The Gourmet Customizer

Chapter 101: Chapter 76: This Place is Nice, You Can Even Trick Your Wife into Working Overtime (Part 2)

Zhan Yang, for his part, bit into his half, and immediately noticed the difference!

"Holy crap, the shell isn’t even cracked. How did it get so flavorful?"

He looked down closely, and it was only then, from the cross-section of his bite, that he noticed the faint, dark lines of sauce that had seeped inside. "It has a hint of Coca-Cola, a little sweet and fragrant. This is incredible!"

He tossed the other half directly into his mouth. "Zhang Yi, get some more. Get ten!"

A moment later, Zhang Yi came out, dejected. "They’re all gone. They said they weren’t planning on selling tea eggs today anyway. Those were just for the staff to sample. The tea eggs will be on sale tomorrow morning."

"Huh?" Zhan Yang was speechless. "Can’t they just make some more?"

Zhang Yi shook his head. "They won’t. They said the boss is resting, and no one dares to disturb him."

Only then did Zhan Yang look toward the closed door. "Damn, this boss is really something else, turning down money like that. Alright then, I’m on the morning shift tomorrow anyway. I’ll come by and buy some tea eggs before I head to work."

Zhang Yi sighed. "I guess I won’t get to have any."

The two chatted for a little while longer before leaving Delicious, completely satisfied.

At eight o’clock, the employees of Delicious began to leave for home one after another.

Liu Ahbao was still in the office, fighting his online battle. Heh heh, ’Let’s see what you have to say now!’

He was supposed to have his online showdown this afternoon, but he got sidetracked watching Boss Su’s culinary skills. Now, he finally had the time.

Aunt Fang cleaned everything up in the restaurant as usual, then did a patrol of all the floors. When she returned, she noticed the strange customer was still in the office.

"We’re closing up."

Liu Ahbao nodded. "I know. I’ll leave in a bit."

"That’s not... If you don’t leave, how am I supposed to lock the door?"

Liu Ahbao went, "Oh." He then said, "Auntie, just give me three minutes! I’ll be done with this thing."

Aunt Fang leaned over curiously to take a look. "What are you doing?"

"There’s a bunch of haters online insisting I’m a shill hired by Boss Su. Didn’t I bring a couple of fans over to eat this afternoon? Now I’ve got proof!"

Aunt Fang had heard a little about this, but there were many things about the youngsters’ world that she didn’t quite understand.

"Look, Auntie." Liu Ahbao pointed at his phone screen. "This is the guy who said our food is bad and not authentic, and that I’m a shill hired by our boss."

Without realizing it, Liu Ahbao had started to consider himself a part of Delicious, even though Su Chen hadn’t acknowledged him as such.

"What kind of person is he? What gives him the right to say that?"

Liu Ahbao’s words successfully captured Aunt Fang’s attention.

"Probably a hater, paid by someone specifically to trash our restaurant. I’m about to go head-to-head with him now."

Liu Ahbao directly posted the edited video.

@OldUncleFoodTour. Me, a shill? I brought two fans to eat this afternoon. Nothing to say now, right?

The video was three minutes long and included almost all the highlights of Zhan Yang and Brother Fang Chang’s meal.

Back in Jingzhou City, in order to complete his employer’s task, Old Uncle had been talking to his fans about Delicious all day long.

He not only warned his fans to never eat at this place, but also used all sorts of rhetorical tricks to imply the restaurant was unhygienic and unhealthy, claiming he’d had a terrible case of diarrhea after just a few bites.

So, as soon as Liu Ahbao’s video was posted, Old Uncle’s fans immediately showed up to cause a commotion.

Wuwuliuliu: You say they’re fans, so they’re fans? Fans can be shills too. This restaurant is hiring shills on this level now?

Xingluren: Businesses these days will resort to anything for profit. It’s disgusting. Thankfully, we have conscientious bloggers to check out places and help us dodge bullets. Thanks, Old Uncle (praying hands).

Mutou: This little fatty doesn’t look like a good person. You can’t trust him!

Hey!

Liu Ahbao saw the fans’ comments and was baffled.

’How the hell can I have proof and still not be able to make them understand?’

Noticing that Old Uncle was also live streaming, Liu Ahbao decisively started his own stream and immediately requested to connect with him!

Surprisingly, Old Uncle actually agreed!

"What’s up, bro? Done shilling for the day?" Old Uncle, on screen, started off with a taunt, playing a loud laughing sound effect at the same time.

Liu Ahbao was so angry his teeth itched. "You motherf*cker, you’re calling me a shill? Come on, I’m gonna show you something!"

Liu Ahbao held up his phone. "Aunt Fang, can you turn the lights on for us?"

"Sure!" Aunt Fang quickly turned on all the lights in the restaurant.

Liu Ahbao walked quickly to the elevator entrance and aimed his phone at the storefront. "Let grandpa show you something. See this?"

Old Uncle’s sleazy voice came through. "Yes, yes! Everyone, this is the company. This shill is really something else, advertising right here in my live stream! Take a good look, everyone. This company is called... De! Li! Cious!"

The comments were filled with mockery, but soon, someone seemed to notice something.

Kong: That photo? Hey streamer, can you zoom in a bit? The person in that photo looks a little familiar.

Liu Ahbao obediently zoomed in, focusing on the photo hanging above the door.

The netizen named Kong suddenly started sending comments much faster.

Kong: Holy f*ck, isn’t that Master Lu? I saw him when I was working as a kitchen hand in the Capital City! That was just a few days ago. When did he come to Jingzhou?

Juanniao: Master Lu? Master Who? Sounds like some computer software name. A shady restaurant is a shady restaurant, you can’t whitewash it!

Kong: You don’t know sh*t! That’s Master Lu Yongliang, the number one chef from Echeng! I was helping in a kitchen in the Capital City a few days ago, and Master Lu was in charge of making the soup-filled fish balls. The man’s a National Banquet Chef! If you don’t know what you’re talking about, then shut the hell up, okay?

Kong: And in this photo, the young boss is standing in the middle while Master Lu is off to the side giving a thumbs-up. This time, I’m afraid it’s Old Uncle who’s the fake reviewer, right? A National Banquet Chef came all this way. You think he could misjudge the place?