Chapter Twenty-Two: Time to Cash in the Chips

  The victory in the cooking contest made everyone at Zhuangyuan Pavilion seem like they had taken a stimulant, filled with joy and excitement.

  But Chu Feng furrowed his brow slightly and looked at Qin Fang, asking in a low voice, "Manager, do you know how Zhibin and the others are doing?"

  At her words, Qin Fang's excitement and agitation gradually faded away, replaced by a hint of cold elegance and concern: "I'll personally go pick them up, I definitely won't let anything happen to them!"

  "Hmm." Hearing that Qin Fang was going to take care of this matter personally, Chu Feng also felt at ease. He leaned in close to Qin Fang and whispered: "Then I'll go to the hotel and catch the traitor!"

  "Alright, I'll hurry back as soon as possible." Qin Fang's cold eyes shot out a chill, obviously she couldn't accept the traitor either.

  ……

  Because of the warnings along the way, Chu Feng and Zou Qing Shan's four people arrived at Zhuangyuan Pavilion without showing any excitement, but instead had a dejected look on their faces.

  Of course, in order to make their expressions more realistic, Chu Feng also didn't hold back. All the way, he was talking about Chen Zhibin still suffering, and there being a traitor in the Zhuangyuan Pavilion, managing to successfully adjust everyone's emotions to a satisfactory degree.

  As expected, as soon as Chu Feng entered the Zhuangyuan Hall, he met Wang Dechu, who was standing in the main hall with a proud and arrogant expression, with his follower Li Ming behind him.

  "Wang Deman saw Chu Feng and Zou Qing Shan enter, and with a sarcastic tone, loudly jeered: 'Hey, everyone come quick to see, our hero has returned!'"

  Chu Feng deliberately dodged, making a move to avoid him, while behind Chu Feng's back, the three Zou Qing Shan were glaring at Wang De full of anger. If it weren't for Chu Feng's prior arrangement, they might have already rushed up by now.

  Wang Deman saw that Chu Feng was about to hide and determined that he was afraid, so he laughed even more complacently. He blocked Chu Feng with one hand: "Great hero, where are you going?"

  "I'm going back to work, isn't that none of your business?" Chu Feng looked at Wang De's smug face, suppressing the urge to go over and slap him a few times.

  "Huh? Aren't you guys going to the competition? I wonder how it turned out?" Wang Deman asked with a sly smile, his eyes twinkling with playful glint.

  Chu Feng stood up straight and looked at Wang De coldly, asking back: "What does this have to do with you?"

  "It's not just related, it's greatly related!" Wang Deman wiped his oily forehead with a sly smile and said: "Have you forgotten our previous bet?"

  "A bet? What are you talking about?" Chu Feng pretended to be confused, looking at Wang De with a bewildered expression and asked in surprise.

  "Hum! You're not pretending on purpose. At that time when we were gambling, everyone was present, and you can't deny it!" Wang Deman hummed coldly.

  Li Ming immediately stood up behind him to prove his old boss: "That's right, I can testify that you said at the time that if you couldn't get first place, get out of the champion hall!"

  "Is that so?" Chu Feng looked at Wang De with a playful expression, but slowly said: "This bet is unfair, I won't take the first place, I resign. But if I took the first place, what would you do then?"

  "That's right, this bet is unfair, so it doesn't count!" Zhou Qingshan and several others also shouted together.

  "Don't try to deny it, I clearly said at the time that if you came in first, I would resign." Wang Deming felt he had already got the better of Chu Feng, so with a flicker of his eyes, he immediately had an idea.

  He finished speaking and gave Li Ming a meaningful glance. Li Ming understood, and loudly called out: "Right! Brother Wang said exactly that at the time, I can be a witness."

  Then Li Ming glared fiercely at the several waiters behind him, and those waiters were also intimidated by Wang De's and Li Ming's prestige, so they didn't dare to say no, and all nodded in agreement.

  "Oh, I see! " Chu Feng slapped his forehead and revealed a look of sudden realization, then said with a hint of disappointment: "In other words, at that time, the two of us made a bet. If I got first place, you would resign, and if I didn't get first place, I would leave, right?"

  Wang Deman looked at Chu Feng, and suddenly a sense of unease rose from the bottom of his heart. However, this thread of unease was instantly suppressed by him. In his heart, he fundamentally did not believe that Chu Feng would get first place.

  So he gritted his teeth and smiled wryly: "Right, that's what I said!"

  "Can all of you be witnesses?" Chu Feng put on a resentful expression and looked at Li Ming and the several waiters behind him.

  "Of course I can be a witness!" Li Ming shouted loudly, then glared fiercely at the several waiters behind him.

  Those waiters all nodded in unison and softly said yes.

  Chu Feng looked at Zou Qing Shan and the other two again, and Zou Qing Shan said loudly together: "Yes, we can also be witnesses. Whoever loses will resign!"

  Looking at the three people's unanimous answer, Wang De's unease in his heart grew a few more points, he suspiciously looked at Chu Feng, with sparkling light flashing in his eyes.

  But Chu Feng didn't give him a chance to repent, and directly turned around, angrily pointing at Zou Qing Shan and the others, scolding: "Good, good, you guys actually did this too, I really misjudged you!"

  Seeing Chu Feng's resentful expression and his angry scolding of Zou Qingshan, Wang De's heart finally put down slightly. He smiled slyly: "Those who know the current situation are heroes, you three can rest assured, from now on I will definitely not treat you unfairly!"

  Chu Feng looked at the timing and felt it was almost right, so he smiled lightly, just about to reveal the mystery, but outside, there was suddenly a commotion, and Qin Fang led Chen Zhibin and others into the room.

  Qin Fang gave Wang Deman a cold glance, and her absolutely beautiful face was covered with a layer of frost: "Director Wang has such great official power!"

  Wang Deman suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't dare to look directly into Qin Fang's eyes and awkwardly smiled: "Manager Qin, you're back."

  Qin Fang didn't answer him, but instead asked coldly: "Director Wang, I don't know if you hope I get first place or if you hope we come in last?"

  Wang Deman's whole body trembled, and his back was instantly soaked. He dryly laughed twice: "Of course I hope our Shuangyuan Building will be the first!"

  "Oh, that's great. It seems I was wrong to blame Director Wang." Qin Fang smiled and turned her beautiful eyes towards Chu Feng: "Chu Feng, let's bring out our championship trophy now."

  Championship trophy? Wang Deman and Li Ming looked at each other, both with a bewildered expression. What's going on here? How did they win the championship?

  The two of them stared foolishly as Chu Feng pulled out the championship trophy from behind his back, a crystal base with an exquisitely crafted crystal spatula on top. Under the hall's lighting, it was dazzling and eye-catching, but to Wang De and Li Ming, it was like a sarcastic sword that pierced straight through them.

  The two of them were stunned on the spot.