Chapter 332 - 144: Another Serving! One for Each

Chapter 332: Chapter 144: Another Serving! One for Each

After admiring it for a long while.

Zhang Jiayi picked up her phone, so excited she even stood up abruptly.

"No, you’re all wrong!"

She unhesitatingly plucked a strand of hair from her head, then very carefully picked up the pastry. "Jiang Lan, hold my phone for me!"

Once the camera was aimed at both items and properly focused.

The audience could finally make it out, albeit faintly.

The threads of the Dragon Beard Candy were actually much thinner than a strand of hair?

As if to convince her fans, Zhang Jiayi said excitedly, "There’s more to it! Let me give you a closer look."

She picked up her chopsticks again and very carefully teased out a single thread from the edge of the Dragon Beard Candy!

Just one single thread!

"The phone camera can’t even pick it up anymore! But I’m close enough that I can just barely see it with my naked eye. It’s so fine—do you understand? It’s so fine that... if you don’t look closely at a single strand, you won’t see it at all!"

Now *that* was truly shocking.

This little pastry was something almost every Chinese person had seen since childhood, sold at temple fairs and by street-side vendors.

For such a familiar pastry to be made to this level of perfection.

How could one not be shocked!

How could one not be thrilled!

As usual, Zhou Ya just picked one up and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Mmm!" The moment it entered her mouth, her big eyes widened even more. "So good! This is completely different from any Dragon Beard Candy I’ve ever had before. It feels like two totally different things!"

"Is it really that good?" Duoduo was skeptical.

This time, even when faced with a pastry that was practically a work of art, she couldn’t resist. "I’ll try one too."

Duoduo took a small piece of the Dragon Beard Candy and bit down into the middle of it.

"CRUNCH... CRUNCH..."

The instant she bit down, she could clearly hear the sound of the "dragon beard" threads snapping. The crispness was an experience unlike any other!

With something this crispy, your brain’s first reaction is to assume it will be just as crunchy when you chew, right?

And yet...

Duoduo’s eyes flew open. "Sweet, but not cloying. And what’s going on? It melts in your mouth? This thing actually melts in your mouth?"

She tossed the other half straight into her mouth.

Savoring it again, she found that it really did melt in her mouth!

There was no need to chew at all. The "dragon beard" threads dissolved the instant they touched her tongue, melting and merging with their delicate coating of lotus root powder!

It transformed into a mildly sweet liquid that flowed freely in her mouth. After swirling around for a moment, just as its owner was about to ponder the sensation, it slid down her throat and into her stomach.

All that remained was a faint, sweet aftertaste in her mouth, as if to prove it had ever been there at all.

"Damn it! Another order of Dragon Beard Candy!"

Zhang Jiayi’s hand trembled.

’Girl, this stuff is over four thousand an order. Are you trying to get full on this?’

’Besides, don’t we always just take pictures, have a cup of coffee, and leave during our afternoon teas? Who ever takes a single bite of those greasy, sickeningly sweet pastries?’

"One order! One for everyone! Hurry up and bring it. Don’t let your fans see this and think we can’t afford it!" Duoduo declared, flashing her wealth.

Zhang Jiayi braced herself, wanting to say they should wait for the server to come back before ordering.

But just then, a request to link streams appeared on the screen in her live feed.

[Streamer Sweet is requesting to link with you. Accept?]

Crap!

’So what was bound to happen is finally happening?’

"What’s wrong, Jiayi?" Seeing Zhang Jiayi go silent, Duoduo thought she was reluctant to spend the money. "Just order it. We came out to eat our fill, right? I’ll pay for the extra."

Zhang Jiayi looked over, distressed. "Sweet sent me a link request... and it’s for a PK battle!"

There are two types of linked streams between streamers.

One is a casual chat, like a phone call. The other is a PK battle. Many streamers who don’t have much other content just do PK battles all day.

The event was supposed to be about the on-site guests and streamers forming a "friends and family" team and then linking up with their own friends for a fun segment.

So why throw a PK battle request into the mix at a time like this?

Duoduo waved her hand dismissively. "Just accept it. What’s there to be afraid of? It’s not like she can eat you."

Zhang Jiayi’s finger hesitated, tracing patterns on the screen a few times before she finally accepted just as the request was about to time out.

And in the instant the connection was made.

Two faces appeared on the phone screen simultaneously. Hers was on the left, and Sweet’s was on the right.

Above them were two progress bars, each representing their respective gift totals with a different color.

Hmm... less than a second had passed, and Zhang Jiayi’s gift bar was already invisible. The entire progress bar was pink—all from Sweet’s side.

"Hello~ Jiayi~ I’m at the Douyin Food Festival right now. According to the event rules, I’m choosing you to be my off-site ’friends and family’ team. Is that okay?"

’Like hell I can say no.’

Zhang Jiayi complained inwardly, but her face broke into a sweet smile. "Sweet~! Of course you can! Thank you so much for choosing me. Hehe, I was just watching your stream, actually~"

Duoduo rolled her eyes off to the side.

That was painfully insincere.

"Um... so, Jiayi. Let me explain the rules! I get to choose one streamer here at the event to be my partner. You can either participate yourself, or if you have someone with you, you can choose one of them to be your partner. We’ll cook the same dish together, and then the judges will give their critiques~"

Zhang Jiayi’s vision went black.

’It’s really this fucking segment!’

The most annoying part about this segment was that it was supposed to be part of the "free activity" time at the event.

In other words, the official broadcast was over. This was supposed to be a time for streamers of all sizes to mingle with the on-site guests.