Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 352 - 327: Not Even Free Food—It’s a Waste of Stomach Space

Chapter 352: Chapter 327: Not Even Free Food—It’s a Waste of Stomach Space

As the saying goes, "When you eat from someone, you can’t speak ill of them; when you take from someone, you can’t act against them."

With the gifts flooding the livestream, Gao Hao had no choice but to go along with the fans’ wishes. He braced himself and approached, saying, "Big brother, big brother."

Yu Hongtao was feeling quite inflated at the moment, after all, he was now the head of the family.

"What’s the matter?"

Getting stopped, Yu Hongtao glanced over at the food truck, and seeing that there wasn’t much of a line, he put away his displeased expression.

Gao Hao chuckled, "Let’s just say, our livestream is having an event now, where I’m sponsoring a meal for you!"

"Oh!" Yu Hongtao’s eyes lit up, "Is there such a good thing? I can really eat a lot, you know!"

The audience in the livestream was already laughing hard from behind their screens.

Gao Hao, however, wasn’t fazed, "No worries, a fan just gifted something in the stream to sponsor your meal, inviting you to taste two lion’s heads!"

Yu Hongtao nodded in satisfaction, "Then I’ll respectfully comply."

Seeing Yu Hongtao walk towards the yellow cart, Gao Hao awkwardly added, "The fan clearly stated that the invite was for the authentic lion’s heads next door, not the modified ones from here."

Yu Hongtao was just about to order when he suddenly got displeased hearing this.

"What’s authentic and what’s modified, what are you talking about?"

Yu Hongtao stared at Gao Hao, "If you want me to eat those eighteen-yuan lion’s heads, I won’t!"

"Someone’s treating you, you don’t have to spend a dime," Gao Hao emphasized.

"This is nonsense, even if I don’t spend money, what’s it to me?" Yu Hongtao said very seriously, as if it were a big deal, "Sure I don’t spend money, but it takes up space in my stomach! I could’ve eaten three lion’s heads, if I eat one from there, I can only eat two, wouldn’t I be losing out?"

Having said that, Yu Hongtao shot Gao Hao a disdainful look as if saying "what’s your problem," and then turned around with a sudden change of mood, "Boss Xiao Chen, hey, I’m back again."

"What are you eating?"

Yu Hongtao tiptoed to look inside, "Do you still have that pitch-black drink?"

"That won’t be free, huh."

"No problem, whatever you say it costs. By the way, a cup of drink, four lion’s heads, and two servings of fried rice, please."

The drink was the highlight.

Actually, Yu Hongtao had eaten not long ago, ordinarily it wasn’t time to feel hungry yet, but after exercising at home in the afternoon, he’d expended almost all his energy.

"Alright, please wait a moment, it’ll be ready soon."

Yu Hongtao was finally satisfied and dragged his wife to find a seat to sit down.

Little did he know, this scene shocked the audience in the livestream.

Although there weren’t many people watching yet, mostly locals. It must be said, even if they hadn’t tasted it themselves, everyone still emotionally supported the local people and hoped the local lion’s heads would win this competition.

So what just happened was indeed surprising to everyone.

"If this isn’t a setup, then what is? They’re not even pretending, it’s an obvious setup!"

"Refusing to eat something free? The reason being the lion’s heads take up space in his stomach, haha. Even if this Boss Chen wins, it’ll be an unfair victory!"

"Totally ridiculous. People queue up for an entire day if a pharmacy offers a free egg, and here they won’t take free food, this must be a setup."

"So fake. Anyone close to the Ecological Garden should go see what’s happening, I don’t believe this plot anymore."

Gao Hao looked at the intense comments in the livestream and felt uneasy, "Folks, I saw this old brother yesterday and again this afternoon, he really has been eating the modified version this whole time, let’s not accuse him of being a setup!"

The fan who gifted earlier was not pleased to hear Gao Hao say this.

"Streamer, find someone else, find someone who hasn’t tasted it, order both kinds, and I’ll see if that person is a setup!"

Then, a flashy car animation rolled through the livestream.

Zhang Huixiang, watching from the side, was dumfounded, are netizens all so rich?

He even eagerly pointed at himself, "Pick me, pick me!"

Gao Hao glanced at him, ignored it, and turned back to the phone with a smile, "Alright, we’ll go with this suggestion! We’ll randomly select another audience on-site who hasn’t eaten to taste both kinds of lion’s heads."

Gao Hao craned his neck looking towards the end of the path.

At this moment, a young man with a sullen face followed by a girl walked over.

This person was named Huang Bo, who had just made a call saying to give Boss Chen one more carefree day, and then not far after leaving, he received a call from his master.

The master directly stated, "Since you’ve decided to teach the other party a lesson tomorrow, why not try their skills today?"

Huang Bo returned, with no other intention but to see Boss Xiao Chen’s actual culinary skills.

After all, as a disciple of a cultural inheritor of Yangzhou Fried Rice, he had the responsibility to uphold the dish’s reputation!

Of course, his master would never do such a thing; it’d be inappropriate given the hierarchy, similar to how Qin Zhenhai could only taste and comment but never directly challenge Boss Xiao Chen, as that would be chaos.

Huang Bo, with his girlfriend, returned, "Let’s go order a serving of fried rice and a lion’s head, the two of us sharing one will be enough."

"Mhm mhm." His girlfriend warmly held onto Huang Bo’s arm, "You’re the best at making fried rice in our local area! How can an outsider compare? I’ll cheer for you in tomorrow’s PK!"

As for the specific PK arrangement, Huang Bo had no plan yet.

However, imagining how this matter was gradually fermenting online, their restaurant Jingya Pavilion wouldn’t miss getting involved.

Currently, the flow of attention was emerging and showed an upward trend.

But who controlled this flow remained uncertain.

Whosoever managed to maintain a presence at the North Gate of the Ecological Garden would receive this wave of traffic.

Jingya Pavilion, as Yangzhou’s top local fried rice establishment, couldn’t miss this opportunity no matter what!

Huang Bo had just taken a few steps when someone approached, holding a phone, clearly coming his way.

"Someone’s starting a livestream already?" Huang Bo instinctively tidied his attire, feeling the person was indeed heading for him.

As expected, after another couple of steps, the guy directly stood in front of Huang Bo.

"Brother, brother, here for a meal?"

Maintaining his aloof demeanor, Huang Bo slightly lifted his head, revealing his nostrils, believing it added a mysterious aura, and just hummed in response from his throat without opening his mouth.

"Brother, I’m doing a livestream," Gao Hao said nervously, "It’s like this, our livestream has an event now. I will treat you to a meal but after eating, you must pay out of pocket to pick one more tasty dish. Would you like to participate?"

It sounded convoluted to Huang Bo, so he didn’t quite understand, but his girlfriend did.

"You’re offering us free tastings from both places, then afterward, we choose the tastier one to buy another portion ourselves?"

"Yes!"

Zhu Yan touched her chin with her index finger, pondered for a moment.

This is a definite win.

No loss at all!