radiothebook Chapter 16 What should you call me now?
Chapter 16 What should you call me now?
Chen Feng carried the tray towards the two of them.
He placed two steaming hot buns shaped like rabbits on the table.
Steam, like a light veil, swirled around the snow-white little rabbit.
Although Su Su and Yuan Yuan had already been "controlled" by the fragrance.
But now, when he actually looked at the twelve-yuan buns face to face, there was still a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.
"Is this the... exorbitantly priced steamed bun?"
The steamed buns had just come out of the pot and were so hot that they were impossible to eat. So the two of them had to force themselves not to drool and observe them first.
Its two long rabbit ears drooped, and its red eyes, adorned with red beans, shone brightly. It certainly looked much more exquisite than those meat buns sold on the street.
Exquisite as it may be, they've certainly seen something this creative before.
"It certainly looks novel, but... can it really be as exaggerated as Little Fish described?"
Yuan Yuan lowered her voice and tentatively poked the tender white dough with her spoon.
The texture was just like freshly cooked tofu, extremely soft, yet with a strange resistance. She suddenly swallowed.
Lin Xiaoyu sat to the side, watching her two best friends' expressions of being starving but pretending to be hungry, and secretly chuckled to herself.
She remained silent, displaying an air of "seeing through it but not saying it," much like a strategist sitting calmly on the sidelines.
"Whoosh—ha!"
After a short while, Su Su couldn't resist any longer and reached out to grab it.
As soon as her fingertips touched the white skin, it burned her so much that she immediately pulled her hand back and started rubbing her earlobe.
"It's so hot!"
The steamed buns were too hot to eat at this point.
But the problem is that aroma.
Without the steamer lid blocking the way, the aroma became even more intense.
It's practically like a pervasive "biological weapon".
Lin Xiaoyu's exaggerated descriptions kept replaying in their minds:
"Like a cloud..."
"The gravy will explode..."
"The taste of redemption for the soul..."
Driven wildly by the enticing aroma, both of them couldn't stop drooling.
"Gulp."
Yuanyuan could clearly hear the sound of her own throat moving.
She felt terrible; her stomach was empty, yet she could smell a fragrance that stirred her imagination.
The feeling of wanting to eat but not being able to is like being slowly tortured to death.
She closed her eyes, trying to block out the scent for a moment, but the fragrance became even more distinct.
"I can't take it anymore, this is torture!" Su Su was extremely anxious.
Suddenly, her peripheral vision caught sight of the container on the table with disposable wooden chopsticks stuck in it.
Su Su's eyes lit up, and she suddenly pulled out two sticks and snapped them apart with a snap.
"Yuanyuan! Quick, poke them open! Let them cool down!"
Yuanyuan, as if waking from a dream, quickly followed suit and copied the same method.
The two moved in unison, sticking the chopsticks into the rabbit's back and then forcefully pushing it to the sides.
"Whoosh—!"
The moment the bun skin is peeled open, an intensely rich aroma of meat bursts forth along with the pent-up steam.
Su Su and Yuan Yuan's vision went blank for a moment, and then their attention was drawn to the scene before them.
The originally snow-white dough was now soaked in a layer of crystal-clear, light golden meat juice.
The tender, pink minced meat is clearly granulated, and every crevice of the minced meat is filled with glistening broth.
As the steam dissipated, the smell assaulted the two of them.
"This..." Su Su's eyes widened.
She watched the soup slowly seeping out through the crack, her whole body trembling, and suddenly she didn't know how to describe it.
Yuanyuan was even more direct; she almost cried.
She felt her mouth watering; she felt like she was starving.
Sitting to the side, Lin Xiaoyu felt a sudden pang of unease as she watched her two best friends acting like wolves and tigers, completely losing their composure.
She suddenly realized that she had just appeared "naive" and envious in front of Chen Feng and the other two.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoyu's face, which was originally flushed from eating and drinking her fill, instantly burned down to the roots of her ears.
A wave of shame washed over her belatedly, and she instinctively covered half of her face.
"How embarrassing... I hope they won't laugh at me!"
But then she thought about it again and breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Su and Yuan Yuan didn't see it, did they?
And she, now, was the one who held the "dirt" on the two of them, she chuckled mischievously.
At this point, their efforts finally yielded results.
The steamed buns cooled down quickly after being separated.
When they felt it was about time, Su Su and Yuan Yuan almost simultaneously stuffed the buns into their mouths with their chopsticks.
"Ugh—!"
Su Su let out a muffled groan.
That layer of skin really disappeared in my mouth!
Just like Lin Xiaoyu said, the moment it enters your mouth, it's like a wad of cotton that's been broken up, requiring absolutely no chewing!
Immediately afterwards, the tender and juicy meat filling burst open between your teeth.
With each chew, you can feel the elasticity of the meat filling and its savory sweetness that hits you right in the gut.
Lin Xiaoyu watched them eat without even looking up, a sly glint in her eyes.
She quietly took out her phone, turned on the video recording function, and aimed it at her two best friends who had no ladylike demeanor and whose cheeks were puffed out like hamsters.
"Hey! Lin Xiaoyu! You...you stop filming!"
Yuanyuan was struggling to swallow the bun in her mouth when she caught a glimpse of the phone camera out of the corner of her eye and protested indistinctly.
She tried to block the camera with her hand, but pulled it back halfway through—because she couldn't bear to put the bun down.
"It's...it's still in my mouth...don't pat it!"
Su Su also panicked, imagining the scenario of others watching the video.
With their mouths stuffed full of steamed buns, their protests sounded more like a weak plea for mercy.
They were caught in an extremely bizarre and desperate contradiction:
Reason tells them that if their current eating habits are posted on social media, their carefully cultivated "cool goddess" persona will completely collapse.
But instinct kept stopping them, even if they were being photographed!
Lin Xiaoyu held her phone, her shoulders shaking with laughter. She lowered her voice and mischievously imitated the villain's lines:
"Hehehe... Ladies, what should you call me now?"
"Stepmother!"
"Stepmother!"
Hearing two neat replies, Lin Xiaoyu nodded in satisfaction and stopped.
At that moment, Su Su and Yuan Yuan truly experienced what "sweet torment" meant.
Amidst despair and enjoyment, they finished the steamed buns, feeling both amused and exasperated.
"call……"
Five minutes later, the two steamers of buns on the table were empty, having been taken back by Zhang Qiang.
Su Su and Yuan Yuan slumped in their chairs, their eyes somewhat unfocused.
My mind went completely blank.
They felt as if every cell in their bodies had been soaked in a hot spring, and the fatigue from waking up early was completely purified at that moment.
"Boss...another one, please." Su Su weakly raised her hand, her eyes looking longingly at the bar.
Yuanyuan nodded vigorously, "Yes, I'll have another one too."
Chen Feng was holding Mengmeng behind the bar, teaching her to recognize the beautiful flower baskets they had received that day.
Hearing the call, Chen Feng turned around with a smile on his face.
"Excuse me, ladies, each person is limited to one purchase per day."
Chen Feng pointed to the small blackboard at the door.
"what?"
Su Su and Yuan Yuan were somewhat puzzled and disappointed.
But recalling the experience they had just had, they understood that the boss indeed had the strength to support his "personality".
This left the two of them with nothing but a glance at each other, and they could only reluctantly withdraw their hands.
"Then...then give me another bowl of soy milk!" Yuanyuan asked, settling for second best.
"I want a bowl too! No, two bowls!" Su Su shouted.