"Really? But I've been cooking for nearly a decade. No one knows better than me how to make this dish. So obviously, mine should taste better," Xia Hankong retorted without showing any sign of weakness.
Neither of them managed to get the upper hand over the other. So they immediately turned to Qin Qiao'er for a decision. But Qin Qiao'er made a bitter face and said she didn't want to answer this question.
However, the two burning gazes were just too intense. After swallowing the sparerib meat in her mouth, she weakly said, "Actually, I think both dishes are quite good."
The air suddenly fell silent. Qin Qiao'er stopped the motion of reaching for the chopsticks. She rolled her eyes at the two men on either side, then forced out a silly smile.
Zhao Youting's gaze was so intimidating that Qin Qiao'er involuntarily swallowed her saliva.
Only then did she realize she had said the wrong thing. So she quickly corrected herself, "Yours tastes the best! Really!"
She wasn't sure if it was too late to say this. Qin Qiao'er started to feel nervous, afraid that she might be punished when they got home.
So she immediately stared at him with her big, watery eyes, hoping that her quick fix would calm his anger.
"Humph!" He let out an arrogant snort from his mouth. Apparently, Qin Qiao'er had really annoyed him this time, and it seemed impossible to soothe him.
But his expression did improve a bit. It seemed that Qin Qiao'er's last words had managed to appease him a little. If she hadn't said that, he might have really taught her a lesson when they got home, just to show her whose cooking was truly the best.
"You've got some sense," Zhao Youting lifted his chin and looked at Xia Hankong arrogantly. "See? The final say doesn't lie with you or me. It's with Qin Qiao'er. So I win."
It seemed that he was deliberately provoking the other man. Qin Qiao'er felt extremely awkward, but she knew what was more important at this moment.
"Fine. It seems that President Zhao Youting's cooking is really the best. I admit defeat," Xia Hankong said. Although he was a bit sad that Qin Qiao'er had chosen Zhao Youting, he knew this was to be expected.
He didn't really care about this outcome. After all, arguing about who cooked better was meaningless. The most important thing was where Qin Qiao'er's heart truly lay. Clearly, he had lost this round, but he wasn't going to give up so easily.
No matter who Qin Qiao'er chose, as long as she wasn't completely with the other person yet, he still had a chance.
He was the kind of person who never gave up easily. Even though he had spent very little time with Qin Qiao'er, once he had set his eyes on a woman, he would never let go!
Zhao Youting was also a bit stunned. He didn't expect Xia Hankong to directly admit that his cooking was the best. Immediately, he felt extremely proud, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"Humph!"
He had won this round, and he was beaming with self - satisfaction. But soon his smile faded. Xia Hankong was looking at him with a disdainful, calm, and composed look in his eyes. The way he was looking at Zhao Youting was as if he was looking at a three - year - old kid stealing a candy from someone else.
Zhao Youting involuntarily tightened his fists. Damn it! What did this man mean? Was he provoking him?
He suddenly felt that his insistence on getting Qin Qiao'er to admit that his cooking was the best was extremely childish. Did this man think he was being childish?
His face instantly turned ashen, and he looked quite unhappy. Qin Qiao'er was in the middle of eating when she suddenly noticed his changing expression. Alarm bells went off in her head, and she started to worry.
What's wrong with this man? Why is he so arrogant? He gets angry and sulks at the drop of a hat... She wondered what she had done in her past life to fall in love with such a man.
She thought to herself, but of course, she would never dare to say it out loud. Zhao Youting was now extremely angry, with a cold and furious expression on his face.
Since Zhao Youting had arrived on the set, he had successfully diverted everyone's attention to them.
But just now, the three of them hadn't really cared about it. Now they finally noticed the strange looks from the others.
Just as Qin Qiao'er was feeling extremely awkward, everyone around was speculating about the relationship between Qin Qiao'er and the two men. After all, these two famous and handsome men were sitting on either side of Qin Qiao'er. It seemed like they were jealous of each other, and this was definitely big news!
"Wow! I didn't expect these two handsome men to be sitting next to Sister Qiao'er. She's so lucky! If I were her, I'd faint right now!" a young girl whispered.
At this moment, her eyes were filled with infatuation as they kept darting between Zhao Youting and Xia Hankong, the two tall and handsome men.
Obviously, she was a bit of a fangirl. As long as a man was handsome and tall, he would have a place in her heart.
"Come on! Take a look at yourself and then look at Sister Qiao'er. Can you even compare to her?" someone beside her mocked.
Even though she had been mocked, the girl wasn't discouraged. She just hung her head and wailed, "Ah! In this world, only those with good looks and figures have a future. Us ordinary people will never get a chance to meet such amazing and handsome men!"
The girl's voice wasn't very loud. Only a few people around were whispering, but in an instant, the whole studio was filled with whispers. Everyone was clearly talking about Qin Qiao'er.
Qin Qiao'er was sitting a bit far from them and couldn't hear what they were saying. But from their occasional glances in her direction, she could guess that they were probably talking about the three of them...
She blushed immediately. Thinking that she, an unmarried woman with two kids, was sitting so close to two unmarried men, it seemed a bit inappropriate...
She immediately gave the two men a helpless look. "Alright, Mr. President and Mr. Big Star. If you have nothing else to do, you should go back first."
"Aren't you supposed to go back to work? Why do you still have time to come and find me?"
She turned to Zhao Youting and asked with a puzzled look on her face. But she didn't know that Zhao Youting had taken her words as a dismissal. She was kicking him out!