Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

When Li Shuo finished making the rice rolls, he turned around and saw Cui Yunzhen sitting in front of another table, savoring Yoshino Saburo's Japanese food with relish.

"Oppa"

Li Shuo came in front of Cui Yunzhen. The girl covered her flat and unresponsive belly and looked at him pitifully.

"I really can't do anything to you..."

Li Shuo sighed, took the chopsticks handed to him by Cui Yunzhen, and started eating with her.

The result was still the same. Choi Yoon-jeong only tasted one bite of each dish and left the rest to Lee Seok...

At first, Yoshino Saburo introduced the ingredients to the two, but when he saw the two interacting so intimately, he shut up tactfully. When the two had almost finished eating, he whispered, "I heard that Li Jun has successfully been certified as a gourmet. Why didn't he come to participate in the earlier food competition?"

Li Shuo said casually: "I wanted to join in the fun, but now I don't have time..."

Cui Yunzhen stared with big eyes, came over and asked curiously: "Oppa, can you cook? Why do you want to participate in the food competition?"

"Yes! But I will never do it for a greedy guy like you..." Li Shuo said unhappily.

"No, Oppa~"

"Go away, stop it!"

"Master Oppa~"

"stop!"

Facing Cui Yunzhen, Li Shuo felt like he had met his natural enemy, especially when this girl was acting coquettishly, hugging him with both arms, with pitiful and cunning eyes, Li Shuo felt his heart melt...

Of course, "cooking for Choi Yoon-jeong" is just a joke. Li Shuo knew how to cook in his previous life, and he was proud of it. He often fed the beauties he dated on TikTok. After his rebirth, he never showed his cooking skills again. It's not that he doesn't know how to cook, but that he can't!

There is actually a profound truth in what the ancients said about a gentleman staying away from the kitchen: if you cook for beautiful women every day and do it too much, you will naturally become a bootlicker. Even if you can get married, the dirty and tiring work at home will be done by the man alone.

"...This is what's going on. If I have time tomorrow, I can bring you here, but you'll be here to be a judge..."

Li Shuo told Cui Yunzhen about the food competition. After listening to it, she was not disappointed. Instead, her big eyes sparkled. She grabbed his arm and kept asking curious questions:

"How is the gourmet exam conducted? Can I do this? Can I really eat all over China if I become a gourmet? Tomorrow you will be a judge, how will you judge different delicacies?"

These questions stumped Li Shuo. He was shocked to find that he had never participated in this kind of food review, so he had no idea what the standards were!

Yoshino Saburo, who was facing the two of them, had finished his work and was free. Seeing this, he interrupted and said, "Mr. Li, I heard that the young lady is looking for a private chef for you, and there may be a result in the near future. If you want to know the judging criteria of the food competition, you might as well ask the chef that the young lady invited."

Li Shuo was moved when he heard this: the last time he came to the food exhibition, Iwasaki Junko said that she would find him a beautiful cook. Li Shuo said at that time that beauty didn't matter, the main thing was that the cooks had to be delicious, but after seeing so many "fat and strong" chefs today, he felt that other things didn't matter, but the cook had to be beautiful.

Therefore, even if I don't want to lose money to Junko Iwasaki, I may have to ask her about this matter...

Of course, in the spirit of a gentleman, Li Shuo would not call Iwasaki Junko immediately in front of Choi Yun-jeong. What followed was still a happy time of tasting food. It was not until dark when the bright lights in the hall of the food competition were turned on that Choi Yun-jeong burped, and then immediately covered her mouth. No matter how Li Shuo "persuaded" her, she refused to eat another bite.

"Oh, stop talking. From now on, I, Choi Yun-jeong, will never eat one more bite! If I eat more, I will be a pig, a dog..."

Being "forced" by Li Shuo, Cui Yunzhen "viciously" swore a poisonous oath.

Li Shuo nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, we won't eat more, but eating two bites is always fine."

Cui Yunzhen rolled her eyes at him and snorted, "It's all your fault!"

"Hahaha"

Li Shuo laughed and pulled Cui Yunzhen out of the food exhibition. The latter said reluctantly: "Oppa, are we going back now?"

"of course not"

Li Shuo shook his head and looked across: "We haven't finished what we came here for yet."

Cui Yunzhen asked in confusion: "Aren't we here just to have fun? What's the matter?"

"Don't you want to see the Japanese national treasure Yohen Tenmoku with your own eyes?"

