After entering the restaurant, Chen Mo told the receptionist his purpose, and soon a person wearing a striped polo shirt, suit pants, and black open-toed sandals appeared.

"Are you Boss Xiao Chen?"

For some reason, although it was their first meeting, Chen Mo sensed a hint of concealed hostility from the other's tone and expression!

"Yes, I am."

Mu Xin nodded, "Follow me this way."

After bringing Chen Mo to the restaurant kitchen, Mu Xin pointed to the stove near the entrance, "You can use this one. Boss Fang will bring his daughter to the restaurant at noon. Let's see you perform."

Chen Mo stroked the surface of the stove, his fingers were very clean, not a trace of grease, "What about the ingredients I need?"

Mu Xin nodded toward the side with his chin, and immediately a young guy in a white chef's uniform ran over, "Tell him what you need."

After speaking, Mu Xin waved to the other two guys, "Are the ingredients I just mentioned ready?"

"Ready."

Mu Xin nodded, "Okay, put them in the outdoor fridge."

Chen Mo noticed that when those two staff carrying large bags of various ingredients walked out, Mu Xin had a faint happy smile on his face, but that feeling quickly disappeared.

The boss turned to look at the other people inside the kitchen, "Today, Boss Fang is bringing his daughter over for a meal. His daughter hasn't eaten properly for days. All of you better put some effort into it! I'll check later, and if she doesn't take a bite of anyone's dish, just handle your performance evaluation yourselves this month!"

After saying this, the big boss swaggered out of the kitchen.

Chen Mo just had a vague feeling that those words seemed not only to be for the restaurant's staff to hear but also directed at him?

But that didn't matter.

Having made over ten thousand egg dumplings before, to say the least, even without a progress bar, Chen Mo could make the most perfect egg dumplings at any checkpoint!

And Chen Mo was confident that the egg dumplings, which contained all the elements of deliciousness, would surely be liked by the little girl.

After telling the staff the ingredients he needed, Chen Mo began his work.

Eggs were beaten evenly, pork lard smeared onto the spoon—everything came naturally.

However, what gave Chen Mo a bit of a headache was that after leaving the food cart, the progress bar feature was completely lost, and he was now working entirely based on experience.

The kitchen was buzzing with activity, while at the same time, on the third floor of the restaurant, in the office.

"The movements are very skilled, but the control of the heat seems slightly lacking, and the egg mixture doesn't seem fully cooked... Huh? That's not right!"

Mu Xin watched on the large surveillance screen hanging on the wall, "What's not right?"

"The reason the egg mixture isn't fully cooked is that he's going to cook it a second time! In that case, there's no problem. The characteristics of each ingredient are grasped quite well. Can't say about anything else, but this egg dumpling… it's superbly done."

Mu Xin turned in the executive chair, "Is it really that impressive?"

Hou Yao nodded, "Yes. Using the emulsification reaction of pan-frying eggs to enhance the taste and steaming the meat filling through the egg skin, it's a very interesting method."

As the head chef of Yueyun Pavilion, Hou Yao had absolute authority over the restaurant's dish preparation.

Moreover, he was not only the head chef here but also for Mu Xin in Guangzhou. He was brought over to help because of Mu Xin's initial business development in Jingzhou.

In terms of Cantonese cuisine, Mu Xin had to bow down in admiration before Hou Yao.

"No problem." Mu Xin watched Chen Mo's figure in the surveillance with great interest, "Anyway, Boss Fang's daughter surely won't eat it. By the way, do you have any way to get the little girl to open her mouth?"

Hou Yao smiled awkwardly, "No. Boss, you know, the little girl isn't refusing to eat because she doesn't want to; she's sulking."

Back in the day, when Mu Mu was little, she would do the same, not only refusing to eat but sometimes even running away from home. Whenever Mu Mu didn't eat, Mu Xin would have to seek help from Hou Yao.

Of course, generally speaking, the runaway would last at most about half an hour, and when it came to such behavior, Hou Yao believed the best solution was: just ignore her.

As long as no one paid attention to her, she would be fine soon. But that wasn't something appropriate to say to the boss.

Hou Yao had a trick to pry open little Mu Mu's mouth.

He would make a char siu bun and then tell Mu Mu: Your mom said she'd rather have given birth to a piece of char siu than you. So eat this bun, and prove you're better than char siu~

Then little Mu Mu would fiercely eat the char siu bun and run back to Zhong Xia saying: Look! Look! I'm better than char siu!

But there was no such saying in Jingzhou, and Hou Yao thought his trick definitely wouldn't work here.

"No worries, if you can't do it, I have a way, hehe. You help me prepare the ingredients, and I'll head to the kitchen later."

Hou Yao nodded and left the office.

Mu Xin leaned back in his chair, gazing at the busy kitchen, already starting to imagine the scene later.

Fang Zhizhong's daughter still refuses to eat anything, even Fang's specially invited chef, Chen Mo, is at a loss. At the critical moment, he appears in the kitchen, creating a dish that is both delicious and visually appealing, saving the day!

Boss Fang, Fang Yuanyuan, the kitchen staff, and Mu Mu all look at him with extreme admiration.

And he, Chen Mo, could only be overshadowed.

Tsk... Mu Xin thought of all this, unable to hold back the smile on his face.

This is already making his scalp tingle with excitement just thinking about it. No, no, Mu Xin pressed down the corners of his mouth, even if it played out that way later, he absolutely couldn't show too much smugness.

Twelve o'clock arrived quickly.

Fang Zhizhong brought his daughter to Yueyun Pavilion.

"Yuanyuan, Dad knows a big brother whose skills are amazing. I specially invited him today to let you taste his skills!"

Twelve-year-old Fang Yuanyuan, with her twin ponytails, had a cold expression, saying nothing, slowly walking with her hands clutching her backpack straps.

Seeing his daughter so lifeless, Fang Zhizhong sighed, feeling utterly sorry.

Upon entering the previously reserved private room, Mu Xin also came over, "Boss Fang, shall we serve the dishes now?"

Fang Zhizhong nodded, "Go ahead. Is Boss Xiao Chen here? What did he make today?"

"Egg dumplings."

"Hiss..." Just hearing the name, Fang Zhizhong felt his mouth burst with rich egg and meat aroma, "I actually want to eat that as well, haha."

Mu Xin smiled on the surface, but inside he was quite disdainful.

Thinking to himself, it's just some silly egg dumplings, what's so special about them? Wait till I give you a real show later!

As Mu Xin left the private room, waiters carrying beautifully presented dishes appeared in succession, and Fang Zhizhong's eyes were dazzled.

Shark fin spread out on the plate, topped with golden crab roe, with crab roe decocted fins adorned with a bit of ham paste beside it!

Meat chunks on the platter were bright in color, their surface gleaming with an enticing luster, as if coated with a sweet glaze. The edges were slightly crispy, just the scent brought a hint of sweetness—honey-glazed BBQ pork!

There was also blanched shrimp, along with braised squab, and...

Eh?

Fang Zhizhong suddenly thought that a strange item had mixed into these classic Cantonese dishes; upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Boss Chen Mo's egg dumplings!

Pretty good.

"Come, Yuanyuan, try this egg dumpling, it's really delicious."

Fang Zhizhong placed an egg dumpling into his daughter's bowl.

The twin pony-tailed girl snorted coldly, pulled out a notebook and pen from her backpack, and walked out of the private room without a word.

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