179 Friendly Reminder (1/2)

Ye Lingchen laughed, ”A little. I can give it a try.”

”Better not. After wasting all those vegetables and meat, there's not much left. Don't bother wasting your efforts,” Xiang persuaded.

”It's fine. I'm not hungry anyway.” Ye Lingchen paused, then looked at the Little Gen trio thoughtfully. ”Just a friendly reminder, you guys should refrain from eating. Leave some space to taste my cooking.”

The trio was caught off guard, stopping their hand as they were taking the bread out, then gave Ye Lingchen a confused look.

'Friendly reminder? What's the deal?'

Ye Lingchen did not say much. Instead, he approached the forgotten barbeque rack by himself. Although his Culinary proficiency was maxed out, he had never cooked before, therefore it was unclear what the final product would be like.

Reaching the barbeque rack, Ye Lingchen took a quick look and felt confident. Several recipes were ready in his mind.

Even though most of the meats were done for, there were still some vegetables and small cuts of meats leftover.

With a smile, he started with a quick clean of the barbeque rack. Following that, he started a fire to heat up the rack as he cut up the remaining vegetables.

Unlike those girls, he did not just dump all the vegetables and meat in a heap. Instead, he started cutting apart the vegetables at places that would bring out the most flavor. Not only would that improve the taste of the vegetables, but it would also make it more appealing visually.

Each vegetable was cut into uniform shapes. After that, he minced up the remaining meat.

He then mixed the minced meat with salt, flavor enhancer, soy sauce, and other seasonings together. With that, he turned it into a special seasoning sauce.

By then, the rack was turning red as the temperature rose quickly.

Ye Lingchen slathered the minced meat sauce on the vegetables, then placed them one by one on top of the barbeque rack. His gaze was fixated on the barbeque rack, turning the vegetables accordingly as the heat changed.

The gang noticed Ye Lingchen's actions, but none of them approached him. Instead, they just sat and chatted at the sidelines.

”Since Ye'zi said so, I'll refrain from eating and give his cooking a taste,” Little Gen said as he stuffed his bread back into the backpack.

”I'll wait too,” Xiang and Potato said at the same time.

Meanwhile, the others were either eating or snacking.

Amidst all of them, the one enjoying this time the most was Hao Jian.

The smile blossomed on his face like a flower. Taking the lid off his freshly cooked instant noodles, he took a whiff of the aroma with a blissful expression.

With that said, he took a forkful of noodles and slurped it into his maw.

”So good. This tastes so good!” Hao Jian let out a blissful moan, looking at the trio's reaction as he intentionally showed off to them.

Meanwhile, the others were either having only bread or biscuits. When compared to his instant noodles, they looked pitiful. At that moment, Hao Jian had a sense of superiority over the rest.

Instant noodles are the way to go!

The instant noodles were packed full of flavor, the aroma quickly drifted through the air, and caused everyone else to salivate.

”How about it? You guys want a bite?” Hao Jian purposely moved the noodles close to the trio, showing off. ”Do you know what my dream was as a kid? It's to have instant noodles for every meal!”

”Hao Jian, you're such an asshole. Go eat elsewhere. Don't stay near me,” Potato finally snapped, unable to hold himself back.

”I don't wanna!”

Hao Jian replied in an obnoxious tone, then proceeded to sit down right next to Potato.

Not just that, he once more took out a ham sausage and tore open the packaging ever so slowly. With his eyes narrowed, he began to enjoy his instant noodles rapturously.

”Good, so good! I feel that my life has reached its climax.”

Gulp!