Have you ever seen glowing food? That's why you draw a food-themed anime.

Chapter 19 Willing to admit defeat

"what happened?"

Xu Zhou took out his phone and calculated: "The three dishes will cost a total of 3,436 yuan. There will be no discount. Except for Xu Kai, who is a member, you all have to pay."

"Okay, I've paid."

Liu Tao paid the bill very quickly, then remembered something and immediately asked, "Boss, when do you usually open the store?"

"Opening hours? It depends, I'll do it every day."

Xu Zhou thought for a moment and then added, "However, each dish can only be eaten once a day, and there are only ten servings of each dish per day."

"Ten portions?"

Liu Tao gasped instantly.

Now I understand why Xu Kai was so dismissive of the videos he made at first.

Only ten servings a day! Opening a shop is a matter of chance!

How does he eat?

Thinking of yesterday's bet, Liu Tao gritted his teeth and closed his eyes after paying the bill.

"dad."

"?"

Xu Zhou's hand trembled slightly, and he put his phone away with a serious expression, emphasizing: "This store does not accept any discounts! You can call me dad or grandpa, it won't work! Absolutely no discounts!"

"It's me. I'm the one who made the bet with you yesterday."

Liu Tao awkwardly pulled out yesterday's chat history, giving an embarrassed laugh: "I didn't expect your outrageous comics to be so realistic..."

"Oh, it's you. Not bad, at least you kept your word."

Seeing Liu Tao's flushed face, Xu Zhou assumed he was embarrassed and patted him on the shoulder: "Afraid of losing face? Then why did you send so many messages yesterday mocking my terrible cooking?"

"I...it's not that I'm afraid of losing face, I just..." Liu Tao hesitated for a long time, feeling conflicted.

Calling me Dad is no problem!

But if the video is posted in the comments section, and too many people rush to eat it, then the problem will be that you won't be able to get any yourself!

Xu Kai, who was standing nearby, quickly walked over and whispered a few words. Then, the two of them sneakily cut out all the scenes of them eating in the video.

All that's left is a video with the word "Dad" in a vague and incomplete way.

Liu Tao then smiled.

"Don't worry, boss, I'll definitely come here every day to make amends!"

"My shop isn't cheap," Xu Zhou reminded him.

"I'm rich!" Liu Tao patted his chest. "I'm a paparazzi, I make a lot of money!"

"..."

"Mr. Xu, are you a fan of celebrities? I can tell you all her dirty secrets."

Xu Zhou: "No need."

The celebrities in this world may be different from the celebrities in your own world.

All I want to do right now is grind the comics to unlock the recipes.

Once you've earned enough wish points, summon the male lead to the restaurant to free up your hands.

Even a young lady would be fine...

Blue-haired twin-tailed girl Megumi Tadokoro would also be good!

...

After Liu Tao finished eating, Cai Cai's roommate, Glasses, who had a VIP card, arrived and ordered all the dishes on the menu.

"Boss, am I not late?"

"Not late."

Xu Zhou walked towards the kitchen counter: "We have a new dish today, egg rice, 880 yuan a serving."

"Have some!"

When Chen Yan, the bespectacled man, heard the price of the new dish, he earnestly and devoutly clasped his hands together and prayed to the heavens: "Thank you to my parents for working hard to earn money so that I can now afford to eat Boss Xu's dishes every day."

"If I can't get food, I really don't know how I'll get through the day."

"I had classes all day, and I finally managed to skip the last class to get here!"

After he finished speaking, Xu Zhou started cooking, while Xu Kai, Cai Cai, and Liu Tao showed no sign of leaving.

Even if you can't eat it, just smelling it is good.

Smelling the aroma, listening to the rhythmic thumping of the cutting board, and admiring Xu Zhou's superb knife skills are all delightful experiences.

...

At first, Xu Kai did indeed only intend to smell it.

But as the domineering aroma of roasted potatoes soaked in meat juices from Ozol bacon wafted over, that fragrant breeze seemed to envelop all his senses.

The wonderful taste seems to have been rooted in the deepest memory. As long as you smell this familiar aroma, you can almost taste the pleasure of chewing the finest ingredients.

The feeling of your lips and teeth touching top-quality food and extracting an explosive flavor from it is addictive.

The addiction to such top-notch cuisine was simply irresistible to him.

Xu Kai felt as if his brain was about to stop working. When he smelled that scent, he felt like he had become one of those customers in a comic book who followed the fragrance with hearts in their eyes.

香…

It has the aroma of eggs and the sweet fragrance of oyster congee.

I can almost still recall the oysters, their edges fried until golden brown, mixed with stir-fried salted egg yolks, and the incredibly sweet and savory taste of piping hot porridge.

