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

"Yes, yes, yes, snail rice noodles, let's eat snail rice noodles."

Wu Zhuang's lips curled into a wide smile as he slowly moved toward Shen Qing's stall, but his head remained tilted to the side, his eyes fixed on Ru Yan.

Ruyan turned around, secretly rolled her eyes, and took two steps away.

"Miss Ruyan is truly... even her back view is so beautiful..."

Wu Zhuang murmured to himself in a daze until he could no longer see Ru Yan's figure, then he turned his head and focused his gaze on Shen Qing's stall.

"For Ruyan's sake, give me a serving of your stinky stuff!"

His tone was somewhat condescending, and his eyes showed disdain.

Shen Qing remained calm: "Fifty coins per serving."

This was the girls' kind offer, and of course she wouldn't refuse. Besides, her main goal was to complete the task, and she didn't care about the diners' attitudes.

Wu Zhuang pulled out some silver from his pocket and slammed it on the table, dismissing it with disdain: "For Miss Ruyan's sake, I'll give you one tael of silver!"

Pretty extravagant. Shen Qing was speechless.

Without saying anything, she deftly began scooping out the rice noodles and adding side dishes such as pickled cowpeas and pickled bamboo shoots one by one. After pouring on the chili oil and hot soup, the unique aroma became even stronger.

"Tell me, how did you manage to make such a stinky dish? It looks so delicious, but it smells..."

"It's really hard to explain. If it weren't for the girls at Shuiyuelou, who would buy your snail rice noodles?"

Looking at the bowl of snail rice noodles that looked so delicious, Wu Zhuang couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

He felt like he was splitting apart.

The eyes smell sweet, but the nose smells stinky.

That's absolutely outrageous.

"This is what makes snail rice noodles unique. Without this flavor, snail rice noodles would have no soul." Shen Qing handed a large bowl of snail rice noodles to Wu Zhuang.

Wu Zhuang was speechless.

Can smelly things be considered unique?

What is he going to do with such a big bowl?

We can't actually eat it, can we?

After hesitating for a long time while holding the chopsticks, Wu Zhuang finally put them down.

His eyes, like oiled beads, darted around, searching through the crowd.

He'll look for Miss Ruyan first.

Found it!!!

Ruyan felt that gaze again, and when she turned her head, it was indeed Wu Zhuang.

Upon seeing Ruyan turn her head, Wu Zhuang instantly revealed a disgusting smile.

"Lord Wu, aren't you going to eat?" Ru Yan asked, putting on a perfect smile and taking two steps toward Wu Zhuang.

She could tell that Wu Zhuang's food was too smelly to eat, but in order not to disappoint Madam Shen and also to teach Wu Zhuang a lesson, she decided to push Wu Zhuang to finish the bowl of smelly snail rice noodles.

Wu Zhuang: "I..."

"Wouldn't Lord Wu like to try some?"

"Try it, try it, of course I have to try it! This snail rice noodle soup is so fragrant, I'm definitely going to eat it all!"

Wu Zhuang's eyes lit up, and without a second thought, he picked up his chopsticks, scooped up a large mouthful of rice noodles, and stuffed it into his mouth without saying a word.

He froze the moment his teeth pierced through.

How come this thing...

Something's not right. Let me chew it again.

The more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes. The rice noodles are smooth and chewy, and they are very elastic when they break between your teeth. The rice noodles are infused with soup and chili oil, mixed with a spicy and bone-like aroma, and what's even more amazing is the tangy fermented smell.

Several flavors blended together, creating an unstoppable torrent of taste in the mouth.

At that moment, Wu Zhuang's eyes were filled with nothing but the bowl of snail rice noodles in front of him.

A bite of dried bean curd, a bite of rice noodles.

A soft-boiled egg, a mouthful of rice noodles.

Another bite of braised pork knuckle, then a mouthful of rice noodles!

It just wouldn't stop.

Ruyan, who was standing next to her, was stunned.

Wait, what's going on?

This doesn't look bad at all. Wuzhuang looks no different from a pig in a pigsty now.

"Ruyan!" Wu Zhuang suddenly exclaimed, "You're so good to me. If it weren't for you, I definitely wouldn't be able to eat such delicious food."

"It smells so good! The snail rice noodles smell amazing!"

"I must have done something really good in my past life to be able to eat such delicious snail rice noodles."

Wu Zhuang expressed his excitement.

Ru Yan felt that it was hard to put into words.

Her original intention was to thoroughly discredit Wuzhuang...

This made her want to try it too.

But this smell...

"Give me another bowl!!" Wu Zhuang threw out another tael of silver.

The people who had come over earlier were all dumbfounded and started asking questions all at once:

"What? Is this snail rice noodle soup really that delicious?"

"No, you ate one bowl and then had another?"

"Even if you want to please girls, you can't torture yourself like this."

"..."

Wu Zhuang, head held high and a smug look on his face, declared, "Let me tell you, this snail rice noodle soup is absolutely delicious! Even if Ruyan weren't here, I'd still want some!"

"This snail rice noodle soup is even better than what the gods eat!"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a surge of curiosity.

Once curiosity takes hold, some people can't resist.

After all, besides Wu Zhuang, there were several other people wolfing down their food, which didn't seem fake.

"Give me one!"

"I want a bowl!"

"Fifty coins, right? I'll try some."

"..."

Instantly, many people gathered around Shen Qing's stall.

You should know that once people become curious, their behavior becomes uncontrollable.

It's like someone saying you can eat shit and then swallowing it whole; you'd just think it's outrageous.

But if two or three people do it, you'll start to get curious.

If everyone around you does that, you might also feel the urge to taste shit.

Even though it smells bad to you.

But you can't control yourself.

Moreover, Shen Qing's snail rice noodles look fantastic, with snow-white rice noodles, emerald green water spinach, and tempting red chili oil floating on top.

As a result, more and more people are starting to come and buy snail rice noodles.

"Is this snail rice noodle really that delicious?" Ruyan was full of doubt.

Before long, more and more people were wolfing down their food, while fewer and fewer people were watching the girls dance.

These people seem to only have snail rice noodles in their eyes.

Peony said from the side, "The bowl of snail rice noodles I just served was eaten clean by a little beggar, not even a drop of soup was left. The little beggar kept saying how delicious it was. I guess this snail rice noodle is really good."

"But it smells so bad..."

"Mrs. Shen said this is a characteristic of snail rice noodles."

"What should I do? I kind of want to try it." A girl playing the pipa stopped playing and couldn't help but say.

With so many people eating it, who wouldn't be curious?

"How about... we buy one serving first, and each of us take a bite to try it?" Ruyan suggested.

"I agree, just a taste!"

"Yes, even if we can't accept it, we won't waste it."

"Buy it now, I'm dying of curiosity!"

"..."