Chapter 1165
Seeing how Sister Hui reacted, the questioning look in Mr. Dong''s eyes faded and he quickly said,
"Hui, don''t react so fiercely. It''s just a question. I didn''t mean anything about it."
Sister Hui crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked away, ignoring Mr. Dong. She looked at
Henry, full of dissatisfaction, and asked, "Say, what are you really trying to do? Are you deliberately
trying to destroy my rtionship with Mr. Dong? You are not wee here. Leave at once and I''ll
forget about that 200,000 yuan !"
After Sister Hui finished speaking, she winked at the two bodyguards behind Mr. Dong.
The two bodyguards immediately understood and walked towards Henry. They grabbed Henry''s
shoulders from both sides firmly. The two men tried with all their might, but they were unable to
even so much as shake Henry in the slightest, which embarrassed them very much. They tried
moving him at full strength once more.
Henry shook his shoulders, and the two bodyguards were pushed a few steps backwards.
The both of them looked at each other with surprise and saw a trace of embarrassment in each
other''s eyes. Just when they were about to try once more, Mr. Dong waved at them to stop.
The two bodyguards retreated before they were able to take another step against Henry.
Mr. Dong looked at Henry and inhaled deeply. "Henry, I still have matters to tend to here, how
about..."
"It''s okay. I won''t disturb you while you watch thepetition." Henry smiled and interrupted Mr.
Dong. "When the dishes areplete, I''d like to talk to you about something."
"You have something to tell me?" Mr. Dong looked confused.
Sister Hui butted in rudely, "I have already told you that you''re not wee here, how much more
shameless could you possibly be? Don''t you understand what it means when someone asks you to
leave?"
Henry turned his head to watch thepetition, as if he did not hear anything,pletely ignoring
Sister Hui and Mr. Dong.
Mr. Dong shook his head and said nothing.
Sister Hui was furious, but there was nothing she could do to Henry.
Every contestant had entered the stage of cooking. It was the final stage and was also the most
intense moment of thepetition. This stage would usually not take too long toplete, after all,
there was a time limit in thepetition.
The entire hall was packed with aroma. Ten minutes after Henry had arrived, the bell rang. All ten of
the participating chefs immediately stopped in their actions. ced in front of each of them, was a
glorious dish, waiting to be tasted by the judges.
A judge got up and walked past every contestant, then finally arrived at the centre of the hall, where
a microphone stood.
The judge grabbed the microphone, nced around, and announced loudly, "Attention everyone,
we had just been notified about another special matter before be start the judging. As we all know,
the Mengbaton Award is the highest honour a chef could attain. Today we shall give out the
Mengbaton Award. However, before we do that, another award shall be presented."
"Another award?"
Upon hearing what the judge had said, everyone in the audience had suspicious looks on their
faces. They had never heard of anything of that sort before, yet another award appeared all of aN?velDrama.Org owns ? this.
sudden.
"Yes, another award." the judge nodded. "This award is extremely special. It''s not a trophy to signify
one''s mastery of cooking, rather it is to apud one''s attitude towards cooking. This award has
never been issued, this shall be the first and only one as of today. As for whether there would a
second time this award would be given, that is still unnned. Now do all of you understand the
nature of this award?"
After fully hearing the judge''s words, looks of passion were visible across the faces of many people
who were present.
It was currently the only special award, and whether or not it would be awarded again in the future
was uncertain. That would mean if one received this award, it was very likely that he or she would
be the only one in the world to have won it!
The older chefs whose skills and precision have weakened with age were especially enthusiastic
about it. These people had been working as chefs all their lives. It could be said that they had
poured every ounce of their lives into this job. Now that aplimentary award based on the
cooking attitude of a chef had been announced, it got their blood boiling with excitement!
"Are there already candidates selected for this award?" someone asked excitedly.
The judge nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, and the winner is among the audience today. It''s just
that this person has no knowledge of it yet."
Upon hearing this, the retired chefs were even more excited.
There were hopeful looks in everyone''s eyes.
It was the same for Mr. Dong. A possibly exclusive award meant an immeasurable amount of
honour to him, plus Mr. Dong also truthfully knew that he had devoted all of his life to culinary arts. If
he was lucky enough to win this award, it would be the biggest aplishment of his life.
All the audience burst into an uproar, but the judges did not silence them. It was not until two
minutester when the judge stretched out his arms to calm them down. "Alright everybody, settle
down now. The dishes of the contestants are still on the table. I believe it''s about time for us to get
to the point of it. This award is called the Award of Dedication, which means it''s an award to
commend the dedication of a chef towards his or her profession, just as its name suggests. Well
then, when it''s time to present the award, don''t you old boys leap up too excitedly when you see the
award going in your direction."
The words of the judge caused a burst ofughter to erupt from the audience, then it died down
very quickly.
Everyone held their breaths nervously.
At the entrance of the hall, two beautifuldies dressed in formal-wear appeared slowly carrying a
tray together. Red satin was draped across the tray, hiding whatever that was beneath it, but
everyone knew that beneath it was the Award of Dedication.
At that moment, everyone''s eyes were fixed on the two formally dresseddies. Their eyes were
burning with passion, but this time it was not because of the beauty of thedies, instead it was
because of the award. Even the contestants participating in the Mengbaton Culinary Competition
were brimming with passion and anticipation. What an exclusive award! What an honour it would be
to be presented with this award!
Under the watchful eyes of the audience, the twodies walked slowly towards the south corner of
the audience. When the audience saw the direction thedies walked towards, those in the other
three corners were filled with disappointment.
As for those who were seated on the south corner of the hall, some that had a lifetime of experience
as a chef, felt that their hearts were pounding so hard that it felt like it was about to leap out of their
throats.
Mr. Dong stared straight at the twodies who were walking towards him.
"It''s me? Me? No way! It''s me! It really is me!"
Mr. Dong was screaming ecstatically in his heart. He watched the twodies walk past several old
mates as they got closer and closer to him. However, the twodies suddenly came to a halt just
when they were about to approach him. They stopped at the distance of approximately two men
away from him.
Seeing this, Mr. Dong''s heart, which had already crept up his throat, dropped instantly. He felt as if
he had just been shot into clouds then immediately dropped into an abyss, the award was so close
yet so far, it was no longer possible for him to obtain it in his lifetime.
Under the fiery gaze of the audience, the two formally dresseddies bowed slightly and smiled at
Henry.
Henry, who was sitting next to Mr. Dong, rose from his seat under everyone''s gaze and reached for
the tray that was held by the twodies.