With one bite, the oyster is soft, tender, and chewy, offering the texture of a top-quality deep-sea seafood.

That look in his eyes reached its peak when Xu Zhou brought out the three dishes.

"Brothers."

When Xu Kai saw the three dishes in front of the bespectacled man, he realized, without even noticing, that he had ended up sitting at his table.

Faced with the accusing look in the bespectacled man's eyes, he smiled sheepishly: "I... my legs have their own ideas."

"This is my dish!"

"I know, I'll just smell it, I'll just take a sniff... Ah! It smells so good."

Xu Kai, quick as a flash, snatched the oyster congee from his hand, which wasn't being held so tightly, and licked the bowl with his tongue.

"Thank you, good brother."

"Xu Kai!!"

The bespectacled guy looked furious: "That's mine!"

"I'm just smelling it; my tongue has its own thoughts."

Xu Kai chuckled, holding the oyster porridge he had just licked: "I've licked it, do you want more?"

I was so clever!

I'll take any bowl I can!

Faced with Mr. Xu's delicious food, what does face matter? Forget about it!

But the next second, the bespectacled guy stared at the bowl of porridge and actually started to consider it. His face was filled with pain and anger, yet he hesitated. His expression changed like a palette of colors for a while. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Give it back to me! I don't mind!"

"!!!"

Xu Kai was shocked. He instantly jumped up, still holding the porridge, and sat down at the next table, looking at him with fear in his eyes.

"Damn it, wait a minute, wait a minute."

"You don't mind that I've licked it?"

"I'll ask Mr. Xu to heat it up and sterilize it! Cook it again!" The bespectacled guy was speechless: "Give it back to me! My food!"

Xu Kai quickly scooped up a large mouthful with a spoon and put it in his mouth, saying matter-of-factly, "I can't return the porridge, but I'll return the money to you."

"Tenfold repayment."

He took out his phone and transferred 8,800 yuan: "Brother will treat you to nine bowls of oyster congee."

A bowl of porridge costs 660 yuan. He paid for so many extra bowls, he shouldn't complain.

The bespectacled guy laughed in exasperation, refusing to accept Xu Kai's money, but giving him a cold, dismissive glance.

Next time, you just wait!

...

It was already evening.

After Glasses finished eating, Wang Lulu brought two friends over for another meal.

After Xu Zhou and her group finished eating, seeing that about six servings of each dish had been sold, they simply closed the shop.

After arriving home.

Rested for a while.

After finishing his meal, Xu Zhou subconsciously checked his prayer points for the day.

The most popular dish among the four is the imitation barbecue, which has already gained some value from the daily visits of a few customers who each contribute 30 points, as well as from the comic book fans who have contributed a little bit.

The prayer points have accumulated to four hundred.

Oyster congee should be cheaper, 290.

Although the Egg Rice Transformation feature was just unlocked today, six customers contributed around 120 wish points today.

It increased from the original 102 to 220.

On the contrary, the squid legs didn't move much, and the readers of the comic have been preoccupied with the transformation into egg and rice these past few days.

Did you encounter an expert in Chapter 20?

Xu Zhou has now also discovered the pattern.

Customers who have experienced the deliciousness of the Fantasy Food Recipe in their own shop will not only gain 10 points for eating the dish, but will also gain 20 points during the day as they savor the taste of the dish.

Especially for people like Xu Kai and Glasses Guy, who order three dishes almost every day, each dish contributes a maximum of thirty points.

It's also the main source of prayer points.

Other comic book fans, because they haven't experienced the taste of the comic yet, will have fewer fans individually, but if the comic becomes popular, the number of readers will likely be different.

The future is expected!

After checking his prayer points, before Xu Zhou could even go back to his bedroom to work on the second half of the third episode, he heard his mother suddenly sit down and nudge his arm with her elbow.

"Son, are you free tomorrow night?"

"what?"

"Mom will take you somewhere tomorrow!"

Xu Zhou sprawled on the sofa, changed the channel with the remote, and while watching TV, asked briefly, "Where are we going?"

"Mom asked around for a long time before finding out that a member of a food association is giving a lecture. Do you want to go and listen to it? After you listen, ask her how to apply for membership."

"Oh, the Food Association..." Xu Zhou thought for a moment, and considering that he would need it later when the shop was upgraded to a higher star rating, he didn't refuse.

"Okay."

"Although it's still a bit early and my shop is only a few shops, it's okay to go and listen."

"Okay, I've already found out the address for you. It's on Xingzheng Street. You can just go there."

Seeing how busy her son was every day, Zhang Yinghong felt guilty and spent a long time researching.

Seeing that Xu Zhou was willing to go to the place he had found, he was very happy.