"I’ve actually succeeded before."
This is really strange.
"Could it be... you turned the heat too high?" Xingwan kindly asked.
He had just suddenly remembered! Grilling fish required a temperature of two hundred degrees. But the oven’s default was set to four hundred.
So it ended up burnt to a crisp!
"What do we do now? Just like that, this task is ruined?"
But remember, La Sirong and the others hadn’t had breakfast yet. Initially, such a breakfast would have been quite nice.
"I can’t serve this," Bo Jinkun said regretfully. "Looks like they’ll have to prepare it themselves."
"I really wanted to show off for once."
After all, there were two gentlemen here.
Xingwan looked at their expressions, thought for a moment, and said, "Then I’ll make some simple dishes."
She didn’t bother with oil and salt or any cooking.
She took an orange, peeled it carefully, then with a hundred percent patience, sliced it finely. She then arranged the slices on a plate in a floral pattern.
Suddenly, it looked exceptionally beautiful.
"Didn’t they say she can’t cook?"
"Why do I get the feeling that the way she’s handling the knife now is more like carving?"
Indeed, Xingwan had put down the knife she’d been using to chop radishes and switched to a finely made, very sharp paring knife. The way she held it was entirely like that of a carving artist.
As if she were sculpting a beautiful work of art.
Next were a few cucumbers. After slicing them, she poked toothpicks through each slice and artfully fanned them out like exquisite jade carvings, with a little cherry tomato atop each.
Then she cut some green onion into slivers, twisted them into flower shapes, and placed them on top.
All at once, the dish took on an elegant air.
Even the greens were just boiled, plated, and seasoned simply. Yet, they looked irresistible.
On the side, meticulously arranged cooked eggs were peeled, sliced, and displayed.
Though the ingredients were humble, Xingwan managed to present them with a sense of luxury.
Besides, she also made juices for the guests.
That, she could do and was quite good at.
"I don’t know why, but I suddenly have the urge to eat."
"Xingwan clearly can’t cook."
"She just arranged the plate, that’s all."
"But it seems is how celebrities eat healthy in the morning, right?"
Big, hearty meals are definitely a no-go for them in the morning. After all, they have to maintain their figures.
"Who says! Xingwan is just cutting corners! That’s different from genuinely preparing food for the guests!"
"It’s just a few cucumbers, right? I can do that too."
In fact, someone tried it right away but quickly found that it wasn’t so easy. Not to mention slicing them, even the cuts themselves were crooked and just not right.
Furthermore, the way Xingwan had been holding the knife really shocked people.
"Alright, it can be served now," Xingwan said after making sure there was enough for the guests, and put away the knife.
"Miss Li, this..." Zheng Shaosu started to say behind her, his tone tinged with disbelief.
Xingwan turned around to look at him and put away the knife. "Carving."
"Pfft! Haha! So it’s really true!"
"Xingwan is actually carving!"
"But she’s really clever. Knowing to choose foods that don’t need to be cooked!"