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Wei Yingti's reaction, what Mrs. Elsing was saying to her, and Wei Xili's reaction... Roland felt that he didn't care at all.

She didn't care what they thought at all, she only cared about Melanie.

Melanie's face was white in front of her, and she raised her face to look at Roland, like a little porcelain doll.

Roland suddenly turned around and strode away from Ashley, coming to Melanie.She bowed her head and opened her arms, and just as Ashley had embraced her, she had embraced Melanie in her arms.

"Thank you, Merry! Thank you for doing so much for me..."

"You fool, why didn't you tell me, why didn't you tell me—"

Tears welled up in her eyes, tears of genuine gratitude.

"If it wasn't for Ashley who just came over to encourage me and cheer me up, I would never know that you have done so much for me."

She said while trying to do psychological construction.

She wasn't lying, Ashley came over just now and told her exactly that Melanie and Indy were helping her behind the scenes.

But when Melanie and the others opened the door and came in, Ashley was hugging her.

So at this moment, she had no choice but to describe the scene just now as such:

For the sake of her old friend for many years, Wei Xili specially came to visit her to encourage her, so as not to let the "contributions" of his wife and sister be wiped out in vain, so he came here secretly to "report" these things to her old friend .

She even raised her head and glanced at Indy with reproachful eyes, "Indy too... silently did so much for me without saying a word."

She saw Indy looking at her with the eyes of a strange person, and Mrs. Elsing covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes were puzzled, probably after seeing her calm and composed appearance, she had a "preconceived idea" about herself. "The cognition has been questioned.

There was a voice in Roland's heart saying: Melly, you have to believe, you must believe me!

If it must be said that this is a lie, then this lie is absolutely benign.

She is not a noble person, she never tried to be noble.

But she wanted to protect Melanie, in return for Melanie protecting her.

Melanie's tiny body felt extraordinarily warm at the moment.

She stretched out her arm and patted Roland's back, comforting in a low voice: "It's all right, oh, Scarlett, what's the matter, it's just a trivial matter..."

"I never wanted to keep such a distance between you. But I also want to say that I really appreciate your help and Ashley's encouragement...Merry, I don't want you to misunderstand me because of this."

Melanie let her go immediately, took her face in her hands, and looked at her seriously.

Roland accepted her gaze calmly.

She couldn't tell Melanie exactly what Ashley had said to her just now, but other than that, she had a clear conscience and said nothing.

She even remembered the saying "One can be strong without desire" said by her ancestors.

Yes, she had had enough of Ashley, so she could accept Melanie's scrutiny without fear.She believed that Melanie could accept her signal within a second and recognize her sincerity, thus forgetting the so-called "peachy incident" in the mouths of Indy and Mrs. Elsing.

"Oh, Scarlett, please don't do this, don't be wronged, of course I...of course I believe you! I've never listened to what other people say..."

One word from Melanie's mouth was like a sentence for Indy Vince and Mrs. Elsing.

At this time, Roland happened to be facing Indy, and Indy's indifferent face showed a bit of astonishment, and then showed a trace of anger.She seemed to be saying: You are too good at acting.

Roland also glanced at her indifferently, then turned his eyes away.

Even if Yingti Wei accidentally caught a glimpse of her brother's mind - as long as Melanie blindly trusted her husband and friends, Melanie would not be hurt.

She really hated: Wei Xili, this fool, this fool——

Now she is trying her best to deal with his aftermath and protect his wife, but Wei Xili is like a wooden man, standing there stupidly, waiting for others to accuse him of cheating and adultery?

"Ugh--"

Wei Xili let out a long sigh.

"Melanie, I think Scarlett has a right to know all this."

Wei Xili finally came to his senses.

He finally opened his mouth and continued following Roland's lie.

"Let me tell Scarlett the truth and prepare her mentally. After all, she is going to compete for the title of 'Best Restaurant' later."

——After speaking, I hugged and encouraged me by the way, after all, they are acquaintances, neighbors, and friends for many years.

This "good faith" lie was finally fulfilled, and it was leak-free.

So what if Vientiane didn't believe it, and Mrs. Elsing doubted it? — as long as Melanie believed it.

Wei Xili's face was pale, and he stumbled up.He stretched out his slender arms, wrapped them around, and simply embraced Roland and Melanie.The three of them hug each other.

But this time his embrace did not carry any special emotion, it seemed that the one he held in his left hand was a friend; the one in his right hand was also a friend...

"Yes," Melanie hugged Roland, feeling her husband's firm arms around her shoulders, "There are some things that only the three of us can understand, and only the three of us have gone through so much wind and rain together!"

She suddenly pushed Roland away, turned, and faced Indy and Mrs. Elsing with the most serious posture.It was as if she could abandon everyone in the world for the sake of her husband and friends behind her.

"Indy, you don't know your brother, you don't know Scarlett, and you don't even know what the three of us have experienced together, what has built an unbreakable bond between us..."

