My daily life with the Shiina sisters

Just as Kaede Imagawa and Assistant Asai were discussing the details of the SHINO'S restaurant investment case.

Kojiro Shinomiya, Megumi Tadokoro, and Soma Yukihira, who are on both sides of the Shokugeki competition, have already arrived at the venue.

As for why both parties want to engage in the activity of "Shokugeki", we have to first talk about "Shokugeki" itself. In this world, there has always been a rule for chefs and related industries.

That is, the two sides of "food battle" use their cooking skills to speak within the rules, and the winner gets everything agreed before the game, and the loser has to fulfill the previous agreement. This is the same as the ring fighting, except that the competition is about cooking skills.

The two sides of the "food battle" are two students on one side and a long-established graduate of Totsuki on the other. The difference in strength is so great that it is inevitable for the two students to lose.

The reason for the "food war" was that Kojiro Shinomiya deliberately mixed broccoli, an easily oxidized ingredient, into the topic.

The purpose is to test students' ability to select ingredients. If broccoli is chosen in the end, then the vegetable jelly dish will not be up to standard because there are no fresh ingredients. In Totsuki's "residential training", failure to meet the standard means expulsion.

Therefore, although Megumi Tadokoro thought of using white vinegar to treat the cauliflower, Kojiro Shinomiya still chose to let her drop out of school.

As for Soma Yukihira, he began to argue his case, and finally had to use food battle to decide whether the two would stay or go.

As for whether the two will stay or go, it doesn't mean that if Soma Yukihira wins, Shinomiya Kojiro will leave in disgrace. But if Shinomiya Kojiro wins, both Soma Yukihira and Megumi Tanado will be expelled from school.

The reason is not difficult to understand. As a teacher, it is a bit unreasonable for Shinomiya Kojiro to make Tadokoro Megumi expel school, but it is very reasonable. He does have the right to make Tadokoro Megumi expel school. Therefore, if Soma Yukihira wants to compete in a food battle with Shinomiya Kojiro, he must pay an equal amount of chips.

"Shokugeki" is based on the principle of voluntariness. In fact, if Shinomiya Kojiro insisted on making Tadokoro Megumi expel from school, he wouldn't even have to compete with them in shokugeki.

"I really don't know why I agreed to play tricks with these two guys." Shinomiya Kojiro said with an unhappy look on his face.

"I think it's better for you to accept it, Shinomiya." Dojima Gin said with a "friendly" look on his face.

After "pacifying" Shinomiya Kojiro's temper, he picked up the phone and said, "Okay, you can go to the kitchen on the basement floor first. I still have to receive a VIP."

At this time, Imagawa Kaede also finished discussing some details with Assistant Asai, and then Imagawa Kaede said:

"Why don't I call them now and ask them to prepare first."

"Okay, I'm ready." After saying this, Assistant Asai's image became his usual decisive and efficient self.

Seeing this, Imagawa Kaede also called Dojima Gin.

"Can we start over there? We are in the hotel lobby now." Imagawa Kaede asked directly.

"It's ready. Master Imagawa, please wait a moment. I'll be right there."

While waiting for Dojima Gin to arrive, Imagawa Kaede was chatting with Ryuju Momo beside her.

"Why do you seem a little nervous?" Imagawa Kaede asked Longzhu Tao beside him with a smile.

"It's all your fault. Just move a little over there." Long Zhutao put some distance between herself and Imagawa Kaede.

"Why are you so heartless? You were quite proactive before."

"Stop making trouble. It's not good if others see you."

"What are you afraid of? Besides, there are no outsiders here."

"If Auntie doesn't agree, we..."

"Don't worry. Although Kasan is very strict with my dad, she should be quite tolerant towards me." Imagawa Kaede said coaxingly.

"What do you mean?" Long Zhutao didn't understand.

"For example, if we have a son in the future, would you be angry if I went out and had an affair?" asked Imagawa Kaede.

"How dare you! You still want to go out and mess around with other girls? You already have me, isn't that enough?" As if she was emotional, Long Zhutao didn't even care about assistant Asai beside her. Her body, which was originally leaning on the sofa, straightened up for a moment, and faced Imagawa Kaede, speaking angrily.

