"Brother Panda, I can’t finish all these dumplings. Do you want to grab a few for you?"
Chen ijuan’s dumplings were very uniform, with twenty in each serving.
There were three servings of dumplings, sixty in total. Panda would not have a problem splitting them, but Wu Kexin was literally overstuffed.
Besides, she was drinking sour soup while eating. Most people couldn’t handle that many dumplings.
Panda didn’t refuse them, but he was a bit worried that the beauty beside him wouldn’t be full.
"Are you sure you have enough to eat?"
He moved his bowl closer to Wu Kexin, making it easier for her to pick up dumplings.
The two of them, behaving like this, left so viewers in the live stream feeling a little jealous.
"Wow, why do I feel like the sour taste of the dumplings is wafting through the internet into my room?"
"I think I can sll it too... *so sad, so sad*."
" too, too! *Waaah, waaah, waaah!*"
"Panda bro, if you’re being held hostage, just blink, and I’ll replace you!"
"Panda bro, as our number two ranked VIP, you should be above all this; let your little bro handle these kinds of tasks."
"Panda bro, I don’t wanna draw my sword against you, so don’t force !"
"Panda bro, think twice! Won are tigers; you can’t touch them!"
"..."
The two enjoying the sour soup dumplings didn’t see the barrage of comnts in the live stream. They were fully imrsed in the delicious taste of the sour soup dumplings.
While they were eating, the door to the store was pushed open.
Xie Baomin walked in.
"Hello, we haven’t started business yet, please..."
Song Tiantian saw soone coming in and was about to stop them when Elder Gao from the kitchen coldly asked, "What are you doing here if you’re not at work properly?"
Xie Baomin smiled and said, "Master, I knew you’d be here. I just ca to check on my Little Junior Brother. I was supposed to co yesterday, but there was an interview at the last minute, and I got held up."
As he spoke, he walked in carrying a few boxes of pastries.
The fans in the live stream instantly beca intrigued.
"Who is this guy? Is he Lin Xu’s Senior Brother?"
"He looks a bit familiar. I think I’ve seen him sowhere..."
" too, let search for it."
"Found it! Isn’t there a foreign head of state visiting our country in a few days? CCTV visited the Fishing Platform State Guesthouse yesterday to investigate the reception issues and interviewed the head chef there, and it seems to be him!"
"Found the news, this is the guy. His na is Xie Baomin, the executive chef of Fishing Platform."
"Wow, Elder Gao is really sothing!"
"Yet a few days ago, he insisted he was just a kitchen helper."
"So enlightened monks are just humble sweepers, too!"
At the kitchen entrance, Xie Baomin enthusiastically greeted Lin Xu, "Hello, Little Junior Brother, I’m your Eldest Senior Brother, my na is Xie Baomin."
"Hello, Senior Brother."
Lin Xu returned the greeting, then imdiately said to Song Tiantian, "Tiantian, brew a cup of tea for my Senior Brother."
After being taken on as an apprentice by Elder Gao yesterday, Lin Xu thought that this elder would co to the shop from ti to ti, so he bought a pound of decent tea leaves from a store on the street. It turned out that Elder Gao wasn’t much of a tea drinker. The pack of tea leaves ended up at the cash register.
"No trouble at all, no trouble. I just ca to have a look and I’ll be off; I still have to go back for an administrative eting later."
Xie Baomin ca just to et Lin Xu and get acquainted, especially since the internal competition for young chefs at Fishing Platform was going to start at the end of the month. It was always better to co over and build connections early rather than to panic at the last mont. Having lost to Building No. 10 for two years in a row, and almost having the hospitality task snatched away by them this ti, he was holding a grudge.
However, his timing today was less than perfect. Instead of cooking, his Little Junior Brother was working on Seasoning Oil.
Xie Baomin placed those boxes of pastries on the dining table at the entrance of the kitchen and then walked straight into the kitchen.
He took a lap around the kitchen, and when he saw the marinated Black Bean Pork Ribs and Black Bean Chicken Feet, his heart involuntarily skipped a beat with excitent.