However, the more Melanie said this, the more bitter Roland felt.

Does Melanie know?Her marriage, from the very beginning, was a marriage between three people - a relationship that could destroy the happiness of all of them.

She didn't dare to see Wei Xili at all.

He must have dared not look at her at all.

The two of them looked like criminals who were trying their best to hide the evidence, and tacitly avoided the place where the evidence was hidden.

Roland thought sadly: So Rhett was right.She really should go away, as far away from Ashley as possible.

Thinking of this, she managed to squeeze out a smile, and looked at Melanie: "Merry, come on, give me another hug. I'm going to give a speech later—"

She intentionally put on a disturbed look, "I'm feeling guilty, who told me that I'm a woman—"

Melanie immediately gave Roland a big hug, "Honey, you are braver and more tenacious than any man. I can't think of anyone who can do what you can't do."

Roland turned to Wei Xili for the last time, and she mustered up the courage to open her arms to him: "Ashley, my friend, come and give me another encouragement—"

Ashley obliged and hugged her, and she could feel him tense as she did.When they touched, it was like two magnetic poles repelling each other, and they separated with a whoosh.

Then Roland passed Indy and Mrs. Elsing, as if she was a woman who had never made a mistake, and left the women's dressing room with her head raised, heading for the final venue.

As expected, "Tommy's Kitchen" was one of the top ten.After the owners of each restaurant have spoken, it will be time for the final three — New Orleans' only three "Best Restaurant" votes.

Roland took a glance before taking the table. She was surrounded by well-dressed gentlemen.When people saw her coming, they all showed surprise expressions, and their eyes seemed to be asking: Is it impossible for your restaurant to have a male representative?

Roland sat down dignifiedly beside them, and the manner training given to her by the previous level made her tell others clearly: no matter in terms of status or etiquette, she is not inferior to anyone here.

Sure enough, this queen-like temperament made people daunted, and no one even dared to go forward and say hello to her.

"Everyone will get an envelope, which contains the score ranking of the dishes of each restaurant just now after the selection, and also the order of appearance of your speeches later. The higher the score, the later the order of appearance."

In order to show their "fairness", the organizing committee came up with fancy rules.

When the envelope arrived, Roland opened it, glanced at it calmly, and quietly put it on his knee.

Others opened the envelope one after another and communicated with each other.

"Oh, I'm '1', luckily I didn't get out of the competition, just laughed at me—"

"It's hard to say, maybe you will come out on top after a while."

"My side is '4', which is equivalent to...the No.7 of the dish. It's ok, even if you can't get the best, you can go back and give the cook an extra month's salary..."

The restaurateurs laughed approvingly.

"I got number '9'."

"Congratulations, the food and drinks in your restaurant are already one of the best in this city..."

Soon the men collected numbers 1-9, but no one said the number they all admired: "No. 10".

Someone finally realized something, turned to look at Roland, and saw her sitting calmly with the envelope on her lap.The white envelope stands out against the green shimmering taffeta.

This woman—from the best restaurant in New Orleans?

Finally someone had the courage to step forward and ask, "Young lady, did you get the number '10'?"

Roland nodded calmly.

People all had shocked faces.

"So, may I ask you where the cook in your restaurant is hired?"

"Are you asking the chef of the restaurant?" Roland smiled sweetly, her eyes flickering, "It's me!"

A group of men were shocked and speechless.When they all reacted, they immediately began to flatter and say good things about Roland endlessly, but no one really believed it.

They probably regarded Roland as the pet of some restaurant owner who liked to show off, so they were sent here to attend the final speech and selection.

The corner of Roland's mouth slightly raised: She doesn't care whether the men believe it or not, as long as she can successfully get the bonus and title of "Best Restaurant" in the end.

When she was young, the men around her came to the stage one by one, and each had his own strategy in promoting his own restaurant.

Some people spoke well of the judges sitting on the stage, and bragged about the new initiatives of the federal government in New Orleans.

There are also people who bragged about the food in their own restaurant, from the ingredients to the drinks, there is nothing that is not top-notch.

After a long time, the audience in the audience and the judges who were about to vote in the final round fell asleep——

Until Roland, who was wearing a gorgeous green silk dress, stepped onto the stage.

As if a fresh cloud floated in front of their eyes, most of the people woke up, propped up their bodies, and listened intently to what she was saying.

"When I'm in the kitchen, I'm always thinking about what I'm supposed to say when I'm on stage."

"I originally thought that what I wanted to say has actually been exhausted-note, I am actually a chef, so what I want to say has been conveyed to you through the dishes I cook and the wine I mix."

Her words surprised everyone, after all, the host had already introduced that she came from a restaurant with the highest rating so far—the chef of this restaurant is actually a woman? !

Only a few people in the whole hall knew that this was true, Wei Xili and Melanie knew it, Mrs. Munro who was sitting in the last row knew it, and Rhodes, the chairman of the organizing committee who was sitting on the stage seriously Sir also knows.

