Extreme Almightiest Young Master Chapter 76

"Come on in, come on in, we’re eating at home today. The food outside just isn’t tasty; we hardly eat out anymore," Zhang Lan said modestly, leading their family into the living room to sit down.

As Lin Dongchen’s family entered the room and heard what Hang Lan had said, Lin Dongchen and Liu Li looked down on Zhang Lan even more, thinking to themselves, what’s happened now that they can’t even afford to go out for a meal? Poor people always say the food at home tastes better. Those without money don’t want to eat out, and yet she says the food outside isn’t tasty. They might as well just admit they can’t afford it instead of beating around the bush.

"Sister-in-law, why don’t we just eat out? It’s less trouble than eating at home, and there isn’t much to eat here. We’re used to dining at big restaurants. It’s our treat," Lin Dongchen expressed his thoughts. What could they possibly have at home to eat? The big restaurant food is better; you can have whatever you want, and most importantly, it’s delicious.

"No need to go out. Let’s just eat at Auntie’s home," Lin Jie couldn’t hold back any longer and decisively put her foot down, while also glaring fiercely at her parents with her eyes. Auntie’s home is like this now, how can you still say such things?

"Actually, we really can eat quite well at home. Lin Feng’s cooking is now much better than outside. You’ll know once you try it," Zhang Lan said with a smile as she looked at Lin Jie, growing fonder of the young girl. In fact, she was well aware of what Lin Dongchen’s family was like.

The only surprise was that, with such parents, the girl could still be so sensible; it was truly rare!

Upon hearing Zhang Lan’s words, Lin Dongchen felt uncomfortable. Your son Lin Feng can cook? What a joke, the spoiled heir of your family, who might not even know how to boil water, can cook?

Although Lin Jie had supported eating at Zhang Lan’s home, when she heard it would be Lin Feng cooking, she was also stunned. She found it very surprising as she had thought Auntie would be cooking, because she didn’t know how to cook either. But the idea of Lin Feng cooking was too astonishing, too hard to imagine—can the former dandy lord actually cook?

As Zhang Lan went into the kitchen, Lin Jie followed diligently, helping Zhang Lan wash fruits and boil water, which only improved Zhang Lan’s impression of the young girl.

"How have you been these past few years, sister-in-law?" Lin Dongchen asked as he looked at Zhang Lan, who had just taken a seat. After being glared at by his daughter a few times, he started making small talk, holding back.

"How else could it have been? We’ve been looking for our son all along," Zhang Lan recalled and felt the bitterness of the past years, but what consoled her was that they had finally found her son.

"After selling the company, did you and big brother move here?" Lin Dongchen glanced around the house.

"Yes, after selling the company, we moved to Tianhai. We bought this apartment casually and then started to focus on finding Lin Feng."

"How many years did it take in total?"

"Over five years. Lin Feng has only just returned less than two months ago."

"Where has he been all these years? Why did he only just come back?"

"We don’t know the details, just that he spent a few years on an island and only managed to come back after a lot of difficulty."

"It’s good that he could come back; nothing else really matters."

"Indeed, you don’t know, Lin Feng has now become tall and handsome, so good-looking..."

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As Zhang Lan talked about Lin Feng, her eyes sparkled with joy, recounting all his various achievements. She was extremely proud of herself for having such an outstanding son; it was her greatest blessing.

Listening to Zhang Lan praising Lin Feng, both Lin Dongchen and his wife listened with sneers, thinking to themselves, how could her son possibly be as good as she claimed. How could the former pampered young master turn out as perfect as she described? That’s just a joke. Even if you’re praising your son, there’s no need to exaggerate to the heavens.

While they were talking, Lin Feng came in through the door, carrying groceries he had bought from the market. Seeing Lin Dongchen and the others, he recognized them and politely greeted, "Uncle Lin, please continue your chat. I’ll go and cook."

"You’re kidding, right? Lin Feng is really going to cook?" Lin Dongchen pointed at Lin Feng and asked Zhang Lan. He had thought it was a joke, but seeing Lin Feng ready to cook, he began to doubt whether the food would be edible.

The former spoiled heir now cooking? If word of this got out, it would surely make others laugh out loud. The Lin family must really be in dire straits now, otherwise why would Lin Feng ever set foot in the kitchen? Back then, Lin Feng used to boss his family around, and look at where he’s ended up.

Without money to even go out for a meal, he’d thought about marrying Lin Jie off to Lin Feng. Dream on. In the future, it’d be best to visit this place less, or not at all.

"Yes, and it’s really delicious, much better than the restaurant food!" Zhang Lan happily said, while inwardly holding back a laugh, thinking to herself they’d be even more surprised once they tried it. Big restaurants? She had dined in countless fancy ones back in the day.

