Sorry for the delay~
As soon as Teacher Ren took action, he simply and efficiently took care of these six strong and robust big men, causing Lu Xiao to stare stupidly at the scene.
After a long while, when Ren Zhu grabbed a rope to tie these six people together, only then did Lu Xiao finally return to reality. He controlled his electric wheelchair to move forward and unfathomably said: “I really didn"t expect that besides evaluating culinary delicacies, you"re even this powerful at fighting ah.”
Ren Zhu heard these words and smiled. He turned towards Lu Xiao and shook his head: “I am not only powerful in these two areas.” My job is to teach and educate people.
Lu Xiao also smiled with him.
“So, can you now tell me exactly what these people came here to do? In a moment, the police will arrive. I can say that they threatened me to justify my use of self-defence to settle this matter. However, even if it is confirmed that they came here to cause a ruckus and furthermore try to harm me, I estimate that they will only be detained for ten to twenty days and then be released. When that time comes, you will still be tangled up with them.”
Ren Zhu quickly got to the main point. In an instant, the smile on Lu Xiao"s face completely vanished and he seemed to be internally struggling. However, thinking about Ren Zhu"s status and how he helped him just a moment ago, in the end Lu Xiao still divulged the reason why those big men would come to his house.
“Actually, this matter is quite simple.” Lu Xiao sat in the wheelchair, his tone was pretty mild: “My father is Lu Cheng Shan. You should have heard this name before right?”
Ren Zhu nodded: “The star chef list rank 98th 3 star top chef, specialised in Western cuisine as well as Chinese Western fusion foods. I had once tasted the food your father made on a Western cuisine cooking compet.i.tion show. I must say that although I like Chinese cuisine the best, the Western style food he made was also very delicious.”
Lu Xiao smiled. He was very proud of having such a father. However, he quickly became depressed: “My parents were in a car crash and pa.s.sed away. Also because of this car crash, my two hands as well as my leg have been damaged. I am a chef and my hands are both ruined. I feel that I no longer have any joy or desire in life. In fact, I don"t want to burden Xiao Ming. However, when I was abandoning myself in despair, one day approximately half a year ago, Zhao Hu and the others suddenly came to our door. In the beginning, I didn"t know what they came here for. I only thought that they came to demand money or rob us, but as soon as they mentioned the ‘Western Cuisine Records”, I knew that they came with ill intentions.”
“Father recorded some of his insight and notes on Western cuisine into a book. He had often said that this was his Western Cuisine Records, it was the crystallisation of his knowledge in this lifetime. When the time came, he would pa.s.s it on to me and my brother, as well as his disciples. This point my brother and I knew. His big disciple Uncle Lu, that is Lu De Yong, also knew.” At this moment, Lu Xiao"s expression became somewhat pained: “Originally, if Uncle Lu had personally came to our door to ask me for this record book, it would be fine if he made a copy and then returned it back to me. However, I completely didn"t think that he would actually hire people to come and forcibly take it. At the start, I simply didn"t know the reason, but later on I spent a large amount of money to find a detective to investigate him. Only then did I find out that even before my father"s accident, he had already turned to lean on another chef on the star chef list. Even if my parents didn"t have a car accident, this person would also use all kinds of methods to steal the ‘Western Cuisine Records" to give to his new teacher. What makes me feel even more disgusted is that the new chef that Lu De Yong is leaning on is Liu Sheng Li. In order to be victorious, he had previously deliberately told my father that something happened to my mother in order to affect his frame of mind.”
“You say, how can I give the ‘Western Cuisine Records" to this kind of person who bullies masters and betrays ancestors? Don"t tell me that I should let him take my father"s blood, rely on my father"s enemy and again trample all over my father"s reputation?! He is simply dreaming! Even if I"m dead, I will still absolutely not let him obtain it!!” After saying this, Lu Xiao"s mood seemed very agitated. In his mind, Ren Zhu rapidly thought over this matter. If things developed down the worst path, what kind of person would Lu Ming become?
Then, Teacher Ren"s body was covered in cold sweat.
“Indeed, you must not give him that book.”
Lu Xiao finally obtained an agreement and his mood relaxed a lot. However, he soon knitted his brows again: “But the issue is that these people are as you said. Perhaps after ten or twenty days, they will come again. What methods are there for me to settle these people once and for all?”
