Chapter 156 Kitchen in Hell
Long Xi proposed to find a cave to avoid the rain, while the other three agreed.

Haha, they were lucky and found a cave in the middle of the mountain.

The four were happy to have a place to have a rest. They did not have to worry about the storm.

However, this cave was somewhat weird in that there seemed to be some light coming out from it. Taking a closer look, they found that there were more than a dozen electric storage lights.

They looked into the cave and found that there were many pots, turners, bowls, plates, saucers, knives, and some other kitchen utensils, as well as some seasonings.

On a wooden chair in the center, a middle-aged man with a pair of eagle eyes and high nose sat among the kitchen utensils, seemly meditating on something.

The man looked up and noticed that Long Xi and her team were standing at the gate. He wore a bitter smile and stood up, saying, “Welcome you four to the Kitchen in Hell. Please come in.”

“Hulala!” Rain poured down.

Long Xi and her team hurried to get into the cave to avoid getting wet.

Xiaolu looked at the middle-aged man for a while and seemed to hesitate.

In the end, he seemed to make a decision to pull off his veil, saying to the middle-aged man, “Uncle Lu, why are you here?”

Yan Wangchuan finally figured out this woman in the green sari was Fan Xiaolu!

Long Xi asked Xiaolu, “Who is he? He looks familiar. Do I know him?”

Xiaolu told him this middle-aged man was exactly the famous film director Lu Hua, a good friend of Fan Qianqian. Xiaolu had called him Uncle Lu since he was young!

Lu Hua also felt astonished when seeing Xiaolu was there, saying, “Xiaolu, why are you here? You’ve also come to save Qianqian?”

Xiaolu was stunned and said, “I’ve come to save my mom. How about you? For her? Uncle Lu, I’ve wanted to ask you a question for a long time. What’s the relationship between you and my mom?”

Lu Hua said, “Xiaolu, you have grown up. I don’t want to hide this from you. We were lovers since we were young. One time, both your mom and I got success, so we became secret lovers. Later, we broke up because of our different characters, but we are still good friends. Recently, your mom joined one of my films in another city, but I lost contact with her days ago! Before I planned to call the police, I received a video and found that she was tortured. The kidnapper did not allow me to call the police and ordered me to go to Hell to save her.”

Xiaolu said, “You also got in Hell? But I have not seen you there!”

Lu Hua said, “I got on the ship three days ago. That Japanese woman told me the boss wanted me to play a new game that no one has played before. I thought for a long time and came up with this Kitchen in Hell, so they asked me to wait on the island and to be the judge here.”

Xiaolu said, “The Kitchen in Hell? Like the reality show in America?”

Lu Hua answered, “Of course not. What’s the job of your Uncle Lu? I am a director and screenwriter! I am creative!”

Xiaolu said with a smile, “Uncle Lu, don’t keep us guessing! Tell us quickly!”

Lu Hua said, “The rule of this game is to make a dish both cruel and delicious. Whoever makes the cruelest and best food will be the winner. All the players joining this game should use 10 chips as a bet. The losing ones should give me the 10 chips and needs to take the ice bucket challenge. The winner will have no loss and can use this kitchen to cook for three players! This is not a game that you must take part in, so you can make a choice.”

Long Xi said without hesitation, “I’m in! If I win, I can cook for my three teammates.”

Xiaolu said, “I choose to take part in it. I have lived independently in Korea for more than a year, so I have learned how to cook. It doesn’t matter much if I lose. Just 10 chips and the ice bucket challenge. I am young, so it’s just taking a shower with cold water.”

Yan Wangchuan said, “I’m in. Xiaolongnv, trust me. All the chips I win I will give to you to save Mo Kun.”

Long Xi looked at him gratefully, with tears rolling in her eyes.

Bai Bing said to Xiaolu, “I don’t know how to cook, not even wash rice. So I can’t participate in it. I can go outside to see if I can find any equipment or name brands.”

Xiaolu nodded and said, “Just go.”

At this moment, two people walked inside like two drenched chickens. They were an old grandmother and a middle-aged man.

The grandmother said a few words to them, but Long Xi could not understand. She just knew she was speaking Korean.

Xiaolu could understand by the way. He said, “This granny’s last name is Piao, coming from Seoul, South Korea. Her only son was arrested.”

The middle-aged man introduced himself. His last name was Qiang and he was a chef.

Lu Hua said, “Since you’re a chef, you’re suitable to participate in this game.”

He described the rules in Chinese.

Xiaolu translated into Korean for granny Piao.

Granny Piao said, “I have also been cooking at home for decades. I should give it a try.”

