Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 541: Relieved

"Moreover, I suspect that the truly flying and walking birds won’t be placed by the competition organizers. Would they just let them go for free? It’s more likely that they’ll place birds like chickens and ducks that can’t fly high or run far."

"We can search and simultaneously think about directing our culinary approach in this direction. As for beasts like pigs, cows, and sheep, they’re not realistic and needn’t be considered. Focus primarily on poultry as the main culinary target."

"There might be artificial lakes, but I think the likelihood is low. If they were placed in the stadium, there’s not enough space for a reservoir, plus the investment would be too large. Although constructing artificial jungles is a big investment, even for Changping Group, they need to consider cost-saving amid large investments."

"Regarding spices, I suggest everyone look down more often. This jungle is likely hiding artificially transplanted plants that can be used for seasoning. Their appearance would be more natural, not the processed and ground forms we’re familiar with."

"Pepper, basil, mint, thyme, rosemary, vanilla, parsley. Some leafy spices like these could very well be hidden in the grass." Ye Fei said.

"I just checked the package that the competition organizers prepared for us. If everyone’s backpack contains the same items." Ye Fei opened the bag, "In my bag, the only spice is salt."

"If we can find some herbal spices from these plants, it will greatly help our dish this time, much better than simply using salt for flavoring, and more competitive."

"After all, no matter how skilled you are, using just salt makes it hard to excel. The best you can say is it retains the food’s natural flavor. But you can’t even remove basic fishy odors—that’s too natural." Ye Fei said.

Yu Yingyan asked seriously: "Why are you telling us this? These discoveries and analyses, kept to yourself, would be a huge advantage."

"I don’t know about others, but personally, if you didn’t say this, I wouldn’t have thought along these lines. Ultimately, my dish may not be terrible, but it certainly wouldn’t meet the judges’ standards." Yu Yingyan said.

"Yingyan is right." Ban Ziang said, "The elimination rate of this competition is calculated by the organizers. Even if the last one or few are eliminated, the others can advance despite not performing very well. If you don’t share, you’d have a massive advantage over us."

"With your skills, you could absolutely guarantee first place, not to mention standing out in this competition." Ban Ziang said, "A standout performance might not guarantee absolute advantage in later matches, yet it would definitely leave a lasting impression on many people."

Ye Fei nonchalantly said: "But just now Fu Jiaxu left. She thought I was deliberately wasting time. Why didn’t you leave?"

"Because we trust you." Ba Zhekai said, "Even though we’ve only competed in two matches, it’s enough to show us that you wouldn’t use such tactics outside of cooking."

Ye Fei smiled and said, "That’s why I don’t think sharing my findings will harm me. As you said, to win, win with integrity through cooking."

"Plus, even if I tell you all this, I don’t think we’ll be the ones eliminated from this competition." Ye Fei added.

Everyone instantly understood the implied meaning of Ye Fei’s words.

Unless there’s an unexpected situation, like not being able to continue or voluntarily shooting a signal gun.

If elimination is solely based on cooking, normally only one person should be eliminated.

If Ye Fei’s analysis is correct, at least they won’t encounter any dangerous situations here.

The signal gun isn’t needed.

It’s just the contest providing an additional layer of security for the competitors to be more at ease.

After all the arrangements are made this big, what’s the harm in having a few more signal guns?

Excluding dangerous factors, strictly speaking in terms of cooking.

Fu Jiaxu has already left.

He didn’t hear Ye Fei’s later analysis at all.

Thus, the rest are on the same starting line.

While Fu Jiaxu considers himself ahead, he’s actually fallen to the end.

Even under equal conditions, Fu Jiaxu’s skills are the weakest.

Not to mention now, Fu Jiaxu missed so much information.

If anyone gets eliminated, it would definitely be Fu Jiaxu.

As long as they don’t make mistakes and at least manage to cook the food properly, they’re already better than Fu Jiaxu.

However, none of them sympathized with Fu Jiaxu’s situation.

He brought it on himself.

The contestants all felt a sense of relief, glad they chose to stay because they trusted Ye Fei.

Ye Fei had said all she needed to say.

Then, everyone split up and went in different directions.

As for whether Ye Fei was hiding anything else, they all felt it didn’t matter.

If she did hide it, that’s her own discovery, it’s their own failure if they couldn’t find it, and Ye Fei isn’t to blame.

But they all felt that Ye Fei hadn’t hidden anything.

She shared such important findings, hiding others wouldn’t make sense.

If anything, she could have kept all of Ye Fei’s recent findings to herself, securing a win.

Hiding a little more now would be pointless.

So no one suspected anything.

Ye Fei also chose a direction to head.

She checked her backpack again, taking out items she can use.

There’s a flashlight in the backpack, probably to be used when it gets dark.

There’s also a small waist bag, equipped with some straps, suitable for holding tools, perfect for the outdoors.

Ye Fei took out the waist bag.

The waist bag was empty, nothing was inside it.

Ye Fei strapped the waist bag around her waist, then took out the flashlight and attached it to the bag.

She thought about putting the ingredients she found in the bag.

Taking them out would be troublesome.

When it gets dark, she’ll have to rummage through the backpack again.

Better to take out what might be useful now.

Then, Ye Fei pulled a Swiss army knife out of her backpack and threw it into the waist bag as well.

Earlier, they had selected their tools, which were securely packed to avoid accidents.

Then tied them to the outside of the backpack.

What’s left is a small bottle of salt stored in the backpack.

Ye Fei took it out as well and put it in the waist bag.

After tidying everything up, Ye Fei started walking while observing the ground.

Indeed, as she had anticipated.

In the shrubs and under the trees, she found several types of culinary herbs.

The organizers were considerate, placing these plants in shrubs and under trees, places people wouldn’t deliberately walk over, thus protecting the plants from being trampled.