Chapter 995 - Three Greatest Misconceptions (2/2)

Let us observe a moment of silence for Wang Xiang.

Zhou Shijie nodded in agreement. Next, the assistants served four glasses of green tea and napkins to the judges. After rinsing their mouths and wiping their hands, they were given new plates before Chef Li’s dish was served.

After serving the shrimps, the assistants each stood beside a judge and took out the tools prepared beforehand.

It was obvious these tools were for the sake of shell removal. Yet all four judges frowned when they saw this.

But since Chef Li was standing rather far away, he did not notice their frowns. He was still busy feeling proud of how considerate he was.

For him, this action was very considerate. It was very difficult to remove the shell of mantis shrimps. Thus, he prepared specialized tools and had the assistants helping with the shell removal. The judges only needed to eat.

Thus, by the time the four assistants left, only completely naked mantis shrimps were left in the plates of the judges.

“This…” Even Bai Xiaoxiao who was biased towards the seafood alliance was speechless.

After all, from the image of these mantis shrimps to the action of helping them remove the shell, he did not know how he should comment about it.

“Try the taste,” said Zhou Shijie.

They started eating after Zhou Shijie said that.

As the judges were seated at the center, both Yuan Zhou and Chef Li could only observe some of their expressions and would not be able to hear anything they said.

“Why are the complexion of the judges looking rather bad?” asked Ao Pi as he had a pair of sharp eyes.

“Probably because Yuan Zhou’s dish is not good?” answered Chef Li after giving it some thought.

“True. That kid did not prepare any shell removal tools in advance. Clearly, the judges weren’t able to eat any intact shrimp meat and were only able to taste the flavor of the shell. Yes, his dish is incomparable to yours,” said Ao Pi.

“You can’t say that. The judges still look rather satisfied earlier. I reckon the shell must have tasted pretty decent,” said Chef Li humbly even though he was feeling smug inwardly.

“Haha, definitely. I did not see any of the judges removing the shell earlier,” said Ao Pi with a satisfied smile.

Evidently, Wang Xiang’s act of shell removal with his hand and act of licking his fingers had been hidden very well.

Finally, the judges finished Chef Li’s dish, their plates empty.

Seeing that, Chef Li was relieved while a smile surfaced on his face. He sent Yuan Zhou a glance.

However, Yuan Zhou was completely focused on looking ahead, not even bothered to look at Chef Li with the corner of his eyes.

“What are you being so proud of? Look at my plates, and look at your plates. This first round is mine,” thought Chef Li inwardly while maintaining a humble and gentle expression.

That’s right. From Chef Li’s perspective, Yuan Zhou’s plates still had whole mantis shrimps on them after the judges were done while his plates were completely empty. It was obvious his dish was more loved.

Little did Chef Li knew that this was merely an act on the judges part. When they found how easily they could remove the shell, after they were done eating, they put the shell together again. Thus, when looked from afar, it looked like they hadn’t eaten anything at all.

Lee Yanyi had a similar habit as well. After eating chewing gum, he would fold the wrapping paper neatly and placed it back where it was.

And thus, Chef Li had the first of his three greatest misconceptions in life here: assuming his own victory.

Of course, many people would have way more than three misconceptions in the course of their life. Presently, because of this misconception, Chef Li was feeling extremely smug. Yet he forced himself to look calm, and would look at Yuan Zhou every now and then.

“Even if you admit defeat now, you won’t be able to keep your exemplary restaurant pennant anymore,” thought Chef Li proudly.

After being defeated so publicly, Yuan Zhou would probably be too embarrassed to keep the title of the exemplary restaurant.

Finally, Yuan Zhou noticed the gazes Chef Li was throwing his way frequently. Of course, Yuan Zhou still did not bother turning his head and merely glanced sideways at Chef Li.

“Why is that Chef Li looking at me repeatedly? And his gaze feels so familiar…”

Finally, Yuan Zhou recalled that it was the same gaze Broth would have whenever he was asking for food.

That was an enthusiastic and eager gaze. So was Chef Li trying to surrender?

Yes, both of them were thinking about the other party’s surrender.

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