Chapter 34 The Truth
Hearing what the boss said, the younger brothers nodded repeatedly.

This wonderful taste enters from between the lips and teeth, goes all the way into the heart, takes root there, turns into a towering tree, and becomes an indelible scene deep in memory.

"This dish is so delicious..."

"Brother, I miss my mom... I haven't been back to see her for a long time..."

"Little brother, no, little big brother! Can you make this dish again? I want to bring it back for my wife to try."

"Yes, yes, do it again!"

"We will buy whatever dish you want right away! Even if you want dragon liver and phoenix marrow, we will definitely buy it for you!"

The younger brothers chattered at once, bowed to Xu Qing, and said in unison: "Little big brother, please! Make one more!"

Xu Qing was speechless for a moment. Little brother... has he become a gang boss?

However, looking at the sincere eyes in front of him, he really couldn't say no and could only nod and agree.

The younger brothers immediately cheered and jumped high to run to buy vegetables, happy like little kids.

The strong man was embarrassed when he saw his younger brothers' embarrassing appearance, and cursed in a low voice: "These bastards..."

The sturdy man turned around, clasped his fists and bowed to Xu Qing, saying apologetically: "Little brother, I'm really sorry for what I did before."

"Don't worry about it," Xu Qing shook his head and said, "You are also doing your duty. I just hope that you can change your ways in the future and not act so recklessly like you did today."

"I understand." The sturdy man said seriously.

Previously, he was blinded by money and power, thinking that he would naturally be superior to others after becoming a servant of the Governor's Mansion. He completely forgot that before becoming a servant of the Governor's Mansion, he was just a poor man, no different from others, or even worse than them.

Xu Qing helped him find his original intention. From then on, he could no longer look down on others with a superior attitude. Apart from anything else, at least he couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart.

Xu Qing asked, "Big Brother, how long have you been on duty at the Governor's Mansion?"

The strong man said awkwardly, "Please don't call me big brother, just call me Lao Zhao. Mr. Chang and I entered the Governor's Office at the same time. At that time, Lord Wen had just taken office and the affairs were complicated, so the Governor's Office was short of manpower. I have no other strengths, but I have a lot of strength. I was lucky to be selected and entered the Governor's Office as a handyman."

"Then have you ever seen the other chef in the Governor's Mansion?" Xu Qing asked.

"Another chef..." Old Zhao thought carefully for a while and suddenly realized, "You are talking about Mr. Wan Ziliang, right?"

Xu Qing nodded: "It's him. I heard that Mr. Wan was put in jail? What crime did he commit?" Old Zhao scratched his head, struggling for a while before he made up his mind.

He looked around carefully and whispered, "Little brother, I have never told anyone about this, and you are the only one who asked. Otherwise, I would take it to my grave."

Seeing him speak so mysteriously, Xu Qing asked curiously, "What happened to make you so nervous?"

Old Zhao sighed, and then slowly said, "Alas, this Mr. Wan is a good man, with good character and good relationships. He works diligently and conscientiously, and treats servants like us in a friendly manner without showing any airs. Especially his cooking skills are not inferior to Mr. Chang, who is a top chef. Governor Wen also trusts him very much."

"He and Mr. Chang are both chefs in the Governor's Mansion. They are competitors and often have frictions. Mr. Wan has a good temper. Sometimes when there is a conflict with Mr. Chang, he is always the first to apologize and reconcile. Although the two often have frictions on weekdays, they get along relatively peacefully."

"At first, the two of them won and lost against each other, but gradually the governor preferred the dishes made by Mr. Chang and gradually neglected Mr. Wan. Mr. Wan was very open-minded about it, but he felt that his skills were not good enough and he needed to work harder. The two of them lived in peace like this."

"Then one day, I saw Mr. Wan hurriedly asking for leave to go home to visit his family. I thought something bad had happened at home, so I didn't dare to ask more questions. When he came back, he suddenly reported to the Governor that Mr. Chang was someone... from the dark cuisine world. He said that group of people were good at controlling people with food and were extremely dangerous. The evidence was that he saw a black unicorn tattoo on Mr. Chang."

"The governor's face changed immediately, and Mr. Chang was furious. He even took off his clothes in public to prove his innocence. Everyone present at the time could see clearly where he had the black unicorn tattoo. The governor was very annoyed by this, and Mr. Chang proposed a cooking duel on the spot. He didn't want to live under the same roof with the villain who framed him. Whoever won would stay. Mr. Wan agreed immediately."

"The two of them had to compete three times, in a best-of-three format. We all thought that Mr. Chang would win, but we didn't expect him to lose to Mr. Wan in the first round. The two of them tied in the second round, and in the crucial third round... That day, I saw..."

Old Zhao paused as he spoke, with a vague look of fear on his face.

He paused for a moment before continuing, "That night I had to pee urgently, and on my way to the toilet I happened to see someone rummaging around in Mr. Wan's kitchen. I didn't think much of it, thinking it was Mr. Wan working on a recipe all night again, and was about to go over to say hello, when a beam of moonlight shone over, illuminating the man's face. It was Mr. Chang. I was startled at the time, and my mind went blank for a moment. I subconsciously lowered my head and trotted all the way to the toilet. After I came back, I didn't sleep the whole night, and I was very panicked, thinking something big was going to happen."

"Sure enough, the next day, during the cooking competition, Mr. Chang suddenly said that Mr. Wan had used contraband. The governor stopped them and sent people to search. Sure enough, they found the contraband at the bottom of Mr. Wan's basket. Mr. Wan had no way to defend himself, and the governor was furious and refused to listen to his explanation. He convicted him and put him in jail."

After Old Zhao finished speaking, he let out a long sigh and felt much more relaxed.

This secret weighed on his heart for years. Every night he would wake up from his dreams with his heart trembling with fear.

He felt guilty and uneasy at one moment, and afraid of Chang Lin's revenge at another.

I was struggling with this over and over again and couldn't make up my mind, so I could only keep putting it off.

After hearing this, Xu Qing finally understood what had happened.

There is no doubt that Chang Lin is from the dark cuisine world. The question is, how did he hide his tattoos?

It seems that it is not easy to force him to admit his identity by using tattoos.

(End of this chapter)