Episode 24 recap: Jiang Jie won the knife fight on behalf of Li Nai.
Li Nai anxiously looked at Zhao Jing Jing while Zhao Jing Jing frowned and asked Li Nai if she had added dried bamboo shoots to the dish. After Li Nai nodded, Zhao Jing Jing suddenly exclaimed, "It's so delicious!" Li Nai and Jiang Jie then realized that her previous expression was just a playful act, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, Chef Ge suddenly ran over and showed them a message sent by Cui Can. Chef Ge couldn't understand why Cui Can would message him. Li Nai was speculating on what might have happened to Cui Can when Jiang Xiu ran over and told them that she and Cui Can had agreed to register their marriage this morning. However, she had been waiting for Cui Can but didn't see him. At first, she suspected that Cui Can had stood her up, but now she thought that he might have been locked up by his sister.
Cui Can was locked in a room, trying to figure out how to pick the lock when Jiang Xiu's voice suddenly came from outside the door. Jiang Xiu told him to step away from the door and then used a cutting machine to directly open the lock. By the time the burly man guarding the door arrived, the two of them had already escaped hand in hand and went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to obtain their marriage certificate.
Jiang Jie saw the couple's marriage certificate and couldn't help but remind Li Nai that they should also speed things up. On the day of the knife fight competition, when Jiang Xiu had just arrived at the venue, reporters flocked to her and asked if she would go easy on Li Nai. Jiang Xu Yang saw Cui Can by Jiang Xiu's side and reminded her not to forget that Cui Can was Li Nai's junior. It was inappropriate to bring him along in this kind of situation. However, Jiang Xiu smiled and told him that Cui Can was now her husband.
To prevent Jiang Xiu from going easy on Li Nai, Jiang Xu Yang had made several preparations. Just as Li Nai and Jiang Jie arrived at the competition venue, Wang Yi, who was taking care of Li Jidong, sent a message to Li Nai, saying that Li Jidong had also arrived at the competition location. Li Nai went downstairs to meet Li Jidong, and Jiang Jie wanted to go with her. To prevent Jiang Xu Yang's people from tampering with the dishes, Li Nai asked Jiang Jie to stay and keep an eye on them.
Not long after Li Nai left, Zhu Hao suddenly approached Jiang Jie and quietly told her that Li Nai was in danger. After Jiang Xu Yang learned about Zhu Hao's pregnancy, he asked her to have an abortion, which deeply hurt Zhu Hao. In order to protect her unborn child, Zhu Hao decided to become a good person.
Jiang Jie hurriedly left the competition venue and discovered that Li Nai was trapped in the elevator. Jiang Xiu saw her brother leaving and wanted to follow, but Cui Can felt it was inappropriate and quickly stopped her, going to check the situation in her place. Li Nai realized that the competition time was approaching, so he asked Jiang Jie to participate on his behalf. Seeing that Jiang Jie refused to leave, Li Nai explained the importance of this competition to them, and Jiang Jie allowed Cui Can to wait for rescue personnel while he entered the arena in the final minute, just as the referee was about to declare Li Nai forfeit.
Jiang Xu Yang didn't expect Jiang Jie to participate in the competition since Jiang Jie wasn't the head chef of Chihuang Restaurant. He wanted the judges to vote on whether Jiang Jie should be allowed to compete. Upon learning of this, Li Nai voluntarily admitted that Jiang Jie, as the heir of the Ge family, had already defeated him, and now he was the true head chef of Chihuang. Furthermore, Cui Can, as an alliance member, could confirm this.
After the competition started, Jiang Jie encountered a new challenge. Zheng Fang Xing, as Jiang Xiu's assistant, unexpectedly took away all the salt and oil. Jiang Jie couldn't prepare his signature dish. In a critical moment, Jiang Jie looked at Jiang Xiu and recalled their time together in the orphanage. He decided to render oil from fat and extract some salt from jellyfish to create a children's meal.
During the judging phase, Cui Jing was about to cast her decisive vote in favor of Jiang Xiu when someone released a voice chat recording between her and Jiang Xu Yang, suggesting that she had intentionally cheated during Li Nai and Jiang Jie's knife fight competition. Li Nai, who had been rescued, came forward with Zhu Hao to testify to the matter. Jiang Xu Yang wanted Cui Jing to deny it, but after careful consideration, she ultimately admitted that she had indeed acted unfairly due to an agreement.
Through the collective efforts of Jiang Jie, Li Nai, and others, the alliance was successfully dissolved. One month later, Jiang Xiu accompanied Cui Can to the hospital and happened to encounter Zhu Hao during her prenatal check-up. Jiang Xiu didn't want others to know about her pregnancy and couldn't help but complain to Cui Can.
Jiang Jie received an invitation from the French culinary community, asking if Li Nai dared to compete there. Without hesitation, Li Nai replied that she had no fear and believed in Chinese culinary skills, confident that they would triumph over Western cuisine. (End of the drama)
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