Chapter 147

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Can we really eat here?

"This person is really something, with so many people watching, he still has the nerve to cut in line?"

"Exactly! Everyone is lining up honestly, what gives you the right to cut in line?"

"Business talk doesn't grant special privileges either! As long as it's behavior that delays Boss Lu making food, we absolutely won't allow it!"

"There's less than twenty minutes until seven, I've calculated it all, today I'd be able to get in line, you delay me like this and I won't get to eat Boss Lu's food tonight, can you take responsibility for that?"

"Uncle, I advise you to just go line up at the back! No one has ever successfully cut in line at Boss Lu's place, don't waste your effort!"

Listening to the clamoring voices all around, Li Hong'an's face flushed red and pale by turns.

He gritted his teeth, looked at the shop door right next to him, then looked at the diners eyeing him like tigers around them, and in the end could only take a deep breath, pick up the gift in his hand, turn around, and walk toward the end of the line.

Li Hong'an, now at the end of the line, was seething inside; in his heart he cursed every single one of those meddling diners from just now.

He was used to ordering people around in his own shop, he had never suffered this kind of grievance.

But right now, for the sake of treating Lu Feng, he could only endure it.

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In a hamburger shop less than two hundred meters from Jiangcheng University, it was currently the busy hour.

Because this hamburger shop was relatively close to Jiangcheng University, business had always been good.

At this moment the shop was already packed with people, most of them Jiangcheng University students.

The hamburger shop's glass door kept being pushed open, the shop filled with the aroma of fried chicken, constantly provoking the gluttons in the bellies of these customers who came to eat hamburgers.

Sun Haoran sat alone in a corner of the restaurant, a hamburger and a cup of Cola placed before him.

The hamburger before him held a freshly fried chicken leg, its aroma constantly drilling into his nose, making him swallow saliva nonstop.

If it were usual, this hamburger in front of Sun Haoran would absolutely not survive more than a minute.

But today, although this hamburger was bought by himself, it was a chip used to exchange with someone.

Sun Haoran endured the protests from his stomach, eyes fixed tightly on the door.

Finally, he saw Chen De'an walk in from outside panting, carrying a takeout box in his hand.

Upon seeing Chen De'an, Sun Haoran immediately stood up, an expectant smile on his face: "Second Brother, you're finally here! If you came any later, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hold back from eating this hamburger!"

Chen De'an pushed the door into the hamburger shop, a rich meat fragrance slowly wafting out from the plastic bag in his hand, beginning to quietly spread through the cramped shop, faintly suppressing the aroma of fried chicken legs inside.

Seeing Sun Haoran, Chen De'an raised a hand in greeting, set the takeout bag on the table, plopped down opposite him, breathing slightly heavily.

To avoid letting the soup noodles soak too long and affect the texture, he had jogged the whole way here.

Although the temperature outside had dropped quite a bit compared to noon, running all the way here still left him soaked in sweat.

The hamburger shop had the air conditioning on, which made Chen De'an feel much more comfortable.

He had just sat down and caught his breath a couple of times when he felt the surroundings seemed a bit off.

Chen De'an lifted his head and looked around, discovering several customers' gazes were uniformly directed his way, their noses still constantly sniffing in this direction.

"What smell? Smells so good!"

"Seems like it's what that guy who just came in brought."

"Damn, this smell is even more fragrant than the chicken pieces I'm eating!"

"What did he buy?"

Those students who had been happily gnawing on hamburgers, smelling the source of the aroma, all turned their gazes toward the takeout box before Chen De'an.

Chen De'an felt the gazes coming from all directions, and instantly became a bit nervous.

He looked at the plastic bag on the table before him; worried that keeping it sealed too long would make it taste bad, the bag wasn't tied very tight.

That scent mixed with spices and meat fragrance wafted everywhere in this not-large hamburger shop, appearing exceptionally tempting.

He immediately thought: bringing something bought from outside to eat in a hamburger shop, would it affect other people?

Chen De'an opened his mouth, just about to ask Sun Haoran if they should take it back to the dormitory to eat.

Unexpectedly Sun Haoran suddenly stood up, shouting at the top of his lungs toward the staff behind the counter: "Boss! Trouble you to ask, can we eat the stuff we brought ourselves here?"

The staff behind the counter froze for a moment, gaze lingering on the takeout bag before Chen De'an for a while, then looking toward the manager sitting not far away.

The hamburger shop's manager was a woman in her thirties, originally lowering her head at the cashier taking orders, hearing Sun Haoran's words she raised her head.

The aroma of that portion of Pig Trotter Noodles Chen De'an brought had by now permeated the entire shop.

Everyone in the hamburger shop had smelled it, and she was naturally no exception.

The manager frowned slightly, gaze landing on the takeout bag Chen De'an brought.

She originally didn't want to let other customers eat things with especially strong flavors in her shop.

But the thing this student brought in, smelling enticingly fragrant, kept hooking the glutton in her belly.

Smelling such a fragrant aroma, she couldn't help but also become a bit curious, wanting to see what exactly could smell this good?

So she nodded: "It's allowed."

The manager lowered her head and continued taking orders for customers, but her gaze kept darting toward Chen De'an's table.

Hearing the manager's answer, the hamburger shop instantly quieted down.

Those students stopped gnawing their hamburgers, stopped drinking their Cola, everyone's gaze uniformly fixed on the takeout bag Chen De'an brought, eyes full of anticipation and curiosity.

Right now was mealtime, most of those coming here were male students.

The hamburger shop's single combo meals, for those male students with large appetites, simply weren't enough to fill them up.

After smelling this fragrance, their stomachs started to grow hungry again.

The main reason was that everyone was curious about the contents of that takeout box.

Such a rich aroma, it could be smelled this clearly even through the takeout box and the plastic bag.

Just what kind of thing could have such a rich fragrance?

The customers in the hamburger shop all stared eagerly at Chen De'an, as if they were all waiting for him to taste the flavor.

Being stared at by a crowd, Chen De'an felt like a monkey being watched by onlookers.

The corner of his mouth twitched, and he hesitated a bit about whether to eat here.

Eating pig trotter noodles in a hamburger shop, no matter how he thought about it, it felt a bit inappropriate.

Mainly because the pig trotter noodles smelled too fragrant; even before the lid was opened, the smell of fried chicken legs in the shop had already been covered up.

If the lid were lifted later and he really ate here, wouldn't the smell be even greater?

Once people outside push the door and enter, they probably won't know whether they've come to a hamburger shop or a braised food shop.

"Boss, can we really eat here?"

Chen De'an looked at the store manager behind the counter with a conflicted expression; with so many people staring at him eat, he felt a bit uncomfortable.

He actually hoped the store manager would refuse him, so he could take Sun Haoran back to the dormitory to eat.

"It's fine, you can eat here!"

At this moment, the store manager even forgot to take the order of the customer standing in front of him, his eyes fixed straight on the takeout box in front of Chen De'an.

"The boss already said you can eat here, what are you dawdling for? If you don't make a move, I'm going to open it and eat first!"

This carefree guy Sun Haoran, anxious, stood up and tried to snatch the bag in front of Chen De'an.

Seeing this, Chen De'an had no choice; he took a deep breath, steeled his heart, untied the takeout bag, and lifted the lid of the pig trotter noodles in one go.

Instantly, the fragrance in the hamburger shop became even richer.