In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Wang Jinghe was still upset about Su Zhizhi winning the first place in the competition again. He couldn't understand why he was repeatedly frustrated by Su Zhizhi.

Before he could recover from the news of defeat, he learned about the new dishes launched by Laiyunlou.

When Wang Jinghe arrived at the street where Laiyunlou was, he saw a long queue outside the door of Laiyunlou from afar. Wang Jinghe felt a pang in his heart and asked his men to queue up and see the situation.

Two hours later, the servant brought out a Dong'an chicken from Laiyun Tower.

Wang Jinghe was originally unconvinced, but the moment he tasted the Dong'an Chicken, he suddenly realized why he always lost to Su Zhizhi. It turned out that his skills were inferior to hers. This seemingly simple dish left a long aftertaste. He even hesitated whether he should continue to participate in this chef competition.

Wang Jinghe fell into deep thought. There were two paths before him. He could continue the competition in order to get first place and keep the title of the best restaurant in Beijing, or he could withdraw from the competition and keep his foundation. Wang Jinghe didn't know how to choose.

However, Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin did not care about Wang Jinghe's current struggle. As expected, Laiyunlou now has a higher customer flow and daily revenue thanks to the dish Dong'an Chicken, and the two of them have made a lot of money.

Su Zhizhi checked the account book every night. As the numbers in the account book grew longer and longer, the smile on Su Zhizhi's face grew deeper and deeper.

Xie Chengjin was not idle during this period. He did not forget the purpose of his coming to the capital. He secretly sent people to search for the cause of his mother's death. In the end, he got some information.

Xie Chengjin received news from his subordinates that the cause of his mother's death had been found. All the evidence Xie Chengjin had collected pointed to the person with the highest status in the palace, the emperor.

Xie Chengjin looked at the message in his hand and fell into deep thought. He didn't expect that his mother might have been killed by the emperor, but no matter what, he had to continue investigating.

Since the evidence points to the emperor, it is necessary to investigate in the palace. In order to better investigate the truth in the palace, Xie Chengjin placed many spies in places where Su Zhizhi had not paid attention. At the same time, in order to ensure that Su Zhizhi could enter the imperial kitchen and give himself the opportunity to step into the palace openly, Xie Chengjin also spent a lot of money to bribe many staff members who were preparing for the finals of the chef competition, and finally got the theme content of the finals from them.

The final is no longer about a single dish, but more about testing the chef's speed. Under time constraints, can the contestants still complete many dishes with high quality?

Xie Chengjin put the note with the content of the competition written on it on the table in front of Su Zhizhi. Su Zhizhi was stunned for a moment. She was checking the account book when she saw Xie Chengjin put something in front of her.

Su Zhizhi picked it up curiously and looked at it. After reading the handwriting on it, Su Zhizhi's face suddenly turned dark.

She picked up the note and looked at Xie Chengjin, her eyes full of disbelief. "Xie Chengjin, what is this?"

Xie Chengjin felt a little uneasy when he saw that Su Zhizhi wasn't as excited as he had expected, but he pretended to be calm and said, "This is the theme of the next competition. I asked someone about it. I thought you might need it."

Su Zhizhi was filled with boundless anger. She slammed the thing on the table and said angrily, "Do you know what this is called?"

Xie Chengjin looked at Su Zhizhi in confusion. Su Zhizhi took a deep breath and said, "This is called cheating, don't you know? Even if I win in the end, it's still an unfair victory! What's more, if others find out, my grades will be disqualified. Have you ever thought about this?!"

"But didn't we ask about the judges' preferences before? Aren't they the same?" Xie Chengjin couldn't help but feel puzzled. Seeing that he had worked so hard but Su Zhizhi didn't appreciate it, Xie Chengjin felt a little angry.

"This is totally different! The judges' preferences can be known by those who are interested, but now you are bringing the finals items in front of me. Can you guarantee that no one will find out?" Su Zhizhi saw Xie Chengjin trying to refute her, and her anger grew.

Seeing this, Xie Chengjin sneered, "Well, then, just treat everything I did as a waste."

After saying that, Xie Chengjin turned around and left Su Zhizhi's room, leaving Su Zhizhi alone in the room sulking.

After Xie Chengjin left, Su Zhizhi frowned even more tightly. She looked at the letter in her hand, and finally crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

She had no interest in reading the account book any further, so she simply put it away and stood by the window.

She looked outside through the window lattice and began to think about what she had just said. She couldn't help but feel a little regretful. She knew that Xie Chengjin meant well and he knew how important this competition was to her, but she said those words to Xie Chengjin out of shame and anger.

But Su Zhizhi hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't bring herself to apologize to Xie Chengjin. She simply sighed deeply and went to bed early.

The next day, Su Zhizhi woke up early from bed. She was still thinking about what happened the day before, so she didn't get a good rest at night. However, today was the final of the chef competition, and Su Zhizhi didn't want to delay. Seeing that she couldn't sleep anymore, she simply got up, washed up, and planned to prepare the things she needed for the competition.

By the time Su Zhizhi arrived in the kitchen, Xie Chengjin had already prepared everything she could need.

Looking at the neatly arranged packages on the ground, Su Zhizhi was in a trance, with a look of guilt on her face.

Hearing the sound at the kitchen door, Xie Chengjin subconsciously turned his head to check and saw Su Zhizhi standing outside. His face froze for a moment, but he still stopped what he was doing and came to Su Zhizhi's side. After a long while, Xie Chengjin was the first to speak and said, "I'm sorry, Zhizhi, I was not in a good mood yesterday. I won't be like this next time. You are not still angry, are you?"

Seeing Xie Chengjin being so cautious, Su Zhizhi felt very sorry. The two stood together and talked for a while, and both of them felt much better.

Seeing that time was almost up, Xie Chengjin hurriedly urged, "Let's go, I've prepared all your things. Today's game will be very long, I'll take you there."

Su Zhizhi did not refuse and got into the carriage with Xie Chengjin. The carriage sped towards the competition venue. When the two arrived, many contestants had already arrived outside the venue. Su Zhizhi took a look and saw many familiar people, including Wang Jinghe.