Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

"Ah? Thank you so much, Yunjeong!"

Xu Yike felt puzzled by Cui Yunzhen's change, but since she said so, she was naturally happy, so she worked harder to say bad things about Iwasaki Junko:

"This woman said that others followed Li Shuo, but in fact, she was the one who stuck closely to Li Shuo!"

"That's right. Look at her breasts. You can tell she's not a decent person. She's a flirtatious vixen!"

Seeing Cui Yunzhen gritting her teeth, Xu Yike's heart moved and he tried to test her:

"After all, she is the eldest daughter of the Iwasaki family. She shouldn't be too flirtatious, right?"

She wanted to use Choi Yoon-jeong to find out information about Iwasaki Junko so that she could sell her to Li Shuo for a good price, but Choi Yoon-jeong was just saying that out of anger. Her knowledge of Iwasaki Junko came entirely from the oral accounts of her family elders and what she heard from the chaebol circle.

"Hmph, Yi Ke, don't underestimate me because I look normal. In fact, there is not a single good person among the chaebol families in South Korea and Japan, including my family. Both men and women are having affairs outside, and having a mistress is considered a love saint..."

Cui Yunzhen opened her mouth and said a lot, which made Xu Yike open her eyes. Moreover, she took the opportunity to ask: "Speaking of which, Yunzhen, what do you think of Li Shuo?"

"Ah?" Cui Yunzhen looked puzzled: "What?"

Xu Yike said slyly: "From a woman's perspective on a man, what do you think of him?"

Then, without waiting for Cui Yunzhen to answer, he said, "There is no doubt that Li Shuo is rich. Although your SK Cui family is also very rich, you are a woman and are destined not to inherit much of the family's property. However, the person you are dating is destined to be scrutinized by the family in this regard. So, from this perspective, Li Shuo is simply the most suitable person for you to date."

"Also, even if he's not that skilled, if we only look at his appearance and abilities, there's nothing to fault about Li Shuo. I think he's even more handsome than those national male gods in South Korea. Not to mention his abilities, he's a man who built a chaebol from scratch!"

Cui Yunzhen felt as if her head was struck by lightning. She suddenly realized that what Xu Yike said was too reasonable. In the past, she instinctively felt that Li Shuo was a Chinese, very far away from herself, and she never considered it in this regard. But now...

"Oh, stop talking nonsense. I'm just here as an exchange student. When the exchange period ends next year, I'll be going back to my country. How can I possibly fall in love here?"

Cui Yunzhen felt her heart pounding. To prevent Xu Yike from continuing, she immediately changed the subject and said, "Let's talk about the South Korean Imperial Seal. I'll tell you..."

Junko Iwasaki led the group deeper and deeper, and finally arrived at a semi-open venue. There were two rows of stoves in the venue, and in the center was a food area consisting of refrigerators and fresh-keeping cabinets. On the inside was a high platform similar to the judges' seat.

"This is the venue for the final food tasting. It's called a tasting, but it's actually a food competition. In the end, the judges will select the top three and award them prizes... Of course, the current contestants haven't been announced yet. I'm bringing you here mainly because the computers here are connected to the Food Association, so they can help you get the gourmet certification in advance..."

Li Shuo nodded and asked curiously, "Since it's a competition, who will participate? Or can everyone at the food stalls outside participate?"

Iwasaki Junko waved to Zhang Yunpeng and the others and replied, "Of course everyone can participate, and it has already started. The chefs of the food stalls outside are all chefs recommended from the Yangtze River Delta region and even major hotels and restaurants across the country. If they can win the honor of the competition hosted by the Food Association, it will be extremely beneficial to their future..."

When Li Shuo heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "In other words, if a chef can win this competition, he must be someone with excellent cooking skills?"

His Tan Palace is different from the villas and mansions he bought before. It is more like a manor. The lawn alone is thousands of square meters, and there are three floors that need to be taken care of. Therefore, in the future it will definitely be equipped with service staff such as chefs and housekeepers. Housekeepers are easy to find, as Tan Palace Property itself provides them for free, but finding a chef is difficult.

Iwasaki Junko understood it all at once and said with a smile, "If you plan to stay in Tan Palace permanently in the future, recruiting an excellent chef is essential, so you must become a food taster this time... If you just spend money to invite people, it is better to become a judge, because the latter has an innate dominance over the profession of chef."

