Chapter 517

Hearing Qin Tian's words, including the waitresses, the girls in the shop all looked at Xia Nuannuan with envy and jealousy.

Being so tall and handsome, and so doting on his girlfriend—if his cooking was also good, he would truly be the perfect boyfriend.

"Qin Tian is really good to you."

Xu Jiao looked at Xia Nuannuan opposite her and said with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan felt both shy and happy, and with a flushed face, she pecked her little head.

"Master, just let him do it. I want to see what kind of delicacy he can make."

A young apprentice withdrew his gaze from Xia Nuannuan and said to the head chef, unconvinced.

The others also echoed.

They had been learning to cook for many years, and basically none of them had girlfriends yet. The only one who did was constantly being complained about by his girlfriend.

They absolutely didn't believe that this damn handsome guy in front of them, who could have such a beautiful and cute girlfriend, could also cook well and crush them in their professional field.

If being good at cooking meant having a beautiful girlfriend, why would they be so miserable?

If they had another chance, they definitely wouldn't choose to learn cooking again.

"Then go ahead, but the cost of the ingredients will be on you."

The head chef naturally didn't believe it either, and under the persuasion of his apprentices, he agreed with an expressionless face.

"No problem!"

Qin Tian nodded with a smile and turned to walk straight to the kitchen.

"Uncle Cheng, should we go watch?"

One of the apprentices asked.

"You go!"

The head chef gestured with his chin, looking indifferent.

The apprentice nodded and followed to the kitchen.

"Should we go watch too?"

At a nearby table, Xu Jiao looked at Xia Nuannuan with sparkling eyes.

"No need, let's just wait here!"

Xia Nuannuan shook her head with a smile.

"Alright!"

Xu Jiao dismissed the idea, looked toward the kitchen with anticipation, and said: "I wonder what dish Qin Tian will make. I can't wait to taste it."

"Me too."

Zhou Xian beside her nodded in agreement.

"Just wait, I guarantee you'll want to swallow your tongues."

Xia Nuannuan said confidently with a smile.

Hearing this, Xu Jiao and Zhou Xian became even more curious and expectant.

Over there, because Qin Tian had caused such a scene, the head chef and the others didn't continue arguing with the middle-aged man.

The head chef sat down at an empty table nearby with a displeased expression, and the remaining three apprentices stood to the side, silent, already calculating how to mock and ridicule that damn handsome guy later.

Before long, an alluring fragrance suddenly wafted from the kitchen.

"Holy sh*t, so fragrant. What dish is he stir-frying?"

"Really so fragrant. Does that handsome guy really have skills?"

"Gulp, what the hell? I can't help but drool."

"Just this fragrance alone, he's already won!"

"This is... the fragrance of chili. Could it be farm-style stir-fried pork?"

"..."

Many customers around began to discuss excitedly.

The middle-aged man sitting there sniffed his nose and said with certainty: "This is the smell of mountain pepper, garlic, ginger, and then beef. I guess it might be stir-fried yellow beef!"

"Uncle, you can even smell that?"

Xu Jiao said loudly with surprise.

"Of course!"

The middle-aged man crossed his arms and said with a full smile: "I've eaten at most of the Xiang restaurants in Xingcheng. If I didn't have this level of skill, would I dare to pick a fight on purpose?"

He deliberately emphasized the tone of "pick a fight on purpose" and glanced at the head chef playfully.

The head chef and the three apprentices were all silent, their faces looking a bit ugly.

"Don't be happy too soon. Cooking is about color, aroma, and taste. Smelling good doesn't mean it tastes good, understand?"

One of the apprentices couldn't help but say, his eyes looking at the middle-aged man full of disdain for a layman.

"Heh, I don't understand. Fine, just keep being stubborn. When the dish is brought out later, don't get your face slapped swollen."

The middle-aged man laughed with schadenfreude.

"Ridiculous!"

The young man still had a look of disdain, but after withdrawing his gaze from the man, his eyes clearly became a bit solemn.

Although their cooking skills weren't great, they were indeed professionals. For some dishes, just by smelling the aroma, they could basically judge whether it tasted good or not.

Not to mention that the smell coming from the kitchen was truly too fragrant!

As the middle-aged man said, Qin Tian was indeed making stir-fried yellow beef.

Since the ingredients and seasonings were all complete, and the meat was even already cut, it didn't take much time at all.

Plus, this dish was originally very simple and convenient; after stir-frying the side dishes and seasonings until fragrant, you just put the beef in and stir-fry it over high heat.

In less than two minutes, Qin Tian walked out of the kitchen with two plates of food.

The apprentice who followed him inside followed behind, his head drooping like a defeated rooster, his face full of dejection and frustration.

Inside the shop, everyone's eyes were focused on the two plates of food in Qin Tian's hands, and the sound of people swallowing saliva rang out one after another.

"Gulp, heavens, how can it be so fragrant?"

"Yeah, could his ancestors have been imperial chefs?"

"He only went in for less than two minutes, right? That's too amazing!"

"Can we taste it too? I really want to eat it!"

"Not to mention anything else, just leave me some chili and sauce, and I could eat two bowls of rice."

"..."

Qin Tian mainly made it for Xia Nuannuan, so he naturally walked over first and placed the plate with more beef on their table.

"Thank you, Brother!"

Xia Nuannuan looked up and thanked him with a sweet smile.

"Eat up!"

Qin Tian smiled dotingly and flicked her forehead with his finger.

Xu Jiao and Zhou Xian didn't even have time to say anything; their eyes were fixed on the plate of stir-fried yellow beef on the table, like hungry wolves that hadn't eaten meat for a month.

Qin Tian carried the other plate and walked toward the middle-aged man.

The head chef and the three apprentices already had very ugly expressions, and all had the urge to turn around and flee.

Even before tasting it, looking at the dish on the plate, the words "color, aroma, and taste"—the first two were completely satisfied, and the last one, "taste," was unlikely to be bad.

"Holy sh*t, this is too delicious!"

"Nuan Nuan, your Qin Tian is too amazing. What kind of god-level cooking is this? Heavens, this is definitely the best stir-fried beef I've ever eaten."

Zhou Xian and Xu Jiao's excited praises rang out one after another, making the sound of people swallowing saliva around them even more frequent.

"Have a taste!"

Qin Tian walked to the head chef's side and placed the plate of stir-fried yellow beef in front of him.

The head chef looked at him with a dark face, then looked at the fragrant and alluring dish in front of him, reluctant to pick up his chopsticks for a long time.

The three apprentices were the same; even though their body's instinct and the last glimmer of hope they didn't want to admit made them want to taste it, they forcibly controlled themselves.

With so many people watching, they really didn't want to get their faces slapped!