"Look, that's the truth." Imagawa Kaede said quickly.

Despite this, she still stepped on Imagawa Kaede when no one was paying attention.

"Think about it, if our children are more unfaithful in the future, will you still be so angry?" Imagawa Kaede asked back.

This is indeed the truth. If a pig from your own family goes out to eat the juicy cabbages from other people's homes, people will be more or less tolerant. Although this may seem a bit unreasonable, it is the fact. A woman will indeed be much more lenient towards her son than towards her husband.

Long Zhutao was indeed not as angry as she was last time when she heard that it was Imagawa Kaede who was out having affairs with other girls, but she still said, "No, my son will not be like your bastard father, who has affairs with other girls all day long."

In response to this, Imagawa Kaede could only smile helplessly. Most girls lack a sense of security in their hearts, especially in this society. They would often watch a video or see the male lead in a TV series, and it was usually the second or third male lead who cheated on them. Girls would then bring it up to themselves and wonder if their boyfriends would cheat on them or something.

However, when they turn their attention to their boyfriends who are standing aside and watching "Soldiers of the Light Kingdom" very enthusiastically and even trying to imitate the various transformation moves in the show, this idea will generally disappear.

Imagawa Kaede thought that he gave her enough sense of security, so he didn't say anything and just watched her daydreaming.

After a long while, Long Zhutao suddenly said, "It's better to have a daughter. If it's a boy, it would be too annoying if he's like you."

Hearing this, Imagawa Kaede smiled happily and said, "Then let's give birth to a girl. Then we can spoil her like a little princess. Anyway, I prefer girls. Do you think our future child will look more like you or me?"

Seeing that Imagawa Kaede seemed to be thinking about what the girl would look like in the future, Longzhu Tao smiled and said, "You wish. I don't want to be with you..."

However, halfway through her words, she couldn't say anything and her face suddenly turned red.

When Imagawa Kaede turned around thoughtfully, she found that Aunt Asai was looking at them with a smile.

At this time, even the thick-skinned Imagawa Kaede felt a little embarrassed. If this Assistant Asai went back and told this to Imagawa Mikiko... Although there would definitely not be a public execution in front of him, Imagawa Kaede still felt very embarrassed.

In the hotel lobby, the voices not far away could not break the silence between the three people, and at this time, Imagawa Kaede was extremely hoping that the man named Dojima Gin could come over quickly.

Fortunately, our chef Dojima is quite reliable. He came over quite early and faced the people in front of him.

Facing Dojima Gin who was walking towards him, Imagawa Kaede took the initiative to greet him this time, which made Dojima Gin feel a little flattered.

"Chef Dojima, thank you for your help." Imagawa Kaede said.

"No trouble, no trouble, it should be."

"By the way, let me introduce you. This is Asai, my mother's assistant. This time she is here to assist me in handling matters related to investing in Mr. Shinomiya Kojiro's restaurant SHINO'S. And this is Miss Longzhu Tao."

Our chef Dojima still maintained considerable respect towards these two people. After a few greetings, Dojima Gin led the others to the basement kitchen.

On the way, Imagawa Kaede asked about the content of this private food battle. When they mentioned that the other party in the food battle were two students from Totsuki, Imagawa Kaede and the other two were a little confused.

At this time, Dojima Gin said, "Didn't Master Imagawa talk about the potential of Shinomiya Kojiro before? In fact, he has already encountered a bottleneck in France, which has caused his cooking skills to stagnate. I think this food battle will hopefully allow him to break through his level in the future."

Imagawa Kaede didn't say anything about this. He didn't hide anything and told you frankly that Shinomiya Kojiro's strength had indeed reached a bottleneck. So the purpose of this food battle was probably to let Shinomiya Kojiro learn something.

Then Imagawa Kaede actually became interested in the other party in the food battle with Shinomiya Kojiro. After all, wouldn't it be more cost-effective if he could invest in a student in advance?

When we arrived at the underground kitchen, there were indeed quite a few people inside. Needless to say, the two sides of the food battle were there, but also Inui Hinatako, Mizuhara Fuyumi, Donato Gotoda, and Seki Morihei were there too.