As Li Shuo asked, Cui Yunzhen suddenly realized, and she immediately asked eagerly: "Quick, I want to see it, how can I see it?"

As he said that, without waiting for Li Shuo to speak, he pulled him and rushed into the art exhibition hall...

Because it was already past 5 o'clock, there were not many people at the art exhibition. But as soon as the two rushed in, they saw Jiang Haoyu walking out of the inner field with Hua Lin and other classmates, and the two sides met.

During the time when Lin Zhonggen took Jiang Haoyu away, the latter naturally found out the identity of Iwasaki Junko, and also had some understanding of Li Shuo's information.

Seeing Li Shuo again, Jiang Haoyu couldn't help showing a look of fear, and just greeted Cui Yunzhen: "Miss Yunzhen, the art exhibition has been closed, let's go back."

Cui Yunzhen was stunned at first, but she believed Li Shuo, and then said: "It doesn't matter, we will be back soon..."

Hua Lin had long regarded Cui Yunzhen as a love rival, and couldn't help but sneer at this moment: "Haoyu Oppa has already told you that the art exhibition is about to close, why are you still going in?

Cui Yunzhen was stunned, mainly because she didn't know how to answer Hualin.

Li Shuo never deliberately kept a low profile, and at this moment he spoke directly: "I am just closing my eyes to you. Please leave now. We want to appreciate the national treasures of Japan..."

Hua Lin was about to say something when he heard footsteps. Then he saw a familiar staff member appear in front of him, followed by several security personnel.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li. We were negligent. The site has been completely cleared and the Japanese national treasure, the Yohen Tenmoku, has been taken out. Please come in and enjoy it..."

What the hell? Hua Lin's face froze instantly. Jiang Haoyu had experienced a similar scene in South Korea. Thinking back on it, he realized that this was China, their territory, so he shut his mouth tightly and didn't act as arrogantly as he did at the food exhibition...

Li Shuo was too lazy to step on these two people anymore, and under the invitation of the staff, he strode into the inner hall with Cui Yunzhen.

At this time, there were no outsiders in the exhibition hall. The glass covers covering the various cultural relics were all taken away, and the beautiful cultural relics full of historical and cultural traces were presented in front of the two people.

"Wow~"

Cui Yunzhen widened her eyes and walked quickly to a cultural relic. A female staff member followed at the right time and introduced softly from the side: "Miss Cui, this is from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty..."

Li Shuo was not very interested in cultural relics at first, but since he came to power, he had never enjoyed this special power, so he walked around the venue with great interest.

The staff member followed behind him and said softly, "Mr. Li, the Yaobian Tianmu is in the center. It is rumored that you brought it back personally. If you want to see it, you can directly touch it..."

Li Shuo raised his eyebrows upon hearing this and said casually, "According to the rules, this kind of cultural relic cannot be handled, right?"

The staff member quickly apologized and said, "Except for you, no one else is allowed to touch it..."

Li Shuo glanced at him without saying much. As he moved forward, he soon saw the "Yōben Tenmoku".

It was originally brought over by Xu Yike, so this was the first time that Li Shuo saw this legendary Japanese national treasure. From a distance, it looked like just an ordinary small glass bowl covered with various spots, and it didn't seem to have any special features.

But after the staff’s explanation, Li Shuo took a closer look and discovered that the spots on its body were like the eyeballs of a living person, giving people a vague feeling of “aliveness”!

It was an indescribable feeling. Only after seeing it with his own eyes did Li Shuo understand why it was described as "as famous as Mona Lisa's Smile", because the two gave a very similar feeling: a smile but not a smile, eyes but not eyes!

Li Shuo was so absorbed in watching this that he spoke after a long while:

"Is this refraction? Reflection?"

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"No, it is more profound than ordinary optical principles. It is a classical craft inherited from our country, but it has been lost to this day. Moreover, even modern instruments cannot detect its exact principle..."

Seeing that the staff seemed to be unsatisfied, Li Shuo raised his eyebrows and asked, "Anything else?"

Ever since the discovery of the "Daughter Fruit", Li Shuo has had a strong curiosity about this kind of traditional mysterious thing. However, he had never imagined that this kind of cultural relic actually contained "mysteries" that were difficult to explain by modern science!

The staff member lowered his voice and said, "It is said that there are three Yohen Tenmoku in the world, but they were lost to Japan during the war and were immediately regarded as national treasures by the Japanese..."

