Chapter 544: Chapter 544: Proof
The first thing she saw was a chicken head on the ground.
Not far away, the body of the chicken lay on the ground.
However, the body was still moving.
In its agony, the wings were twitching incessantly.
"I... I just cut off the chicken’s head, I didn’t expect its body to still be moving," Ye Fei trembled as she spoke.
Her clothes were splattered with chicken blood.
Zhao Gushen didn’t mind at all as he held her in his arms, not caring how the other contestants looked at them.
"It’s all okay now," Zhao Gushen said softly, comforting the back of her head and her back, "It’s okay now."
"I... my hands are shaking," Ye Fei said, "I think... I don’t think I dare to touch that chicken again."
"As a chef, I couldn’t even do this much, I’m simply not qualified," Ye Fei thought of the earlier scene, and goosebumps still ran over her body.
"Tell me, what did you do just now?" Zhao Gushen asked softly.
"I... I just kept clutching the chicken’s neck." Ye Fei said, "The chicken’s wings kept flapping. I couldn’t hold onto its wings because then it would peck at my hands."
"I could only grab its neck and use a knife... cut its neck with a knife..." Ye Fei said haltingly, "But it kept moving, I couldn’t apply force accurately, so... I pressed it down on the ground and chopped off its head directly."
And she really did chop the chicken’s head off.
But even separated from its head, the chicken’s body kept twitching on the ground.
In the beginning, the chicken’s body almost flapped itself up.
Not to mention Ye Fei, who did it herself, even Xue Jieyu and Mi Ruoyun were startled.
"When I close my eyes now, all I see is that chicken head staring at me." Ye Fei covered her face, and all ten of her fingers were trembling.
"Sorry, I came too late." Zhao Gushen held Ye Fei, filled with regret.
Why hadn’t he looked closely at the planning proposal?
Why did he come so late!
He should have come earlier, come faster.
If he had come, he would have slaughtered that chicken for her.
Ye Fei shook her head: "What use is there in your coming early? I can’t let you handle it."
Zhao Gushen was stumped by that.
"You won’t let me handle it?" Zhao Gushen asked her.
"This is my competition," Ye Fei said, sniffing.
From the beginning, there were tears hidden in her eyes, but they never fell.
Even when she saw Zhao Gushen, she still did not let her tears fall.
Instead, she controlled herself and forced her tears back.
She disliked looking weak and teary in front of Zhao Gushen.
What was the point of that?
When Zhao Gushen wasn’t there, she could bear anything.
But as soon as Zhao Gushen came, she would cry.
Was it necessary to be so fragile?
That’s what Ye Fei thought anyway.
"Not just you, even if someone else handles it, it’s not okay." Ye Fei said, "Since the competition has these rules in place, I have to follow them."
"Otherwise, if I get help from someone, can’t others also get help? If they’re not allowed to have help, it would be very unfair." Ye Fei said quietly.
"So even if you came early, I couldn’t have asked you to help." Ye Fei sniffed, "You just being here, giving me mental support, is enough."
Zhao Gushen: "..."
So basically, there wasn’t much use in him being there.
Zhao Gushen suddenly felt utterly useless.
He’d have to go back and scold the planner!
Seeing Zhao Gushen’s depressed face, Ye Fei couldn’t help but smile and said, "But because you’re here, I feel a lot better now."
Zhao Gushen breathed a sigh of relief, wrapping her hand in his palm: "Really better?"
Ye Fei nodded: "I might still feel a bit uncomfortable, but it’s much better than before."
Especially the hand that had gripped the chicken’s neck, now enveloped in Zhao Gushen’s palm.
The warmth of his palm warmed hers too.
Originally, whenever Ye Fei thought of the touch in her hand, and the way the chicken head fell to the ground, she’d get goosebumps all over her body.
But now, that warmth made everything feel much better.
"I can continue with the competition now," Ye Fei said.
Zhao Gushen raised an eyebrow: "Are you asking me to leave?"
Unexpectedly, Ye Fei nodded earnestly: "Yeah, otherwise why would you stay? You can’t interfere with the competition."
Lu Chenghong was extremely moved.
Ye Fei truly was a righteous person!
She said everything he wanted to say.
If it were him saying those words, he would be scolded by the dog of a boss.
Not only scolded but also held a grudge against.
But when it came from Ye Fei, it was very different.
Look, the dog boss didn’t seem angry at all, instead, he was a bit aggrieved.
"I hate the feeling of being useless," Zhao Gushen said sullenly.
"You helped me," Ye Fei said softly, "You could feel my fear even through the screen, so you came over immediately."
"Because only you could come in, for other contestants, even if their friends or family were worried, they’d have to stay in the stands and couldn’t come in." Ye Fei said, "But you came in to comfort me, and I recovered to continue the competition."
"If you hadn’t come, I might not have been able to get back into the competition, or even unable to continue participating."
Ye Fei smiled with her eyes bending into crescents: "Thankfully, you came."
Zhao Gushen’s thumb unconsciously rubbed the back of her hand: "Should I leave now then?"
"Yeah." Ye Fei nodded, "Everyone else still needs to compete, with you here, they’d feel uneasy, and it would affect their performance."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Gushen instinctively turned to look at Xue Jieyu and Mi Ruoyun.
Sure enough, the two of them were frozen in place.
As if petrified, each holding a flapping chicken in hand, which looked a bit funny.
Zhao Gushen nodded with a smile: "Alright, I’m leaving then."
"I know you don’t give up easily, but if you truly can’t endure it, even if you quit, it’s alright," Zhao Gushen said, "Don’t forget your original intention for signing up."
"At that time, you entered the competition to prove to people you had the skills, unlike Shi Jiumei’s slander against you. That point, you’ve already proven."
"Now, everyone knows you have such abilities, so if it becomes too difficult, withdrawing is okay, don’t put too much pressure on yourself," Zhao Gushen said.
Ye Fei was momentarily shocked, reminded by Zhao Gushen.
Indeed, her initial motivation for entering the competition was to prove her abilities.
It was because she was indignant about Shi Jiumei hiring paid posters to defame her.
Now, Shi Jiumei has already lost.
And through the competition, her cooking skills have been acknowledged.
Even if some people still think she might not win the championship.
But at least as a food blogger, she has proven herself qualified.