After several people came in, Dojima Gin first introduced the identities of the three people. In fact, Imagawa Kaede had met these people more or less once. After all, when Longzhu Tao often took him to eat, he had basically been to the restaurants where these people were.

Seeing them coming, several people seemed to have guessed something, and Shinomiya Kojiro said to Yukihira Soma at the side: "Originally, I was thinking of giving you some slack, but this time for some reasons I will go all out. Of course, I won't leave the dishes too difficult..."

However, Yukihira Soma did not pay attention to Shinomiya Kojiro's words, but greeted Imagawa Kaede instead: "Imagawa, I didn't expect..."

However, Dojima Gin obviously did not give them too much time to talk trash before the game, and quickly announced the rules of this private food battle.

The food competition time limit is two hours, and the ingredients used for the dishes are the leftovers from the project. Imagawa Kaede glanced at Ryuju Momo and Aunt Asai beside him, and said to Dojima Gin who was not far away with a helpless smile: "Just think of it as waiting for two hours for delicious food. If it doesn't taste good, I will be unhappy."

Hearing this, Inui Hinatako hurried over to Shinomiya Kojiro and said, "Your boss said that if it doesn't taste good, he will be unhappy."

"It's so annoying, stupid woman, go away and don't bother me." As he said that, Shinomiya Kojiro dragged her aside.

At this time, Dojima Gin did add a rule with a smile, that Tadokoro Megumi would be the head chef.

Upon hearing this, Imagawa Kaede clearly saw that Soma Yukihira and Tadanobu Michi looked a little unhappy.

At this time, Aunt Asai asked, "Young Master, are you familiar with this young chef?"

"Not that I'm very familiar with him." Imagawa Kaede was vague about the question. Who knew how much his mother knew about his whereabouts? If he said that he had eaten at their restaurant, it would be fine if it was a high-end restaurant, but Soma Yukihira's restaurant was obviously just a small shop. Would his lie now be over-interpreted?

The waiting time was a bit long. Imagawa Kaede originally wanted to chat with Longzhu Tao, but after what happened before, Longzhu Tao might not want to talk to Imagawa Kaede in the short term. (Especially when Assistant Asai was still there.)

In response to this, Imagawa Kaede started chatting with a few chefs nearby somewhat helplessly. It happened that Imagawa Kaede's cooking skills were almost at Lv.3 level with the help of the system. What's more, the effect of the system is far more than that. Its bugs can basically be said to be in all aspects at this level.

Therefore, after several rounds of exchanges, these high-paid people in the island country's culinary industry all felt a little surprised. Although his level was relatively low in their eyes, in some areas that they were not familiar with, they still couldn't think of a good answer for one person at once. Fortunately, they had more people and Dojima Gin's level was relatively high, so they were able to answer Imagawa Kaede's questions.

After an hour and a half of diligent study and asking questions, Imagawa Kaede's cooking experience points were refreshed crazily, and soon his cooking skills successfully reached the professional level of Lv.3. In other words, Imagawa Kaede's actual cooking skills are now equivalent to those of a chef in an ordinary restaurant. Of course, his level has both advantages and disadvantages, that is, he does not have any particular dishes, but the advantage is that his foundation is very solid.

To put it bluntly, he may not cook what others are good at better than others, but he also knows how to cook something that others may not be able to cook.

Since it was a non-public food battle, the time was not so strict. Shinomiya Kojiro finished his dish first so his was served first.

The dish chosen by Shinomiya Kojiro was "French Cabbage Stew", which is a relatively famous French home-cooked dish. When it was served in front of them, several people began to taste it.

Imagawa Kaede didn't say anything after tasting the dish. Shinomiya Kojiro's cooking skills were definitely not low, and he deserved to be called the "magician of vegetable dishes." Imagawa Kaede, who had never liked eating vegetables, felt that his special treatment of vegetables at least raised the quality of the dish to a higher level.

The dish chosen by Megumi Tadokoro is a modification of Shinomiya Kojiro's "Nine Vegetable French Vegetable Jelly". She called it "Rainbow Vegetable Jelly", which actually means changing the types of vegetables to seven.

Imagawa Kaede was surprised after tasting it, but how should I put it? There is actually a certain gap between this dish and Shinomiya Kojiro's "French Cabbage Stew".