Chapter 901 Triggering the Quest_2

[Ding! Congratulations on receiving a prize: Level +1]

Directly leveling up by one level, quite straightforward and blunt!

Fu Yu grinned. He just loved this kind of crisp and straightforward reward; it felt satisfying to accept it.

There’s one last unclaimed reward: a key for a self-selected teaching practice class.

A long list of courses, although Fu Yu wasn’t seeing it for the first time, he was still amazed!

The complexity and diversity of culinary types are such that even if you live and learn throughout your life, you might not master them all accurately.

Fu Yu carefully browsed through all the courses. Because he was feeling emotional, he was slightly distracted. When he refocused on the course list, he realized he had unknowingly flipped through quite a few.

[Braising, scalding… the culinary techniques of medicinal cuisine…]

Fu Yu paused and fixed his gaze on [the culinary techniques of medicinal cuisine].

This is great!

Although he had advanced personal skills in medicinal cuisine cooking and owned two related recipe books,

he had never undergone systematic and standardized learning.

With this culinary technique for medicinal cuisine, at the very least, in the future when customizing medicinal meals, his cooking techniques can be more comprehensive.

Fu Yu didn’t hesitate anymore and directly chose the key for the [culinary techniques of medicinal cuisine] teaching practice class.

After obtaining the key, Fu Yu suddenly felt that whether or not to attend the annual conference of traditional Chinese medicine was no longer important.

Because… he wanted to attend the conference originally to meet more traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, exchange ideas on diseases that could be treated with medicinal cuisine, and understand common cases.

But now, as long as he enters the teaching practice class, he can grasp the culinary techniques of medicinal cuisine. With hard work in the future, he should be able to judge customers’ needs using his own abilities by thoroughly reviewing the complete compendium of Chinese herbal medicine effects.

But… the only drawback is that he doesn’t know how many parts there are in the complete compendium of Chinese herbal medicine effects.

Trying to finish it all might be quite lengthy.

Since he conveniently had some time now, Fu Yu simply took the key and began studying in the teaching practice class.

…

Meanwhile, at the venue of the annual meeting of the Provincial Gourmet Association, the awarding activity of the cooking video competition as the opening ceremony was already at its end.

The winners went on stage to receive the award and gave their acceptance speeches.

This year’s winners were all extremely excited because this year’s award ceremony invited many big names from the industry. Standing out on such an occasion and showing up in front of these bigwigs was such an honor.

If they could leave a good impression on those present, it would surely aid in their development in the future, and it is something to be very proud of as well.

However… the few bigwigs quietly being watched by the winners were clearly a bit gloomy.

Liu Shaoxian turned his head for the Nth time to look at the Liu Sisters sitting diagonally to the left at the back row. The sisters were also somewhat absent-minded; no matter who went on stage to receive the award, they looked completely unconcerned and occasionally leaned in to whisper to each other.

Initially, Liu Shaoxian noticed the empty seat next to Liu Yunong and thought it was reserved for Fu Yu, but to his surprise, the person who finally sat there was an award presenter.

Seeing the award ceremony about to end and Fu Yu still nowhere in sight, Liu Shaoxian couldn’t help but want to talk to Liu Yunong to inquire about the situation, but the distance was a bit too far, so he dismissed the idea.

Liu Shaoxian looked idly at the award-winning videos playing on the big screen and the winners who went on stage with the announced award list.

It’s not that the competition videos weren’t exciting, nor that the award activity was dull.

On the contrary, the cooking video competition produced a batch of outstanding newcomers in the industry this year.

The carefully crafted competition videos were innovative, especially Fu Yu’s submission, which even made Liu Shaoxian’s eyes light up.

However, Liu Shaoxian found this award activity somewhat disappointing.

Because the winner he anticipated the most didn’t even attend the event!

Liu Shaoxian had even made a point to recommend Fu Yu to his visiting group members, hoping to introduce him during the event.

Unexpectedly, Fu Yu didn’t show up at all.

If it weren’t for Fu Yu, he wouldn’t have attended the Provincial Gourmet Association’s annual meeting, as he had already accepted an invitation to the annual event of the provincial department of traditional Chinese medicine before this.

The timings of the two events were very close. After attending this one, he would have to rush to make it to the other.

Liu Shaoxian couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed, so he decided to leave early to make it to the other event in time.

Ren Yuchang and Li Zongming stared at the award stage disinterestedly, lost in their thoughts.

Clearly, Yao Shi had said confidently that Fu Yu would be coming with the head chef Luo Rang of the Four Seas Banquet for the event this year.

But now, the award ceremony was about to finish, and Fu Yu hadn’t shown up at all.

This is too insolent, isn’t it?

Winning an award and not bothering to come and collect it?

Ren Yuchang thought that Fu Yu might have had something come up that delayed his trip. Based on his understanding of Fu Yu, the young man was reliable and not someone who would casually flake like this.

Li Zongming, on the other hand, was frowning; just thinking about the scene earlier made him feel uncomfortable.

During the award presentation, because the placement was quite good, the host even took the effort to introduce him at length, yet when the presenters came on stage, Fu Yu was still nowhere to be found despite being called for repeatedly.

The scene was extremely awkward for a moment, making Li Zongming feel somewhat displeased.

Why didn’t Fu Yu come?

He clearly received the invitation, posted on social media, and arranged for a ride, so why the change of mind midway?

If he wasn’t coming, couldn’t he at least have given a heads-up?

If it weren’t for not being very close, Li Zongming would have called directly by now, given his personality.

However, because he isn’t very familiar with Fu Yu, he finds it inappropriate to make that call.

Seeing Ren Yuchang also appeared quite disappointed, Li Zongming couldn’t help but complain: “Xiaofu should at least have a reason for not coming, shouldn’t he?”

Ren Yuchang, seeing Li Zongming looking somewhat angry, quickly advised: “Xiaofu must have had something come up suddenly.”

Although Ren Yuchang hadn’t interacted with Fu Yu much, his discerning eye could tell that Fu Yu wasn’t an arrogant or boastful person.

Moreover, the video cooking competition organized by the Provincial Gourmet Association was a great opportunity, something desired by many but rarely obtainable.

To put it bluntly, winning and not appearing due to pride would be purely foolish, wouldn’t it?

However…

Ren Yuchang couldn’t help but glance at Liu Shaoxian sitting in the front row.

He was a bit worried for Fu Yu, wondering if today’s incident would leave a bad impression on Liu Shaoxian.

After all, Liu Shaoxian is an expert with the National Medicinal Cuisine Research Association; his network and social circle are vast. A change in his opinion of Fu Yu would mean losing a significant opportunity, not just any ordinary one, resulting in a huge loss.

Actually, the people feeling most bored at the scene were the Liu Sisters.

Liu Yunong was a bit better, as she originally came to expand relationships and inquire about the location for a new store.

Being busy with business, she didn’t have much time to think about other things.

It was Liu Yuqing, who was extremely excited when she came, and now feels equally bored.

She came primarily for Fu Yu, with her camera and phone fully charged, to capture all the memorable moments when Fu Yu went on stage to receive his award.

Now that Fu Yu hadn’t shown up, even though the award stage was lavish and uniquely decorated, and many outstanding competitors participated, nothing interested her in the slightest.

Although she knew why Fu Yu couldn’t make it, without seeing him safe and sound, Liu Yuqing remained uneasy.

Constantly worried if Fu Yu was merely reporting good news and hiding the bad, wondering if he really was fine.