When you think about it, this whole thing is really both frustrating and funny. It's clearly a trivial matter, yet somehow nothing seems to work out, and the more you think about it, the more annoying it gets.
When Chu Ge noticed the extra hint of provocation and pride in Li Zhong's eyes, and the increasingly schadenfreude expressions on the other chefs' faces, he decided not to indulge Li Zhong's bad habits any longer and make this pesky fly shut up once and for all.
As for the method... it's simple, really—make a proposal that Li Zhong has absolutely no reason to refuse, and then slap him hard where it hurts.
Perhaps the conventional approach isn't quite suitable for the current situation, but who says you have to use conventional methods?
Of course, it's not Chu Ge's actual hand that will slap Li Zhong, but the events that are about to unfold.
