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The back courtyard of the Fuman Building had ready supplies of pork delivered, but because Lin Yuan and Bai Er needed the entire pig, Shopkeeper Liu had the apprentice hurry to Pork Rong’s to bring back all the other parts of the pig as well.

Laid out on the table were the pig’s head, ears, tail, pork, and even the heart, liver, and large intestine.

Bai Er’s eyes darted greedily across the table, and he could hardly contain himself as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation.

With a chuckle, Lin Yuan shook her head, "How about you pick first?"

Bai Er’s eyes lit up, then he shrugged "gallantly", "No, no, there’s so much here. Let’s pick together."

Picking together was indeed quite fair, so Lin Yuan didn’t object.

Shopkeeper Liu looked at them and said, "Begin," and Bai Er, as if his feet were greased, excitedly dashed toward a plate in the center of the table.

Just as he was about to reach for something from the plate, a pair of chopsticks flew out of nowhere, landing at the same time as Bai Er’s hand.

Bai Er’s hand grabbed the edge of the plate.

The chopsticks, however, landed precisely on the meat in the center of the plate!

To be precise, it wasn’t meat, it was...

"The large intestine?!"

Seeing that both had simultaneously chosen the dirtiest and most disgusting part of the pig, a deafening scream erupted in the hall.

"My God, my God, how can you eat that thing?"

"Hey, cover my eyes, I feel like vomiting just from seeing that!"

Of course, Lao Fan, who had been eagerly anticipating this moment, was the most reactive. He stood up from his stool in shock, anger, and urgency, "What is that? What is that? Did you two conspire together to embarrass me? No, no, I refuse to eat the intestines. I don’t want to eat shit, not shit!"

Meanwhile, the faces of the two who had both chosen the pig’s large intestine were absolutely triumphant.

Bai Er was first startled and then delighted, "I didn’t expect this, you’ve got quite the taste too! Heh, heh, we both chose this thing. This isn’t a competition about who can make the tastiest dish, it’s clearly about who can make the stinkiest, most disgusting dish! Haha. Great, this is fun!"

With that, Bai Er even began clapping his hands cheerfully.

Compared to Bai Er’s Schadenfreude, Lin Yuan was incredibly calm. She had actually already thought of this when Bai Er had suggested using pork for the dishes. And the moment Bai Er agreed so readily, she had seen through Bai Er’s intention of choosing the large intestine to embarrass her.

So, Lin Yuan deliberately had Xia Zheng toss the chopsticks at the moment Bai Er was about to succeed.

Spot on, neither too early nor too late, just in time to choose the plate of large intestine at the same time as Bai Er.

Now, with both having selected the same ingredient, and the ingredients being the same, it was time to see whose skills were superior.

"Huh, they actually chose the same thing. Now this will be interesting to watch," Xia Zheng leaned back in his chair with ease, comfortably crossing his legs and now, he was the one reveling in the forthcoming spectacle.

Lao Fan, however, made a bitter face, adamantly demanding to choose again and even stood up, insisting on throwing that plate of large intestine away to the back courtyard.

Xia Zheng caught hold of Lao Fan, whispered a few words into his ear, and his eyes initially brightened, but then, his face turned back into a bitter melon, "I don’t believe it! You always trick me, none of you are good kids anymore! You are getting worse and worse!"

As for Lao Fan’s accusations, Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng had heard so much these past few days their ears were almost calloused.

Lin Yuan fiddled with her ear, looking helplessly at Bai Er, "What should we do, the judge is unhappy. Should we change the ingredient?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Er instantly bristled, jumping up, "No way, no way, we’ve picked it, how can we change it now! Let’s do this one! The judge is reluctant, right? Fine, we’ll change the judge!"

Having said so, he pointed at Shopkeeper Liu, "You do it!"

If it had been any other time, Shopkeeper Liu would have fought to be the judge. But this time, he was supposed to eat that stinky thing! Shopkeeper Liu’s eyes widened as he shook his head and backed away, "No, no, I don’t want to eat that either!"

Bai Er rolled his eyes, "Look at how scared you are!"

He then pointed at several other people in succession to be the judge, and as expected, not one of them was willing.

As Bai Er was scratching his head in frustration, Lao Fan suddenly raised his hand with a pained expression, clearly reluctant, "I, I’m willing."