Meanwhile, Lu Rong and his group were enjoying a delicious meal of saury.
At that moment, he suddenly noticed a beautiful woman standing next to him, who was none other than Shen Lanxin.
Shen Lanxin had a big smile on her face, and her flawless face was adorned with a pair of large, round eyes.
He was clearly not nearsighted, staring straight at Lu Rong.
There was no dissatisfaction in his eyes, but rather appreciation and joy.
"Congratulations! It seems I'm still a bit behind you." She extended her hand to Lu Rong, as if to shake his hand.
Hearing her words, Lu Rong noticed that Shen Lanxin had come to the side, and he reached out to hold her fingertips with the chopsticks in his hand.
"It's just good luck. You're not bad either. It looks like you should be in second place right now."
"It's hard to say. There are still many contestants ahead of me, and my level might not be enough," Shen Lanxin said modestly.
Yuan Hua, sitting across the table, didn't notice the two of them.
He was still eating heartily, explaining that he had rushed out the door this morning without having breakfast, so he was extremely hungry.
I didn't notice until I saw everyone had stopped.
Seeing that Lu Rong was in first place and Shen Lanxin was in second place, he felt no resentment or dissatisfaction whatsoever; on the contrary, he was happy for them.
"I must say, you guys are really strong, much stronger than me." He said as he ate, his words slurred because his mouth was full of food.
Fortunately, everyone understood what he meant.
It's unclear whether his words were a compliment after eating Lu Rong's food or stemmed from his true feelings.
Upon hearing his words, Shen Lanxin couldn't help but chuckle.
"I have to say, you're quite capable. It seems like you weren't even that serious, but the dishes you made were still so amazing. To be honest, I'm quite impressed with you."
At this very moment, the top three players in the entire competition are huddled together, chatting happily.
Everyone who saw this found it amazing.
In a typical competition, different players are inherently in competition with each other, and these three are currently the highest-scoring players, making them even more important direct competitors.
As a result, the group of them naturally started fighting together, chatting and laughing.
Yuan Hua even ate at Lu Rong's place, something that would have been completely impossible in other competitions in the past.
Going back a few years, in previous national food competitions, many contestants schemed against each other and even fought each other.
They secretly used all sorts of underhanded tactics in order to suppress their opponents.
As a result, this year's cohort saw a series of geniuses emerge, leaving everyone speechless.
Even their mindset and relationship are admirable.
"How about it? Would you like to try my saury?" Since there was still some left in the pot, it wouldn't be right not to offer it to Shen Lanxin, who was standing in front of him.
After speaking, Lu Rong gestured to everyone at the table.
Everyone was smart enough to move over and make room for Shen Lanxin.
“Okay, since you’re so kind as to invite me, it would be too impolite of me to refuse. I’ll give it a try.” Shen Lanxin smiled brightly.
She is a very straightforward person, not coy or hesitant, and says whatever comes to mind. When Lu Rong extended a warm invitation, she naturally did not refuse.
She sat down, picked up her chopsticks, and put a piece of saury into her mouth.
She was also very curious about what kind of delicious dishes Lu Rong's would be. In any case, judging from the judges' comments, they were obviously better than her own.
Of course, she wasn't one to back down. Since the judges had said so, they must have a point, and she trusted the judges on stage.
To be honest, she had basically given this dish her all, but this was all she could manage.
The fact that they were unable to defeat Lu Rong shows that their true strength is indeed far inferior to Lu Rong's.
There's nothing she can do about it. Although she can't compare to her, she's not discouraged. She thinks having a stronger opponent is a good choice, as it gives her a long-term goal to strive for.
Otherwise, she'd gotten tired of always being number one.
She felt pretty good about coming in second place, even though she was a little disappointed, but not sad.
Considering that Shen Lanxin is a girl, it would be too embarrassing if her clothes were to rip open.
So Lu Rong hurriedly ran to the bottom of the pot to see if there was any soup that he had just cooked for Su Tingyun.
They found there was still some left at the bottom of the pot, so they quickly ladled out a small bowl and handed it to Shen Lanxin.
"This is for relaxing the mind and body; it can slow down the flow of qi and blood in the body," Lu Rong said with a smile.
Shen Lanxin immediately understood what Lu Rong meant. He meant that considering Lu Rong's dishes were so delicious that there was a possibility of clothes ripping off, and it would be bad if her clothes ripped off as a girl.
So she had to drink a bowl of his special soup. She looked at Su Tingyun around her and realized that she had eaten so much of Lu Rong's saury, but her clothes hadn't ripped off, while the others around her had already had their clothes ripped off.
This means that Su Tingyun also drank this bowl of soup.
He had a strange sense of trust in Lu Rong.
She took the soup Lu Rong handed her and drank it without hesitation.
I immediately felt a warm current flow into my stomach, and all the cells in my body relaxed.
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