Chapter 887: Chapter 887: Forgot I Was by Your Side?
"The skin of the mung bean is sweet, melting in the mouth, and the rose jam inside has a rich rose fragrance. As the final touch, it’s like adding the finishing touch to a masterpiece," Ye Huasong nodded and said.
Lowell was more straightforward: "I’ve always liked Chinese pastries. They’re completely different in flavor from Western ones, each having their unique charm. But I especially admire Chinese pastries for their exquisite appearance, delicate texture, and the wider range of ingredients used."
Once all the dishes from the ten contestants were completed, the judges tasted them.
The final round of scoring for the Chinese pastries was conducted, and the results were sealed after being placed into a box.
An Haiyin took the stage again.
"With this, all the matches for today have ended," An Haiyin said, "Today’s match, with all its numerous dishes and lengthy duration, was quite tiring for the contestants, the audience, and the judges alike."
"At this moment, I would like to extend my gratitude to the contestants, the audience, and the judges," An Haiyin said.
"Well, let’s not waste any more words. Let’s quickly announce the results of each contestant. I bet both contestants and the audience are eager," An Haiyin laughed.
"First, let’s announce the scores for the soup dishes," An Haiyin said.
An Haiyin said, "Could the staff please bring the ballot box out?"
After the staff on site finished checking and organizing everything into categories for each type of dish,
An Haiyin now held six envelopes in her hand.
"What I have here is the result of the first round of the soup competition," An Haiyin said.
"First, let’s take a look at the scores given by Judge Guo Wenbo," An Haiyin said.
"Ba Zhekai, 8.5 points."
"Ban Ziang, 8.5 points."
"Hua Ciyue, 8.4 points."
"Huo Jiarong, 8.6 points."
"Shang Heyue, 8.3 points."
"Tian Pengpo, 8.8 points."
"Xu Aoliang, 8.5 points."
"Ye Fei, 8.8 points."
"Yu Yingyan, 8.7 points."
"Zhou Junhao, 8.5 points."
After An Haiyin announced the scores, the score sheet was displayed on the screen for the audience to see.
"It seems that the judges have higher standards for the finals. Not a single contestant scored above 9 points this time," An Haiyin said.
"The current highest score is held by contestants Tian Pengpo and Ye Fei, both with 8.8 points. The runner-up is contestant Yu Yingyan, with 8.7 points," An Haiyin said.
"Judge Guo Wenbo’s scores for the contestants were quite close," An Haiyin said, "Next, let’s see the scores from Judge Ye Huasong."
"Ba Zhekai, 8.6 points."
"Ban Ziang, 8.6 points."
"Hua Ciyue, 8.5 points."
"Huo Jiarong, 8.5 points."
"Shang Heyue, 8.4 points."
"Tian Pengpo, 8.9 points."
"Xu Aoliang, 8.5 points."
"Ye Fei, 8.8 points."
"Yu Yingyan, 8.6 points."
"Zhou Junhao, 8.6 points."
After Ye Huasong’s original score sheet was displayed on the big screen, a column with the real-time summary of contestant rankings appeared beside it.
This provided the audience with a more direct view of the current contestant standings.
"As we can see, up to now, the contestant with the highest total score is Tian Pengpo, but Ye Fei is close behind, with only a 0.1-point difference between the two," An Haiyin said.
"It’s quite intense," a member of the audience said.
"I didn’t expect Ye Fei to fall behind at this point. I think she’s at a bit of a disadvantage."
"Not necessarily. Even if she’s behind in this round, there are still upcoming dish scores,"
"And in third place is contestant Yu Yingyan, currently with a total score of 17.3 points, trailing Ye Fei and Tian Pengpo by 0.3 and 0.4 points, respectively," An Haiyin said.
"Alright, now let’s look at the scores from Chef Gu Changfeng," An Haiyin said.
"Ba Zhekai, 8.5 points."
"Ban Ziang, 8.4 points."
"Hua Ciyue, 8.3 points."
"Huo Jiarong, 8.3 points."
"Shang Heyue, 8.2 points."
"Tian Pengpo, 8.8 points."
"Xu Aoliang, 8.4 points."
"Ye Fei, 8.9 points."
"Yu Yingyan, 8.7 points."
"Zhou Junhao, 8.7 points."
"Caught up!" Li Xiaoyun’s eyes were tightly fixed on the changing rank of scores on the screen, her hand unconsciously grabbing Zhao Dingli’s arm, "Tied!"
Zhao Dingli was momentarily surprised, looking down to see an additional pale hand around his wrist.
Li Xiaoyun’s fingers were very clean, adorned with no jewelry.
Plain and white, which was pleasing to the eye.
Only on the wrist was there a jade bracelet.
A bracelet of glutinous texture, its pale green-white base resembling glutinous rice, and although jade is extremely hard, it appears quite soft to the eye.
On the green-white base floated a few strands of bluish-green flowers.
The bracelet looked like she’s worn it for a long time, its texture nurtured to a luster that new jade can’t achieve.
Such material and floral patterns of the bracelet weren’t particularly expensive. Although Zhao Dingli could recognize it, he had no concept of the price of such material.
Even if he wanted to buy one casually, there’d always be someone to recommend a selection for him.
But what was offered to him were naturally the finest ones.
The kind of items that have a price but no market.
Indeed, they are priced, but you couldn’t find a channel to purchase them.
All legitimate channels, but the good stuff in their hands are reserved for important customers.
Ordinary people, even if holding money, wouldn’t be able to buy it.
Zhao Dingli glanced down, only feeling that the bracelet and her slender wrist complemented each other.
Li Xiaoyun’s wrist looked even whiter against the bracelet.
Zhao Dingli was even curious if, under the moonlight, illuminated by moonbeams, her hand might appear to glow white?
There was a moment when Zhao Dingli was absent-minded.
Li Xiaoyun saw Zhao Dingli staring at her wrist and only then realized she had unknowingly grabbed his wrist.
Surely Zhao Dingli must think she’s behaving strangely!
Li Xiaoyun quickly let go: "Sorry, sorry, I... I forgot..."
Zhao Dingli raised an eyebrow: "Forgot?"
"Forgot I was beside you?" Zhao Dingli’s voice sounded particularly gloomy.
Does he barely exist?
Li Xiaoyun: "..."
She did notice that Zhao Dingli seemed upset.
But Li Xiaoyun didn’t realize it was because she had forgotten his existence that he was upset.
Li Xiaoyun thought her action was just too abrupt.
After all, she wasn’t that familiar with him, suddenly grabbing someone else’s wrist like that.
This behavior indeed seemed quite rude.
If Zhao Dingli was the sort who’s not easygoing, he would genuinely be upset about it.
Li Xiaoyun could somewhat understand.
Beyond that, Li Xiaoyun didn’t have any other thoughts.
For example, using this as an excuse to take advantage of Zhao Dingli.
Li Xiaoyun had no such thoughts.
As a woman, how could she take advantage of a man?
She wasn’t so inconsiderate.
At this time, Lowell and Luo Jialin had already finished scoring on stage.
When Li Xiaoyun looked back at it, only the real-time total score rankings were left displayed on the screen.
