"Don't snatch, this is mine!"

"Get lost, let me have a taste, just one bite, just one bite!"

The beautiful demon fox judge, her hand propping up her cheek with a smile beaming, watched Shen Qiang holding the microphone, his face a picture of astonishment, and she couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile. Then, she spoke in a voice only Shen Qiang could hear, "Hey, I'm really curious now, are you hiding even more delicious delicacies in your Storage Ring?"

Shen Qiang was startled and looked up at her in surprise.

At that moment, her smiling face was so beautiful it could overthrow kingdoms, surpassing even Su Daji, the legendary beauty known for bringing disaster to countries, in any movie or TV show.

Not only that, her gaze didn't appear to be as unattainable as when he had first seen her, but rather had a somewhat mischievous quality.

Furthermore, she unabashedly used the Secret Transmission technique to speak to Shen Qiang about the Storage Ring, which made him greatly admire her audacity as a Three-tailed Demon Fox.

"There are many kinds of seasonings for gourmet food, do you want to try some?" Shen Qiang replied with a smile, secretly transmitting his response, "Just that, your tail is showing."

In just an instant...

The smile vanished from the beautiful demon fox's face as she stared at Shen Qiang with shock and disbelief filling her eyes.

"Impossible! I used an Immortal Treasure because of my True Body; even a Dao Fruit Stage Dao Lord wouldn't be able to see through my disguise! Even less likely since he only has Foundation Establishment Cultivation! He must be bluffing!"

The startled look in her eyes flashed by, and the beautiful demon fox judge smiled again, "What did you just say? I didn't catch that."

Shen Qiang smiled and held up three fingers, "I said, your tail is showing."

This time, the smile on the beautiful demon fox's face completely froze, and she stared blankly at Shen Qiang, feeling extremely shocked and bewildered.

"He saw through it! How is this possible!"

While she was shocked, totally oblivious to what she was thinking, an idea struck Shen Qiang, who smiled and said, "Coincidentally, I happen to be planning to buy a restaurant. Since Miss Chu Qing likes gourmet food, you can go and try it out later. If you're satisfied, remember to give it a good mention on your tasty map, okay?"

Looking at the smiling Shen Qiang, she paused, "Aren't you afraid of me?"

His response caught Shen Qiang off guard, "Why should I be afraid of you? Are you going to harm me?"

The beautiful demon fox judge shook her head blankly.

Shen Qiang laughed, "Then it's settled, you won't harm me, and I won't kill you. After all, I'm not some silly Taoist who keeps yelling about exorcising demons and defending the faith."

Hearing this, the beautiful demon fox judge couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"A Foundation Establishment Cultivator thinking of killing me? And he talks as if he could actually do it? This must be the funniest joke in the world," The beautiful demon fox judge, her eyes curved in laughter, looked at Shen Qiang, thinking to herself, "This really is an interesting guy."

"You mean to say, even if you know who I am, you would still cook delicious food for me?" the beautiful demon fox judge asked through Secret Transmission.

Shen Qiang slightly frowned and replied, "That depends on my mood, usually I prefer to order takeout, or just find any restaurant."

The beautiful demon fox judge was filled with surprise, "Your food is so delicious, how can you still eat ordinary dishes?"

Shen Qiang helplessly replied, "If someone else is cooking gourmet meals for me, of course I like it, but if I have to cook myself, I think instant noodles are much more convenient."

At those words, the beautiful demon fox's eyes curved with laughter once more.

Just then, the general audience judges who had tasted the Earth Mother's gift, swarmed over.

"Hello, I'm a judge for the public in this competition, and I'm also the chairman of Dinghao, one of Huaxia's top 100 restaurant chains. We've decided to offer you a high-paying job as a food consultant at our company, with an annual salary of a million, and bonuses at the end of the year, please..."

"Hello, I am the producer and director of the Chef God program, and we would like to invite you as a guest to participate in our TV station's program."

"Hello, I am..."

Shen Qiang, instantly overwhelmed by the crowd, feeling their passionate combination of body odor, bad breath, and sweat, had a stroke of genius and yelled, "My agent is the captain of the Dinghao representative team. For all matters, please discuss them with him."

The surging crowd immediately turned their attention to Lv Shuyao's father.

Shen Qiang took the opportunity to slip away.

Watching Shen Qiang hurry off, with a look of 'running away is the best plan', the beautiful demon fox with twinkling eyes transmitted a secret message: "See you at the finals; I'll be waiting for you."

Shen Qiang wanted to say, I am a doctor, not a chef, but at that moment, seeing several middle-aged uncles with excited glances charging towards him, Shen Qiang didn't want to say anything. He dashed out of the banquet hall.

Outside the banquet hall.

The sunlight was intense.

Just as he came out, Shen Qiang's phone rang. He took it out to see that it was a call from Boss Ma.

Shen Qiang frowned. This guy's response was too slow; he had sent a message in the morning, and only now was he returning the call. He guessed that Boss Ma must have been drained of energy by some bathhouse technician last night and had only just woken up.

But to Shen Qiang's surprise, as soon as the call connected, Boss Ma laughed straightforwardly on the phone, "Qiangzi, thank me. Everything's set. Are you at the banquet hall? If you are, wait at the door. The owner of Datong River will come to meet you soon to sign the contract to sell the entire restaurant to you."

Shen Qiang was astonished, "Did you kidnap him?"

Boss Ma was surprised, "No, why would you think that?"

"I just met him, and he didn't seem willing," Shen Qiang frowned. "Now you're telling me he sold it?"

Once Boss Ma heard this, he chuckled, "I just talked with him over the phone, he didn't dare to play tricks. Although we can't compare to the likes of Yaqulou and Ancient Moon Pavilion, our antique street's underworld is quite strong, especially when it comes to cheating, coercing, and forceful transactions; it's our bread and butter."

Shen Qiang frowned, "You didn't kill anyone, did you?"

Boss Ma chuckled again, "What are you thinking about? It's a trivial matter. Not to mention a restaurant worth only tens of millions; if you pay the market price, I can even help you buy a skyscraper in the financial center. I have to go, remember, tonight I'm bringing the guys to spend; you're picking up the tab."

With that, Boss Ma hung up the phone.

Shen Qiang was completely baffled, not understanding how Boss Ma had pulled it off.

But since he didn't kill anyone or kidnap anyone, the specifics weren't important.

As he was thinking, the owner of Datong River hurried out of the banquet hall, followed by Lv Shuyao's dad, who had been made a mess by the public judges.

When he reached Shen Qiang, the owner of Datong River stared at him for a full five seconds and then said through gritted teeth, "You won, Datong River is yours now."

Shen Qiang smiled.

At this moment, standing to the side, Lv Shuyao's dad was stunned and then hurriedly asked, "What did you say?"

"Old Lv, if you want to kick me while I'm down, just say so; no need to play such a hypocritical act in front of me." Glancing at Shen Qiang, the owner of Datong River huffily flung his sleeves and walked away.

Lv Shuyao's dad then looked at Shen Qiang in shock, his eyes wide, "Did you really buy Datong River? For over fifty million?"

Seeing his astonished look, Shen Qiang couldn't help but laugh. Over fifty million and he's this shocked; what if he knew that Shen Qiang consistently made three hundred million a week from Wanxin and Shenghe Chengxin Yi? He'd probably faint.

So the smiling Shen Qiang could only nod nonchalantly and then, an idea struck him, "Quite right, I did buy Datong River. Now I'm just missing a trustworthy head chef. If possible, I would like to offer Uncle Lv that position. There won't be a fixed salary, but you can take ten percent of the restaurant's net profits as a reward."

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