His voice sounded very serious, which made Yuan Xiaoxu involuntarily quiet down. He pursed his lips and walked to Yan Yincheng's side. Then he said timidly, "Daddy..."
"Daddy can agree to let you go and visit the tasting stand."
Yuan Xiaoxu's face lit up with joy. But then Yan Yincheng continued, "But you can only look and not eat. Seafood is not easy for little babies to digest. Eating too much of it will make you sick and hospitalized. So, can you do it?"
Only look and not eat? This is too difficult for the baby!
"Yuan Xiaoxu, you need to learn to control your inner desires. If you can do it, Daddy will give you a gift you never expected."
For that gift, Yuan Xiaoxu turned to look at the tasting stand. He said aggrievedly, "Okay, Xuxu will only look and not eat."
"Yuan Xiaoxuan." Yan Yincheng called out. Yuan Xiaoxuan immediately replied, "Daddy, Xuanxuan is here~"
"You're the older brother. You're responsible for keeping an eye on your younger brother and making sure he doesn't eat things randomly. Can you do it? If you can, Daddy will also give you an unexpected gift."
Yuan Xiaoxuan's eyes lit up. "Daddy, Xuanxuan can!"
So, the two little ones held hands and happily ran towards the tasting stand!
The scene of the two of them teaching the kids was also captured by the live - broadcast camera!
The viewers in front of the TV were simply melted by the two cute and well - behaved kids who looked exactly the same. Countless people called the TV station to ask who these good - looking and kid - teaching parents were. Some people even wondered if the two babies were child stars specially invited by the TV station. There were also requests for the TV station to give the two kids dedicated camera time, as everyone wanted to see if Yuan Xiaoxu could really be obedient and only look and not eat.
Noticing that the ratings were rising steadily, the director in charge of live - broadcasting this episode of the competition made a prompt decision after learning the reason behind the soaring ratings. "Give the camera to the two kids throughout the whole process of the public jury session. They're the ratings hit of this episode!"
Not to mention the viewers in front of the TV, even Xie Shi, who was hiding backstage and closely monitoring the audience seats, was eager to rush up, hug and kiss the two little ones.
At the tasting stand, following the instructions from the organizer, the host walked up to the two kids very sensibly and stopped them.
"Wow, I didn't expect that our competition site would welcome two very special public jurors! Hello, kids. May I ask what your names are and how old you are?"
Yuan Xiaoxuan stopped walking, looked up at the host, and replied very politely, "My name is Yuan Xiaoxuan. I'm three and a half years old."
"My name is Yuan Xiaoxu. I'm also three and a half years old!" Yuan Xiaoxu followed up.
"Wow, the kids are only three and a half years old!" The host was about to be melted by them. His tone softened involuntarily. "You're so amazing! You can join the public jury at only three and a half years old, which means you must have eaten a lot of delicious food, right?"
"Of course!" Yuan Xiaoxu put his hands on his hips and puffed out his chest. "The food my mommy cooks is the most delicious in the world. No one can compare!"
The other public jurors and the contestants on the scene all burst into laughter.
"Sure enough, kids say whatever comes to mind. The kid actually praises his mommy as the best in the world."
"Don't say that. When I was a kid, I really thought the food my mom cooked was the most delicious in the world."
"Exactly. 'Mom's cooking' can be said to be the most sacred white moonlight in the hearts of many adults. No matter how far you go or how much delicious food you eat, what you miss the most is still this. I think the two kids are right."
The host asked the two kids with a big smile, "Really? Then I'm really looking forward to your scores for the works on the scene and your selection of today's champion!"
Yuan Xiaoxuan shook his head and said, "Uncle, you're wrong. We can only look and not eat. Because Daddy and Mommy said that little babies can't eat seafood. It will make our stomachs hurt."
Yuan Xiaoxu gave a pitiful look at the delicious food on the table and nodded too. "Yes, only look, not eat."
Everyone laughed again in unison. The contestants heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, if the two kids were really allowed to score, they would really be a bit unconvinced.
Maybe knowing that the two kids were ordered to only look and not touch, the public jurors, with the intention of teasing the kids, made extremely exaggerated expressions while eating as the two kids walked to the tasting stand. They said,
"Wow, this crab meat is so fragrant and tender! It's so delicious~"
"And this big lobster is cooked just right. You can't smell any fishy smell at all. It's amazing!"
"Well, this abalone is fresh and juicy. It's really a pity that you kids can't eat it!"
Yuan Xiaoxu was about to cry out of anger.
The baby is so hungry! Why are these uncles and aunts so mean!
The camera closely followed the two kids. Yuan Xiaoxu's expression of drooling but trying hard to endure, with his big eyes full of grievances, was frantically screenshot by the viewers and made into all kinds of emoticons.
Like "The kid next door is drooling with envy"!
And "How could you bully the baby"!
Yuan Xiaoxuan was much calmer. He tried hard to hold Yuan Xiaoxu back and comfort him. His helpless expression while trying to reason with him was also made into various emoticons.
Such as "The baby has a headache"!
And "The baby frowns and realizes that things are not simple"!
Finally managing to resist the temptation of the delicious food, the two kids finally held hands and escaped from the tasting area and returned to the audience seats. As soon as he saw Xu Zixi, Yuan Xiaoxu threw himself into her arms and cried,
"Mommy, you promised the baby that you would cook a lot of delicious food for the baby tonight! Wuwuwu!"
Xu Zixi was almost laughing to death at the performance of the two kids. She hugged Yuan Xiaoxu and comforted him. "Okay, okay. Mommy promised you and will never go back on her word~"
This scene was naturally captured by the camera too.
The viewers still remembered Yuan Xiaoxu's words "The food my mommy cooks is the most delicious in the world". So the camera gave her several close - ups on purpose. The director also asked the post - production staff to put subtitles next to it, "Is this fairy really a hidden master in the culinary world?" This really piqued the viewers' curiosity.
The fifty viewers on the scene gave preliminary scores to all the competing works on the scene after the tasting. Soon, the works that advanced to the third round were selected according to the scores.
The host stepped onto the stage and said, "Next, let's give a warm round of applause to welcome the final judges of this competition - Mr. Jiang Changan, a 3A - level chef from Haicheng International Hotel, the organizer of the event, Mr. Wu Xiong, the president of the Haicheng Chef Association, and Haicheng..."
Following the host's announcement, one after another man in a suit walked from backstage to the stage.
"Before we invite out the gold - medal chef Xie Shi, there's also a mysterious guest in our public jury who is as famous as the gold - medal chef Xie Shi. Guess who this guest is?"
On TV, the director just had a big question mark put in the middle of the screen and didn't show any shots of the audience seats, which really whetted the viewers' appetites.
At this time, a staff member quietly walked up to Xu Zixi and showed her the judge's certificate in his hand. Xu Zixi never expected this to happen. She immediately looked at the people around her and exclaimed in surprise, "The mysterious guest is me?"