After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 2: First Bowl of Noodles & New Discoveries?

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 08/26/2023

On that evening, when Qiu Wen, Su Bai's roommate, returned to the dormitory, he saw Su Bai sitting in front of the computer watching a video.

"Hey, Xiao Bai, what are you watching?" Qiu Wen pulled at his sweaty training clothes and entered the room, immediately taking off his short-sleeved training shirt and wiping the sweat from his body.

Su Bai sat in front of the computer, watching a video with headphones on, so he didn't hear Qiu Wen entering or his question.

Qiu Wen casually wiped off his sweat and noticed that his roommate was ignoring him. He turned his head to take a look and walked over to Su Bai to see what had captured his attention so deeply.

On Su Bai's computer screen, there was a video of a chef demonstrating the preparation of a dish. The chef was explaining the basic techniques for cooking a particular dish.

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In the live video, the chef's cooking looked very enticing, but Qiu Wen looked utterly confused.

"Su Xiaobai, what are you watching?" As Qiu Wen's head moved from his side to look at the screen, Su Bai noticed that Qiu Wen had returned. He took off his headphones and responded to Qiu Wen's curious expression, "Learning how to cook."

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Huh?

"Learning how to cook?" Qiu Wen was a bit puzzled. "You're not training properly, so why are you learning to cook? I didn't see you on the training field today! Besides, didn't you already know how to cook?"

Before submitting his retirement application today, Su Bai hadn't told his teammates about it. Now that the decision was made, there was no need to keep it a secret anymore.

"Today, I submitted my retirement application to the coach."

"What?" Qiu Wen, upon hearing this, didn't care why Su Bai was watching cooking tutorials. He grabbed a nearby chair, sat down, and stared wide-eyed. "What's going on? Why did you retire without saying a word? You know how Coach Zhao treats you. You've been training with him for 10 years. If you don't focus on training to achieve results, what are you going to do after retiring?"

As he spoke, Qiu Wen remembered what Su Bai had been watching just now, and his eyebrows furrowed deeply. He pointed at the video on the screen and asked, "Don't tell me you're planning to become a chef for real?"

"Master chef" sounds better, but for someone with cooking qualifications as unqualified as Su Bai, even the term "chef" might be a stretch. He might not even qualify for a kitchen assistant position if he applied. After all, he's at least a national-level athlete. While the sports industry might be tough, finding a job as a physical education teacher in a smaller private school would still be better than this.

Qiu Wen had a straightforward personality. Even though Su Bai, his roommate and teammate, seemed a bit distant and hard to approach, Qiu Wen considered him a true friend and teammate. He didn't want to see his good friend go down the wrong path.

Seeing Qiu Wen genuinely concerned for him, Su Bai felt grateful. However, his upbringing and reserved nature sometimes made him struggle with communication.

Despite his tendency to speak less, he explained sincerely to Qiu Wen, "Aw, don't worry, A-Wen. The coach told me that our sports team's cafeteria is looking for a chef. He said he'll take me to meet Master Sun tomorrow."

If Zhao Heping was taking Su Bai to meet Sun, the likelihood of this happening was quite high. Hearing this, Qiu Wen breathed a sigh of relief but still voiced his concerns, "I don't mean to criticize, Su Xiaobai, but are you really going to become a chef? Don't you think it's a bit of a waste?"