Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 108: Sabotage

Translator: Kats  Editor: Perriemix

Everyone shared laughs and stories as the first pot of flour layer was made. Zhong Xiang was responsible for the filling while Wang Mingde was in charge of pressing it into shape.

“It looks delicious,” Helian Jing commented, drooling as he stared at the exquisite looking mooncake.

If only it weren’t needed to be frozen, he would’ve finished a few already.

Ye Jiayao checked the finished products to pick out all those who weren’t up to her standards. Luckily, Zhong Xiang’s technique was so good that there were almost no failures.

“Put them on plates and freeze them,” she ordered once she was done with her inspection.

The first 100 batch needed to be put in iceboxes.

“How long do I have to wait before I can eat it?” Helian Jing asked, sounding a little desperate.

Ye Jiayao resisted the urge to smile at how cute he was. “You’d have to wait at least half an hour, Little Jing.”

Helian Jing nodded acceptingly and brought a chair over to sit by the icebox.

The team then went on to cook the second pot of sticky rice powder.

When the half-hour mark passed, Helian Jing started pushing them for a taste. Cui Dongpeng went to open the icebox for the Young Royal Highness and immediately backtracked.

He yelled, “Brother Yao, come here! Something’s not right!”

Everyone stopped what they were doing and crowded around him.

Ye Jiayao took out a moon cake and noticed that it wasn’t as round and clear as the ones they made before. It was all dried up and some places were even cracked. It was easily broken in half and not as stretchy like before.

“It cracked? How? Why?” Zhong Xiang exclaimed.

“Was the recipe wrong?” Wang Mingde muttered questioningly.

“How could that be? We tested the recipe so many times and it succeeded every time,” Deng Haichuan said.

Was there something wrong with the ingredients?

Ye Jiayao shook her head. “Check the ingredients, we must find the cause of this.”

Helian Jing picked up one of the defective mooncakes and said, “I’m sure it’ll still be very delicious.”

“No. It has to  look  good and taste good,” Ye Jiayao said. She was hoping to catapult mooncakes into fame so she has to make their debut nothing less of spectacular.

Everyone split up to look for what might have been the cause, but no one could find anything. They all turned to Ye Jiayao, not knowing what to do.

Ye Jiayao frowned as she stared at the second pot that was about to be ready.

They’ve run through this recipe numerous times so that wasn’t the problem. They all tried to find what faulty ingredients caused this, but they found none. What the f*ck is the problem here?

“Put this batch in the freezer and test it. Don’t make any more until these come out.” If they turned out to be the same, it meant that somehow, something went wrong with the recipe.

The lighthearted talks and laughter that was previously running in the kitchen disappeared. Everyone was now looking at the icebox with wariness and apprehension. Every second of the wait was filled with tension and anxiety.