Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

The time went back to 8 o'clock in the morning. Early in the morning, Si Jiawen called Yan Zi and prepared to go with her to witness the food competition.

"Where were you during the second half of yesterday?"

"Hey, sister, don't mention it. I ran into someone from the Gourmet Association and was forced to drink a lot of wine..."

Si Jiawen exclaimed: "No way? Our TV station's iceberg beauty would also drink with others?"

Yan Zi said with a forced smile: "Sister, you know, the so-called iceberg beauty is just that when I just graduated, I felt that I was talented and too proud. Now that I have resigned from the TV station, I have run into obstacles everywhere. Naturally, I know that people have to bow their heads under the eaves."

She paused, then continued, "But I have also improved a lot. Yesterday, I dodged the disgusting-looking Chairman Zhang's strange hand countless times, but in the end, I didn't let him touch me!"

Si Jiawen raised her eyebrows and reminded: "Don't let others take advantage of you, so don't let them take advantage of you, otherwise they will make things difficult for you!"

Yan Zihun said nonchalantly, "Anyway, the competition quota has been approved. As long as I can participate in the competition, it will not be his business in the future."

"Why don't you get involved in his business? I heard that the food competition is hosted by the Food Association. Aren't you just in their hands?"

"In a game that is watched by everyone, I don't believe he can do anything weird!"

Hearing this, Si Jiawen understood: although this girl has made some progress, it is not much.

When the two arrived at the food competition, the competition was just about to begin, and then the problem arose...

"Hey, who are you? Non-professional players please go to the periphery!"

As soon as the two women entered the inner field, they were stopped by the security guard. Then Si Jiawen hurriedly explained her identity as a contestant. The security guard glanced at the list and said expressionlessly: "Sorry, you are not on the list!"

"How could I be missing? I made an agreement with President Zhang yesterday..."

Yan Zi was anxious. It happened that President Zhang and others were sitting in the guest seats at this time. She immediately waved to them and shouted, "President Zhang, here... didn't you promise me that I could participate in the competition midway?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's face turned dark, including Si Jiawen.

Si Jiawen was slandering in her heart: "You silly girl, can you take what you say at the table seriously? And you just boasted that you weren't taken advantage of by others. If they didn't benefit from it, it would be strange for them to help you!"

Others looked at President Zhang with strange eyes: Yan Zi was an oxygen-type beauty who naturally attracted attention. She kept saying "promise me XX", which easily made people think of things like "unspoken rules".

"Wait, wait, this is..."

President Zhang hurried off the stage and looked at Yan Zi with an unfamiliar look on his face.

Yan Zi really had no social experience at all, and she said angrily: "We just had lunch together yesterday at noon, and you forced me to pour a lot of... wine... um..."

Before she could finish her words, Si Jiawen covered her mouth. The latter smiled and said, "President Zhang, right? My sister wants to participate in the food competition. I heard that she submitted an application to your organizer. Can she participate in the competition now?"

In one sentence, it gets to the point.

President Zhang was silent: Iwasaki Junko and Yu Nuannuan were also present at yesterday's drinking party. After seeing Yan Zi, the two women gave him instructions. Therefore, President Zhang agreed to let Yan Zi "join the class".

As for today's difficulties, it was naturally as Si Jiawen expected. President Zhang himself did not take any advantage of Yan Zi, so he was naturally resentful and wanted to take advantage of this beauty.

In President Zhang's opinion: If you just give in to me, say a few nice words, and even better, call me brother, then this matter will be over. I am an old man, and I can't drag you to bed...

The result is the current situation!

After thinking for a long time, President Zhang finally nodded reluctantly, remembering what Iwasaki Junko had told him. "No problem. Our food competition is inclusive and welcomes everyone to participate. However, today is the second day of the competition. If Miss Yan Zi wants to enter the finals, she must participate in every competition from today onwards and get the top three every time. This way, I can give an explanation to all the contestants. How do you think?"

Yan Zi was overjoyed and nodded hurriedly: "No problem!"

Si Jiawen wanted to stop her, but it was too late. Then the food competition officially began. Yan Zi used all her skills to make a steamed sea bass that was delicious and fragrant.

This dish is simple to prepare and can be made delicious by ordinary people, but to cook it to the level of a chef, it really requires real skills.

Yan Zi was extremely confident in her dish. When the results of the competition came out, there was the scene that Li Shuo saw...

She never expected that the masterpiece she had put all her efforts into creating would end up with the lowest score among the 32 participating chefs!

