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"Look at you, you must have had a tough life, didn’t you? No wonder those unscrupulous people, in order to fetch a good price for you, surely fed you lots of feed you didn’t like, right?"

"I see your belly’s full of bad stuff. Hmph, let me help you clean up and guarantee a perfect figure in return!"

"Don’t worry, I’ll make you neat and pretty, definitely no worse than that chicken! What’s that? You say you were better looking than the chicken to begin with? Ugh! Where did you get that confidence?"

Unable to stand Lin Yuan chatting with the chicken in her hand any longer, as soon as the oil in the pot was hot enough, Gao Xuan hurriedly called her: "Boss, the oil is ready, come and fry the chicken!"

Expecting Lin Yuan to come over immediately, instead, she was chatting happily with two chickens and lifted her head dreamily, gave him a glaring look, and said very dissatisfied: "Fry what chicken? Clearly, it’s bath time!"

After saying that, she scooped up the two chickens, which were arranged into a special shape, with a frying strainer and brought them to the stove, immersing the strainer with the chickens into the oil.

Sizzle sizzle!

Meeting the steamed chicken, the hot oil made a pleasing sound, and it seemed like fragrances were assaulting everyone’s ear drums.

Then, the aroma released by the chicken in the hot oil struck the nasal passages, making everyone couldn’t help flaring their nostrils and greedily sniffing the fragrance that spread out.

So fragrant!

At this moment, that was the only thought in everyone’s minds, saliva uncontrollably spilling forth.

Atop River View Tower, a certain unattractive girl was greedily sniffing the aroma of the fried chicken and suddenly blurted out, "Fried chicken, oh, if only there were beer to go with it!"

What’s beer?

He Liansheng rolled his eyes, his opinion of the ugly girl increasing; unattractive and picky, unable to cook but always so choosy. With so many faults, if he didn’t snap her up quickly, wouldn’t she become a scourge to many men?

Once the chicken turned golden brown in the pot, Lin Yuan rapidly fished it out, drained the oil, and began to fry the other one.

When frying the chicken, it was important to not mess up the shape of the chicken. In fact, the frying process was mainly about setting the shape, because this dish was called gourd chicken, hence Lin Yuan had arranged the whole chicken into the shape of a gourd when she "exercised" it before.

Gourd chicken is a famous dish from the Northwest, and Lin Yuan chose this as her finale because she saw the special craftsmanship and the regional flavor of the dish.

After frying both chickens, she then sprinkled them with prepared pepper salt made from salt and crushed Sichuan peppercorns.

She prepared two chickens, one was for the four judges in the big bird nest, and the other was chopped into small pieces to be distributed to the twenty common folk judges.

Having placed the first chicken in the big bird nest, Lin Yuan began dissecting the second one.

The gourd chicken is most delicious when eaten with the fried golden brown chicken skin included, so when dissecting the chicken, Lin Yuan first started with the parts covered with skin.

Because the chicken meat was limited, the portion in each small dish was much less, at most only enough for two bites.

However, two bites were already enough. It’s when one is left wanting more that people feel the taste is just right, a truly delicious dish.

Selecting a sharp small knife specially designed for cutting meat, Lin Yuan glanced at the crowd watching her, smiled, and began her work.

The onlookers only saw the small knife in Lin Yuan’s hands flash brilliantly, drawing beautiful and deft arcs in the air, and the chicken before her was carved into countless small pieces.

As the chicken was carved, the aroma spread even more intensely, and everyone salivated even more, lifting their sleeves to wipe the corners of their mouths.

Zhao Hongsheng watched Lin Yuan on stage with a wistful look, somewhat regretting not having spent money to buy an invitation to participate in this competition.

Cough cough cough cough.

Zhao Hongsheng coughed, accepting the handkerchief Tang Ruyan passed to him and delicately wiped the corner of his mouth, his expression showing a bit of embarrassment.

Tang Ruyan considerately turned her head away. However, Yao Hanai showed her disdain with a twitch of her mouth, thinking what a high and mighty Prince, drooling over a dish, how disgraceful!

Just as she was criticizing inwardly, Tang Ruyan suddenly turned her head, giggled, and pointed at her mouth.

Yao Hanai was stunned, then quickly realized, hurriedly bowed her head to wipe away the drool from the corner of her mouth with her finger, her face flushed red.