The youth’s words caused a sensation in the entire venue. Many people were glancing at him, whispering, “So handsome,” “Who is he?” “What nonsense is he talking about?” The murmurs gradually surpassed the youth’s volume.

Sui Han met the youth’s gaze once more. The other’s eyes were clear, with a shallow smile floating in their depths.

The boy averted his gaze, as indifferent as before.

The cameraman immediately seized the opportunity to zoom in. Under the bright sunlight, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “This kid has such a kind face, and he’s quite good-looking, though he’s a little behind our host, Sui Han.”

The camera captured the white-clad youth’s image, and the live stream’s comment section instantly exploded.

[I strongly suspect Sui Han hired a troll.]

[You can suspect in your heart, no need to say it out loud, lest you mislead the public.]

[Front row, don’t be too ridiculous. Sui Sui isn’t even debuting, why would he hire a troll?]

[This is called marketing himself, OK? What’s wrong with marketing? If he becomes popular, not to mention the top ten in the competition, first place will be a piece of cake.]

[Hehe, Bai Bai and Brother Leopard’s Shanhai roast duck must have given him immense pressure. So Sui Sui also hires trolls.]

[He’ll only become a target for haters this way.]

[Even being hated is still being known. So what? Getting first place is real. Isn’t your Bai Bai host also relying on collaborating with Brother Leopard to climb the rankings?]

[What are you arguing about? Isn’t he already in first place?!]

This sentence silenced the live stream instantly.

Everyone couldn’t help but think, “That’s right, Sui Han is already in first place. Why would he hire a troll?”

The white-clad youth sat down again, and the winged dragon burrowed into his arms, its eagle-like eyes vigilantly scanning the surroundings, as if something might suddenly jump out and harm its master.

The youth smiled reassuringly, and the winged dragon slowly calmed down.

However, Sui Han was unaware of all this and couldn’t be bothered to care.

Sui Han lowered his head and focused on cooking. In front of him was a basin of clear water, and the boy picked up a kitchen knife to cut tofu into thin shreds.

Water tofu is so tender that it crumbles at the slightest touch, making it extremely difficult to cut. This is why Bai Bai said that Wensi tofu is the ultimate test of knife skills.

Sui Han cut a batch and used the knife to guide it into the clear water.

He cut steadily and calmly, without being overly cautious, and his expression remained unchanged. Batch after batch, the extremely difficult tofu shreds seemed to become much more obedient in his hands, and he easily completed the task.

[I’m calling it amazing!]

[@BaiBaiIsNotByeBye, feeling slapped in the face?]

[Tch, why are you jumping up and down? It’s only just begun. He still has to stir it in the pot later.]

[Quite a few people are jumping up and down in the comments. I won’t say who.]

After cutting the tofu shreds, Sui Han cut the bok choy and the egg crepe. The egg crepe had been prepared in advance, and the golden, glossy egg crepe paired with the green bok choy created a distinct contrast in color.

“The last step is to put it in the pot.”

Sui Han’s voice was soft, like the spring breeze in March.

Although people say the spring breeze is biting, Sui Han’s voice has always been quite imposing, but because he speaks so directly, he occasionally comes across as a bit silly.

Huan Huan kept jumping around its master, and several times when Sui Han was cutting tofu shreds, it wanted to reach out a paw, but was scared away by its master wielding the knife.

A basin of lukewarm chicken broth was placed nearby, and Huan Huan seized the opportunity, sticking out its red little tongue to try and lick a mouthful to satisfy its craving.

This time, its master didn’t wield the knife, but instead covered the brightly colored little fellow with a pot lid, and the world was finally quiet.

[Hahahaha, oh my god, I’m dying of laughter.]

[Don’t mess with the big shot; he’ll cover you with a pot lid.]

[I want to know Huan Huan’s psychological shadow area, lol.]

The pot lid covered the little nine-tailed fox, but it couldn’t contain its restless heart or nine wagging furry tails. The big tails were eager to move, peeking out from under the pot lid, and the tail tips stealthily moved towards the chicken broth, only to be pressed down by the handle of a spoon.

Huan Huan: -.-

Sui Han picked up the chicken broth, poured it into the pot, and then began mixing the cornstarch.

