CH 18

Soon, Luo Ning made another dish of braised beans with bacon and sauteed mustard greens. Although it was only a homemade dish, the presentation was very good, and it made people want to eat it just by looking at it.

Su Qinglan felt even hungrier when she smelled it. “The dishes are ready, let’s bring them out.”

“Okay.” Bao Xiangxiang smiled forcibly.

Looking at the dishes Luo Ning made, she was in a bad mood, but she couldn’t show it. They looked better than her own and smelled even better.

At this moment, Tong Jia came in to help.

“What have you cooked? We could smell it from outside, and our stomachs were all rumbling.” He was a show host and was good at talking. But there was indeed a delicious smell that came into the courtyard just now, and it made him feel very hungry.

Bao Xiangxiang avoided his question and replied with a smile, “The dishes that Mentor Luo and I cooked are ready, so you smelled the aroma of the dishes.

“Thank you for your hard work,” Tong Jia chuckled and spoke.

The rice that Luo Ning had cooked earlier was also ready, so they took the dishes out. After the food was served, everyone washed their hands and sat down at the dining table.

Bao Xiangxiang didn’t want Ji Xingheng and Lu Xun to know what dishes she cooked, so she took the initiative to serve the rice. She gave a considerate smile and said, “We’ve been on the road all morning, everyone must be hungry.”

Scooping up the rice that wasn’t burnt but cooked just right, Bao Xiangxiang felt even more uncomfortable.

Everyone was really hungry, so after receiving the rice, they all started to eat.

The sauerkraut fish had the strongest aroma, which made it very appetizing. Chai Jing saw that there were two large bowls of pickled fish and didn’t know which bowl to start with. “Is there a difference between these two bowls of pickled fish? The other bowl seems to have more chili.”

Luo Ning smiled and said, “I don’t know if you guys can eat spicy food, so I made two servings. This one is mildly spicy. Mentor Chai, you can try it.”

She knew that neither Chai Jing nor Su Qinglan could eat spicy food.

Hearing this, Chai Jing was touched. “Okay, I’ll try it first.”

He took a piece and put it into his bowl. After taking a bite, his eyes lit up. He ate the whole piece and took another piece.

“Delicious!” While eating, he gave Luo Ning a thumbs up. “This is the best pickled fish I’ve ever had.”

“What other dishes have you cooked?” His taste buds had been triggered, so he asked without thinking.

Luo Ning pointed at the bacon and sauteed mustard greens. “Thanks for the compliment, Mentor Chai. I made these two dishes as well.”

“I’ll try it.” He tasted the two dishes she showed him, and then said full of praise, “Luo Ning, your cooking skills are really good, I think it tastes better than the restaurants outside.”

Luo Ning pointed out the dishes she cooked, so the rest were naturally made by Bao Xiangxiang.

So as not to make Bao Xiangxiang feel left out, Chai Jing tasted her dishes as well. After eating a piece of boiled pork slices, the spice made him cough. He quickly drank some water and took a few bites of rice before he felt better.

The spicy chicken looked very hot. He didn’t move his chopsticks in that direction. Instead, he tried the tomato scrambled eggs, tofu, and baby cabbage dishes, which tasted very ordinary.

But thinking about the young girl’s hard work for more than an hour, he still smiled and said, “Little Bao did a good job.”

Bao Xiangxiang could only smile and say, “Thank you, Mentor Chai, for your compliment.”

Then she saw that Chai Jing had buried his head in the food, and all the dishes he had picked up had been made by Luo Ning. She didn’t really appreciate the compliment and felt that Chai Jing talked too much. Why did he have to ask what dishes Luo Ning had cooked?

The bullet comments were also very cheerful at this time.

[Haha, Mentor Chai said that Bao Xiangxiang did a good job, but his chopsticks are all pointing at Luo Ning’s dishes. He’s not being honest!]

[Mentor Chai just ate the boiled pork slices, and it was too spicy. I feel sorry for him. Bao Xiangxiang is too inconsiderate of others when cooking.]

[Looking at how much he’s enjoying the food, Luo Ning’s dishes must be delicious.]

