Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle

Chapter 1352: Chen Huixi Side Story (Part 3)_2

Even Zheng Da couldn’t do it!

And that guy surnamed Zhou at Zhiwei Restaurant couldn’t either.

After three years, Qin Huai felt it was time to showcase his real skills to everyone before returning to the public eye.

First, he went to Huang Ji to exchange ideas for two months, then he went to Zhiwei Restaurant for two months.

Everyone was silent.

Xu Cheng went to Zhiwei Restaurant with great enthusiasm to have a meal, and he was silent as well.

Let’s put it this way, Xu Cheng originally planned to eat for two days and leave, but ended up staying for a month. After leaving, he mobilized all his connections nationwide to find the mysterious Master Qin.

No one found any information about Master Qin.

Who would have thought that this Master Qin had already been dead for a hundred years?

After Qin Huai returned to the culinary world, Zheng Da completely surrendered. If Qin Huai had apprenticed under Master Zhou, Zheng Da might not have accepted it, thinking why should he. But after seeing Qin Huai’s current skills, Zheng Da could be said to be convinced, even to the point of considering making a rebellious decision to apprentice under the mysterious Master Qin.

Even though he was no longer a white pastry chef, Zheng Da still wanted to improve a bit.

Now Zheng Da even took some pride that Qin Huai would still call him Master Zheng.

With Qin Huai’s revered master being this amazing, and he was Qin Huai’s Master Zheng, what does this mean? It means that Qin Huai acknowledged his ability!

If only Qin Huai would call him solely Master Zheng and not that Master Zhou.

Not long after Qin Huai returned to the scene, Jiang Feng’s system awakened. According to Qin Huai’s analysis, Jiang Feng should have awakened a very pure culinary system, the kind that could touch recipes.

Seeing Jiang Feng return to cooking, coinciding with the upcoming second Good Taste Chef King Competition, Qin Huai felt it was time to go with the flow and with both his and Cheng Gong’s efforts, make the second Good Taste Chef King Competition a grand event. Qin Huai even convinced Xu Cheng to offer Zhiwei’s exclusive interview as a reward.

On Xia Mubing’s side, due to being critically ill, not much time was left. He directly called Zhang Guanghang back to compete. Zhang Guanghang didn’t understand but obeyed his master. As a result, in the finals, he had a big mishap and happily claimed the fourth place, making Zhao Cheng’an laugh for a whole week.

To know that Zhang Guanghang lost to Tan Wei’an’s apprentice Guli. In Zhao Cheng’an’s eyes, Tan Wei’an was not as good as him, Guli was not as good as Tan Wei’an, and Zhang Guanghang lost to Guli, by that calculation, Zhang Guanghang was far inferior to himself.

Zhao Cheng’an felt like he was a big winner.

Furthermore.

Taifeng Building reopened, and the Jiang family returned to Beiping. On the opening day, Zhao Cheng’an and Qin Huai both went, under the guise of gourmet magazine reporters. During the meal, Qin Huai felt a sense of deja vu, as if he had returned to his first life.

Although in Qin Huai’s first life, he never ate in the Taifeng Building’s main hall, he always ate in the kitchen.

By that account, only Chen Huihong had properly eaten in Taifeng Building without paying a dime.

The crazy lady’s value was increasing.

What followed was even more exciting.

Huang Shengli’s back injury relapsed, and the doctor warned him that if he didn’t retire, his back would be ruined, putting Huang Ji in a major crisis. As Huang Ji’s largest shareholder, after consulting with Huang Shengli and Zheng Da, Qin Huai bought all the shares of Huang Ji at a high price, gave Huang An Yao a huge sum enough for him to be a food critic for life, and turned Huang Ji Restaurant into Qin’s Steamed Bun Shop, appointing Pei Xing and Li Hua as head chefs there.

Among Huang Shengli’s apprentices, except for Wang Jun staying at Yunzhong Restaurant as a meat Chef, most of the others were introduced by Qin Huai to work at the restaurant where Zang Mu worked. Zang Mu is a master in Huaiyang cuisine, so it’s professionally relevant, and most importantly, it’s close to home.

However, since all the apprentices transferred to one restaurant, Zang Mu couldn’t accommodate them all, so Dong Shi and Dong Li volunteered to venture farther. Huang Shengli preferred Yonghe Inn and initially intended to recommend the brothers there, but at that time, Taifeng Building was hiring, so Qin Huai sent a message telling Dong Shi to try an interview at Taifeng Building, and if he liked it, he could stay.

And the brothers ended up staying.

As Dong Shi, Dong Li, and Zheng Siyuan went to Beiping, Qin Huai had to make up another unverifiable lie—that his master had a grudge against the Jiang family.

Don’t ask why; just know that the Qin family and Jiang family have a grudge. His master didn’t allow him to have any contact with Jiang family members, but he felt the food at Taifeng Building was indeed good, so he could only sneak in to eat.

To avoid exposure, everyone who recognized him should pretend not to know him, and definitely not mention him in front of Jiang family members, especially Jiang Feng.

This was originally a rather ridiculous reason, but under the grandmaster-level’s lie, everyone believed it without a doubt.

See, having high basic values has its benefits.

Dong Shi even added drama to himself, not only pretending not to recognize Qin Huai but also pretending not to recognize Zheng Siyuan, even sneaking to Zheng Siyuan’s house to eat snacks.

Qin Huai originally thought that this lie was over, and no one would investigate further, but unexpectedly, Zheng Siyuan went to look up that the Jiang family and Qin family were once in-laws.

"It wasn’t me who checked; it was Mr. Xu," Zheng Siyuan said, "Mr. Xu really couldn’t understand why your master was so averse to the Jiang family. He now basically settled in Beiping, spends a long time dining at Taifeng Building, and also loves your snacks. Fearing to upset you and risk not having snacks, he naturally had to investigate thoroughly."