CHAPTER 813: CHAPTER 408: HIGHEST PRAISE_3

"It was just an accident," Qin Huai said sincerely. "If I said that before I ate that egg tart, I didn’t expect I would be making tangyuan at Zhiwei Restaurant, would you believe me?"

Tan Wei’an: ?

Qin Huai gave Tan Wei’an a brief explanation of what had just happened, leaving Tan Wei’an dumbfounded and finally showing an expression of admiration.

"That’s awesome," Tan Wei’an marveled softly, "I never thought in my entire life how to flatter Master Zhou like that."

Qin Huai: "...I really didn’t mean it that way."

"It’s amazing exactly because you didn’t mean it!" Tan Wei’an slightly raised his voice, then lowered it after realizing he was a bit too excited, "Do you know how gentle Master Zhou’s expression was when he looked at you just now? When he spoke to you, it was so gentle, not sarcastic at all."

"If it were a normal day, Master Zhou wouldn’t have the leisure to watch someone make snacks for so long if the meat stuffing were chopped like that; he would’ve recommended them to join a film crew as background actors chopping meat."

"Huh? Why a background actor?"

"Because a lot of film crew ingredients are left to rot and can’t be eaten. Such skills are wasted on fresh meat; they might as well chop things that go straight into the trash bin."

Before Qin Huai could express his shock at such sarcasm, Tan Wei’an continued, "Master Zhou hates people who put on an act in front of him the most. Doesn’t Zhiwei Restaurant take in new apprentices every year? Some apprentices think they’re clever and like to play tricks."

"Like pretending to be sick but still acting like they love their job so much, insisting on working in the kitchen with a fever of 38 or 39 degrees. Master Zhou hates those kinds of people the most."

"But Master Zhou, while hating such pretentious people, really likes someone like you who, even when feeling unwell, didn’t intentionally come to work. You were just naturally drawn to Zhiwei Restaurant; you genuinely like snacks. You wanted to come, even if it took feeling carsick and nauseous, just to queue at the door of Zhiwei Restaurant to try the snacks."

As he spoke, Tan Wei’an became vexed again, "Damn, why didn’t I think of such a skill?"

Qin Huai: ...Sounds like you often think of sneaky tricks, Tan Wei’an.

Tan Wei’an continued, "Master Zhou likes two types of people the most: those with extreme talent and those who are exceedingly diligent. Right now, in Master Zhou’s eyes, you’re both extremely talented and extremely diligent, virtually the perfect package."

"Really, even if Su Qian were here, he would be shocked. I haven’t seen Master Zhou this gentle in years."

"And Master Zhou is someone who values first impressions a lot. Why doesn’t Master Zhou like Master Zheng? It’s because Master Zhou’s first impression of Master Zheng was terrible. Even though Master Zheng later changed his mind with actions, Master Zhou naturally had a bias against him, so whatever Master Zheng did, it was still annoying here and there."

"But you’re different; you’re practically the opposite of Master Zheng!"

"Had I known that building an image was so important, the first time I met Master Zhou as a child, I should have quickly started kneading dough instead of asking Grandpa for ten bucks to buy snacks."

Qin Huai nodded thoughtfully.

So... did he accidentally max out Master Zhou’s goodwill?

"What kind of snacks does Master Zhou make best now?" Qin Huai asked.

"Definitely all kinds of pastry snacks. Although Master Zhou is most famous for his boat-shaped pastries, those are quite troublesome and insanely expensive. Usually, only guests on special occasions would pay a high price for Master Zhou to make them; he rarely makes them on ordinary days."

"The snack Master Zhou makes more often now should be the Lion Awakening crisp."

"Why?"

"Nothing, I just felt that when I ate the egg tart made by Master Zhou earlier, I couldn’t really taste the skill in it, so I’m curious to try Master Zhou’s real specialty."

Tan Wei’an: 6

Is this the talent for maxing out goodwill points? He thought that after all he’d just said, Qin Huai’s first thought would be to quickly seek advice from Master Zhou on Finger Skill techniques, hopefully learning some special skills.

But Qin Huai’s first thought was whether he could try Master Zhou’s signature snacks.

Damn, isn’t this exactly the type of snack master that Master Zhou likes the most?

Really, plotting and using all kinds of tricks still couldn’t compare to these talent-type players.