(Girls' Literature)

At a quarter past eight o'clock in the morning, there was silence in the arena of the Global Food Competition in Lyon.

It's not that there is no one here, the staff and judges are already in place in advance, and the only thing missing is the contestants.

Last night, the arena was rearranged with only five slots left, and none of the players showed up except for several photographers on the sidelines.

It's not normal, the staff of the match felt it was abnormal half an hour ago.

In the past, the contestants would arrive at the venue about a quarter of an hour early, which is their quality as a professional chef and a sign of respect for the competition. Today has passed the allotted entry time for the tournament by a quarter of an hour, and still no one has come.

Although there are no clear rules for the competition, what will happen if you are late, but all the participating chefs have disappeared, and even if there are rules, it is a joke. Expelling all late players from the tournament means that the championship will only be lost.

"Did you call the contestants?" one of the judges asked.

"Already in contact. A staff member said cautiously. Today, I'm afraid they're in big trouble.

At this moment, in the tavern in the city of Lyon, there are people lying all over the place, all the chefs who had come to this party last night.

Last night, Patrick had a treat, and at first everyone was just having fun and making friends, but then someone opened the owner's private wine cellar, which was filled with all kinds of rare wines, and the chefs were amazed.

After getting Patrick's permission, everyone began to drink happily, what if there was no food or drink? The kitchen door was also opened, and several waiters who remained here were driven away from the stove, and these cooks were there, and their cooks were just working on the axe.

So, everyone took turns to cook, and even drank while cooking...... No matter how it tastes in the end, there is no shortage of ingredients in the end.

It was about four o'clock in the morning, except for Su Ruotong, everyone drank down - including Su Changqing.

Su Ruotong herself was dragged by these drunkards to drink two glasses of wine, after she came to this world, she basically never touched alcohol, and the red wine was still quite strong, and after a while, she was also lying on the bar and fell asleep.

The revelry lasted almost until about seven o'clock in the morning, when the sun had already risen, and there was no one to pick a place anymore, so he simply fell asleep.

The pressure of many days of continuous competition, the fatigue of not resting for a day and a night, and the effect of alcohol, made these players fall into a deep sleep one by one, even if the phone rings one after another, no one wakes up.

The first to react was Su Ruotong.

She just leaned against the barstool and the bar and the wall, and her bones were falling apart with soreness all night.

The phone ringing on the field has never been interrupted, Su Ruotong rubbed his head, found Su Changqing and them, and pushed them one by one, but no one reacted.

Come on, they're all drunk! I won't wake up for a while, and if I look at the others, it's not much better.

In the end, Su Ruotong simply went to the sink to wash her face and went back to the hotel to wash up first.

Alexander's entourage knew that their employer had gone out to party, and when they saw Su Ruotong coming back first, they asked, "Miss Su, may I ask where Alexander is now." ”

Su Ruotong saw that there were a lot of them, enough to take care of those drunks, so he reported the store address.

After taking a bath, changing into clothes, and sitting down to drink three glasses of warm water, Su Ruotong was slightly more comfortable. She doesn't hang out with these chefs anymore, it's too noisy.

About two hours later, more than two dozen taxis drove up to the front of the hotel, and Alexander's assistants, with the help of taxi drivers and hotel staff, helped the drunken cooks into their rooms one by one.

There weren't enough rooms, but even three people piled on a large bed were better than having them continue lying on the floor of that tavern.

What's more, when those cooks wake up, they will definitely be very grateful to Alexander, these things, but what a good opportunity for his subordinates to sell favors. Alexander, don't look at people small, but the team around him is really shrewd.

Su Changqing and the others were also sent back, Su Ruotong said thank you, looked at Su Changqing helplessly, brushed open his door, and brought people in.

After entering the door, Su Ruotong immediately felt that something was wrong.

The room where Su Changqing lives is a suite, with a small reception room on the outside and a bedroom on the inside. Chu Yuhu is not the kind of person who likes to tidy up the house, Su Changqing's housekeeping skills are basically zero, usually in their house, there are always some small objects of Chu Yuhu scattered everywhere, what kind of brooches, high heels that don't care if you take them off, scarves and sunhats hanging on the coat rack for I don't know how many days......

But today, all those things are gone, as if there is no one else living in this room except Su Changqing.

Su Ruotong had a bad premonition in her heart, she opened the cabinet next to the wall and took a look, and sure enough, the two Gucci suitcases that Chu Yuhu personally selected to hold her things before going abroad were gone.

Chu Yuhu is gone.

It seems that last night, when Su Changqing disappeared for a while, he went to find Chu Yuhu.

