Lu the Second pushed the door open and went out. He didn't even look closely and directly asked the tourist who was eating heartily, "Brother, which box of twice-cooked pork do you find delicious?"

Lu the Second was confident in his chef's skills and believed the answer would definitely be...

"The yellow box! Of course, the yellow box is the best. I've already had a second round."

The proud smile on Lu the Second's face instantly turned to confusion.

Yellow box?

Just then, he saw Lu Yingqiu return carrying big and small bags. The girl put all the items into that yellow dining cart.

"Yingqiu, Yingqiu!" The Second waved to his niece, signaling her to come over.

"What's up, Second Uncle?"

Lu the Second leaned close to Lu Yingqiu's ear and whispered, "When you handled the food orders earlier, did you take the wrong box? Our store doesn't have a yellow box. How did that customer say the yellow box was tasty? Could he be colorblind?"

Lu Yingqiu was momentarily stunned. She didn't expect her Second Uncle to associate this matter with colorblindness. She pointed to the cart next door, "Second Uncle, the yellow box belongs to Brother Xiao Chen. At first, people were still buying our twice-cooked pork, but ever since Brother Xiao Chen started making it, everyone lined up over there."

What the heck?

Lu the Second was somewhat incredulous. He moved closer to the line and saw Jia Zhijun queuing up. What was going on?

"Old Jia! Old Jia!" Lu Yongmin shouted loudly, "Old Jia, what are you doing? I invited you to be a judge, why are you in that line?"

Jia Zhijun gave Lu Yongmin a speechless look, "Judge what? Boss Xiao Chen is already the uncrowned king. You should've told me earlier that there was an expert here! Almost lost face because of you."

Bai Pengcheng also looked aggrieved, "Yeah, Boss Lu, if you had said you had such a master at home, why bother with competitions? We could have held a tasting event instead!"

Lu Yongmin was utterly bewildered when he saw Jia Zhijun come out with a portion of twice-cooked pork, and it was indeed in a yellow box.

Hey, don't eat it yet. Why is there a dumpling drawn on the outside of your yellow box of twice-cooked pork?

Is it actually stuffed dumplings?

Lu Yongmin took a step forward and directly said, "Give it to me."

"Old Jia, don't worry. What's going on? Let me have a taste. Could it be that Xiao Chen's skills are better than mine... it's pork belly!"

Jia Zhijun had confidently declared earlier that using pork belly for twice-cooked pork was inauthentic. Now, hearing Lu the Second say this, he grabbed back his lunchbox, "Inexperienced! Who said you can't use pork belly for twice-cooked pork? Do you know why it's called twice-cooked pork? Twice-cooked, as long as it's twice-cooked, it's called twice-cooked pork!"

Seeing Lu the Second's bewildered face, Jia Zhijun felt smug.

"You couldn't have thought only 2nd level pork could make a perfect lantern ridge, right? Let me enlighten you."

Jia Zhijun pulled Lu Yongmin to sit down, served himself a bowl of rice, and began eating while explaining.

Yet, listening on the side, Bai Pengcheng felt as if he was hearing it for the second time for some reason.

After listening for a while, Lu Yongmin took a deep breath, "So you're saying this twice-cooked pork belly is better than my big brother's and our chef's twice-cooked pork?"

Jia Zhijun's mouth was stuffed to the brim, "Mhm mhm!"

Lu the Second took the chopsticks from Jia Zhijun, "Give me a bite."

The chopsticks dove into the lunchbox, and he picked up four or five pieces of meat, which made Jia Zhijun howl nonstop.

Lu the Second stuffed the whole bunch of meat into his mouth.

The fragrance of the meat filled his senses, spicy, fresh, and delicious. The key was... during the eating process, Lu the Second realized that the texture of the green garlic shoots was just right, and the maturity of the pepper was just perfect.

It was because of this that these two vegetables complemented the pork belly, creating a...

It felt as though this dish was meant to be made this way, and in the future, any other ingredients added would make it seem out of place.

After eating this, and recalling all the twice-cooked pork he had eaten growing up, and thinking about his brother's and chef's twice-cooked pork, he realized their use of ingredients now seemed somewhat deliberate.

Lu the Second savored the taste, delighted.

Suddenly!

He suddenly became serious!

'Oh no! Xiao Chen was brought by Yingqiu. So this means, unless I'm mistaken, Xiao Chen is our big brother's assistant?'

'If that's the case, it seems quite challenging for me to win!'

Having been in business for so many years, Lu the Second wasn't the same rural kid from over a decade ago.

The key was, at the beginning, it was Lu Yongmin himself who said that they didn't necessarily have to compete personally and that getting help was also permissible, so he simply let his chef handle it.

Now, having his big brother's 'future son-in-law' take charge seemed perfectly normal, right?

'No wonder my big brother was willing to hand over the plaque to me initially, but suddenly changed his mind. Turns out he has a capable successor!'

Lu Yongmin genuinely wanted to acquire the old brand, expand Lu Fang, and hoped his brother and sister-in-law could live well in Yu City.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent millions preparing a house in Yu City for his brother and even offered half of the shares of Lu Fang to him.

'If that's the case... then it comes down to whether Xiao Chen really has what it takes to inherit our family's business!'

The situation was urgent at the time, and Yingqiu didn't explain clearly, which left Lu Yongmin believing that Chen Mo was the boyfriend Yingqiu brought back. Now, seeing Xiao Chen's twice-cooked pork belly outperform Lu Fang, Lu Yongmin was more convinced that Chen Mo was the assistant brought back to help.

"But the Lu Family legacy requires more than just good culinary skills."

Lu Yongmin turned back into Lu Fang, "Brother, stop fussing."

Lu Yongjun was stir-frying the twice-cooked pork so vigorously that sparks flew from the wok. "What's up? Got results?"

Lu the Second snorted, "What results? We're both working our butts off in this competition, and out of nowhere, a Cheng Yaojin comes along. Go handle your son-in-law."

"What son-in-law!" Boss Lu glared, "That's Yingqiu's friend!"

"Alright, alright, friend." Lu the Second pointed outside, "We're doing a twice-cooked pork contest, and he's also making twice-cooked pork! Now, look, his is better than ours, selling at five times the price! Customers don't eat ours, they all line up for him."

What the heck?

Boss Lu didn't even wait for the meat in his wok to finish cooking and turned off the heat, ready to head outside.

The chef beside him was also dumbfounded.

Where did another expert come from?

Boss Lu walked out the door, just to see the tourists originally lined up at their door seeming collectively moved backward.

His door was empty, while outside the yellow cart next door...

The line was as long as a dragon!

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