After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 32 - Freeloading Foodies & Surprising Training Goals

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 09/02/2023

Almost overnight, the name of "Su Bai, the chef of the third-floor cafeteria of the 's Provincial Athletics Team" spread among the foodies on the "Delight in Delicious Food  Aroma" forum. As for the out-of-town foodies, they were not in the same place, so let's not mention them for now. However, among the foodies within the province of S, many began to network in various ways.

The most direct case was that foodie who knew Sun Xiangdong. Although their relationship with Sun Xiangdong wasn't extremely close, they had the face to go and mooch a meal.

Before posting Sun Xiangdong's evaluation of Su Bai on the forum, this foodie had already taken the initiative to set up a meal with Sun Xiangdong. He didn't ask for anything else. He knew that after the cafeteria chefs finished cooking, they would usually leave some extra food for their own lunch. Upon hearing that the cafeteria chefs were all eating the food cooked by Su Bai, he cheekily asked for a meal directly.

Sun Xiangdong didn't know how his old friend Qian Desheng had found out about Su Bai's culinary skills. He did know that his old friend was an experienced foodie. There were no other peculiarities about him; he just wanted to eat something delicious. He didn't think much about it and agreed.

After Sun Xiangdong hung up Qian Desheng's call, it wasn't long before he started receiving a series of calls, all inquiring about Su Bai. After that, they would ask if it was convenient for the cafeteria's kitchen to offer a meal.

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At this point, Sun Xiangdong finally realized that something was off. Su Bai's reputation seemed to have spread all of a sudden within the culinary circles of the S province, and not only within the S province but also from a friend in B city. This friend also called him to inquire if there really was a person named Su Bai and if their culinary skills were truly exceptional.

For the initial one or two friends who wanted a free meal, Sun Xiangdong didn't think much of it and readily agreed. However, when later calls revealed that more people wanted to mooch meals, Sun Xiangdong preemptively declined.

After all, when it came time to actually cook extra meals, it was Su Bai who had to do it. If one or two friends came to mooch a meal and informed Su Bai in advance, it was manageable. However, if a whole group of people showed up, it would be a different story. Even if Su Bai agreed, Sun Xiangdong wouldn't have the face to handle it.

So, taking advantage of their prior arrangement, Qian Desheng and another foodie from S City named Li Ruixiang, arrived at the S Provincial Athletics Team the next day at noon.

Outside the athletics team's gate, Qian Desheng and Li Ruixiang coincidentally met each other. They exchanged greetings with a smile and started discussing Su Bai's culinary skills.

"Ah, the comments from that Dou family trio really made my mouth water."

"Who wouldn't feel that way? But just like Dou Er said, eating in the cafeteria's kitchen is not the same as carefully prepared dishes from a personal kitchen. The taste is likely to be different from what they experienced."

As they chatted for a while, they called Sun Xiangdong from the gatehouse at the entrance of the athletics team to confirm their presence. They provided their IDs for registration, applied for entry permission, and asked the security guards about the direction to the athletics team's cafeteria. Only then did they leisurely head towards the cafeteria.

They had chosen the timing precisely—right after the cafeteria served food, the kitchen staff had some spare time before they started preparing for the next meal.