The Onion-Cutting Ninja's Secret Crush

111 A Fairytale Love Story

The first person that E Cheng Jun went to was Huyan Xia. Since she had run off on her when they talked before and she had saved the situation by saying that the contestant had probably had an idea, she figured that it would be a good idea to get back to that and inquire.

"Miss Huyan, how is the congee coming along? It seems that you suddenly had an idea when we talked before and needed to rush to make it work. Did it help with your difficulties with the time limit?"

Huyan Xia looked up, not quite as flustered anymore as she had been before. In fact, she even managed a small smile. "I indeed had an idea. And so far, it looks like it's coming along quite nicely. I'm still not sure if the two hours will be enough but, at the very least, I don't think it will turn out to be a total disaster."

E Cheng Jun stepped closer and craned her neck, looking into the pot. "Well, it certainly does look like it's slowly turning into congee. What's that in the rice?" She motioned into the pot and the cameraman made it a point to get a close-up of what was inside.

Huyan Xia smiled and picked up a spoon that was lying to the side. "That's what I thought of. It's a trick that my grandmother taught me. If you don't have enough time, you can put a porcelain spoon inside. I'm not sure why but apparently, it cuts down the time a bit?"

E Cheng Jun and raised her brows and then motioned at the spoon in Huyan Xia's hand. "Then, can you put another one in to save even more time?"

Huyan Xia was startled and looked at the spoon as well, seeming unsure. "Well, my grandmother only ever put one in there so I'm not completely sure if it would work." She turned to the pot, seeming even more unsure of herself now. Should she put in a second spoon?

E Cheng Jun couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She was actually here to give some support and make matters interesting, not make the contestants doubt themselves. But somehow, when it came to Huyan Xia, she always managed to only do the latter. There definitely wasn't anything comforting about what she had managed to achieve with her so far.

She really wanted to turn away and go to talk to somebody else but she also couldn't do that without finding a good way to end this conversation. After a moment, she just laughed and reached over, patting her arm. "I'm sorry, I was just messing with you! Of course, it wouldn't work that way, right?"

Huyan Xia hastily nodded, even though inwardly, she still couldn't help but think about it. Actually, were two spoons better than one? She still looked into the pot, pondering deeply.

Meanwhile, E Cheng Jun really couldn't take it any longer and turned back to the camera. "Well, this is a trick that Miss Huyan came up with to make the task doable within the time limit. I wonder what our other contestants are doing? Surely, they will also have some tricks up their sleeves. Let's go and find out!"

With that, she hastily walked away from the cooking station of Huyan Xiang and went to take a look at another contestant. The one she ended up next to was Si Shi Qi's sister, Fan Mei.

When E Cheng Jun stopped next to her, Fan Mei was stirring in a pot while her gaze was trained on the person in front of her.

E Cheng Jun looked from Fan Mei to that man and then back again. "Ah, Miss Fan, do the two of you know each other? That couldn't be the person you thought about while thinking of making a delicious congee, could it?" Seeing how Si Qi had said that he was thinking of a special someone while cooking, she couldn't help but wonder if there was a similar inside story when it came to Fan Mei.

As a result, she soon regretted her choice.

Fan Mei turned around, her brows furrowing tightly, and immediately snapped. "Of course not!"