The chefs around her looked at her with eyes that almost spit ridicule in her face:

"Look, this is the female cook!"

"Women, there is no one who can cook now."

"What's the point of being pretty? Can the ingredients jump into the pot and be processed by themselves?"

Wait, Yan Zi had heard a lot of similar voices in the workplace, but at that time she was still a glamorous TV host. Although she hosted a food show, her job was at least high-end. Now...

Just when Yan Zi was feeling uncomfortable, she heard Si Jiawen's surprised voice:

"Dear, why are you here?"

Li Shuo had already told her yesterday about the food competition. Si Jiawen naturally knew that Li Shuo was a judge, so what surprised her was not that Li Shuo was here, but that he actually came to her on his own initiative.

The implication is: Aren't you going to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger to test your appearance? Why are you showing up now?

Li Shuo hugged Si Jiawen gently and said with a smile: "Why can't I come? Have you forgotten that I am a judge of the food competition?"

Since Yan Zi is here, it means that she is already a contestant. It is only a matter of time before she meets Li Shuo, so there is no need to hide it.

Si Jiawen felt relieved, glanced at Yan Zi who stood up, and said to her: "I indeed forgot that Shuo Ge'er is a judge of the food competition, and he seems to know Zhang. How about we ask him for help?"

Yan Zi looked at Li Shuo in surprise, but hesitated and didn't say anything for a while: the result of the competition was not the top, nor the middle, but the last place! This was a serious blow to Yan Zi's confidence, making her doubt whether her level was really that bad? Otherwise, why would she be the last?

Li Shuo also did not offer to help, just like he knew Yan Zi was dragged to Chairman Zhang's drinking party yesterday but did not go to visit.

She is an unrelated person. She may be beautiful and good at cooking, but after all, the candidate has not been determined yet. Taking the initiative to interfere in other people's affairs is a dog-licking behavior. Maybe the beauty likes to cling to the powerful? Maybe she is happy to be teased by a fat old man with a big belly?

If a dog meddles in other people's business, he will end up in a situation where he cannot please anyone! Li Shuo had learned this lesson in his previous life.

The scene was silent for about half a minute. Si Jiawen couldn't stand it anymore and said impatiently: "Hey, Xiaozi, why don't you say something? If you don't take the initiative to ask for help, how can others take the initiative to help you? This is because Li Shuo is my boyfriend. If it was someone else, he would turn around and leave immediately when he saw you didn't say anything!"

"oh oh"

Yan Zi suddenly realized it and quickly turned to look at Li Shuo, bending slightly and said, "Um, Mr. Li, could you please help me check my grades? Um, is there anything fishy..."

"Hey, don't listen to Sister Wen's nonsense. We are all friends, so of course I will help you. Um, let's go in first..."

As he spoke, Li Shuo put his hands behind his back and walked against the flow of the crowd towards the judges' seats.

Seeing this, Yan Zi and Si Jiawen hurriedly followed.

"Good afternoon, Teacher Li, would you like to have lunch together?"

"No, I have something else to do."

"Hello, Mr. Li!"

"Um"

Along the way, wherever Li Shuo went, the participating chefs nodded or bowed to greet him. Yan Zi saw it all and suddenly realized the truth of what Si Jiawen had just said, "You are a judge of the competition."

When Yan Zi arrived at the judges' table, she saw the sponsor Lin Zhonggen approaching her. She nodded and bowed to Li Shuo and said, "You are here, Mr. Li. Let's have lunch together at noon?"

Li Shuo said with a smile: "Of course you can have dinner with Mr. Lin, but no outsiders are allowed."

Lin Zhonggen's expression froze. Since he was treating everyone to a meal, naturally he wanted to plead for Jiang Haoyu, but it was obvious that Li Shuo didn't give him a chance.

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"Haha, how could that be? Although I have a close relationship with the Jiang family, I am from the Lin family after all, so everything is based on the interests of the Lin family!"

This was to get himself out of trouble, so as to avoid offending Li Shuo because of his friendship with Jiang Haoyu. Afterwards, Lin Zhonggen did not mention the meal again, but just asked Li Shuo why he came here at this time.

"There is something here. I wonder if Mr. Lin is willing to help?"

"Oh? You tell me, I'll do whatever you want."

"This is my friend. She participated in the competition today and came in last. Um, can you check her results?"

