I put you in charge of the child, and you raised a monster!

A brief silence fell around the dining table.

All eyes were on the chicken leg.

The chicken leg was golden in color with a slightly oily sheen on the skin. It was served with a small amount of vegetables and mashed potatoes, and looked perfectly fine.

Zhao Lei had already picked up his chopsticks, ready to sneak a bite of his lunch.

Upon hearing Shen Ling'er's words, the chopsticks in his hand instantly stopped in mid-air.

"Wait a moment."

Zhao Lei slowly turned his head and looked at the chicken leg.

"Can you tell if the plate was changed just by looking at the chicken leg?"

Chen Doudou's eyes widened as well.

"Ling'er, isn't a chicken leg a chicken leg?"

Shen Ling'er glanced at him.

"If you think the cards will run away, then the chicken leg will definitely run away too."

Chen Doudou: "..."

Zhao Lei slammed his hand on the table.

"DouDou, your old injury has flared up again!"

Bai Sisi almost burst out laughing, but she held it back.

After all, He Jingyan and the hotel manager are right there.

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

Yang Mi was also taken aback.

Her first reaction wasn't shock, but nervousness.

She looked down at Shen Ling'er.

"Ling'er, what do you mean?"

Shen Ling'er did not answer immediately.

She pointed her little finger to the edge of the plate.

"here."

Everyone crowded closer to take a look.

The edges of the plate were clean.

Zhao Lei squinted and stared at it for a long time.

"I only see a plate."

Shen Ling'er then pointed to the area under the chicken leg.

"Chicken drumsticks are hot."

"The plate isn't hot."

Zhao Lei was taken aback.

He Jingyan's gaze sharpened slightly.

Shen Ling'er continued, "If the chicken leg stays on this plate, the plate will get hot too."

She touched the oil stain on the edge of the chicken leg with her little hand.

"The oil supply has stopped here."

"This means the original mimeograph mark is not on this plate."

The restaurant was quieter now.

The hotel manager's expression changed.

He immediately looked at the waiter next to him.

The waiter panicked a bit and quickly explained, "Mr. He, Ms. Yang, it's not a food safety issue."

"It really isn't."

"When the kitchen was serving the food just now, the children's meal was originally served on a plate with a gold rim."

"But before the food was served, I noticed that there was a little bit of water on the edge of the plate that hadn't been wiped clean, so I replaced it with a clean plate."

"The chicken legs are fine."

"They just changed the plates."

After he finished speaking, the way he looked at Shen Ling'er completely changed.

How can you tell that?

The child had just sat down and hadn't even touched the chicken leg.

I tapped the plate once and glanced at the oily sheen.

Then, in one sentence, he explained the entire kitchen process?

After listening, Zhao Lei slowly leaned back in his chair.

He raised his hand to cover his chest.

"I told you so."

Bai Sisi asked, "What did you say?"

Zhao Lei looked very serious.

"The Macau Island instance is officially in operation."

The director almost choked on his breath.

"Don't open it!"

Shen Ling'er looked up at the director.

"I was just looking at the chicken legs."

director:"……"

Zhao Lei immediately added insult to injury: "Director, are you not even letting us see chicken legs anymore?"

Director: "I didn't!"

The live chat exploded.

"Holy crap??? They can even tell the plates were switched?"

"The chicken leg is hot, but the plate isn't. That's incredibly observant!"

"The mimeograph print broke! She really only looked at it for a few seconds!"

"The hotel manager turned pale; it turned out they really had switched the plates!"

"Shen Ling'er's First Case in Macau: The Mystery of Switching Plates with Chicken Legs"

"Hahaha, it wasn't a dangerous incident, it was the chicken leg incident, but it still shocked the Ho family."

"He Jingyan was quite composed just now, but now his gaze has frozen!"

"How exactly did Shen Fei teach him? He even trains observation skills while eating?"

He Jingyan was indeed not as casual as before.

He looked at Shen Ling'er, and for the first time, his eyes showed a noticeable change.

It's not the kind of superficial praise that compliments a child on being smart.

It is a genuine reassessment.

He had been feeling that Shen Ling'er's portrayal on the show might have been exaggerated.

But things are different now.

This was not edited by the production team.

This was not a tip given to us by the police beforehand.

This is not a sentence that can be explained by "coincidence" in a complex case.

This is a chicken leg.

A plate.

A disc change that almost no one would notice.

Shen Ling'er figured it out in just a few seconds.

More importantly, she didn't make a fuss.

