After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 20 - Can you also be my coach?

At 9:00 PM, as usual, in the back kitchen of the third floor of the track and field team's cafeteria, Qiu Wen, Wang Shen, and Cui Luoheng gathered together, waiting for Su Bai to prepare a late-night snack for them.

In the kitchen, except for Qiu Wen, neither Wang Shen nor Cui Luoheng seemed very enthusiastic. After all, the announcement that Su Bai would also be Qiu Wen's coach for the 400 meters event had already been posted on the bulletin board. Even if Su Bai could continue as the chef in the cafeteria's third floor kitchen in the short term, what about in the long run?

Once Su Bai starts coaching in the 400 meters event and achieves results with Qiu Wen, it's unlikely that the 400 meters event will only cultivate Qiu Wen. When Su Bai becomes a full-time coach for the track and field team's 400 meters event, can he still juggle being the chef in the kitchen?

In the kitchen, Su Zhe was tidying up the late-night snack he prepared for them – a pot of stewed beef. This was one of the heavier dishes Su Bai had made in a while. The small flame on the stove was simmering, releasing the aroma of the beef through the cracks of the pot lid and along the edges.

No one knew exactly what Su Bai had added to this pot of beef, but the fragrance was captivating. The rich aroma of the beef, occasionally accompanied by a hint of spicy ginger, awakened the senses before the spiciness made the beef's aroma even more irresistible.

Apart from the beef stew, Su Bai had also prepared a small serving of noodles for each of them, seemingly mixed with vegetable juice. The noodles were green and fresh, providing a delightful contrast when added to the clear broth.

Evidently, these noodles were meant to complement the rich beef stew and prevent it from becoming too heavy on the palate.

Ah, but who would ever find fault with the dishes Su Bai prepared?

Everyone was always left wanting more!

Wang Shen watched Su Bai's busy hands and sighed, "Sigh, when it comes to Su Bai's cooking, we end up eating less for a meal!"

Cui Luoheng, sitting beside him, had been feeling down ever since he learned that Su Bai would be coaching Qiu Wen in the 400 meters event. Despite showing up at the third-floor kitchen as usual, his 6'3" tall figure was now slightly hunched, giving the impression that he lacked energy.

Cui Luoheng understood that if Su Bai were to officially become a coach, it would be great for him. But he found it hard to be happy about it. He thought he had gotten used to suppressing his dissatisfaction over eating normally all those years. However, after enjoying the culinary feast Su Bai had brought today, he realized that the thought of going back to his previous life was making him irritable just thinking about it.

Don't want to eat the food prepared by Lao Sun.

Want to eat the delicious food made by Su Bai!

Cui Luoheng sniffed the fragrance coming from the pot while feeling increasingly annoyed. This sense of annoyance persisted until Su Bai had finished preparing the late-night snack and handed it to them. Holding the plate Su Bai had given him, Cui Luoheng's mind seemed to go blank for a moment before he blurted out, "...Su Bai, can you be my coach too?"

...

Huh?

Beside him, Wang Shen nearly choked on the beef he was eating when he heard this. He covered his mouth and burst into laughter, giving Cui Luoheng a thumbs-up. "Ah Heng, you're amazing! You've got quite the imagination!"

Cui Luoheng's thought process was easy to understand – there were only a few athletes under a coach's guidance. If an athlete couldn't settle for anything less than the coach's cooking and wanted a personal arrangement, why not give them special treatment? While this thought process was understandable, it still seemed quite far-fetched. Wang Shen couldn't help but give Cui Luoheng a thumbs-up for his creative thinking.