6:30 PM.

Everything in Delicious Restaurant was sold out.

The customers who stayed for dining were leaving one by one after finishing their meals.

"Boss Huang, I’m heading back now, take care! See you tomorrow!"

"Today’s dishes were really delicious too! The taste was as amazing as ever. Of all the places I’ve eaten at over the years, even if it’s not a hundred, at least fifty or sixty places, only your cooking has this consistent flavor, Boss Huang."

"Exactly, exactly. Only the taste from Boss Huang’s restaurant leaves you amazed while lingering in your memory, utterly unforgettable. It’s truly incredible!"

"Bye-bye, Xuanxuan. See you tomorrow!"

Xuanxuan waved her little hand in a childish voice, bidding farewell to some familiar officers, "Goodbye, Ge sister~ Goodbye, Uncle Zhang~"

After all the customers left, little Xuanxuan adorably came to the kitchen, tiptoeing to reach over the glass partition and sweetly said to Huang Tao, "Daddy, hungry, want food."

Even though she had snacked on some fruit upon coming home from school, Xuanxuan felt a tiny bit hungry at that moment.

She urgently needed her daddy’s feeding!

"Alright."

Huang Tao leaned over, looking at his little girl pitifully clinging to the window from behind the glass partition, and gently nodded to reassure her, "Daddy will cook for you right away. Tonight, we’re having a new dish... Squirrel Mandarin Fish!"

"Wow~"

Xuanxuan’s eyes crinkled in a smile, greedily licking the corner of her lips, she said joyfully, "Daddy’s Squirrel Mandarin Fish must be delicious."

"I love Daddy’s Squirrel Mandarin Fish the most!"

Indeed, she’s quite the little fan, isn’t she?

But, to be fair,

Doesn’t this little girl’s favorites seem a bit numerous...?

It’s almost becoming her catchphrase!

Huang Tao playfully teased her, "Sweetheart, Daddy hasn’t even cooked this Squirrel Mandarin Fish yet! You’ve never even tried it. How do you know it’s definitely delicious?"

"Hmm!"

Xuanxuan seriously replied, "Because it’s made by Daddy! Daddy’s cooking is the best."

In her heart, her father’s cooking is the best of the best in the world, unmatched by anyone.

So, the notion of it not being delicious simply does not exist.

In any case, she has unconditional trust in her father’s culinary skills!

Of course.

Huang Tao would not let down his precious daughter’s trust either.

He smiled, "Alright then, you go to your table and wait. Once everything is ready, Daddy will call you. If you still feel very hungry now, you can snack on some biscuits but don’t eat too much, or you might not have room for dinner."

Xuanxuan shook her head, "Daddy, I’m not hungry, I won’t eat biscuits."

The little one was scheming in her mind!

She wanted to save her stomach for the new dish daddy was making; how could she let trivial biscuits take up space in her tummy!

After speaking, she obediently returned to her seat.

After instructing Xu Hao and the other three assistant chefs on a few things, Huang Tao then began preparing the Squirrel Mandarin Fish dish.

This dish doesn’t require many ingredients.

Besides the mandarin fish, the rest are various seasonings.

Such as green onions, ginger, cooking wine, and salt for marinating the fish, along with ketchup, white vinegar, and sugar for making the sweet and sour sauce— all quite simple.

He took a net and scooped the plump, lively, and energetic mandarin fish from the tank.

It was a whole three pounds in weight!

He initially planned to have Yang Huiru and Ren Meilan, the two vegetable washers, handle it, but dealing with such a big live fish seemed troublesome, and he feared they might not handle it well...

Alright, alright!

He admitted it!

He just wanted to try the "blindfolded fish killing" skill!

Exactly.

This skill came with the experience of making Squirrel Mandarin Fish.

Hence...

He’d been itching to give it a try.

Just to verify if he had mastered the skill well.

He grabbed a towel and blindfolded himself.

What on earth?

Xu Hao and the others were utterly dumbfounded at their boss’s move!

Lin Zifeng couldn’t help but ask, "Boss, what are you doing?"

Huang Tao calmly replied, "Blindfolded fish killing."

"What?"

All the employees exclaimed in shock.

Isn’t this guaranteed to be a disaster?

This fish, before being gutted, needed to have its scales scraped first.

The scales of the mandarin fish are very tiny and quite firm.

Therefore, a special fish-scaling knife is needed for this task.

Only with that.

Can the scales on the surface of the mandarin fish be scraped clean.

Even though their boss was skilled at killing fish, after hiring employees, who would want to do such work themselves?

Presumably, his fish killing skills have become a bit rusty!

Moreover, this blindfolded fish killing is really beyond their understanding...

They were worried that their boss might embarrass himself trying to show off...

Sure enough!

They saw Huang Tao holding the kitchen knife with a slight tremble in his hands.

But the next second, they realized they were completely wrong.

Because their boss’s fish killing technique was incredibly professional beyond their imagination, thus renewing their understanding of fish killing.

As soon as the boss touched the fish head, his whole aura changed.

Without any pause, his left thumb accurately pinched the fish’s gills.

With just a gentle force.

The mandarin fish, which was lively on the cutting board, suddenly became docile as if it was acupressured.

The look of being at the mercy of someone!

The next second...

Huang Tao used the back of the knife to gently tap the back of the fish’s head; it seemed like he barely exerted any force, yet the fish twitched a few times afterwards...