The ever resourceful Teacher Ren didn"t hesitate to give him a suggestion: “Isn"t this simple? Just memorise the contents inside and then burn the book directly in front of their faces.”
As a result, Lu Xiao"s entire face showed that he was unwilling: “This is my father"s precious blood. I absolutely cannot destroy it.”
Teacher Ren also nodded and then made a second suggestion: “Then, just become powerful so that they would no longer dare to come find you.”
Hearing this, Lu Xiao"s face instantly became defeated and he bitterly smiled. He looked at his hands and painfully said: “…… If it was before, I could strive to challenge the star chef list and become a powerful and formidable person. But now…… there"s no hope.”
At this moment Ren Zhu was sitting on that folding chair, thinking about what to do. He took out his phone and pressed a few keys, then showed it to Lu Xiao.
Lu Xiao saw a photo of an old man on that phone. His heart ached a little but also had a trace of sweetness. He sighed and said: “Lu Ming also always showed me Master Meng"s situation to encourage me. However, my path is in Western cuisine, whereas Master Meng"s is in congee. How is this the same? Furthermore……”
Lu Xiao hadn"t finished speaking, but Ren Zhu knew what he wanted to express: “Indeed, not everyone can become like Master Meng. However, Master Meng could succeed. Why can"t you be the second Master Meng, or even be the person who can surpa.s.s him?”
“Unless, you are afraid of hardship, afraid of failure. You blindly immerse yourself in your former success and other"s praise, living as before in your imagination and not daring to face reality.”
Ren Zhu"s words were very cold and without any affection, practically unmasking Lu Xiao"s self-deception.
Lu Xiao, whose mood just a moment ago was still considered to be mild, abruptly raised his head. His expression became fierce as he roared at Ren Zhu: “What do you know! What do you know!! I am absolutely no afraid of hardship, nor am I scared of failure! I am not scared of anything! As if I don"t dare to face reality! The reality is that I can never become a distinguished chef! At least Master Meng"s hands can still move flexibly, but I can"t even lift up a pan! A person who can"t even do something so simple, how can he become a chef? You tell me! How can someone like you who has robust body understand my pain! You have no idea how hard it is for me to live right now, what do you know!”
Ren Zhu looked at Lu Xiao who was unceasingly roaring and felt that he really did suffer quite a lot. However, even if it was like this, Ren Zhu also did not intend to comfort this person. Lu Xiao should have been consoled so much that this kind of consoling made him think that he could no longer succeed. Now, what this person needed was not consoling, but rather to see the light of hope.
Hence, Ren Zhu did not say anything. He simply waited for the police to come and take away those six men, then nodded towards Lu Xiao and directly left. Sitting in his wheelchair, Lu Xiao looked at the young man who didn"t even say a few words of comfort towards him and silently pursed his lips. See, as expected this person didn"t understand his pain. He didn"t even say a few words of comfort and simply left. Seeing his straight figure and proud att.i.tude, how can he possibly comprehend his suffering?
Lu Xiao lowered his head and laughed at himself, turning his wheelchair back into the room.
At this moment, Ren Zhu had already walked down the stairs of the building. Looking at his watch, he realised that it was already pa.s.sed lunch time. Ren Zhu rode a rental bike from the side of the road, intending to first eat lunch and then directly go to the food market to buy ingredients. He definitely would forget the dinner arrangement with a certain genius star chef in the afternoon at 5:30. He could get by with eating takeout at noon, at night he could enjoy delicious food. Also, he needed to properly think about how he should make Lu Xiao realise that what he needed was not comfort but rather resolute faith that he could succeed and the courage to keep fighting despite continuous setbacks.
Ah, perhaps he needed to give human compa.s.sion. Ren Zhu clucked his tongue. No good, he can"t give human compa.s.sion. It"s better to leave this to Lu Ming himself to give.
Consequently, in the afternoon, Teacher Ren returned to Zhenxiu Inst.i.tute. As this was only the first day after he had recovered, the headmaster very understandingly let him temporarily stop cla.s.ses for three days to rest well. Hence, this afternoon Teacher Ren very leisurely walked into his office and put the purchased ingredients into the fridge. He then found a student to call Lu Ming to his office.
