give up.
“Deal, wait for my good news.” Lin Xiao said with a smile in his heart.
Erina was tricked by Lin Xiao into going to Polaris Dormitory. She was unfamiliar with the people in front of her, so she could only lean on Lin Xiao to seek a sense of security. However, as soon as she saw Lin Xiao’s upturned expression, she knew that Lin Xiao’s evil intentions were beginning to overflow.
I don t know who is going to be unlucky here.
“Why is it my room again? Can’t you go to someone else’s room for your party?” Marui Zenji wailed. He was hiding in the room reading a book when he saw the partying crowd coming to his room again.
“Who made your room the biggest?” Yoshino Yuki said bluntly.
“Get out, you guys get out.” Marui Zenji accused with tears in his eyes, and suddenly he saw a person in the crowd.
“Miss Chikiri!!!” Marui Zenji’s tonsils were deforming wildly.
“Welcome, young lady, to my humble home.” Marui Zenji’s attitude changed drastically immediately.
“Hehe.” Yoshino Yuki gave Marui Zenji these two words without any hesitation.
“Are you all ready?” Yoshino Yuki said as she placed the food she had prepared in front of everyone.
Everyone else nodded excitedly, and cups of red drinks were distributed to everyone.
“This is a drink I made using various fruits. You can try it. If you find any shortcomings, please tell me and I will improve it.” Yoshino Yuuki stared at Erina, hoping that Erina would give her some advice.
Under the gaze of Yoshino Yuuki, Erina slowly took a sip.
Everyone began to hold their breath and watch Erina’s reaction. You have to know that Erina has the tongue of God, and her evaluation is the most reliable improvement plan for a chef.
“It’s too sweet, the ingredients are too mixed, the proportions are not right, and there’s no sense of layering…” Everyone’s eyes began to shine as they watched Erina talk endlessly about the shortcomings of this drink.
Only Lin Xiao and Isshiki Hui sat calmly beside them, squinting at their drinks and looking at each other.
Lin Xiao could feel Isshiki Hui’s wariness towards him. After all, when he took out the bald photo of Kuga Teruki, Isshiki Hui’s eyes had already started to show something strange. It was obvious that he had noticed Lin Xiao.
“Miss Erina, please try my dish.” Marui Zenji quickly brought the dish he had just developed to Erina.
Erina had never experienced such a scene before. She was even a little confused. She had already reviewed the drink and found it completely useless, so why were these guys getting more and more excited?
Lin Xiao came out at the right time to help Erina out: “Don’t worry, Erina can’t run away here. Besides, don’t you think it would be better if we play a little game?”
“Huh? Game, what game?” Sakaki Ryoko asked confusedly.
“Why don’t we all cook a dish now and let Erina taste it. The one with the best evaluation can get a kiss from Erina, how about that?” Lin Xiao made a bold suggestion.
“Lin Xiao, you want to die.” Erina just thought that Lin Xiao was so great and came to help her out, but she didn’t expect that he would sell her out.
Lin Xiao quickly leaned over to Erina’s ear and said to her: “Don’t worry, I told you that there is that thing here, and it is definitely here. When the time comes, you can do whatever you want…”
Erina nodded as she listened, feeling that what Lin Xiao said made sense.
“Look, Erina agreed.” Lin Xiao pushed Erina in front of everyone.
Everyone’s eyes were shining on Erina. You know, only the chefs of high-end restaurants have the opportunity to invite Erina to eat and then make comments.
Now that they have such an opportunity, their favorability towards Lin Xiao is rising rapidly.
Isshiki Hui looked at Lin Xiao thoughtfully. He was wondering what benefits Lin Xiao had promised Erina that could make Erina agree to this request.
Everyone surrounded Erina and walked towards the kitchen of Polar Star Dormitory.
Isse Hui deliberately slowed down a step and walked shoulder to shoulder with Lin Xiao.
“I wonder what is so attractive about this place that attracts Erina?” Isshiki Hui said casually.
“Haha, who knows?” Lin Xiao deliberately ignored the question.
“Hmm? It looks like you know a lot.”
“Really? Isshiki Kei-senpai.”
“I hope you won’t hurt anyone.”
“How could that be? I’m not that kind of person. Instead, I’m quite interested in you, senior.” Lin Xiao looked at Isise Hui thoughtfully.
“Lin Xiao, you are a really interesting person.” Isse Hui walked over with a smile.
“Senior, why don’t we make a bet? What I do is good for everyone.” Lin Xiao quickly followed.
“Hmm? What do you want to bet on?”
“Your nude apron.”

(Sorry, there are only two chapters today. I will make up for it in the next few days if I come back late. There will still be four chapters tomorrow. The author is struggling here to beg for flowers. You may as well guess what Lin Xiao is using to seduce Erina.)
Chapter 27 Fresh (Old Version)
“Lin Xiao, I remember this is the first time we met, why do you know that I have a nude apron?” Isshiki Hui narrowed his eyes into a dangerous arc and looked at Lin Xiao.
“Of course someone else told me that.” Lin Xiao stared at Isse Hui, the smell of gunpowder between the two filled the air.
Lin Xiao smiled slightly, walked to Isshiki Hui, patted Isshiki Hui on the shoulder, and said with a smile: “Senior, don’t be so nervous.”
Of course Lin Xiao knew where Isse Hui’s bottom line was.
“Why haven’t you come over yet? We are all ready.” Yoshino Yuuki ran out of the kitchen and saw Lin Xiao and Isshiki Hui chatting outside.
“Come in right away.” Lin Xiao replied.
“I hope you can do what you say.” Isse Hui glanced at Lin Xiao and walked in first.
Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly. Isse Hui’s defensive awareness was too strong. He knew too much and the problems that were exposed were captured by him very keenly.
However, this does not affect Lin Xiao’s plan. In Lin Xiao’s eyes, Polaris Dormitory is not that important. Although Soma Yukihira also lives in Polaris Dormitory, plus Isshiki Hui, the two most powerful people in Polaris Dormitory, Lin Xiao does not think that these two people can prevent him from getting the first seat among the top ten.
However, before that, you still need to exchange more cards with the system so that there will be room for subsequent maneuvering.
He didn’t dare to underestimate the strength of these people. You have to know that Yamano Shimoji, who was not among the top ten, had already forced him to use all his tricks. If he faced those people and his trump cards were not enough, he would probably be taught a lesson in a minute.
Moreover, he had lost his own Yellow Crane Tower, and now even his livelihood had become a problem. Lin Xiao estimated in his heart that he would have to find a part-time job to supplement the household expenses for himself and his sister.
While thinking, Lin Xiao walked into the kitchen. It must be said that everyone’s enthusiasm was very high. After all, it was the first time that Erina came to help them taste the food. Any suggestions made by Erina would definitely be helpful to their cooking improvement.
Looking at everyone busy making their own dishes, Isshiki Hui faced Lin Xiao again.
“Lin Xiao, why don’t you cook a dish for Erina to try?” asked Isshiki Hui.
“It seems that Senior Isshiki Hui wants to have a gambling fight?” Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly. The meaning of Isshiki Hui’s words was very clear.
Erina looked at the strong tension between the two people and was a little confused about the situation. Didn’t these two just meet? Why did they act like they had some grudge against each other?
“It’s been a long time since I last cooked, and I really want to try it.” Isshiki Hui said with narrowed eyes.
“That’s fine, but I have a condition.” Lin Xiao said.
“What conditions?” Isse Hui knew that Lin Xiao would not let go of this opportunity.
“No matter who wins or loses.” Lin Xiao walked to Isshiki Hui and said softly, “Erina and I both want to see that.”
Issehui’s pupils shrank slightly. Lin Xiao really knew a lot of things.
“If you can be approved by me, it’s okay to show you.” Isshiki Hui said, “But the things are not with me. I need to get other people’s consent. I can take you there.”
The others were confused as to what could have made Isshiki Hui look so serious.
When Erina heard this, her heart was filled with waves. She didn’t expect that Lin Xiao really didn’t lie to her and that thing really existed in Polar Star Dormitory.
Suddenly, Erina became even more interested in the Polaris Dormitory.
“Okay, then let Erina be the referee.” Lin Xiao agreed immediately. He also got this information from someone else.
“Then come on, how about using ‘Fresh’ as ??the title for this competition,” Isshiki Hui suggested.
Lin Xiao shrugged indifferently, “Okay, come on.”
Everyone looked at the two guys who were eager to fight. They didn’t expect that Isshiki Hui would actually fight with Lin Xiao. If they knew that Isshiki Hui was the seventh of the top ten, he would never fight easily. Although everyone knew that Isshiki Hui was very powerful, no one had an idea of ??how powerful he was.
For a moment, everyone stopped what they were cooking and made room for Lin Xiao and Isshiki Hui.
“Then let’s get started.” Isshiki Hui changed her clothes instantly and put on a nude apron.
Erina’s face flushed as she looked at him. This seventh seat was so unrestrained that it really scared Erina.
The others seemed to be used to it, because Isshiki Hui would always put on a nude apron when cooking.
Lin Xiao was calm. He stood beside the cooking table, put on an apron and began to think about what dish he could cook to compete with Isshiki Hui.
As a man who has watched Food Wars no less than ten times, Lin Xiao knows Isshiki Hui in front of him very well. He is a man who can be in the top five if he is serious, but he doesn’t know whether he is serious this time or not.
Isshiki Hui is good at Japanese cuisine, and the dish that best highlights the word “umami” in Japanese cuisine is probably fish dishes.
Isse Hui’s actions did not surprise Lin Xiao. Soon, Isse Hui was tossing a fish on the chopping board.
With Lin Xiao’s current level of skill, if he were to compete with Isshiki Hui in fish dishes, the only dish he could come up with would be a dish of pickled yellow croaker. Unfortunately, there was no yellow croaker in the kitchen, but there were quite a few pickled vegetables.
This would destroy Lin Xiao’s strongest trump card.
Lin Xiao couldn’t help but frown slightly. It turned out that his culinary talent was not strong enough. If it was good enough, he wouldn’t have to be embarrassed at this time.
As a Chinese, I still have confidence in Chinese cuisine. As winter turns to spring and spring arrives, what cuisine can compete with the deliciousness of fish?
Suddenly, Lin Xiao had a flash of inspiration and remembered an experience he had in a farm house in his previous life. His eyes searched around the kitchen.
Although it was just the most rudimentary dormitory in Totsuki, it had to be said that the ingredients for cooking were well stocked.
Finally, Lin Xiao found the material he wanted in a corner – winter bamboo shoots, this wonder known as gold-covered white jade.
Once Isshiki Hui starts cooking, he appears to be very focused, which is completely different from his usual lazy appearance. It can be seen that he is very serious about cooking.
Erina looked at Lin Xiao nervously. After all, Lin Xiao really didn’t lie to her this time. Isshiki Hui admitted in person that there really was such a thing here, which made her favorability towards Lin Xiao soar. In her heart, she even hoped that Lin Xiao could win. And speaking of the theme of “freshness”, she knew that Lin Xiao had a very delicious dish of pickled yellow croaker, but she was a little anxious when she saw that there was no yellow croaker in the kitchen.
Looking at Lin Xiao’s leisurely demeanor, a question suddenly popped up in his mind: Could it be that this guy has some hidden tricks up his sleeve?
(It s too late, it s too late, here s the first update, there will be more later, please give me flowers and votes)
Chapter 28 Isshiki Satoshi’s Knife Skills (Old Version)
Lin Xiao ignored everyone’s gazes, walked calmly to the corner, and picked up a winter bamboo shoot leaning against the corner.
“He actually wants to use bamboo shoots and senior Isshiki to challenge the topic of ‘freshness’. He is really brave.” Yoshino Yuuki obviously believes in Isshiki Hui more. After all, the title of the Top Ten is not for show.
Erina looked at Lin Xiao thoughtfully. When she saw the bamboo shoots in his hand, she obviously understood why Lin Xiao chose bamboo shoots for cooking.
When Tian Suohui saw the bamboo shoots in Lin Xiao’s hand, he couldn’t help but say, “This is winter bamboo shoots. As far as I know, this kind of bamboo shoot is called vegetarian three fresh in China.”
Everyone looked at Tanaka Hui in an instant, and Tanaka Hui blushed. Although they were all familiar friends, she had never been stared at like this before.
Isshiki Hui just looked up at the ingredients that Lin Xiao had picked, and then continued to process the tuna in his hand. Since it had to be delicious, sashimi must be one of the most delicious dishes, and it had to be the highest-grade tuna sashimi.
A long kitchen knife was waving in Isshiki Hui’s hand, and pieces of tuna were flying in the air like cicada wings. What was even more terrifying was that the tuna seemed to feel no pain, it opened its mouth to breathe, and did not jump around. This scene was like a miracle in everyone’s eyes.
The normal process of making sashimi is to kill the fish first. No one ever cuts the fish meat directly from a living fish.
Lin Xiao’s heart tightened when he saw Isse Hui’s knife skills. He was worthy of being the seventh of the top ten. Just based on this level of knife skills, the others present would definitely not be able to do it.
What’s even more exaggerated is yet to come. Isshiki Hui’s knife kept going back and forth on the tuna, but no blood flowed out at all. In the end, the outline of the internal organs could be seen through the thin layer of fish meat.
But the fish was still alive.
Lin Xiao thought to himself, this is serious, I guess he really wants to test my bottom line. Although I don t know how he prepared the fish to this extent, this is definitely the strongest opponent I have ever encountered.
Lin Xiao held his breath and concentrated, then slowly took out the Ice Soul Sword that the system had given him from his waist. A blue light slowly flashed across, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.
Erina had long known that Lin Xiao had a good kitchen knife in his hand, and this kitchen knife alone could be considered top-grade.
Tanosuke Hui had seen Lin Xiao using this knife in class today and knew how cool Lin Xiao’s knife skills were.
Although other people don t know this knife, they can tell it s good just by looking at its quality.
Lin Xiao once again entered that state of extreme calmness. As long as he started using the knife, he would enter this state.
Yi Se’s wise eyes narrowed slightly. He felt Lin Xiao’s seriousness. It turned out that this serious attack was necessary to test Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao raised his knife and chopped it down cleanly and neatly. The bamboo shoot shell that was originally wrapped around the bamboo shoot burst open at once, leaving only the clean bamboo shoot lying on the chopping board.
The Ice Soul Blade slid back and forth on the winter bamboo shoots. Erina couldn’t help but nod slightly as she looked at Lin Xiao’s knife skills. He was cutting completely along the veins of the winter bamboo shoots without destroying the original flavor of the bamboo shoots. From this point alone, Lin Xiao’s knife skills were worthy of praise.
The power of the Ice Soul Blade is slowly exerted, and you can see that the places where the Ice Soul Blade cuts become fresh and plump. Without this knife, the winter bamboo shoots would only be considered mediocre, but with the Ice Soul Blade, the winter bamboo shoots were instantly upgraded to a higher level and became top-quality ingredients.
This brings me closer to Isshiki Hui.
Isshiki Hui’s progress in processing the tuna was almost coming to an end. Everyone couldn’t help but gasp when they saw the tuna. The whole fish was covered with only a thin layer of flesh, and one could even see that the internal organs were still breathing and beating, but there was not a single bit of damage inside. It was simply a masterpiece of nature.
The slices of sashimi are like works of art, stacked layer by layer, crystal clear, making people want to try what they taste like.
Although Lin Xiao’s knife skills are excellent, they are slightly inferior to the unparalleled craftsmanship of Isshiki Hui.
Erina watched the two people processing the ingredients and immediately had a clear understanding of their strengths.
However, Isshiki Hui did not reveal much, only his knife skills. After all, sashimi requires extremely high knife skills, and other ingredients are not a problem at all with Isshiki Hui’s level.
Compared to Isshiki Hui, Lin Xiao revealed more things. Although Lin Xiao’s knife skills seemed impressive, there was obviously still room for improvement.
Next, it all depends on Lin Xiao s cooking skills. Just as Erina was thinking this, a fire dragon rose up from the edge of the pot.
This immediately drew everyone’s attention. No one expected that Lin Xiao would choose stir-fry.
The so-called stir-frying is of course just a cover-up. Lin Xiao understands that winter bamboo shoots have very high requirements for flames. If they are cooked for one minute longer, they will appear old, and if they are cooked for one minute less, they will become hard. In fact, winter bamboo shoots are also very troublesome to handle.
Isese Hui had a sharp eye and immediately saw that Lin Xiao’s so-called stir-frying was just a cover-up.
After a burst of flames rose, Lin Xiao added some light soy sauce, covered the pot and began to control the flames.
Erina saw that Lin Xiao was going to make braised bamboo shoots in oil. Erina was fortunate enough to have eaten this Chinese dish once, and the delicious taste was still fresh in her memory.
The cooking showdown between the two soon came to an end.
After all, the dishes were not that difficult to cook, and the skills of both of them were not that bad, so soon Isshiki Hui brought the plate of sashimi she had cut and placed it in front of Erina, and added a small stack of sauce, which meant that the tuna sashimi was ready.
Everyone almost drooled at the thin tuna sashimi, but Erina didn’t taste it, and no one dared to eat it first.
Erina slowly picked up a piece of sashimi with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. In an instant, the breath of the ocean burst out in her mouth. She thought for a moment that she had come to the sea, shuttling back and forth among those beautiful corals.
The delicious flavor burst out just right, and the whole fish is not tainted with any fishy smell.
Combined with the sauce prepared by Isshiki Hui herself, the deliciousness is even better.
Everyone looked at Erina’s expression of enjoyment and sighed in their hearts, saying that she was worthy of being the seventh among the top ten.
But Erina quickly controlled her emotions and slowly withdrew from Isshiki Hui’s cooking.
She did not comment. She felt that Isse Hui still had a trick up his sleeve, leaving such a big flaw. Was he deliberately trying to let Lin Xiao go?
Erina couldn’t quite figure out what Isshiki Hui was thinking.
Isshiki Hui just looked at Erina with a slight smile, as if he understood what Erina was thinking.
(Because the author likes Isshiki Hui the most in the novel, so I have to write Isshiki Hui a little stronger. Isshiki Hui is my true love, don t ask why)
Chapter 29: The Evil Plan Succeeds (Old Version)
Lin Xiao’s cooking was already at the last minute, and Erina’s silence made it difficult for everyone to ask anything.
Suddenly, the kitchen fell into a strange silence.
Lin Xiao was still calmly processing his braised bamboo shoots.
Everyone began to become curious. After all, Isshiki Hui’s knife skills were so amazing. Looking at Lin Xiao’s expression, everyone thought that Lin Xiao was starting to give up on himself, and he hadn’t even used any big moves yet.
In fact, Lin Xiao has run out of tricks. He only knows two tricks now, which are not enough in front of Isshiki Hui. Although Luffy gave him a cooking skill: rubber machine gun, it is of no use in this kind of cooking.
So Lin Xiao could only handle the last few steps step by step.
When Lin Xiao poured the oil-braised bamboo shoots out of the pot, everyone was sighing, is that the end? Brother, are you kidding me? Your opponent is Isse Hui, the one who can cut a piece of fish like a work of art, and he just poured the bamboo shoots from the pot into the basin and ended it.
This dish is way too simple.
But soon a faint fragrance began to waft out, and just by smelling the scent, everyone felt like they had come to a bamboo forest.
Isse Hui glanced at Lin Xiao and knew in his heart that this guy was indeed not easy to deal with. The aroma of the braised bamboo shoots alone was enough to attract people.
Lin Xiao brought the braised bamboo shoots to Erina and looked at her with a half-smile.
Erina was speechless and thought to herself, this guy wouldn’t think I have to lie to help him, right?
“Then dear Miss Erina, please try my braised bamboo shoots.” Lin Xiao made a gesture of invitation.
Erina picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised bamboo shoots and put it into her mouth. A fresh fragrance instantly burst out in her mouth. This taste made her a little unable to extricate herself. She felt the arrival of spring, the ice and snow melted, and all things revived.
A sweet taste echoed in her cavity, making her want to sing.
But she quickly came out of that state. It wasn’t that Lin Xiao’s cooking skills were not good enough, the problem was with the ingredients. Erina had already found the flaws, and the power of the Divine Tongue was undoubtedly revealed.
“It’s a draw between you two.” Erina said lightly.
Lin Xiao and Yi Se smiled slightly, obviously they had expected this result.
“It’s a draw! Senior Isshiki actually tied with this classmate!” Yoshino Yuuki obviously couldn’t believe it.
Sakaki Ryoko calmly picked up her chopsticks and tried the dishes of Isshiki Hui and Lin Xiao respectively. In her opinion, she could not tell the shortcomings of the two.
Everyone went up to try the dishes, and it had to be said that everyone thought both dishes were good. Using the theme of “freshness”, the difference between the two dishes was not that obvious. Perhaps this is why Erina said it was a draw.
At this time, Erina stood up and slowly explained to everyone, “Senior Isshiki’s tuna sashimi is indeed very good, and the taste is naturally delicious, but he deliberately held back and did not do anything special with the sauce. He just used the most ordinary sauce, so the fragrance of this dish is not so obvious. The cuisine is top-notch when it has color, fragrance, and taste. Senior Isshiki Hui’s dish only has color and taste, but the fragrance is not so obvious, so it can only be rated as above average.”
“But, Senior Isshiki Hui should have known this, and he actually held back in the end.” Erina bluntly exposed what was hidden behind Isshiki Hui’s smiling face.
“You’re worthy of being called the God’s Tongue. It’s amazing.” Isshiki Hui praised with a smile, and his heart was not at all shaken by Erina’s evaluation.
“Lin Xiao’s dish has good color, aroma and flavor, but he missed the most important point, which is that it is no longer the season of winter turning to spring. Winter bamboo shoots are a seasonal dish, and once the season is over, its flavor will be greatly lost. Even though Lin Xiao’s processing is enough to cover up this, the defects in the ingredients are too serious, so the two of them are a tie.”
Erina gave her evaluation calmly.
“Okay, that’s great.”
“As expected of Master Divine Tongue.”
