Soon, Cai Jiajia's live stream piqued the interest of a food blogger.
The blogger goes by the name "Jiang's Store Tours", and he started this account this year.
He doesn't have many followers, just over twenty thousand.
But Jiang Han has a regular job and a decent income.
He does this purely for fun and interest.
So most of his over twenty thousand followers are active, and they're happy to take his recommendations.
He is known for having a picky palate.
Most food that others find delicious, he can always find something wrong with it.
He was drinking a beverage and browsing a site, becoming intrigued by a title that seemed like it would spark debate.
So, he clicked into the live stream with great interest.
And what did he find!
He only saw someone intensely gnawing on a pig's foot with little meat left on it.
The camera angle was an unbearably stifling nostril view.
He instinctively wanted to laugh.
But he still had a mouthful of drink, and he quickly swallowed it down.
Almost choked on it.
He typed out a line in the comments and sent it out.
[Damn! What's going on here? I thought this was a store tour from the title, why is the host just gnawing on pig's feet?]
As soon as his comment appeared, a helpful viewer explained it to him.
[Hahaha... You must be new here! Let me tell you, the store tour is over, now it's a mukbang session! But it's probably about to end!]
Cai Jiajia and Xu Meiqi, for the first time in their lives, each finished a whole braised pig's foot without finding it too greasy.
They even gnawed the bones clean.
Full and satisfied, she prepared to leave the store.
She waved at the camera: "Everyone, that's it for today's live stream, bye-bye!"
She said this and then turned off the stream.
Jiang Han, who had just entered the live stream, hadn't even gotten a clear look at the host's face before the screen went black.
Then some text appeared: The host is offline. Follow for notifications on future live streams!
"Great, it's over already? I didn't see anything!"
Feeling a bit at a loss, Jiang Han wanted to exit.
But he was still itching with curiosity.
He really wanted to know what kind of content caused such a stir and even made it to the homepage.
"I recall that this streaming site usually generates a playback a minute after the stream ends, maybe I can watch the playback later."
After a short while.
The dim stream window displayed the word "Playback".
He clicked in, watching and commenting: "Seriously, who shoves their face right against the camera? This host has to be a newbie, no camera sense whatsoever."
He finally understood why he saw nothing but a stifling nostril view when he clicked in.
"Oh, so someone questioned the host in a post on the campus network, that's why they went on a store tour!"
"Where is the West City Old Street anyway? Oh, so it's over in the west…"
"Wow, this small shop has so many people lining up? Is it staged or genuinely popular?"
At this, a huge question mark appeared in his mind.
He's seen this phenomenon many times, hard not to be skeptical!
"Should I visit this shop for a review tonight?"
"Oh! I'm busy tonight, I already promised my followers I'd review a bullfrog restaurant on West Union Road, maybe I'll visit another day?"
With work to do in the afternoon, knowing the reason, he didn't spend more time on the live stream replay.
Meanwhile, many curious viewers flooded into the stream from the site's homepage as well.
Some were tempted to watch the replay.
They mostly exclaimed: Those pan-fried buns, preserved egg and lean meat congee, and braised pig's feet indeed look tempting, but it's a shame they're not in this city, otherwise, they'd have rushed over by now.
...
Rewind time.
Lijiang University.
The initially crowded cafeteria hall was suddenly empty.
Only plates of nearly untouched food remained.
This unusual phenomenon naturally caught the cafeteria staff's attention.
"Boss, something's wrong, go take a look outside…"
The cafeteria owner put down what he was doing and walked outside quickly.
"What happened?"
"Boss, I don't know! Just now, all these students were sitting in the cafeteria, eating while checking their phones, then one by one they jumped up and hurriedly ran out…"
The cafeteria owner, looking at the untouched plates of food, fell into thought.
What do these students mean?
Buying food but not eating!?
And then all running out together…
Could there have been an urgent announcement from the school?
But the teachers didn't mention anything!
Seeing the teachers not far away still leisurely dining, he ruled out this possibility.
But if it wasn't for this reason, then what exactly made these students rush out in such a hurry, not even finishing their meals?
The cafeteria owner couldn't understand!
He couldn't figure it out!
Couldn't figure it out!
...
As the lunchtime rush began, more office workers started lining up to buy food at the shop.
Cai Jiajia and Huang Tao's live streaming at Boss Huang's shop was quite eye-catching.
"Hey, is that girl doing a live stream?"
"Looks like it!"
"She's doing a live stream in Boss Huang's shop, so she's on a store tour?"
"!!!"
"Is our West City Old Street's hidden gem about to be discovered?"
"No way! There are already so many people lining up at every meal, sometimes we can't even buy, and now she's promoting it, will us West City Old Street residents and nearby workers still have any food?"
Originally enjoying their food in groups of three or four, and discussing the deliciousness of today's new braised pig's feet, everyone fell into deep thought upon hearing this.
It makes so much sense, they had no words to rebut!
Indeed, it's tough enough for us locals to get food!
Now outsiders are coming to snatch it from us!
How are we supposed to live like this!
They were spot on.
They just didn't expect it would happen so soon!
Watching a large crowd of college students, boys and girls, rushing towards "So Delicious."
In a mad dash to line up!
"Damn! My jinxed mouth, whatever I say comes true!"
"I knew something was off when I saw that girl waving around a phone on a tripod, turns out I was right!"
"We always knew with Boss Huang's skills, 'So Delicious' would be discovered by outsiders eventually, but who knew it'd be so soon, just one day…"
"If I say now, the food sold at 'So Delicious' isn't good at all, would anyone believe me?"
"..."
Though they were prepared mentally.
Yet, when it became a fact, they still couldn't accept it.
If they had known they wouldn't have promoted Boss Huang's pan-fried buns to everyone, about how delicious they were.
Now look, word got out, leading a host to visit, attracting a swarm of students to line up and buy!
You never know, there might still be a wave of food bloggers, internet celebrities rushing in…
Living in West City Old Street are so many residents and office workers, every mealtime is already a head-on battle, and now more students are coming to compete, who knows in the future more outsiders will join!
Just thinking about these things makes their heartache unbearable.
But the bustling popularity and long queues left the owners of other nearby restaurants in tears of envy.
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