Chapter 338 - 145: This Is a Pastry? I Don’t Believe It, It’s a Walnut

Chapter 338: Chapter 145: This Is a Pastry? I Don’t Believe It, It’s a Walnut

Unfortunately, her voice was too soft for anyone to hear.

Or maybe they did hear her, but no one was willing to pay her any mind.

This was supposed to be a free-for-all interactive segment anyway, so there weren’t any strict rules. Before Sweet could even move the camera, Cui Yufen’s voice cut into the live broadcast.

"Hello in there, young man! I hear you’ve managed to steal away all eight of my apprentices? Hehe... I’m not a pastry chef, so I’ll keep it short. Full marks, one hundred!"

Sweet’s mouth fell slightly open, and she was completely dumbfounded.

’Teacher Cui, you’re joining in on the heckling too?’

’Just last week I spent tens of thousands at your restaurant! And you even cooked for me yourself!’

After that, the next few judges offered very little commentary, their words filled with nothing but praise.

After all, for a pastry like this, it was absolutely flawless just by looking at it. A perfect score was no exaggeration.

Perhaps one might find a flaw after tasting it, but as the poem goes, it was to be admired from a distance, not trifled with.

Anyone who saw it wouldn’t have the heart to eat it!

Finally, when it was Zhao Huilian’s turn, the great craftsman from the Capital City neither commented nor gave a score. Instead, he asked, "May I ask the name of the master chef on the other side?"

Su Chen’s voice came through. "Su. My given name is Chen."

"May I ask, Boss Su, from whom did you learn your craft?"

Su Chen wasn’t in the frame (the camera was on the lotus flower), and his voice sounded rather displeased. "I don’t have a master. You should probably just hurry up and give a score. I still have another pastry to make, and if I take too long, the customer will dock my pay."

Pfft!

Zhang Jiayi pursed her lips to hide a smile, noticing that the live comments in the stream were also having a field day with Boss Su’s humor.

"This boss is so skilled and has a great sense of humor. With skills like that, you’re telling me he’s worried about money?"

"Hehe, I’m sending a Carnival to cheer the boss on! Don’t worry about getting your pay docked, we’ll cover it for you!"

"I’m broke, so I’ll just send a Little Heart~"

"For the sake of our Chinese pastries, I’m sending a Sports Car! I think this boss is doing an amazing job. Why is it that whenever someone mentions pastries, they always mean Western-style? Look at our Chinese ones, how awesome is this!"

"Long live Chinese-style!"

Amidst the countless live comments, the gift progress bar for Zhang Jiayi was growing at a visible rate. In just a few moments, it was already showing signs of surpassing her opponent’s!

Perhaps feeling he had overstepped,

Zhao Huilian lowered his head and said, "My apologies. For Boss Su’s dish, full marks. 100."

Sweet: ???

’Fine, fine, fine. So you’re all just going to cause trouble, is that it?’

’When you score me, it’s on a ten-point scale, but for him, it’s a hundred-point scale?’

’If the damn referee can score goals, what’s the point of even playing?’

Forcibly suppressing her anger, Sweet squeezed out an ugly smile. "Oh, what a shame. It looks like my good friend Jiayi won this round~ Everyone, don’t forget to give her a follow!"

Even so, Sweet still displayed the composure expected of a socialite.

But the voice of the woman who suddenly spoke in the live stream instantly broke through her defenses.

"And don’t forget to follow our Meiweilai Company’s account, thank you everyone!"

It was Ling Shuyu!

Su Chen shot her an appreciative glance.

’Brilliant!’

’The company account has already posted dozens of videos, but after all this time it only has a little over a hundred followers.’

’For Ling Shuyu to think of promoting it at a time like this... truly brilliant.’

However, Su Chen glanced down at his phone and, seeing no notifications about new followers, felt a little dejected.

"Oh my god!"

A cry of alarm came from the kitchen, and everyone turned in unison to look at He Shuting in the corner.

"What’s happening to my account? Why are so many people suddenly following me?"

"A thousand... no, ten thousand, uh? It’s thirty thousand!"

Su Chen felt his scalp tingle. So after searching for Meiweilai Company, the fans had actually found He Shuting’s old account first?

’This is so damn awkward!’

The situation was clearly spiraling out of control. Su Chen immediately stepped forward and repeated what he had said earlier, "Will the four of you be returning to the private room, or will you continue to stay in the kitchen? If we delay any longer, I’m afraid there won’t be enough time for the last pastry."

"We’re staying here!" the four girls said in unison.

"Then I’ll just say goodb—" Sweet tried to take the initiative and end this ridiculous PK, but before she could finish, she was interrupted by the last judge behind her, Zhao Huilian.

"I wonder, what is Boss Su’s final pastry?"

"Nothing much, just some dough fruits."

"Oh?" Zhao Huilian’s interest was piqued. "Could you show us?"

"Teacher Zhao, is that appropriate? This is the platform’s official event, and we’re almost out of ti—" Sweet said.

"It’s appropriate! Why wouldn’t it be? Sweet, if you have something to do, you can go ahead and leave. We’ll just connect with Boss Su from a different official account!"

The assistant director in charge of the big screen rushed in at some point. "Meiweilai Company... Boss Su, hello Boss Su~ I’ve already enabled live stream certification for you. Can you start a broadcast from your end right now?"

Su Chen froze for a second, then turned his head to look at He Shuting.

"Whoa! It’s true!" He Shuting exclaimed, fiddling with her phone. "It’s the kind with the highest level of permissions!"

There are many kinds of live streams. He Shuting’s previous broadcasts were just simple, personal streams.

After unlocking the highest level of permissions, there were naturally some features that an individual user couldn’t access.

And the assistant director didn’t do this without reason.

Just a moment ago, he had discovered that of the more than 800,000 real viewers in Sweet’s live stream, almost half had flocked to Zhang Jiayi’s stream!

And the fans who were sending gifts were, without exception, all there for the Chinese-style pastry.

What was even more terrifying was what happened after that woman mentioned her company’s account. A brand-new account with almost no followers...