The Cooking God Reappears

18:30, Yingzhi Group's quitting time.

Zhao Qianqian stretched out her long, pale leg and blocked Liu Di's path.

"Little brother, where are you going tonight?"

"Want to have dinner with your big sister?"

This woman!

A mature beauty, seductive and alluring!

Liu Di was mildly speechless.

"Ahem!"

Yan Qingwen appeared behind them at some point, her face dark. "Qianqian, stay and work overtime! Liu Di is coming home with me for dinner!"

"President Wen, you can't interfere with our employees' private lives!"

"Wait, no, why is it going home for dinner?"

By the time Zhao Qianqian came to her senses, Liu Di had once again been dragged away by Yan Qingwen. She could only wave goodbye helplessly!

On the way back to the manor.

Liu Di, sitting in the driver's seat, wore a grave expression. "President Wen, I've discovered something strange."

Seeing his expression, Yan Qingwen instinctively grew serious as well. "What did you discover?"

Liu Di turned his head, frowning deeply. "You seem to be jealous."

"What?!"

"Zhao Qianqian was trying to seduce me, and you got jealous."

Then, an angry curse pierced through the world's best soundproofed Rolls-Royce and echoed through the sky!

The icy female CEO completely abandoned her composure and cursed with two words she had never spoken before. "Liu Di, bullshit!"

"Haha."

Liu Di laughed out loud. Sparring with Yan Qingwen was endlessly entertaining!

Ten minutes later.

The twenty-million Rolls-Royce pulled up in front of an ordinary vegetable market, looking completely out of place.

"Eggplants, two fifty!"

"Cabbage, ten bucks for three!"

The cries of vendors rang without end.

Liu Di turned to Yan Qingwen, who was still sulking, and smiled. "Speaking of dinner, I happen to be pretty good at cooking. I'll go buy some groceries! Tonight, I'll show you what I can do!"

Before Yan Qingwen could agree, Liu Di pushed open the door and got out!

Yan Qingwen frowned as she looked out through the car window.

The noisy crowd, the muddy ground, and laborers haggling over a few cents' difference in vegetable prices.

Could vegetables bought from such a filthy, chaotic place even be eaten?

Knock, knock, knock.

Liu Di tapped on the car window, looking embarrassed.

"Um, Wenwen, this place only takes cash, and I just happen not to have any on me..."

Yan Qingwen's heart softened at once upon hearing that.

It was probably not that Liu Di didn't have any cash on him—he probably had nothing at all!

The more than five million had already been spent!

Looking at this impoverished lifesaver of hers, Yan Qingwen simply could not stay angry.

She gently opened her wallet, pulled out a stack of bills, and said softly, "If it isn't enough, ask me for more."

"Tsk, tsk, you really are rich!"

Liu Di snatched the money and ran off like a thief!

Twenty minutes later.

Yan Qingwen regretted it.

The greatest regret of her life was giving Liu Di money to buy groceries!

After the Rolls-Royce's trunk had been stuffed full.

Liu Di returned carrying more than a dozen fish and dozens of pounds of beef!

And a bag of dirt!

They had no choice but to put it all inside the Rolls-Royce's cabin!

At Yan Qingwen's feet.

The sea bream in the bag thrashed wildly, splashing water all over her face!

A pool of red bloody liquid seeped from the fresh beef, scaring Yan Qingwen so badly she did not dare set her feet down!

"What sins did I commit in my past life?!"

"Why did I ever get to know Liu Di?!"

Yan Qingwen screamed.

"Who called me?"

The young man in the white shirt outside tossed another bag into the car, then coolly returned to the driver's seat.

"What is this?"

Yan Qingwen looked at the wriggling things inside the bag, and her scalp went numb.

"Silkworm pupae. High in protein, good for building muscle!"

"Ah! They're bugs!"

"Yan Qingwen, can you be a little more composed? Why are you always screaming? Anyone who didn't know better would think I was molesting you!"

"Liu Di, you've gone too far!"

"Once you eat the food I make later, I'm afraid you'll fall in love with me!"

Outside the kitchen at Yan Family Manor.

Liu Di kept everyone out, saying that god-tier cooking was not to be observed!

Yan Qingwen held her phone, hesitating over whether to order takeout!

What puzzled her was that when the two little girls, Yan Kaikai and Yan Xinxin, heard that Liu Di was going to cook.

They actually cheered in unison!

The two little girls were currently running laps around the yard, huffing and puffing.

They said they had to run until they were hungry so they could eat their fill!

