Chapter 49: Thrilling Dessert Competition

“You bastard, you’re just hearing birds singing everywhere! Recite it again!”

“Yes!” The little fox closed his eyes and trembled with fear: “I slept through the spring without knowing the dawn, and there were meows everywhere~”

Lin Zhengran’s eyes were filled with disdain.

In short, Saturday went smoothly and it was the most tense Sunday before the competition. This would be Jiang Qian’s last day to learn desserts.

Since this morning, Lin Zhengran has felt the serious atmosphere created by the competition between the Jiang Qian sisters.

The air is oppressive.

For this reason, Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen got up at 9:30 in the morning! After a simple wash, they were taken to the villa by Butler Fan.

As a teacher, Lin Zhengran strode to the kitchen and tied on an apron.

Jiang Qian also tied an apron and stood in the middle of the kitchen, swallowing her saliva due to the atmosphere.

Han Wenwen was the assistant today, massaging Lin Zhengran’s shoulders: “Teacher Zhengran! Is this strength appropriate?!”

Lin Zhengran glanced at her and said, “Don’t pinch it. You don’t have any strength at all. Bring me the fish gelatin powder.”

“Yes! Assistant Wenwen will prepare it right away!” She stood at attention.

Lin Zhengran held a document in his hand. He looked at it first and then at Jiang Qian: “Student Jiang Qian, it’s up to you now. The teacher won’t show you how to do it today. It’s all up to you! Try your best to prove your hard work during this period!”

Jiang Qian nodded resolutely: “Yes! Classmate Lin Zhengran!”

Lin Zhengran looked back at Butler Fan, holding the script in his hand and asked in a low voice: “Why do I have to speak according to the script today? Don’t you think it’s awkward?”

Butler Fan covered his lips with one hand and leaned over to whisper in his ear:
“Master Lin Zhengran, please bear with it for a while. The battle between the eldest and second young ladies is imminent, and the atmosphere will be depressing. If you follow your usual teaching method, the second young lady will only be shy and won’t be serious at all. What will she do if she loses? Only with this kind of lines can the atmosphere not become ambiguous.”

He winked at Lin Zhengran secretly: “I specially prepared this line, it will definitely make the atmosphere extremely serious!”

Lin Zhengran was speechless because he didn’t understand a word. What did he mean by according to the usual teaching method, Jiang Qian would only be shy?
It’s as if I flirt with Jiang Qian every day.
However, as a teacher invited by Jiang Qian, Lin Zhengran was paid, so he could still agree to such a small request as reading the lines.

Lin Zhengran finished reading the script and threw it aside. With his photographic memory, he didn’t need such a thing.

“Very good, let’s get started!” he said in a serious tone.

“Wait a minute!” Han Wenwen suddenly raised her hand and said, “Teacher Zhengran, there is a serious problem at the scene! It needs to be solved immediately!”

Lin Zhengran looked at Han Wenwen: “What’s the problem? Assistant Han Wenwen, please speak!”

Han Wenwen raised her hand seriously and said, “What is fish gelatin powder? Wenwen doesn’t know what it is, so I can’t prepare it for you.”

Lin Zhengran: “.”

Butler Fan: “.”

Lin Zhengran looked at the white powder on the table: “That’s the one in the corner.”

“Which corner?”

“The white one in the upper right corner.”

“But there’s a lot of white in the upper right corner, and Wenwen thinks they’re all the same.”

Lin Zhengran began to grit his teeth.

Jiang Qian came to Han Wenwen and pointed to a plate of gray-white powder on the table and explained: “Student Han Wenwen, this is fish gelatin powder.”

Han Wenwen was surprised when she saw the powder, her eyes sparkled and she clenched her fists: “This is fish gelatin powder! I thought it was milk powder, no wonder I didn’t see it. Is it delicious?”

Jiang Qian blinked: “It’s for dessert, so it shouldn’t be eaten directly, right?” She found the bag and took a look at the ingredient list: “It says it can be eaten raw, but you shouldn’t eat too much.”

Han Wenwen dipped a little with her finger and put it in her mouth to taste it, and said happily: “It’s delicious! Jiang Qian, you should try it too!”

“Oh.” Jiang Qian also took a little and put it to her lips, surprised: “Really, there is an indescribable taste.”

