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♪ Looking into your eyes ♪

♪ I see myself holding close to you ♪

♪ Wherever I go ♪

♪ I will never find someone like you ♪

♪ So much in love tonight ♪

♪ I know that it feels so right ♪

♪ So special you and I ♪

♪ You make my world go round and round ♪

♪ Falling to you ♪

♪ I’m falling to you ♪

♪ All I ever want is to be with you ♪

♪ Love is for you ♪

♪ My love is for you ♪

♪ You are my everything in my life ♪

♪ Falling to you ♪

♪ You’re the only one ♪

♪ My love is for you ♪

Dating in the Kitchen

Episode 13

Yanqiao Farmers Market

How much are the duck eggs?

Shengnan,

I’m surprised to see you here.

Who is this handsome man?

Boyfriend?

Look,

he has the disposition of a rich man,

he must be generous.

Buying duck eggs?

Bring us the most expensive duck eggs of yours

Thanks.

OK.

Why are you sitting down, Shengnan?

Which bastard sold you at a high price?

I’ll avenge you.

Sold me at a high price?

Sorry, sold to you. My mistake.

How much

is this?

5 per egg.

Make it cheaper.

You’re the only buyer.

I’ll offer you my buying price.

4.8.

I only make 20 cents per egg.

Look.

Authentic Gaoyou Salted Duck Egg.

Very greasy.

Shengnan,

what’s this?

Honesty Detector.

This is a bit excessive, isn’t it?

It’s unnecessary.

Let’s have a test.

See if you’re honest.

I’m very honest.

What’s this?

Facts speak louder than words.

How much is your buying price?

4.8.

4.5.

3.

All from Gaoyou?

Sure.

All greasy?

Sure.

Shengnan,

this is

not Gaoyou Salted Duck Egg.

I bought it from the suburbs.

The villagers salted the eggs.

Your lowest price?

3.5.

I’ll take 6.

So much extra effort.

I told you

honesty matters the most.

21.

Thanks.

How much is this piece of tofu?

3.

Don’t worry, I’ll make up the price discrepancy.

Be honest from now on.

You’re nice, senior.

Senior?

Senior.

Alright, alright.

You pay however much you like.

2…

20.

Keep the change.

Tutu, collar, collar!

Sorry.

Where is the needle?

Sorry, Boss.

I forgot. I’ll pluck it the next time.

The next time? What about this time?

Tutu, do you know why

I haven’t fired you?

Because you’re mercy.

Because labor law is protecting you.

You silly!

Gabriel, Gabriel.

I didn’t expect

you to be a true man.

Richard, Richard,

perfect timing.

So

you can help me teach her

how to act like you.

One look from Mr. Lu

can make you get Pavlovian Conditioning.

Pav…

Go look it up.

P-Pavlovian.

Get down to business.

I’m here today to fulfill my promise.

We had a deal.

You’ll be the supplier of the uniforms

for our New Year Celebration this year.

Meng Xinjie,

you’ve been unlucky in relationships.

I thought you’d forgotten about it.

I didn’t expect that

you’re actually here to fulfill your promise.

It looks like

Xu Zhaodi didn’t hurt you that much after all.

I was worried about you for several days.

OK, OK, let’s talk business.

And keep private stuff private.

Speak.

So, uh, you don’t get the order for free.

There are two things that may trouble you.

How troublesome would they be?

The first thing is,

why is Miss Gu unhappy today?

Shouldn’t your boss worry about it?

True, but I’m just doing my job.

Well,

this is simple.

Next.

Next thing is,

has Xu Zhaodi hooked up

with another man?

A man? Is he handsome?

A mixblood.

Jeez, a mixblood?

Where did she meet him?

In a nightclub or something.

He drives a Porsche.

No, no.

It doesn’t matter.

Must be the one that we often go to.

Does he drink?

It’s Friday or…

Must be Saturday.

No, no, no. Wait, wait.

Are you asking me or I’m asking you?

Richard, don’t worry.

I’ll handle Zhaodi for you.

You need to help me confirm which the club it is.

He’s Asian-European or African-European?

Jeans?

Richard,

come on!

If you see him again,

send me the address.

I’m here.

Yes.

Oh, your vegetables.

It’s OK now.

The light is fixed?

You installed it?

Good. Good boy.

Handsome boy.

♪ I love my country ♪

♪ I can never part with it ♪

So, uh…

Good night.

Good night.

Your vegetables.

Good night.

What the heck?

Fussy Lu,

do you…

like me?

Fussy Lu,

do you like me or not?

Gu

I like you.

Fussy Lu,

do you like me?

