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“Ah? Oh, sure,” Xiao Xing nodded blankly.

The moment Xiao Xing agreed to that, Yuan Zhou picked up the kitchen knife and started taking the chicken breast apart.

The drumstick was left untouched while the other parts, including the bones, were not abandoned.
They were all set aside waiting to be used later.

“Wow, Chef Yuan, you look so handsome when handling a knife,” Xiao Xing was so impressed that he was addressing Yuan Zhou differently.

That’s right.
After Xiao Xing agreed to leave the drumstick alone earlier, Yuan Zhou picked the knife up.
Then, all Xiao Xing saw was the knife swishing left and right a few times before the chicken was already taken apart.
The breast, drumstick, and bones were all separated in a manner so clean it was like a magic trick.

“This is a basic skill of a chef,” Yuan Zhou was being modest.

“Tsk tsk, you are really great a knife, truly great,” Xiao Xing gave Yuan Zhou a thumbs up.

Yuan Zhou nodded and smiled without saying anything.

After he was done with the chicken, the rice grains were nearly done soaking.
Yuan Zhou started cooking the congee.

To save time, halfway through the soaking process, Yuan Zhou had added ice cubes into the rice.

There would not be a lack of ice cubes in Thailand.
There were ice cubes at ready in Xiao Xing’s home as well.
He would normally use the ice cubes for plain water or beverages since people in Thailand had a habit of drinking cold drinks.

Swish! Swish! Yuan Zhou started rinsing the rice grains.

After he was done rinsing, he picked up a bottle of cooking oil on the counter and gave it a whiff.
He found that there was no odor to it, deducing that this was probably a cooking oil produced from beans.
He then dripped two drops of oil into the rice grains.

After stirring the rice grains with a pair of chopsticks, he poured the rice grains into a bowl.
Then, he cleaned the casserole before he filled half the casserole with water and started boiling it.

Yuan Zhou was cooking a portion of rice sufficient for two and the final result would be two bowls for each of them.

Shortly after, the water started boiling.
Yuan Zhou directly poured the rice grains in.
The moment the cold rice grains entered the water, it stopped boiling.
After a while, it started boiling again.

This time, some spotlessly white and slender grains of rice were in the boiling water as well.
From how the water looked while boiling, one could see that the ratio of water to rice grains here was perfect.

After about five minutes, Yuan Zhou adjusted the stove and weakened the fire.
Then, he covered the lid and allowed the rice grains to continue cooking.
While waiting for the congee to be done, Yuan Zhou started preparing the salads.

Yuan Zhou planned to make a Salad Water Spinach and Sour and Spicy Chicken Shreds.
These two dishes would go well with congee.

The Salad Water Spinach was quite easy to prepare.
He only needed to clean the water spinach and arrange it on a plate before adding some sauce to it.
Slowly, the flavor would permeate into the water spinach and the dish would be ready.

The water spinach he prepared was aromatic and spicy.
The condiments he used for this dish were still condiments he was familiar with.
As for the Sour and Spicy Chicken Shreds, Yuan Zhou planned to use some local condiments.

In any case, Yuan Zhou wasn’t planning to eat any meat since his stomach was feeling unwell.
This dish was prepared for Xiao Xing.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Top! Top! Top! This was the sound of the knife connecting with the chopping board.

Ever since Yuan Zhou started cooking, Xiao Xing had been playing with his mobile phones by the side.
After all, he had already confirmed multiple times that Yuan Zhou did not need his help.
He had no interest in cooking anyway.

He took the opportunity to text his girlfriend.

Yuan Zhou had long mastered his grasp of timing when cooking.
By the time he uncovered the lid, the congee was already boiling.
Nevertheless, his timing was just perfect, the congee was not overflowing.
The two side dishes had been finished as well.

“Time to eat,” Yuan Zhou said as he served the two side dishes and the still boiling casserole.

“This smells so good,” Xiao Xing said when he smelled the congee after the lid was uncovered.

Yuan Zhou had only uncovered the lid after the casserole was placed on the dining table.
Before that, the room was basically devoid of smell.

It was time to show Xiao Xing what skill was.