“Miss Erina, come and try my dish.” When the group of people heard Erina’s pertinent evaluation, little stars began to appear in everyone’s eyes.
Erina’s face suddenly turned red again. She had always made harsh comments about others since she was a child, and in the end, those people cried and begged her to give them another chance. How could she be like these people who acted like they were justified even when being belittled by others?
Looking at everyone surrounding Erina, Lin Xiao shook his head helplessly. It turned out that beautiful women were more popular than himself.
Isshiki Hui walked to Lin Xiao with a smile and stretched out his hand to him. “What an excellent reaction.” Isshiki Hui praised without hesitation.
“Senior Isshiki, do you recognize me?” Lin Xiao also stretched out his hand and shook hands with Isshiki Hui, and asked in return.
“A person who can make such attractive dishes should not be too bad.” Isshiki Hui said.
“Senior, look at how we are all doing. Have I been of great help to you today?” Lin Xiao said with a smile.
“That’s right, that’s right.” As soon as the words fell, Isshiki Hui’s face changed instantly. Lin Xiao was such a sinister guy. Isshiki Hui suddenly remembered the bet he made with Lin Xiao. If Lin Xiao really helped everyone today, Isshiki Hui would give his nude apron to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao looked at Isshiki Hui with an expression as if his evil plan had succeeded.
A black line crossed Isse Hui’s forehead. If he had known this, he would not have held back. This kid was actually still thinking about his apron.
“What are you talking about?” Erina finally sent them over to cook, and promised to give an evaluation of each person’s cooking. Then she pulled herself away and planned to ask about the whereabouts of that thing, but seeing Lin Xiao and Isshiki Hui acting sneaky, she couldn’t help but come over and eavesdrop.
“Nothing, nothing, a personal matter.” Lin Xiao laughed it off and quickly covered up the matter. If Erina knew that he actually wanted Senior Isshiki’s nude apron, he would probably be considered a pervert.
How could he know that in Erina’s heart, Lin Xiao had already been a pervert.
Isshiki Hui would not tell Erina about this, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
Seeing that Erina was trying to get to the bottom of things, Lin Xiao quickly changed the subject: “Senior Isshiki, according to the agreement just now, you should take us to see that thing, right?”
Erina was indeed attracted to it. To her, such a thing was simply fatal.
(If I say that this is the end of the day, will you kill me?)
(Just kidding, just kidding, there is still one chapter left, please give me flowers and votes)
Chapter 30 His Book (Old Version)
When Isse Hui heard Lin Xiao’s words, they immediately reached a tacit understanding: “Then according to the agreement, I will take you to see that person, but I’m not sure whether you can see that thing.”
Lin Xiao immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Senior Isise was indeed a reasonable person. The two of them were rescued in an instant.
“Come with me.” Isshiki Hui changed her clothes and took Lin Xiao and Erina to the depths of the dormitory.
Erina was extremely nervous, it felt like she was going to meet the parents. Her heart was pounding and her blood was racing.
Lin Xiao looked very calm. To him, that kind of thing was not that attractive. He was just curious.
The further they walked, the more Erina couldn’t help but hold Lin Xiao’s hand. The grip became stronger and stronger, and Lin Xiao could even feel Erina’s nervousness.
Finally, Isshiki Hui stopped and stood in front of a door. He politely stretched out his hand and knocked on the door: “Aunt Wenxu, have you rested? I have something to ask you.”
“Hmm? Isshiki boy, what do you want from me?” Omido Fumio opened the door and saw Erina and a strange man standing at the door.
“Hmm? Miss Erina, you’re here too?” Omido Fumio was a little confused as to why Erina appeared here.
Isshiki Hui pulled Omidou Fumio aside and whispered in her ear.
Erina grabbed Lin Xiao’s hand with a nervous look on her face. Lin Xiao was originally very calm, but Erina’s grip became stronger and stronger. He was too embarrassed to shout out, so he could only hold it in. It was his fault that he tricked her in the first place. However, he was really surprised that Erina was so nervous.
Omido Fumio nodded as he listened to Isshiki Hui’s talk, and finally he sighed deeply and said, “Do you want to see that thing? Then come in.”
Erina hurriedly thanked him, and Lin Xiao followed suit.
Omido Fumio arranged a few seats for them, then walked into the room, searched everywhere, and finally found something in an iron box.
She handed the iron box that looked very old to Erina and said, “Ms. Erina, what you want to see is inside.”
Erina had never been so nervous before, but her good upbringing made her stand up and say thank you to Aunt Fumo repeatedly.
Omido Fumio dragged Erina and said, “This thing is useless to me. If you want it, you can take it.”
Erina was so excited that she didn’t know what to say.
“Just say thank you at this time.” Lin Xiao reminded in a voice as weak as a mosquito’s buzz.
Erina bowed again to express her gratitude.
“Miss, you don’t have to thank me. I didn’t expect that someone still remembers him.” Aunt Wenxu sat on the sofa, obviously remembering something interesting, and the corners of her mouth began to rise slightly.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll take a rest.” Aunt Wenxu seemed to be in no mood to receive them when she saw that thing.
The three of them quickly stood up and said, “Sorry to bother you.” Then they walked out in unison.
Erina was holding Lin Xiao’s hand on the way there, and now on the way back she was holding the iron box tightly, fearing that she would lose it.
Lin Xiao couldn’t help but want to mock Erina, but seeing how excited she was, he didn’t know how to start, so he decided to give up.
Finally, the three of them returned to the kitchen. Everyone had already prepared the dishes they had been researching recently and were ready to let Erina taste them.
But when I saw Erina looking dazed when she came back, I didn’t know how to start.
Lin Xiao immediately stepped forward and said, “Erina is a little tired today. How about I and Senior Isshiki help everyone taste the food?”
Isshiki Hui glanced at Lin Xiao and found that this boy was indeed very smart, so he also said: “Let Erina take a rest first, I will taste everyone’s dishes, but my requirements are very strict.”
Everyone laughed and said, “Then I’ll leave it to Senior Isshiki and Classmate Lin Xiao.”
Erina was sitting alone in a place, holding the iron box tightly in her arms.
Finally, as if she had made some great decision, she put the iron box on her legs, held her breath, and began to slowly open it.
What appeared in front of her was a tattered-looking little notebook.
The first line of words written on it is – Totsuki Study Diary.
The following is signed by Saiba Joichiro
At this moment, Erina felt her blood boiling and her breathing became a little difficult. The suffocating feeling allowed her to clearly hear the sound of her accelerated heartbeat.
Isshiki Hui stood in the crowd, tasting the food and giving her comments. Lin Xiao’s eyes never left Erina, because he knew how attractive this thing was to Erina. If she could carry a photo with her for so many years, then she would probably have seen this person’s school notes being torn to pieces.
Erina did not choose to read the contents inside at this time. She gently closed the iron box, then took two deep breaths, and the tears in the corners of her eyes disappeared in an instant.
She stood up and said, “Lin Xiao, I’m tired. I want to go back.”
Everyone was having a heated discussion there, but suddenly calmed down.
Lin Xiao laughed and said, “You guys continue. Erina and I will go back first. I will bring Erina back if there is a chance.”
Everyone smiled slightly to show their understanding.
Everyone accompanied the two of them to the door. Lin Xiao pulled Isshiki Hui aside and whispered, “As agreed, senior, give me your apron.”
A thousand huskies were jumping through Isse Hui’s heart. She reluctantly took out a package from behind and threw it to Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao gave Isse Hui a look that said “you understand.”
Then Lin Xiao put away the package and rushed to Tian Suo Hui and said, “Xiao Hui, I have a younger sister at home. I think the hairpin on your head is very beautiful. Can you give it to me so that I can give it to my sister?”
How could Tian Suoke Hui’s innocent appearance be a match for Lin Xiao? What’s more, Lin Xiao had helped her in class and just asked her for a hairpin. Tian Suoke Hui would never refuse. She reached out and took off her hairpin and handed it to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao said thank you contentedly and turned to leave.
That night, Lin Xiao and Erina were walking in a deserted grove…
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Chapter 32 Erina’s Advice (Old Version)
Erina sat in her office, looking at the Totsuki diary written by Saiba Shiroichiro that she brought out from Polaris Dormitory yesterday. You know, Saiba Shiroichiro is Erina’s idol.
Lin Xiao wandered around the school for a long time and finally asked others where Erina was.
Shamelessly, he knocked on the door of Erina’s office.
Erina put the little diary away in panic. It would not be good for her reputation if others saw her not working but reading some strange little book.
Lin Xiao obviously didn’t pay attention to these. He knocked on the door and shouted directly: “Erina, I have something to talk to you about.”
When Erina saw that it was Lin Xiao, she remembered that she had kissed Lin Xiao last night for some unknown reason, and her face suddenly turned red.
“Why…why are you here?” Erina even stuttered a little.
Hisako also went to class, and now Erina is the only one in the office.
When Lin Xiao saw Erina’s nervous look, he came up with the idea of ??playing a prank.
“I don’t know who it was yesterday who dared to kiss me without my consent.” Lin Xiao had an angry expression.
Erina was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. She was furious. “Lin Xiao, what do you want?”
“I’ve suffered such a great loss, tell me what I want to do.” As he spoke, Lin Xiao approached Erina step by step.
Erina suddenly panicked and hurriedly stood up and backed away.
Seeing Erina’s panic, Lin Xiao took bigger and bigger steps and soon pushed Erina into the corner.
Erina saw Lin Xiao s face getting closer and closer, and she closed her eyes nervously.
Lin Xiao licked Erina’s ear gently and said, “As a punishment, you have to find me a job.”
Erina’s body went limp due to Lin Xiao’s sudden attack, and she almost fell into Lin Xiao’s arms.
Lin Xiao held up the limp Erina and said, “Erina, what are you thinking about? Why is your whole body so hot?”
Erina struggled to push Lin Xiao away, then walked back to her seat, picked up the teacup, took a big sip of water, then looked at Lin Xiao fiercely and said, “You came to me for this matter?”
Lin Xiao looked helpless. He had no income now, so he could only beg: “Erina, look, when have I ever lied to you? Recently, both Yukino and I have no source of income, so I, as the older brother, have to go out to work and earn money.”
Erina thought of the Yellow Crane Tower that was forced to close down. Looking at Lin Xiao in front of her, she couldn’t help but feel a palpitation in her heart. She sighed in her heart: Maybe Lin Xiao came to me because he was desperate.
“Actually, you can go and help in the kitchen.” Erina thought for a moment and gave a suggestion.
When Lin Xiao heard this, he thought it was exactly the same as the suggestion given by the system. The salary for a kitchen helper shouldn t be high.
“With my cooking skills, it would be a bit of a waste for me to be a kitchen helper.” Lin Xiao said after thinking for a while.
“Actually, there is another way.” Erina thought about it and was a little reluctant to say this method.
Seeing Erina’s hesitation, Lin Xiao couldn’t help but ask, “What’s the solution?”
Erina sighed, and finally said, “This method is a bit unethical, but it is the most effective in the short term, and that is provocation.”
“Provocation?” Lin Xiao was a little confused about what the word meant. Of course, he understood the literal meaning, but who was he provoking and how could he make money by provoking?
“There is an unwritten rule in restaurants outside, that is, diners can challenge the dishes in the restaurant. As long as the dish you cook is better than the chef in this restaurant, you have two choices. One is to return the dish, and the restaurant will compensate you with three times the price of the dish, but you must keep the recipe of that dish. The other is a win-win way, that is, you can stay in the restaurant as a part-time worker, and whenever you come across that dish in the future, you can get 30% of the profits.” Erina briefly explained the rules.
Lin Xiao couldn’t help but nod slightly after hearing this. He didn’t expect that there were such rules outside. However, it was indeed quite reasonable. If the dishes in the restaurant were not as delicious as his own, why should he pay? He could complain if they were unpalatable. If a scene broke out and it was found that the restaurant’s dishes were not as delicious as others’ at home, then the blow to the business would be huge.
The second method is more of a win-win situation, but it takes too long and is not very suitable for Lin Xiao now.
After Lin Xiao had a plan in mind, he said to Erina, “I didn’t expect there would be such a rule. Thank you, Erina.”
“Hmph, I just saw that Yukino was so pitiful, and was afraid that she would have no food to eat if she followed a useless brother like you, so I gave you some advice.” Erina raised her head proudly, her lips slightly pouting, looking like a little tsundere.
Lin Xiao knew that she was saying one thing and thinking another, so he didn’t expose her. He then approached Erina, and when Erina wasn’t paying attention, he gave her a light kiss on the face. Then he ran out as he flew, shouting, “This is your reward.”
Erina was instantly enraged, and a piercing shout came out: “Lin Xiao, if you have the guts, don’t run away.”
Lin Xiao didn’t dare to look back at this time. He quickly ran out of Erina’s office and ran outside.
Erina wasn’t really chasing Lin Xiao. After all, there were so many classmates watching outside, and it would be a bit awkward to see her being so rude.
Erina chopped her feet twice viciously, touched the place where Lin Xiao had kissed her, and suddenly her face turned red again.
In fact, she didn’t have a bad impression of Lin Xiao. It was just that she made a fool of herself in his house at the beginning and was very embarrassed.
Later, Lin Xiao helped her find the diary of her idol, and her favorability towards him instantly increased.
Besides, she was very clear about Lin Xiao’s current situation. He had almost no source of income and had to support his younger sister. The pressure of life must be very great.
But Erina didn’t dare to help him openly.
After Lin Xiao ran out of Erina’s office, he began to think secretly about whether to choose plan one or plan two.
You know, being a kitchen helper only gets a fixed salary, but if you can get a part-time job, you can obviously earn more money. Suddenly, Lin Xiao thought of someone.
That was Hojo Midori. Lin Xiao remembered that her family seemed to run the Hojo Building. With the relationship with the senior, some things might be easier to handle.
Chapter 33: Getting things started (old version)
Now that Lin Xiao had finalized the action plan, he immediately started to act, but he might have to skip today’s class.
Lin Xiao didn’t really care about taking Yuan Yue’s class. After all, the speed at which he improved his strength through listening to the class was not as fast as the speed at which he helped the system collect things.
So, Lin Xiao quickly arrived at the door of Hojo Building. According to Lin Xiao’s memory, Hojo Building was a restaurant famous for Chinese cuisine. It was simply designed specifically for him.
Lin Xiao walked into the restaurant with arrogance and ordered a snack called Peeing Beef Balls without any hesitation. In fact, he only had enough money in his pocket to order one snack.
No one was surprised by the student wearing the Totsuki school uniform, because the chef’s daughter was a student of Totsuki, so there were usually many Totsuki students coming to eat there.
Soon, a serving of beef balls was placed in front of Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao’s cooking talent had been enhanced last night by the system’s potion, so when the beef balls were served, Lin Xiao could tell what was not done well. However, it would be a bit unreasonable to start making trouble before taking a bite.
So Lin Xiao picked up the chopsticks, picked up a beef ball, put it in his mouth and started chewing. After eating one ball, Lin Xiao’s evaluation of it was that it was average.
Because of the innate potion, his sense of taste was enhanced three times. Although it was not as good as the Divine Tongue that could tell flaws with one bite, he could almost find small flaws easily.
For example, the beef is not chewy enough and the soup is not rich enough.
So Lin Xiao smashed the bowl of beef balls to the ground and started to make trouble.
“Is this what you made also for people to eat?” Lin Xiao’s words were merciless. After all, the stronger he was, the more afraid these people would be of him.
When the people in the Hojo building saw that someone dared to cause trouble here, they immediately became interested. You know, this store has a history of fifty years and almost no one dared to cause trouble here.
A man who looked like the team leader came out of the kitchen, came to Lin Xiao and asked, “Hello, I’m Nitta Chong who made this dish. I wonder what’s wrong with this dish that you don’t like?”
Lin Xiao glanced at the man in front of him and said slowly, “For your beef balls, you beat the beef thirty-two times, but the best way to make it is to beat it at least sixty-four times. This is the first flaw. The second flaw is that the soup base is so light. Is this enough to say that your dish is unpalatable?”
Nitta Mitsuru didn’t expect that the plain-looking boy in front of him knew so much about cooking, but after all, it was his own territory, so he was not afraid even if the boy was a student of Totsuki.
He walked up to Lin Xiao and said viciously, “Boy, you are here to cause trouble on purpose, aren’t you? How can a normal person appreciate such delicate food? Our young lady is also a student of Yuanyue, so let’s just give each other some face and forget about this matter.”
Hard at first but soft at last, his words were measured and measured. Lin Xiao secretly snorted coldly. He wanted to get rid of me like this. I didn’t even see the person in charge. “Why are you not allowed to say why it’s so unpalatable? Believe it or not, my random cooking will be better than yours.”
When the other diners heard Lin Xiao’s words and saw that he was wearing Yuanyue’s school uniform, they immediately started to make a noise: “One more, one more.”
Nitta Mitsuru is now completely being roasted on the fire. How could he meet such a fool? Although he is not afraid of this kid making the peeing beef balls, you have to know that the operation of hitting the beef sixty-four times continuously is simply astonishing, and human arms can never withstand such intense blows.
Looking at Lin Xiao’s frail appearance, Nitta Chong said bluntly: “If you can cook better than me, then I will take you as my master.”
When Lin Xiao heard this, he wondered if he could earn a job as a kitchen helper for free. “Okay, if my cooking isn’t as good as yours, I’ll apologize to you, but I’m going to make it better than yours, so you’d better keep your promise.”
When the other people in Beijo Building heard this, they were shocked. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lin Xiao came here specifically to cause trouble. You have to know that Beijo Building hasn’t encountered such a thing for many years.
So several kitchen helpers immediately went to find Hojo Sojiro to calm the situation, and another person went to Totsuki Academy to find Hojo Midori to see who this Totsuki student was.
But Nitta Mitsuru’s goal had already been set, so the two of them started making the beef balls.
After all, it is a restaurant like Hojo Building, so the facilities are quite complete.
Lin Xiao strongly requested to hold the competition in the hall, and the diners also called for it very much. There was no choice but to choose to hold the competition in the hall. The chef’s table was quickly set up, a few tables were put together, a white cloth was spread, and the ingredients were placed, and it was completed in a moment.
Nitta Mitsuru looked at Lin Xiao opposite him and felt very angry. He had seen many young men like this who thought they had excellent cooking skills, but in the end they were eliminated one batch after another.
Lin Xiao was choosing and choosing from among the many types of beef. You know, for beef balls, the quality of the beef is the most important. Only the beef from the best part of the body can be used to make the beef balls with the most chewy texture.
Lin Xiao decisively chose the meat on the cow’s back, as that part of the body had the highest concentration of lean meat.
He was not finished after selecting the beef. Everyone thought that the beef balls were just made of beef, but in fact, there was one most important ingredient in it, which was shrimp. Otherwise, the beef balls would not be so delicious.
When Lin Xiao finished selecting the ingredients, Hojo Sojiro had already arrived at the competition site. Although he was very unhappy that Nitta Mitsuru dared to gamble with the diners behind his back, after all, they were still one of his own and he had to stand on Nitta Mitsuru’s side.
But when he saw the ingredients selected by Lin Xiao, his expression changed slightly. He knew that he might be in trouble this time.
Since Lin Xiao actually knew that shrimps had to be put into the beef balls, his attainments must not be too low.
Many people think that beef balls are simply made of beef.
But knowing does not mean that you can do it well. You should know that Hojo Sojiro’s current level is only able to hit the beef forty-eight times in a row, and he is simply unable to achieve the ultimate sixty-four times.
Nitta Mitsuru sneered, “My fellow student from Totsuki, I’ll give you one more chance. Pay the money and leave, and I’ll pretend that nothing happened. If you lose and bring shame to Totsuki, you won’t be able to stay in Totsuki any longer.”
“Do you cook with your mouth?” Lin Xiao slowly pulled out the Ice Soul Blade beside him, and his whole temperament became extremely cold.
Chapter 34 Rubber Machine Gun (Old Version)
“You! You have no shame.” Mitsuru Nitta was furious. This student from Totsuki was so arrogant that he simply didn’t take Hojo House seriously.
Hojo Sojiro couldn’t help but feel envious when looking at the knife in Lin Xiao’s hand. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the knife was of extraordinary quality.
Lin Xiao no longer paid attention to the person opposite him, Mitsuru Nitta. In his opinion, this person’s level was not very good.
Although Lin Xiao had never made beef balls, since his culinary talent level had increased, he could clearly feel that his ability to draw inferences from one instance to another had become stronger and stronger.
The light from the Ice Soul Blade burst out like a waterfall, and in an instant the whole piece of beef was cut into minced meat. However, simply mincing the meat like this was totally ineffective.
Lin Xiao was not in a hurry to proceed to the next step. He removed the heads and shells of the shrimps he had selected, leaving only the shrimp meat mixed with the minced beef.
He held the Ice Soul Sword and kept rolling the minced beef, just to make the minced beef wrap the shrimp more tightly.
Nitta Mitsuru obviously didn’t expect Lin Xiao’s knife skills to be so sharp. He cut the beef into minced meat so quickly, and he was only halfway through.
The previous steps are actually not important. The most important step is to slaughter the beef cattle. If this step is handled well, it means that the dish can be cooked well. If this step is not handled well, the dish will basically be ruined.
The diners couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement at Lin Xiao’s knife skills. They had never seen such sharp knife skills before. The blue rays of light were like an artistic performance.
Next, seeing Lin Xiao’s leisurely demeanor, everyone began to wonder what kind of performance he would have.
Lin Xiao has always wanted to try out the cooking skills that Luffy gave him, the rubber machine gun.
So this time he can give it his all when it comes to peeing on the beef balls.
He was seen standing in front of the chef’s counter, breath held and concentrated, his two originally snow-white arms suddenly turned red.
Hojo Sojiro couldn’t help but shout when he saw this scene: “Master chef skills.”
Obviously the old man knew about this.
The diners had no idea of ??this. They only saw Lin Xiao’s arms start to turn red, and his aura began to burst out. His phantom-like fists smashed into the minced beef at a speed that was impossible to see with the naked eye.
