And so, Zhou Dongcheng practiced day and night until he was able to conceal his presence.

He always stayed in an abandoned tool shed behind the teaching building, a place where almost no one ever came.

Even if some clueless friends accidentally wander in, Zhou Dongcheng will make them suddenly fall ill. Isn't it perfectly normal for children to die of illness in orphanages?

With new children constantly entering the orphanage, how can we make room if a few don't die?

In five years, Zhou Dongcheng has become incredibly strong, far surpassing the average person.

When he was ten years old, the opportunity finally came.

At that time, Mr. Ding and some leaders visited the welfare home. He was a national-level chef. Although his social status was not high, he was the most well-off among the group.

Zhou Dongcheng knew his opportunity had come. He was tired of staying in the welfare home and wanted to go out and develop his career in a better way with more opportunities. Why not make a name for himself?

When Old Master Ding heard this, his beard trembled with anger.

"So you've been keeping an eye on me all this time? While we were touring the kitchen, you were already inside pretending to help out, which caught my attention."

Zhou Dongcheng continued to answer him blankly.

Yes, as they say, opportunity favors the prepared mind.

It's not that I served the old director well, that he would tell me inside information like the leaders would come to visit the welfare home.

To sneak into the kitchen and impress others, I started helping out a week in advance, emptying the kitchen bins and cleaning. Was I wrong? I clearly put in a lot of effort.

This made the old man feel guilty, and he was instantly speechless.

He was completely bewitched at the time, feeling that the child was innocent and pure, and that positive and uplifting spirit in his eyes touched him.

Because Grandpa Ding also came from a poor family with many brothers, and all of them were sons, there was no preference for sons over daughters.

He was the eldest son and started cooking for the family when he was very young.

He had good grades and could have gone to a good high school, but his family, in order to save money, made him study to become a chef at a vocational school.

The main reason is the low tuition fees. His father said that being a chef is a skill that makes it easy to find a job.

Fortunately, Mr. Ding was exceptionally talented and hardworking, and he also encountered a benefactor in his life, which allowed him to gradually achieve the social status he had at that time.

He was bewitched by Zhou Dongcheng and was willing to become a benefactor in Zhou Dongcheng's life and help him out.

Therefore, without hesitation, Grandpa Ding adopted Zhou Dongcheng and took him home, making him his apprentice.

Now that Grandpa Ding has come to his senses, he gets angrier the more he thinks about it. He cares deeply for his eldest apprentice and has never been able to bring himself to say anything harsh to him.

He got married late, so his son was young. He was very strict with his son, which led Ding Li to often suspect that his eldest brother was his father's biological son born outside the marriage.

He suspected that his mother did not receive true love from his father, which led to her early death from depression.

Otherwise, why would her father be so fierce and strict with her, often beating and scolding her, while showing such great care and concern for his son whom he brought home from outside?

Grandpa Ding felt deeply ashamed that he had been deceived for so many years.

Fortunately, his son has a good attitude. Just like his father, he has been resilient since childhood and has not become distorted in personality.

Looking back now, it was all because his eldest apprentice was the best at understanding people's hearts and secretly possessed unique skills. In short, Old Master Ding regretted it!

"Zhou Dongcheng, I've always been devoted to you, so why won't you tolerate your junior brother?"

As expected, Zhou Dongcheng's eyes were filled with resentment as he looked at Ye Zhongnan.