♪ I won’t ever let you go cuz you’re the one ♪

I like you.

Fussy Lu,

do you like me or not?

♪ Every night and day ♪

♪ Tell me that you love me say you do I love you ♪

I like you.

Fussy Lu,

do you like me?

I like you.

Louder.

I like you.

♪ The evening when I waited for you ♪

♪ The right moment I can hold you ♪

♪ I fall in love in love in love with you ♪

♪ I can’t stop thinking about you cuz you got me baby ♪

♪ I miss you more and more Can’t get enough of you ♪

♪ Baby You’re the only one I love Baby ♪

♪ Please don’t be shy Trust me ♪

♪ Don’t leave me hanging ♪

Mr. Cheng.

Is Ms. Zheng happy with the dishes

that we prepared for her?

Don’t know.

Until now,

if there’s no bad news

it’s good news, right?

Call me if necessary.

Fried codfish with tomato basil sauce.

Lu Jin,

why are you here?

I’m in charge of the Bauhinia project.

I can’t miss this important part.

Right, mom?

Sit.

The fish is good.

It had its own world.

It got a bright future

but was seduced by the cheap bait.

Its greed was sated

at the cost of its life.

Foolish.

A lowly dish.

Carry on.

Why are you in a rush?

I heard Ms. Zheng said that…

Well, she said

the soup was lowly.

And the fish was

greedy and foolish.

Anyway, the dish wasn’t high-end enough.

Forget it, next dish.

Trumpet, serve.

OK.

Where is the cart?

It was right here.

I…

There! You two dummies.

Ms. Zheng,

Mr. Lu, Miss Li.

The next dish

is today’s final dish.

Also, a dish specially cooked by our chef

Gu Shengnan.

She’ll introduce it.

Ms. Zheng, we got the expensive ingredient

just for you.

Red wine...

What-what’s this?

What?

You didn’t cook this?

No, I didn’t.

I cooked truffled mushroom ragout.

Sorry,

I didn’t cook this.

Since Chef Gu didn’t cook this,

Manager Shen, take it away.

OK.

It is truffle.

One of the three most expensive ingredients in the world.

But

it seems the truffle

hasn’t been processed.

Raw truffle

smells bad.

It must be a misunderstanding, right?

Manager Shen.

No.

Li Man, please explain

to us if there’s a deeper meaning.

It simulates truffle’s

growing environment.

The garnish is rotten leaves.

The rest

might sound inappropriate...

Then just stop.

Say it.

Truffle doesn’t carry out

photosynthesis on its own.

So it needs a host with enough nutrition.

For example, oak.

It absorbs the nutrition in an oak’s roots

to create an ideal growing environment for itself.

Truffle

also kills the plants around the oak.

It makes them decay and rot.

Truffle sure is callous.

Mom, it’s a misunderstanding.

Manager Shen, it’s not

a misunderstanding.

I think she did it on purpose.

Are you trying to say that

the acquisition

is like the truffle,

which killed others to benefit itself?

No, Ms. Zheng.

I am unhappy with the acquisition,

but I’m not that stupid to

take it out on the dish.

I didn’t cook the dish, Manager Shen.

All right, enough.

I’ve seen what Bauhinia is capable of.

Let’s go.

Uh…

Ms… Ms. Zheng, uh…

What are you doing here?

Go back to the kitchen.

S-Sorry, sorry, Mr. Lu.

Gu Shengnan,

about what happened,

don’t you think you owe me an explanation?

What explanation?

I didn’t cook the dish.

She didn’t.

I helped her all the way.

She did use truffle,

but not like this.

Who cooked it then?

Manager,

did someone serve the wrong dish?

Someone?

Who?

Are you talking about me?

No, no, no.

I served the dish.

I know it was you.

My meaning is,

who passed the dish to you?

Me.

Are you talking about me?

I passed the dish to her.

I didn’t mean that.

All right.

It’s not that hard

to figure out

what the hell happened.

The person had a problem with Zhenghong Group.

No one here

is that important

to have anything to do

with those big bosses, right?

I seem to remember that

Customer 1123 fooled

the kitchen around.

I believe everybody should know

that who had a problem

with him.

Just admit it.

Don’t get us

hardworking employees involved.

We’ve been working here for so long

and we are treated as suspects.

This is very disappointing.

Very cold-hearted.

What do you mean?

Yes,

1123 and I did have a history,

but I don’t have a problem with him.

What is it then?

Anyway,

it’s not related to this matter.

See?

She’s hiding something.

How come it isn’t related?

I think it’s definitely

related to this.

And

in an unusual way.

