My Four Miraculous Treasures

Rachel now understood the underlying meaning of Willow's words. She patted Willow on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it'll be fine..."

Willow looked at her gratefully.

The food contest finals went on as scheduled.

The judges were seated on the stage with Jasper in the middle, looking dignified and intimidating as always.

The other judges paled in comparison to him.

Willow was on standby, standing right behind Jasper.

The participants subsequently appeared one by one to showcase their skills. The judges would score them after that.

The first few contestants were male chefs in their thirties.

When the time came for the next contestant's appearance, a toddler no more than five years old came up.

Dressed in a white princess dress with her hair up in twin braids, she was a little girl who looked like a porcelain doll with her delicate features and chubby cheeks. She looked so sweet and adorable with her bright round eyes.

The crowd gasped when she appeared.noveldrama

"Goodness, what's a child doing at a food competition? Did she pass the audition and semi-finals?"

"This is unbelievable. Society is getting too complicated. You can even see little girls in professional jobs now. That aside, she's probably still in kindergarten." "Are you sure she's not here for comedic relief?"

"Or does she have a backer?"

The crowd started gossiping.

Jasper's eyes darkened with suspicion as he looked at Hailey.

He had seen her competing in the rematch via television, but he wasn't aware of

and also doubted her capabilities. To think a young child beat so many contestants and made it to the final round.

Was there an inside story to this?

Willow felt nervous for Hailey as she quietly cheered her on.

Hailey was calm when she came on stage. She didn't seem to have stage fright despite her young age.

Her bright eyes scanned the

panel and stopped at Jasper, only to

focus

on the person behind hi

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When Jasper noticed her gaze, he glanced at Willow out of the corner of his eyes.

Willow had been looking back at Hailey to encourage the latter with her eyes. However, she shuddered when a pair of dark eyes glanced her way, so she quickly retracted her gaze. Feeling nervous, she looked at Jasper and bowed slightly to show that she was at his command.

"Do you know each other?" Jasper asked.

The venue was too noisy so the conversation could only be heard between themselves.

Willow explained anxiously, "She's my best friend's daughter."

Jasper cast her a glance before looking back at the contestant.

Willow couldn't calm down after that.

By then, Hailey had already looked away as she made her way to the delicious food laid out on stage.

Since the dishes were placed rather high, Hailey stretched out her

chubby little arm to reach for th1

cutlery, hoping to use it to get the food.

She fumbled about twice but failed to grab the cutlery.

It was such a heartbreaking but adorable scene.

The host went over and used the cutlery to feed Hailey.

After that, Hailey managed to accurately name the spices used for the dish as well as the cooking method.

The child had astonishing knowledge when it came to food.

As the crowd watched, they praised and admired her, calling her a prodigy.

Even the ones who claimed she got this far due to connections were speechless.

Jasper was intrigued. As he watched Hailey, the suspicion in his eyes turned into approval.