Chapter 124: Ban
No matter how heated the debate is online, Jiang Tian pays little attention to it. The only thing that concerns him is the cooking methods of various dishes.
Stock up in advance so that you won't be at a loss when you encounter the corresponding ingredients in the future.
Xue Tanxin and Ye Linfang were also very relieved. Xue Ruyan ran to Jiang Tian's house almost every day to help research new dishes.
Of course, Huang Xing and Guo Qihang, the two freeloaders, were also indispensable.
As two grown men, they naturally didn't need to worry too much and just moved into Jiang Tian's house.
And the two of them would really feel guilty if they just ate and drank for free.
The food expenses still needed to be paid, but it was impossible for them to just give money.
Instead, they both relied on their family connections to provide help to Jiang Tian.
The parents on both sides also clearly knew how much benefit their sons had gained by staying with Jiang Tian.
So they did their best to help in this regard.
Huang Xing helped Jiang Tian find all kinds of special ingredients, even some farmed products that were still under experimentation.
In contrast, Guo Qihang fiddled with various kitchen utensils and let Jiang Tian try and experience them.
Faced with everyone's enthusiastic help, Jiang Tian naturally couldn't be stingy.
He was very responsible and became everyone's sparring partner, doing his best to improve their fighting power.
In comparison, Xue Ruyan's situation was better.
But Huang Xing and Guo Qihang were miserable. They were beaten by Jiang Tian almost every day and lay on the ground unable to get up.
Especially Guo Qihang. Although he knew that Jiang Tian was very strong, he didn't have a strong feeling about it because he had never fought with him.
Now, with the help of the sparring opportunity, he finally felt firsthand the horror of the man in front of him.
Too powerful. When Jiang Tian, who had entered the sparring state, stood in front of him…
Guo Qihang felt as if he was facing an abyss, with darkness enveloping him.
During the first fight, when Jiang Tian rushed over, Guo Qihang even thought he was going to be killed.
Fortunately, it was just sparring. When he recovered, Guo Qihang found that his whole body was soaked with sweat.
Maybe the process was hard, but the result was beautiful.
With Jiang Tian's delicious food and sparring sessions, their strengths both increased.
Of course, Jiang Tian and Xue Ruyan both witnessed Guo Qihang's bizarre behavior with their own eyes.
Before every meal, Guo Qihang had to take photos.
Although the dishes cooked by Jiang Tian were already very beautiful, Guo Qihang still needed to add beautifying filters.
He even used software to edit photos with one click and add various backgrounds.
The captions made it seem like he was traveling somewhere and cherishing his last vacation.
In reality, he was just at Jiang Tian's house.
Every time after eating, he would practice madly, and his diligence left everyone dumbfounded.
After all, in the past, in the eyes of outsiders, Guo Qihang was a playboy who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun.
Who would have thought that he would be so diligent behind the scenes?
After each training session, Guo Qihang was sweating all over and was so tired that he could barely breathe.
Anyone who saw him would say that he was extremely hardworking and diligent.
But after taking a shower, this guy pretended to lie on the bed and took a selfie.
He posted it to his personal space again, saying that he had just woken up and claiming that sleeping in during the day was the key to a happy life.
Good, good, good!
They've secretly trained themselves to this level, using this tactic, huh?
Huang Xing also followed suit and learned Guo Qihang's techniques.
On his social media account, he also faked his activities.
In order to avoid being exposed, Huang Xing and Guo Qihang agreed to share the dishes and each take half.
However, Huang Xing imitated Guo Qihang's secretive behavior but inadvertently put Jiang Tian back into the spotlight.
Jiang Tian was already the number one in the country, and some people thought he won through luck.
This naturally attracted attention, with many people looking for faults as if holding a magnifying glass.
As many people dug deeper, they uncovered Jiang Tian's past at Yue City No. 14 Middle School.
[Number one in the country? He's just a gigolo.]
[If I had a sugar mama like this, I could also take first place in the country.]
[In cahoots? Let's reveal the truth about this man and woman.]
As these exaggerated voices emerged, Jiang Tian's image completely changed.
As a result, Xue Ruyan was also dragged into it.
Now, Jiang Tian's online persona was that of a poor student from Yue City No. 14 Middle School, while Xue Ruyan was the little genius and rich girl who supported him.
Not only during the awakening assessment, but they also claimed that he took first place in Yue City with the help of Xue Ruyan.
In the martial arts college entrance examination, everyone noticed that the second place was also Xue Ruyan, who earned a massive amount of military merit points due to her contributions.
So some people claimed that Xue Ruyan made the real contribution.
That Jiang Tian, this pretty boy, had simply relied on his good looks to charm Xue Ruyan into letting him take first place.
That she had intentionally let Jiang Tian report the intelligence and take the credit.
Pooh!
Scumbag!
And now, because of the pictures posted by Huang Xing, Jiang Tian's figure was sometimes caught in them and noticed.
As a result, just when this topic had started to die down, it suddenly became a hot discussion again.
[A chef won first place in the country?]
[A pretty boy who doesn't take his studies seriously—this is our top scholar?]
[Disaster has struck the Xue family!]
All kinds of ridiculous remarks were popping up.
Jiang Tian suddenly became a poor cook who could only rely on his luck to live off his "wife."
Xue Ruyan was not very angry about this, but her face turned red, feeling incredibly embarrassed.
What does it mean that Jiang Tian lives off me?
Doesn't this mean that the two of us…
"Lao Jiang, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect it to turn out like this." Huang Xing also felt very regretful.
Why didn't I learn something useful instead of getting into trouble?
Jiang Tian patted Huang Xing on the shoulder: "What does it matter? People have their own mouths, you can't control them."
"Besides, do you think they will have a good ending?"
Jiang Tian's words made Huang Xing freeze: "What do you mean?"
"You don't need to understand. Just be happy like this." Jiang Tian patted Huang Xing on the shoulder and continued watching the teaching video.
Huang Xing scratched his head and took a while to react: "Are you trying to say I have no brains?"
Guo Qihang laughed beside him: "Oh, if you finally understand, then you're not completely stupid."
"Lao Guo!" Huang Xing became furious and lunged at him, overwhelming him with sheer force.
Meanwhile, Xue Ruyan, sitting next to Jiang Tian, was searching for something on her phone.
"It's true…" Xue Ruyan then placed the phone in front of Jiang Tian and motioned for him to look.
Jiang Tian glanced at the screen and saw that Xue Ruyan was showing him the accounts that had been slandering him.
Above them, the results were displayed.
Ban!
Oh, by the way, this "ban" was different from Jiang Tian's previous life.
The full meaning of these two words was…
The account has been banned, and the owner has been eliminated.
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