Think about it,

we’ve been working in Bauhinia for so long

and we haven’t got promoted.

A young girl like her

made her way up to chef in a few days.

And here she claims

she got the promotion fair and square?

Mr. Lu, how come…

How come you’re here in the kitchen?

Come with me.

I have something to ask you in private.

Do you trust me?

Of course.

Who else would I trust?

I knew you would.

It’s been a tiring day,

go home and get some rest.

Leave it to me, okay?

Go home.

You’re Gu Shengnan’s sidekick.

Can I call you that?

Mr. Lu,

how polite of you.

Shengnan is my chief.

Mr. Lu, tell you what,

Shengnan mustn’t have done it.

When she cooked,

I had been helping her.

I can vouch for her.

She definitely cooked truffled mushroom ragout.

Someone must have swapped the dish.

Who would it be?

Well,

that’d be my presumption.

Out with it.

I order you to tell me.

Could be Mr. Yu, could be Mr. Wang.

They think they have worked for the longest time

in Bauhinia Hotel,

so they always take advantage of their seniority.

In the chef competition,

they lost to my chief.

So they must have held a grudge.

They framed my chief up.

I…

Oh,

check the camera.

See who exactly

swapped the dish.

That’ll do, right?

Sorry to disappoint you

but the camera got nothing.

I have no idea then.

We didn’t do it.

Come in.

Mr. Lu, Yu Zhikun is here.

Sit.

You are Yu Zhikun?

Yes.

Back in the kitchen, I...

I’m Lu Jin.

Mr. Lu,

hi.

How long have you worked in Bauhinia?

13 years.

In Bauhinia...

Do you know why I called

you here?

No.

Did you swap Gu Shengnan’s dish?

No.

How was it possible for me to do it?

We only had a brief talk,

you can’t presume that I did it.

The hotel has a strict rule

that if expensive ingredients like black truffle are used,

the employees must keep a record.

According to the record in the prepping room,

you took some black truffle

at around 9:15.

Is that correct?

Correct.

Yes.

I did take some.

I cooked with it.

What did you cook?

Fried scallop meat with black truffle.

You cooked it last night?

No, this morning.

Where is the dish?

Uh, I did a terrible job.

Then I trashed it.

Where?

Where?

It must be in the trash bin.

Which trash bin?

Which trash bin?

So many bins.

I must have

trashed it in a random bin.

Was it the bin for

kitchen garbage downstairs?

Yes, yes.

That bin.

Well, that’s odd.

The garbage collector

comes to collect the garbage once a day.

Everything from last night until now

is still in the bin.

I sent someone to

rummage through it,

but your fried scallop meat with black truffle

wasn’t found.

Instead,

Gu Shengnan’s dish, which was supposed to be served,

was in the bin.

What did you do with your black truffle?

Or did you mix the black truffle

with a bunch of rotten leaves

and serve the dish?

No, no, no.

This is slander.

This is but your guess.

You have no evidence.

Right?

Have you heard

Locard’s Exchange Principle?

What?

When someone commits a crime,

it’s a progress

of exchange of items.

The criminal

is an item.

Let’s say you,

during the crime,

you would make contact and

exchange with all kinds of items

and it doesn’t subject to man’s will.

No matter how hard you try to hide,

everything that you did would leave

traces.

You’ve been working in Bauhinia for 13 years,

you know everything about this place.

Since you do,

you know that the security camera in the kitchen has a blind spot,

so you could avoid it.

The camera wouldn’t catch

any part of you swapping the dish.

But the deed was only half done.

If you were to keep it from everyone,

you must secretly

get rid of Gu Shengnan’s dish.

The trash bin for the kitchen garbage

would be your only option.

And there was only one way

to get to the trash bin.

Because you had to avoid the

cameras in the elevator,

you’d have to walk downstairs.

There was no security camera in the staircase,

as well as at the exit of it.

No camera could have caught that spot.

But what the camera could film

was the wall opposite to the exit of the staircase.

Did you notice that

there was a painting on the wall?

A painting?

What painting?

An Italian artist Tiziano’s work,

the Repentant Magdalen.

The camera can catch the full painting

and the reflection of the person

who walks past it on the glass frame.

All you did was

meant to frame Gu Shengnan up,

but do you know

that during the dish-tasting,

the vice president of Zhenghong Group

had gastrointestinal bleeding

because of the dish you made?

Now, she’s still in the emergency room.

Your action has

endangered a person’s life.

I must call the police.

Whether it’s a crime or not,

you’ll have to explain to the police later.

No, it’s...

No. How… How could it be?

It shouldn’t be like this...

I just...

Why did you do it?