"So, what else can I tell you?"

Roland stretched out his hand and tapped his temple with his index finger - her pair of green eyes were very agile, her lips were slightly pursed, and her expression was very cute.

The people in the audience couldn't help laughing in a relaxed manner: they could listen to whatever the beautiful woman said.

Roland narrowed his eyes: "After thinking about it, let me talk about my experience when I first arrived in this city—"

Her experience is the history of this restaurant.

She talked about borrowing the small kitchen of the restaurant, and the first time she tried it, it attracted countless inquiring diners, knocking on the small window and asking her if the restaurant was going to reopen.

She said that people would mention the name "Tommy".

She talked about meeting Tony with a wooden leg, and Tony told him: As long as this restaurant can be reopened, it will be as if all the good things in the past are there, and all the suffering will never happen...

When she said this, she could clearly see that some ladies had red eye circles.

Melanie was sitting next to Ashley at the moment, constantly wiping her eyes with a handkerchief, but when Roland's eyes swept over her, she would try her best to smile and let Roland know that she was listening and supporting her.

Indy Vince and Mrs. Elsing originally showed intolerable expressions, as if a woman among their relatives who could cook and open a restaurant by herself was not something to add luster to their faces.

But when they heard the reasons for Roland's urging to reopen the restaurant, Indy showed surprise on her face, and Mrs. Elsing's face became more and more ugly-she was obviously ashamed of herself.

Mrs. Munro sat where Roland could not see directly.But Roland thought that no matter where she sat, she would support her decision.

She never opened this restaurant for herself, but for Mrs. Munro, for Tommy who passed away, for many ordinary people living in this city, and for this city that needs to be revived.

Roland's voice is pleasant and eloquent, and he expresses his true feelings about his journey, which is deeply touching.

Everyone sitting here, whether they are officials, rich people, property owners, or ordinary citizens, cooks, waiters... as long as they have experienced the past few years, they have witnessed the wheels of history ruthlessly crushing in front of them. People, more or less, feel the resonance.

The meaning of a restaurant is not only about food and wine, the owner should not only think about profit, it is about the whole community and the people in the whole community.

Having said that, Roland suddenly paused, and she felt a gaze staring at her. She followed the gaze, but she couldn't see anyone.

Rhett, who brought her to this small restaurant, never showed up from the beginning to the end.

Although she wanted him to witness this moment very much, she was also very clear: without Rhett, she would still be her.

He believed in her: that she could do it all by herself.

"Everyone, if our restaurant is really lucky to be among the 'best restaurants' in New Orleans, our restaurant promises to donate all the winnings to set up a foundation with the purpose of helping disabled veterans and helping them re-enter our community and society…”

As soon as Roland finished speaking, Melanie was the first to stand up.She was tiny and stood up like a stunted teenager.

But she blushed with excitement and clapped loudly without any effort.

Standing on the stage, Roland also smiled at Melanie, thanking her for her almost blind trust.

Many people stood up one after another, followed Melanie, and applauded Roland standing on the stage.The applause became more and more enthusiastic and gradually merged into an ocean.

The judges on the stage looked at this posture, whispered to each other, and felt that Roland had already talked about this. If they didn't award the title of "Best Restaurant" to "Tommy's Kitchen ’, just to deal with disabled veterans all over New Orleans.

But there's nothing wrong with that: Roland's restaurant earlier left a deep impression on all the judges, whether it was food or drinks.And the feedback from the food reviewers visiting the store also shows that this is a restaurant that pays great attention to quality and is flawless.

In the end, "Tommy's Restaurant" won the title of "Best Restaurant" in New Orleans, along with two other uptown restaurants.

All the judges were surprised: None of them expected that a small restaurant sandwiched between uptown and downtown would end up taking the crown.

Roland won a large sum of money, and she ran to Mrs. Munro with the check first, and asked Mrs. Munro to touch it to know that they were not dreaming.

When Mrs. Munro thought of Tommy, tears welled up in her eyes, but when she thought that Tommy would be remembered by the whole city in the future, she smiled gratifiedly, with tears in her smile and laughter in her tears.

Then Melanie also rushed over, hugged Roland and almost burst into tears:

"Scarlett, Scarlett—I didn't believe you wrong! I never believed you wrong."

"Oh, how kind you are, how brave you are, how heart you are... how I love you!"

Melanie couldn't stop her words of praise incoherently.

Roland and Melanie hugged each other, but they were staring at Wei Xili who was slowly coming behind - her eyes were warning this person: Today's crisis is finally over, but in the future, no matter whether it is moving forward , or look backward, they are all better to separate and not meet again.

The fact is indeed true. After Roland received such a large sum of money, her life suddenly became very busy:

She has a foundation to raise.

Besides, since it has the best restaurant in New Orleans, why not expand the operation and open a branch?

Who is Wei Xili?

——When I am busy, I don’t recognize it.