If Xie Huan couldn't read English, he seemed to be the one losing out even more!
If Xie Huan couldn't name the dishes, he wouldn't get a single bite...
Tang Keni looked at the Western breakfast placed before him and sighed:
"Oh no! They're coming for our strategist and general this round!"
Xie Huan clearly wasn't someone who usually ate Western food. Even if Pei Tingyun named the dishes correctly, Xie Huan probably wouldn't be able to match them up.
Shakshuka and eggs Benedict alone would be enough to leave him confused for a while.
Although Yao Xuan and Tang Keni didn't eat much Western food either, at least they could read the labels.
Before the task began, the person doing the eating quickly familiarized himself with the dish names.
Although the process wasn't entirely smooth, they ultimately completed the task just in time.
The third breakfast was brought to Gu Lin.
Unlike the previous ones, this breakfast had no labels.
Gu Lin looked at the director in confusion. "How am I supposed to play this with a dog?"
The director didn't make things difficult for him:
"As long as you correctly name every dish in English, you can eat normally."
Gu Lin was a young master raised in a wealthy family. Naturally, he'd eaten and seen plenty, and English had been a required subject too.
He named every dish correctly with ease.
While the first two teams were doing their tasks, Xie Huan quietly memorized which name went with each dish.
Just as he was ready to show off his skills, he was dumbfounded.
Because the breakfast brought before him was completely different from the earlier dishes!
Xie Huan said, "Oh, come on! Why'd the dishes change when it got to me?"
All the dish names he'd just memorized had been for nothing. Not a single one matched!
The director said, "I never said everyone's dishes would be the same."
Xie Huan: "..."
Comments in the livestream:
[The director's really picking on Big Bro openly this time!]
[As expected of Ultimate Roaming, which takes pleasure in screwing over its guests. I knew it wouldn't be that simple!]
[Exactly, this is how the show's earned its reputation!]
[What's Peipei going to do? I'm so worried he won't get to eat and his blood sugar will drop again!]
Pei Tingyun himself, however, wasn't panicking at all.
He first scanned the dishes before Xie Huan, then pointed at one and told him:
"This is called smoked salmon and avocado toast. Remember it!"
Xie Huan obediently committed it to memory.
Pei Tingyun only had time to tell Xie Huan that one name before the director started the timer.
Pei Tingyun said, "Smoked salmon and avocado toast."
Xie Huan picked out the right dish and took a huge bite.
Pei Tingyun repeated, "Smoked salmon and avocado toast."
Xie Huan froze briefly, then immediately picked it up and took another huge bite.
Comments in the livestream:
[Huh? You can play it like that?]
[Nothing wrong with that! The rules only said to eat five times, not that you couldn't eat the same thing all five times!]
[That's our Pei, the strategist! That exploit was brilliant, hahaha!]
The viewers were right. That was exactly Pei Tingyun's approach.
The third time, he still said, "Smoked salmon and avocado toast."
Xie Huan took another huge bite this time.
The good news: he'd eaten the right thing.
The bad news: he'd eaten it all.
The viewers, who had just been waiting to add another iconic director meltdown to the collection, all wailed:
[Big Bro! Why'd you open your mouth so wide? We'd have won if you'd eaten slowly!]
[Xie Huan perfectly demonstrated what it means to have your idiot teammate become your greatest opponent when you have no opponents!]
[Oh no, the director isn't going to get his way, is he?]
[Peipei, save my wish-fulfillment variety show! I want to see the director get slapped in the face!]
Strategist Pei was just as speechless as the viewers.
But after only a second of speechlessness, he found a solution.
Although Xie Huan's breakfast had a wide variety of dishes, there were only two kinds of toast.
So he said, "Coconut French toast."
Sure enough, Xie Huan found the correct answer through elimination.
This piece of toast was tiny, and he picked it up, about to finish it in one bite.
Seeing this, Pei Tingyun immediately stopped him. "Take small bites!"
Xie Huan was holding the toast and stuffing it into his mouth.
At Pei Tingyun's words, he didn't hesitate for a second. He immediately pulled the half-inserted toast back out and carefully nibbled a little off the edge.
The livestream comments were instantly taken over by White Clouds and Black Soil shippers again:
[Oh my god! What is this giant teacup dog?! He's so cute when he's being obedient!]
[Hahaha, solid proof that Xie Huan's husband-whipped!]
For the fifth time, unsurprisingly, Pei Tingyun said coconut French toast again.
This time, Xie Huan behaved himself, picking it up and taking only a very, very small bite.
Just as Xie Huan finished eating, the minute was up.
Task complete!
Next, it was Xie Huan's turn to name the dishes and Pei Tingyun's turn to eat.
Xie Huan had planned to copy Pei Tingyun's method and stick to those two kinds of toast.
But when Pei Tingyun's breakfast arrived, the smile on Xie Huan's face instantly froze.
Because the dishes had changed yet again!
There wasn't a single thing in there that Xie Huan had seen before.
This time, even the other Roaming Group members, let alone Xie Huan, couldn't stand watching.
While verbally protesting to the director, they considered leaving a few dishes untouched each if necessary, pooling together a breakfast for Pei Tingyun.
Meanwhile, Pei Tingyun himself, who was clearly at a disadvantage, remained calm.
With an unruffled expression, he scanned all the labels attached to the plate.
Then he tried the same trick again, telling Xie Huan, "Macadamia nut and coco-"
Before he could finish, the director suddenly called for the timer to start, even helpfully reminding Pei Tingyun:
"Once the timer starts, Mr. Pei, you can't speak."
Worried about outside assistance, the director gave the other three the same reminder.
Pei Tingyun: "..."
Great, that settles it. They're targeting me this round!
Xie Huan had never even heard of the dish Pei Tingyun had only half named.
There was no way he could be expected to guess the rest of the name himself.
Fortunately, he could perform divination.
Although he could only divine five times a day, using one to make sure Pei Tingyun got breakfast was more than necessary.
So Xie Huan closed his eyes and opened them again, divining the second half of what Pei Tingyun hadn't finished saying.
Xie Huan said confidently, "Macadamia nut and coconut milk pancakes."
Pei Tingyun paused briefly, then gave him a thumbs-up while picking up a pancake and quickly taking a bite.
After that, Xie Huan said "macadamia nut and coconut milk pancakes" four times in a row.
Pei Tingyun took four bites in a row.
After finishing the last bite, Pei Tingyun excitedly hugged Xie Huan and praised him sincerely:
"You're so smart! You guessed it right away!"
Xie Huan gave a guileless smile.
His smile held a little smugness, as well as a little bashfulness that even he himself hadn't noticed.
With all the tasks completed, the Roaming Group began sharing their breakfasts.
Having failed to see the scene he'd wanted, the director stood to one side, rubbing his brow.
Fortunately, it had still made for entertaining television.
The director was quietly consoling himself.
Suddenly, he heard Xie Huan say, "Whoa, don't eat this one, it's poisonous."
The director's head shot up. "What? Poisonous?!"