Chapter 724

Yuan Zhou adhered to a strict schedule every single day . Although he was not obsessive enough that he would stick to a precise timing on when to do each day, there was little variation to his schedule .

Therefore, it was extremely rare for Yuan Zhou to still be awake at three in the morning .

People would always say that the brain would be more wide and open at night . Therefore, inspiration would come easier if one thought of something in the dead of the night .

Yuan Zhou ate the eighth bowl of Spring Water Tofu Pudding without adding any sauce .

There was no problem with Yuan Zhou’s cooking skill . Even with his strict standards, this tofu pudding could still be considered a delicacy . Now, he started preparing to make the ninth bowl of tofu pudding .

Tofu puddings would usually be made in a huge pot . If a scoop was used, the tofu pudding would definitely fail to take shape . Normally, in the smaller restaurants, scoops would only be used to take out the finished tofu pudding . At the larger restaurants, pieces of square tofu puddings would be prepared instead .

To determine if a dish was truly delicious, the simplest method was to eat it again and again to see if one would get sick of it .

Therefore, Yuan Zhou’s cooking skill was indeed very good as even after eating eight bowls in a row, the tofu pudding still felt as tender as ever in his mouth . He wasn’t the tiniest bit sick of it .

However, Yuan Zhou had already eaten his dinner before this, and it was quite a large dinner . Therefore, his stomach was currently bulging .

If one overeats, even if one was only eating tofu puddings, one’s stomach would still start to hurt .

Yuan Zhou was lying limply on the chair . As his stomach was hurting, he did not move around much . He had paused his plan of making the ninth bowl of tofu pudding and decided to take a rest first .

“Is there a problem with my brain today? Why do I keep failing to figure out what’s wrong with a single Spring Water Tofu Pudding dish?” Even while lounging on the chair, Yuan Zhou’s brain did not stop working . He started recalling the eight bowls of tofu pudding he had eaten .

The room sank into silence . After a bit of rest, Yuan Zhou’s stomach wasn’t hurting that much anymore . He started preparing the ninth bowl . Yuan Zhou would usually go out on a jog at five thirty in the morning . Even if he skipped that, he still needed to start preparing breakfast at six thirty in the morning as his restaurant would be opened at eight .

In other words, he only had three hours left .

Ten bowls…

Eleven bowls…

Yuan Zhou ate another five bowls of tofu pudding in a row . He analyzed it from every angle he could think of . He had even tried using three different types of brine water . In truth, there were quite a few variations to brine water .

Different regions would have their own method of making tofu pudding . Some would use beef stock, some would use brine water, and the simpler recipes would use gypsum instead . Yuan Zhou had already tried using each of them .

Yuan Zhou had even figured out how to remove the gypsum smell that would usually be unavoidable when cooking using brine water . One could say that Yuan Zhou had already tried his best .

After many tests, Yuan Zhou discovered that the brine water provided by the system had the faintest smell . And after undergoing his filtering process, this brine water no longer had any smell, a perfect brine water .

Furthermore, Yuan Zhou’s intuition was telling him that the issue was not with the brine water .

There was no problem with the soybeans, plain water, brine water, and the sauce . The tenderness of the tofu pudding was also not the problem . The source of this weird feeling the tofu pudding was giving him was very well concealed .

On his twentieth try, the system that had remained silent for a long time suddenly spoke: [My scan detected that the recipe for the Spring Water Tofu Pudding is correct . There is no problem there . ]

[There is also a possibility that there is a problem that the host has yet to discover . ]

It was now 5:21 am in the morning . Not even the system could stand Yuan Zhou’s stubbornness anymore . Therefore, it scanned the recipe it provided to see if there was any problem .

This was something very rare for the system .

“My intuition will not be wrong,” Yuan Zhou was very confident and stuck with his judgment . After inhaling deeply, he pressed on his stomach and continued eating .

“Huh? This smell…”

This time, Yuan Zhou was able to lock onto an odd smell . He quickly added two spoonfuls of tofu pudding into his mouth before finally discovering what smell this was: a fresh scent .

Since he was using top quality soybeans, the tofu pudding had a natural fragrance to it . And it was this natural fragrance that had covered this fresh scent . Let alone an ordinary person, even food critics would have a hard time discovering this fresh scent . Yuan Zhou had only managed to detect it after eating 20 bowls .

“The fresh scent is similar to the smell of a green leaf . Where does it come from?” Yuan Zhou frowned as he could not figure out the origin of this scent .

The fresh scent was mixed with the natural fragrance of the soybean, spoiling the overall taste of the tofu pudding . This was why Yuan Zhou kept having an odd feeling when he ate the tofu pudding .

While Yuan Zhou was in serious thought, his phone rang .

“Wow, it’s time to jog . I’ll go jog for now since I have already discovered the issue,” Yuan Zhou turned off the alarm and washed up upstairs before leaving after putting on his sportswear .

“It feels good to go out and refresh the mind,” Yuan Zhou took in a deep breath at the morning air and started jogging .

Ta . Ta . Ta . Yuan Zhou jogged while his mind contemplated on the tofu pudding .

“Good morning, Boss Yuan,” greeted Huang Ling who was sweeping the street .

“Morning . ” Yuan Zhou nodded his head .

“Boss Yuan, erm…” Huang Ling would usually only greet him when she saw him jogging but today, she called out to him and started hesitating instead .

“Yes?” Yuan Zhou stopped jogging .

“I noticed the light in your restaurant being turned on all night . Is there a problem?” Huang Ling carefully probed . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .

Huang Ling was worried that something had happened, yet when she saw Broth peacefully sleeping near the door, she started doubting her judgment . That was why she was hesitating .

Due to her past experience, Huang Ling was a very cautious person .

“Don’t worry . I was the one leaving the light on,” Yuan Zhou answered .

“That’s good to hear . Boss Yuan, don’t stay up all night too much just because you are still young . When a bamboo rots, the rot will start within,” Huang Ling advised .

“Bamboo?” Yuan Zhou was hit by a flash of inspiration . After thanking Huang Ling, he ran off .

“What’s going on with Boss Yuan?” Huang Ling muttered doubtfully while looking at Yuan Zhou who was running fast .

Yuan Zhou could not be bothered with anything else . He directly ran back to his restaurant .

“Hu . That is definitely the case . That’s right . Hahaha, I am indeed a genius,” Yuan Zhou started laughing while speaking to himself the moment he entered the restaurant .

Even though he was in a rush, he still thoroughly cleaned himself before he started making tofu pudding again .

After he finished making the breakfast, the 21st bowl of tofu pudding was done as well .

“Perfect taste . Indeed, I’m right,” Yuan Zhou quickly ate the tofu pudding and smiled in satisfaction .

He smugly asked the system, “What do you think? Do you acknowledge my genius?”

The system ignored him . Yuan Zhou did not bother pushing on . He was currently feeling elated from having solved this problem .

Although he had not gotten any sleep, he stayed excited the entire day . Even during the evening, he only took a short nap before he started his usual schedule of sculpting and placing the sculptures on the shelf . As the school was not on holiday, there would be a lot of children coming to take the sculptures .

His excitement lasted the entire day until the night when Zhou Shijie arrived .

This was a perfect Spring Water Tofu Pudding, one that not even the system could come out with .

It was Zhou Shijie’s lucky night .