Because the young girl Gu Shengnan

gets to be the chef

whereas you got demoted to

a sous chef

after working in Bauhinia for 13 years.

You think it’s unfair,

so you came up with a nasty idea

to fame her.

Yes.

I admit it.

I swapped the dish.

I couldn’t let her become the chef

so easily.

It’s unfair.

I’ve worked in this hotel for so long.

Why does a little girl get to become

the chef so quickly?

Sit down, you. Sit down.

It’s not that complicated. Sit down.

I’ll help you sort it out.

You’re fired.

You go to HR and resign.

Simple, right?

What about the police?

I didn’t expect any of this.

No. There’s no cop.

No one would eat that dish.

And there was no painting.

But we got this.

What?

Yes.

I admit it.

I swapped the dish.

I couldn’t let her become the chef

so easily.

It’s unfair.

I’ve worked in this hotel for so long.

Voice memo

Why does a little girl get to become

the chef so quickly?

I see.

You set me up.

You didn’t get any evidence.

You’re with Gu Shengnan.

You’ve

worked together to set me up.

And Gu Shengnan isn’t sleeping with anyone?

Are you saying Gu Shengnan is

sleeping with me

or with him?

Make yourself clear.

With you!

Go out.

How did you know I was coming?

Meng Xinjie told me on the phone.

He-he-he said,

Zhaodi and my uncle went to your house

to settle the score with Li Man.

My house?

Because I just called them...

Slow down.

I called them

and said some stuff on the phone.

And then they...

They just went.

Quickly, quickly.

Matsuhashi No.1

Li Man,

come out.

Come out!

Li Man!

You are a coward.

Right. Come out!

Such a coward!

Coming, coming.

Who

are you two?

Shouting and yelling

in front of other’s house

is inappropriate, isn’t it?

You’re Li Man, right?

You don’t need to know who we are.

You

have a pretty face

but do sneaky stuff.

Speak.

Did you do it?

Miss,

please watch your language.

What are you talking about?

You old vixen,

don’t act innocent.

I read right through you.

Miss Li,

I’d like you to know that

although my nephew Gu Shengnan

is a bit goofy,

but we got her back.

I advise you not to play dirty.

You’re Gu Shengnan’s relatives, huh?

There’s a misunderstanding

between us, I think.

First of all, I don’t know her well.

You go talk to whoever is responsible

for what happened today.

You just speak with Lu Jin.

What?

Are you upset

because he’s into someone else?

If Lu Jin liked you,

you would have been together.

You can’t blame your own failure

on Gu Shengnan.

The more you bully her,

the more Lu Jin cares about her.

Don’t try to read other’s mind.

Or you’ll be trapped

in your own thoughts.

Lu Jin is my son.

You don’t get to take a wild guess

of what he likes.

You’re Lu Jin’s mom, right?

Hi, Lu Jin’s mom,

we’re here to tell you that

Gu Shengnan would never do

shit like that.

Someone must be jealous of her

and tried to frame her up.

You two

came here to speak for the girl chef?

I have a few words for her.

I hope, in the future,

if she has any problems,

she has to report to her boss,

the manager of F & B.

Please don’t send a bunch of her friends

to speak up for her in the middle of the night

in front of the chairman’s house.

She’s better off spending the time

improving her culinary skills

instead of trying to be a smart ass.

Especially truffle recipes.

Ms. Zheng,

you sound quite harsh.

Who are you?

I’m a tailor.

My name doesn’t matter.

We weren’t

very much educated.

Sorry for disturbing you.

It’s our fault.

But

everything happens for a reason.

Our chef friend

was framed up

but she didn’t make a scene,

instead, she asked us not to disturb you.

In comparison,

you’re a woman of high status,

but you’re mean

and just jumped into conclusion without evidence.

Ms. Zheng, we...

So you’re too petty

with us, whose names aren’t even worthy

remembering.

Oh,

you just said,

Mr. Lu is your son

and others can’t read his mind.

I’d like to ask you,

do you know your son?

Do you know what’s the relationship

between Mr. Lu

and our chef friend?

Of course you don’t.

You care more about

the shares of the company.

You don’t care about true feelings

of human beings.

Enough.

Enough.

Mom.

Sorry, Ms. Zheng.

I’m so sorry.

I’ve found out who cooked the dish.

Everything is on me.

They

are her friends.

Go.

Please.

Lu Jin,

she wears a terrible look on her face.

Will she be hard on you?

No, no.

I’ll take care of it.

You head back now, OK?

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Mom.

Lu Jin,

you’ve become more and more different.

I’m still your son.

Going out to confront them

wasn’t your thing.