She used the adjective "dominate", which made Li Shuo's heart tremble. Although it was conceivable that a "gourmet" would have a status advantage over a "chef", could it really reach this extent?

While the two were chatting, Zhang Yunpeng had already completed the necessary procedures to register as a "gourmet".

The staff brought in many things one after another and filled up the three stoves. One of them was filled with bottles and jars, and the other two were filled with green vegetables and meat.

"What is this for?" Li Shuo was stunned when he saw this scene.

Junko Iwasaki said: "If food tasting is compared to university, then gourmet certification is equivalent to obtaining the title of university professor. This is not something that can be achieved with just a few words!"

She pointed at the stove in front of her, a smile on her pretty face: "Because of my recommendation, you don't have to wait for the fixed time every year, but you still have to take the exam. The test is very simple. Taste these three ingredients and accurately name at least 10 of them..."

"This is easy," Li Shuo smiled.

"I haven't finished speaking yet..."

Iwasaki Junko smiled even more: "In addition to the name of the ingredients, the production date and place of origin of the ingredients must also be included. Of course, the latter two indicators do not have to be correct. Zhang Yunpeng, you tell Li Shao the passing standard!"

"Yes"

Zhang Yunpeng nodded and said loudly:

"From the three major categories of ingredients, Master Li, you can choose up to 20 to taste. The passing standard is 10 ingredient names, 5 dates, 3 places of origin, and information about the ingredient names. If there is a specific classification, you must state the classification. The date and place of origin must be among the ingredients you name!"

He pointed at the white crystals in the first plate in front of him. "For table salt, for example, you need to tell us the detailed classification of sea salt or well salt, and tell us exactly how long it has been produced. The time accuracy for condiments must be within 1 year. For vegetable ingredients, the time accuracy must be within 1 month. For red meat ingredients, the time accuracy must be within 6 months. For white meat ingredients, the time accuracy must be within 3 months. For special ingredients such as sashimi, the time accuracy must be within hours..."

Li Shuo was stunned when he heard such stringent requirements. The main reason was that he was not a professional. Even if he could taste the freshness of something, how could he determine how long it had been produced?

Xu Yike and Cui Yunzhen next to them looked at each other and whispered:

"I thought this was easy, why does it sound so difficult?"

"I feel like I've held them back. Li Shuo just forced those three people to apologize to me. Are they holding a grudge against me?"

"Hey, what you said makes sense. Even though these old men seem to be submissive to Li Shuo on the surface, they probably hate Li Shuo to death in secret!"

At this point, the two women showed worried expressions.

Zhang Yunpeng bowed to Li Shuo, made a gesture of invitation, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, do you need to prepare anything? If not..."

He is the president of the Gourmet Association, and at this time he still barely maintains his "official attitude". The other two people have no such concerns, and their faces are almost smiling!

Just as Cui Yunzhen worried, Li Shuo had just forced them to apologize, so they were naturally somewhat dissatisfied with Li Shuo in their hearts. Under normal circumstances, these people would not dare to provoke "Young Master Li", but who asked him to take the "Gourmet" exam? Now it fell into our hands!

Iwasaki Junko naturally knew this. She looked at Li Shuo and said soothingly, "The essence of the gourmet test is to confirm your taste. Li Jun is not a professional, so you don't have to tell the time accurately. You can use your personal senses to tell the freshness..."

Because Li Shuo was chosen by her, Iwasaki Junko is different from Xu and Cui. She has blind trust in Li Shuo. Of course, she also wants to take this opportunity to confirm her feelings.

"no problem!"

After hearing what Iwasaki Junko said, Li Shuo had no more scruples and went to the seasoning area first.

Put the "refined salt" aside first. This is an option that Zhang Yunpeng specifically eliminated for him, and it is estimated that he cannot taste it.

His eyes then turned to the other white, liquid-like substances. "Sugar" should be the same as "salt", both of which are easy to taste.

He picked up one of the stacks and put some into his mouth with a spoon...

"Ok?"

Xu Yike, Cui Zhenyun, and even Iwasaki Junko, the three girls took a deep breath secretly. The first two were worried that Li Shuo would not be able to taste it, while the latter was worried that she had made a mistake and Li Shuo did not have as much potential as she had imagined!

Li Shuo closed his eyes and thought about it. He could already tell from the taste that it was not sugar, but the "production date" was hard to tell...

