Gu Yun breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in her chair.

“…”

"Do you know this female star?"

"Yes, what happened to her?"

"Nothing much, it's just that I don't like her very much."

"My dear, if you don't like someone, I naturally won't like him either."

“…” -On stage.

Zheng Baiqing's words had just fallen.

"What do you mean?" Xia Xicheng glared at him instantly with a fierce expression.

Zheng Baiqing shrank back at the look. Fearing Xia Xicheng's identity, she said stubbornly, "I, I wasn't wrong, unless Sheng Yuan can prove that she didn't peek at Xiaoxue's notebook."

A light laugh was heard.

"I think what I said has been clear enough," Sheng Yuan was calm and unhurried from beginning to end: "If you choose not to believe it, that's fine, no problem. In that case-"

"You should produce the so-called evidence that I peeked at the contents of the notebook to prove the truth of your own words."

"Instead of asking me to prove myself."

Zheng Baiqing insisted: "You picked up the notebook! This secret dipping sauce was also made by your team. These are ironclad facts. What other evidence do you need?!"

Sheng Yuan tilted her head: "Oh, so you have no evidence."

Xia Xicheng sneered: "You are quite capable. You can't draw a conclusion without any evidence. You can't really spit out ivory from a dog's mouth."

"I——" Zheng Baiqing was confronted, her face turned red and she choked.

Xia Xicheng: "I tell you, Sheng Yuan has no need and no desire to peek at any crappy notebook."

"Young Master Xia knows Sheng Yuan, so it's understandable that he wants to help Sheng Yuan, but we have to act based on the actual situation and not just take sides."

Meng Qiong stepped forward again.

"Now that the secret recipe of our guest Lin Xue has been leaked, we have to give her an explanation."

Meng Qiong patted Lin Xue's shoulder to comfort her.

While Zheng Baiqing was speaking, Lin Xue kept listening without saying a word in rebuttal.

Xia Xicheng turned around impatiently and looked at Meng Qiong, sneering: "Who do you think you are? Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Meng Qiong's face immediately looked like a color palette.

She didn't expect that Xia Xicheng would slap her in the face so mercilessly in front of the camera and so many people.

“…”

The director's heart almost jumped out of his chest. One was Young Master Xia, and the other was President Shi who was still sitting in the audience.

He scratched his head and didn't know how to control the situation.

The atmosphere of stalemate.

Interrupted by a phone call.

The staff hurried onto the stage holding the director's cell phone.

"Director, urgent matter!"

The director took his phone and was stunned as he didn't know what was said on the other end of the line.

He just waved his hand and told the staff to connect the microphone on site.

Then let Lin Xue come over to answer the phone.

Lin Xue was also startled: "Me?"

The director nodded: "Yes, it's your master, Chef Wu Hui's call."

Lin Xue didn't dare to delay, and hurried over and took the phone: "Hello... is this Master?"

"Um."

Everyone at the scene could hear the male voice on the phone.

"I have understood the general situation, Xiaoxue. The dipping sauce recipe was indeed given to Miss Sheng Yuan by me."

————With just two sentences, the situation was reversed in an instant.

Wu Hui seemed to be in a hurry and spoke a little quickly, but his tone was extremely serious.

"I'll be back as soon as I finish here."

After speaking briefly, the phone was hung up.

“…”

The owner of the dipping sauce recipe personally came down to the rescue.

Lin Xue looked at Sheng Yuan's expression in complete disbelief.

Master said that he gave the recipe to Sheng Yuan...

When did Sheng Yuan get to know his master?

Barrage——

[Go check Weibo. Someone posted a screenshot of Sheng Yuan's Weibo account followers. In the list, the last person followed is Chef Wu Hui.]

[The key is that Chef Wu Hui still returned. ]

[Oh shit! I also remembered it. About a month ago, I was browsing Sister Sheng’s Weibo updates one night! She suddenly came online and just followed a chef’s account. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but it turned out to be Chef Wu Hui! ]

[It seems that the two of you have known each other for a long time! ]

[It's so funny. If it weren't for Chef Wu Hui's phone call, this guest named Zheng Baiqing would have falsely accused Sheng Yuan of peeking at Lin Xue's notebook.]

[Zheng Baiqing, what the hell are you standing there for? Apologize to Sheng Yuan! ]

Zheng Baiqing was so embarrassed at this moment that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl out. She didn't want to seek justice for Lin Xue in a righteous manner at all, she just wanted to take revenge on Sheng Yuan for poaching Qun Jie and causing her to fail.

But I didn’t expect… to be slapped in the face so quickly.

This matter is not over yet.

A family of three walked down from the audience and asked the program staff if they could thank Lin Xue in person because they were about to leave the resort.

When the staff heard that they were fans and saw that the three of them were either wealthy or noble, they didn't look like they were lying.

I asked the director for their advice.

Lin Xue turned around and recognized them as soon as she saw them: "It's you."

The woman in the family of three nodded and handed over a gift box.

Lin Xue quickly waved her hand: "No, no."

The woman smiled and said, "It's just some tea leaves. I hope you can accept it, Xiaoxue. I'm very happy to be your fan. I didn't expect to meet you here and taste your cooking skills in person."

The husband at the side agreed: "Chef Lin's cooking skills are really amazing. The two boxes of dipping sauces you made for us that day were so delicious and unforgettable."

Lin Xue caught the words and frowned: "Wait a minute - two boxes of sauce?"

"Ah, yes."

"But, I only made one box of sauce in total." Speaking of this, the vague fragments that flashed through Lin Xue's mind became clear. Before noon today, she had not put the dipping sauce on the restaurant menu, but she made it once for a fan guest.

Now it was the couple's turn to be dumbfounded.

"But there were indeed two boxes of sauce on our table that day. Didn't you make them for us?"

Lin Xue shook her head.

"It's just one box. I won't be mistaken."

As a result, the couple took out their phones and showed the pictures: "Look, two boxes, we posted them on WeChat Moments the other day."

“…”

That's strange.

Barrage——

[Fuck, fuck, I know! I know what's going on! The C group restaurant was live streaming that day. I remember seeing a clip of a little boy trying to take a cake out of a bag.

As a result, he took out a box from the bag and put it on the table. After eating the cake, he forgot to put the box back.

I was laughing at that time, thinking that this little boy was very cunning and was fighting with wits and courage for the little cake.

...So, the box that was taken out was also a dipping sauce? 】 —The staff member whispered in the director's ear.

"Boss Shi said to adjust the surveillance camera in Group C restaurant."

(End of this chapter)