Chapter 176: Chapter 176 Su Yinwan: I Have a Stronger Taste
Shang Shaojing didn’t suspect anything and popped the greens into his mouth.
The moment he chewed, he realized something was off, and without caring about his image, he spit everything out in one breath.
Seeing this, the people around him all cast surprised glances.
Shang Shaojing rushed to the well and rinsed his mouth several times with the well water before he felt better.
By the time he returned to his seat, his face had turned green.
Jiang Yan really wanted to burst out laughing.
But doing so would confirm his intentional wrongdoing, so he could only keep a straight face, looking quite displeased at Shang Shaojing.
“Hey, President Shang, isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration? We all know you’re used to luxury, but these greens can’t be that bad, Yinwan ate them just fine.”
[No way, Shang Shaojing spat it out after just one chew? Does he need to act so much? Has he never eaten greens?]
[I can’t take it anymore, I thought Jiang Yan was the delicate young master who couldn’t handle hardship, but it turns out it’s actually Shang Shaojing.]
Shang Shaojing’s face turned grim, “Not that bad? Then why doesn’t Young Master Jiang take a taste himself and see if it’s really edible?”
Jiang Yan scoffed, “I’d rather not eat something you’ve already tried.”
By now, the observant ones had realized something was wrong.
Shu Yan immediately picked up her chopsticks, lightly dipped them in the vegetable soup, and put it to her tongue, then her face drastically changed, and she spat out several mouthfuls of saliva.
“Yuck, how can it be so salty?”
Then she looked at Jiang Yan, “Young Master Jiang, you cooked this dish, right? It’s a bit…”
Jiang Yan snorted again, “I’m cooking for the first time, I’m not exactly skilled. Wen Jiaojiao’s first attempt at cooking couldn’t even be smelled, mine is already pretty good, okay?”
That was a point no one could argue, and even Wen Jiaojiao could only stare and manage to spit out a “you” before falling silent.
[I’m dying of laughter, I initially thought Jiang Yan was innocent, now I severely suspect he did it on purpose.]
[Intentionally putting so much salt in the dish? But doesn’t he like Su Yinwan? Is it necessary to go this far?]
[Who exactly is saying Young Master Jiang likes Su Yinwan, huh? Has anyone seen someone liking another person ? Being liked by Jiang Yan would be really unfortunate.]
“That’s not right,” Shu Yan glanced at Shang Shaojing, and then at Su Yinwan, “If the dish is this salty, how could Mr. Su actually swallow it?”
Called out, Su Yinwan’s face stiffened for a moment, and she sheepishly smiled, “Maybe because I usually prefer stronger flavors, so I didn’t find it too salty…”
Jiang Yan nodded, understanding.
So Su Yinwan liked salty foods.
With that, he moved the whole plate of greens in front of Su Yinwan.
“Then, Yinwan, eat more, the amount of salt I put is definitely enough.”
Having already spoken, she could only forcefully squeeze out a few words of thanks.
The others seeing this had no objections.
After all, with the dish turned out by Jiang Yan, eating it was impossible, and someone willing to help them finish it off was even better.
Wen Jiaojiao sneered sarcastically, “Yes, Sister Yinwan likes it so you should eat more, the vegetables in this village are mostly light, it’s not easy to get something with a strong taste.”
[HAHAHAHAHAHAHA my head fell off laughing, turns out the princess is really good at dual-nature techniques.]
[?? What’s there to brag about, isn’t this just bullying?]
“What eye do you see them bullying people with? Didn’t Su Yinwan herself say she likes salty food?”
“How do I feel like Su Yinwan is faking it? Even if she likes strong flavors, it shouldn’t be that intense, right? President Shang spat it out as soon as he ate it, which shows the dish is extraordinarily salty.”
Everyone was discussing, but Jiang Yan’s performance was so natural that no one suspected he did it on purpose.
Everyone intentionally avoided that plate of ugly-looking but darkly deceiving greens.
Instead, the fairly tasty scrambled tomatoes with eggs was completely devoured.
After a simple lunch, it was time for the highly anticipated scoring segment.
Perhaps fearing another incident on site, Director Sun, who was already prepared to rest, rushed over from the production booth again.
He still held a megaphone in his hand and cleared his throat before saying,
“I’m delighted that our Flash Transformation Family has gained two more members. Today the weather isn’t cooperating, and President Shang and Mr. Su also had a very tough journey here. Let’s give them a round of applause as a welcome.”
His words fell, and the courtyard became dead silent.
Director Sun looked at the few people sitting opposite him, whose expressions were listless, and kept winking and gesturing.
Come on, make some noise, why is everyone so quiet?
“Haha, maybe you didn’t hear me just now, so let me repeat it. Let’s warmly welcome President Shang and Mr. Su!”
After speaking, Director Sun immediately started clapping himself.
A few guests did move, but aside from Jiang Li and He Yun who clapped earnestly, the others just went through the motions.
Their combined noise was even quieter than his alone.
“HAHAHAHAHA I’m dying of laughter, has Director Sun become a master at creating awkward moments?”
“Throwback to the prelude at the airport.”
“Director Sun, if you can’t smoothly handle it, don’t force it. If Qi can’t fix the situation, what can you do?”
Director Sun had no choice but to cough twice to gloss over this segment, then quickly handed out the scoring sheets to the two guests.
“All segments of this program adhere to principles of fairness and justice, so you both don’t need to worry at all. Just score the other guests’ dishes based on your own taste.”
“It’s the same as usual, the first place can get five good points, and so on.”
Su Yinwan nodded seriously and then started reviewing her scoring sheet.
Now, she knew that the plate of greens was made by Jiang Yan, and the low score she had previously given him at the airport had already cost him some affinity. She definitely couldn’t give him a low score in this segment.
But if Jiang Yan hadn’t pushed that plate of greens toward her, she wouldn’t have had to eat most of it and excuse herself to the restroom mid-meal to chug several large glasses of water.
Her throat was still so parched and numb that she couldn’t speak clearly.
Though annoyed, Su Yinwan still gave Jiang Yan a ten for her own mission, followed by scores for the shredded potatoes and Zhajiang noodles.
When her pen reached the row for the scrambled tomatoes with eggs, she hesitated.
Undoubtedly, the dish of scrambled tomatoes with eggs was the tastiest on the table, but she didn’t plan to give it a high score.
She strongly suspected that Jiang Li had made it.
After all, she had received the highest score before based on such a dish of scrambled tomatoes with eggs.
When she heard about it, she thought she had made it very tasty, but it turned out to be just so-so.
If that was the case, she couldn’t let Jiang Li get his way and undeservedly snatch five good points and the champion’s throne.
In this program, only she, Su Yinwan, could be the first.
With that thought, she wrote down a score of 1 for the scrambled tomatoes with eggs.