"Auntie, I’m going to help Brother Lin Feng wash the vegetables." Seeing Lin Feng with his hands full of vegetables, Lin Jie hurriedly got up to help. She really didn’t want to hear any more unpleasant words from her parents. Sitting there, she felt ashamed; how could her parents have become so mercenary?

In the past, she had always been at school and saw them rarely, and they accommodated her in every way when they were in front of her. Lin Jie had never realized her parents were like this, but now that she had, she suddenly felt very embarrassed.

"Okay, go ahead." Seeing Lin Jie so sensible, Zhang Lan was very pleased and was contemplating small secret thoughts. Making contact might be good; who knows, the two might find favor with each other.

Indeed, she had been pondering recently that it was time for her son to find a girlfriend.

Lin Feng had intended to say that Lin Jie needn’t help, but since his mother had said so, he had no choice but to let Lin Jie follow him into the kitchen.

Once in the kitchen, Lin Jie realized that she didn’t really need to help at all; Lin Feng was managing everything perfectly on his own.

How... how long had it been? Although Lin Jie didn’t understand these things, she still had basic common sense. Even if three or four people were to handle this, it couldn’t be done so quickly.

This was just too exaggerated. Looking at how neatly everything was arranged and prepared, she could hardly believe it was real.

While Lin Jie was still in a daze, Lin Feng had already started to move. Seeing Lin Feng’s dazzling knife skills, she could only stare at his hands. Lin Jie’s eyes almost couldn’t keep up. Is this... is this cutting vegetables or performing? Surely she wasn’t watching a movie.

It was just too unbelievable. A plate of vegetables was chopped up in a few swift cuts and flung neatly into a dish. Oh my god, this was cooking, not performing magic! Brother Lin Feng’s knife skills were just so incredible. Seeing the chefs’ knife work on TV compared to Brother Lin Feng, it was nothing at all.

And everything on TV was obviously edited, but this was completely real life. How could anyone develop such amazing knife skills in real life? It was as if the knife was an extension of his own hand, even more useful than his own hand...

All of a sudden, Lin Jie had a thought: could Brother Lin Feng peel an apple thrown into the air...?

Lin Jie, who was standing dumbfounded at the doorway, had just realized she was there to help when she noticed that Lin Feng had already finished preparing all the vegetables to be cut, leaving her feeling very embarrassed. She was there to help, but she had just stood there dumbfounded, letting Brother Lin Feng wash and cut everything by himself; how inconsiderate.

"Brother Lin Feng, is there anything else you need done? I can help you with it."

"Nothing else needs to be done, only left is to fry the dishes. Maybe you could help me serve the dishes later?" Lin Feng glanced at the kitchen and indeed, there was nothing that required an extra pair of hands.

"Okay, I’ll just wait here on the side." Lin Jie looked at Lin Feng and suddenly realized how much he had changed. Gone was any trace of his former dandyish air, giving off a very calm and serene feeling. She didn’t know why, but standing next to Lin Feng, even just watching him, made her feel comfortable. Strange, why was that?

But before Lin Jie could wonder any longer, Lin Feng gave her another big surprise. He took another double-headed stove out of the cupboard, quickly connected the gas hose, and was about to start frying in no time.

Lin Jie’s eyes were wide open in shock. Oh my god, there was already one double-headed stove, and now he installed another one. Could Brother Lin Feng actually manage four pots at the same time? That seemed impossible... A person only had two hands; there was no way they could manage four pots at the same time...

And even TV chefs didn’t cook like this.

But right under her eyes, Lin Feng began to fry with four pots at once. Watching Lin Feng’s hands flit between the four pots like phantoms, Lin Jie couldn’t contain herself anymore. She covered her mouth, which had fallen open, in shock. Was Brother Lin Feng even human? No normal person could reach such speeds.

And to control four pots at once, the heat, the different dishes, the seasonings...

Staring at Lin Feng unblinkingly, Lin Jie was captivated. Brother Lin Feng focused on frying, looking so handsome...

When the dishes were done and their fragrance filled the kitchen, Lin Jie finally snapped out of her reverie.

It smelled so good!

How on earth did he fry them? She had never seen a dish like this before: just the smell was enough to make her drool. Not even a five-star hotel’s dishes could compare! It was too delicious. And just now, Brother Lin Feng had completed these dishes in an instant—as if four chefs had started working at the same time.

Staring at the plated dishes, Lin Jie for the first time felt that her head couldn’t keep up. Everything she had seen in the kitchen today, of Brother Lin Feng cooking, had left her stunned more than once. No one would believe that such a young Brother Lin Feng could have such incredible knife skills, could fry with four pots at the same time, and could make the dishes so perfectly delicious in color, aroma, and taste.

Could this really be the same prodigal son she remembered from before?