When Lin Xiao used this rubber machine gun trick himself, he felt his physical strength was rapidly draining away, as if he could not last even a minute.
But in less than a minute, the meat paste had been beaten together by Lin Xiao.
No one knew how many punches Lin Xiao threw, but in less than a minute, Lin Xiao felt that he had thrown at least hundreds of punches.
Nitta Mitsuru was completely stunned with the kitchen knife in his hand. Is this really a student of Totsuki? Have Totsuki’s students become so terrifying?
Hojo Sojiro felt that this beef ball might break the original limit. Lin Xiao had already broken the original limit of sixty-four hits. This time, he couldn’t help but want to try the taste of the beef ball.
Watching Lin Xiao complete the final action of wrapping the beef balls, Nitta Mitsuru knew that he had completely lost this time.
It actually brought shame to Hojo House.
Fortunately, at this time, Hojo Miyoko came back. It must be said that Miyoko was dressed very stunningly. She wore a long cheongsam with slits on both sides up to the waist. A pair of black stockings made her thighs look round and full. Moreover, she was tall, which made people want to touch her thighs.
Midoriko was very angry. Someone actually came to her restaurant to cause trouble, and the person was actually a student of Totsuki. This was too disrespectful to her.
But after seeing Lin Xiao’s appearance, she thought to herself that she didn’t seem to know such a person, so she decided to watch from the sidelines to see how good this person was.
Lin Xiao was so focused on the beef balls at this time that he didn’t notice that Hojo Midori had arrived at the scene.
When Lin Xiao finished rolling the meatballs and put them into the pot, a fire dragon rose from the bottom of the pot again. The level of Ruyi Fire had been upgraded to level four. Lin Xiao felt that it was very easy for him to control fire now.
Combined with the beef bones specially prepared by Lin Xiao, the aroma of beef soup filled the hall. Everyone couldn’t help but start swallowing their saliva. They didn’t expect that this student from Yuantsuki had such a strong cooking skill.
A strange light flashed in Hojo Miyoko’s eyes. She never expected that her classmate had such a high level of cooking skills.
Lin Xiao made quite a lot of meatballs this time, so when they were finally served, almost every diner had one.
As soon as everyone took a bite, a strong beef juice burst out in the mouth. The elasticity of the beef made people want to moan.
Everyone exclaimed that they had never eaten such delicious beef balls in Hojo Building.
At this time, Hojo Miyoko came to Lin Xiao and said with a smile: “Junior brother, you look unfamiliar. I don’t think I have seen you in school before.”
Lin Xiao thought to himself, it’s only the second day of school, it’s strange that you have seen me, but I am very familiar with you. Lin Xiao immediately started to get close to her: “Senior Hojo, you haven’t seen me, but I know you.”
“You are so polite, junior. It’s not good to come to my restaurant and cause trouble like this.” Hojo Miyoko glanced at Lin Xiao and said.
At this time, Hojo Sojiro came out and said to Lin Xiao: “My fellow student from Totsuki, I am the head chef of Hojo Building. Hojo Sojiro, I wonder if you are interested in working part-time at our Hojo Building?”
Lin Xiao smiled slightly, he already understood in his heart that these two people, one playing the villain and the other playing the hero, were worthy of being father and daughter.
However, Lin Xiao was not averse. He came here to make money. Now the initiative was in his hands. He could discuss how much he could earn.
“It’s not impossible to come to Hojo Building to work part-time, but according to the rules just now, this Nitta Mitsuru should call me master.” Lin Xiao was unwilling to suffer any loss.
Nitta Chong came in front of Lin Xiao with a dejected look on his face, and called him “Master” softly.
“I have one more condition. From now on, I want to take 50% of the commission for all the dishes I cook.” Lin Xiao made another condition.
Hojo Sojiro frowned slightly, but he soon felt relieved when he thought that Lin Xiao actually had such great cooking skills.
“Okay, I agree. From now on, Mitsuru Nitta will be your assistant in the kitchen.” Hojo Sojiro is worthy of being the head chef of Hojo Building. He is indeed very domineering in handling things and immediately determined Lin Xiao’s position.
Lin Xiao didn’t expect that the deal could be done so easily. He thought he would have to resort to some trickery.
Chapter 35: Cheongsam is Beautiful (Old Version)
Hojo Midori was slightly surprised. You know, only the rich or noble could enter the Totsuki family. Ordinary students could not survive more than three days in Totsuki.
The Lin Xiao in front of him was obviously well prepared. He even dared to provoke his own restaurant. The key point was that he succeeded. It was obvious that he was very familiar with this business. However, ordinary Totsuki students would never do that.
On the one hand, it is because there is no need, and on the other hand, the unspoken rules in this industry are generally only understood by those who officially take over the restaurant.
Lin Xiao doesn’t look like someone who comes from a big restaurant.
All of a sudden, the mysterious image of Lin Xiao was established in Hojo Midori’s mind.
However, since the cooperative relationship has been established, it will not have any major impact on Hojo Tower, and Midori does not mind making friends with Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao was contented and prepared to retreat. The other conditions had been almost negotiated, and from now on he only had to come over at six o’clock to work part-time.
Moreover, working part-time in the Hojo Building with such a large customer base, he estimated that his daily income should not be low.
“Student Lin Xiao, I remember that everyone in the grade has classes today. You didn’t skip classes and run away, did you?” Midori looked at Lin Xiao and remembered something.
Lin Xiao was shocked that Midori could tell that he had skipped classes to run away. Although he didn’t care about Totsuki’s evaluation, at least he couldn’t have any problems at this critical juncture.
“Miyoko-san, I have admired you for a long time.” Lin Xiao began to change the subject.
“Admire me? I remember we have never met.” Midori was immediately attracted by Lin Xiao’s words.
“Of course, Midori is like a firefly in the night sky. How could she notice a transparent person like me?” Lin Xiao said like a wronged admirer.
When Midori saw Lin Xiao’s expression and his shameless words, she blushed.
“I’m not as good as you say.” Women can’t resist such compliments from men, and Midori suddenly became shy.
“Classmate Miyoko, actually I learned about you from senior Kuga. He told me that you are the best Chinese chef of the new generation. From then on, I started to pay attention to you silently.” As he said this, Lin Xiao took out the bald photo of Kuga Teruki from his pocket to prove how good his relationship with Kuga Teruki is.
When Miyoko took a look, she realized it was really Kuga Teruki, and it was such an intimate photo. It seemed that Lin Xiao and Kuga Teruki had a very good relationship.
Kuga Teruki felt miserable because Lin Xiao always used him as a shield, and it always worked.
After all, no one would doubt what the Ten Great Masters of Totsuki said.
Teruki Kuga was sitting in his office, studying a recipe, when he suddenly started sneezing madly.
He touched the tuft of hair that had just grown out and thought curiously: Is someone scolding me behind my back?
Before long, Lin Xiao became very familiar with Midori, and the two of them were like good friends who could talk about anything.
Soon, the two returned to Yuanyue’s campus, chatting as they walked.
Erina received a photo of Lin Xiao and Midori walking and laughing in the school on her phone.
I was so angry that I almost smashed the phone in my hand.
This guy just bullied me and then he started flirting with other girls. This is so bullying.
Erina touched the place where Lin Xiao had kissed her, and she wanted to run out and beat Lin Xiao up.
Just when Lin Xiao was trying to find an excuse to say goodbye to Midori, the system came out.
“Master, master, don’t you think Midori’s cheongsam is particularly beautiful?” The system looked at Lin Xiao with an innocent face.
Lin Xiao’s eyes widened, and he began to roar in his heart: “You are kidding me, you don’t want the cheongsam she is wearing.”
“Master, you are so powerful, you must have a way to get Midori’s cheongsam.” The system began to praise Lin Xiao without any reservation.
“You’re trying to kill me, aren’t you?” Lin Xiao wanted to cry but had no tears. What should he do? Looking at Midori’s graceful figure that was perfectly set off by the cheongsam, Lin Xiao couldn’t help swallowing his saliva.
When Midoriko learned that Lin Xiao was a good friend of Kuga Teruki, she was most wary of Lin Xiao. After all, the person who could be friends with the top ten should not have bad character.
Little did she know that Lin Xiao had secretly set his eyes on her cheongsam.
“Let me make it clear first, I’m no match for Midori. If the truth ever comes to light, I’ll probably be killed without a burial place. So, do you have anything you can give me in exchange this time?” Lin Xiao made up his mind and decided to give it a try.
“Well, master, how about replacing it with B-grade kitchenware for you?” the system said cautiously.
Lin Xiao thought about it and felt that the B-level kitchenware seemed to be pretty good. The C-level kitchenware was already so good, he wondered what the B-level kitchenware would be like.
In the end, Lin Xiao secretly made a deal with the system.
There is no way. The things produced by the system are definitely good things. Lin Xiao cannot refuse this. Moreover, a C-level Ice Soul Sword can bring so many surprises to Lin Xiao. B-level kitchen utensils will not be worse than C-level kitchen utensils.
Although he had reached an agreement with the system, Lin Xiao really had no good reason to ask for Miyoko’s cheongsam. The difficulty of this was almost as difficult as seeking death.
Suddenly, Lin Xiao came up with a plan, and it seemed that he had to attack Wei to save Zhao.
Midori saw Lin Xiao standing there and suddenly revealing an evil smile, and she couldn’t help but feel a chill down her spine.
“Lin Xiao, what’s wrong with you?” Midori asked hurriedly. Lin Xiao had just been hired as a part-time worker and now something had gone wrong.
Lin Xiao immediately realized that he seemed to have lost his composure, and quickly said, “It’s okay, it’s okay. I just thought of something.”
“Lin Xiao, are you thinking about your girlfriend?” Midori asked back, her eyes beginning to look around vaguely.
“Girlfriend?” Lin Xiao was a little puzzled. Did he look like someone who had a girlfriend?
“Miyoko, how can I have a girlfriend? She is probably the only one who can be considered a friend in Totsuki now.” Lin Xiao said after thinking for a while.
“Who? Maybe I know him?” Midori looked curious.
“Erina.” Lin Xiao said lightly.
“Are you talking about Miss Erina, the one with the Divine Tongue?” Miyoko thought Lin Xiao was joking with him.
“It’s her.” Lin Xiao gave an affirmative answer.
“Let’s not talk about this anymore. To thank Miyoko for finding me a part-time job, I decided to treat you to a hot spring bath.” Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, smiled and told his plan.
Chapter 36: Hot Spring Bath (Old Version)
“Taking a hot spring bath? You guys?” Midori was a little confused as to why Lin Xiao said you guys.
Lin Xiao didn’t explain, he took out his phone and called Erina: “Are you busy?”
Erina answered Lin Xiao’s call and was about to scold him, but she didn’t know how to start, so she could only reply indifferently: “What do you think?”
“To thank you for giving me advice on finding a job, I’ll treat you to a hot spring bath.” Lin Xiao said sincerely.
“Really?” Erina obviously didn’t believe that Lin Xiao would be so kind.
“I will bring Yukino with me.” Lin Xiao said confidently.
Erina asked doubtfully, “When are you going to take us there?”
“How about tonight? How about it?” Lin Xiao said after thinking for a while.
Erina thought about it and decided that since she had nothing to do in the evening, it would be fine to go to the hot spring to relax.
“Okay then, see you tonight,” Erina replied.
“Lin Xiao, who are you calling?” Midori asked curiously.
“Erina, I’ll invite you to go to the hot spring together tonight. After all, she has helped me a lot.” Lin Xiao answered honestly.
“Ms. Erina? That night is really something to look forward to.” Miyoko was surprised that Erina actually agreed to go to the hot spring with Lin Xiao. It seemed that the two of them had a special relationship.
“See you tonight then.” Lin Xiao left an address for Midori, which was where they would take a hot spring bath at night.
Given the system’s deceptive nature, it’s better to call fewer people. If the system sees that other people want their things, it would be very troublesome.
So Lin Xiao wisely called Erina and Yukino, which could avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
That night, Lin Xiao brought three beauties to the hot spring club.
Lin Xiao suffered heavy losses this time, and basically had to rely on Hojo Lou’s part-time job to make up for the loss.
“Lin Xiao, I didn’t expect that you would find your conscience this time and actually bring us to take a hot spring bath.” Erina said, obviously not believing that this was the Lin Xiao she knew.
“To thank you all for helping me and my sister get through this difficult time, it’s no big deal to treat everyone to a hot spring bath.” Lin Xiao pretended to be indifferent, but his heart was actually bleeding.
Xue Nai held Lin Xiao’s hand and was very happy to learn that Lin Xiao had actually found a job today, and that he was a part-time team leader in a restaurant like Hojo Building that did quite a bit of business. She thought that her brother was indeed the best.
The hot spring place that Lin Xiao found was separated by gender, so Erina and the others also enjoyed this relaxing moment very much.
Miyoko was very curious about how Erina knew Lin Xiao, so she asked, “Ms. Erina, I’m curious about how you knew Lin Xiao?”
Erina talked about how Lin Xiao opened a Yellow Crane Tower restaurant at the entrance of Totsuki. Midori had also heard about Yellow Crane Tower, but she didn’t expect that Lin Xiao was the owner of that restaurant.
Yukino was soaking in the hot spring in silence, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Lin Xiao was soaking in the hot spring alone, counting silently in his mind. After about twenty minutes, Lin Xiao felt that time was almost up.
She quietly left her hot spring pool and sneaked into the women’s locker room.
This was his plan. He used the excuse of inviting her to a hot spring bath so that he could easily get Midori’s cheongsam. As for what Midori would wear when she returned, he believed that with Erina’s ability, it would not be a problem for her to get a few pieces of clothing.
However, when Lin Xiao came to the women’s locker room, he found that there were many lockers in the locker room, and he had no idea which locker belonged to Midori.
This mistake made him feel distressed. It was too time-consuming to look through them one by one. If Erina and the others came in and they saw him rummaging through things, he would probably die here.
However, the system’s reward overcame Lin Xiao’s rationality, and he decided to flip through them one by one.
Erina was soaking in the hot spring and chatting with Midori. After a while, she felt very thirsty, so she had to get up from the warm hot spring and go to the lounge to drink some water.
Lin Xiao was still concentrating on searching through Miyoko’s lockers one by one in the women’s locker room. You know, he spent a lot of money this time. If he didn’t find Miyoko’s cheongsam, he would lose a lot of money.
Next to the women’s locker room is the lounge. When Erina was about to walk into the lounge, she heard the sound of rummaging through drawers in the women’s locker room. She immediately became alert. Could it be that a pervert came in to steal things?
Erina wrapped her bathrobe tighter around herself and walked towards the changing room.
Lin Xiao had no idea that Erina was secretly approaching the dressing room, because she had found Miyoko’s closet and was taking the cheongsam off the hanger.
Erina walked into the women’s locker room, her steps as light as a cat’s, and approached the man who was rummaging through the drawers step by step.
Because Lin Xiao had his back to Erina, he didn’t notice anyone approaching. Erina confirmed that it was a man who was stealing clothes here, and she was immediately ready to scream at the top of her lungs.
Lin Xiao spotted Erina just before she was about to scream, and quickly stepped forward to cover her mouth, but he used too much force and both of them lost their balance and fell down.
Lin Xiao had already seen clearly that it was Erina, and he was unwilling to let Erina touch the floor, so he could only turn around and lie under Erina.
“Hmm.” Lin Xiao groaned. He had to admit that he fell quite hard. Erina was fine, as she had Lin Xiao to cushion her. But the feeling of weightlessness at the moment of falling made her a little dizzy.
Erina, in tattered clothes, lay on Lin Xiao, breathing heavily. Although she was fine, the dizziness had not yet subsided.
Lin Xiao hugged Erina tightly, covering her mouth with one hand and holding Erina’s waist with the other hand. The posture between the two was very ambiguous.
You know, in order to avoid suspicion from others, Lin Xiao wore a pair of shorts when he came out. He thought it would only take a minute, but he actually wasted so much time.
Chapter 37: Confused and Infatuated (Old Version)
Gradually, Erina’s dizziness began to disappear, and she found herself lying on Lin Xiao in a very indecent posture.
Just as she was about to get up, Lin Xiao’s left hand held her tightly, making it impossible for her to break free.
Finally, Lin Xiao calmed down and found that it was Erina. He quickly said, “Don’t scream. I’ll let you go.”
Erina nodded with her eyes wide open.
I originally wanted to catch a thief, but I didn’t expect to get myself involved.
Lin Xiao felt a little guilty, but when he saw Erina’s round thighs, he almost had a nosebleed.
Erina Kyon sat on the ground, looked at Lin Xiao and said, “Why did you sneak into the girls’ locker room?”
Lin Xiao quickly explained: “I just saw someone sneaking in, so I wanted to come and see what was going on.”
Erina looked at Lin Xiao with disdain, obviously not believing what Lin Xiao said.
“Really? Otherwise, why would I come here? Wouldn’t it be better to go directly to the bathhouse?” Lin Xiao said confidently. Anyway, Erina didn’t know his motives, so it seemed more convincing to say this.
Erina blushed when she heard this, but when she thought about it, there was nothing to see in the girls’ locker room since no one was there.
“I’ll take you out, don’t make any noise.” Erina didn’t want Lin Xiao to stay in the girls’ locker room for too long. It would be bad if something came in.
Just as they stood up and prepared to leave, the voices of Miyoko and Yukino came from outside: “Didn’t Erina say she was going to the lounge to have a drink of water? Why haven’t you come in for so long?”
Lin Xiao and Erina quickly found a corner to hide in, but the gap was too small, so the two could only face each other and smell each other’s scent, but their attention was not on themselves, and they were even more worried about being bumped into by Midori and Yukino.
Miyoko and Yukino walked to the door of the locker room and looked inside, only to find that no one was inside.
“Erina isn’t going to the bathroom, right? Let’s just go back. She will be back soon anyway,” said Midoriko.
Yukino nodded, and the two of them turned and ran towards the bath.
Lin Xiao and Erina both breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did they notice that the two of them were already face to face and were about to kiss.
A strange atmosphere brewed between the two people. Lin Xiao looked at Erina’s plump red lips, unable to suppress the desire in his heart, and slowly kissed her.
At this time, Erina’s heartbeat had already reached 180 miles per hour, but she did not resist and slowly closed her eyes.
A warm touch erupted between the two of them. Just when the two were in a daze, Erina was the first to wake up. She put her hands on Lin Xiao’s chest and pushed Lin Xiao away.
“I’ve been out for too long. I’ll go out first. You wait a while.” Erina didn’t bother to break the window paper.
Lin Xiao nodded and watched Erina go away.
Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked to the cabinet, took out Midori’s cheongsam, and turned around to leave the girls’ locker room.
Erina returned to the girls’ bath in silence, and then slowly soaked in the hot spring.
She didn’t know what was wrong with her. Lin Xiao’s extraordinary actions didn’t make her feel uncomfortable. Instead, she was a little surprised. She had never had contact with other boys since she was a child, and cooking was the only thing that accompanied her every day.
Lin Xiao gave her a very exciting feeling. She didn’t know whether she liked it or not. Moreover, Lin Xiao also helped her get her idol’s diary. She couldn’t explain it clearly for a moment.
Miyoko and Yukino were surprised to see Erina come back silently and then soak in the hot spring without saying a word.
“Ms. Erina, what’s wrong with you?” Miyoko asked with concern.
“Ah? I… I’m fine.” Erina felt a little guilty. After all, she couldn’t tell him about what she had just seen with Lin Xiao. “Maybe I was a little tired after soaking in the hot spring for too long.”
Yukino walked over to Erina, gently hugged one of her arms, and said softly, “Sister, your breasts are so big. If my brother saw them, he would definitely like them very much.”
When Erina heard what Yukino said, she suddenly remembered how she had just pressed on Lin Xiao, and her face turned red. She didn’t know if it was because of the hot spring or because she was shy.
“Girl, since you like your brother so much, you can marry him in the future.” Erina teased.
“Sister, don’t worry. I have already told my brother that I will be her girlfriend when I go to high school.” Yukino said seriously.
“You two brothers and sisters?” Midoriko obviously didn’t expect Yukino to say that.
“My brother and I are not biological siblings and have no blood relationship, so I can be his girlfriend.” Yukino explained immediately.
Erina fell silent again, she felt a little confused.
Lin Xiao exclaimed that it was a close call, luckily he met Erina, if it was Midori he would be doomed.
He took the cheongsam and quickly summoned the system: “Take it quickly.”
The system took the cheongsam, and it disappeared in her hands. Then the system pulled out a list of B-level kitchen utensils and threw it to Lin Xiao. It looked very familiar with the process, and it was obvious that the system often did this kind of thing.
Lin Xiao didn’t waste any time and flipped through the lists again and again, looking for the kitchenware he wanted.
It has to be said that the quality of the B-grade kitchenware given by the system is indeed much better than that of the C-grade. Among them, Lin Xiao s favorite is the mysterious Chinese pot.
The outside of this pot looks black and inconspicuous, but its effect is very attractive, which is that it enhances the aroma of food by 50%.
This is simply a natural spice carrier. It can directly enhance the fragrance by 50% among the three aspects of color, aroma and taste. It is simply ideal.
After Lin Xiao made the decision, the mysterious Chinese pot entered the system warehouse and could be taken out when Lin Xiao needed it.
Finally, the hot spring trip for several people ended.
Midori finally realized that the cheongsam she was wearing was missing. When she was about to make a scene in the store, Erina came out to stop her.
Tell her that she has sent Feishazi to deliver the clothes and will send them back when the time comes.
Lin Xiao was too guilty to say anything, and then he lamented how unlucky he was today.
No one suspected him. After all, he came out empty-handed, without a backpack, and couldn’t hide anything on his body.
Lin Xiao said loudly that he would never come to this hot spring shop again because there were still thieves.
There are no cameras in the locker room. Even if there are cameras in the corridor, we don t know whether people are going to the toilet or to the locker room. It is impossible to determine who the thief is based on the surveillance.
