Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 920 - 453: Life Continues (Part 5)

Qin Huai looked up and saw the shattered Ling Guangzhao.

Qin Huai: ?

How much did Ling Guangzhao eat in the end? How did he get so stuffed, it feels like he's about to collapse.

Adhering to the principle of completing a performance to the end, Qin Huai lowered his voice and slowly asked, "Do you think there's anything I can improve in my snacks?"

Ling Guangzhao silently swallowed his tears, shouting in his heart: Aside from the fact that these snacks won't be sold at Babaozhai, there's nothing that needs improvement.

But Ling Guangzhao didn't say it, he just barely squeezed out a not-so-well-concealed smile, looking like he was so full he felt sick, and said, "It's great, I've been abroad for years and haven't eaten snacks often, Master Qin, your snacks are the best I've ever had."

"Boss Ling, you're really nice, I know my snacks have a lot of shortcomings, you're trying to encourage me. If you hold another exchange meeting next year, or if I have a chance to visit Beiping again, I hope you'll help me taste my snacks like today, by which time my skills should be better." Qin Huai said with a smile.

Ling Guangzhao: Wuwuwuwuwu.

Master Qin praised me for being really nice, my pastry Master Ah, Huang Ji, I hate you!

Ling Guangzhao forced a smile: "Certainly."

Tong Dayan: ...

What's with these two? Why does it feel like these two are putting on an act in front of him, but he kind of doesn't understand what they're performing, each was deeply immersed in their own drama and couldn't extricate themselves.

Tong Dayan took a bite of the Five Fillings Bun with a blank expression, the dough was soft, the juice was ample, salty and delicious, an absolute top-grade work, having a strong presence in any restaurant.

Tong Dayan stared at Qin Huai.

How has this kid progressed so quickly, so fast that it seems to defy basic law.

Could that be the advantage of being a bit off in the head? Although Ling Guangzhao is a little off in the head, he certainly knows how to do business.

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Qin Huai of course didn't know Tong Dayan and Ling Guangzhao's internal monologues, nor did he really care, he just simply thought that the two were quite good, especially Ling Guangzhao.

Qin Huai and Ling Guangzhao added each other on WeChat. Upon hearing that Qin Huai and Zhao Cheng'an would stay in Beiping for a few more days, Ling Guangzhao directly extended their hotel stay with a flourish, also stating that Qin Huai could stay as long as he wanted, Babaozhai would cover his return flight no matter how late.

Just shy of writing "wealthy and powerful" on his face.

Qin Huai was deeply moved by Boss Ling's generosity, silently clicked on Ling Guangzhao's WeChat Moments, and liked everything visible.

Having completed the hidden task, Qin Huai very much wanted to return to the hotel first and take a look at Zhao Cheng'an's memories. Tong Dayan, who was preparing dishes halfway, went on strike and came over to forcibly watch, delaying the expected completion of the dish until after 6 o'clock.

Qin Huai used the excuse that he didn't rest well last night to ask Tong Dayan if he could go back to the hotel and rest for two hours, returning to Babaozhai around 6 o'clock.

Tong Dayan didn't care about these things, he nodded and readily agreed, while Ling Guangzhao, listening nearby, almost shed tears again.

Wuwuwuwuwu, Master Qin didn't rest well, and he still came to our Babaozhai in the afternoon to make snacks, how come such a good snack master isn't mine, wuwuwuwuwu.

On the way back to the hotel, Qin Huai couldn't resist and secretly sent a WeChat message to Tong Dayan asking if something had happened to Ling Guangzhao recently, like his stocks went down, his investments failed, or his girlfriend dumped him. Why did it feel like Ling Guangzhao's emotions were running high and startling this afternoon?

Tong Dayan calmly replied to Qin Huai: "Just ignore him, he's always like that," and continued cooking.

After returning to the hotel, Qin Huai first shared the good news of completing his hidden task in the "Loving Family" group, then put down his phone, locked the hotel room door, opened the game panel, and selected [A Dream from Zhao Cheng'an].

Choose Yes.

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The aroma of the food arrived before the scene did.

The fragrant kind.

There's no difference from the last memory segment, except the clothes are neater, the person is fairer, no longer a mud-covered kid, every fingernail clean, looking much less like a fool as Zhao Cheng'an holding a bowl with a chip, the bowl filled with beans and food almost spilling over, squatted at the kitchen door eating.

It's not the kitchen door of Taifeng Building, nor the kitchen door of Chen Qiusheng's house, it looks like the kitchen door of that wealthy family.

This kitchen is large, and there are quite a few people working inside, both men and women. Outside the kitchen is the courtyard, the ground is clean, paved with bluestone tiles, without any clutter, and even some not-so-attractive flowers are planted.

The scent of food Qin Huai smelled didn't come from Zhao Cheng'an's large bowl but from the kitchen. Merely from the aroma, Qin Huai detected the fragrance of fish soup, red-braised mutton, and pork knuckle, a meal configuration that in this era could only be afforded by wealthy families.

However, Qin Huai didn't intend to take a glance inside the kitchen, all his attention was attracted by the young man beside Zhao Cheng'an.

A young man holding the same kind of large bowl without a chip, squatted at the kitchen door eating with a blank expression, wearing the same clean clothes, equally clean person, a change so dramatic that Qin Huai almost didn't recognize him—

Xia Sheng.

Xia Sheng has changed a lot.

He grew taller, even squatting, Qin Huai could see he had grown much taller. If Xia Sheng before looked like a 9-year-old severely malnourished child, now, Xia Sheng could be described as a sturdy boy for the era, even verging on being called a grown man.