Chapter 462 Mooncakes
"Yeah." Yuan Tai nodded vigorously.

"Let's start!" Ayumi blinked her big, bright eyes and said impatiently.

"I have a suggestion." Huiyuan Ai raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said, "Let's each make a mooncake, and then ask Xiaoyu to taste it and see who made it better."

Haibara Ai is not very good at cooking, the most she can do is make sandwiches, but even so, she is full of confidence in herself.

This confidence comes from comparison.

Look at who her opponents are?
A group of real kids, and Conan, the fake kid.

But Conan is a boy after all. In Haibara Ai's opinion, his cooking skills should not be very good, and may even be as bad as his singing voice.

In this comparison, Haibara Ai is most likely the one with the best cooking skills among everyone.

Therefore, she confidently proposed a competition.

Ze Yu smiled, looked at everyone, and said, "Does anyone have any opinions on Xiao Ai's proposal?"

"No."

Everyone responded in unison, obviously not wanting to go against Xiaoyu and Xiaoai.

It’s just a cooking competition. It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose. Just have fun.

Naturally, no one would have any objections.

Except for Yuantai who was standing aside and watching, everyone else looked at the ingredients on the table and started to work.

First, pour the four ingredients: white sugar, peanut oil, honey and baking soda together, add water and stir.

During this process, Hiroki and Huihara Ai did relatively well, as for the performance of others...

In Ze Yu's opinion, they didn't even mix the proportions of several ingredients well. Some had too much sugar, and some had too little water...

Obviously unqualified.

Ayumi is okay. Although she is not qualified, her level is at least very close to the standard.

As for the other two, their levels were relatively poor, especially Conan. This guy couldn't even cut a cucumber properly, so Ze Yu naturally wouldn't expect the mooncakes he made to be edible.

Ze Yu watched Conan pour an excessive amount of white sugar and peanut oil into the basin, only adding a little honey and baking soda, and then poured two bowls of water.

Seeing this, Ze Yu rolled his eyes cutely and suddenly didn't want to talk anymore.

You put so much sugar and peanut oil, do you want to kill people?
Ze Yu shifted his gaze away from Conan and looked at the others who were busy.

He didn't dare look at Conan anymore, fearing that if he looked at him for any longer, he would have a myocardial infarction.

After the ingredients are mixed evenly, sift in the flour and knead into dough.

Conan was so clumsy that he accidentally got his face covered with flour and dirt.

After some hard work, everyone wrapped the red bean paste filling in the dough, and then used a mold to press out flower shapes.

Because everyone's skills were uneven, the mooncakes made by Haibara Ai and Hiroki looked quite good, but the mooncakes made by Conan were rather ugly, and he couldn't even press the flower shape properly.

Ze Yu lost his appetite after seeing it.

.........

after an hour……

The mooncakes made by everyone are finally freshly baked. Five plates are placed together, with more than ten mooncakes on them.

"Finally it's done." Ayumi wiped the sweat off her face with her sleeve and said expectantly, "Xiaoyu, try it and see if our mooncakes are delicious."

Haibara Ai also looked over expectantly.

Hiroki had a slight smile on his face, as for Mitsuhiko and Conan, one of them was helpless and the other was smiling bitterly.

Obviously he has no confidence in his own work.

After all, Mitsuhiko didn't remember all the steps to make mooncakes. He was able to make these mooncakes by imitating Ayumi's method, which of course was not as good as the original. As for Conan, although he remembered all the steps, it did not mean that he could make them according to the steps.

Theory and practice are two completely different things.

Conan's brain learned the steps of making mooncakes, but his hands had their own ideas. The mooncakes he made in the end were so ugly in appearance that people could not flatter them at first glance.

"Well, then I'll try it." Ze Yu nodded, and under everyone's gaze, he picked up the mooncake made by Mitsuhiko.

Seeing this scene, a hint of barely perceptible loss flashed across Haibara Ai's eyes.

The first mooncake Xiaoyu tasted was not made by me?
Is it because my mooncakes are not good enough and Xiaoyu is disappointed?

Such thoughts emerged in Haibara Ai's mind.

Ze Yu did not open up telepathic communication, so naturally he did not know what Haibara Ai was thinking. He took a bite of the mooncake in his hand with a normal expression.

Ze Yu tasted the mooncake casually, without putting as much thought into it as Haibara Ai imagined.

"Hmm...below standard."

After taking a bite of the mooncake, Ze Yu did not show any surprise or difficulty, but said calmly: "It's baked too hard, I need to work harder."

"I understand." Mitsuhiko smiled bitterly.

Of course he knew that his mooncakes were not good enough. After all, it was his first time and he was not very good at cooking.

It's already pretty good if it can be barely edible.

Ze Yu silently ate the hard mooncake, then took a look at the mooncake made by Conan.

Then he quickly turned his head and looked at the other mooncakes.

Ze Yu's behavior seemed like he was disgusted with the mooncakes made by Conan, and he seemed impatient even when he looked at them.

And this is indeed the case.

Conan: "..."

Hey, Xiaoyu, even if I didn’t do well enough and made you feel disgusted, you wouldn’t have to show it so obviously, right?

At least give me some face...

Conan rolled his eyes out of habit.

Ze Yu picked up Ayumi's mooncake, took a bite, and then commented: "The taste of this mooncake is very close to the qualified standard. If Ayumi makes it a few more times, practice makes perfect, and she should be able to make good mooncakes."

"Thank you for the compliment!" Ayumi said happily.

She was already very satisfied to receive such an evaluation from Xiaoyu.

Haibara Ai bit her lips unwillingly.

Why isn’t the second mooncake mine?
As if sensing Haibara Ai's thoughts, after eating Ayumi's mooncake, Sawa Yu finally picked up the mooncake made by Haibara Ai.

Seeing this scene, Haibara Ai's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of expectation.

Ze Yu took a bite, his eyes lit up, and praised: "Xiao Ai did a great job, it's above standard, and it tastes pretty good."

"As long as Xiaoyu is happy, I can do better as long as you enjoy your meal." Huihara Ai stopped biting her lips and smiled happily.

She felt very happy to receive Ze Yu's praise.

Ze Yu nodded slightly, then picked up Hongshu's mooncakes. These mooncakes were beautifully shaped and looked great, and they should taste pretty good.

Ze Yu put the mooncake in his mouth, took a bite, then showed a surprised look and said incredulously: "Hong Shu, I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good."

"The mooncakes you make are probably the best among everyone else's. They taste even better than those made by Xiao Ai. If you give them to someone as a gift, it would be a good choice."

The 'everyone' that Ze Yu mentioned naturally did not include himself, because the mooncakes he made were better than those made by Hiroki.

(End of this chapter)