World-Class Chef

The chef paid no attention to Mia Qian, kneeling and desperately kowtowing to Princess Jade Hayes. He pleaded, "Mistress, please spare me! I only wanted to earn a living! Have mercy, Mistress!"

"Mistress? What mistress?" Mia Qian looked at the chef, completely bewildered.

Princess Jade Hayes glanced at the chef, then looked at Mia Qian and said, "Is this the master chef from Eight Treasures Bistro you hired at a high price? Tsk tsk, how unbelievably foolish. Miss Mia, do you even know who this man is?"

"Isn't he the head chef of Eight Treasures Bistro?" Mia Qian retorted, stiffening her neck.

Princess Jade Hayes snorted lightly and said to the chef, "Tell them yourself—who are you really?"

Faced with his real mistress, the chef felt exposed and dared not lie any further. He confessed honestly to Mia Qian: "I—I was just a busboy at Eight Treasures Bistro. Later, the supervisor noticed me and let me help in the kitchen washing vegetables. Then, when the bistro downsized, I was fired for making a few mistakes. I lost my job and couldn't support my family. When I heard someone was recruiting famous chefs in the capital, I took a chance and signed up. But I'm really just a helper who washes vegetables—not a renowned chef. The dishes I know, I secretly learned by watching the real chefs cook!"

"Miss Mia, did you hear that?" Princess Jade Hayes glanced at Mia Qian, whose face looked as if she'd just swallowed a bug, and smiled. "Tell me, how much did you pay for this fired busboy who only knows how to wash vegetables to teach you how to cook?"

"I—I..." Mia Qian instinctively stepped back, never expecting that this so-called famous chef from the capital was a fraud!

She was even more shocked that Princess Jade Hayes could expose the chef's true identity with just one look!

Mia Qian was so embarrassed she wished she could disappear, unable to say a word.

If Princess Jade Hayes found out that Mia Qian had spent five hundred taels of gold to hire this chef, Mia Qian would become the laughingstock of the city!

Mia Qian was too embarrassed to speak, but the busboy dared not hide anything from Princess Jade Hayes. While kowtowing, he said, "I—I took five hundred taels of gold from the Qian family as tuition! I can return all the tuition, just please have mercy and spare my life. I didn't mean to deceive anyone, I was just desperate!"

"Five hundred taels of gold for tuition?" Princess Jade Hayes clicked her tongue at Mia Qian and said bluntly, "Miss Mia, you spent so much money just to hire a busboy to teach you how to cook. And you actually thought you learned well enough to present your dishes to His Majesty. Luckily, His Majesty didn't take a bite, or he'd have died from how awful your food is."

"I—I..." Mia Qian was so devastated by Princess Jade Hayes's sharp tongue that she burst into tears, sobbing, "Even if I was tricked, I meant well! Your Majesty, at least I tried my best to learn how to cook. Your cooking skills aren't necessarily better than mine!"

The busboy, hearing Mia Qian's words, quickly covered his face and curled up into a ball.

Oh heavens, those words were just unbearable!

Did Mia Qian even know who she was talking to?

The woman before her was none other than the genuine culinary legend—the ancestral grandmother of all the famous chefs at Eight Treasures Bistro!

Princess Jade Hayes looked at Mia Qian, rubbed her hands, and smiled slightly. Turning to Prince Alexander Hayes, she said, "It's been ages since I cooked myself. No one remembers that I used to be a chef. Well, since I'm in a good mood today, I'll show Miss Mia what it means to be a true master chef!"