"What the hell? You said the Yohen Tenmoku is ours?"

In an instant, Li Shuo felt deeply guilty for his ignorance. He had always thought that this was a local specialty of Japan, but it turned out to be something from his own home!

The staff patiently said: "Of course it's ours. Its official scientific name is the Song Dynasty Yaobian Tianmoku Tea Bowl. From the prefix, you can tell its age and history..."

"nice one!"

Li Shuo took a deep breath and sighed, but he suddenly felt an impulse in his heart: Such a good thing was snatched away by the Japanese. I don’t know if I can get it back after being reborn!

With this thought in mind, Li Shuo no longer cared about what he had just said. Driven by the strange feeling in his heart, he reached out his hand and gently touched this legendary treasure...

Nothing happened...

Li Shuo waited for about 10 seconds, then loosened his fingers, turned his head and said, "Yunzhen, do you want to see the Yohen Tenmoku? If not, I'll have them clean it up..."

"Yes! I'll be there right away..."

Cui Yunzhen immediately ran over. Seeing her expression, Li Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to hold her back and scolded her unhappily, "This is a museum! Don't be so rude!"

"Oh"

Cui Yunzhen stuck out her tongue, but her attention was quickly attracted by the Yohen Tenmoku...

Although the charm of Yohen Tenmoku was unique and made Choi Yun-jeong amazed, she was a young girl after all, and after watching for a while, she gradually lost interest.

Afterwards, Li Shuo led her out of the art exhibition hall: "Is there anywhere you want to go next? Otherwise, let's go back to Shuoguo Manor?"

Cui Yunzhen has a unique charm that really whetted Li Shuo's appetite. He also changed his cold attitude of "forcing people to sign a confidentiality agreement" and rarely took the initiative to invite the girl when they were leaving.

"Well, this isn't a good idea. Xu Yike just left..."

Knowing what would happen at the manor, Cui Yunzhen immediately became shy. For her, the first time was confusing and she was led into a trap by Xu Yike, so this was considered the "first time".

Just as Li Shuo was about to say something, his cell phone rang. Seeing that it was Junko Iwasaki calling, he pressed the answer button:

"Mr. Li, I'm sorry, I didn't keep my promise to wait for you at the food exhibition..."

"No, no, no, Miss Junko, please don't say that. It was me who didn't keep time."

While eating Japanese food just now, Saburo Yoshino had revealed to Li Shuo the whereabouts of Junko Iwasaki, saying, "The lady was here in the morning and left around noon." However, Li Shuo had promised her that he would come when the food exhibition officially started.

"It's okay. Li Jun didn't make any promises to me at the beginning. It's not your fault... This call is about the private chef. I found that I was too conceited. I told you before that I would find a beautiful cook for you, but after searching for a long time, it seems that the only ones I can find are the servants at home. Unfortunately, they don't speak Chinese. If you don't mind..."

"Of course I don't mind!"

Li Shuo said, "But if I take away Miss Iwasaki's servants because of such a small matter, I will feel guilty. Besides, as a private chef, I would rather find a Chinese. After all, Chinese people understand my taste better..."

The reason is actually that Li Shuo doesn't want anyone like Iwasaki Junko to appear around him again.

Unexpectedly, Iwasaki Junko changed the subject and said with a smile: "So, my choice was right... Although I wanted to give you two maids, I finally decided to ask Yu Nuannuan for help. She has a wide range of friends in Lenghai and recommended a candidate to me. Moreover, the girl used to be a beautiful TV host!"

At this point, Li Shuo could only ask, "Oh? A TV host? How can you be a chef?"

"Because she studied nutrition and hosted a food program on TV, but she seemed to be very ambitious. As soon as her program gained some popularity, she chose to resign..."

Arrogant?

Li Shuo raised his eyebrows: "Oh? So what about now? How is her cooking?"

Iwasaki Junko smiled and said, "Miss Yu has already invited her to the food competition. We will know her strength after she competes in the competition. Of course, if you are satisfied, you can also make some arrangements so that she can eventually get a better ranking in the competition, and then sign a contract with your Shuoguo Manor..."

Li Shuo asked: "Since she is so arrogant, how can she be interested in the food competition?"

"She really doesn't like it, but this woman resigned from the TV station because she wants to start her own business. This business is related to food, so she urgently needs to make a name for herself through the food competition! Well, she also intends to raise funds for her business through this competition..."