Midori cried out that she was unlucky, but finally Hisako drove over and took them all away.
Chapter 38 True Chinese Cuisine Research Society (Old Version)
Feishazi sent Lin Xiao and his sister to their apartment and drove back with Erina.
“Miss, forgive me for being blunt, but you should have less contact with commoners like Lin Xiao in the future, so as not to disrupt the family’s arrangements for you.” Feishazi said sincerely.
Erina sat in the car silently, thinking of Lin Xiao taking her to Polar Star Lodge and taking her to soak in the hot springs, but she dared not forget the family’s mission.
“Hisako, don’t worry, I understand.” Erina replied indifferently.
The next morning, Lin Xiao ran to Yuanyue.
Kei Tanomo was standing nervously at the door of the classroom, not daring to go in.
“Xiaohui, why are you standing at the door?” Lin Xiao patted Tanosuke Hui from behind.
Tanosuke Hui was startled, turned around and found that it was Lin Xiao.
“Lin Xiao, you’re here.” Tanaka Hui’s heart suddenly calmed down.
“Why are you standing at the door?” Lin Xiao looked at Tanosuke Hui’s cautious look, wondering what was going on inside.
“Lin Xiao, the teacher has announced the news of collective training. We will go to Totsuki’s resort for training in three days, so this class will become a free activity.” Tanomo Kei told what he knew.
Teaching at Yuanyue has always been like this. It all depends on the students’ own efforts. The teachers never urge them, but only give grades. Those who fail will be eliminated. It’s all because of your own lack of effort.
“Then why are you standing at the door? Are you nervous?” Lin Xiao said with a laugh.
“Hmm~ What should I do? My class evaluations have finally improved these past few days, and now I have to go to training again. If I fail this training, I’ll be expelled.” Tansho Kei was about to cry as she thought about it.
Lin Xiao patted Tanaka Hui’s shoulder and said with a smile: “Don’t worry, I’m here.”
“But you can’t help me at all during the group training.” Tansho Kei felt so wronged as she thought about it.
“It depends on the situation.” Lin Xiao spread his hands helplessly.
“Lin Xiao, the next step is free action. Have you joined any research group?” asked Tansho Kei.
Lin Xiao thought about it and realized that he had only been in Yuanyue for three days and had no time to join any research society. It seemed necessary for him to join a research society or form one himself?
Lin Xiao shook his head and said, “I want to set up a club of my own.”
“Huh? Classmate Lin Xiao, what kind of club do you want to form?” Tanosuke Hui was attracted by Lin Xiao’s words. A transfer student actually wanted to form his own club.
“Well, let’s set up a Chinese cuisine research association.” Lin Xiao thought about it and realized that he was most interested in Chinese cuisine.
“But the Chinese Cuisine Research Club has already been established by senior Kuga. Lin Xiao, you have no way to establish this club.” said Tansho Kei.
“As far as I know, the Chinese Cuisine Research Society I founded only studies two types of Chinese cuisine. There are so many types of Chinese cuisine, and his is obviously a pirated one, so I have to change the name to the True Chinese Cuisine Research Society.” Lin Xiao thought of this idea.
“But you are obviously provoking Senior Kuga. He is the ninth among the Ten Elite. What if he challenges you to a food battle?” Tanomo Megumi said worriedly. In her opinion, Lin Xiao is not yet a match for Kuga Teruki.
“What’s there to be afraid of? It’s a food battle, so to speak. I just can’t find a reason to shut down his pirated version. If he comes, I’ll take it over.” Lin Xiao said indifferently.
“Xiaohui? What are the conditions for organizing a club?” Lin Xiao suddenly realized that he still didn’t know what conditions needed to be met to form a club.
“Lin Xiao, you are not really going to form this club, are you?” Tansho Kei was a little scared. She was really afraid that Lin Xiao would confront Kuga Teruki.
“Just tell me, don’t worry, Senior Kuga and I are good friends.” Lin Xiao said with a smile.
“Well, actually it’s very simple to form a club. As long as there are three people willing to join your club, you can go to Miss Erina to apply.” Tadokoro Megumi said after thinking for a while.
“Three people will be enough, right?” Lin Xiao thought for a moment, stared at Tanaka Hui with ill intentions and said, “Xiaohui, I remember you don’t have a club either, right? Do you want to study Chinese cuisine with me?”
Tansho Kei’s hair stood on end when she was stared at, and a bad premonition came to her mind.
“It’s decided to be you, Xiaohui.” Lin Xiao hugged Tian Suohui tightly, not giving Tian Suohui any chance to escape.
Tansho Kei wanted to cry but couldn’t: “Mom, save me.”
Lin Xiao thought about it and it seemed that he was still short of two people. It seemed that he had to find two more people.
“What did you say? Lin Xiao wants to set up a True Chinese Cuisine Research Society?” Erina couldn’t help but hold her forehead after listening to Hisako’s report. She really couldn’t understand why this guy Lin Xiao was making trouble all day long. If Kuga Teruki knew about this, he would probably be furious. However, Lin Xiao shaved his hair, so he couldn’t get angry even if he wanted to.
Feishazi thought, you said you knew it last night, but today you actually started to secretly inquire about Lin Xiao’s news again, it’s really…
Kuga Teruki obviously didn’t know that Lin Xiao was going to form a club. He was now busy thinking about how to make his hair grow quickly.
Lin Xiao was looking for a candidate in his mind, and suddenly thought of someone who seemed to be quite suitable for his club, so he decided to choose her.
Lin Xiao thought that she should be in the Gaifan Research Club during this period of time.
Thinking of this, he took Tadokoro Kei to the rice bowl research group.
Sure enough, when Lin Xiao and Tansho Kei arrived at the Donburi Research Society, the sound of quarreling came out from inside.
Konishi Hirokazu’s weak voice came: “But our Donburi Research Society is a club with a long history. How can we just abolish it?”
“Cockroaches have a long history, and everyone wants to kill them. Or do you mean to have a food battle with me to save your club?” A girl with a tanned figure and revealing clothes said to Konishi Hirokazu, sticking out her chest.
When Lin Xiao heard this, he realized that the person he was looking for was right here. So he felt sorry for himself, but he had to get involved in this matter.
Chapter 39: Food Wars with You (Old Version)
“Hey guys, why do we have to argue over something like this?” Lin Xiao walked in with a righteous look on his face.
Mito Yumei and Konishi Hiroshi stared blankly at the intruder, not knowing what was going on.
Tanosuke Hui followed Lin Xiao carefully, fearing that the flames of war would spread to her.
“Rou Mei, are you interested in joining my club?” Lin Xiao made an invitation.
“I’m not interested. Who are you? Why have I never seen you in Totsuki before? And can’t you see I’m busy?” Mito Yumei hated being called Roumei the most and she refused directly.
“No, think about it, why waste time on such a rubbish club?”
“I’ve heard you’re so annoying. I’m not interested anymore.” Mito Yumei rolled her eyes and found this strange man really annoying.
“And you, do you want to compete with me in food battles? If you don’t, then just disband your club.” Mito Yumei was too lazy to pay attention to Lin Xiao.
“Hey, hey, hey, Roumei, I’m going to help him in the food battle. If I win, you’ll join my club. If I lose, you’ll be kicked out of my club.” Lin Xiao said.
“Hey, little brother, why did you suddenly come in and interfere? No matter how miserable our Donburi Research Society is, we can’t be bullied like this.” When Xiao Xikuan saw Lin Xiao, he felt that he was not here to help him, but he felt uncomfortable that his Donburi Society was suddenly used as a bet.
“So what you mean is, I should have a food battle with you first, get the rights of the president of the rice bowl club, and then have a food battle with Nikumi?” Lin Xiao thought for a moment and said.
“Brother, forget it. Why don’t you just fight the Nikumi Shokugeki directly?” Konishi Kuan was scared because even if he beat Lin Xiao, he couldn’t escape the fate of being abolished.
“Rou Mei, let’s have a food battle. If you lose, your Donburi Club will be disbanded. If you win, you will join my club.” Lin Xiao smiled slightly, feeling that he was really smart.
Tansho Kei looked at Lin Xiao in astonishment. He actually bet with Roumei using a club that was not his own, and after winning, the club he joined was not the Gaifan Club. Could this be the legendary getting something for nothing?
Rou Mei was confused by what she heard, but when she heard that Lin Xiao wanted to challenge her to a food battle and that if she lost, the club would be dismissed, this condition immediately touched her nerves.
“So what time is it?” Rou Mei asked.
“Of course it’s now.” Lin Xiao nodded.
Tanosuke Kei was stunned again. Lin Xiao was indeed an inhuman being. He actually asked for a food battle without any preparation. He was too confident.
Rou Mei was also stunned. Lin Xiao’s move caught her off guard. After all, she was not fully prepared. However, she still said, “Then see you at Shokugeki-kan in 30 minutes.”
It has to be said that Totsuki is worthy of being the top culinary school in Japan. As soon as the news that Lin Xiao was going to compete with Nikumi in Shokugeki Shokugeki was spread, the Shokugeki Hall was already full of people.
Erina also learned the news. She was a little curious about why Lin Xiao wanted to fight for the Rice Bowl Research Society and the Nikumi Shokugeki Contest. She didn’t understand this.
What Roumei reported was that Lin Xiao was doing the food battle in order to get her to join the rice club.
God knows that Lin Xiao managed to get something for nothing.
But out of curiosity, Erina still planned to go and take a look. Anyway, the training would be held in three days, and these few days were considered a recuperation period, so there was not much to do.
“Student Lin Xiao, what kind of food are you planning to cook to compete with the Meat Demon?” Tanaka Hui was a little worried about Lin Xiao.
“Of course it’s meat dishes. You have to know that Chinese cuisine is extensive and profound, and there are countless meat dishes, so I still have some confidence in this.” Lin Xiao said calmly.
“If it’s a food battle, we have to prepare the ingredients ourselves. If we stay here now, we might be defeated without even fighting.” Tansho Kei suddenly remembered this and said to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao was slightly stunned. It seemed to be the case, but he hadn’t decided what dish to cook yet, and there were only twenty minutes left.
It was a bit of a mistake, but it did not affect Lin Xiao’s performance.
He picked up the phone and dialed a number: “Hello, Erina? I, Lin Xiao, would like to borrow some ingredients from you.”
“Lin Xiao, Roumei is a general under my command. Do you think I could lend it to you? Do you think it’s realistic for you to use my things against my people?” Erina was about to hang up the phone angrily.
“No, just give me some food since I was so kind to invite you to take a hot spring bath yesterday.” Lin Xiao started begging, because he hadn’t made other preparations well.
Erina’s face was red enough to bleed, “You… shut up. I’ll only give you one portion of food. Come and get it yourself.”
Erina really didn’t want to think about the fact that she and Lin Xiao kissed in the girls’ locker room last night. Thinking about it, she felt a little regretful.
Lin Xiao listened to the dead tone on the phone and thought to himself: As expected, if there is any problem in Totsuki, it is most efficient to ask Erina to solve it.
“Was Lin Xiao talking to Erina on the phone just now?” asked Tanomo Kei.
“That’s right. She is willing to lend me some ingredients. Let’s go to her first.” After saying that, Lin Xiao pulled Tadokoro Megumi and ran towards Erina’s office.
“Hey? This is my club after all, how can you just leave like that?” Xiao Xi Kuanyi shouted at Lin Xiao in grief and anger.
Lin Xiao had no time to care about Konishi Hiroichi, and finally they ran to Erina’s office.
Erina sat in her seat and looked at Lin Xiao, saying, “Why would you fight Meat Fairy Shokugeki just for a rice bowl club?”
“I plan to set up a Authentic Chinese Cuisine Research Society. Since I’m short of people, I’m going to recruit some people.” Lin Xiao said frankly.
“Wait a minute? If Nikumei loses in a food battle with you, she will join your club. It’s not the Rice Bowl Club, but your True Chinese Cuisine Research Club?” Erina was a little skeptical of what she heard.
“Of course, otherwise why would I help the Gaifan Club with the food battle?” Lin Xiao felt that there was nothing wrong with him.
Erina almost vomited blood. It turned out that Lin Xiao was getting something for nothing. She was just wondering why Lin Xiao wanted to compete with Nikumi Shokugeki, and for a rice bowl club. It turned out that he was laying the groundwork for establishing his own club.
“Aren’t you afraid that Senior Kuga will cause trouble for you?” Erina looked at Lin Xiao helplessly.
“It’s okay. I heard recently that he was hiding in his room to grow his hair. How could he have the time to take care of me?” Lin Xiao said quietly.
Erina:
Chapter 40 Lin Xiao trembles (old version)
Lin Xiao walked into Erina’s food room. He had to say that the ingredients in Erina’s food room were really well prepared. It could be said that there was almost everything one could expect.
“Is this a rich man?” Lin Xiao said while touching a piece of pork.
“Have you picked it out, get out quickly. This is my personal food storage.” Erina looked at Lin Xiao touching this and that, wondering why she agreed to lend him the ingredients.
“Okay, let’s choose this one.” As he said that, Lin Xiao picked up a piece of pork.
“You actually want to use meat to compete with Meat Fairy in a food battle. You are really confident.” Erina watched Lin Xiao walk out with the piece of pork.
“There’s nothing I can do about it. Chinese cuisine is so profound and extensive,” Lin Xiao said with a smile.
“Okay, you can go to the venue now. Sorry I can’t see you off.” Erina began to order them to leave.
“Don’t you plan to go and take a look?” Lin Xiao asked.
“Who wants to watch your food battle?” Erina refused bluntly.
“I thought you were going to cheer for Meat Charm.”
“That’s for sure. I’ll watch how you lose to Roumei.” Erina said viciously.
“How dishonest.” Lin Xiao said, and walked out of Erina’s office with the packaged pork.
“Hey, who are you saying is not honest?” Erina almost threw the pen holder on her desk away.
Lin Xiao brought his little follower, Tanshoku Megumi, to Shokugekikan. The Shokugekikan was already packed with people. After all, there were always a lot of people watching the Shokugekikan every time.
A sweet-looking girl was already standing on the stage and speaking: “I didn’t expect our classmate Lin Xiao to come to the competition venue so soon. I wonder how he is preparing?”
Seeing so many people sitting in their seats, Lin Xiao began to shout to the audience: “Everyone, come and watch my food battle competition!”
“Damn, who is this guy? Who is here to see him?”
“This kid is too shameless.”
“You idiot, wait and see how you lose.”
The audience was furious. They were very familiar with Roumei’s strength, but everyone could only look down on Lin Xiao, a newcomer who dared to compete with Roumei in a food battle.
But as a normal person, I would indeed choose Roumei. After all, she is beautiful, slim and good at cooking. All men like her. Most importantly, she has big breasts.
On the other hand, Lin Xiao, who looks ordinary, dares to be so arrogant. He simply does not take the majority of male compatriots seriously.
“It seems that classmate Lin Xiao is very confident in this food battle.” The host hurriedly came out to say a few words, fearing that Lin Xiao would be scolded to death by the audience.
Lin Xiao smiled and secretly took out the mysterious Chinese pot that the system had exchanged for him from under the chef’s counter and placed it on the counter.
At this time, Roumei also arrived at the competition venue and saw that Lin Xiao was already making advance preparations.
“Meat Charm!”
The audience’s cheers were very loud, and the difference compared to Lin Xiao was simply worlds apart.
The corners of Rou Mei’s mouth slightly raised, and her wheat-colored breasts trembled, making the audience in the audience stare in amazement.
“Now that both contestants have arrived at the competition venue, let us introduce ourselves to each other.”
“The first challenger is our classmate Mito Yumei, who is known as the ‘Meat General’. You should know that her meat dishes are the best in Totsuki. She also has a cute nickname, which is – Meat Mei.”
Suddenly, shouts of “Rou Mei” broke out again in the audience.
“Next, let’s take a look at our challenger, Lin Xiao. According to the information, Lin Xiao has only joined Yuanyue for three days, and he even skipped classes on one of the days. This is simply a disaster for Yuanyue.” The host began to suppress Lin Xiao without any hesitation.
When the classmates heard that Lin Xiao had only joined Yuanyue for three days, he dared to skip classes. This was simply shameless.
“Eh~~” boos came one after another in the stadium.
Lin Xiao had experienced the Dark Food Wars before, so how could he be nervous about such a small scene? He didn’t care at all.
“Next, let’s see who the three referees are this time?”
The spotlight shone on the three people sitting in their seats.
Lin Xiao took a closer look and saw that the first one had long pink hair, but was a little short, and her breasts seemed to be flat. Could this girl be Louise from the legendary “Zero no Tsukaima”?
“Let us welcome the noble Miss Louise.” The host’s voice began to become excited.
Louise stood up from her seat and performed standard aristocratic etiquette.
The students’ blood immediately boiled.
“Okay, now let’s welcome the second judge.”
The spotlight shone again, and Lin Xiao took a look and saw a bald man. Hey, hey, hey, this bald man wearing Superman clothes, couldn’t he be Mr. Saitama from “One Punch Man”?
“Teacher Saitama!”
Saitama touched his bald head with one hand, stood up embarrassedly and smiled foolishly.
“Next, let us welcome the last judge.”
A familiar background music suddenly sounded in the stadium: “Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick…”
Lin Xiao’s whole body suddenly trembled when he heard this familiar BGM. Could this be the legendary elementary school student of the god of death – Conan.
Sure enough, it was that familiar pair of glasses and that hairstyle that looked like it was welded.
Lin Xiao has begun to tremble. It is said that wherever elementary school students appear, murders are bound to occur.
“Let’s welcome Conan-san.”
The classmates were all cheering, and Lin Xiao was complaining in his heart: “Why can such an elementary school student be a judge?”
The system popped up at this time and said to Lin Xiao: “Master, look, that’s Louise.”
“Damn it, please don’t cause trouble for me.” Lin Xiao was about to cry.
“Master, I want Louise’s panties.” The system said this with a natural and harmless expression.
“You want me to ask Louise for panties in front of so many people, do you want me to die?” Lin Xiao resisted the urge to rush up and strangle the system.
“Master, I believe you can do it. I’ll wait for your good news.” After saying that, the system disappeared.
Lin Xiao’s expression became extremely tragic. This was even more painful than encountering the god of death.
But for the sake of the system’s rewards, we still have to fight for it this time.
Lin Xiao shouted to the judges: “Dear Miss Louise, if the food I cook satisfies you, could you please give me your panties?”
“Huh?” Louise looked at Lin Xiao in confusion.
Chapter 41 Beautiful Sound (Old Version)
“Baga hentai, there’s no way to win.” Louise’s curse echoed in the food war tube.
I have to say that Totsuki’s equipment is really advanced. Louise’s voice echoed again and again over the hall.
“Oh, what a beautiful sound.”
“Again. And again.”
The audience was instantly brought to a climax by Louise s scolding.
Lin Xiao felt a little nostalgic when he heard this familiar scolding. You know, he relied on Louise to keep him alive in high school.
I finally got the chance to draw Louise this time, so I am determined to get Louise’s panties.
“Then Miss Louise, can you agree to this request?” Lin Xiao asked seriously.
“Ahhh, you hentai.” Louise was very annoyed that someone dared to make such an excessive request.
Suddenly Louise thought that all she had to do was tell this guy that the food he cooked was not tasty.
“Hmph, since you are such a pitiful commoner, I will agree to your request. But if the food you cook is not delicious, you will have to come back with me and be my slave.” Louise showed an evil smile on her face.
Lin Xiao was stunned. It seemed that going back with Louise was not a bad thing. But the foundation he had developed here with great difficulty was about to be destroyed.
After thinking calmly, Lin Xiao said, “No problem, Miss Louise.”
Because it seems like there s nothing to lose.
When Erina heard Lin Xiao’s request, her face turned red. She really didn’t expect that Lin Xiao would make such a request in public.
I remembered that I kissed such a scumbag yesterday, and I felt a little annoyed.
Roumei was shocked by Lin Xiao’s request, and she really doubted whether Lin Xiao had any ulterior motives for this food battle.
“Student Lin Xiao is truly extraordinary. He can actually make such a request.” The host tried hard to save the situation.
Conan’s brain started to work rapidly, and he began to doubt Lin Xiao’s motives.
“Well, can we start? There’s a big sale at the supermarket this afternoon, and I’m going to go buy some.” Saitama sat calmly in his seat, remembering that the supermarket was having a big sale today, and he was going to go buy some.
The host took one look and said without further ado: “Then let’s begin the food battle.”
“You shameless man, just wait for your failure.” Roumei threw a suckling pig that looked very exquisite onto the table.
With a stroke of the long knife, the pickling process began.
As a researcher of Chinese cuisine, Lin Xiao knew that Rou Mei was going to make roasted suckling pig as soon as he saw Rou Mei take out the suckling pig. You know, roasted suckling pig is a dish in the Chinese Manchu-Han banquet and is ranked as one of the eight delicacies.
As expected of a meat master, he actually came up with such a challenging meat dish. However, Lin Xiao was still confident. Although roast suckling pig was very prestigious, it was all based on the premise of excellent roasting. This dish was so difficult that Lin Xiao was not sure if he could try it.
Lin Xiao took out the Ice Soul Blade from his side. The students at the scene knew at a glance that Lin Xiao’s sword was not ordinary. The luster alone was not something that ordinary knives could have.
Lin Xiao picked out pork belly from Erina’s food library. The dish he made this time was Dongpo pork, which is also a relatively homely dish.
Although he was not good enough to compete with the roast suckling pig, Lin Xiao was still confident.
Lin Xiao picked up the Ice Soul Blade and slowly cut the piece of pork belly.
Conan frowned slightly. He felt that Lin Xiao’s knife skills were very strange. This technique did not seem like that of someone who cooked regularly. It was more like the way a doctor held a knife.
The classmates were shocked to see that Lin Xiao was using such a good knife but his knife skills were so poor. They felt that such skills were an insult to the knife.
