Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 928: Chapter 928: On Par with Each Other

Zhao Gushen’s mood was not so pleasant.

But he looked down at the little one sleeping so defenselessly, so sweetly.

Then he saw Ye Fei looking at him eagerly too.

Zhao Gushen had no choice but to agree.

So, Ye Fei lay down happily and gave a gentle kiss on the little one’s milk-scented cheek.

Zhao Gushen turned off the lights and lay down as well.

Aside from the sweetness from Ye Fei, there was also the milk fragrance from the little one.

Surprisingly, it helped him sleep peacefully.

***

Since the next day was Sunday, all three of them slept soundly without worrying about being late.

The little one, half-awake, felt something amiss with the embrace.

Not as soft as Ye Fei.

However, he hadn’t slept with Ye Fei for a long time.

Besides, it wasn’t his first time sleeping with Zhao Gushen.

Thus, the little one quickly realized whose embrace he was in.

He looked up and saw Zhao Gushen was still asleep.

The little one pondered whether to continue pretending to be asleep?

Before he could decide, Zhao Gushen woke up too.

Once awake, Zhao Gushen clearly smelled the milk fragrance.

When he opened his eyes, sure enough, he saw the little one in his arms.

Looking behind the little one, Ye Fei was already gone.

He must have gotten up.

It was rare for Zhao Gushen to lie with the little one.

Surprisingly, he found that sleeping with the little one felt unexpectedly good.

The little one’s bones were all soft, his body was soft and cuddly, like hugging a soft milk bun.

Zhao Gushen couldn’t help but hold the little one tighter and rub him a couple of times.

Little one: "..."

"Hugging you while sleeping is quite comfortable," Zhao Gushen said.

The little one thought, since Zhao Gushen praised him, he should reciprocate as well, shouldn’t he?

So, the little one said, "Dad, your embrace is also very reassuring and comforting!"

Thus, Zhao Gushen and the little one’s day began with mutual compliments.

"Do you want to sleep more?" Zhao Gushen asked.

The little one shook his head, "Xiao Fei is already up, so I won’t sleep anymore."

"Alright," Zhao Gushen got up as well.

The little one went back to his room’s bathroom to wash up.

Zhao Gushen tidied up on his side and went to the living room.

"Are you both up?" Ye Fei saw them coming out together and said, "I’ve already prepared the breakfast ingredients. Breakfast is simple and will be ready in ten minutes."

Here, Zhao Gushen, Ye Fei, and the little one were a harmonious family.

Breakfast was calm and happy.

Soon, the smell of freshly baked bread and frying bacon and ham wafted from the kitchen.

All of this was simple yet blissful.

But compared to their happiness, Zhuang Mingyan was clearly less fortunate.

Due to the time difference, she received a call at four in the morning from the headquarters of the International Cooking Competition.

It turned out that last night, netizens had sent emails to the organizers overnight.

And employees of Changping returned to work overtime at Changping.

They were much more professional than the netizens.

Someone drafted an official document listing all the points meticulously, both linguistically and in terms of complaints, very rigorously.

They also attached reviews of Ye Fei’s dishes by other judges and contestants, compared them with Zhuang Mingyan’s review.

Not only did they present video evidence,

but they also summarized their statements in writing, in both Chinese and English.

With the overtime efforts of Changping’s employees, they sent all these directly to the Secretary General of the International Cooking Competition.

The Secretary General’s email, unlike the publicly available email of the organizers,

Changping sent it to the work email of the Secretary General.

Ensuring that as soon as he started work, he would see it first.

Therefore, when the Secretary General started work in the morning and glanced at his email, he saw the questioning email from Changping and immediately forwarded it to Lucas, the person in charge of the International Cooking Competition.

Lucas calculated the time, considering the time difference, it was still off-hours in Hua Country.

So he had someone contact Zhuang Mingyan first.

Up until this point, Lucas did not have a deep understanding of the severity of the situation.

Therefore, he did not personally contact Zhuang Mingyan, but had an employee who was always in charge of liaising with her get in touch.

Even the Secretary General didn’t make a personal call.

Lucas felt that since it was 4 a.m. in Hua Country, and ordinary people hadn’t started work yet, it showed enough importance to contact Zhuang Mingyan as soon as he learned of the issue.

When Zhuang Mingyan received the call, she was slightly relieved.

Although still a bit nervous, she was at least certain that as of now, the organizers of the International Cooking Competition had no intention of taking action against her.

Listening to the colleague liaising with her, it seemed the organizers intended to express oversight in the matter.

And Zhuang Mingyan would apologize, and that would be the end of it.

Zhuang Mingyan sighed in relief and said, "I will definitely pay attention in the future."

"Lucas isn’t happy," the colleague said, "You’re damaging the authority and reputation of the International Cooking Competition."

"I mishandled the situation. I shouldn’t have spoken so bluntly in front of so many people," Zhuang Mingyan said. "But I really didn’t mean to make it difficult. Personally, I found the dish unremarkable."

"Probably because I’ve gotten used to tasting dishes by top chefs, and my standard was raised. I was holding Ye Fei and these contestants to the standards of top chefs," Zhuang Mingyan said.

"Put simply, although Ye Fei isn’t a student of Changping Academy, since his skills are on par with Changping’s students, it essentially means his level is still that of a student, not comparable to top chefs."

"Those judges probably wanted to encourage new chefs, so they gave higher scores and had more lenient demands,"

"Thus, it makes sense that their scores were much higher than mine," Zhuang Mingyan said without mentioning her low scores for Ye Fei.

The colleague liaising with her, being more familiar with Zhuang Mingyan,

wouldn’t speak for Ye Fei, whom she had no connection with.

But still reminded her, "I think what made Lucas angry was that even the competitors on stage acknowledged Ye Fei’s culinary skills. Their evaluation differed from yours."

"This is quite detrimental to you," the colleague cautioned.

Zhuang Mingyan smiled and said, "This can also be explained. Those participants are students themselves, still learning, so their level is on par with Ye Fei’s."