The boy placed the mixed cornstarch aside and finally began to add the tofu shreds to the pot. One handful after another, the tofu shreds entered the hot pot filled with chicken broth, instantly resembling swirling skirt hems and spreading into clusters of milky white floral shapes.

The spectator area was as quiet as a church, because they were all shocked by this seemingly takeout-level contestant.

This knife skill, this cooking skill, giving him a hundred points wouldn’t be too much!

Sui Han picked up the bowl of cornstarch, and the edge of the bowl gradually tilted, the plaster-white cornstarch slowly entering the pot. The boy picked up the spoon, pressing down on the fox’s tail, and stirred it gently.

The comments mentioned this step, so Sui Han thoughtfully explained, “Stir on the water’s surface. If you stir the spoon into the pot, it will become a pot of tofu dregs.”

His movements were neither fast nor slow, enough for the close-up camera to record the scene.

Finally, he added the bok choy and egg crepe shreds. The green bok choy is accompanied by the golden egg crepe, plus a pot of slightly viscous, tender tofu shreds.

This pot of Wensi tofu immediately elevated the dish to a higher level.

[It’ll be hard not to get 5 points.]

[If I had this level back then, I wouldn’t have switched from culinary school to engineering school.]

[Is there a recording of this live stream? I didn’t see the recording of the opening round. This is a cooking tutorial, I’m waiting to learn it.]

[Yes, the recording will be released after the competition ends; wait.]

[May good fortune be with you always, thank you and your eight generations of ancestors.]

The four judges were still stunned when Sui Han ladled out a pot of Wensi tofu. The boy waved his hand. “Do you want me to serve you a few bowls?”

The judges quickly stopped their drooling and shook their heads with dry smiles.

In their eyes, Sui Han was mocking them, but he wasn’t. If the judges had nodded, he really would have served them.

For some reason, the winged dragon in the spectator area became agitated whenever Sui Han made a delicious dish.

Its claws were small, very similar to chicken feet, with straight little legs, from the base of the legs to the tips of the claws, all a grayish-brown color, which seemed to detract from its beauty.

Its claws dug firmly into the youth’s leg, and the youth smiled again, reassuring it, “Do you want to eat Wensi tofu too?”

Upon hearing this, the winged dragon spread its wings with a “whoosh.”

As soon as it spread its wings, Sui Han indeed glanced over.

He saw that the winged dragon’s wings were covered with countless, fine, dense, chilling barbs.

It was indeed a sharp weapon that could cut through skin.

It doesn’t have any cuteness but gives people a faint sense of disgust.

Sui Han didn’t look again, but the white-clad youth reached out to help the winged dragon retract its wings, “Don’t even mention you, he hasn’t even let me eat the food he makes.”

The winged dragon looked up at its master, its eyes confused.

In the end, the white-clad youth’s voice was very soft, as light as the ripples on a stream, “He’s still the same as before, so…”

The winged dragon didn’t hear the last two words.

Seeing exquisite dishes and knife skills, the judges almost mistakenly raised their paddles to 10 points.

It wasn’t until they realized that the color and aroma category could only give 5 points that they all gave the highest score.

Bai Bai and Brother Leopard were immediately dumbfounded, especially the jealous Bai Bai, who couldn’t sit still in his chair. He wanted to jump up, walk over to Sui Han, and smash that pot of Wensi tofu into pieces in front of Sui Han!

Brother Leopard wiped his sweat and whispered to comfort him, “Don’t get angry, let’s see what happens. The kids might not like eating vegetarian food.”

Wensi tofu is a very vegetarian soup dish, while Shanhai roast duck is a fatty, oily meat dish.

Brother Leopard and his partner were tied with Sui Han at 5 points. Whether they could successfully surpass the Sui-Han depended on the cubs’ reactions to the food.

The competition on this side of the arena had entered a fierce and intense stage, while the comment section was so angry that they wanted to kill someone.

[What’s the smell? Why didn’t they open the view just now?!]

[Damn it, damn it, is the live stream broken? Open the view, open the view, open the view!!!]

The staff had been so amazed by Sui Han’s Wensi tofu that they forgot to do their jobs momentarily, resulting in a barrage of complaints. The viewers almost blew up the live stream together.