“Where does this kid get the courage to challenge Niumei Shokugeki? Judging from his knife skills, this must be his first time cutting meat.”
“That’s not the case. This knife is like a pearl covered in dust in the hands of this kid.”
Rou Mei took a look at Lin Xiao and was immediately shocked by his knife skills. Although Lin Xiao’s knife skills were slow, they were methodical. He moved slowly along the texture of the pork belly, trying his best not to destroy the flavor.
Soon, Lin Xiao cut the pork belly into small square pieces.
Roumei’s roast suckling pig is still in the marinating stage. The best roast suckling pig needs to be marinated twice, the first time with salt for thirty minutes, the second time with spices for thirty minutes, and finally shaking it with high heat. The most critical step is the shaking step. The frequency of the action must be fast, and the intensity of the high fire must be controlled well. This is the most difficult step.
Lin Xiao had already started a big fire and placed the Mysterious Chinese Pot on top of it. For Lin Xiao now, controlling flames was already a common thing, not to mention the added benefit of the Mysterious Chinese Pot. Lin Xiao had just heated the hot water and put the pork belly in to rinse it, when a fresh aroma of meat wafted out.
Suddenly, the classmates couldn t believe that this guy who couldn t even hold a knife could make such delicious meat. It must be because the quality of his ingredients was so good.
But the students were right in their guess. As ingredients in Erina’s food library, they must be top-quality products. However, the fact that they can emit such a fragrance during the blanching process is all thanks to the mysterious Chinese pot.
Louise couldn’t help but drooling when she smelled the meat. She never thought that this hentai had such good cooking skills. As long as she took him back to be a slave, she could have delicious meals every day in the future.
Louise had already imagined the days when Lin Xiao would cook for her every day under her encouragement.
Rou Mei no longer dared to look down on Lin Xiao, because she did not expect that Lin Xiao had such top-quality meat in his hands.
Erina felt a little strange when she smelled the aroma of the pork belly. Why was it so fragrant? It seemed that when she made it before, it didn’t have such a fresh aroma.
Lin Xiao paid no attention to the situation outside, as he had completely put his body and soul into this dish of Dongpo pork.
He quickly took out the pork belly, drained the water, put it in a casserole, and added the sauce he had prepared.
Start steaming again.
Lin Xiao’s technique is so fast that it is simply dazzling.
Chapter 44: One More Person (Old Version)
“Well, Roumei, according to the agreement, you have to join my club.” Lin Xiao said while hugging Erina in his arms.
Rou Mei stared at Lin Xiao in a daze. Miss Erina actually did not resist at all in his arms.
“Rou Mei, you don’t want to cheat, do you?” Lin Xiao said to Rou Mei.
Rou Mei suddenly woke up and found that Lin Xiao was talking to her. Her wheat-colored cheeks flushed slightly and she said, “As agreed, I will join the Gaifan Research Club.”
“Why did you join that crappy club? I want you to join my club.” Lin Xiao said.
“Isn’t your club the Donburi Research Club?” Rou Mei was a little confused, otherwise why would she want to compete with Lin Xiao in a food battle.
“No, no, no, my club is the True Chinese Cuisine Research Society.” Lin Xiao proudly named his club.
“Have you joined senior Kuga’s club?” Roumei obviously didn’t understand what this True Chinese Cuisine Research Society meant.
“To put it simply, my club has only studied two Chinese cuisines for a long time. In my opinion, this is far from enough. You have to know that Chinese cuisine is profound and extensive. My True Chinese Cuisine Research Society studies the five major Chinese cuisines.” Lin Xiao explained patiently.
“You mean, you want to compete with Senior Kuga?” Rou Mei looked at Lin Xiao in disbelief, almost doubting whether Lin Xiao’s brain was broken. Are you kidding? That’s the eighth seat of the Ten Elites Club. How can you have the confidence to challenge him?
“I’m doing this to promote Chinese cuisine, and what Kuga cooks is not authentic.” Lin Xiao didn’t care about confronting Kuga Teruki at all.
“Never mind, I’ve already lost to you, so I can only abide by the agreement.” Rou Mei was too lazy to worry about these things. Even if the sky fell, Lin Xiao would still be there to support her. Miss Erina was still in Lin Xiao’s arms, so maybe the relationship between Lin Xiao and Miss Erina was really special.
Lin Xiao nodded with satisfaction. Erina in his arms suddenly woke up and realized that she was actually in Lin Xiao’s arms.
Erina pushed Lin Xiao away, looked at Rou Mei and Xiao Hui with a red face, and said, “You guys chat first, I’m going to go back and deal with things first.”
After saying that, he fled the scene at the speed of the wind.
“Lin Xiao, you are only one person short of forming a club. Have you decided who will be the last person?” Tansuo Hui said to Roumei who had just joined.
“As for the last person, let me think carefully about who should I look for?” Lin Xiao started searching for people in his brain, and suddenly thought of a suitable person. This guy should still be alone.
“Do you know where to buy tofu?” Lin Xiao asked.
“Why did you suddenly think of making tofu?” Tanosuke Hui couldn’t understand Lin Xiao’s train of thought.
“Shouldn’t you go find a third partner to join the club?” Rou Mei said, “Besides, we will be going to training camp in three days. If we don’t form the club in these three days, we will have to wait until we return from training camp.”
“Don’t worry, the third person will come to us tomorrow. Let’s go get some tofu first.” Lin Xiao said, patting his chest.
Rou Mei and Tian Suoke Hui were a little confused. Lin Xiao’s train of thought was always so strange.
So, Tanosuke Hui went to help Lin Xiao find some tofu, and when she came back, she saw Lin Xiao doing something in a jar.
But a foul smell was emanating.
Tansho Kei didn’t dare to get close to Lin Xiao because it smelled so bad.
Lin Xiao came to Tanosuke Hui, took the tofu, then put the tofu into the jar, covered it with a lid and pressed it down with a stone.
“Mission accomplished.” Lin Xiao clapped his hands, expressing his satisfaction with his masterpiece.
Rou Mei and Tansho Kei had no idea what Lin Xiao was doing. It looked like he was cooking a dish, but what kind of dish could be so smelly?
Lin Xiao saw that it was getting late, so he said goodbye to Rou Mei and Tansho Kei and ran out of the school. He remembered that today was his first day working part-time at Hojo Building, so he couldn’t be late.
As he walked, he took out the pink and white panties from his pocket. He brought it to his nose and smelled it. It had a very tempting scent.
The system couldn’t help but jump out, “Master, Master, as agreed, what do you want to exchange this panties for?”
Lin Xiao glanced at the system and said, “I want to see all your redemption lists.”
“No, Master, you can only choose one category.” The system refused.
“Then give me an A-level recipe.” Lin Xiao thought about it. He wanted this A-level recipe so that he would have a trump card in his hand when facing Kuga Teruki, so as to avoid a bad ending.
“Master, here is the list of A-level recipes.” As it said that, the system snatched the panties from Lin Xiao’s hand and threw the list to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao took it and looked at it. There were really a lot of good things inside, but anything that was not Chinese food could be ruled out because what was going to happen next was bound to be a battle of Chinese food.
Lin Xiao carefully selected for a long time and finally chose the dish known as the finale of the Manchu-Han banquet – Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, which even Buddha jumped over the wall to eat upon hearing about it.
Lin Xiao didn’t quite understand why this dish was only an A-level recipe. You know, in Lin Xiao’s mind, this dish should be ranked at least S-level.
However, after Lin Xiao looked at the recipe, he couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed. The ingredients required were too many. Where could he get so many ingredients?
At this time, Lin Xiao remembered the benefits of having his own club. As long as he had his own club, he could apply for funds to study cooking. At least he wouldn’t have to pay for it himself. This was Yuanyue’s elite education.
Lin Xiao’s mind moved slightly, and he really thought of Erina again. It seems that he has to find a way to convince Erina first.
Seeing that Lin Xiao had already chosen the recipe, the system quickly ran away, lest Lin Xiao change his mind and take Louise’s panties back.
While thinking about how to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Lin Xiao rushed to Hojo Tower.
Chapter 45 Lin Xiao’s Snacks (Old Version)
“You’re here.” Midori saw Lin Xiao walking in from outside, and a strange feeling arose in her mind when she saw Lin Xiao again.
Lin Xiao walked in calmly from outside and didn’t even notice that Midori was greeting him.
His mind is now full of how to get the ingredients for Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. You know, these ingredients alone are very valuable.
Moreover, what Lin Xiao needs is a lot of practice to improve his progress in recipe strategy. Lin Xiao estimated in his mind that after the collective training in Totsuki is over, Kuga Teruki will probably come to trouble him. After all, his establishment of the True Chinese Cuisine Research Society is a move that would undermine his power.
Is it true that my system is still too rubbish?
Lin Xiao couldn’t help but complain. Other people’s systems just posted tasks to be completed, and they would give points and kitchen utensils. But his system was different. He actually had to exchange things for things, and they didn’t even want ordinary things. It really gave Lin Xiao a headache.
The more this happened, the more Lin Xiao was motivated. Although this half-baked system was a bit of a pitfall, the things it gave him were real good stuff.
“Lin Xiao, what are you thinking about? Why do you seem out of focus?” Midori didn’t know that Lin Xiao had just finished a food battle.
“Ah, Senior Midori, it’s okay, I’m just thinking about something.” Lin Xiao then realized that he had already walked to the Hojo Building.
“Lin Xiao, don’t call me senior. It makes me seem like I’m much older than you.” Midori didn’t like Lin Xiao calling her senior.
“What should I call you then?”
“Just call me Midori. Come with me. I’ll help you get familiar with your job today.” Midori led Lin Xiao to the kitchen.
Because the competition was held in the hall that day, Lin Xiao was not familiar with the kitchen of Hojo Building. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw various kitchen utensils hanging on the wall. The kitchen was clean and everyone had already prepared the ingredients in advance.
Lin Xiao sighed in his heart, this place is worthy of being a 50-year-old brand, both the staff and facilities are very complete.
“Lin Xiao, you’re here.” Hojo Sojiro saw Midori leading Lin Xiao in.
“Uncle, hello, what is my mission today?” Lin Xiao asked.
“Well, Lin Xiao, after all, today is your first day here. You were better at making snacks that day, so today you will be in charge of the snack group, how about it?” Hojo Sojiro thought about it and decided to arrange a position for Lin Xiao that was not so onerous.
Generally speaking, there is division of labor and cooperation in the important areas of the kitchen to avoid everyone being in a rush when it is busy.
Lin Xiao nodded and said, “No problem, but I have a request. After the business is over today, I want to try a dish. Can I use the remaining ingredients?”
Generally speaking, there is an unwritten rule in hotels that internal employees can try to cook their own meals, but they cannot take the ingredients out.
Sojiro laughed and said, “No problem, these are just small things. I hope Lin Xiao, you won’t let me down. Nitta Mitsuru, follow Lin Xiao and learn well.”
Mitsuru Nitta stood aside and smiled awkwardly. It was really embarrassing that someone younger than him suddenly became his master.
Lin Xiao glanced at Nitta Mitsuru and said, “You can help me from now on.”
As expected of an old hotel, Hojo Tower was already packed with people just as dinner time approached. Lin Xiao began to make Hojo Tower snacks according to the recipe. With his current talent, this kind of snack was not difficult at all and he could basically make it just by looking at it.
Moreover, Lin Xiao used his own kitchen utensils, which basically added a lot of flavor to the snacks.
Nitta Mitsuru was watching with his eyes wide open. He didn’t understand why the snacks made by Lin Xiao were so fragrant and the ingredients were obviously fresher.
After ordering a few snacks, several diners found that they were much more delicious than before, and thus a snack craze started in Beijo Building.
It was only then that Lin Xiao realized that cooking food too deliciously was also a kind of trouble. Amid the diners’ increasingly loud calls, Lin Xiao became extremely busy, so much so that the snack group, which was supposed to be relatively idle, suddenly became the busiest group. The other groups looked at Lin Xiao in shock, wondering how could this be different from what they had agreed upon?
Hojo Sojiro also found it a bit unbelievable. Hojo Restaurant has always been famous for its Chinese cuisine, and most people order main dishes, with snacks being just a accompaniment. But today, not many people ordered main dishes, and instead, they all ordered snacks.
Now Mitsuru Nitta became more proud, as if he had followed a very remarkable master. Looking at the envious eyes of other departments, Mitsuru Nitta began to work hard.
Midori was originally responsible for helping her father Sojiro, but because of the decrease in orders, she had some free time, so she went to check on Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao has no time to take care of them now because there are too many orders.
However, he was also estimating in his mind that he had earned a lot today, and that at least half a month’s food money would not be a problem.
Midori was staring at Lin Xiao from the side, and she felt a sense of admiration for him. You know, people who enter the kitchen for the first time are always in a rush and have no time to prepare anything. Lin Xiao, unlike her, looks busy but everything is organized.
Finally, around nine o’clock in the evening, Lin Xiao gradually had some free time. At that moment, Lin Xiao felt that all his strength had been drained. This high-intensity work was simply supported by his strong mental strength.
It turns out that the hotel industry is not something that ordinary people can participate in.
Midori looked at Lin Xiao sitting aside to rest and felt a little distressed, so she handed a glass of water to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao took the water and said thank you to Midori.
“Lin Xiao, you are really amazing. Today is your first day in the kitchen and you can actually stick to such high-intensity work. You should know that 60% of our store’s orders today are snacks. You simply broke the record of our store.” Miyoko said with stars in her eyes.
Lin Xiao rubbed his head and smiled, “Nothing, nothing. You know, I used to work in Yellow Crane Tower.”
Chapter 46: First Production (Old Version)
Speaking of Yellow Crane Tower, Lin Xiao’s eyes couldn’t help but dim. You know, this was his first career, and it was actually ruined by that Yamano Shimoji. Although he finally listened to Xueno and let him go, Lin Xiao still wished he would die.
“I heard about the Yellow Crane Tower. I believe that with your ability, you can definitely rebuild the Yellow Crane Tower.” Midoriko comforted.
“It’s okay. This little setback is nothing to me. I’m just worried about Xueno, the one who took a hot spring bath with you last time. She’s my sister.” Lin Xiao said.
“Yukino is such a sensible girl. Why don’t you let Yukino go to Totsuki to study? You know, with Yukino’s personality, it would be absolutely suitable for her to go there.” Miyoko suggested.
Lin Xiao suddenly slapped his head, remembering that Yuanyue had a junior high school department. But considering the fierce competition in Yuanyue, it was better not to let Xueno suffer this.
“I just hope Xueno can live like a princess. I will take care of these things. There is no need for Xueno to suffer like this.” Lin Xiao said lightly.
Hojo Sojiro took a look at today’s revenue and was amazed by Lin Xiao’s snacks. Although the price of a snack was not very expensive, the customers ordered a lot, resulting in Lin Xiao’s sales volume being very high.
“Lin Xiao, you really surprised me.” Sojiro saw Lin Xiao sitting aside and chatting with his daughter, and couldn’t help but interrupt.
“Uncle, according to the agreement, the profits are split 50-50. I have to work hard for the money.” Lin Xiao said with a smile.
“This is your part-time job fee for today.” Sojiro took a stack of money and handed it to Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao accepted it with peace of mind, after all, it was earned by his own labor.
“Uncle, as agreed, I will use the leftover ingredients today to make the dish I want to try.” Lin Xiao thought about it and decided to try Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
“Thanks to you, there are still a lot of ingredients left today. Since most of what we made are snacks, there are quite a lot of other ingredients left. Since you want to practice new dishes, could you tell me what you want to make?” Sojiro was very curious about what new dishes Lin Xiao was talking about?
“I wonder if you have heard of the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in the Manchu-Han Banquet?”
“Which is the most luxurious dish in the Chinese banquet?” Hojo Sojiro couldn’t believe his ears. You know, there are many versions of the recipe for Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, but the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in the Chinese banquet is definitely the most essential one. However, due to various reasons, that recipe has not been passed down, and the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall made now are almost all castrated versions.
“Well, I want to give it a try. This is my first time making it, so the material requirements are not that high.” Lin Xiao thought for a while and said. After all, this is just a practice, so it’s better to reduce the loss of ingredients.
When the other people in Hojo Building heard that Lin Xiao was going to make that legendary dish, their curiosity suddenly exploded. After all, this dish was not available in Hojo Building. Although Hojo Building served Chinese cuisine, it was more homely.
Lin Xiao put on his apron again and prepared all the ingredients needed for Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and started watching how Lin Xiao cooked Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Lin Xiao was not in a hurry. He had to take his time to make this dish because there were too many ingredients.
He first processed the various ingredients, and then began to classify and configure them according to the recipe requirements provided by the system.
It has to be said that ever since he exchanged his talent for cooking, he has become more and more adept at doing these things.
The others saw Lin Xiao finish processing the ingredients, then put them all into a pot-shaped casserole, sealed the mouth and began to simmer them slowly over low heat.
Unexpectedly, after just a while of cooking, a fragrance began to waft out. Everyone smelled this faint fragrance and couldn’t help but want to taste what the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall tasted like after it was cooked.
Lin Xiao frowned slightly. According to the recipe, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall would not emit any fragrance when it was being cooked, but now that it was only halfway through, the fragrance had already filled the entire kitchen.
Others did not know that Lin Xiao had failed in making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall this time, but the fragrance made them think that Lin Xiao had made it very successfully.
Although Lin Xiao knew in his heart that the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was a failure, he was reluctant to waste so many ingredients, so he had to continue simmering it over low heat.
Finally, two hours later, Lin Xiao slowly opened the lid of the clay pot, and a rich fragrance filled the kitchen.
Although the preparation of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall failed this time, this semi-finished Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was definitely comparable to any dish Lin Xiao had made before. After all, the ingredients were precious and the recipe provided by the system was there, so it couldn’t be that bad.
Lin Xiao took a look and found that it was the first time to make an A-level recipe, but the recipe guide was already 50% completed. This made Lin Xiao feel a little unbelievable. You know, this is an A-level recipe, not a C-level recipe that can be learned in one go.
Suddenly he understood. It was like a running competition, a 100-meter race. It would be absolutely no problem to run 14 seconds in the first training session. After the second training session, he might be able to run 13 seconds.
But in the end, how many people can run under ten seconds?
Lin Xiao s first time making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall only means that he has gotten started, but he is still far from mastering it.
However, the recipe given by the system was indeed amazing. After the guys at Hojo Building tried a small bowl, they all praised Lin Xiao’s cooking skills.
Lin Xiao just smiled and said nothing, because in his opinion this level was far from enough, at least it was not enough to deal with Kuga Teruki.
Miyoko seemed to understand what Lin Xiao was thinking and asked, “Do you feel that you are missing something?”
Lin Xiao was slightly stunned. He didn’t expect that Midori could see through it.
“It’s inevitable that this will happen when you’re doing it for the first time. You know, the first time I cooked, I couldn’t even hold the spoon steadily.” Midori said with a smile.
“I just feel a little sorry.”
“What a pity?”
“It’s a pity that Miyoko-san has big breasts and long legs, so why is she here to cook?”
Chapter 47: Biological Weapons (Old Version)
The next morning, Lin Xiao arrived at Yuanyue. Because of the training, he had three days off.
But more importantly, because of the training camp, everyone is practicing cooking in school. If you don t do well during the training camp and are expelled, that will be a lifelong problem.
Lin Xiao found the jar he used to pickle tofu yesterday, touched his head, and wondered where he should use this powerful weapon.
“Lin Xiao, what kind of food is in this jar?” Tansho Hui and Rou Mei received a call from Lin Xiao early in the morning and rushed to the place where the jar was placed yesterday.
“Of course it’s the food that attracts the third club member.” Lin Xiao said without hesitation.
“Then what are we going to do now?” Rou Mei looked at Lin Xiao, always feeling that something bad was going to happen.
Lin Xiao touched his hairless chin, picked up the small jar, and said, “Let’s go to Erina’s office downstairs.”
Although they didn’t understand what Lin Xiao was going to do, Xiaohui and Roumei were very cooperative and followed Lin Xiao to Erina’s building.
Erina was sitting in her office handling the affairs of various clubs. You know, almost all the expenditure of club fees had to be approved by her, so this was one of her daily tasks.
Lin Xiao put the jar on the ground, then said to Tansho Kei and Rou Mei: “Let’s find a way to get a stove here. I’m going to cook this dish later.” Lin Xiao pointed at the jar.
Rou Mei and Tanomo Megumi didn’t waste any time. They went to find some utensils. The thing that Totsuki had the most was kitchen utensils.
Lin Xiao went to find some seasonings, and everything was ready half an hour later.
Lin Xiao slowly opened the box that he had prepared yesterday, and a strong stench began to spread.
Erina was looking at the documents intently when she suddenly smelled a disgusting odor and almost fainted.
She followed the smell and began to search for where it was coming from.
“Increase the fire power, otherwise it won’t taste good when fried.” Lin Xiao had two balls of cotton stuffed in his nose and spoke in a soft voice.
“Lin Xiao, are you sure this is okay?” Rou Mei pinched her nose, she really couldn’t stand the smell.
You have to know that Lin Xiao was using the mysterious Chinese pot, which amplified the smell by 50%. This time, even the stench was amplified by 50%. The smell was simply like a stinky sock that had been covered in a quilt for thirty days.
Megumi Tadokoro was really a little scared, because the smell was so stinky that it was unbearable for ordinary people. Moreover, this place was near Miss Erina’s office. If Miss Erina smelled it, would she come out to kill her?
As Tanomo Kei thought about it, she began to get scared.
Lin Xiao didn’t care about that. According to him, the stinkier the better. Otherwise, how could he attract that person?
Erina’s head started to feel dizzy when she smelled the smell. She even suspected that someone was going to attack Totsuki and drop biological weapons here.
When she walked out of the gate, she finally saw who was doing the evil. The three men were still unaware and continued to increase their firepower.
“Lin Xiao, you bastard, do you want to stink me to death in your own office?” Erina pinched her nose and shouted hard.
