Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

"Uncle, here's some money, Mengmeng wants noodles!"

Li Mengmeng shoved the money into Wu Wendong's hand and ran off again, looking anxious and flustered.

Wu Wendong frowned. Why was his little niece in such a hurry?

"Mom—don't eat my noodles!!!" Li Mengmeng's heart-wrenching voice rang out, completely unlike her usual obedient demeanor.

Wu Wendong turned his head and saw something. Good heavens, was his sister starving? She was actually fighting with a child for noodles!

Outrageous!

"Hey, sixty coins, give me a bowl of noodles." He turned his gaze away and handed the money to Shen Qing.

"Wait a moment," Shen Qing said calmly.

Wu Wendong watched curiously as Madam Shen first scooped two spoonfuls of broth from the side, then added some boiling water. Once it boiled, she took a piece of flatbread from the bamboo basket. It was golden and dry, like golden threads. She deftly slid the flatbread down the side of the pot into the soup. As the flatbread softened, she gently stirred it with a pair of long chopsticks.

The flatbread gradually turned into strands of noodles.

"This side of yours is really strange, why is it all crooked?"

Shen Qing smiled: "Is this your first time here?"

"The reason why my noodles are so uniquely delicious has a lot to do with the dough. You can try it carefully."

Although her soup base and ingredients are fragrant, the noodles are the soul of the dish.

"No matter how unusual it is, it's still noodles..." Wu Wendong said in a low voice.

He said that, but his eyes were always fixed on Shen Qing's movements.

In the blink of an eye, the noodles were cooked until they were separated and boiling.

Shen Qing took another egg, cracked it directly against the side of the pot, and the broth coated the egg. Before long, a complete poached egg was formed.

Then, fresh shrimp, fish cake, wakame seaweed, soft tofu, chopped green onions, and other ingredients were added one by one.

Sprinkle some white sesame seeds and drizzle two drops of sesame oil.

A bowl of fragrant shrimp and fish cake noodles is ready.

"Your noodles are ready."

Wu Wendong subconsciously picked up the bowl of noodles, the steam hitting his face and an intensely delicious aroma filling his nostrils, making his eyes widen in surprise.

The fresh shrimp, pink and translucent, lay nestled in the soup, while thin slices of fish floated on the surface of the noodles like flower petals. Dark green wakame seaweed clung to the noodles, and snow-white tofu sank to the bottom of the bowl.

Topped with bright green scallions and scattered white sesame seeds.

"Wen Dong—"

"What are you standing there for? Bring the noodles over here!!"

The sudden shout startled Wu Wendong. He looked up and saw that Wu Cixin and her family of three were staring at him expectantly.

Wu Wendong swallowed, then looked at the steaming, fragrant bowl of noodles in front of him, and suddenly felt reluctant to give it away.

The thought alone caused his appetite to surge wildly, and his mouth began to water more and more. After hesitating for a long time, Wu Wendong finally couldn't control himself.

He picked up the chopsticks on the bowl, took a bite of noodles, and put it in his mouth.

It's fresh and fragrant, with chewy noodles. The umami flavor of the fish and shrimp blends perfectly with the wheat aroma of the noodles. One bite and you can't help but want more.

He selected the shrimp in the bowl, took a gentle bite, and the juice burst out. The shrimp meat was crisp, bouncy, and very firm. In an instant, he felt an extreme freshness and couldn't help but close his eyes slightly to savor it.

Another bite of wakame seaweed, smooth and tender, carrying the taste of the sea, uniquely sweet and fresh.

"Wu Wendong!!!" The voice was extremely loud and very high-pitched, completely different from Wu Cixin's usual image.

Wu Wendong was startled and quickly took another sip of soup.

It's incredibly fresh, with a hint of saltiness. There are also a couple of thin slices of fish in the soup. When you bite into it, it's delicate and elastic, and you can feel the freshness of the fish.

"Uncle—my noodles—" Li Mengmeng cried as she ran towards Wu Wendong, her little legs wobbling and stumbling.

Wu Wendong was already ravenous, and at this moment he couldn't care about anything else, his mind was only on the bowl of fresh shrimp and fish cake noodles in front of him.

"So fresh, so incredibly fresh, so delicious!!"

He buried his head in the bowl and ate heartily, as if he hadn't eaten for days.

It smells so good, it really smells so good! How come he only noticed this dish now?

Just as he was wolfing down his food, he felt someone grab his leg. Looking down, he saw it was Li Mengmeng, who looked aggrieved.

At this moment, a pang of guilt and embarrassment welled up in his heart; after all, he was still his uncle.

But this noodle smells so good...

Without further ado, he buried his head and ate two more mouthfuls of noodles, then gulped down several mouthfuls of soup.

Then he squatted down and said, "Don't cry, Mengmeng. Here's some noodles for you. Eat up, eat up."

"Noodles, noodles!! Mengmeng wants noodles!!" Li Mengmeng stopped crying instantly and buried her little head in the bowl.

Wu Wendong wiped his mouth, still somewhat unsatisfied.

Kids are so easy to fool; there were hardly any noodles left in the bowl.

Just then, Wu Cixin and Li Duan arrived.

"Wu Wendong, you're so unreliable. I asked you to help me queue up, not to eat by yourself."

Wu Cixin scolded him playfully, but since he was her own brother, she didn't really blame him much.

Wu Wendong said with a grin, "Sis, this noodle dish is so delicious! No wonder you and your husband came to queue up for it yourselves."

"Let's line up again, I haven't had enough yet, it smells so good."

"Look at that line. Do you want to queue again? Madam Shen already said there are only two hundred servings of this noodle dish. There's no point in queuing again," Wu Cixin said, pointing to the long line.

Wu Wendong looked at the line with a worried expression.

Good heavens, there's no end in sight.

"...Then come eat tomorrow, I'll bring a few more people to queue up tomorrow!!" Wu Wendong became interested.

Li Duan, standing beside him, asked indifferently, "Are you even able to get up?"

"Of course, I won't be going to the casino tonight!"

"The money you've thrown into casinos over the years could buy countless bowls of shrimp and fish cake noodles. You're such a spendthrift," Li Duan said without holding back.

He became unfriendly when the topic of casinos came up.

Upon hearing this, Wu Wendong couldn't help but start calculating.

If I had spent all five taels of silver yesterday on fresh shrimp and fish cake noodles, I could have bought more than eighty bowls.

Good heavens, over eighty bowls! He threw over eighty bowls of shrimp and fish cake noodles into the casino yesterday!!!

Thinking of this, Wu Wendong couldn't help but raise his hand and slap himself.

"What are you doing??" Wu Cixin was completely dumbfounded.

Wu Wendong, with a long face, said, "Sis, I'm such a spendthrift! Yesterday I bought over eighty bowls of shrimp and fish cake noodles..."

"That's right, you deserve it. If it's one slap for every bowl of noodles, you could slap yourself eighty times," Wu Cixin sneered.

"Sis, he's still your own brother..."

"Spending all your time in casinos, not only me, but even your father doesn't want you as his son anymore."

"...I won't gamble anymore, okay...?" Wu Wendong said with a mournful face.

His eighty bowls of shrimp and fish cake noodles!!

It's decided! I'm not gambling anymore!

From now on, no one but Madam Shen will be able to make any money off him!