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

[Is that expression...acted?]

Salmon is indeed delicious, but isn't this a bit of an exaggeration?

"This is too exaggerated."

Ding Yan, a top law student at Songnan University, rolled her eyes when she saw this video and couldn't help but complain: "Short videos these days are getting more and more fake."

"What kind of food can make someone eat it with such a reverent expression? And even with tears in their eyes? I'm impressed."

When I tried to turn it off the second time…

In the video, a group of people hold their bowls, take a bite, and then look up with tears in their eyes, exclaiming in pilgrimage, "It's so delicious!"

Ding Yan: "..."

No, are you serious?

...

A person was mocked for eating with a reverent expression in a video.

When the group finished eating, they looked up with expressions of reverence and wonder at life, which piqued the curiosity of fans in the same city.

【I'm really curious about how you filmed this; have you guys gone on a pilgrimage to eat here?】

Where am I? Does anyone know?

[It seems to be the Songnan University Food Festival. It just so happens that the second day started at 9 AM this morning.]

Which store is this?

The video has already received 20,000 likes, and it's still going up.

Almost all the comments on the video were from locals in Songnan City.

Perhaps the number of comments started to increase, which led to an increase in the number of likes.

Although it was just a short clip posted casually by an ordinary user, it inexplicably garnered 20,000 likes because of the customer's expression.

"The starting number?"

Ding Yan watched it several times and felt that their expressions were particularly mesmerizing.

She suspected that the person who made the video was deliberately creating an account to attract traffic, so she clicked on the profile of the person who made the video and took a look.

[User Dayong's follower count: 2800]

Before this video, his most liked video was a night run video, and the scenery looked like Songnan University.

Only a handful of 18 people liked the post.

It seems to be a genuine user.

Why don't we go take a look?

Ding Yan was madly in love.

I casually forwarded this video to the law department's group chat.

[Ding Yan: They were eating like they were on a pilgrimage. Anyone interested?]

...

Half past eight in the morning.

Xu Zhou brought the materials to the food plaza of Songnan University.

In the food court, the food carts are still in the same places as yesterday.

at this time.

The two restaurants next door, Yi Cai Yi Fan and Su Shi Yu Shan Fang, have already arrived.

Su Chengye, the head chef of Su's Imperial Cuisine, was leading his assistants in a final check of the prepared ingredients. When he saw Su Chengye approaching, Su Chengye gave him a nod of approval, his eyes filled with a hint of admiration for his competitor.

"You're all up so early?"

Xu Zhou greeted him very generously, and they exchanged a few pleasantries. When the topic of what to sell today came up, Su Chengye did not hide anything.

"We're selling porridge today."

"Porridge again?"

"Yes, it's been improved."

Su Chengye's attitude towards Xu Zhou at this moment was completely the same as that towards a head chef of equal rank, or even slightly higher.

Xu Zhou grinned: "We sell rice balls."

Su Chengye praised you generously for a while, then laughed and said, "Jiang Wen was recently inspired by you and developed a dish with his mentor Li Quan from Songbei City. He even said he wanted to invite you to participate in the new chef competition in Songnan City."

A competition for novice chefs?

Xu Zhou wasn't interested after listening. He was about to go back to his stall to prepare after the conversation when he heard the sound of someone lecturing him from the side.

The male head chef, in his sixties with graying hair, spoke with anger.

"What happened yesterday! Why did Ichizuru Izakaya get first place?!"

...

Upon hearing the name of his shop, Xu Zhou glanced over there curiously.

There, people dressed in chef's uniforms stood in neat rows, all with their heads down, huddled up like quails, completely silent.

The head chef of Yicai Yifan coldly reprimanded them loudly, as if declaring war.

"Our goal this year is to be among the top five restaurants in Songnan City! Every point we make from our events is crucial!"

"You didn't lose to Su's Imperial Cuisine, but you lost to a new shop with only a 2.5 rating? Don't you feel ashamed?!"

"Chef, our kimchi rice soup should be fine today."

The sous chef next to him lowered his head and said, "Yesterday, that restaurant only got first place because fans paid for tickets. We were originally in first place."

"Correct."

The other kitchen helpers whispered, "There's a rich kid collecting votes, so everyone voted for him."