Little Junior Brother is actually skilled in Cantonese cuisine? This is just perfect! Building No. 10 is known for its Cantonese cuisine. If Little Junior Brother could outdo them in Cantonese cuisine, that would be quite the morale booster! No, this won’t do! This ti, no matter what, I have to get my Little Junior Brother to help out with the competition. As for my Little Junior Brother’s cooking skills... They’ve been certified by Master. How could they be bad?
"Are you done looking? If so, go back. Don’t hold up your Junior Brother’s work."
Elder Gao was afraid that his crafty eldest disciple would lead Lin Xu astray.
"Master, aren’t you being a bit too biased? The last ti you visited Fishing Platform, you wanted to leave in less than five minutes, and now, not even five minutes after I arrive, you’re driving away..." Xie Baomin complained with a bit of resentnt and then said to Lin Xu, "Fishing Platform has tasks these few days. Once it’s less busy, I’ll co over and stir-fry a few dishes—we, as disciple brothers, should have a good drink together, without inviting our Master."
"Scram, scram, scram!" Elder Gao dismissed him with an annoyed wave of his hand.
From a distance, Wu Kexin secretly captured this scene. The fans in the live stream couldn’t help but laugh.
"This has the distinct feel of parents favoring the second child and neglecting the first."
"That’s exactly what happened in my family. Ever since I got a younger brother, my parents find fault in everything I do."
"Sa here! Our parents are like carbon copies."
"Is there a chance that your parents think their first ’account’ is a lost cause, so they’re leveling up a new one?"
"The comnt above speaks the truth!"
"Truth 1!"
"Truth 2!"
Xie Baomin ca quickly and left just as swiftly.
After he had left, Elder Gao pointed to the boxes Xie Baomin had left behind and said to Lin Xu, "You can share these boxes of Snacks with everyone. They are gifts for VIPs like heads of state and can’t be bought outside. The taste is passable."
Lin Xu: "..."
Master certainly has a talent for putting on airs. With just a casual "passable," he exuded an air of being a man of distinction. Impressive!
He opened a box and saw that all the Snacks inside were exquisitely shaped like little animals. Especially the pair of pandas nibbling bamboo in the corner; they looked just like the real thing.
He distributed these among everyone, giving the pair of pandas directly to Panda.
"Wow! So beautiful."
"Xinxin, do you really have the heart to eat it?"
"This art student, a sculpture major, is currently in tears."
"When chefs get serious, they instantly outshine us art students, can you believe it?"
"Panda bro, eating your own kind is bad luck. Better let do it!"
"Can I try a panda paw?"
"I want to munch on a piece of bamboo."
At this mont, Shen Jiayue, who was sitting in her office watching the live stream, was starry-eyed as she watched Wu Kexin’s broadcast. She picked up her phone and sent Lin Xu a ssage, "Can you save one of those Snacks for ? I really want to try it... *pleeeease?*"
Lin Xu glanced at his phone. Slacking off at work by watching live streams again?
He replied, "The remaining two boxes are all yours. You should take them ho for your parents to try as well. After all, I’m planning to whisk their daughter away, so I might as well curry favor with my future in-laws in advance."
Upon seeing this ssage, Miss Shen’s cheeks instantly turned rosy.
Oh! Xu Bao is flirting with again! No, I must take a screenshot to keep.
After taking a screenshot, she rapidly typed a response, "Actually, compared to the Snacks your Senior Brother brought, I would rather eat what you make, because I think yours would taste better."
Seeing this ssage, Lin Xu smiled helplessly.
I’m not the all-around talent you imagine to be, Shen. When it cos to Snacks, I really don’t know how to make them at all...
Just as he was thinking this, a system notification suddenly rang in his mind:
"The host aspires to be an all-around chef, triggering the reward task [Dessert Making]: Please have the host produce a Snack of at least Excellent Level within two weeks. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with one Perfect Level Snack draw."
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I’ll shout it out every day, folks, I need your votes!
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