Chapter 202 Satisfaction
What is delicious?

When and where was deliciousness born?
It was born from a small idea, from the moment when people's desire for food was satisfied.

That's delicious.

Deliciousness is satisfaction.

At this moment, Lai He felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

People are always filled with endless desires for food and never stop in the pursuit of delicious food.

But this pursuit is not an unsatisfied asceticism. The delicious fruits are condensed on both sides of the road, tempting people to pick them.

After tasting one delicious food, you will want to pursue the next one.

After getting a kind of satisfaction, you will want to pursue deeper satisfaction.

People's pursuit of deliciousness is not to fall into a bottomless abyss in an instant, but to move step by step to a deeper level.

The deeper one goes, the less satisfaction one will get.

Because there was almost no road ahead of them.

Because their satisfaction has reached the deepest level, it is difficult to find deeper satisfaction.

This is especially true for gourmets and top chefs who have tasted the world's delicacies.

There is almost no food in the world that can satisfy them.

That's why Lai He was so sure that he would not give up easily.

Because he can't be satisfied easily.

Especially now that his senses were greatly enhanced, food that could satisfy these keen and discerning senses was almost non-existent.

But that thing that almost did not exist now actually appeared before him, entered his mouth, and merged into his flesh and blood.

It is broad and mysterious, subtle and exquisite, covering all desires and satisfying all thirsts.

The picky senses had no room to struggle and were instantly submerged in this mysterious delicacy.

They are unwilling to analyze it, unwilling to examine it, because this delicacy is incomprehensible and indescribable. The only thing they need to do in front of it is to indulge in it deeply.

This is satisfaction above satisfaction, an incomprehensible and vast existence, which comes suddenly like an irrefutable truth, leaving people with no desire to resist it. The only thing they need to do is to submit to it.

Lai He was deeply immersed in this wonderful taste at this moment.

Precisely because his senses were so greatly heightened, the satisfaction he felt from this dish was far greater than at any other time before.

This is a dish that Xu Qing specially prepared to satisfy his keen five senses. Only someone like him with extremely keen five senses can deeply feel the exquisiteness of it.

Xu Qing often tastes the dishes he cooks, so his five senses have become somewhat immune to the dishes he cooks.

Moreover, when he was cooking, his keen five senses could already sense which cooking methods would bring severe impact to himself, so he was mentally prepared in advance, and the impact during the tasting stage was not so strong.

But Lai He was different. His five senses had just been strengthened, and the first time he came into contact with food was a dish specially made for his keen five senses. What he felt was a violent shock.

It feels like a blind person regaining his sight. The colorful world appears so clearly before one's eyes, dazzling and overwhelming.

Lai He's five senses were so shocked by the mysterious delicacy that they all declared strike. He was like a worker paralyzed in bed, just wanting to quietly enjoy the rare beauty and peace.

And this delicious taste not only affects the body, it is also accompanied by a mysterious taste, sprinkling into the heart like drizzle falling from the sky.

Where did the original delicacy come from?
The taste of home.

In a trance, Lai He saw the familiar wooden door again.

I saw the mother and son in the house.

That was a memory that had long since become blurred in his mind, a memory of the time before his mother became ill.

The memory of his mother's illness was so deep and painful that it overshadowed other good things and became the only memory left of his childhood.

But at this moment, what is awakened by the delicious food are also the good memories of the past.

The long-fuzzy memories became clear and vivid, appearing so vividly before his eyes.

He saw his mother bringing out dishes, and saw the mother and son in the house laughing happily.

I saw my mother busy in the kitchen preparing dishes, and I saw myself sitting at the table, looking at the desire and satisfaction in front of the food.

He never had such simple satisfaction again. Since his mother passed away, he could no longer get satisfaction from delicious food.

For him, food is more of a tool for fighting, to prove that he is stronger than others.

He didn't want to admit defeat, didn't want to get satisfaction from the delicious food.

Perhaps it was because he knew deep in his heart that the person who once gave him delicious food and spiritual satisfaction was no longer there.

Lai He had never examined his own heart so clearly, and he was unwilling to do so.

This was a sign of cowardice on his part.

All he needs to do is to move forward bravely and defeat everyone who stands in his way.

The dark culinary world does not need the weak, only the strong can survive.

But at this moment, guided by the delicious food, Lai He went deep into his heart and faced the past that he did not want to see.

He looked at the carefree smile on his younger self's face, and saw him grinning with satisfaction over a coarse-grained steamed bun.

Lai He couldn't help but push open the door, walked into the room, sat on the stool where the boy was sitting, and picked up the steamed bun in his hand.

At this moment, he was no longer the top chef in the dark cuisine world, no longer a person with strong strength and keen senses, but an ordinary boy eating freshly steamed coarse flour buns.

Coarse noodles are a bit irritating to the throat and don’t taste as sweet as fine noodles.

But as soon as the rough taste entered his mouth, he couldn't help but eat it in big mouthfuls.

He was driven by a desire deep in his heart, and then this desire was satisfied when he tasted it.

This is delicious.

This has nothing to do with the delicacy of the food or the cooking skills.

It’s all about the heart.

The heart is satisfied, and what enters the mouth is delicious.

The quality, skills and taste of the food become so insignificant in the face of this kind of thought.

Lai He even felt that even if Xu Qing brought him just a plate of ordinary coarse flour buns, he would be satisfied with the thoughtfulness in it.

The physical satisfaction and the spiritual satisfaction resonated at that moment, and the double pleasure superimposed on each other, turning into an unforgettable memory.

This satisfaction left Lai He with no more excuses.

Xu Qing satisfied his body through taste, making his enhanced senses surrender. At the same time, it satisfied his soul, allowing his empty heart to find a harbor to rest.

At the same time, Xu Qing's skills, using exquisite knife skills to cut the squid into such fine strips within a limited time, and then weaving them together to form a wonderful and complex taste, the ingenuity and superb skills involved in this are far beyond his reach.

He lost, completely lost to Xu Qing.

But I also gained delicious food and satisfaction.

It turns out that losing can be such a satisfying feeling.

Lai He put down his chopsticks and said cheerfully: "I lost! You are really amazing, kid!"

Xu Qing felt relieved, it seemed that this life-and-death duel might end peacefully.

Lai He finished speaking, and suddenly sighed with regret: "At this moment, I lost to you as a chef. But I'm sorry, as a member of the dark cuisine world, I can't let you leave alive. You are too powerful. If you are left in this world, there will be no peace in the dark cuisine world from now on! Old Skeleton, do it!"

Even though he was satisfied with Xu Qing's dishes and regained precious memories, these once precious things could no longer bring Lai He back. He had no place to go back to, and now his only place to stay was the dark cuisine world.

He didn't want to lose this last home again.

Lai He's loud shout startled Xu Qing and the others. Master Jidi immediately rushed forward and blocked Xu Qing and Meili behind him.

They watched their surroundings vigilantly, ready to deal with any unexpected events that might occur at any time.

However, to their surprise, the scene was silent and nothing happened.

Lai He was just wondering when suddenly a man walked out from the corner behind him. It was Li Yan. In his hands was a skinny old man with his mouth gagged and tied up tightly, who was struggling desperately.

"It's over. Stop it, Raiga."

(End of this chapter)