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Chapter 87 The Bustling Wangshu Inn

Wangshu Inn seemed to be particularly lively today. When Ruo Jin and his companions first arrived at Wangshu Inn, they were shocked by the huge crowds of people in front of them. There were people standing in three circles around each other. If you didn't know, you would think that something was on sale and the middle-aged women and men were rushing to buy it.

"The Wangshu Inn is really bustling today. Is it because the dragon plague in Mondstadt is over, so everyone is rushing to Mondstadt to do business?"

Xiangling held Ruojin's shoulders, stretched her neck, and stood on tiptoe, trying to look into the crowd. However, there were too many people around her. Xiangling could only vaguely see a temporary platform, and she could not see what was on the platform.

"It doesn't look like they're going to Mondstadt for business. The dragon disaster has only been over for a few days. Even if the news could reach Liyue, it would take some time for the merchants in Liyue to prepare the goods. They won't arrive at Wangshu Inn so quickly. And Xiangling, look, there's not even a truck around."

Xiangling looked around and found that just as Ruojin said, there was no truck carrying goods around. Then why were there so many people gathered at Wangshu Inn? Wangshu Inn was not close to Liyue Harbor, and most people would come here for no reason, and so many people came at once.

This question not only confused Xiangling, but also Ruojin. He just glanced at the people around him and found several chefs who had prepared banquets in Ke's family before.

Logically speaking, most of the people who come to Wangshu Inn are businessmen who go to Mondstadt to do business. Why are there so many chefs around today? Are they here to learn cooking skills from Yanxiao?

Seeing that the people around him were more or less angry, Ruo Jin was even more curious. Did Yan Xiao offend someone? But how did Yan Xiao offend so many chefs? Could this guy have made some strange dishes like Mora meat with sugar, lotus cake with soy sauce, or some sweet Jueyun rice crust?
Apart from this, Ruo Jin really couldn't think of anything else that could make these chefs so angry at the same time.

With a curious mindset, Ruo Jin patted the shoulder of a chef nearby. He remembered this chef. He had prepared a banquet at Ke's house before. The squirrel fish he made was of top quality. Ruo Jin ate several more chopsticks of it.

"Excuse me, what happened here? Why are there so many people gathered here?"

"Who is it? Can't you see I'm annoyed? Get out of the way. Ouch, why is it you, Master Ruojin? Look at my mouth."

The chef who was patted on the shoulder by Ruojin was quite impatient at first, but when he turned around and saw that it was Ruojin, Yuhengxing's younger brother, who was asking him, his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees, and a flattering smile appeared on his face so brilliant that Mona was stunned. The meteors in the night sky might not be as fast as his expression changing.

"Master Ruojin, let me tell you, we came to Wangshu Inn this time because the Northland Bank held a food cooking competition at Wangshu Inn. This food competition has no restrictions on cooking methods. The dishes prepared will be given to the judges for scoring. The one with the highest score will get 5 million Mora."

"A gourmet cooking competition? So simple? Xiangling, someone sent you a Mora."

Hearing the chef say that this was a food cooking competition, Ruo Jin almost laughed out loud. What was this? Just handing Mora to Xiangling? With Xiangling's cooking skills, it would be easy for her to win the five million Mora.

Xiangling on the side was also full of confidence and looked eager to try. It just so happened that she now had a lot of strange ingredients given to her by Sugar. It would be easy for her to win the championship with these ingredients.

"Oh, Master Ruojin, if only it were that simple." As a relatively famous chef in Liyue Harbor, this chef had naturally heard of Xiangling's name. Seeing Xiangling's confident look, he sighed and pointed at the three people sitting on the stage, his tone filled with helplessness.

"The three judges' scoring is not fair at all. It is said that the champion has already been decided. It is a chef from the Kingdom of Winter. The food he cooked is obviously average, but he was given full marks by the three judges. However, the scores of our dishes are very low. We are all gathered here because we are not satisfied."

After hearing what the chef said, Ruo Jin exclaimed in his heart, "Wow!" This kind of behind-the-scenes favoritism also occurs in Liyue, but this is the first time he has seen it so blatantly. Are these guys really not afraid of being caught by the Qianyan Army and put in jail for a few days? Or do these three judges have something to rely on?
"There are only three of them. Why don't you go up and teach them a lesson?"

Upon hearing that there was something fishy going on in the competition, Mona immediately stood up for Xiangling. In the eyes of Mona, who had already been conquered by Xiangling's cooking skills, the five million Mora should have clearly been Xiangling's, but Xiangling missed out on the five million Mora because of the fishy going on in this competition.

That's five million Mora. If she had five million Mora, she could buy several out-of-print books. Thinking about how several books were gone from her, Mona became angrier and angrier. She reached out and took out the Wandering Melody. Damn it, if no one went up to seek justice, then she would.

"Hey, little girl, don't be impulsive. One of the three judges on the stage is the Fatui executive officer, 'Young Master'. Several chefs who wanted to seek justice were beaten up by him before."

"Not only that, some people who tried to reason with them were blocked by the Fatui executive's words, 'The organizer has the final right of interpretation.'"

Huh? The Fatui executive? Would Mona be afraid? Well, she might not be able to beat him, but even though she couldn't beat that young master, Ruo Jin beside her could. Mona, who had seen Ruo Jin beat up various monsters with his bare hands, was very confident in Ruo Jin's fighting ability.

"It would be too easy to just beat this guy up. Besides, there are many ordinary people around. It would be bad if he accidentally hurt others. I have a better way to teach this 'young master' a lesson."

"Xiangling, Mona, the two of you wait for me. I'm going to ask Yanxiao to borrow some ingredients so I can cook them a 'big dish'."

Ruojin showed a sly smile. Xiangling, who was familiar with Ruojin, silently prayed for this Fatui executive 'Young Master' whom she had never met for three seconds. Every time Ruojin showed this sly smile, someone would definitely be in trouble.

"Is there anyone else who wants to challenge me? If not, I will announce the result of the match. Hiccup."

The Fatui who hosted the competition burped. He had eaten a lot of delicacies made by the chefs of Liyue in this competition. These delicacies that could not be bought in a restaurant without thousands or tens of thousands of Mora could now be eaten for free. He was so happy. It turned out that following the young master was more promising than following the lady.

"Wait, I want to do a challenge!"

(End of this chapter)