People change.

Yes. And quite a lot.

Your name is more important

in this thing.

So I must find out who did it.

And it wasn’t Gu Shengnan.

You’re better than this.

Just forgive them.

You care more about

Gu Shengnan’s feelings, right?

You and she are both important to me.

Since you’ve said it,

it would be uncool of me

to keep giving a young girl a hard time.

Now that it has been confirmed that

Gu Shengnan didn’t do it,

I’ll buy

her a meal, then.

No, mom.

She hasn’t really

taken it to heart.

So

you don’t need to buy her a meal.

But I have.

If I don’t clear the air,

people would think I’m

bullying a girl.

Mom.

Mr. Lu,

just let them dine together.

It might be a good chance for them

to clear the air and get to know each other.

I’m worried that my mom...

Don’t worry about me.

Does

Miss Gu have concerns?

Just you, me, and her?

The three of us have a quick meal,

right?

Just a quick one.

Table 6, lime juice marinated scallop,

applewood smoked New Zealand salmon.

Table 11, raw steak tartare,

slow-cooked Iberian Matsusaka pork.

Table 15, fried sea bass,

foie gras parfait.

Table 18, orange flower bitters sponge cake,

with saffron mousse, almond, orange on it.

Keep it up, guys.

We got many customers today. Come on!

You hear it?

Yes.

Then get to work.

I got table 11.

I got table 6.

Prepare the ingredients.

Chef Gu,

I’ll take care of the rest.

Come on, come on, come on.

Help me wash two carrots.

Chef Gu, you’ve finally got everyone’s respect,

my life will be so much easier.

It’s impossible.

I plan to train you.

I’ll watch you closely every day.

No problem.

Mr. Cheng helped you find out the truth

and fired Mr. Yu.

How will you thank him?

How?

It’s your job.

You’re good at ass-kissing.

I only kiss your ass, Miss Gu.

Young man,

you need to focus on your job.

Don’t put your mind on

meaningless stuff,

got it?

Got it.

So go prepare the ingredients.

OK.

Miss Gu.

See you around.

Hurry up.

How did it go?

Did your mom give you a hard time

after you went home?

No, she didn’t.

Why would she?

I have great news for you.

My mom wants to make peace with you.

She’d like to buy you a meal.

Just the three of us.

It is good news,

but no.

The moment

I think of how I cook for her,

I feel, I feel terrible.

No.

You won’t be the cook.

We’ll dine in a hotel.

But I respect your decision.

Let me think about it.

I’ll get back to you later.

OK.

Think about it.

How about you think about it now?

I’m busy.

I’m the chef.

Yeah.

I’ll tell you later.

OK.

I’m off.

Think about it.

OK.

See you around.

See you.

You...

I’m tired. I’m tired.

You wanted to come,

I barely hang out in places like this.

Celine,

the drink from Mr. Wang.

What a coincidence.

An old client of mine.

Zhaodi

You call me at this hour,

do you want to drink or cry?

Help me out,

your bestie met a mixblood.

Don’t be fooled by the driver.

I won’t fall into the same trap twice.

It’s rush hour.

The price is one and a half times higher than usual.

I’ll double it.

Dress like a macho.

Don’t be caught.

Like a macho?

More outfit fee, then.

Fine, I’ll cover all.

I’ve sent you the address. Be quick.

I’m on my way.

You had a couple of drinks tonight,

don’t drive me home.

I won’t,

I’ll get us a designated driver.

No.

I have a friend nearby.

He’ll be here soon.

Zhaodi, here I am.

♪ I can’t tell if this is real love ♪

♪ But I know how I feel ♪

♪ To be very honest with you love ♪

♪ I wanna get close to you ♪

♪ I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪

♪ But I keep on thinking about you ♪

♪ You’ve been on my mind ever ♪

♪ Since I saw you smiling at me ♪

♪ Your smile ♪

♪ Baby I’m just falling to you ♪

♪ You don’t need to say anything special ♪

♪ Cause I’m pretty sure ♪

♪ You’re the morning dew that has fallen soft ♪

♪ During the night on me ♪

♪ So naturally ♪

♪ Like we’re meant to be together ♪

♪ That’s how I see it ♪

♪ Though it seems illusive ♪

♪ Can you tell how much my love is pure ♪

♪ You can’t buy it or sell ♪

♪ To be very honest with you love ♪

♪ I wanna get close to you ♪

♪ I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪

♪ But I keep on thinking about you ♪

♪ You’ve been on my mind ever ♪

♪ Since I saw you smiling at me ♪

♪ Your smile ♪

♪ Baby I’m just falling to you ♪