Zhang Xu had a bit of a reputation in the DY culinary circles, so when two amateur contestants wanted to challenge him, a crowd gathered to watch.

"This kid is asking for a beating, daring to bet against Zhang Xu."

"Yeah, Zhang Xu's knife skills are pretty impressive, those two kids are dead meat today."

"Hmph, dare to challenge our Blue Sky Vocational School, and watch Big Brother Xu crush them soon."

Listening to people's discussions, Li Fei's face also became somewhat serious, having not expected this tall student to be so formidable.

Zhang Xu stared at Lin Chen and suddenly let out a cold laugh, "I'm very curious, what gives you the audacity to accept my challenge, is your face itching for a slap?"

"Don't you think you're talking too much? If we're going to compete, let's compete, don't try to act cool with me, your face is going to hurt in a bit," Lin Chen coldly interrupted Zhang Xu.

"You, good kid, today I'm going to turn your face into a pig's head," Zhang Xu's eyes blazed with fury as he pointed at Lin Chen arrogantly.

"Who ends up with a pig's head is still up in the air, let's get started," Lin Chen said as he threw up his middle finger at Zhang Xu.

Lin Chen and Li Fei, along with Zhang Xu and another contestant, stood in front of the table, each with ten potatoes in front of them.

"Begin!" one of the contestants who was acting as judge called out.

Zhang Xu picked up a potato, and the knife in his hand spun rapidly, the potato skin falling like snowflakes.

Although Li Fei and the other boy's knife skills were not bad, they paled in comparison to Zhang Xu.

"Big Brother Xu's knife skills are simply too incredible."

"That's talent for you, I could never reach that speed no matter how hard I practice."

Watching Zhang Xu's knife skills, many people whispered among themselves.

"Hey! What's that guy doing?"

Finally, someone noticed Lin Chen's somewhat odd behavior.

Lin Chen held a potato in his hand, but didn't hold a peeler, instead he slowly rotated the potato in his hand.

"Is he trying to crush the potato?" Mocking laughter rang out from the crowd.

By this time, Zhang Xu's side had peeled five potatoes, while Lin Chen's side had only peeled two.

"I fear not the god-like opponents, but the pig-like teammates."

"Could this guy really not know how to peel potatoes?" Laughter erupted from the crowd.

At that moment, Lin Chen finally moved, the potato in his hand suddenly spinning faster like a top.

"My God, what's happening?"

The laughter that had just erupted ceased abruptly as everyone's eyes were glued to the potato in Lin Chen's hand.

Lin Chen didn't use a knife, but as the potato spun rapidly in his hand, the skin naturally fell off, leaving behind a smooth potato.

"How is this even possible!"

The crowd that had just been mocking Lin Chen were now all agape in astonishment.

One, two, three...

Suddenly, Lin Chen had finished peeling all ten potatoes, while Zhang Xu was still left with two to go.

Everyone finally understood why Lin Chen hadn't taken action before, it was because Zhang Xu and the others were peeling too slowly, even after Lin Chen gave them a head start of five potatoes, he still left them far behind.

"Is this peeling potatoes? It's more like juggling."

"Who is this guy? Peeling potatoes and making it look so cool."

A wave of discussions rose among the spectators, no one dared to underestimate this young man who called himself an amateur contestant any longer.

Zhang Xu, holding a half-peeled potato, looked extremely embarrassed; he couldn't have imagined that he would lose.

"You lost," Lin Chen said to Zhang Xu, looking at him indifferently.

"I..." Zhang Xu suddenly remembered the bet they made, his complexion changing unpredictably.

Lin Chen walked up to Zhang Xu and raised his hand.

"You dare hit me? My uncle is the president of the Gourmet Association, hit me and you can forget about continuing the competition."

"Slap!"

Before Zhang Xu could finish his sentence, Lin Chen's palm had already struck him.

"I detest being threatened by others the most."

"You bastard, I'm going to fight you!" Enraged by the slap, Zhang Xu swung his fist towards Lin Chen.

"This guy is shameless, clearly losing the bet and still refusing to admit it."

"Exactly, he's bringing disgrace upon himself to the utmost degree."