When Lu Ming entered the room, his face was full of precaution. He gloomily looked at Ren Zhu as though he were a treacherous and murderous piece of sc.u.m, a big repulsive villain.
Regarding his students, most of the time Teacher Ren was warm like a spring breeze. His hands propped on his office desk, he looked at Lu Ming and revealed what he believed to be a gentle smile: “This morning I went to your house.”
Lu Ming immediately reacted like a startled cat: “What did you come to our house for?! Our family doesn"t have any money!”
Teacher Ren"s smile became stiff. How come it seemed like he was the villain who entered their house to rob them? Consequently, Teacher Ren expressionless said: “I only returned the money you gave me to your brother. Then I happened to see a big play. I helped your brother take care of a few bad people who came to your house, that"s all.”
After Lu Ming was startled, he quickly restored his calm. However, he expression when he looked at Ren Zhu was still full of distrust: “How can you have any good intentions? Also, how come those bad people coincidentally appeared when you went over? Did you collude with them? How is it possible for you to single-handedly defeat several people? Could it be that you want my father"s ma.n.u.script?”
Teacher Ren heard these questions come one after another and thought that sure enough, this kid"s brain functioned very well. However, he sounded very paranoid. Forget it, it wasn"t his fault. Blame this miserable world.
“See for yourself.”
Teacher Ren took out and showed the video on his phone. It was taken at the time when the police came to take away those six big men. After Lu Ming saw the video, for a split second his face had a fl.u.s.tered expression. Obviously he recognised Zhao Hu and the others. When he saw that they were taken away by the police, the precautions that Lu Ming had towards Ren Zhu finally dissipated a lot. However, he still looked at Ren Zhu with suspicion: “…… Why did you go over to my place?”
Ren Zhu sighed: “Didn"t I say it already? Return money. Otherwise after a few days you two brothers would need to sleep on the streets.”
Lu Ming bit his lower lip, his face full of stubbornness: “I have my own methods to make money. You can keep the money I gave you, so long as you don"t forget your promise.”
Teacher Ren again revealed what he thought to be a gentle smile: “Previously I was just testing you. I am not lacking money, why would I want yours? Now I can confirm that you were sincerely looking for methods to help your brother. Moreover, as a culinary connoisseur, I also feel that your brother"s situation is very unfortunate. He could originally become an outstanding Western cuisine chef. Hence, I have decided to help you tackle this problem.”
Lu Ming instantly raised his head and heard the teacher who he had previously labelled as a sinister cunning hypocrite in his heart say: “As long as your performance can stay in the top 3 of the grade in this semester, I will recommend you over to Chef Song free of charge.”
Lu Ming was suddenly blank. He simply did not dare to believe the words he just heard. When he finally couldn"t help but stammeringly want to ask if this was true, he again saw the young man opposite him reveal a smile, once again saying:
“In addition, if you are willing to pull down your face and follow me just once, perhaps I can find a method to let your brother pull himself together even faster.”
Lu Ming stupidly stared rooted to the spot. After a long while, he fiercely reacted: “What kind of method do you have! No matter what kind of method, so long as you are willing to tell me, I am willing to do anything!!”
Seeing the young man who suddenly looked like he had been injected with chicken blood, Ren Zhu smiled: “This afternoon at 5:20, come and find me.”
Then, at 5:30, Chef Yin was wearing his chef"s outfit, holding his shoulder and stretching his long legs. His face was indifferent as he leaned on the wall of his cla.s.sroom, seeing the cla.s.sroom door being pushed open. The man whose handsome appearance very much agreed with his aesthetics, and recently even his temperament started to agree with his tastes, came in carrying ingredients with a beaming smile on his face.
Yin Feng stood up straight and was just about to say something when his expression suddenly became cold.
Lu Ming first blankly followed behind Ren Zhu. He completely didn"t understand. It was already the end of school, what were they still doing here? When he saw the young star chef in the cla.s.sroom whose face was cold as though he wished to freeze everything in his surroundings, even if Lu Ming felt that he feared nothing under the skies, he still trembled and was frozen to the spot.
Lu Ming: …………………….. I have a particularly bad premonition! QAQ!
Haha Yin Feng wants his alone time with Ren Zhu~