[Not just Mentor Chai, I want to eat it just looking at it.]

Others also picked up their chopsticks and started to eat. Wei Yao and Tong Jia tasted what both of them had made. Then, all the chopsticks resolutely moved to the dishes made by Luo Ning, praising all the way.

Lu Xun never bothered with putting up pretenses, and besides, he was very famous, so he didn’t have to cater to anyone at all. He didn’t eat any of the dishes cooked by Bao Xiangxiang, and only touched the dishes cooked by Luo Ning.

When he heard Chai Jing and the others praising Luo Ning’s dishes, he became a little curious. After tasting it, he found that the taste was really good and was a little surprised that she was so good at cooking. He then unconsciously joined the army trying to grab the food.

Ji Xingheng had never made his temperament a secret in the entertainment circle. He entered the entertainment industry just for fun, so he always did things casually. He would never take the initiative to cater to anyone or the audience.

The dishes made by Bao Xiangxiang looked unappetizing. Moreover, Luo Ning had already nourished his appetite, so he also only ate the dishes she made. Then he discovered that her cooking skills had improved, and he sped up trying to get the food.

Su Qinglan just took some tomato scrambled eggs and tofu, and then went to fight it out with the men over the dishes Luo Ning made. She was afraid that if she was too slow, the food would be gone.

[The Mentors are testing their hand speed! Watching them try to grab the food is so funny, I am also hungry now.]

[Luo Ning’s dishes are so popular, the food’s almost gone.]

[How tasteless is Bao Xiangxiang’s cooking? I see the others try it, but then they never touch it again.]

[This also indirectly proves that Luo Ning’s cooking must be delicious. I also want to follow my man crush to fight for the food.]

[My idol eats so elegantly and beautifully.]

[Xing cub looks so nice when he eats.]

[Who was it who said my Ning gem definitely can’t cook, and that the rice cooked with this earthen stove would be mushy? I just want to ask, does your face hurt now?]

[My face hurts for them, Ning gem is awesome!]

Looking at the choices made by Lu Xun and Ji Xingheng, Bao Xiangxiang felt suffocated. Luo Ning had snatched her chance to show off in front of them. She ate the food without tasting anything. Shifting mental gears, she smiled and said to Luo Ning, “Mentor Luo, you’re so good to be able to use this kind of old stove. The dishes you made are so delicious, whereas I’m not used to using it.”

Her words also served as an indirect explanation as to why the food she cooked was not as good as Luo Ning’s.

Luo Ning wasn’t stupid enough to not know what the woman’s intentions were, but she wasn’t going to put on a good person act and comfort her.

Maybe I’m just more talented in this area,” she said, blinking innocently.

Everyone hadn’t expected her to say that, but they didn’t feel averse to it. Instead, they thought she was straightforward and cute.

“You can remove the word ‘maybe’,” Lu Xun looked up at her and said with a smile.

Luo Ning went along with him and nodded with a smile, showing her dimples. “Okay, then I will listen to Mentor Lu and remove the word ‘maybe’.”

[Ahhh, Ning gem’s smile is so beautiful.]

[Although I’m not a Ning fan, I have to say that Luo Ning’s smile is deadly. Her beauty killed me.]

[I’ve discovered that Luo Ning is a little cute. If it were anyone else, they would be deliberately modest and pretend to comfort the other party, but she is so direct.]

[Such an unpretentious young lady, I like.]

[Yeah, ever since she said she wouldn’t ride on Ji Xingheng’s traffic, I think she is more straightforward in her words and actions.]

[I suddenly don’t understand why so many people criticized Luo Ning on the Internet before, I think she’s quite okay!]

[Me too, so seeing is believing.]

Luo Ning’s performance had won the favor of fans and non-fans alike. Xing fans watched their man bury his head in eating Luo Ning’s food, and they couldn’t say anything in retaliation, or they would be slapping themselves. The anti-fans came out to try to lead the criticism, but they were quickly drowned in the flood of comments. After all, there was nothing to criticize Luo Ning for, judging by her previous performance. Therefore, there was not much trouble.