Seeing that Zhang Xu got slapped and was attempting to fight back, the onlookers shook their heads in disapproval.

But in front of Lin Chen, Zhang Xu was only on the receiving end of abuse.

"Slap slap slap!"

Ten more slaps landed on Zhang Xu's cheeks in quick succession.

"Stop!" At that moment, a bellow came from the crowd.

A portly middle-aged man squeezed his way through the crowd.

"Who dares to fight and brawl here?" Zhang Jin asked coldly as he rebuked the crowd.

"Uncle, this guy hit me." Zhang Xu, seeing Zhang Jin, couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and quickly covered his face, pretending to be pitiable.

"Utterly lawless, your competition qualification is now revoked." Zhang Jin pointed at Lin Chen and declared sternly.

Zhang Xu smiled triumphantly and said coldly, "Kid, you're not fit to fight me."

Many people around felt indignant for Lin Chen, but no one dared to offend the president of the Gourmet Association, whose single word could disqualify them, so they kept their anger to themselves.

"President Zhang, that's totally unfair. This bet was initiated by Zhang Xu, and he lost the bet. That's why Lin Chen slapped him. What grounds do you have for disqualifying Lin Chen?" Li Fei said angrily.

"Simply because I am the president of the Gourmet Association. Also, your qualification is hereby also revoked." Zhang Jin glared at Li Fei.

Upon hearing Zhang Jin's words, Lin Chen frowned. This person must be the president of the Gourmet Association; his rash decision to revoke his and Li Fei's qualifications without understanding the circumstances showed that he was not a good person.

"With such a president of the Gourmet Association, it's unlikely the competition would be fair anyway. Let's go, Li Fei." Lin Chen snorted coldly and turned to leave.

"Hold on a second!" Just then, a fashionably dressed middle-aged woman approached.

Zhang Jin's expression slightly changed when he saw the approaching woman, and he quickly offered a flattering smile. "Consultant Sun, you're here too. I apologize for the scene you had to witness."

Lin Chen looked into the crowd. Despite being middle-aged, the woman was still very beautiful with well-maintained skin.

And suddenly, Lin Chen felt that this woman looked incredibly familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere before.

Sun Li didn't pay any attention to Zhang Jin but instead came over to Lin Chen: "Yu Fei has mentioned that she has a very capable classmate. Seeing you today has indeed been an eye-opener."

Lin Chen finally realized why he felt the woman looked familiar; she was Zhou Yufei's aunt.

"Hello, Auntie!" Lin Chen greeted her with a smile.

Sun Li nodded and said, "I came here especially to see your performance."

Lin Chen smiled, "You flatter me, Auntie. Don't listen to that brat's nonsense."

Seeing Lin Chen and Sun Li so familiar with each other, Zhang Jin was dumbfounded.

Sun Li was the sister of the mayor, and Zhang Jin had gone to great lengths to invite her over. He couldn't afford to offend her.

"President Zhang, I witnessed everything that just happened. The bet was initiated by Zhang Xu, so it's not inappropriate that Lin Chen hit him. As for Zhang Xu, he lacks the basic credibility and is absolutely unfit to be a chef, so I believe his competition qualification should be revoked," Sun Lina said with an authoritative tone.

"That's right, he clearly lost the bet just now."

"Losing and then denying it, he's truly tarnishing the reputation of all chefs."

Seeing someone standing up for him, many in the crowd began to testify on Lin Chen's behalf.

Zhang Jin's face turned unsightly, but he knew he couldn't afford to offend Consultant Sun, so he wiped his sweat and said, "Yes, Consultant Sun is right. Zhang Xu's qualification is revoked."

Upon hearing Zhang Jin's decision, Zhang Xu could not contain his outrage: "Uncle, why are you listening to this woman and revoking my qualification? Is she your lover? I'm going to tell Auntie about this."

"Slap!"

A resounding slap hit Zhang Xu's face: "You rascal, get out of here."

Meanwhile, on the second floor, a breathtakingly beautiful woman sat in the Attic, sipping her coffee with lips like cherries, quietly observing the scene below.

She revealed a smile: "This guy called Lin Chen is quite interesting."