Su Ruotong has long known about the ghost tricks that Chu Yuhu played in his early years, but for the sake of Su Changqing's face, and Chu Yuhu is still interesting, he changed it relatively quickly, so he didn't say anything. But how can there be any real secrets in this world, Su Ruotong can know through Chu Yuhu's mind, and others can also know through investigation and evidence collection.

It is true that Chu Yuhu disrupted her game, and Su Ruotong felt very sorry, but she was a little unsupportive of Su Changqing's approach.

drove Chu Yuhu away, and it would not let Su Ruotong regain the championship qualification this time, Su Changqing was still a little arrogant. She didn't mean to feel sorry for Chu Yuhu, but if Chu Yuhu couldn't think about it, and did something, and then it was promoted and used by someone with a heart, it would be a greater threat to the Su family.

Su Ruotong shook Su Changqing several times, and helped him wipe his face with a wet towel, Su Changqing barely opened his eyes, looked at Su Ruotong drunkenly, tried to identify for a long time, and asked in a hoarse voice in confusion: "Tongtong?

"Where's Mommy? Su Ruotong asked.

I don't know if Su Changqing drank too much, or for some other reason, he thought about it sullenly for a while, and then reluctantly remembered some memories, and said, "You don't care about her, she can go wherever she likes." In this way, it is obvious that Su Changqing does not know the whereabouts of Chu Yuhu.

Feeding Su Changqing two sips of water, he fell asleep again, Su Ruotong stood up, her face was solemn, she had to find Chu Yuhu quickly.

Walking out of Su Changqing's door, Su Ruotong held the phone he brought to Europe, and for a while, he didn't know who to find to help him.

At this time, there was a call from behind her, and Su Ruotong turned around and saw a woman in a sky blue suit hurriedly walking towards her.

This woman is about fifty years old, her hair is brown mixed with silver threads, and her face is resolute, Su Ruotong saw that she was familiar, and when she looked seriously, she was actually a judge of the competition, as if her name was Sophie.

"Miss Su, hello. Sophie's hazel eyes stared at Su Ruotong tightly, and she asked, "Do you know where the other players are?"

Because none of the players came, the competition was in a hurry, and everyone knew that there was something wrong with this situation. They called everywhere, but the contestant himself did not answer the phone at all, and then called the reserved assistant, and several assistants were in the same tone, saying that the contestant was very happy last night for some reason, and went out to party with friends, and did not come back until dawn.

The competition team began to look for people in the city like flies, knowing that ten minutes ago, they received a message from Alexander's assistant that all the players had been found, they were drunk, and now they were sent to the hotel where Alexander was staying to rest.

Sophie, who happened to come out to help find someone, was the closest to here, so she came over first, but she didn't expect to see Su Ruotong upstairs.

"Hello, do you mean the top five players? I'm sorry, as far as I know, they all abstained from this competition!" Su Ruotong spread his hands, in fact, it was not just the top five who abstained, last night's party, basically the top 20 of the competition were all there, even if the competition committee wanted to extend the ranking, the top 20 would not accept it, it would be too shameless.

Sophie looked shocked, she had just learned the news: "Oh my God, why. ”

"Charlie worked with me and when he knew I wasn't drafted, he decided to abstain from the race. Mr. Alexander, like Charlie, abstained, and the other three players knew about it and made the same choice. Anyway, there is no competition, so everyone goes out for a walk. ”

Su Ruotong's words stunned Sophie, but she has not been a judge of this competition for a year or two, and she is very familiar with the rules and procedures of the competition, and subconsciously said: "You are too capricious, don't you know, both parties signed an agreement before the game, and in this case, you must compensate the competition committee a large amount of money." ”

Su Ruotong looked at the contract carefully at the beginning, and naturally knew that there was such a thing. The competition invites so many chefs to compete abroad every year, and the travel fees and subsidies to be paid are very large, which are basically offset by the profits of TV broadcasts in the later stage. If the players withdraw without reason, affecting the normal progress of the game, they need to pay compensation.

But when the cooking skills reach the point where they are, who will be short of money to spend, just pay for it. Not to mention that Su Ruotong only needs to compensate Charlie alone, even if the rest of the people's shares are counted, Su's Restaurant can afford to lose.

Seeing Su Ruotong spread her hands with a calm face, she didn't take it seriously at all, but Sophie's heart was also calm.

In fact, when she got the decision of the competition committee yesterday, she resisted, and even called the chairman after the game. What age is this, and she will deny a girl because of her mother's disgraceful past! But in the end, it turns out that her efforts are useless.

Even, she was very discouraged for a while, feeling that women not only have a low status in the culinary industry, but also have a low status in this society.

I didn't expect Su Ruotong to have such a lot of energy, so that all the contestants were upset about her retirement! In this way, there is still some hope in this world.