Chapter 26

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“Huh, this is not the right time for us to come!”

Mu Xiaoyue smiled and glanced at the blond girl in the corner. She wriggled her eyebrows at Xia Yu.

During abnormal business hours, such a beautiful girl was sitting quietly in the store. She could only be one of two identities. Either she was a friend or a girlfriend.

Xia Yu’s mouth twitched; he was too lazy to explain.

Whether it was a friend or a girlfriend, Rina would be blazing. Xia Yu did not want to be ridiculed in front of the two people, so at this time, he just ignored the Tongue of God.

“Do you still have space in your stomach to eat?”

Glancing at the time displayed by the old clock in the store, Xia Yu turned around and walked back to the kitchen. “It’s alright to cook lunch at this time. You guys just wait for half an hour.”

Mu Xiaoyue and An Ya sat together and whispered.

“Xiao Ya, I had insomnia last night!” Mu Xiaoyue’s face was excited. “That beef lungs in chili sauce was more delicious than human food. I hope we can still eat those delicious dishes today.”

Anya was speechless.

She was not as cheerful as Mu Xiaoyue who could express her emotions on face, but her expectations for food were no less than her friend.

Those two spoke Mandarin, and Rina could not understand a single word.

While waiting, the Tokyo sky outside the restaurant suddenly began to rain, and the sky was filled with dark clouds.

Rina answered her phone. The new secretary of her private secretary, Hisako, kept apologizing to her.

Due to heavy rain and a traffic jam caused by a sudden car accident, her secretary would take at least an hour to arrive at Ameyoko.

Snap.

Putting away her cell phone, Rina glanced over with a trace of irritability. She crossed her arms and got up to the door of the restaurant, looking out over the old shopping street in the rain. The commander of Togetsu, Nagi Hidari, said words to her:

“Rina, you and Mr. Xia Qing’s grandson are the same age. If you can, please help your grandfather and take good care of that young chef even if he doesn’t enter Togetsu in the end.”

At that time, the commander of Togetsu smiled.

“I think you should be able to make friends. Rina, you also must communicate with chefs of the same age. You should talk a lot. I think Mr. Xia Qing’s grandson is fully qualified to be your friend.”

Therefore, Rina came with the car but was left here.

Thinking of her grandpa’s ideas, Rina had only helplessness and a trace of resentment in her heart.

She was the head chief of Togetsu Middle School, the youngest Top Ten in history, and had the genius of the ‘Tongue of God’ and other god-level chef talents. Why should she lower herself to make friends with a young boy?

Rina’s chaotic thoughts suddenly caused her to let go of her arms and turn back. Her violet pupils showed a sort of incredible radiance.

“What a strong smell…”

In heavy rain, the turbid air was completely gone, so the smell of food came out of the kitchen. It not only occupied the entire restaurant, but even rushed out of the door, lingering between the street in the rain.

She cut down thought of getting in and squashed her urge to compress her lips. There seemed to be a voice in her heart that reminded her, ‘No! You can’t bow your head to that d*mn fellow!’

In the eyes of the Tongue of God, the initiative to ask to taste someone else’s food was obviously self-deprecation.

Countless high-end restaurants dreamed of her Tongue of God tasting and evaluating them. Some managers even took out a lot of banknotes and found various interpersonal relationships. But Rina was originally from a well-known family, so she did not care about money. 

“Okay, there is only one dish today, but there is no limit to the meal. Please enjoy it!”

Standing in front of the restaurant, she could hear the voice that annoyed her.

The fragrance was more intense, and the air in the heavy rain seemed to become dry because of a spicy smell.

This time, the dishes were purposely installed in a stainless-steel large pot with a lid. Rina saw him directly put a pot on the table and could not help being surprised.

However, the moment the lid was opened, the pupil of the Tongue of God contracted sharply.

The storefront was dark due to the rain, but at this moment, it was illuminated by a magical cooking light. 

It was like magic. Incredible.

Rina had now completely discarded the arrogant thoughts in her mind. Only the dish shining on the table was in her field of her vision. The young chef slowly opened the lid and looked calm.

The light did not last long, and it completely converged in two or three seconds.

Two Chinese female tourists at the table were also stunned.

“Please eat.”

Xia Yu served three bowls of steaming rice.

Grunt.

Swallowing too much saliva in her mouth, Mu Xiaoyue pointed at the tofu dishes in the pot. She was unaware of how shaky her tone was, and said stupidly, “…This is Sichuan cuisine, mapo tofu?”

“Magic Mapo Tofu. This is the name of the dish,” Xia Yu said, and glanced Rina who was standing in front of the counter. He asked Rina, “Rina, you remember it, right?”

In the latter part of the sentence, he asked in English, deliberately letting Chinese tourists understand.

“No!”

Rina bit her thumb, firmly staring at the mapo tofu in the pot. She shook her head, and said in a positive tone, “This is definitely not the Magic Mapo Tofu I had last time.”

“What should I say? The glowing Magic Mapo Tofu is the true face of this dish. The one you tried last time with the commander was just my failed test,” Xia Yu said with a shrug.

“…Huh?” Rina thought she had misheard, and she roared in exasperation. Her clear eyes were full of anger. “You let my Tongue of God taste a failed dish? Who gave you bravery? You dared to put the failed dish on the table and let the commander and I try and taste it!”

Xia Yu was immune to the eyes of Rina who seemed to spit fire.

“In fact, didn’t that failed dish make your commander ‘cloth burst’?” Xia Yu’s mouth raised into a smile. “This finished dish is the apology I give you.”

Rina choked immediately.

Her grandfather’s shirt had burst, that much was true.

“It’s thanks to you, Rina. If it wasn’t for your Tongue of God, I’m afraid that I would have needed to study for a while before I could find the shortcomings in the failed dish one by one. Because of your tongue, I made a highly completed dish that night. Now, this dish is almost perfect!”

“I finally understand why those high-ranking restaurants holding banknotes ask you to try their food.”

The mouthful of praises sounded a bit harsh to Rina.

Asshole!

Who wanted to help you finish cooking!

With green veins on her forehead, Rina resisted the urge to snarl like a female tyrannosaurus.