The Mysterious Chinese Cuisine

Another new week began.

The latest issue of The Cooking Master Boy manga was released.

This issue was the one readers had been eagerly awaiting the most.

This chapter featured the story of Liu Mao Xing participating in the Special Chef Exam.

In this issue, after winning the Dumpling Competition with his Ascending Dragon Dumplings, Liu Mao Xing, encouraged by everyone, decided to take on the challenge of the Special Chef Exam.

Armed with his mother's various tools and spices, which his sister had specially brought from Sichuan, Liu Mao Xing faced this formidable challenge. The theme of the exam was the unparalleled national dish—Wushuang Noodles.

Although the Porter provided the origin of these so-called Wushuang Noodles in the story, many readers still found it confusing and thought the Porter's ability to make things up was getting stronger.

Liu Mao Xing, striving for the honor of becoming a Special Chef, was about to start when he realized he had forgotten a crucial stone. Frustrated, he dashed back to retrieve it and managed to bring it back just in time.

However, this delay consumed a lot of time, and although he finished before the deadline, another chef named Wang Hu had already presented his dish to the judges.

Now, four out of the five slots had been taken by top chefs!

Based on the tenth chapter, the judges had given high praise to Wang Hu's noodles. So, did this chef Wang Hu succeed?

The readers eagerly turned the pages to find out.

But the next moment, everyone's face froze.

The next page had only a few words—To be continued.

What? That's it? Where's your integrity, author? Are you the ancestor of cliffhangers?

The readers, frustrated by this cliffhanger, flocked to Ren's Weibo and the Picca website.

"We strongly demand the Porter updates more frequently. I think Picca Manga can abandon the other comics and just focus on the Porter's manga."

"The person above, do you want the Porter to die from exhaustion?"

"Porter, you left us hanging again?"

"For cliffhangers, I only recognize the Porter."

"Oh man, we have to wait another week? I'm done. I suggest we find the Porter's address and lock him in a small black room, making him our personal manga machine!"

"Another cliffhanger? I give up, I'm done."

Despite their complaints, the readers still bought the manga enthusiastically.

Due to the climax in this issue of The Cooking Master Boy, it attracted even more support, causing a surge in Picca Manga's sales.

Unfortunately, Picca Manga's sales still didn't surpass Jia Rong Manga's.

It wasn't that Ren's manga was inferior to Warren's. On Douzhi.com, Warren's manga had a rating of 8.3, while Ren's manga scored 9.1, a very high rating.

It even surpassed the scores of many top five manga artists.

However, Jia Rong Manga had more renowned manga artists besides Warren, which gave them an edge in quantity over Picca Manga.

Claire slowly closed the manga she had bought, glanced at the messages in her group criticizing the Porter, and couldn't help but laugh.

She instinctively looked at her drawing tools. "A manga artist? Starting tomorrow, I'll be entering this field too, but as an assistant."

Thinking about it made her a bit worried.

Although she had passed the test at Jada's place on Sunday and Jada seemed satisfied, could she really handle the job?

But remembering Ren's injured hand, she clenched her fists.

No matter what, Ren was hurt because of her, so she had to take responsibility!

Ren had no idea about Claire's thoughts. At the moment, he was looking at the manga sales and rubbing his chin.

He remembered what his mother had told him back home—to help Jada more with her manga company...

His system provided him with three manga scripts every month.

If he had to draw them all by himself, it would be impossible. But what if he had more people?

He could provide the scripts and have a team draw the manga. That way, he could help Jada improve both the quantity and quality of her company's publications...

However...

Ren decided to keep it to himself for now.

He planned to wait and see. If he succeeded in confessing his feelings next month, he would bring it up then.

Suddenly, he turned to Jada. "Speaking of which, Jada, when will the manga assistants arrive? We need to work on this week's issue."

"Oh, tomorrow," Jada said, giving Yueyue a light pat on the butt. "I found three... and a half?"

"A half?" Ren was puzzled.

A half assistant?

"It's the girl you saved last time, Claire. She still has to go to school, so she can only come in the evenings. That's why I said half," Jada explained with a hint of excitement. "That girl is really talented. Although still a bit inexperienced, with some guidance and a good storyline, she could debut as a manga artist herself."

Ren remembered the girl he had saved not long ago, Claire.

He hadn't expected Jada to give her such high praise.

This made Ren reconsider his previous thoughts about her.

...

Meanwhile, at WebComics.

This was the largest gathering place for anime fans worldwide.

It not only provided various anime-related purchasing channels but also a place for fans around the world to discuss anime and manga plots.

Many die-hard fans gathered here to promote their country's excellent manga to the global fan community.

Stark, an eleven-year-old American college student and a ten-year veteran manga fan, was browsing the site when he paused.

"The Mysterious Chinese Cuisine—Turns Out What We've Been Eating Is Fake!"

"Chinese cuisine??"

In the eyes of some foreigners, the East is full of mystery.

Stark was no exception.

To him, the most mysterious aspects of the East were martial arts and cuisine!

That country was known as the land of martial arts and the land of gourmet food!

"A story about Chinese cuisine? Let's see what real Chinese food is like!"

Muttering to himself, Stark clicked on the link out of curiosity.

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