Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 116 - 111: Innocent Victim
In Pang Xiao’s view, Pang Zhi had long been spoiled by his mother to the point of being useless, just knowing how to eat all day, as dumb as a pig. How could someone like that be worthy of his attention? From beginning to end, the only one he worried about was Pang Xiao!
His resentment and dissatisfaction with Pang Xiao were deeply rooted, seeing him as a thorn in his side from the time he could remember! Back then, Sun Yue wasn’t yet Pang De’s legitimate wife and only had the unsavory status of a mistress. Although he was born on the same day as Pang Xiao, with a slight time difference, their statuses were worlds apart!
Pang Xiao was the legitimate eldest son of the Pang Family, cherished and pampered by Pang De, while he was just an illegitimate child. Though he lived in the Pang household, he was only the second young master, always overshadowed by Pang Xiao!
He and his mother waited many years, finally seeing Pang Xiao’s mother pass away, his mother becoming the legitimate Mrs. Pang, and Pang Zhi turned into a foolish glutton. With Pang Xiao’s superpower talent downgraded to C Level, leading to his complete fall from favor with Pang De, it seemed their hardship finally paid off. But then, Pang Zhi went into business with someone and succeeded, making it unbearable for him!
Pang Xiao thought for a long time, always feeling something was wrong about the situation. Earlier, he discovered the identity of Pang Zhi’s partner, ’Tang Xiao’, and thought the woman was a con artist who had fooled the idiot Pang Zhi completely. He was relishing the thought of watching the chaos, but when the Tang Family’s physical store actually opened, and he saw how popular they were online, he suddenly realized he might have been wrong.
He could hardly believe he had been so blind. After the initial shock came a strong surge of anger! The illegitimacy from his childhood made Pang Xiao’s character twisted, while growing up in luxury with an A Level superpower talent made him both arrogant and conceited. Refusing to believe he had been so mistaken, he instinctively thought that he had been deceived!
Thus, it was only natural that ’Tang Xiao’ became the object of his anger.
The uproar of the Tang Family’s opening was like a sharp thorn wedged in his heart; unless it was removed, he would never be at ease! Upon learning the news online, he wasted no time in arranging for further investigation of ’Tang Xiao’s’ background, eager for more detailed information. Before the results came in, he found Sun Yue, telling her the news and venting his dissatisfaction.
Sun Yue had thoughts different from his. She had also believed ’Tang Xiao’ was a con artist, that the collaboration with Pang Zhi was a scam with the sole aim of swindling Pang Zhi’s money. Like Pang Xiao, she never took Pang Zhi seriously, never thinking he would achieve anything. Hearing Pang Xiao’s words, she immediately grew suspicious.
When Pang Xiao first discovered Pang Zhi and ’Tang Xiao’ in business together, he had suspected Pang Zhi was just a front, with Pang Xiao being the real entrepreneur. She hadn’t believed it then, thinking Pang Xiao was being paranoid, but now it seemed she had been mistaken.
Sun Yue examined the latest status of the Tang Family closely. Like Pang Xiao, she was waiting to laugh at Pang Zhi’s embarrassment, especially after Tang Yiyi announced a prize-winning contest. She felt they were playing with fire this time and would surely get burned!
Who would have thought the other party was already prepared! They even extravagantly used vibrant decorative plants as the shop’s adornment!
Though hardly of any significance to her as a Wood Ability User, Sun Yue wasn’t stupid. Precisely because she was a Wood Ability User, she knew very well the market prices of various decorative plants!
To take out so many at once for decoration, the costs were undoubtedly considerable!
Unfortunately, all the videos and photos she could find online about the plants were unclear, providing no useful information about their growth status or allowing her to assess their value.
No matter the condition of those plants, two things were undeniable! First, buying those plants would cost many Credit Points. Second, Pang Zhi sure didn’t have that capability!
She slightly furrowed her brows, caught in a whirl of suspicion—is it possible that all of this was truly Pang Xiao’s doing? Was Pang Zhi just a decoration? But even so, who exactly was ’Tang Xiao’? How did such a common orphan manage to learn so many recipes? Or was it that the real chef was someone else entirely, and she was just a smokescreen used by Pang Xiao to confuse them?
After much deliberation, Sun Yue concluded that the possibility of ’Tang Xiao’ being a smokescreen was highest. The real chef likely remained hidden in the background!
This forced her to reassess Pang Xiao’s capabilities!
Sun Yue narrowed her eyes dangerously. Back then, out of gratitude to Zhao Yun’s upbringing, after her death, she held back from being too ruthless, sparing Pang Xiao and Pang Zhi’s lives, merely destroying Pang Xiao’s superpower talent, and raised Pang Zhi into a wasteful glutton, doing nothing more.
She had long thought as long as Pang Xiao and Pang Zhi remained well-behaved, she wouldn’t interfere further. But, judging by recent events, Pang Xiao clearly wasn’t behaving!
If that’s the case, she couldn’t be blamed for not having any past consideration!
Sun Yue resolved herself, yet she didn’t want Pang Xiao to be affected by this matter, so she deliberately said, "Xiao’er, calm down! Don’t work yourself up over a trifling matter!"
"A trifling matter?" Pang Xiao widened his eyes in disbelief at Sun Yue, feeling a bit dissatisfied. He was almost frantic, yet his mother seemed completely indifferent! He raised his voice, "Mom! That woman named ’Tang Xiao’ definitely has a problem. I refuse to believe I can’t uncover her identity! For daring to deceive me, I won’t let her go!"
Sun Yue, hearing this, couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed and somewhat regretful. Her son was wonderful in every way, but he had been overprotected by her since young, causing him to panic over minor matters! He couldn’t even distinguish who the true enemy was!
’Tang Xiao’ was nothing more than a trivial figure; their opponent was Pang Xiao! As long as Pang Xiao was dealt with, what ripples could ’Tang Xiao’ and Pang Zhi possibly cause?
Meanwhile, Pang Xiao was also keeping an eye on the developments of the Tang Family. Upon seeing the announcement ’Tang Xiao’ issued earlier, he worried she might have taken on too much, fearing the final "special decorations" wouldn’t meet expectations. Who could have guessed she’d present so many vibrant ornamental plants!
While surprised, this also made him suspicious of ’Tang Xiao’s’ identity and felt it was extremely wise not to force Pang Zhi to tear up the contract with ’Tang Xiao.’ He had a faint premonition that this woman named ’Tang Xiao’ might indeed prove to be Pang Zhi’s lucky break.
So, when Pang Zhi gleefully reported on the grand opening of the Tang Family, he patiently praised him and even hinted that Pang Zhi should get closer to ’Tang Xiao’! However, he never imagined due to ’Tang Xiao’s’ insignificant identity, he’d unwittingly take the blame for Tang Yiyi, drawing the attention of Sun Yue and Pang Xiao! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