Yan Qingwen truly could not understand it. No matter how she looked at Liu Di, he did not seem like someone who could cook!

She did know that before Liu Di entered the Yan Family, he had worked as a waiter in a restaurant.

Could it be...

That he had secretly picked up some skills while working as a waiter?

But what kind of delicious food could come from the skills of a place like that?

Ten minutes later.

Banging sounds came from the kitchen.

As though someone were abusing a piece of beef!

Twenty minutes later.

A shrill scraping sound came from the kitchen, like fingernails scratching a blackboard!

Yan Qingwen sighed outside the door. As long as he did not wreck the kitchen, it would be fine!

Thirty minutes later.

Someone was mixing mud in the kitchen!

Forty minutes later.

Waves of cold air drifted out from behind the door!

"What on earth is Liu Di making?!"

Just as Yan Qingwen's patience was nearly exhausted, the kitchen door opened!

Liu Di gently wiped his hands with a white towel. "Everyone, dinner is served!"

The three young ladies of the Yan Family entered the kitchen, each carrying different thoughts!

"Wow! It's so dazzling!"

"It's blinding!"

On the dining table stood a majestic ice sculpture!

It was a mountain range carved from ice, rising and falling in magnificent waves!

Wisps of white mist drifted from it, hazy and dreamlike like an immortal realm!

"This is..."

Yan Qingwen stared wide-eyed. As a top-tier heiress, she had never seen such a masterpiece before!

This had to be the pinnacle of knife work, right?

"Liu Di, did you make this?"

Liu Di spread his hands lightly. "Just a minor trick—Ice Mountain Tai Shan!"

"But what are we supposed to eat?"

Yan Kaikai and Yan Xinxin stared wide-eyed beside her. "Are we supposed to chew on ice?"

"That's a good question!"

Liu Di lowered his head and glanced at the nonexistent watch on his wrist. "The sashimi on this mountain took six minutes and ten seconds from slaughter to plating. In another fifty seconds, it'll miss its best flavor window, so I suggest you eat it quickly."

"Sashimi? Where?"

Yan Kaikai leaned close to the ice mountain and finally saw it clearly.

Thin slices of fish were densely laid across the surface of the ice, but they were as thin as rice paper and incredibly hard to notice!

Liu Di smiled faintly, picked up a slice of fish with his chopsticks, and held it beneath the light. It was faintly translucent!

Such knife skills were simply miraculous!

After lightly dipping one corner in soy sauce, Liu Di placed the fish into his mouth.

He closed his eyes in enjoyment.

"Mmm..."

Liu Di drew out the sound. "The thickness is just right. Not only was it freshly slaughtered, but the ice mountain also preserved it at its most delicious state."

"Exceptionally fresh!"

"And with the premium soy sauce from your manor's kitchen."

"Tsk, tsk, delicious!"

The sight made the two twins drool all over the floor!

"Oh my god, I can't take this anymore!"

"Wah!"

The two girls rushed forward together, impatiently pulling off the fish slices and stuffing them into their mouths!

Liu Di smiled faintly. "Miss Yan Qingwen, would you like to try some?"

Yan Qingwen was unconvinced. "All flash and no substance. It's nothing but something to fool children!"

When Yan Qingwen took a slice of fish, dipped it in soy sauce, and put it into her mouth.

Her expression froze instantly.

There was only one word in her mind: fresh!

It was as though the fish had come back to life!

She had never eaten sashimi this delicious before!

Not even world-class chefs could make it like this!

"Liu Di, are you sure this came from those fish in the car?"

In Yan Qingwen's eyes, those had been low-end ingredients. How could they possibly taste this good?

"The fish are still the same fish, perfectly respectable ones."

"But my knife skills only come along once in a century!"

Liu Di shrugged and walked over to the stove, where Yan Qingwen finally saw it.

Behind Liu Di stood an enormous ball of mud!

"Liu Di, I have to admit that your cooking is good!"

"Very good, in fact!"

"But why is there so much mud in the kitchen?"

Liu Di gave a sly smile. "This is my next dish—Traditional Clay-Baked Beef!"

Bang!

Liu Di threw a punch, blasting a hole into the huge mud ball!

The next moment, a rich aroma burst forth and filled the air!

The two little girls, still immersed in the sashimi, suddenly raised their heads and sniffed the air.

"What is that?"

"It smells so good!"

"Kaikai, it's beef! Such a huge piece of beef!"

Yan Qingwen was stunned again.

This beef smelled far too good!

At that instant, every other delicacy in the world paled in comparison!