Tansho Kei and Rou Mei were stunned. Could it be that the last person Lin Xiao wanted to recruit into the club was Miss Erina? Thinking about it this way, this plan seemed to be quite good. It actually forced Miss Erina out.
When Lin Xiao saw Erina coming out, he realized that the person he wanted to kidnap had not arrived yet, so he felt that the force was not enough, so he added more stinky tofu.
Erina looked over and saw that Lin Xiao was ignoring her.
“Lin Xiao, you’re going to die!” After saying that, she was about to rush forward to interrupt Lin Xiao’s operation, but as soon as her hand left her nose, the smell began to seep in, making it impossible for her to attack Lin Xiao at all.
“Erina, please stand aside for a moment. I’ll give you the food later. I haven’t finished yet.” Lin Xiao held a pair of long wooden chopsticks and turned the stinky tofu inside.
“Who wants to eat such disgusting things?” Erina said, pinching her nose.
“If you have the ability, don’t eat too much later.” Lin Xiao didn’t intend to pay attention to Erina. Although he would definitely ask her for something next, the most urgent task was to attract that person over.
Rou Mei and Tanosuke Hui were trembling in fear, fearing that innocent people would be implicated, even though it seemed that they were also accomplices.
“Um, can I have one of these?” A girl with scruffy hair appeared from somewhere and drooled at what Lin Xiao was frying.
Seeing this scene, Erina, Tadokoro Megumi and Nikumi were all stunned. When did such a person appear in Totsuki, and dressed so sloppily.
“Do you want to eat? Wait a minute, it’s not finished yet.” Lin Xiao smiled slightly and finally attracted today’s protagonist. He almost ruined all his efforts because of Erina.
The other three couldn’t help but complain: What’s so delicious about this stinky thing? It makes people lose their appetite just by smelling it, okay?
Also, could you please stop drooling? It’s almost dripping onto the ground.
Lin Xiao took a look and found that he had almost finished frying. The color was no longer the original grayish color, but had turned into a light golden color.
Lin Xiao picked up a portion, added his special sauce, and handed it to the drooling girl.
“Do you want to try it too?” Lin Xiao handed a few more servings of stinky tofu to Erina and the others.
Several people shook their heads like rattles, not because they doubted Lin Xiao’s cooking skills, but because they doubted whether this thing was edible.
“Look, this is the Chinese Cuisine Research Society of our school. They don’t even know about China’s most famous snack, stinky tofu. What are they researching every day?” Lin Xiao looked distressed, then picked up a piece of stinky tofu, put it in his mouth, and began to eat.
The scruffy girl finished the stinky tofu fried by Lin Xiao very quickly, then handed the bowl to Lin Xiao and said, “Anything else?” Her saliva was flowing again.
“Do you want to eat more?” Lin Xiao asked.
The girl nodded.
Lin Xiao walked up to the girl, put his arm around her shoulders and whispered, “Join my club, and I’ll teach you how to make better stinky dishes like this.”
The girl looked at Lin Xiao with disdain, as if she was looking at someone abducting a decent girl.
“Plus a personal photo of Erina.”
“make a deal!”
Chapter 48: Really Fragrance (Old Version)
“Lin Xiao, do you know this classmate? And where did this classmate come from?” Erina finally couldn’t stand the smell anymore.
“Me? My name is Nao Sadatsuka, Lady Erina.” As she said that, Nao Sadatsuka couldn’t help but move closer to Erina.
Lin Xiao stretched out a hand and grabbed Nao Sadatsuka. He knew Nao Sadatsuka’s habits, so how could he let her get close to Erina so easily.
“Then according to the agreement, you will be considered as joining my club, the True Chinese Cuisine Research Society.” Lin Xiao said.
Nao Sadatsuka turned her head to look at Lin Xiao, and whispered in his ear, “Do you really have Erina-sama’s private photo?”
When Lin Xiao heard this, he leaned over to her ear and whispered, “Of course I have it. I’ll give it to you quietly when the time comes. It’s not easy to give it to you now that Erina is here.”
“I want those close-up photos. I’ve collected a lot of long-range photos.”
“Don’t worry, we have all kinds of postures.” Lin Xiao assured, patting his chest.
Erina and the others watched the two people talking furtively about something and felt that nothing good was going to happen.
“Then it’s settled.” Lin Xiao said contentedly. Finally, there were three of them.
Nao Sadatsuka nodded and quickly fled the scene.
“What exactly did you two talk about?” Erina asked, covering her nose.
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing, Erina, would you like to have a portion of this snack I made? It’s really delicious.” Lin Xiao tried to get away with it by using stinky tofu.
“Lin Xiao, please take this away from me. I don’t want to eat it.” Erina began to step back. She really couldn’t stand the smell.
“Come and give it a try? Don’t be so resistant. How do you know if it works if you don’t try it?” Lin Xiao showed a devilish smile and began to press forward step by step.
“Lin Xiao, stop it. You should know that the approval authority for establishing a society is in my hands.” Erina certainly knew that Lin Xiao wanted to set up a True Chinese Cuisine Research Society.
“You start threatening me after not seeing me for just one day. You’ll have to pay the price for that.” After saying that, he grabbed Erina’s hand and pulled her into his arms. Since she had already run into Lin Xiao’s gun, how could Lin Xiao let her go?
Erina held her breath, her face full of rejection. Lin Xiao picked up a piece of stinky tofu and slowly approached Erina’s mouth.
Erina felt like she was about to die. She really hoped that Hisako would show up at this time and kick Lin Xiao away. She regretted not listening to Hisako in the first place.
Finally, Lin Xiao succeeded. He put the piece of stinky tofu into Erina’s mouth. Erina chewed it with a look of despair and tears began to well up in her eyes. When had she ever suffered such an injustice?
When the stinky tofu touched her tongue, the sweet aroma began to burst out. In an instant, the stinky smell disappeared from Erina’s mouth, and instead it became a very strange fragrance.
Moreover, the fragrance became more and more fragrant as she chewed, as if she was poisoned.
When she swallowed the stinky tofu, the aroma lingered in her mouth, an aroma that condensed on her taste buds.
I have to say that Lin Xiao s cooking skills are very good, and even Erina s divine tongue couldn t find any flaws in this dish.
Looking at Erina’s expression as she couldn’t help chewing, Lin Xiao knew that Erina probably already knew what this dish was about. The Divine Tongue was no joke.
“Would you like another piece?” Lin Xiao brought the portion of stinky tofu to Erina.
“Huh, I’m helping you test whether you are qualified to form a club.” After saying that, he took the stinky tofu handed over by Lin Xiao, picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.
The sweet scent filled the air again.
When Roumei and Tiansuohui saw that Erina actually took the initiative to try the stinky tofu made by Lin Xiao, they couldn’t help but feel curious about what this extremely stinky thing tasted like.
So they also picked up a piece of stinky tofu with chopsticks and put it in their mouths, and the rich aroma burst out again.
For a moment, they thought they had come to an endless sea of ??flowers, as if they were lying in the ocean of flowers, and the fragrance would not stop with every breath.
Seeing these guys couldn’t stop eating, Lin Xiao started to fry a new portion of stinky tofu.
On the one hand, he did this because he wanted to attract Nao Sadatsuka, and on the other hand, he did this because he really wanted to eat it. This was his favorite thing in the past. As the saying goes, it tastes good to him, but smells bad to others, which is to harm others and benefit himself.
Soon, three servings of stinky tofu were finished by Erina and her friends.
Then the three of them looked at Lin Xiao with shining eyes. Lin Xiao got goose bumps from being stared at. What was going on with this uncontrollable appetite?
“Hey, hey, hey, you were ready to die just now, why are you trying to snatch food from me now? I haven’t even eaten a few pieces yet.” Lin Xiao began to protect the food. You know, he only pickled a few ingredients, if they ate them all, what would he eat?
“You can make it yourself anyway, so don’t eat it this time.” Erina pushed Lin Xiao away and started frying it herself.
“Hey, hey, hey, didn’t you just say you would rather die than eat it? Why are you doing it yourself now?” Lin Xiao couldn’t help but complain.
“Do you still want to go through with your club formation application?” Erina asked calmly, then looked at the stinky tofu that was still being fried and began to glow.
“Regarding this matter, I think you should review it tomorrow.” Lin Xiao suggested quietly.
“Why? You don’t have enough people. Why don’t you just face Senior Kuga directly next time? You will meet him sooner or later anyway.” Erina said directly.
“No, no, no, I need a buffer period for school training. Give me some time.” Lin Xiao said.
“That’s fine. I’ll let you pass tomorrow. But by the time you come back, my senior’s hair will probably be almost grown. Are you sure you have the confidence to beat him? If it’s just the level of this snack, I suggest you don’t humiliate yourself.” Erina said bluntly.
“Don’t worry, I never do anything I’m not sure of.” Lin Xiao patted his chest.
“Oh, there’s one more thing I want to ask you.” Lin Xiao said.
“What’s the matter?” Erina was in a good mood. The stinky tofu tasted really good.
“Can you come to my house for dinner tonight? Xueno wants to meet you.” Lin Xiao made an invitation.
“Yukino? That’s fine.” Erina thought about it and realized that she was going to attend school training soon, so it would be nice to see Yukino before leaving.
“That’s settled then.”
“I said these two people are having an affair?” Rou Mei said to Tanosuke Hui with narrowed eyes.
“That’s right. Look at Miss Erina. When has she ever been to someone else’s house? The last time she came to our Polar Star Dormitory, she came with Lin Xiao.” Tansho Kei also echoed.
Although the voice was not loud, Erina heard it clearly and her face turned red instantly.
“No…No, I just want to go see Yukino.”
Chapter 49 Request (Old Version)
“Hey, Hisako, why did you come here too?” Lin Xiao looked at Hisako who came with Erina with an embarrassed expression.
“It is my duty to accompany Lady Erina.” Feishazi looked at Lin Xiao, and her face was full of the feeling that Lin Xiao was a shameless person.
“Okay, okay, come in first.” Lin Xiao prepared slippers for them and let them in.
“Sister Erina.” Yukino called out and threw herself into Erina’s arms, nodding her cute head from time to time.
After a while of excitement, the four of them sat on the sofa. Erina held a cup of tea in her hand and drank it slowly. She said, “So, Lin Xiao, what’s the matter with calling me to your house?”
Erina was a kind-hearted woman, and she had already guessed that Lin Xiao must have something important to tell her when he invited her to his house, otherwise he would have said it long ago.
“It’s not a particularly important matter. Simply put, it’s about the establishment of a club.” Lin Xiao said seriously, which was rare for him.
“There’s one thing I don’t quite understand. With your strength, as long as you stay in Totsuki until the second year, you can definitely challenge the top ten. Why are you so anxious? Although Senior Kuga is only the eighth seat, at least in my opinion, you are not his opponent at the moment.” Erina looked at Lin Xiao and said slowly.
Lin Xiao naturally believed in Erina’s judgment, because the existence of the Tongue of God was the best proof to judge who was superior to the other party.
“Of course I know this, but time doesn’t allow me much.” Lin Xiao shook his head. He certainly knew that his future was limitless, and the existence of the system was an advantage that others could not match.
But according to Lin Xiao’s memory, Nakiri Tsurugi had already begun communicating with the current top ten. He had to gain a foothold as soon as possible, otherwise when the opportunity came, he would be at a great disadvantage without an absolute advantage.
Besides, he still remembered the agreement with Nakiri Tsuchiya, but he couldn’t tell Erina about this matter openly.
Erina and Hisako looked at each other, not quite understanding what Lin Xiao meant by “time does not permit”. In their opinion, Lin Xiao was still a new student to Totsuki, so there was no way he could say that there was no time.
“Although I don’t quite understand what you mean by not having enough time, what I can do for you is to announce the establishment of your club as late as possible. But even if I announce it later, you will not be a match for my senior after just one round of training.” Erina looked at Lin Xiao and said thoughtfully.
Feishazi followed up by saying, “Although I don’t know what you are planning, Lin Xiao, cooking is the most important thing for you. As long as you can get into the top ten, you will have a say in this school. This is the right direction for you.”
Although Feishazi didn’t like Lin Xiao very much, she still admired Lin Xiao’s cooking skills. As a newcomer, he was able to make Niu Mei admit defeat in the food battle. This alone was enough to make him look up to Lin Xiao.
“Okay, let’s not talk about this. I have my own plans. I will give enough respect to Kuga Teruki. There is one more thing, which is that I want to ask Erina to try my new dish, which is also my trump card against Kuga.” Lin Xiao said his plan lightly.
When Erina and Hisako heard this, their eyes lit up instantly. As expected, Lin Xiao was not ordinary and had already prepared a killer weapon.
“But.” Lin Xiao had a hehehe smile on his face. When Erina saw this smile and this but, she felt something was wrong, because Lin Xiao was going to start cheating people again.
“You also know the current situation of Yukino and I. It’s already hard for the two of us to afford the living expenses.” As he spoke, Lin Xiao winked at Yukino. Yukino already knew what her brother was going to do, and she cooperated very well by snuggling into Erina’s arms.
Hisako and Erina were both very upset. They really shouldn’t have come to Lin Xiao’s house. Nothing good ever happened there.
“So I would like to borrow your food storage.” Lin Xiao made this request with a serious face.
Yukino cooperated very well, looking at Erina with tearful eyes. Her faint voice of “Sister Erina” made Erina’s heart melt.
Lin Xiao also looked at Erina with a pitiful look, he was already determined to have Erina in his arms.
Erina was complaining in her heart, “Hey, hey, hey, aren’t you already working part-time at Hojo Building? And I heard that your snack group’s business has started to boom, and the salary is paid daily. You told me you have no money, you are kidding me.”
“Well?” Erina began hesitantly.
“I know this matter is very difficult for you. Forget it, don’t say anything. Just let Xueno and I sleep on the streets, helpless and alone.” As he spoke, two tears welled up in Lin Xiao’s eyes.
“Brother, don’t worry, Xueno will be with you no matter how miserable it is.” Xueno said and threw herself into Lin Xiao’s arms, making people feel pity for her.
Erina and Hisako almost vomited blood when they saw this scene. How could there be such a shameless person?
Besides, with your level, you don’t need this little money at all.
To be honest, Lin Xiao is not that poor now, it’s just that there are too many ingredients for making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and he needs to practice. His salary is not enough for him to practice a lot, so he has to turn his attention to Erina. Anyway, she has so many ingredients in her food library that they are probably not going to be used up, and they are updated every day, so why waste them.
“Okay, okay, I agree.” Erina really couldn’t bear to watch it anymore. Looking at Lin Xiao’s poor acting skills, Erina said it was an eyesore.
Lin Xiao and Xue Nai looked at each other and smiled knowingly, their evil plan succeeded.
But he absolutely couldn’t show it at this time. Lin Xiao said slowly: “Actually, I wouldn’t make this request unless it was absolutely necessary. I have prepared a portion of the ingredients for this dish. You will know after you have eaten it.”
Lin Xiao put away his pitiful expression and spoke seriously.
After hearing what Lin Xiao said, Erina became even more curious about what kind of dish Lin Xiao had cooked that could make Lin Xiao and Yukino use such poor acting skills to disgust her.
They followed Lin Xiao to the kitchen. Lin Xiao opened the refrigerator that he had prepared long ago, and a wide variety of ingredients came into view.
“What kind of food are you going to cook?” Erina’s expression began to become serious.
Have you ever heard of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?
Chapter 50: Stormy Weather (Old Version)
Erina and Hisako were walking on the way home. What Lin Xiao showed this time really shocked them.
“Miss, do you think Lin Xiao really has a chance to defeat Senior Kuga?” Feishazi recalled the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that Lin Xiao had just made. She was very shocked. She didn’t realize that Lin Xiao had grown to this point.
“It’s hard to say, but his dish is quite interesting. No wonder he had the audacity to ask me to borrow the ingredients.” Erina recalled the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall made by Lin Xiao. Although there were still many flaws, it was obvious that with more practice, this dish of Lin Xiao’s could indeed become a killer.
“Miss, I can see that you care about Lin Xiao very much.” Hisako suddenly changed the subject and spoke directly to Erina.
“Hehe, I know that I just think people like him who are looking for death are interesting.” Erina would never tell Hisako that she was touched and kissed by him.
“Okay, let’s go back quickly.” Erina ended the topic rudely.
The next morning, Lin Xiao reported to Erina’s office very early. According to the agreement yesterday, Erina lent her food storage to Lin Xiao to practice Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. For a while, Erina’s private kitchen was filled with fragrance.
Of course, Lin Xiao would not just cook all the time. He also called Tadokoro Megumi, Niumei and Nao Sadatsuka to come over.
The day passed very quickly. Lin Xiao practiced no less than thirty times. He had to sigh that Erina’s food storage was indeed very sufficient.
Erina watched Lin Xiao practicing. Every time Lin Xiao made the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, there would be a little improvement.
Lin Xiao also understood that this required more practice.
When Tansho Kei and the others saw Lin Xiao practicing so hard, a solemn look appeared on their faces. It seemed that Lin Xiao was ready to face Kuga Teruki.
Just ten minutes before Totsuki was dismissed from school, Erina announced on the forum that Lin Xiao had established the True Chinese Cuisine Research Society.
The forum exploded in an instant.
“Damn it, who is this guy Lin Xiao? How dare he provoke my senior like this?”
“I remember it was the one with the meat-loving Shokugeki, right?”
“Yes, yes, it’s that kid. I heard he’s a transfer student.”
“Damn it, is this kid looking for death? Just wait for my senior to crush him.”
“But this kid is really shameless. He actually released the news at this time. You know, tomorrow is the freshman training. He will not be in school for at least a week. Senior Kuga will not be able to use food battle to destroy him and make him leave the club.”
“Never mind, never mind. Anyway, I know there will be something interesting to watch when I come back.”
“You’re still thinking about watching the show. The elimination rate for this freshman training camp is 50%. Maybe Lin Xiao will be killed before my senior can make a move.”
“It’s hard to say, never mind, I’ll just make sure I can pass it first.”
The discussion among the crowd suddenly shifted from Lin Xiao’s establishment of the club to the next day’s freshman assembly training.
The news soon reached the ears of Kuga Teruki, and the person who told him was none other than Kinokunokuni Ningning, Kuga Teruki’s old enemy.
“I say, your Chinese cuisine research club is about to be disbanded.” Ning Ning sneered unceremoniously.
“Damn, what do you mean? Do you think I will lose to Lin Xiao?” Kuga Teruki couldn’t help but ask back.
“Then I don’t know. Anyway, I only know that you lost your hair because of him.” Ning Ning said bluntly, bringing up the loss that Kuga Teruki suffered at the hands of Lin Xiao.
“That kid is too insidious. Anyway, I will not lose to him this time. Besides, I just thought his cooking skills were okay last time, but this time is different. This is a real fight. Judging from the past half month, if he is still at the same level as when he made Mapo Tofu, then I think his brain may be stuck in the door.” Kuga Teruki said indifferently.
“Haha, don’t underestimate him. He made meat dishes that would make Meat Mei admit defeat.” Ningning couldn’t help but remind.
“Hey, hey, hey, you don’t think I’m only at the level of Rou Mei.” Kuga Teruki was a little impatient. He just wanted to make a phone call to ask Lin Xiao what he meant.
“It’s up to you. Anyway, I think Lin Xiao has bad intentions.” Ning Ning hung up the phone and began to think about Lin Xiao’s behavior. Why did he set up the Chinese Cuisine Research Association? Is it because he is Chinese?
As soon as Kuga Teruki finished talking to Ning Ning, he immediately called Lin Xiao and shouted angrily: “Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean, you want to slap me in the face in public?”
“No way, Senior Kuga, I just think your research on Chinese cuisine is too one-sided. You know, Chinese cuisine is not just limited to those cuisines.” Lin Xiao found the excuse he had prepared long ago.
“Oh, you mean you want to have a food battle with me.” Kuga Teruki narrowed his eyes, realizing that Lin Xiao had no good intentions.
“If senior insists, Lin Xiao is willing to accompany you.” Lin Xiao said lightly.
“Then wait until you come back from training, and then we’ll have a food battle. Whoever loses will be merged into whose club. There can only be one Chinese cuisine research club in Totsuki.” Kuga Teruki said. In fact, Kuga Teruki had an idea about Lin Xiao. Although he felt that Lin Xiao was not as good as him, he could still be a general under him.
When Lin Xiao heard this request, he almost laughed out loud and agreed immediately.
Ten minutes later, Totsuki’s campus forum exploded again.
“Damn, Senior Kuga is so quick. We’ll have a food battle as soon as Lin Xiao comes back. The topic will be Chinese cuisine.”
“But I think the senior is a bit of a bully. Lin Xiao is just a newcomer, and he wants him to join the club after he loses the food battle.”
“Don’t you think Lin Xiao is a bit smart? He founded his own club. He is no match for my senior anyway, but he can still get into my senior’s club. He has both face and money. This kid is quite smart.”
“Damn it, I would have done the same thing if I had known.”
For a moment, all the discussions among Totsuki students were about the food battle between Lin Xiao and Kuga Teruki, and even the fear of the freshman assembly training dissipated a lot.
Erina covered her forehead helplessly. This was the Nth call she had received. Those big guys who usually appeared and disappeared mysteriously came one by one to ask what was going on.
Erina could only explain that she met a young and inexperienced person.
Chapter 51: Senior, is this real? (Old version)
The next morning, Lin Xiao got on the Yuanyue school bus and arrived at the training location smoothly. When getting off the bus, Rou Mei and Tansho Kei accompanied Lin Xiao.
I have to say that Yuanyue’s resort is really high-end and classy. Layers of high-rise buildings stand tall in the woods, with layers of clouds and mist, and a sense of combination of countryside and city comes to the face.
“Xiaohui, don’t be so nervous. It’s just a collective training.” Lin Xiao looked at Tian Suohui who was writing on her palm and swallowing.
“Do I…do I look nervous?” said Tadokoro Megumi tremblingly.
“Don’t worry, Lin Xiao is here to help you if things get bad.” Rou Mei slapped Tanosuke Hui on the back, stunning her.