One minute later, he sorted out his words and said, "MSG, average freshness, probably produced half a year ago!"

The three girls looked at Zhang Yunpeng at the same time, and then saw his mouth twitching and said, "Next."

"Hey, why don't you announce the answer?" Xu Yike frowned and asked.

Zhang Yunpeng said expressionlessly: "Of course, we have to finish all the exams before we can get the answers."

This time, Li Shuo also felt Zhang Yunpeng's hostility: he didn't feel it before because he really didn't think this guy dared to target him, especially under the nose of Iwasaki Junko.

Almost instantly, Li Shuo understood what was going on. His expression remained unchanged as he looked at Iwasaki Junko and said, "Junko, do you think I'm right?"

Iwasaki Junko was stunned. How could she know whether it was right or not? But the next moment, she understood: Li Shuo was not asking her whether it was right or not, but asking her to handle the matter.

Originally, she wanted to test Li Shuo's ability, but at this time she had to support Li Shuo decisively and said, "That's right!"

Then he turned to look at Zhang Yunpeng and asked expressionlessly: "President Zhang, what do you think?"

"what?"

Zhang Yunpeng was dumbfounded. He naturally knew that Iwasaki Junko didn't know the answer, but to admit it so straightforwardly, wasn't this "calling a horse a zebra"?

"Hmm?" Junko Iwasaki made a nasal sound.

"Uh, yes, that's right, that's correct!" Zhang Yunpeng said hurriedly.

Only Cui Yunzhen, who was naive, could not understand what was going on. She asked Xu Yike with a confused look on her face, "What's going on? Is Iwasaki Junko also a gourmet?"

Xu Yike laughed and answered in a loud voice: "She is not a gourmet, but I guess she is better than a gourmet. She is the one who creates gourmet food. Whatever she says is the ingredient, it is the ingredient!"

Cui Yunzhen took it seriously and said in astonishment: "Ah? Is it so powerful?"

The conversation between these two people seemed like a satirical crosstalk, which made Junko Iwasaki look unhappy. She glared at Zhang Yunpeng hatefully, secretly blaming him for ruining her good fortune!

Zhang Yunpeng was feeling depressed. Just as he was about to come forward and say something flattering, he saw Li Shuo had already picked up another condiment and gave the answer straightforwardly: "Soy sauce, quite fresh, should be a recent product. President Zhang, am I right?"

"Uh, yeah!"

"lettuce……"

"right"

"Goat meat..."

"right"

……

Li Shuo's speed became faster and faster. The vegetables were fine, after all, they could be eaten raw, but he was just as quick to give the answer to the meat that had been cooked in water. Seeing this, even Cui Yunzhen gradually came to her senses. She covered her mouth and chuckled, whispering to Xu Yike:

"Did Li Shuo give a random answer?"

Xu Yike rolled his eyes: "Nizi, have you finally come to your senses?"

Cui Yunzhen said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that the exam could be played like this. Those people deserved it. Humph, who told them to trip up Li Shuo!"

Xu Yike also laughed happily.

At this moment, Zhang Yunpeng smiled bitterly and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Li, you have answered 10 ingredients correctly in a row and successfully passed the review to become a certified gourmet of the Gourmet Association! Welcome..."

"Welcome Mr. Li"

"Please take good care of me in the future, Mr. Li..."

Cui Yunzhen found this scene ugly. She was from a South Korean chaebol, so she had no scruples. She even said directly, "Tsk tsk, you guys are really shameless. Although Mr. Li is really amazing, you didn't even look at the answer and just said 'yes, yes, yes'. I'm really amazed by your faces!"

"What are you talking about!" "Hey, little girl, don't talk nonsense..."

Zhang Yunpeng and the other two suddenly became anxious, but they had learned from their last experience and only refuted Cui Yunzhen verbally, but in fact they all looked at Iwasaki Junko.

Iwasaki Junko's face didn't look good either. From the time she was born till now, she had never helped anyone cheat. Today, she helped Li Shuo pass the exam due to formalities, and she felt very bad!

"Why are you looking at me? You are the ones who presided over the exam. If anyone objects, just print out a document and tell everyone in black and white that your results are the final truth!"

This Japanese white, rich and beautiful girl is on fire, almost telling everyone: Question me? Someone, write her a notice!

"Well, Ms. Iwasaki, but Mr. Li's answer is completely correct..."