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Top Chef's final takes place on Friday.Adam left Alimentum on Sunday night, a week early, to begin five days of recording.

To go to the pre-set place by the program group, Adam has to take the overnight train to Aberdeen first, and then change to another train there.Finally someone came to pick him up to his destination.Adam was at a loss as to what was about to happen.

When the train slowly drove out of the station, the wide coastline slowly unfolded in front of him like a scroll. When Adam saw the sharp ridges of Scotland and the pale yellow grassland under the white snow, he suddenly understood the intention of the program group.

Last night, the show booked him a single berth on the Caledonian train.Adam finds a letter addressed to him in his room:

"Mr Adam Buchan, welcome to Scotland. We believe that the three finalists are talented chefs - your cooking skills are impeccable, so testing your skills will no longer help us pick the top Winner of the Chef Career Competition. Now we want to see your creativity. We hope you will come up with a banquet dish for us that best represents the United Kingdom, using local ingredients."

It was pitch black outside the window last night, and I couldn't see anything.Adam fell asleep to the never-ending rocking of the train.

Now the rising sun is blocked behind the gray clouds, radiating light threads like tassels, printing the bright gray-blue sea.The land is full of ice and snow, and occasionally yellow heather and grassland can be seen under the snow.Not far from the railway track, a group of light brown highland yaks stood in place, watching the speeding train without moving.Adam lay prone behind the window and stared at the group of tall animals, thinking they saw him.

He had left the metropolis of London for a world of heather and highland yaks.Humans occupy only a tiny piece of territory here.There is no city here, only mountains and coasts, and even the small towns here look extremely cold because they are on the coastline.

Adam was born here, and moved to London with his adoptive father when he was six years old, never to return.He had thought Scotland seemed a strange place to him.But this kind of scenery reminded him sporadically of some memory fragments.The scenery in the clip gradually overlaps with what you see in front of you——Adam has seen such a scenery before.

The radio announcer announced the platform one by one, with a peculiar accent.The accent also made him feel friendly.

"Where are you from?" Adam asked the cameraman who was following him. He was sitting opposite Adam at the moment, looking at the scenery outside the window just like Adam.

"To the west," he replied. The cameraman rarely spoke, but as soon as he spoke, Adam knew that he was also Scottish. "I said you may not know the Isle of Borena, but do you know the Outer Hebrides? "

Adam was annoyed that he didn't know Borena Island.He has been to so many places and knows the islands of so many countries like the back of his hand, but he knows nothing about his birthplace.His memory of Scotland is weak, he doesn't remember the weather here, and he doesn't know what the people like to eat here, let alone what kind of ingredients are produced here.

Adam said with some embarrassment: "I have never been there, would you like to tell me about it?"

The cameraman shook his hand, telling Adam not to worry, "It's a small place. There were only 2001 people living in it in 100. It's normal if you don't know it. And the traffic is very inconvenient. We completely rely on ferries there - there are only 4 people a day. There are [-] ferries. But we have the purest white sand beach. Every year, many couples go there to take wedding photos.”

They chatted for a while about the scenery on the island, and it was just after nine o'clock.Adam's cell phone rang on the table, indicating that there was a text message.Adam smiled apologetically at the cameraman again and looked down.

[Stranger: Adam, good luck. ]

The sender has no signature and is not in the saved contacts—Adam thinks that Hong Rui did not take the initiative to give his phone number, so Adam did not save Hong Rui's private number in the phone.But that string of numbers has long been engraved in his heart.

Adam recognized at a glance that it was Hong Rui's number.He exclaimed in a low voice, "Yeah", and joy filled the corners of his eyes and brows.

Looking at his expression of surprise and joy, the cameraman leaned back knowingly and looked out the window.The cameraman doesn't have to guess, only a sweetheart's text message can make people show such a sweet smile.Adam didn't hide his joy. He pursed his lips and smiled at the cameraman. He lowered his head and held the phone to read the text message again.

When the program crew filmed the scene of Adam leaving last night, it was past the off-duty time of the experimental kitchen upstairs.He kept looking up the stairs, Little Jane and Ting Nuo came to bless him and see him off, but Hong Rui never showed up.

Adam was a little disappointed and felt that this was the way things were supposed to be, so he wasn't depressed.

He has worked very hard recently. He has almost read Hong Rui's work records over the past few years, and he has memorized all the knowledge firmly.At first, Ting Nuo would jokingly test Adam, but later Hong Rui occasionally asked Adam questions.Hong Rui seemed satisfied with his efforts. Even if Adam didn't answer completely, Hong Rui would correct him kindly, and the expression on his face was no longer as tense as before - when they returned to the pure teacher-apprentice relationship, Hongrui's attitude towards him also gradually became casual.

While enjoying such treatment, Adam secretly made up his mind that after he won the championship, he would pick a better time to invite Hong Rui to dinner.

Now he finally got Hong Rui's text message of congratulations - this seems to be a good start.