Lin Zhengran and Butler Fan in the distance were stunned. Lin Zhengran turned around and glanced at Butler Fan: “Uncle Fan, can you control this fox? She is fired for disrupting the players’ training.” Butler Fan had cold sweat on his forehead: “Okay… I will inform Miss Han Wenwen that she is fired.”

After a while, the scene returned to seriousness, and the dismissed assistant Han Wenwen stood aside and became just a spectator.

The new assistant is Butler Fan, who is responsible for providing food.

Lin Zhengran said righteously with both hands behind him: “Student Jiang Qian, put the fish gelatin powder into a small bowl and add a little boiling water to melt it. Then add a little sugar to the milk and cook until it is saccharified. Use it as a garnish. Be careful not to burn it this time.”

Jiang Qian nodded seriously.

Cook the milk and sugar slowly over low heat until saccharified while preparing the gelatin powder.

All actions are in order.

Han Wenwen didn’t dare to say anything. She pursed her lips nervously and sweated profusely.

Lin Zhengran: “Then the next step is to put the mango pudding powder into the blender and add boiling water! Beat it for three minutes!”

Han Wenwen saw Jiang Qian’s change of action and whispered to help: “Come on!”

After completing another step, Lin Zhengran asked, “Student Jiang Qian, what are the next production steps?”

Jiang Qian looked at the mixer nervously and said coldly, “Add the prepared fish glue, continue stirring until there are no particles, then pour it into the mold, then pour a little boiled milk on it, and finally put it in the refrigerator to cool.”

“Very good! As expected of Jiang Qian, it’s easy to remember hard knowledge like this!”

Butler Fan opened the refrigerator in advance, and said in a serious tone, “Master Lin Zhengran, Miss, the refrigerator door is open and ready to go.”

Jiang Qian poured the prepared ingredients into the mold and carefully put it into the refrigerator with both hands. Butler Fan closed the refrigerator door.

Lin Zhengran held up a stopwatch and said, “The next step is to wait. We can take it out and eat it in half an hour.”

The maids brought three stools and some snacks. Lin Zhengran, Han Wenwen and Jiang Qian sat in front of the refrigerator, eating snacks and counting the time.

I waited for half an hour.

The time has come! Butler Fan elegantly opened the refrigerator door with one hand behind his back and the other hand: “Half an hour has passed, the pudding is out of the box!”

The refrigerator door was opened, and a gust of cold air blew in. Then, a delicate, glowing yellow crystal pudding appeared in front of everyone. Han Wenwen’s eyes widened.

“Wow! It’s really pudding!”

Jiang Qian’s pupils also dilated: “Did I make this? It’s so beautiful.”

Lin Zhengran clenched his fists nervously: “Don’t rush to celebrate! Try it first to see how it tastes. Desserts all look similar. What’s important is the texture and sweetness. Any variables will affect the final taste!”

Butler Fan gave a soup spoon to each of the three people and himself. Each of the four people scooped a spoonful and put it in their mouths to chew carefully.

The taste of pudding spreads in the mouth.

There was a brief silence, and then the four of them looked at each other at the same time, and cheered in unison with a smile: “Success!”

Han Wenwen jumped up with joy: “Long live Brother Zhengran, we will definitely be the winner tomorrow!”

The day passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the night of the next day’s competition.

Han Wenwen and Lin Zhengran both came tonight, and Jiang Qian and Jiang Jingshi stood facing each other in the living room.

Sister Jiang Jingshi was still wearing the same outfit, short shorts and a white short-sleeved shirt, showing her long, slender and white legs.

She put one hand on her waist and smiled at her sister:

“Very good, my dear Imudo. I didn’t expect that you didn’t admit defeat on your own initiative, and even called your classmates to be the audience?”

Jiang Qian clenched her fists and looked up at her annoying sister: “I will never admit defeat, especially this time! I will not give up classmate Lin Zhengran to you, and I will prove to you that even if I have only learned to make desserts for ten days, I am more talented than you!”

Jiang Jingshi glanced at Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen who were sitting on the sofa: “Very good.” She looked at Jiang Qian again: “Then let’s start! I will let your classmate Lin personally announce the result of this game!”

(End of this chapter)