"Master Qin, these are the soup-filled mini buns I made."

"Master Qin, these are crystal buns."

"Master Qin, these are lotus seed buns, please kindly give your feedback."

"Master Qin, chicken silk rolls."

"Master Qin, this is green... green dumplings."

"Master Qin, jujube paste pine nut cake."

"Master Qin, Ruyi Roll."

"Three Meat Buns."

Eight servings of snacks were laid out in succession on the culinary table. Everyone at Zhiwei Restaurant stood by, either excited or expectant, waiting for Qin Huai to taste them. Each of them stood ramrod straight; from a distance, one might mistakenly think the boss was in the kitchen for an inspection.

Although it was indeed the boss coming to inspect the kitchen.

Qin Huai looked at the bright-eyed crowd: ...

What's this, a drama shoot?

Do the master chefs at your Zhiwei Restaurant get treated like this every day?

This is too... awesome.

Qin Huai turned his gaze to the last two snacks, one was Guli's Ruyi Roll, and the other was Su Qian's Three Meat Buns.

Qin Huai truly didn't expect Su Qian to choose to make Three Meat Buns. Just now, Tan Wei'an casually mentioned to Qin Huai while eating crab roe noodles that Su Qian excelled in flaky pastries, the kind that needs baking. He was initially chosen by Master Zhou as a named disciple precisely because of his exceptional skills in pastry making.

In terms of specializations, Su Qian is very similar to Pei Xing, who was also good at these kinds of snacks. Since Pei Xing is somewhat of a connected individual, Tan Wei'an has some impressions of him, so he specifically compared Su Qian's skills with Pei Xing's.

No comparison.

Whether it's talent, hard work, or current skills, Pei Xing and Su Qian are incomparable. Su Qian is like the Pro Max version of Pei Xing, while Pei Xing calling himself the youth mini version of Su Qian would be reaching for the moon.

Qin Huai thought Su Qian would show off his best skills first. Even if time constraints prevent him from making something as difficult and beautiful as the lotus cake, making a simple plain sugar flaky pastry to demonstrate his basic skills was quite reasonable.

For this reason, Qin Huai even secretly asked Zheng Siyuan that if Su Qian made flaky pastries, let Zheng Siyuan do the commentary, as Qin Huai was really not good with these kinds of snacks.

This is a pure knowledge blind spot, and learning these snacks by oneself with just the Snack Encyclopedia is almost impossible.

In the end, Su Qian made something he wasn't particularly skilled at but was one of Qin Huai's specialties—the Three Meat Buns.

At this moment, Qin Huai suddenly understood why Master Zhou was so fond of Su Qian.

Truly a thoughtful named disciple, anticipating the master's needs, thinking what the master thinks, all without a single hint, handling potential discomforts for the master beforehand.

Even though Qin Huai had already given Su Qian an extremely high score of 10,000 in his heart, he first turned his attention to the Ruyi Roll made by Guli.

Guli was someone he specified for Tan Wei'an to bring along. The reason Qin Huai specially named him was not just because Guli was indeed very capable and hard-working, an extremely excellent assistant, but also to find an opportunity to help him out.

In Tan Wei'an's words, this little junior of his was as stubborn as a mule.

Once he decided on something, he wouldn't change his course even if he hit a wall head-on. Despite Tan Wei'an having so many snack recipes in his Treasure Bag, Guli insisted on studying Master Tan's signature Ruyi Roll, stubbornly holding on.

The current Zhiwei Restaurant was already quite unsuitable for Guli's development. Several of Guli's seniors had left Zhiwei Restaurant for other restaurants. Given Guli's current skills, even as a direct disciple, he could only do an apprentice's work and progress very slowly without a master's hands-on guidance, far less than if he joined his seniors and trained to take charge at another restaurant on his own.

But Guli just wanted to stay at Zhiwei Restaurant.

For this, Tan Wei'an had secretly lamented, thinking that his little junior insisted on staying at Zhiwei Restaurant not just because of his emotional attachment after so many years there but also to accompany him.

Several of Tan Wei'an's seniors could, for better development, go to other hotels to work and improve, and return home gloriously someday. This was a normal development pattern for Zhiwei Restaurant chefs, as Zhiwei Restaurant could not accommodate so many chefs. One day students must graduate, and those who stayed on as teachers were elites among elites.

But not Tan Wei'an.

Tan Wei'an was Master Tan's own grandson and was recognized by everyone as the true heir of Master Tan, a direct line among direct lines. His Treasure Bag's recipes not only come from Master Tan but also from many other masters at Zhiwei Restaurant.

If Tan Wei'an left Zhiwei Restaurant to develop on his own, it would somewhat seem like leaving the master's school.

Tan Wei'an felt that his little junior chose to stay at Zhiwei Restaurant because his senior brother had to stay, much like how when Tan Wei'an went out to study and exchange, he wanted to take his little junior with him, and his little junior wanted to take his senior brother with him.

To this, Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan commented that Tan Wei'an might be overthinking.

It was true that Guli didn't like to move, and it was true that he wanted to accompany his senior brother, but the weighting of the latter might not be that high.

However, no matter the reason Guli wanted to stay at Zhiwei Restaurant, his efforts were visible to all. Qin Huai greatly admired this effort and understood why Master Zhou appreciated Guli yet felt regretful.

What teacher can refuse a clumsy but very diligent student? Diligence is his strength, and clumsiness isn't his fault.

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