Lin Zhonggen followed Li Shuo's gaze and looked at Yan Zi, and then he suddenly realized: Yan Zi's arrival in the morning attracted a lot of attention. Lin Zhonggen also knew that she was ranked last, and he even knew the reason for the scoring.

"Well, Mr. Li, you were not here this morning, right?" Lin Zhonggen hesitated and was thinking about his words.

Li Shuo heard the implicit meaning and vaguely understood that Yan Zi had offended someone again in the morning?

But he didn't care about that and pressed, "Just tell me, what's wrong with her grades?"

Yan Zi's heart skipped a beat: No, you're asking someone to do something for you, what's wrong with your tone?

What surprised her was that Lin Zhonggen apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Li, this is not my fault. Miss Yan Zi's words this morning made President Zhang very unhappy, so he gave her the lowest score!"

When Yan Zi heard this, she felt her head buzzing. How much inferior she felt just now, how angry she was now!

"It turns out it's not my fault. That guy named Zhang..."

She looked straight at the stage.

Li Shuo reached out and patted her shoulder, saying unhappily, "Even if your skills are terrible and really at the lowest level, but based on your face, do you think the judges would give you the lowest score?"

His words and actions were extremely rude, but Yan Zi instantly turned from anger to laughter: "What you said does make some sense. I have always been famous for my good looks in the TV station."

This former beautiful host does not seem to be very smart.

Li Shuo was speechless for a while, but he was more and more satisfied with the "beautiful chef", so he directly instructed Lin Zhonggen: "First correct the scoring results in the morning, and then issue a notice in the afternoon saying that there was a mistake!"

When these words came out, the other three were all stunned.

Even though Si Jiawen was domineering, she had never seen anyone change the results of a competition so casually. If she had not been on Yan Zi's side, she would have even wanted to ask: How can the competition be fair and just if you act so recklessly?

Yan Zi had never imagined that Li Shuo's methods would be so simple and direct: Since you are asking someone to do something, shouldn't you be humble?

Lin Zhonggen was embarrassed and hesitantly said, "Well, Mr. Li, it's not that I don't want to agree. You know, we are only the second largest sponsor. President Zhang has Miss Iwasaki's support behind him..."

"I didn't ask you to agree, I just asked you to do it!"

Li Shuo snorted coldly. Lin Zhonggen was frightened and was about to smile bitterly, "You asked me to do it directly, isn't it just to let me operate this thing?" But the next moment, Li Shuo waved to the stage and shouted, "President Zhang, come over here."

Then, President Zhang came running over happily.

Because the judges' seats were higher than where everyone was standing, President Zhang realized that "something was not right" when he ran to Li Shuo, so he squatted down on his own initiative, and it was very uncomfortable, with his head lower than his neck:

"Mr. Li, will you continue to be a judge this afternoon?"

After he finished speaking, he saw Yan Zi standing next to Li Shuo, and President Zhang's expression suddenly changed slightly.

"Did you see anyone? Yan Zi is my friend, what do you think we should do?"

"Uh, it's a misunderstanding, Mr. Li, I'll correct it immediately..."

Chairman Zhang's panicked words were understood by Lin Zhonggen, Yan Zi and the others. However, they were already numb from being too surprised, and they were just wondering:

This Li Shao is really too powerful. In the Gourmet Association, isn't President Zhang the best? How did he do that?

The two were puzzled, only Si Jiawen, who knew a little about the relationship between Li Shuo and Iwasaki Junko, had a smile on her face, looking like she was just watching a show.

"No need for that. Lin Zhonggen will naturally revise the grades and post an apology, right? President Lin?" Li Shuo turned to look at Lin Zhonggen, who could only nod his head in the murderous look of President Zhang.

Li Shuo hates people like President Zhang the most. He has disliked him since the last incident with Choi Yoon-jeong. Now, he even wants to remove this president of the Food Association from his position!

President Zhang naturally couldn't guess Li Shuo's "evil intentions", and could only stammer for a moment: "Mr. Li, I made a mistake in this matter. Well, I apologize to you and Miss Yan... I promise not to make this mistake again. In addition, in the next competition, I will escort Miss Yan throughout the whole process. I promise that in the final result of the competition, Yan Zi will take first place! What do you think?"

Hearing this, Yan Zi almost jumped up with joy: People always like to take shortcuts.

But the next moment, Li Shuo said coldly: "Did I let you go through the back door? As the organizer, you can't even guarantee the most basic fairness and justice. I think you should not be the president anymore!"