Erina and Hisako passed by them, glanced at Lin Xiao, and didn’t even want to say hello.
“Erina!” Lin Xiao saw Erina and immediately called her.
“Is there something?” Erina turned her head and looked at him. She didn’t want Lin Xiao to ruin her image in front of so many people.
“Can I discuss something with you after the training session is over?” Lin Xiao said quietly.
Erina looked at Lin Xiao’s mysterious expression, nodded, and then left with Hisako.
“Newcomers, gather in the auditorium.” Teacher Shaper, the team leader, shouted into the microphone and then walked into the auditorium.
Lin Xiao and his friends walked slowly in the hotel covered with red carpet. Lin Xiao sighed in admiration, saying that it was worthy of being the most amazing culinary academy, a resort was made so grand.
Soon, everyone gathered in the auditorium, and Teacher Shaper stood on the stage, looking at everyone with a serious face.
“As everyone knows, we at Totsuki have always been famous for our strictness. This newcomer training will be the first screening for you, so only half of you will be left. Your subsequent courses will be conducted by graduates from Totsuki.” Teacher Shaper still had a blank expression on his face, as if killing half of the people was just a common occurrence.
The students who had already graduated filed into the aisle one by one.
Lin Xiao glanced at them and couldn’t help but sigh that Yuanyue’s teaching staff was really too strong.
The students selected through this elimination system are definitely the best, and after working outside they can occasionally return to school to give lectures. An invisible virtuous circle has been formed.
“Oh my, why does this classmate look so delicious?” A gentle female voice sounded in Lin Xiao’s ears. Tanaka Hui was so scared that she hid behind Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao looked at the woman in front of him with her chest raised high and immediately recognized who she was.
“Hey, don’t be afraid, come into your sister’s arms quickly.” The woman spoke like a nympho.
“Hey, Hinatako, come up quickly. Do you want to be killed by Teacher Shaper?” Shinomiya Kojiro couldn’t bear it anymore and shouted on the stage.
Hinatako stuck out her tongue at Tadokoro Megumi and walked back to the stage.
Lin Xiao watched her go away calmly. This woman really liked Xiaohui.
“Master, Master.” The system also appeared in front of Lin Xiao with a nympho expression.
Lin Xiao slapped himself on the forehead, knowing that the troublemaker had arrived.
“That Hinata-sister is so beautiful, can you…” The system was about to make a request.
“No, don’t even think about it. I’m not a pervert, and I’m not familiar with her.” Lin Xiao refused immediately before the system made any request.
“Master, please don’t be like this. This time I just want the apron she always wears.” The system looked at Lin Xiao pitifully, fearing that Lin Xiao would refuse again.
Lin Xiao touched his chin. It seemed that what he wanted this time was quite normal. Could it be that his system had changed?
“Let’s make it clear first, what can her apron be exchanged for?” Lin Xiao thought he could give it a try.
“Master, do you think it is particularly difficult to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?” the system said with a chuckle.
“Is there something missing in the A-level recipe you gave me?” No wonder Lin Xiao felt that his way of making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was weird.
“The recipes I gave you are all authentic. That’s because the master’s Ruyi Fire level is not high enough, so the fire control is still a little lacking.” The system quietly told Lin Xiao.
“Damn, are you hinting that I should upgrade the level of Ruyi Fire?” Lin Xiao hated the shamelessness of his system.
“Master, I didn’t say anything. I was just telling you the facts.” The system looked at Lin Xiao complacently.
“Let’s agree on the level first.” Lin Xiao almost wanted to strangle his system.
“Two levels at most.”
“make a deal.”
In an instant, Lin Xiao’s expression when looking at Hinatako began to change. How could he trick Hinatako into giving him her apron? Lin Xiao’s brain started to work.
Soon, the freshman speech that made everyone terrified came to an end.
In the subsequent grouping, Lin Xiao was relatively lucky, as he was assigned to the same group as Hinatako along with Tanomo Kei.
For Lin Xiao, he knew exactly what questions Hinata would ask, so he was not panicked at all.
He was more worried about how to get Hinatako’s apron.
“Oh, this classmate who looks delicious is actually in my group.” Hinatako obviously discovered that Tadokoro Megumi was also in her group, and she happily came to find Tadokoro Megumi again.
Tansho Hui was too timid, but she couldn’t help but hide behind Lin Xiao. She didn’t know why she always felt safe around Lin Xiao.
“Hello, senior, my name is Lin Xiao.” Lin Xiao calmly stretched out his hand towards Hinatako.
Hinata was stunned. She didn’t expect that there was such an interesting person among this group of students. You know, most students would be so excited that they couldn’t even speak clearly when they saw her, but this person was so calm.
Hinatako also stretched out her hand and shook hands with Lin Xiao: “Qian Hinatako, you can call me Sister Hinatako.”
“Um, senior, I have a question to ask you.” Lin Xiao stared at Hinatako intently.
“What?”
“Senior, is this real?” Lin Xiao asked, pointing at Hinata’s breasts.
Chapter 52: Childish Ghost (Seeking flowers and evaluation votes) (Old version)
Hinata looked at Lin Xiao, her eyes twitching slightly. She was now thinking about a question: should this student poison him to death?
Lin Xiao had a calm expression on his face, but his mind was already filled with mixed feelings.
“Classmate, do you want to touch it to try whether it is real?” Hinata said with a smile.
“It would be great if you agree.” Lin Xiao also said with a smile.
“Come on, classmate, let’s find a private place to talk.”
“Okay, senior.”
Lin Xiao and Hinata walked to the side. Hinata put away her usual smiling face and asked, “Why do you want to provoke me like this?”
“Senior, you are really smart. I wonder if you like Xiaohui very much?” Lin Xiao asked with a smile.
“Is that girl called Xiaohui?” A light flashed in Hinatako’s eyes.
“Senior, how about I let her come to your room tonight?” Lin Xiao suggested secretly.
“Hmm? Even if you bribe me, I still have to look at your work before deciding whether you can pass.” Hinata said seriously.
“Of course, senior is such a fair person, but I have a request.” Lin Xiao flattered him and did not forget to make a request.
“What do you want?”
“Could you please give me the apron you are wearing?” Lin Xiao thought to himself, any normal person would agree to sell Xiaohui to Hinatako in exchange for an apron.
“Is it that simple?” Hinatako obviously didn’t believe that Lin Xiao wasn’t begging her to let him go.
“Of course. To show my sincerity, you can give me the thing after tonight. How about that?” Lin Xiao looked at Hinatako with a smile on his face.
Poor Tansuo Hui, she didn’t even know she was betrayed by Lin Xiao, the person she trusted the most.
Tansho Kei looked at Lin Xiao and Hinatako coming back talking and laughing, and was suddenly confused. What was going on? Why did Lin Xiao become so familiar with this senior all of a sudden?
After Hinatako came back, she brought her students to the cooking room and announced the topic.
Lin Xiao was not surprised when he heard the topic, because he already knew what would be tested, so it did not make him feel any ripples at all.
“Hey, are you Lin Xiao?” asked a blond man.
Lin Xiao looked up. Well, he didn t expect that this person actually noticed him.
“Well, is there something wrong?” Lin Xiao looked at him calmly and asked. Of course Lin Xiao knew who the person in front of him was. Wasn’t he Takumi who was looking for Soma Yukihira to compete? But there was one thing that Lin Xiao felt very strange about, that is, he had never seen Soma Yukihira in Totsuki.
“I heard that Senior Kuga wants to challenge you in a food battle? I don’t think your level is good enough. Oh, I haven’t introduced myself yet. My name is Takumi Aldini, and the one next to me is my younger brother Isami Aldini.” Takumi said contemptuously.
Lin Xiao looked at the guy in front of him as if he was an idiot. Why was this guy’s way of provocation so idiotic? Talking to such a person was simply an insult to his IQ.
“Idiot.” After saying that, Lin Xiao pulled Tansho Kei to go out and look for ingredients to deal with today’s assignment.
“Hey, kid, who are you calling an idiot?” Although Lin Xiao’s voice was very soft, Takumi still heard it because he was so close.
“So you came to me just to tell me that I think you are weak and you should surrender yourself? Don’t you think you are childish?” Lin Xiao said helplessly.
“How dare you call me childish? If you have the guts, come and compete with me. Whoever loses is an idiot. How about that?” Takumi was really mad at Lin Xiao.
“So why should I compete with someone I think is an idiot, and the stakes after winning are so childish, and you still say you are not childish?” Lin Xiao couldn’t help but complain.
“Damn, what do you want to bet on?” Takumi just couldn’t get over this. This Lin Xiao actually dared to call him childish and an idiot.
“System, what do you like about him?” Lin Xiao summoned the system.
“Oh my, he’s a handsome boy. I think his kitchen utensils are good. We can exchange them for a B-level cookbook.” Little stars appeared in the system’s eyes.
“How about your kitchen utensils?” Lin Xiao took a look at the box and said.
“Boy, you have good taste. You actually like my kitchen utensil. But what do you have to bet with me?” Takumi stared at Lin Xiao and asked.
Lin Xiao pulled out a knife from his side and placed it in front of Takumi, saying, “This is the Ice Soul Blade.”
Takumi had seen Lin Xiao and the Nikumei Shokugeki before, so he naturally knew that Lin Xiao had a pretty good knife in his hand. He didn’t expect that Lin Xiao would actually take it out for a bet.
“Okay, then Hinata-senpai will be the referee.”
Hinatako was obviously attracted by the quarrel between Lin Xiao and Takumi. She didn’t expect such an interesting thing to happen in her first class.
“Okay, okay, I’ll be the referee.” Hinata said, as if she was afraid that the world would not be in chaos.
“There’s really no other way. Since you are willing to give me your kitchen utensils, I can only accept it reluctantly.” Lin Xiao said.
“Hmph, I say the same thing to you.” Takumi counterattacked without hesitation.
Lin Xiao took Tanosuke Hui out of the classroom slowly. The other students had already started looking for materials.
“Lin Xiao, why did you agree to fight with that Takumi?” Tanosuke Hui was a little confused.
“To prevent him from bothering me in the future.” Lin Xiao answered honestly.
Tansho Kei nodded, indeed she found this Takumi quite annoying.
“What should we cook?”
“Let’s see what ingredients we can collect. Of course, fish is the top priority in Japanese cuisine.” Lin Xiao said after thinking for a while.
“Then let’s go fishing. We only have two hours and I’m worried we won’t make it in time.”
“Don’t worry, there’s still time.” Lin Xiao said lightly.
He already knew what kind of food Takumi was going to cook, so Lin Xiao was not panicked at all.
Chapter 53: Reappearance of Knife Skills (Big Chapter, Please Give Flowers) (Old Version)
Lin Xiao and Xiao Hui strolled in the food warehouse. It must be said that although the place was cordoned off, the food available was still quite abundant.
Moreover, Lin Xiao and Xiaohui were quite lucky and they caught a salmon, commonly known as trout, right at the start.
When seeing this fish, Lin Xiao couldn’t help but think of Isshiki Hui’s amazing knife skills. At that time, he really couldn’t understand how Isshiki Hui managed to use a knife on a whole fish without the fish reacting at all.
However, after his culinary talent improved, he finally figured it out. This thing is actually very difficult to do, but it is also simple to do.
Although Isshiki Hui used tuna that time, Lin Xiao’s salmon was not much worse than his tuna, so Lin Xiao planned to try whether he could make the same sashimi as Isshiki Hui.
“Lin Xiao, that’s great. Now we have fish, at least we can make basic dishes.” Tansho Kei was very happy. As long as they could get fish ingredients, they could basically make Japanese cuisine.
“Xiaohui, do you know how senior Isshiki cooked the tuna last time?” Although Lin Xiao had some ideas of his own, he wanted to hear Tanosuke Hui’s opinion.
Tanosuke Kei began to recall Isshiki Hui’s knife skills last time. After thinking about it, she still didn’t quite understand how Isshiki Hui did it, so she shook her head.
“I want to try it.” Lin Xiao said to Tanaka Hui.
“Are you saying that you want to try senior Isshiki Hui’s sashimi in this class?” Tansho Kei looked at Lin Xiao in disbelief. Although he knew that Lin Xiao was very powerful, this matter involved a bet between him and Takumi, and if he failed, he would have no time to prepare the ingredients, and he might even be expelled from school.
“Well. Sashimi should be considered the most traditional Japanese cuisine.” Lin Xiao said after thinking for a while.
Tansho Hui struggled for a long time, wondering whether she should believe Lin Xiao. Finally, as if she had made some important decision, she nodded vigorously and said to Lin Xiao: “Okay, I support you.”
Lin Xiao looked at Tanosuke Hui’s nervous expression and couldn’t help laughing. He said, “Don’t worry. Even if I fail, I can still use this fish to make other dishes. After all, the fish meat is still there.”
Tansho Kei was stunned, as if it was indeed the case.
Lin Xiao and Tanaka Hui returned to the classroom. At the same time, Takumi and his brother Isami also returned to the classroom carrying a hybrid duck.
“As expected, the newbie can only think of fish when seeing Japanese food.” Takumi couldn’t help but sneered when he saw Lin Xiao holding a salmon in his hand.
“Idiot.” Lin Xiao glanced at Takumi and said casually.
“Damn, I told you you’re a newcomer and you still don’t accept it.” Takumi was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he heard this idiotic remark.
“Childish.” After saying this, Lin Xiao led Tansho Kei to prepare the food.
“Ah, you newcomer, I’m going to kill you.” As he said that, Takumi was about to rush to Lin Xiao.
Isami quickly grabbed Takumi, knowing that making trouble in class would result in expulsion.
Takumi stared at Lin Xiao, who had already started making preparations.
Takumi snorted and placed the cleaned hybrid duck on the chopping board. He cut the duck into pieces with a sharp knife.
Lin Xiao looked up at Takumi’s cooking and nodded slightly. Although this guy was quite childish, he still showed extraordinary skills in cooking.
Isami starts cooking like a war, and it becomes very scary.
The other students couldn’t help but sigh in admiration as they watched Takumi’s smooth operation.
Hinata nodded slightly, indicating that she approved of this guy’s cooking skills. On the other hand, Lin Xiao was still wiping his Ice Soul Sword slowly.
Takumi also observed Lin Xiao’s movements from time to time. Lin Xiao’s leisurely attitude made him doubt whether Lin Xiao wanted to cook or not, because there was not much time left, and half an hour would not be enough for cooking.
Takumi was very efficient in cooking, and he finally finished his hybrid duck dish in the last fifteen minutes.
It can be seen that although it was made in a hurry, the completeness of the dish is still very high.
Takumi gave his hybrid duck to Hinatako to taste. Hinatako picked up a piece of duck meat and put it into her mouth to taste it carefully. A fresh scent came to her face. This was probably the most delicious dish she had ever eaten in this class.
“It tastes very fresh. Congratulations on passing.” Hinatako gave her score contentedly.
Takumi looked at Lin Xiao who was still wiping his knife slowly and said sarcastically, “There are only ten minutes left. Are you going to lose without a fight?”
“Good food requires time to wait.” Lin Xiao still waited leisurely.
Finally, in the last five minutes, Lin Xiao took the salmon out of the bucket.
“It smells so good! What’s going on? Why does it smell so good?” A fresh fragrance began to fill the classroom.
Why does a live fish smell so good?
“What kind of material did this guy use?”
The classmates all started talking, but Lin Xiao seemed not to hear them. He just put the salmon on the chopping board and started to work.
“Is he going to make sashimi?”
“When making sashimi, you don’t kill the fish first. If the fish jumps around, it will be difficult to cut it.”
“But why isn’t the fish moving if it’s clearly alive?”
This scene was beyond everyone’s understanding.
Hinata’s nose moved slightly, and she immediately smelled what ingredients Lin Xiao had added. The corners of her mouth raised slightly. It seemed that this guy was really interesting.
Takumi had already smelled what materials Lin Xiao had used. His face changed slightly, and he couldn’t help but sigh that Lin Xiao was really brave. He actually dared to do this in such a class.
Lin Xiao’s Ice Soul Sword slid back and forth on the salmon, and pieces of fish meat as thin as cicada wings began to adhere to the iceberg prepared by Tanado Hui.
“Hiss.” The classmates all gasped. This guy’s knife skills are so terrible. He works like this on a live fish. Isn’t he afraid that the fish will move and ruin his dish?
The fish began to move slowly in the last circle after just a few seconds. Everyone’s heart was gripped by Lin Xiao’s operation, fearing that the fish would move and destroy the beauty.
After the last cut, the salmon’s internal organs were clearly visible, but Lin Xiao did not pierce them. Seeing his knife skills, Takumi felt like he was seeing a monster.
Takumi thought that if he was asked to do this on a dead fish, there would be no big problem, but he didn’t dare to swing the knife on a live fish.
Lin Xiao brought the bowl of salmon sashimi to Hinata and said, “Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and completed it on time.”
Everyone looked at the crystal clear sashimi and couldn’t help but start saliva swallowing. And what was strange was that the sashimi actually had a faint fragrance wafting out.
“It’s a good idea to use rice wine to anesthetize the salmon.” Hinata picked up a piece of fish and slowly put it into her mouth. A mixture of the freshness of the fish and the fragrance of rice wine burst out in her mouth.
“No wonder they took so long to do it. It turned out that they wanted to make the fish completely anesthetized.”
The classmates were talking about it, and their eyes changed slightly when they looked at Lin Xiao.
“So, senior, according to the agreement, who won this competition?” Lin Xiao looked directly at Hinatako. He not only perfectly demonstrated the knife skills that Isshiki Hui showed last time, but also further improved the method of making sashimi, bringing the completeness of sashimi to a higher level.
Takumi’s expression could not help but change slightly, he knew that he had lost this competition. If Lin Xiao had made ordinary sashimi, then Takumi did not think he would lose. However, he thought that he could not match Lin Xiao’s rice wine and salmon sashimi, which was beyond imagination in such a limited time.
Tansho Kei’s expression didn’t change much, because he had seen Isshiki Hui demonstrate it before, so he was not surprised that Lin Xiao could copy it.
If Takumi knew that Lin Xiao was operating according to Isshiki Hui’s ideas, he would probably vomit blood.
“In a dish of hybrid duck, one can discover some other ingredients. I have to say that this on-the-spot reaction is really outstanding.” Hinata began to comment slowly.
“Senior Hinata, stop talking, I admit defeat.” Although Takumi was very unwilling, he knew that he had been completely defeated in this round. Whether in terms of the processing of ingredients or the display of various skills, he had completely lost to Lin Xiao. You know, Lin Xiao’s best skill is not Japanese cuisine at all.
Hinatako smiled slightly and said, “Although you are not a match for Lin Xiao now, with your potential you will surpass him one day.” Hinatako encouraged.
Lin Xiao complained in his heart: “If he can surpass me, I will cut off my head and let him kick it like a ball.”
“According to the agreement, this Half Moon is yours.” Takumi handed the Half Moon to Lin Xiao reluctantly.
“But I will definitely win my kitchen utensils back.” Takumi vowed.
Lin Xiao glanced at him and said, “Then prepare the next set of kitchen utensils and come back to me. I won’t do business at a loss. Or if you are willing to join my True Chinese Cuisine Research Society, I can consider returning this set of kitchen utensils to you.”
For Lin Xiao, whether or not he could get a B-level recipe was not that important. It would be a pretty good feeling if he could get a free thug.
“Lin Xiao, although you beat me, I don’t think you are a match for Kuga Teruki.” Takumi expressed his opinion firmly.
“Whether I can win or not is my business. You just need to watch from the side.” Lin Xiao didn’t care about Takumi’s opinion. After all, he was the defeated opponent.
Chapter 54: Crash (Old Version)
“Xiaohui, that senior Hinatako just told me that she wants you to go to her room in the evening.” Lin Xiao and Tanaka Hui said to Tanaka Hui on the way back.
When Tanosuke Kei heard this, she immediately began to tremble.
“Lin Xiao, what should I do? Will Senior Hinata do something excessive to me?” Tanomo Megumi’s mind had already started to imagine those evil things.
“Don’t worry, if anything goes wrong, call me immediately and I will come to rescue you.” Lin Xiao patted his chest and assured Tansuo Hui.
“Then Lin Xiao, my safety depends entirely on you.” Tanaka Hui looked at Lin Xiao with gratitude. She had no idea that Lin Xiao had already sold her out.
Besides, Lin Xiao had an appointment with Erina in the evening, so how could he go to save Tanomo Megumi?
When everyone returned to the hotel, they were all exhausted, but Lin Xiao knew that the ordeal was not over yet, as fifty steak meals were waiting for them.
When they heard that they had to make fifty steak meals, everyone collapsed. Lin Xiao went to the stove and started to cook silently. What he was more worried about now was whether he could get what he wanted from Erina.
It has to be said that those who can pass the first round are more or less capable. Erina was the first to complete fifty steak meals, and then she disappeared.
Lin Xiao worked at a leisurely pace. With his current ability, fifty steak meals were not a big problem at all. However, it was not a good thing to be too outstanding.
In the end, Lin Xiao had finished fifty copies when everyone else was almost done.
That night, Lin Xiao sent Tanaka Hui to the door of Hinata’s room. Tanaka Hui looked at Lin Xiao anxiously: “What should I do? I’m so scared.”
“Don’t be afraid, I’m here. Call me immediately if you have any problems.” Lin Xiao comforted her, but he was actually overjoyed in his heart.
“Lin Xiao, I’m leaving.” Tanaka Hui looked at Lin Xiao reluctantly.
“Go ahead, go ahead.” After saying that, Lin Xiao rang the doorbell of Hinata’s room. Then he left without a trace, hiding his achievements and fame.
Although Lin Xiao felt that nothing strange would happen at night, it was his own fault after all, and he couldn’t look directly at Tanosuke Hui.
Out of consideration for his own safety, Lin Xiao immediately ran to find Erina.
When Lin Xiao knocked on Erina’s door, he was really amazed by Erina’s dress. It could be seen that Erina had just finished taking a bath and looked very fresh and tender.
