Food Wars, My Dishes Don't Just Shine

"You... Waaah..."

Feeling his mouth being instantly filled, with rose vanilla sauce overflowing from the corners of his mouth, Bai Yuan was about to ask the other person to be less active when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Such actions, such scenes...

Why does it feel so familiar...?

"What are you thinking about all day? No wonder you're suddenly being so attentive to feeding me, so that's what you're up to."

Alice quickly devoured the round cream puff in her hand.

Seeing the joyful smile on the girl's lips, Bai Yuan couldn't help but reach out and tap her head with his finger, his voice filled with helplessness.

“You’ve always treated me like this, and I’ve never complained. Why are you upset now that I’ve treated you like this once?”

Seeing Bai Yuan's slightly helpless expression, Nakiri Alice puffed out her cheeks, but her voice contained a hint of laughter, clearly indicating that what had just happened had put her in a good mood.

"I didn't mean to blame you. I just didn't expect you to hate that kind of thing. If you don't want to do it in the future, you can just say so, and I will respect that."

Listening to Nakiri Airi's words and seeing her puffed-up face, Bai Yuan assumed that she didn't like what they usually did in bed, but only didn't refuse because of his pride. So he went up and patted her head, speaking gently.

"I never said I didn't want to do it!"

Bai Yuan's words made Nakiri Alice's expression freeze for a moment, before she hurriedly retorted, saying that she had never said she disliked it.

However, upon seeing the shape of the round puff pastry, a subtle and wicked thought arose in her mind, making her want to make Bai Yuan experience her situation.

Just like someone who's used to being bullied, if they suddenly have a chance to get back at someone, driven by strong personal desires, it's almost impossible for anyone to give it up.

"So you still like it, right?"

"I wouldn't say I like it, but I wouldn't say I dislike it."

Noticing the teasing in Bai Yuan's words, Nakiri Alice's face turned extremely red.

She initially disliked that kind of thing, but she agreed because Bai Yuan wanted to try it and she was curious.

But later, every time the two were alone, Bai Yuan would make that request. After it happened many times, she became unable to do anything else.

Especially when I saw Erina Nakiri eating with great relish.

That feeling became even stronger.

After all, what's wrong with her liking something that even the God Tongue is obsessed with?!

Although I feel extremely ashamed every time I do that kind of thing, especially a few days ago, when Erina Nakiri and Hisako Shinoto were watching.

Fortunately, two other people joined her later and became her accomplices. In the end, all three of them tacitly avoided mentioning what happened back then.

In addition, Bai Yuan's gentleness, and his willingness to let them proceed at their own pace each time, was also an important reason why they fell in love with the activity.

After all, who would refuse the opportunity to manipulate Bai Yuan?

Although it was time-consuming, laborious, and thankless, seeing Bai Yuan's expression of enjoyment made it all worthwhile!

So, does that mean it's dispensable?

Seeing Alice Nakiri's shy and hesitant expression, Bai Yuan already knew the answer in his heart, so he revealed a teasing expression.

"Brother Bai Yuan is bullying me. Do you really want me to admit to something so shameful?!"

We've lived together for so long.

If Alice Nakiri still can't guess what Bai Yuan is thinking now, then she's really wasted all this time by his side.

"It's just more satisfying to hear you say it yourself, to whisper your truest thoughts in my ear."

Upon hearing Alice Nakiri's words, Bai Yuan's eyes flickered.

He really wanted to hear Alice Nakiri admit it herself, because that would make him feel very accomplished.

"I love Brother Bai Yuan the most. I love everything about Brother Bai Yuan, including all the things he does to me. I love them all so much!"

Hearing Bai Yuan's words, Alice Nakiri's face turned even redder. It took her a while to muster up the courage to whisper in his ear and speak in one breath.

After saying all this, her heart started pounding, and she looked like she was short of breath.

"What are you two chattering about? If there's nothing else, could Teacher Bai Yuan come over for a moment?"

Seeing Bai Yuan and Nakiri Alice whispering sweet nothings to each other, Nakiri Erina, who had been watching them closely, couldn't sit still any longer.

She waited for Bai Yuan in front of the stall for a long time, hoping that he would come over and point out the shortcomings in her cooking. However, he was so busy with Alice that he refused to come over, which made her feel extremely frustrated.

"I'll head over now. Tonight I'll let you get whatever you want."

Upon hearing Erina Nakiri's call, Shirabuchi gently patted Alice Nakiri's lower back and then whispered something.

"To get what you like..."

The sudden words caught Alice Nakiri off guard, but she quickly understood their meaning, and her ears turned bright red.

On the other side, Shirabuchi arrived in front of Erina Nakiri.

"Great, the shrimp flavor is much stronger now, and the sauce has become fresher. It seems you've made the improvements I suggested."

As he spoke, Bai Yuan reached out with his chopsticks and picked up the orange salad shrimp that Nakiri Erina had specially prepared for him. Then he closed his eyes and savored it carefully.

