Chapter 1012: Chapter 420: Shen Jiayue: If I Eat Again Tonight, I’m a Cat! 10 PM: Meow Meow Meow!

Relatively speaking, wild fishing is still way more satisfying.

By now she had already reached the North Fourth Ring.

Not long after, she got off the overpass and headed all the way to Yingchun Street.

Carrying her catch with excitement, she came into the shop and happened to run into Che Zai.

Chen Yan handed him the fish and said:

"Put the fish in the aquarium."

Che Zai asked curiously:

"Did you buy these?"

"Caught them."

"Wow, President Chen, your skills are awesome, this is even bigger than the one the lady boss caught last time."

Chen Yan: "..."

It sounds like you’re praising me, but why does it feel like mockery?

If only a pay-to-fish pond could compare to wild fishing.

She went upstairs; everyone was already eating.

Zeng Xiaoqi, who’d gotten off the early shift today, saw Chen Yan and said with a smile:

"Wow, the high-price fish-buyer President Chen is back, everyone welcome her!"

Chen Yan washed her hands at the kitchen door, dried them with a paper towel, then sat next to Zeng Xiaoqi and snatched a big piece of Fatty Intestines from the beauty host’s bowl:

"Director Zeng, you know what? Whenever I see Fatty Intestines, I think of you—tastes great, but just looking at it, you always feel there’s a bit of a stinky vibe."

Zeng Xiaoqi: ?????

What kind of magical metaphor is that?

She bumped Chen Yan with her elbow:

"Lin’s car is arriving this weekend. Let’s bring our fishing gear and go test-drive together, then head out to the suburbs and enjoy the fun of fishing again. Lele and Yuanyuan are coming this time too."

Chen Yan put the Fatty Intestines into her mouth and chewed twice; she originally hadn’t planned on going.

But thinking that last time’s bad luck was definitely a fluke, plus the "Fishing Grandma" title battle was imminent, she said:

"Sure, that’ll be when yours truly finally turns the tables. Just don’t go back on your word, you two."

Last time Zeng Xiaoqi caught a big bighead carp, and Shen Jiayue landed a big Carp. Both had results, so they weren’t afraid of this kind of provocation at all.

"Tsk, you’d better practice casting more. Don’t end up not even throwing the rod right."

Chen Yan didn’t really bother arguing with the two of them and focused on shoveling food.

Paying to fish was annoying as hell, but to be fair, it really did burn a lot of energy.

Right now she was eating the several kinds of bullfrog on the table, each dish tasting better than the last.

"This bullfrog is so good, the meat is so tender!"

"I heard it’s low in calories too, really suitable for cutting fat."

"Bro-in-law, I’m reserving all future bullfrog. Remember to make it more often."

"You don’t know, Dundun got hooked on it today. After finishing a small plate of bullfrog meat, he even licked the plate clean. The boss and I were both stunned."

"..."

Hearing that Dundun also loved bullfrog, everyone felt even more that they needed to eat it often.

A picky little cat like that likes it—how could it be bad?

Lin Xu said:

"I had Che Zai buy a few bullfrogs. After work I’ll take them home and put them in the tank at home, and make a late-night snack for Dundun tonight."

As soon as Chen Yan heard that, she curled her lip:

"You say it’s for Dundun’s late-night snack, but I bet Dundun won’t even get a bite and his stepmom will steal it all."

That was something Shen Baobao did not like hearing:

"Don’t you slander me out of nowhere. I have yoga to practice tonight, piano to practice, and videos to edit and materials to organize. Where would I find the time?"

"Really? Then how come every time I drop by at night, I catch you two cooking something?"

"Nuh nuh nuh... that’s just coincidence, okay. I swear, starting today, if I still eat at night, I’ll be... I’ll be a fat cat even chubbier than Dundun!"

Hmph, as long as dinner is filling enough, she totally won’t be raiding the fridge at midnight.

The Moonlight Sonata video last time had gained three hundred thousand followers. She had to hurry and practice Li Site’s "La Campanella," shoot another video to boost the follower count, and let Dundun experience the charm of music while she was at it.

Lin Xu picked up a spicy-braised bullfrog and put it in his own bowl, bit off a bullfrog leg in one go; the clove-of-garlic-shaped meat was chewy yet still tender.

After being soaked in the braising liquid, the spicy marinade was rich and intense, forming a stark contrast with the bullfrog’s freshness and tenderness.

This kind of meat, you could eat a whole basin and not feel sick of it.

As for the dry-pot and boiled-in-chili-oil versions, they were all super tasty and perfect with rice.

The bullfrog meat was tender with a faint sweet aftertaste, most suitable for a numb-and-spicy flavor—the more you eat, the harder it is to stop.

While they were tucking into bullfrog, over at Joyful Media, today’s "Apprenticeship banquet" exploration video was being uploaded to Xie Baomin’s account.

The thumbnail alone was eye-catching.

In the middle was Xie Baomin, with Lin Xu and Dai Jianli on either side.

The title was pretty UC-style too:

"Risking my life to visit Yanjing Hotel again. Heard there’s a very special banquet here today, so I called my junior brother Old Dai—let’s go check it out!"

Just from the title, there were already plenty of hooks.

Yanjing Hotel was where Xie Baomin had made his name, and that earlier video had already thoroughly pissed Yanjing Hotel off.

Who’d have thought he’d actually go back there.

And the phrase "risking my life" made people both laugh and curious.

Is Old Xie going to get beaten up this time?

Clicking into the video, it opened on a special intro Xie Baomin recorded at the entrance to the banquet hall:

"Hey everyone, today we’re back at Yanjing Hotel again, coming to the banquet hall to attend a banquet. We’ll take the chance to check their homework and see if they’ve fixed the problems we pointed out last time."

The intro was pretty standard, nothing especially flashy.

The only really eye-catching thing was the banner hanging behind him:

"Yanjing Hotel Executive Chef Cheng JianShe Apprenticeship Ceremony!"

Seeing this, the bullet comments exploded in surprise:

"Who’s Cheng JianShe?"

"Seems like he was the head chef of Building No. 2 at Fishing Platform before, basically Chef Xie’s second-in-command."

"Damn, no wonder he dared to swagger in like that, turns out the executive chef position is in his own camp now."