Gourmet: Twins' Father and Chef of the Kindergarten

Huang Jun hurriedly walked through the winding and twisting paths of the kindergarten and finally reached the back kitchen area.

"Creak—"

With a slight sound, he gently pushed open the half-closed glass door, and a mix of fresh ingredients and a faint rice aroma instantly wafted over him.

In the kitchen.

The soft light fell like a drizzle onto the floor, polished like a mirror, reflecting the busy figures of two people—Aunt Li and Aunt Lin.

They were bent over, carefully washing the various ingredients needed for the evening dishes in advance.

"Oh, it’s Huang Jun!"

Aunt Li was the first to notice the figure by the door. She looked up, a warm smile spreading across her face, even the fine lines at the corners of her eyes seemed to soften under the gentle effect of her smile.

She temporarily placed the scissors in her hand on the sink and waved at Huang Jun with a free hand.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Lin also turned around immediately, her eyes twinkling with a smile, and said to Huang Jun, "Chef Huang, you’re finally showing up. We were just talking about you."

"Really? What were you saying about me?"

Huang Jun stepped by the sink with a slight smile.

"What else could we be talking about! Of course, about when you’d be coming over."

Aunt Li answered straightforwardly, then added, "Oh, right, how was Qingqing and Weiwei’s end-of-school ceremony? Did they get the ’Good Child’ award?"

"Hey, Aunt Li, it’s as if you’ve installed surveillance in the Little (4) Class; nothing escapes your eyes."

Huang Jun said with slight surprise, "But you guessed right, both of them indeed received the ’Good Child’ award."

Aunt Li laughed heartily, "Who needs surveillance? I could guess that with my toes. With how well-behaved and sensible Qingqing and Weiwei are, who else could the award go to but them?"

Aunt Lin also joined in with a laugh, "Speaking of well-behaved and sensible, if Qingqing and Weiwei in your family admitted to being second, no one in this kindergarten would dare claim the first! Them receiving the award was completely expected on our end, not surprising at all."

Faced with the enthusiastic praise from the two elder women, Huang Jun felt a bit bashful. He waved his hand, smiling humbly, "Not at all, they have their mischievous moments too. Sometimes they’re both infuriating and amusing, quite a headache, indeed."

"Haha, kids must have a bit of a temper to be even cuter!" Aunt Li said, eyes full of affection, smiling brightly.

"True, Aunt Li is quite right!"

After thinking for a moment, Huang Jun agreed with a nod, his face beaming with a knowing smile, "Well, you two carry on. I’ll head to the prep room to get ready."

Having said that, Huang Jun swiftly changed into a clean chef’s uniform, performed a thorough sanitation routine, and then entered the prep room.

"Chef Huang..."

Lv Pengfei and Jiang Shuihan, who had arrived shortly before him, warmly greeted him as soon as they saw him enter.

"Oh, Anchor Lv, Anchor Jiang, you two got here early!"

Huang Jun smiled and slightly nodded at them, courteously saying, "I’ll be relying on your great help again today to complete the filming task, and I apologize for the trouble once more!"

"Not at all, this is nothing to worry about!"

Jiang Shuihan quickly waved a hand, with his mouth drawn up in a cheerful smile, "After all, filming in the kindergarten means we get to feast and enjoy your exquisite culinary skills, Chef Huang. It’s quite a rare honor!"

Lv Pengfei nodded repeatedly in wholehearted agreement, "Exactly, exactly! Just getting to taste the dishes crafted by your own hands, Chef Huang, makes any effort worth it. Honestly, we wish we could come here for filming every day! Ideally, we could film all three meals a day and savor delicious food at every meal."

But realizing that after today, the kindergarten would be on holiday and they wouldn’t be needed for filming, which meant they wouldn’t taste Huang Jun’s cooking until school resumed, suddenly made the holiday seem less appealing.

Alas!

It’s hard to have both holidays and gourmet food, seems like they’ll just have to eat more at lunch and dinner!

He asked with anticipation, "Chef Huang, what dishes are we filming at noon today?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuihan also looked at Huang Jun with eager eyes, waiting for his answer.

Could it be a big dish they’ve never tasted before?

Unfortunately...

The ideas are beautiful, but the reality is harsh...

All they heard Huang Jun say was, "Fried rice and seaweed soup!"

"Huh?"

Lv Pengfei and Jiang Shuihan both showed surprised expressions, "Chef Huang, what made you decide to make fried rice and seaweed soup? We thought it would be a more lavish meal!"

Their hearts were momentarily filled with mixed feelings, an indescribable sensation.

Upon hearing there would be filming for lunch and dinner today, especially dinner being the New Year’s Eve feast, they tossed and turned with excitement the whole night and hurried over first thing in the morning.

But upon learning that the lunch was just fried rice and seaweed soup, it’s hard not to feel a little let down.

Huang Jun smiled and explained, "This morning, I had to attend my two daughters’ end-of-school ceremony! Plus, we have to prepare the New Year’s Eve feast tonight, so for lunch, I thought we’d keep it simple and have some home-cooked dishes, with the big meal tonight."

Jiang Shuihan and Lv Pengfei laughed awkwardly, realizing they didn’t even know what kind of dishes they were expecting.

But at the very least, it should be something a bit more formal that could be presented on state occasions.