"Although the votes were changed later, it was already very late, and people probably didn't know who to vote for, which is why he came in first place."

"Don't worry, Chef. We also have a professional culinary instructor today, which gives us an advantage."

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, the expression on the face of Chen Xianjun, the head chef of Yicai Yifan, softened somewhat.

"Check the rice soaked in soup! There can't be any mistakes today!"

"Yes, Chef!"

...

Xu Zhou ignored the person next door.

He wrote down the names and prices of the three rice balls he was selling that day on the blackboard, and then he saw quite a few people walking towards him from the direction of the dormitory building of Songnan University.

Students are always in groups.

As I passed by, I could still hear them muttering: "The customers in the pilgrimage video are holding bowls of rice with soup in them!"

"Yes! And they sell salmon!"

"There are quite a few food stalls selling salmon, how do I find them?"

When many stall owners saw such a large group of Songnan University students arrive, they all became alert and ready to go. Those who were playing on their phones or chatting immediately perked up.

Then, I saw this group of students asking questions.

"Salmon?"

"Have!"

"Is that you in the pilgrimage video?"

"It was me! I wrapped it!"

Although I don't know what video it is, let's just let them eat it first.

Soon, everyone in the area knew that a group of law students from Songnan City seemed to be looking for a salmon truck.

Ding Yan and her roommates searched around, and by 9:30 in the morning, after being scammed three times, Ding Yan looked extremely resentful.

Those short videos have all developed a patina.

However, the videos were just casually taken by customers, and most of the shots only captured the head of the person in front of them.

Aside from vaguely seeing soup in a plastic bowl and hearing the word "salmon," there were no other clues.

As she passed by Xu Zhou's shop, her gaze suddenly fell on Xu Zhou's hand holding his phone.

This hand... it looks a bit like it.

Between the electric light and flint.

Just as she was about to try the rice balls, she heard her best friend exclaim in surprise at the food stall: "Rice in soup!"

"It's one dish and one rice! Today's dish and rice includes rice soaked in soup!"

Chapter 75: Is it rice soaked in tea instead of soup?

Hearing this shout, many law students looked over.

Is this the place featured in the pilgrimage video?

"This is the only place that has rice soup today! The person eating in the video is holding a bowl with soup in it!"

Suddenly, many students rushed over to order the dishes and rice, all eagerly placing their orders.

"I'd like a bowl of rice soaked in soup!"

"I'm going to try this soup and rice that makes people look like they're on a pilgrimage!"

Many people passed by Xu Zhou's stall without stopping, and several even knocked over the small blackboard in front of his shop.

Xu Zhou helped him up several times, then simply put away the blackboard and sat down on the side with his phone to read the comments on his comics.

No hurries.

My customer base hasn't arrived yet.

On the contrary, when Zhang Yinghong saw students passing by, she waved enthusiastically and anxiously: "We had salmon ochazuke yesterday, is that what you're looking for? We just don't have it today, but we have rice balls."

"Would you like a rice ball?"

These words were immediately interrupted by the law students who had been scammed several times; their expressions were serious and speechless.

"Although we college students are fragile, we are not stupid. We won't fall into the same trap four times."

After saying that, he turned around and complained, "I really don't understand. These stall owners are clearly not what they claim to be, but they insist on admitting it. I've been fooled three times today and eaten a bunch of awful stuff."

"Me too. There are also many people who say that their store had it yesterday but changed the menu today. It's all the same excuse."

"I feel like it's not a new restaurant, it must be an old one. New restaurants probably don't have this kind of cooking skills, right?"

Despite several attempts to attract customers, they all headed straight for the dishes and rice without looking back, leaving Zhang Yinghong feeling extremely frustrated.

"What's going on today?"

"It's okay, Mom, don't worry."

Xu Zhou smiled and said, "Someone will be here soon."

...

When Chen Xianjun, the head chef of Yicai Yifan, saw this scene, his expression showed some satisfaction.

This is the normal pace.

He glanced at Xu Zhou's deserted metal car, then looked back.

It seems that yesterday was indeed just a coincidence.

"what about the taste?"

Chen Xianjun looked gently at the customers in front of his stall: "If there's anything you don't like, feel free to mention it."