Erina knew that Lin Xiao would come to see her in the evening, so she opened the door and let Lin Xiao in.
After a while, the two of them sat on the sofa, one of them holding a cup of hot tea, drinking it slowly and leisurely: “Tell me what you want to talk to me about. I won’t agree to anything too extreme.”
“Erina, I have a favor to ask of you. That is whether I can continue to borrow your food storage for this training camp.” Lin Xiao said shamelessly.
“I’m telling you, you’re so tired from training every day, and you still have the energy to prepare your dish?” Erina was a little skeptical of what she heard.
“Of course not. If you don’t help me, I might become Senior Kuga’s subordinate.” Lin Xiao began to look at Erina pitifully.
“Although I feel sorry for what happened to you, there’s really nothing I can do about it.” Erina crossed her legs and looked at Lin Xiao from time to time. The spring scenery below appeared from time to time, and Lin Xiao couldn’t help himself.
“That’s impossible. Totsuki is your family’s property. It shouldn’t be a big problem if you get some ingredients.” Lin Xiao didn’t quite believe what Erina said.
“I have to follow everyone’s footsteps during the training camp, so I don’t have any special privileges. Of course, if you can deal with those graduates, maybe there will be a turning point.” Erina pointed out a clear way for Lin Xiao.
“Damn it, doesn’t that mean I have to have a food battle with them?” This was the only solution Lin Xiao could think of.
“Aren’t you looking for death by challenging those people to a food battle?” Erina shook her head helplessly. She didn’t think that Lin Xiao was a match for those battle-hardened seniors.
“Then what do you think we should do?” Lin Xiao was very curious about what solution Erina seemed to have.
“Why should I tell you? You are not mine.” Erina raised her head proudly and didn’t want to tell Lin Xiao her own method.
Lin Xiao felt that it must be because she had bullied Erina too badly in the past, which led to Erina deliberately keeping her in the dark.
At this moment, Lin Xiao suddenly received a text message on his mobile phone.
Lin Xiao took it out and looked at it, and instantly felt that he had committed a huge sin.
There was a photo and a paragraph in the text message. The photo was of Tadokoro Megumi and Hinata Ko. Judging from the blurred consciousness of Tadokoro Megumi in the photo, it seemed that Hinata Ko had tormented her a lot.
The words next to it read: “Thank you, Lin Xiao. Please come pick Xiao Hui up tomorrow morning. By the way, I’ll give you the apron as well.”
Erina looked at Lin Xiao’s stunned expression and thought something had happened, so she quickly leaned over to see what was going on.
Just as Erina approached, Lin Xiao stood up and bumped into Erina. Erina instantly lost her balance and fell backwards.
Lin Xiao immediately reached out and grabbed one of Erina’s hands, pulling Erina into his arms, and Erina fell straight into Lin Xiao’s arms.
For a moment, Lin Xiao felt a fresh breath filling the air around his nose.
Erina’s face was flushed. This was the second time that Lin Xiao held her in his arms like this. There was no one else in the room, and the atmosphere between the two of them suddenly became strange.
To be honest, Erina was not so opposed to Lin Xiao, because Lin Xiao brought her more happiness. The first time he took her to Polar Star Dormitory, she found Hiranami Seiichiro’s diary. The second time he took her to a hot spring, they kissed for the first time, and the third time he forced herself to have sex. Although it was naughty, Erina did not hate this feeling.
Until now, both of them could clearly feel their heartbeats starting to speed up.
Finally, the two kissed each other.
“Ms. Erina, I found the playing cards you wanted.” Hisako shouted as she opened the door.
Erina and Lin Xiao were sitting on the sofa hugging each other and had no time to separate. This scene was directly seen by Hisako.
“Ms. Erina, you…” Hisako obviously couldn’t accept the scene in front of her. The goddess in her mind was actually kissing a man, and it seemed that Erina was the one who took the initiative.
Chapter 55: Premeditation (Old Version)
“What should we do? If Hisako sees us, Lin Xiao will blame you.” Erina said with a blushing face.
“If it doesn’t work, why don’t we just tell others about our relationship?” Lin Xiao didn’t care if being seen by Hisako. Anyway, his goal of coming to Totsuki was very practical. He wanted to take the first seat in the top ten and then compete with Erina in the food battle.
“Shut up, we have nothing to do with each other.” Erina really wanted to throw Lin Xiao out.
“I don’t know who took the initiative just now.” Lin Xiao muttered.
Erina’s face turned red. This hateful guy, she pushed Lin Xiao and kicked him out.
Lin Xiao originally wanted to ask for a favor, but not only did he not get it, but his affair was also discovered by Hisako, which made Erina furious and humiliated, and her plan was completely ruined.
However, Erina said that as long as she could think of a way to use her brain on the graduates, she might be able to get a large amount of ingredients for practice.
Although Lin Xiao knew what Shinomiya Kojiro’s weakness was, he didn’t seem to have any tricks to deal with him.
It seems that the things exchanged with the system need to be changed.
Lin Xiao summoned the system as he walked: “According to the agreement, this kitchen utensil should be able to be exchanged for a B-level recipe, right?”
Lin Xiao looked at the system and said.
“Of course, but master, you cannot take things back after you exchange them.” The system kindly reminded.
“Don’t worry, don’t worry.” Lin Xiao threw Takumi’s Half Moon to the system, and the system gave Lin Xiao a list of B-level recipes. This kind of thing is a killer and must be used.
Lin Xiao slowly scrolled through the list and finally saw the recipe he was looking for, which was the Nine Treasures French Vegetable Jelly.
Now that he had made up his mind, Lin Xiao would definitely do his best. These vegetable ingredients were easy to get. Lin Xiao found a lot of them after a simple search in the kitchen.
So Lin Xiao spent the whole night in the kitchen.
The next morning, he came to Hinata’s room with dark circles under his eyes. When Hinata saw Lin Xiao coming to pick up Tanaka Hui, she smiled and said, “Junior, you came so early. You didn’t sleep all night, right? Why do you have such dark circles under your eyes?”
Lin Xiao didn’t have the energy to argue with her, so he replied: “I’m here to pick up Xiao Hui. You didn’t do anything excessive to her, did you?”
“How could I possibly do anything excessive to Xiaohui? I love her so much.” Hinatako handed Xiaohui to Lin Xiao as she said this.
Lin Xiao took a look and saw that Tanosuke Hui seemed to be in good spirits, so nothing strange should have happened last night.
When Tian Suoke saw Lin Xiao, who had dark circles under his eyes, she knew at a glance that he did not get enough rest last night. She immediately thought that Lin Xiao was worried about her and came to pick her up so early today. She was immediately deeply moved.
Hinatako did not tell Tanaka Hui that it was Lin Xiao who sold her out yesterday. She just gave her apron to Xiaohui and told her to give it to Lin Xiao.
Poor Xiaohui, after being sold out by Lin Xiao, is still helping Lin Xiao count money.
“Lin Xiao, did you not get enough rest last night?” Tian Suoke looked at Lin Xiao’s listless look and asked with concern.
“I… I’m fine, my liver just hurts a little.” Just kidding, I spent the whole night making that French vegetable jelly and finally finished 90% of the recipe. How could my liver not hurt?
Tian Suohui looked at Lin Xiao with a worried look on her face and said, “Why don’t you just ask for a leave of absence from today’s class.”
“It’s okay, I can hold on.” Lin Xiao thought to himself, if I take a leave now, Xiaohui, I guess you will also drop out of school.
After all, he had just sold the person out once, and now seeing him being expelled from school like this, Lin Xiao felt a little guilty.
“Today’s class is taught by Master Shinomiya. I think he is so scary.” When Tansho Kei remembered who the teacher was today, her whole body began to tremble.
Lin Xiao really wanted to tell her, I know it was that guy, and I know exactly what that guy would do, so I have already prepared something to deal with him, otherwise where do you think the dark circles under my eyes came from.
It has to be said that the time for the collective training was indeed very tight. After Lin Xiao met with Tansuo Hui, the radio immediately sounded and a new class started an hour later.
So Lin Xiao and Tansho Kei immediately ran to the classroom where the class was about to start.
As soon as I walked into the classroom, Shinomiya Kojiro was already there. The classmates were looking at him tremblingly. The atmosphere was so solemn that no one dared to say a word.
“There is no team formation in today’s class, and you have to follow my recipe. You can start now.” Shinomiya Kojiro asked someone to distribute his recipe to his classmates, then sat in his seat and began to observe.
Lin Xiao looked at this person and wondered why he deserved a beating. It turned out to be a very wise choice to target him. He was fully prepared. On the way here, the level of Ruyi Fire had been increased by two levels. This was enough to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
When Shinomiya Kojiro announced the start, the scene was in chaos and everyone was frantically scrambling for the ingredients. With Lin Xiao’s hand speed, there would be no problem grabbing some ingredients, but after seeing Tanomo Megumi take those defective cauliflowers, Lin Xiao knew that what he was worried about had happened.
However, this was a good opportunity to get everything he wanted. Although Lin Xiao believed that he was no match for Shinomiya Kojiro in a head-on PK, Lin Xiao was very good at taking shortcuts.
Soon, the two were expelled from school by Shinomiya Kojiro for whispering, so the classroom became even quieter, and the only sound was the clashing of knives and spatulas.
With Lin Xiao’s level, making the Nine Treasures French Vegetable Jelly for Shinomiya Kojiro was not a big problem at all. After Shinomiya Kojiro tasted it, it was awarded a qualified title.
The last one was indeed Tansho Kei, and Lin Xiao had already predicted what would happen next.
“You should drop out of school.” Shinomiya Kojiro’s words were cold and ruthless.
Tanaka Kei was stunned and asked, “Why?”
“Who asked you to tamper with my recipe?” asked Kojiro Shinomiya.
When Lin Xiao heard it, it really started.
Chapter 56: Anger (Old Version)
“People like you who are slow and dull are meant to be eliminated.” Shinomiya Kojiro showed no mercy.
Tansho Kei was suddenly struck by lightning and collapsed to the ground. After working so hard for so long, was she going to be expelled from school?
“Wait.” Lin Xiao tried to stop him.
“Huh? What’s the matter?” Shinomiya Kojiro looked at Lin Xiao and asked impatiently.
“I think your suggestion to drop out is too hasty.” Lin Xiao raised his head and looked at Shinomiya Kojiro.
“I told you, she tampered with my recipe, so it’s her fault. The dish she made is no longer the one I wanted. Given that she violated this premise, is there anything wrong with expelling her from school?” Shinomiya Kojiro said in a low voice, sensing that he was on the verge of exploding.
“Even if this dish becomes more delicious, is it still wrong?” Lin Xiao asked back without showing any weakness.
“Do you think the dish she made is better than the one I made?” Shinomiya Kojiro felt that Lin Xiao was insulting him. A slow-witted woman could make a recipe that tasted better than his own after he had refined it over and over again?
“No, what I mean is, if changing your recipe can make your dish taste better, then is that wrong?” Lin Xiao said.
“Do you think you can do it with your level? Even the recipes I give you can only reach a pass level. You want to modify my recipes to make them more delicious than mine? Are you talking in your sleep? If you keep talking nonsense, I will use my privilege to expel you.” Shinomiya Kojiro was too lazy to talk nonsense with Lin Xiao.
“Lin Xiao, stop talking. Everything is fine now.” Tian Suoke Hui didn’t want to see Lin Xiao stand up for her anymore.
“Then let me ask you, if I can make a dish better than yours, can you revoke your decision to expel Tansuo Hui from school?” Lin Xiao’s words were sonorous and powerful, and most people could not tolerate such provocation.
Do you mean you want to compete with me in a food battle? Shinomiya Kojiro s eyes flashed with ferocity. A person who was barely qualified actually dared to say that his food was more delicious than his own.
“Kojiro, promise him.” A sturdy man appeared in the classroom.
“Mr. Yin, do you want to join in the fun?” Shinomiya Kojiro couldn’t help but say.
“Are you a coward? I’ve already said this, and you’re still hesitating. Let me add one more condition. If my cooking isn’t as delicious as yours, I’ll drop out of school. But if you lose, you have to provide me with the ingredients for the training period.” Lin Xiao raised the stakes again.
“Boy, you are looking for death. Then, Senior Yin, you will be the judge.” Shinomiya Kojiro was ready to teach Lin Xiao a lesson.
They didn’t take Lin Xiao’s second request seriously at all. Even if a student with mediocre performance cooked by himself, how much food could he consume?
“You, you must be Lin Xiao.” Suddenly a student said in the audience, obviously recognizing Lin Xiao.
Suddenly the classroom became lively.
“Is he the idiot who founded the True Chinese Cuisine Research Society?”
“You are really stupid. You dare to challenge the graduates and even say that you want to cook better than Mr. Shigong.”
“Look, it turns out that he can’t survive the training session.”
Everyone was unanimously pessimistic about Lin Xiao. After all, Lin Xiao was just a transfer student and had not been well-known in the past. Even if he fought with Rou Mei and won, the gap between Rou Mei’s level and that of Kuga Teruki and Shinomiya Kojiro was too big.
“Everyone who is not involved, get out immediately.” Shimado Gin didn’t care about that. He knew something about Lin Xiao’s identity. After all, he was someone brought in by the commander-in-chief, so he was observing him in secret to some extent.
However, the commander-in-chief did not explain in detail why he brought Lin Xiao in.
For a time, the news spread like wildfire in the school.
“Damn, this Lin Xiao must be a fool. How dare he say that his cooking is better than the graduates’?”
“It would be a miracle if his brain wasn’t caught in the door. He even provoked Teruki Kuga at school.”
“There are so many weird things these days.”
When Erina heard the news, her heart suddenly tightened. Lin Xiao, such a fool, would actually do such a thing.
The classroom, which was originally occupied, was suddenly left with only a few people including Tanaka Hui and Lin Xiao.
“Since you can say such things so brazenly, I will let you see what the difference is.” Shinomiya Kojiro packed up his kitchen utensils and came to the cooking table.
“Lin Xiao, you don’t have to be like this.” Tanaka Hui felt very deeply in her heart that Lin Xiao was an angel sent by God to save her.
“Don’t worry, the hermit has a good plan.” Lin Xiao said softly to Tanosuke Hui.
“Master Shinomiya, your cooking skills have probably stagnated for a long time.” Lin Xiao’s words were like a bombshell that exploded in Shinomiya Kojiro’s ears.
Shimado Gin frowned slightly. He didn’t expect that Lin Xiao could actually see through Kojiro’s current weakness. He was afraid that Kojiro would be a little difficult to deal with this time.
“With your level, improving a dish should not be a big problem. There is no perfect dish. The only way is to pursue perfection. And you actually forbid students to modify your recipes. I’m afraid it’s because you have lost the direction.” Lin Xiao bluntly exposed Shinomiya Kojiro.
“Haha, even if I’m stagnant now, my level is enough to deal with you.” Kojiro did not avoid the question.
“That’s not necessarily true. In the chef industry, it’s like sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. You haven’t updated your recipes for at least two years. The taste and flavor were the same two years ago. Are you really confident that you can beat me?” Lin Xiao began to attack my heart.
“Considering your level as a student, you are very arrogant to say such things.” Shinomiya Kojiro couldn’t stand it anymore. Lin Xiao was too pretentious, so he started to teach him a lesson.
Shimado Gin’s understanding of Lin Xiao has deepened. He thought that at such a young age, he had such a deep mind. This psychological warfare had already begun to shake Kojiro’s heart.
If Kojiro could exert 100% of his strength just now, he can probably only exert 80% now.
But Shimado Gin didn’t want to stop this from happening. In fact, he had known about Kojiro’s troubles a long time ago. Using this kind of preaching method of a senior would only backfire on him. He hoped that Lin Xiao would not let him down.
Chapter 57 Gathering (Old Version)
“Stop talking nonsense and take out your food first.” Shinomiya Kojiro looked at the ingredients in front of him, picked up the kitchen knife and pointed it at Lin Xiao and said.
Lin Xiao slowly pulled out his Ice Soul Blade from his side and said, “As you wish.”
Shimado Gin was shocked. This Lin Xiao might be really unusual. Just looking at his aura, it was not something that a Totsuki student possessed.
Shinomiya Kojiro’s expression changed slightly. The Lin Xiao in front of him seemed to no longer be the student. The look in his eyes, facing him with that kind of momentum, was so ruthless.
Lin Xiao picked up the Ice Soul Blade, and with a flick of the blade, he began to prepare his portion of Nine Treasures French Vegetable Jelly.
It has to be said that the recipes given by the system are very advanced. Lin Xiao’s recipe progress has reached 90%, unless Shinomiya Kojiro can exert 100% of his strength.
However, Lin Xiao had already attacked Shinomiya Kojiro’s mind, and his biggest weakness was exposed by Lin Xiao. It was already very good that he could exert 80% of his strength.
You have to know that Lin Xiao was a forensic doctor before, the kind of person who was used to seeing life and death. When he burst out with such momentum, he could suppress Shinomiya Kojiro even more.
But it must be said that Shinomiya Kojiro was also a battle-hardened man, and he quickly adjusted his emotions. He held his breath, slowly closed his eyes, and began to calm himself down.
When he opened his eyes again, the panic in his heart had begun to disappear.
Shinomiya Kojiro also started to prepare his portion of Nine Treasures French Vegetable Jelly. Although he was shocked by Lin Xiao’s transformation, since he was already at the chef’s table, he might as well give it his all.
Lin Xiao didn t have so many thoughts in his mind, and he could always maintain this state.
The faint blue knife light began to jump again, and the ingredients began to sparkle under Lin Xiao’s knife, as if they had just been picked.
Shimado Gin couldn’t believe what he saw. How on earth did he do it? These ingredients had been stored for such a long time, how could they be so fresh?
Kojiro Shinomiya also noticed these. You know, this Nine Treasures French Vegetable Jelly has very high requirements for ingredients. The fresher the ingredients, the more delicious the Nine Treasures French Vegetable Jelly will be.
But basically no one can achieve what Lin Xiao does. It is the same ingredients, but in Lin Xiao’s hands they become more fresh.
Seeing this scene, Shinomiya Kojiro’s mentality, which had just been adjusted, began to fluctuate again. He was a man known as the vegetable magician, but what Lin Xiao showed was no longer within the scope of a magician. It was simply a miracle.
Lin Xiao worked very quickly and sorted out nine kinds of vegetables in one go.
On the other hand, although Shinomiya Kojiro was processing the ingredients, he was obviously a little absent-minded, so his speed was much slower.
The pressure from Lin Xiao was too great. When Lin Xiao did it for the first time in class, his performance was completely mediocre and he lost interest at all.
But suddenly when he competed with himself, he was like a different person.
This feeling made Kojiro Shinomiya feel very uncomfortable.
However, he still focused on his cooking. Although his mentality was a little confused, after all, he had been cooking for many years, so the possibility of making mistakes was still very low.
“Lin Xiao, come on.” Hinata’s voice suddenly appeared at the scene, and graduates rushed to the scene after hearing the news.
“Although I hate Senior Shinomiya, being provoked by a newcomer like this is really an infuriating thing.” Mizuhara Fuyumi couldn’t help but say.
“But this newcomer’s aura and techniques seem very skilled, and why does Sigong look absent-minded?” Guan Shouping obviously saw Sigong’s state and felt very strange.
When Lin Xiao exposed Sigong’s weakness before, these people were not present, so they didn’t know much about Lin Xiao’s psychological tactics.
“Shinomiya’s condition seems a bit strange. Is there something wrong with the order of his cooking?” Donato Wutongtian, who is more familiar with Shinomiya, can see it.
Lin Xiao raised his head slightly, and the indifference in his eyes was released again. He could see that Shinomiya Kojiro was wavering. He was trying to update his own recipe, and it was obvious that there was a huge fluctuation because of Lin Xiao’s words.
“Are you going to continue in this self-destructive way?” Lin Xiao rinsed the corn kernels with water and said to Shinomiya Kojiro.
Sigong’s hands began to tremble slightly. Lin Xiao had given him such a huge shock. Moreover, his weakness was exposed by such a young man who had only met him once. Lin Xiao’s image was even more invisibly enhanced.
Hinata also noticed that something was wrong. According to Shinomiya Kojiro’s previous personality, he would not take an opponent like Lin Xiao seriously at all.
But now Lin Xiao in front of him was actually shaken in his heart. What on earth had happened?
The graduates all looked at Shimadou Gin. He should be the one who knew what was going on best.
Shimado Gin shook his head helplessly. He knew he couldn’t say it now. If he said it, Shinomiya’s mentality might really collapse.
Facing Lin Xiao’s questioning, Shinomiya Kojiro remained silent. He was still holding the kitchen knife and cooking the vegetables.
“Do you know why I know your flaws?” Lin Xiao continued to press on step by step. He knew that he could not give Shinomiya Kojiro a chance to catch his breath. If he was allowed to catch his breath, he would not be able to match him with his own level. Now he was completely a coward.
This sentence obviously caught the attention of Shinomiya Kojiro. He was curious why Lin Xiao knew that he had been stagnant for two years.
“Erina has tried your food, and she said it’s as delicious as it was two years ago.” Lin Xiao said this lightly. Although it was very light, it was the last straw that broke the camel’s back for Shinomiya Kojiro.
The others understood what was going on instantly. It turned out that Shinomiya had not made any breakthroughs in two years. You know, if a person’s cooking has not changed at all in two years, it means that he has fallen into trouble. After eating the same thing, the same taste for two years, he will get tired of it.
“Lin Xiao is such a scheming guy.” Mizuhara Fuyumi said while looking at Lin Xiao.
“Although I don’t really like what Lin Xiao did, I have to admit that the chef’s table is so cruel,” said Guan Shouping.
Lin Xiao also began to change the recipe of Nine Treasures French Vegetable Jelly. He added some apple cider vinegar to the vegetables. This kind of fruit acid mixed with the sweetness of the vegetables is most suitable.
Shinomiya Kojiro’s knife was trembling slightly, and he felt very tormented inside.