Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 879: Chapter 879: Nothing Special

"My gosh, are they really this despicable?" exclaimed a surprised audience member nearby.

Someone laughed, "You haven’t paid much attention to international competitions before, have you?"

"Not really, I just started watching this year," the person replied, "the topics are quite lively this year, so I just started following them."

"You might want to check out the International Cooking Competition this year and see if it’s like I said."

Another person chimed in, "I haven’t watched before either, but I’ll check it out this year. Even though I haven’t watched, I believe what you’re saying. In the Olympics, esports competitions, all sorts of international events, there are countless cases of bullying our Hua Country athletes."

"It’s just that our Hua Country has class; we remain fair and just in competitions and don’t resort to such despicable methods."

"I still remember a short track speed skating match where a Hua Country athlete was intentionally tripped by a neighboring Korean athlete, causing her to lose her chance at competing. It made me so angry at the time!"

"That’s why, in this cooking competition, Changping must be cautious. The International Cooking Competition sent Zhuang Mingyan over as a judge, probably to probe our strategies and maybe cause trouble. But Changping can’t refuse them either, it’s really infuriating."

"Exactly!" an audience member agreed, "So she doesn’t know anything at all. She just spoke nicely on stage." freewebnoveℓ.com

"I think Luo Jialin was annoyed by her comments and intentionally hinted at her."

"Well done with the subtle hint! Just directly confront her, we all support it."

Zhuang Mingyan didn’t expect Luo Jialin to speak about her so directly!

She had mentioned that she was there by invitation.

She thought Changping wouldn’t mind such a trivial matter.

But who knew Luo Jialin would say it right away?

The audience on site likely trusted Luo Jialin’s words more.

Luo Jialin continued, "Miss Zhuang is not a professional, so being cautious is good, to avoid incorrect judgments that might harm the contestants."

Zhuang Mingyan: "..."

Zhuang Mingyan gave an awkward smile, hiding her brief moment of embarrassment.

She then said, "Chef Luo, I haven’t finished speaking yet."

Luo Jialin raised an eyebrow; was Zhuang Mingyan planning to go head-to-head?

Luo Jialin snorted openly, saying, "Please go ahead."

However, Luo Jialin’s snort was amplified by the microphone, making it clear for everyone to hear.

The most authoritative Guo Wenbo seemed not to hear it at all, showing no intention of stopping Luo Jialin.

He didn’t like Zhuang Mingyan either.

He wasn’t going to play mediator.

However, only having Luo Jialin play the bad cop wasn’t right either.

They stayed out of it.

The judges were a team, not only representing Changping but also had good relationships normally.

Luo Jialin was also a student from Changping Academy.

Guo Wenbo said, "Oh? Miss Zhuang just said she would wait for the finished dish to make comments; do you have any further comments to make now?"

Waiting for the finished dish before commenting was what Luo Jialin had said.

Commenting now would be going back on her word.

No matter what Luo Jialin said, it wouldn’t go well.

Annoyance finally appeared in Luo Jialin’s eyes.

These judges, in public, did they not care about appearances at all?

Initially, Luo Jialin relied on the fact that it was a public setting; even if they felt dissatisfaction, they should maintain harmony on the surface.

Who knew these judges wouldn’t show face at all?

Luo Jialin no longer smiled, saying coldly, "Regarding other contestants’ selection of ingredients, I do want to wait for the finished dishes before commenting." freeωebnovēl.c૦m

"Because now, I can’t see what kind of finished dish they intend to make with their selected ingredients," Zhuang Mingyan said.

The other judges hadn’t seen it either; saying she hadn’t figured it out wasn’t embarrassing or showing weakness.

"But for competitor Ye Fei, I have some ideas," Zhuang Mingyan continued.

"I’ve only seen that she used tomatoes and potatoes, likely planning to make tomato potato soup? Since she hasn’t used beef, it’s not the common tomato beef stew. She hasn’t used other meats or fish either."

"Right now, on the cooking station, there are only tomatoes and potatoes, so I think she’s making tomato potato soup," Zhuang Mingyan concluded.

The audience nodded; in this regard, Zhuang Mingyan made some valid points.

Even as laypeople, they saw Ye Fei’s cooking station having only these two ingredients.

As of now, Ye Fei’s steps haven’t reached the phase of mashing the potatoes.

She’s still just slicing them into the pot to steam.

"This is the finals!" Zhuang Mingyan commented, "Isn’t Ye Fei’s choice too ordinary?"

"I can’t judge other contestants now, indicating there’s some cleverness in their choices."

"Only Ye Fei’s choice seems mundane."