The staff immediately opened the view, but the Wensi tofu had already been taken to the tasting area.

Sui Han returned to his position, and the host led the cubs to the tasting area to sample the delicious food.

Sui Han saw that the display table in the host area finally had more than just watermelon. This time, there were also all kinds of small pastries, butterfly pastries, osmanthus cakes, whatever you wanted.

Cooking had taken a lot of effort, and the boy needed to replenish his energy.

Sui Han took one of each and happily ate the pastries.

But as he ate, he felt like something was wrong, but he couldn’t remember what it was for a moment. The boy smacked his lips and didn’t care, taking a bite of half an osmanthus cake.

The taste was mediocre, barely edible.

The boy gave a very objective evaluation and then stared at the cubs in the tasting area, waiting for their performance.

“Ptooey!”

After eating a bite of eggplant or mashed potatoes, a little Teddy dog with a topknot actually “ptooey” out in a human tone.

The judges immediately gave a score: 0 points!

Reason: Even a dog wouldn’t eat it!

The little host scurried under the stool, afraid of being caught on camera.

He had never been so embarrassed in his life!

Next was the work of the next pet streamer.

In short, the level of the first 23 contestants was surprisingly consistent. No one could exceed 2 points!

No one!

Because Bai Bai and Brother Leopard teamed up, although it was a competition for 26 hosts, only 25 dishes were made. The Shanhai roast duck was indeed a highlight of the entire event. As soon as the lid was lifted, the cubs scrambled for it.

However, two cubs seemed to start having diarrhea as they ate. The digestive systems of other large pets were still stronger.

Bai Bai stared at Sui Han triumphantly, wanting to mock him with his eyes.

But he only saw the top of Sui Han’s head.

Sui Han lowered his head to pick out a melon seed from a pastry. The melon seed seemed to have gone bad, with an unpleasant smell. He picked at it, wanting to throw it away, but his hand slipped and the pastry kissed the ground.

Oh no, wasting food is not good.

But he could only throw it in the trash.

Sui Han’s expression showed a moment of unhappiness, and his innocent and naive appearance almost made Bai Bai explode with anger.

He doesn’t worry about his little fox getting sick?!

Eh?

Where’s the fox??

Bai Bai turned his gaze back in surprise, but didn’t see the fiery red figure following to the tasting area. He thought something was missing, and the fox was gone.

Bai Bai rolled his eyes: Hehe, your cub is lost and you’re still here eating, eating, eating!

This expression, composed of a roll of the eyes and a pout, immediately stopped when he heard the judges give a score of 8 points.

The judges’ reasons were also sufficient.

Taking care of cubs is a very patience-testing thing; you need patience and experience. It’s best not to give cubs oily things like Shanhai roast duck. Look, they got diarrhea, didn’t they?

“Congratulations to Bai Bai and Brother Leopard for getting 8 points. Their average score is 9. Let’s see how well the cubs accept the last dish, Wensi tofu.”

The host swallowed as he spoke. As the lid was lifted, the viewers’ taste buds exploded through the hologram.

[Holy crap, holy crap, is that too damn fragrant?]

[If I can’t eat this, I will have difficulty sleeping tonight…]

[I have a friend. Can you help?]

The fragrance permeated the entire arena. No one expected that a small Wensi tofu could taste so good.

Wasn’t it just average when I ate it at a restaurant before?

This time, the cubs didn’t need the host to lead them. They all ran forward like dogs, making heavenly sounds, conveying only one meaning.

Give me food!!!!

“Bang—”

A loud bang came from not far away, making everyone’s ears ring.

On the simple stove where Sui Han had been cooking, a small golden-red figure suddenly flew out from under the pot lid, flipping the entire pot lid over.

The pot lid spun and jumped mid-air, while Huan Huan leaped to the tasting area in one step.

With delicious food in front of it, not eating it would make it a pig!

No one could steal food from little Huan Huan!

Sui Han, who was eating pastries, was dumbfounded. Oh yeah, he had just said he had forgotten something. It turned out his cub was still covered by his pot lid.

When Huan Huan went up, the other cubs refused to be outdone. Everyone fought and grabbed, and no one would give in. Ultimately, they devoured all the food, even licking the white porcelain bowl until it was shiny.