Adam grinned happily for a while, then checked the time again, it was exactly [-]:[-].Adam couldn't help shaking his head, feeling amused and helpless.This is the moment when the test kitchen is just getting started.Even when sending a private text message, Hong Rui deliberately chooses to send it during working hours, as if there is still only pure work contact between them.

However, this also means that Hongrui allows Adam to have his private number.Adam happily but carefully kept the number and put it in Hong Rui's name.

He has pronounced this name countless times, "HENRI..." He pressed the words one by one, deliberately typing slowly, for fear of misspelling the unique word Hongrui Dukas.The name squeezed into his life bit by bit as he entered it - now they finally had a formal contact.

[Adam: I will not let you down, Hong Rui.Thank you ^_^]

Adam sent this message.

The car arrived at the stop soon, and Adam did not expect that his destination was Dunnott Castle (*Note [-]).And the person waiting at the gate of the castle turned out to be his adoptive father Martin.

Adam trotted over to hug his adoptive father tightly.Since Martin handed over the designated shop to Adam, Martin moved back to Yorkshire to live with his relatives in a village.They haven't seen each other for months.

Adam let go of the embrace.The sea breeze was rushing, and Adam had to raise his voice: "Why are you here?"

Smiling, Martin pointed to the ruins of the black castle that almost merged with the cliff and said, "I thought you might want to know, Adam, this is where your parents got married."

The edge of the white snow is a sharp black cliff.Dunnott Castle is guarded on the protruding horn, with the white coastline stretching out on its two wings behind it, and the dark sea water under its feet, everything is as clear as a black and white photo.

They walked towards the castle stepping on the snow.With every step, the soles of the shoes will make the sound of snow being trampled.There is no sound, only the whirring of the sea breeze, creaking footsteps, and the occasional "quack" bird song.

Martin led the way ahead, turned his head to Adam frequently and said, "Adam, you were born in Aberdeen, but your father, Will, was born in Stonehaven, the nearest town. Many people born here never leave Scotland in their lives. Will is different. He always wanted to leave and see the outside world. To this end, he joined the Royal Navy and traveled around. He was in Arbor on one of the holidays. met your mother Anne near Port Dean. He ended up settling in Aberdeen for her - that's where you were born. But every few weeks Anne would see him off at Port Aberdeen, and Anne would Greet him back at the same port. When Will was young, this castle was his favorite walk. He thought it was like the end of the world. So he chose to hold his wedding here."

Martin walked up the steps connecting the castle and explained to Adam, "There are 272 steps in total, and this is the only way to go up to Lulian Island. When they left, your father carefully supported your mother, and they walked along Going down the steps and going up again is like walking through the troughs and peaks of life."

They walked up the long steps, turned a corner, and saw a white open space before them, and everything suddenly became clear.The land was much larger than Adam had imagined.

Martin held Adam's hand and explained the history of the castle and the wedding arrangement to Adam.Adam imagined that the summer was sunny and sunny, the clouds were soft, the mountains and rivers were lush, and the sea was calm.His father wears the family's red and green plaid kilt (*note [-]), and his mother wears a long white dress and veil.They face each other with their right hands clasped together.The witnesses tied their clasped right hands tightly in their vows, symbolizing that the blood will never be separated.

Finally, Martin took Adam's hand and stood on the edge of the castle, looking at the endless dark blue.At their feet were craggy cliffs, chipped rocks lurking in the sea.Golden-red rays of light leaked from the deep black clouds in front of them, beams of intense light illuminated the blue-black sea water in the distance like searchlights, as if lava was burning on the sea surface.

Their surroundings, compared with such a strong light, almost fell into shadow.It's the end of the land—the end of the world.That distant place was shining, like a mysterious new world-it was the beginning of another world, calling him to go.

Suddenly, a frightened seabird flew past them, and there was a sound of flapping wings, and a row of black dots flew towards the surface of the sea.

Such a scene touched Adam deeply, as if something inspired him.He was full of joy, and a wonderful sense of freedom filled his body.

He likes it here, the landscape is lonely and magnificent.The cold and the wind can't affect his love at all, it's as kind as an old friend.Walking here is like coming home.Adam once thought that his dream of traveling around the world originated by accident, but after learning about his father's story, he realized that it was genetic.

All the present begins with the traceable past, and it is impossible to understand the present and the future without knowing his past.Adam thought so, he had already figured out the direction of the menu.

*Note [-]: Dunnottarcastle is located in the northeast of Scotland, south of Aberdeen.It is the second most important castle in Scotland (after Edinburgh Castle).It is a very well preserved ruin.The castle is also of great historical significance to Scotland because it survived England's eight-month siege and kept the Scottish crown and scepter.Disney's cartoon Brave also used this castle as a prototype.

*Note [-]: Kilt is Kilt, traditional Scottish clothing.It's just that the Scots don't like to call it a kilt.The wedding of Adam's parents was Celtic.