Tears, uncontrollable as ever, streamed down her face.
What I lack isn't time, but the skill and the ingredients!
What I lack isn't the skill or the ingredients; what I lack are wealthy friends!
I'm so hungry, so hungry, so hungry...
Help! I was watching a live stream and I was drooling all over the place, and my mom told me to get out.
【Little Aunt, you're going too far! You cook it yourself and then eat it yourself! I'm so hungry just looking at it. I want a bowl of white rice with some hot, tender braised pork. The skin would melt on my tongue, and it would go down my throat in one slurp—】
The screen displayed that the match time had ended, and the entire live stream was shut down amidst the agonizing cries of a bunch of silly netizens.
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Xu Milu finished her rice in a few bites, then watched as Cui Shengguo squinted and commented on the dish:
"Hmm, you've made great progress. The flavor is just right. Not bad at all."
Everyone present knew how difficult it was to get a "not bad" from Cui Shengguo, let alone Xu Milu, who had only been learning to cook from him for less than two years.
Li Ning finished two bowls of rice in one go, his face glowing with health. Sasha and Da Yang weren't much better off; they were both captivated by the aroma of the large chunks of braised meat and grabbed the last bit of soup from their bowls to eat.
“Junior Aunt, I just found out that Bai Bao’er from the Bai family also participated in this online audition. She’s right behind you, in live stream room 634. Why is she here instead of just participating in the ‘Harvest Cup’?”
Li Ning reluctantly finished the last bite of rice, wishing he could lick the bowl clean, but still refrained from doing so to maintain his image.
"Bai Bao'er? The one who went abroad to study French cuisine and then came back to specialize in molecular gastronomy?"
Xu Milu recalled this person from her memory and was somewhat confused: "Why is she also participating in the online audition?"
"I reckon this is probably related to you."
Li Ning smacked his lips and gestured with his chin, saying:
"Little Martial Aunt, you probably don't know, but a few years ago this girl wanted to learn the Cui family's knife skills. She kept pestering her grandfather to ask her grandmaster to take her in, but her grandmaster refused with some excuse. Now that you're competing as her grandmaster's last disciple, she's bound to come and challenge you. Hey, she's just a competitive little girl, she doesn't mean any harm. I just saw her Australian lobster balls, and they got pretty high marks. Maybe she can make it to the knockout stage."
Xu Milu nodded, seemingly lost in thought, and said:
“That guy who just showed off his skills in front of Guan Gong doesn’t seem like an outsider. His nickname has ‘Guan’ in it, and he even knows I’m a disciple of the Cui family—he’s probably related to the Guan family.”
"No way? Could it be Guan Wenmo? That guy can't be that stupid, can he?"
Li Ning let out a burp, patting his chest loudly: "Don't worry, Junior Aunt, I'll definitely find out who's stirring up trouble for you!"
To everyone's surprise, Xu Milu simply shook her head.
"Don't worry about him. Guan Wenyan is participating in the official competition, so he won't run into me. Besides, since Master didn't give any special instructions, it means that the Guan family won't cause any trouble. He's probably just a kid who's causing trouble. Let nature take its course."
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The elimination round results were announced the next day, and Xu Milu unsurprisingly advanced to the second round. This time, the topic was limited to "spring".
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