Chapter 761 - 564: Don’t Praise Two and Belittle One Like This

Chapter 761: Chapter 564: Don’t Praise Two and Belittle One Like This

He smiled and nodded, "Alright, then let me give it a try and see just how much skill you little ones have. But, let’s agree beforehand, no matter the outcome of the competition, the most important thing is to participate and enjoy the process, okay? Don’t end up crying if you lose..."

"Pfft, we won’t cry!"

Liu Ruihan immediately retorted, with an unyielding gleam in his eyes. He then turned to Qingqing and Weiwei and said, "Did you hear that? My dad’s joining us too, so we have to do our best and not let my dad underestimate us!"

"Mm-hmm~ Let’s all do our best..."

Qingqing responded enthusiastically, reaching forward with her little hand, palm facing down.

Weiwei was the first to respond, gently placing her palm on top of Qingqing’s. Liu Ruihan then added his hand to the pile.

The soft light of the lamp shone on the three stacked little hands, as if it gathered endless strength and courage.

Standing nearby, Huang Jun and Wen Xueqian watched this scene and couldn’t help but break into laughter. In unison, they cheered for them, "Go for it, we’re rooting for you..."

A teasing smile rose in Liu Shiwei’s heart. He shook his head pretending to be helpless and mumbled to himself, "Aren’t you all being too biased? You’re only cheering for the ’three little ones,’ what about me? This ’big kid’ also needs encouragement!"

Wen Xueqian heard him and couldn’t help but roll her beautiful eyes, filled with helplessness and teasing, as if saying: You’re so ridiculous, competing with kids for attention? Even jealous of them...

"Tap, tap, tap~"

A crisp and rhythmic sound interrupted their conversation. Huang Jun was seen fully focused on rolling dumpling wrappers, completely immersed in his own world, oblivious to Liu Shiwei’s teasing, as if the whole world consisted only of the dumpling wrappers and the crisp sound.

Thanks to his excellent dough-rolling skills, dumpling wrappers were produced by his nimble hands, just the right thickness, and as uniform as if they were copied and pasted.

Wen Xueqian watched intently from the side, sincerely praising, "Huang Jun, your dough-rolling skills are amazing, these dumpling wrappers are even more neat and even than those made by a machine."

Liu Shiwei quickly echoed, nodding repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I think so too. Even if they were machine-made, they might not be as good as Brother Huang’s handcrafted skills..."

In response to their compliments, Huang Jun just smiled lightly, humbly responding, "Not really, it’s just some household skills. Practice makes perfect..."

He took a freshly rolled dumpling wrapper and turned to Qingqing, Weiwei, and Hanhan, saying, "Watch carefully, making dumplings is actually very simple. Lay the dumpling wrapper flat on your left hand, use chopsticks in your right hand to put a bit of filling in, then pinch the middle first, and start pinching from one side slowly, like this..."

As he explained, he skillfully demonstrated, and before long, a delicate crescent-shaped dumpling appeared.

Liu Shiwei took a glance and confidently said, "So simple, watch me!"

He imitated the demonstration, laying the dumpling wrapper flat in his palm and picking up some filling with chopsticks to place it in the middle. But being greedy, he grabbed too much, making it impossible to close the wrapper.

At this moment, he fell into total disarray.

The more anxious he became, the harder it was to pinch the dumpling wrapper, and even the filling mischievously fled in all directions, sticking everywhere.

Oh!

What you’re afraid of always seems to happen...

Wen Xueqian stood by, watching Liu Shiwei’s series of awkward maneuvers, and shook her head helplessly, summing it up: "Typical case of being a know-it-all who ruins everything when doing it..."

"Haha..."

Liu Shiwei’s face lit up with a slightly embarrassed yet composed smile, "It’s inevitable to have some flaws on the first try. After all, practice makes perfect..."

"Hehe, daddy is a bit clumsy, but still very cute!"

Liu Ruihan said playfully.

Liu Shiwei pretended to be angrily responding, "You little one, dare to tease your dad, come on, have a go yourself and see if you can do better than me..."

"Sure, why not, who’s afraid... I think I can do it, I’m definitely going to win this competition!"

Liu Ruihan was provoked into determination.

She didn’t rush to start but patiently observed Huang Jun’s every detail in dumpling-making. Not until she was confident that she had grasped the skills did she slowly reach out to pick up a dumpling wrapper.

She cautiously used chopsticks to pick up an appropriate amount of filling and gently placed it in the center of the dumpling wrapper. Then she deftly lifted one side of the wrapper to meet the other, forming a basic dumpling shape.

Subsequently, she started from one end, carefully pinching around. Even though there were occasional minor hiccups during the process, she ultimately succeeded in making a dumpling.

This scene made Wen Xueqian’s eyes light up, and she sincerely exclaimed, "Wow, Hanhan, that’s amazing, to make it so well on the first try!"

Qingqing and Weiwei gathered around curiously. Although they were competitors, they did not hesitate to praise, "Yes, indeed very impressive!"

"Of course!"

Liu Ruihan proudly displayed the dumpling in her hand and didn’t forget to gratefully look at Huang Jun, "It’s all because my dry papa taught me well!"

Huang Jun smiled and replied, "It’s mainly because you’re smart, Hanhan, you learn quickly."