It did not say "there is a problem".

There was no deliberate attempt to create mystery.

She simply said calmly that the chicken leg had been transferred to a different plate.

The judgment is accurate.

Expressing restraint.

Not a single unnecessary word was spoken.

He Jingyan finally realized that those seemingly outrageous segments in the show might not have been exaggerated too much.

It might even be suppressed.

Because the camera can only capture the result.

It's impossible to capture exactly how many steps she took in that single moment in her mind.

The hotel manager immediately bowed.

"I'm sorry, Mr. He."

"It was because we didn't explain it beforehand."

He Jingyan waved his hand, his tone still gentle.

"Don't be nervous."

"Little Ling'er didn't say there was a problem with the food."

He looked at Shen Ling'er.

"Is it right?"

Shen Ling'er nodded.

"The chicken leg isn't spoiled."

The hotel manager breathed a sigh of relief.

He was actually comforted by a five-year-old child's words, "It's not broken."

Zhao Lei immediately clapped.

"Congratulations to the hotel's chicken leg for passing the first round of safety inspection!"

Shen Ling'er added, "It hasn't been tested by taste yet."

The hotel manager, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, felt a renewed sense of unease.

Everyone: "..."

Bai Sisi couldn't stop laughing.

"Ling'er's chicken leg quality inspection process is quite strict."

Chen Doudou stared longingly at her plate.

"Ling'er, did you change the plate for my chicken leg?"

Shen Ling'er glanced at it.

"no."

Chen Doudou breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is it okay to eat it?"

Shen Ling'er nodded.

"Can."

Chen Doudou immediately lowered her head and took a bite.

Three seconds later, he looked up and his eyes lit up.

"tasty!"

Shen Ling'er then picked up her small fork, cut off a small piece of chicken leg meat, blew on it, and put it in her mouth.

Everyone instinctively looked at her.

The hotel manager stood ramrod straight.

It's like waiting for an international food critic to give it a score.

Shen Ling'er chewed a few times.

Her face was calm.

Zhao Lei asked nervously, "How is it?"

Shen Ling'er nodded.

"Can."

The hotel manager visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

The next second, Shen Ling'er said:

"It's better than the hotel I stayed at yesterday."

Zhao Lei clapped his hands suddenly.

"Highly rated! Absolutely highly rated!"

Bai Sisi smiled and said, "Mr. He, your hotel's chicken leg deal is a sure thing."

He Jingyan also smiled.

"It seems our reception today has been satisfactory for the time being."

Shen Ling'er carefully corrected: "The chicken leg is acceptable."

He Jingyan: "And what about the reception?"

Shen Ling'er thought for a moment.

"To be observed."

He Jingyan: "..."

Zhao Lei burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, Mr. He, the He family's hospitality is still in the evaluation period!"

He Jingyan showed no displeasure whatsoever; on the contrary, his smile became even more natural.

"Okay, then I'll keep trying."

The comments section started scrolling wildly again.

"He Jingyan really has a good temper."

"Ling'er: The chicken leg is acceptable; reception will be observed."

"Young Master He: I'll keep trying. That's hilarious."

"A five-year-old child scored the hospitality of a wealthy family."

"Shen Ling'er isn't here as an advisor; she's here to establish the rating system for Macau Island."

"But that plate-changing move was really amazing, it was like a sudden explosion in the middle of a relaxed day."

Yang Mi watched as her daughter finally started eating, and her heart gradually calmed down.

She was really startled.

I thought something had gone wrong again.

But now it seems that Shen Ling'er was just habitually observing the details.

This left Yang Mi feeling both helpless and heartbroken.

She gently wiped Shen Ling'er's mouth.

"You don't need to look at things so closely when you're eating."

Shen Ling'er looked up.

"I didn't look closely."

Yang Mi: "..."

Zhao Lei whispered, "Sister Mi, she didn't even look closely before it's like this. If she had looked closely, she could have seen the flaws in the kitchen staff's resumes."

Shen Ling'er glanced at Zhao Lei.

"You're exaggerating again."

Zhao Lei immediately sat up straight.

"I was wrong."

He Jingyan suddenly asked, "Little Ling'er, how did you develop this habit?"

Many people at the table looked over.

This is a question that everyone wants to ask.

They were just more familiar with Shen Ling'er and wouldn't easily press Shen Fei for answers.

He Jingyan asked in a very gentle and unoffensive manner.

Shen Ling'er took a bite of the chicken leg and slowly chewed it.

Then he said, "My dad taught me that."