"The aftertaste has a hint of bitterness, which perfectly balances the freshness of the salad dressing. If I'm not mistaken, the source of this bitterness is probably the grapefruit peel."

"That's right, I added a little grapefruit peel instead of lime peel to balance the flavors of the two, which also makes the overall flavor more harmonious."

Seeing that Bai Yuan had grasped the profound meaning, Nakiri Erina nodded and then shared her thoughts.

This is the result of her numerous experiments, and it's more suitable for this improved version of orange salad shrimp, which tastes much better than the first version.

"Although only a few details have changed, the flavor profile is completely different."

The orange pulp provides a sweet and sour flavor, the grapefruit peel adds a subtle astringency, and the shrimp balls, nourished by shrimp oil, have an even more intense and enticing shrimp flavor—they're simply the perfect pair!

Upon hearing Erina Nakiri's words, Hakubuchi couldn't help but begin chanting.

"Boss, our ten-minute break is over. I'd like an orange salad shrimp!"

"Okay. Then, Teacher Bai Yuan, I'll head over now."

As she spoke, Erina Nakiri jogged back to her stall and continued cooking for the customers in front of her.

In order to talk to Bai Yuan, she put up a sign in front of her stall that said she would take a ten-minute break. Now, customers are calling her back right on time, and she won't let her take even a minute longer, which shows how popular her dishes are.

"Let's see who can win the championship."

As he watched Erina Nakiri's departing figure, this thought crossed Bai Yuan's mind.

Next, he went to Hisako Shinto's stall, tasted the food, gave a few simple pointers, and then went straight into the market.

"Boss, give me a thousand catties of pork."

In order to give the students a real challenge and truly differentiate their strengths and weaknesses, Bai Yuan decided to get involved himself and attract most of the customers.

Only by reducing the number of customers can we prevent some less outstanding, opportunistic individuals from taking advantage of the situation, and allow truly attractive dishes to stand out.

As for the food.

It's still just ordinary deep-fried pork tenderloin.

"Dude, this is getting more and more outrageous."

Upon hearing Bai Yuan's words, the pork stall owner swallowed hard.

If the first day's 100 jin of pork shocked him, and the second day's 200 jin of pork impressed him, then the third day's 1000 jin of pork...

This left him speechless.

Those restaurants don't even need a thousand catties of pork a day. You, a street vendor, can't sell that much even if you sell from morning to night!

The pork stall owner was internally ranting and raving.

"Never mind that, just tell me if you have it or not."

Bai Yuan was also very straightforward; if this place didn't have it, he wouldn't mind going somewhere else.

"A pig that is normally slaughtered weighs about 200 to 300 pounds."

"A thousand catties of pork—that's more than the entire market sells in a day. My little stall can only manage to get three hundred catties after all the turnover."

The pork stall owner naturally couldn't agree to Bai Yuan's request. It wasn't that he didn't want to make money, but he simply couldn't get that much pork.

The butcher goes off work after slaughtering the pig, and it's unrealistic to call him back to work overtime. When he joined the company, he said he would only slaughter one pig a day.

This pace has been maintained for ten years.

“It’s quite tiring for me to travel from place to place. How about this, could you contact the pig farms in the area and help me bring five pigs over?”

Seeing the pork stall owner's troubled expression, Bai Yuan could understand his predicament and then offered his suggestion.

Are you planning to buy live pigs directly?

"That's right. You can arrange the specifics yourself. Money is not a problem."

Bai Yuan said with great confidence.

As the leader of the dark cuisine world, he really doesn't care about such a small amount of money.

"If they're live pigs, I can get my hands on some if I have the money. But what are you planning to do with them? Are you going to just haul them into the city center...?"

"If safety can be guaranteed, let's just take him to the bustling city center. We can use this opportunity to attract a group of customers and let those guys know that using high-end culinary skills to attract customers is the essence of street vending."

Upon hearing the pork stall owner's words, Bai Yuan seemed to have thought of something, and his smile became even more pronounced. He decided to give the students of Totsuki Academy and the guys in the dark cooking world a little bit of a shock.

"I understand. I'll send a few staff over, but only for an hour at most. After all, it's impossible to keep them there indefinitely."

After a moment's thought, the pork stall owner finally accepted Bai Yuan's order.

Despite the trouble and the unknown risks involved, the extremely high returns made him willing to take the risk.

Because he knows.

The food festival at Xingxiang Square lasts for fifteen days. If Bai Yuan needs a thousand catties of pork every day, he can pick up his car in half a month.

"Okay, let's do it this way. I'll be waiting for you at the central street of Xingxiang Square."

As he spoke, Bai Yuan took out a thick wad of banknotes from his wallet as a deposit, then left the market and headed toward the stalls.

After all that fuss, it was already afternoon.

When Bai Yuan pushed his extended, spliced ​​stall to the central boundary of Xingxiang Square, countless eyes were drawn to him.

Wow, this stall is so long! It's probably the length of three to five stalls combined!