Xiaolu also helped her translate into Chinese. The way he spoke proved that he was living a good life in Korea.

Chef Qian said, “I shall participate in this game. However, the theme is somewhat weird. What is called a cruel and delicious dish?”

Lu Hua shook his head and did not answer.

At this moment, another two walked in, who were Weiwei and Yamamoto Shang.

They also said they wanted to participate in this game.

Lu Hua pointed at a battery lamp over their heads and said, “Hidden cameras are installed everywhere, so you have to be careful not to violate the rules! Now, seven players join this game. Anyone else? If not, the game will start. The time is limited to two hours. Whoever finishes the dish can serve the table first. Except for the seven players, the others can watch the game or are free to move around, but cannot do any favors. The seven players can help each other, as well as grab the ingredients of each other. All the ingredients are in the cave on your left. “Attention, the ingredients one grabs should be placed on the green area next to your stove. Then, others cannot steal them away from you. Okay, let’s start the game!”

Just at the end of his words, the seven moved fast to occupy their stoves.

Long Xi, Xiaolu, and Yan Wangchuan specially selected stoves next to each other, which was easier for mutual cooperation.

Then, the seven players were rushing to the “ingredients warehouse”, finding that the ingredients in the cave were abundant and dazzling.

Xiaolu asked Long Xi, “What ingredients do you want? I’ll get them for you first.”

Long Xi said, “I haven’t decided what to do yet. You can help Granny Piao get some first. We should respect the elderly.”

Xiaolu smiled and said, “Okay!”

Long Xi racked her brains to consider what to cook.

All of a sudden, Long Xi thought of a dish of the tail-burning feast in the Tang dynasty, so she walked toward the cage with quails inside.

Unexpectedly, she was too late. Chef Qian had carried the quail cage away.

He deserved to be a good chef and probably also thought of this dish.

He also took two radishes, probably to be used for carving.

Granny Piao was at an old age. Adding in being overworked and worried during the two days, she could not walk in a smooth way.

Fortunately, Xiaolu was kind enough to help her to get a few live octopuses.

He knew that Koreans thought the tentacles of living octopuses was a delicious cold dish.

When he handed a live octopus to Granny Piao, she was both grateful and astonished.

At this moment, Yan Wangchuan grabbed some living loaches and tofu, presumably to make a dish that Long Xi used to cook for him.

Yan Wangchuan also got some eels, presumably to cook live roast eel. It was a very famous Korean cuisine.

Weiwei completely knew nothing about cooking, so she went around like a fly without a head. Finally, she chose a few hairy crabs.

Yamamoto Shang took an iron cage with a strong living monkey in it.

Long Xi looked around gloomily and found that all the living animals had been taken away with their cages, so she had to walk toward the food areas filled with raw mutton and beef and carefully selected some.

Suddenly, her eyes brightened and she picked up a lump of bloody things with tongs.

Then, she took some more ingredients and spices and returned to the stove.

Xiaolu had been alarmed and was with Long Xi to protect her from grabbing her ingredients.

Long Xi said with a smile, “Go and get your own ingredients.”

Xiaolu said with a smile, “Now, I am the last one to get some ingredients, so I can choose slowly.”

At this time, Weiwei put the three hairy crabs onto a white jade plate and said loudly, “I’m finished.”

The players looked over and saw the crabs were still alive, whose claws were tied with straw ropes.

Granny Piao also said, “I’m also finished.”

She had cut octopus tentacles into small pieces and prepared a dish of sesame oil and fried white sesame.

“What are you cooking?” Lu Hua asked.

“Live crabs.” Weiwei said, “Grab the crab on both sides. Break it in half and eat the meat and cream while it’s alive.”

She knew nothing about cooking, so she could only speculate to make this so-called cruel dish without any skill.

However, could such an easy dish really win the favor of the judge, Lu Hua?

Granny Piao said, “What I have cooked is a Korean dish of live octopus tentacle. I cut the tentacle into small pieces. Dip some sesame oil and white sesame seeds to eat it.”

Lu Hua tasted both dishes separately.

Weiwei was anxiously rubbing her skirt, while granny Piao was extremely worried.

Weiwei pouted her lips at Lu Hua. Her charming and cute face could always attract the uncles’ minds.

However, Lu Hua was completely unmoved, saying with a smile, “I haven’t eaten raw meat for many years. Uh~ It doesn’t taste very good. Granny Piao’s dish is a little bit better than the girl’s. Girl, hand your chips to me and accept the punishment of an ice bucket.”

Xiaolu cheered up and made a cheering gesture toward granny Piao.

Granny looked at Xiaolu with a kind smile, which reminded Long Xi of her grandma involuntarily.