There Will Always Be Protagonists With Delusions of Starting a Harem

Chapter 94.1&94.2

Before dinner, all of the chefs from the old restaurants rushed over when they received the news. The Fu family was very grateful that they had chosen to stay during such a difficult time, but they didn't express their thanks excessively. Everyone still interacted just like before.

"Ximing, where did you get this recipe from?" The most experienced chef opened his mouth, his expression showed some excitement.

"I bought it from an old man. His sons and daughters were unfilial and wanted to take the recipe to sell it but he wasn't willing. So, he set up a small challenge arena on the street. He said that he would sell the recipe to whoever could make the dishes from it to his satisfaction. I was curious, so I went to try it and he sold it to me." Ye Zhizhou spoke nonsense with a serious expression and eyes full of sincerity. These old cooks were all human beings so they would be more likely to believe it if he made it sound unconventional.

"Sell for money, sell for money! All people know is to sell for money! Your ancestral crafts aren't just something you can sell!" A more grumpy chef directly slapped the table and shouted, staring at the Fu couple as he said it. Obviously, this was said for them to hear.

E/N: For people that might get confused, the reason that dishes is plural is that the "recipe" is an "Imperial Feast" recipe. So it probably consists of multiple different dishes.

The Fu couple coughed uncomfortably and looked towards the sky. On this issue, it really was them who didn't think it through clearly...

The most experienced chef looked at the recipe again and asked seriously, "Ximing, can you make the dishes from this recipe?"

"Yes." Ye Zhizhou nodded and then smiled modestly. "But, I'm sure the dishes won't be as good, compared to all of yours, uncles." As the successor of a gourmet family, his cooking skill could be subpar, but he must be able to cook. More importantly, he must be able to eat. The original host had always paid great attention to this aspect and his cooking skill could be considered decent.

"Then, you can go make a tableful of dishes for us to taste in advance. There are some parts of the recipe that are vague, so we have to slowly refine it." The old chef handed over the recipe list and took the lead in standing up. "Go. Let's go to the kitchen, everyone."

Everyone got up one by one after hearing this. The expressions on their faces were much more relaxed, completely different from their previous worried and anxious expressions.

Because it was written to fool his lover, some steps on the recipe that showed the level of heat and the measurements of the specific ingredients were really vague. While he was making the dishes, Ye Zhizhou intentionally reduced or increased the number of ingredients, letting the old chefs see the obvious mistakes. He always kept the cooking level at the same level as the original host.

It took about two hours to make a whole table of Imperial Feast dishes. The chefs picked up their chopsticks to taste the dishes one by one, exchanging their thoughts with each other. As they became excited, they directly rushed into the kitchen to practice. The lights in the Fu family's kitchen were on all night and fragrance after fragrance floated out, making the neighbors unable to sleep well that night.

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Before dawn the next morning, Ye Zhizhou left the Fu's house with his luggage and took a bus to the airport.

There were three main reasons why the Fu family ended up in this kind of situation. One of the issues was their funds, another was problems with their ingredient suppliers, and third, was that the location of the new restaurant opened by the protagonist basically overlapped with the Fu family's restaurant. Moreover, the protagonist intentionally set up a restaurant near the Fu family and stole most of their business. The Fu family's Fu Yuan and the protagonist's Gentleman's Pavilion were like McD** and KF* of some other world. Wherever you open a new shop, I'll open one next door just to pester you to the end of the world. From this point of view, the protagonist's intention to suppress the Fu family was too obvious.