The kitchen staff: Hey, saves us from washing the dishes.

The judges: Couldn’t you leave some for us to try? The judges are crying with envy.

The judges gave 5 points without hesitation. They didn’t even need to find a reason. Just looking at the Cubs’ attitude, everyone had to admit it.

Sui Han won again.

He rubbed his eyes, without much emotion, and went to the tasting area to pick up his little one. Huan Huan was, after all, a spirit pet, and the average contestant couldn’t compete with it. The little guy directly rubbed its belly until it was full.

Feeling great, it began to roll around in its master’s arms, feeling sleepy again.

“Back to the hotel?” he asked the little cub, lowering his head.

The only response he got was the nine tails sticking up, the tails spreading open, the shape of the flowers seeming to please its master.

Sui Han smoothed the little guy’s tails together and carried it out of the arena.

The white-clad youth in the spectator area was also gone at this time. Just as Sui Han was about to get into the car provided by the organizers to go back, the youth walked over.

“Sui Han, hello.”

A soft, well-behaved tone was used, and the youth seemed to try his best to appear obedient, but the hoarseness in his voice was hardly gentle.

Instead, it only added to the strangeness.

“I don’t know you.”

The youth smiled and got into the car with him. He sat beside him as if he knew him well, tilting his head to look at him. “It’s good that I know you. Sorry, I didn’t make it to the opening round because I had some things to deal with then, so I was delayed.”

Speaking of not coming last time, the youth’s eyes flickered subconsciously.

Sui Han gave a friendly reminder, “This car is only for us; you probably can’t come along.”

The youth smiled again, “I’ve already told the driver. I’m also staying at the Yunchuan Hotel. Aren’t you on the 16th floor? I’m on the 14th floor.”

“So you’re also a pet streamer?”

“I’m not, I’m your fan.”

“Oh.”

Sui Han didn’t want to get entangled with this youth. The boy had an innate sense of vigilance. The winged dragon coiled on this person’s arm, and the person himself gave him no good feelings.

Even that smile was very watery.

Sui Han could see just a layer of hypocritical skin.

All the way, Sui Han closed his eyes and didn’t speak. The youth was also quiet and didn’t bother him. The car slowly drove onto the main road, and the youth pointed a finger to poke the fox’s tail.

Little Huan Huan opened one eye and poked its head out of its master’s arms. It met the youth’s gaze with no unusual reaction.

But when it tilted its head to look at the winged dragon, it appropriately bared its fox teeth.

This differed from how it bared its teeth at Sui Han to be cute. It and the winged dragon were both wary of each other, as if there was an innate hostility.

The car stopped in front of the hotel, and Sui Han woke up, ignoring the white-clad youth and getting out of the vehicle with Huan Huan.

The white-clad youth followed him all the way, directly into the elevator.

“Sui Han, to show my sincerity, I must tell you that I bought the fan who encouraged you to come to this competition. I spent thirty thousand yuan.”

Encouraged him to come to this competition?

Sui Han thought about it. It seemed that there was a hater who was particularly active in his live stream at the time.

“You call that encouragement?” Sui Han was speechless.

The white-clad youth showed eight teeth and smiled, “Yes, isn’t it? If it wasn’t for him constantly arguing in the live stream, would you have participated in this competition?”

“Why did you want me to participate in this competition?”

Although Sui Han asked this, he denied it in his heart: It wasn’t because the hater was arguing, it was mainly because Big Banana’s paw was itchy.

If Big Banana hadn’t clicked the button to participate in the competition, he could have stayed home and relaxed.

Who doesn’t know that Sui Han was working hard to process requests?

Troublemaker.

The white-clad youth followed Sui Han to the suite door, “Because I wanted to see you. I said, I’m your fan.”

He watched Sui Han open the door, and the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up, “My name is Jun Qiu, have you… heard of this name?” After Jun Qiu finished speaking, he stared into Sui Han’s eyes.

Because a person’s eyes don’t lie, what did he want to see?

Of course, only he knew.

Sui Han felt that this person was strange everywhere, and did this peculiar Jun Qiu think he was hiding well, thinking that others couldn’t see his winged dragon, and that he couldn’t see it either?