Chapter 423

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Not until she had eaten the very last xiaolongbao did Xi Xi, immersed in the deliciousness and unable to extricate herself, slowly come back to her senses.

After she regained her composure, she looked at the live stream footage on her phone again, only to discover that the bullet screen in the live stream room was already boiling with public resentment; countless complaints had completely flooded the bullet screen.

"Cough cough, sorry everyone, these xiaolongbao really are... a bit too delicious; I couldn't help myself for a moment. Now that I've sampled Boss's culinary skill, let's get back to business and do a deep dive into this restaurant's high-priced dishes."

Only then did Xi Xi belatedly become embarrassed; looking at the screen full of complaints, she tried to regain her fraud-busting blogger persona.

The moment she finished saying this, the bullet screen exploded again.

"A bit too delicious? Is that the reason you couldn't stop eating, Xi Xi?"

"You call that sampling? You ate a whole steamer basket! Clearly one bite would have been enough, but you sampled a whole basket?"

"Suggest the streamer just switch careers and become a food blogger; feels like your mukbang is way more interesting than fraud-busting!"

Xi Xi looked at the complaints on the bullet screen, and for a moment felt rather embarrassed.

"Xi Xi, you've finally come to!"

From the Bluetooth headphones came Assistant Xiao Xia's helpless sigh: "Watching you eat just now, I couldn't help but go buy some food from a roadside stall myself; just how delicious were your xiaolongbao? I called you so many times and you didn't hear a thing."

"Uh... that aside, doing the real work is more important right now."

Xi Xi said, covering up.

After all, she had been so absorbed in eating just now that she hadn't noticed the fans' reactions in the live stream room or the assistant's reminders at all; now she herself felt a bit embarrassed.

Xi Xi apologized and gave out lucky bags in the live stream room, and only then barely managed to placate the fans in the live stream room.

The comments on the live stream room's bullet screen also slowly shifted from the "drooling" vibe back to the fraud-busting theme.

"The alien finally returned our fraud-busting streamer! Xi Xi, hurry up and continue!"

"Why not just ask the boss directly? I want to hear what grounds the boss has for pricing the dishes in the shop so high!"

"Right! Ask the boss directly; Xi Xi, don't worry about safety. Just now I saw several uniformed uncles among the diners in the hall; the boss definitely wouldn't dare do anything to you!"

Seeing the live stream room's vibe finally return to its original state, the audience perked up and continued watching.

Xi Xi looked at the bullet comments, her demeanor already restored to her usual state during fraud-busting streams.

She cleared her throat and said into the microphone in the lens: "Everyone, calm down. I just carefully observed the environment in this shop and didn't find any obvious signs of violations; the boss doesn't look like a person with malicious intent either. As for the menu prices everyone cares about most, I'll ask the boss directly next and have him give everyone an explanation."

After speaking, she stood up and walked toward the counter.

Hu Xiaoyun behind the counter had just come out of the kitchen carrying the dishes the diners ordered; seeing Xi Xi walk over, she asked with a gentle smile on her face: "Miss, are you finished eating and leaving? I'll come collect the utensils in a bit; welcome to visit again next time."

"No, I want to trouble you for a favor."

Xi Xi stood in front of the counter looking at Hu Xiaoyun, her tone much gentler than when she ordered just now.

The taste of that basket of xiaolongbao just now had already conquered her; her impression of this shop had also improved considerably, and along with it her attitude toward Hu Xiaoyun had become much better.

"I have a few questions I want to ask your boss; could you help call him over?"

Xi Xi asked with a very sincere attitude.

Hu Xiaoyun's eyes glanced toward the kitchen, a difficult expression appearing on her face.

She knew the boss's rules; during business hours he didn't like being disturbed.

"This..."

Hu Xiaoyun hesitated for a moment, then smiled apologetically at Xi Xi and said: "Our boss generally doesn't chat with customers during business hours. There are still customers waiting to order behind you; he doesn't want to delay everyone's mealtime. If you really have something, why not come back when business hours end? The boss will be free then."

"I understand you're busy."

Xi Xi leaned forward a little, her tone carrying a hint of request: "I really only need to ask a few questions; it won't delay you too long, one or two minutes is enough. Please help me call him, okay?"

Hu Xiaoyun looked at Xi Xi's sincere expression, struggled for a moment, then nodded: "Then I'll try. If the boss says he has no time, you'll just have to trouble yourself to come back when business hours end."

After speaking, she shouted twice toward the kitchen.

The clanging sound of stir-frying in the kitchen instantly stopped, and immediately afterward, Lu Feng walked out from the kitchen.

"Hello, Boss Lu."

Seeing Lu Feng come out, Xi Xi hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him.

"Mm, hello. What's the matter?"

Lu Feng looked at Xi Xi, smiled, and nodded, then asked.

"Boss Lu, I'm a fraud-busting streamer, currently live streaming your shop. There are 100,000+ viewers in the live stream room right now; they have some questions they want to ask you. Can you answer them?"

As she spoke, she raised her phone, bringing the live stream room's footage right before his eyes.

Lu Feng's gaze swept across the phone screen, looking at those phrases on the bullet screen that kept flipping out — "sky-high priced restaurant ripping off customers," "black-hearted boss," and the like.

He then looked at the diners queuing in the hall, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Lu Feng wasn't exactly averse to this fraud-busting streamer in front of him; for these various internet celebrities and streamers who leech traffic off his shop, he had seen quite a few, and he wasn't interested in this kind of thing either.

It was just that he saw the customers queuing behind constantly tiptoeing and looking toward the counter, waiting expectantly to order, and he felt he didn't want to waste time.

"Sorry, it's business hours right now."

Lu Feng shook his head at Xi Xi: "There are many people waiting to eat behind me; I have to hurry back and cook for the customers, otherwise everyone will be waiting anxiously. If you have any questions, come back when business ends at 8 o'clock."

After speaking, he directly turned around, intending to continue back into the kitchen to cook.

Seeing Lu Feng about to leave without another word, Xi Xi immediately felt a bit anxious.

The bone-deep deliciousness of the xiaolongbao she ate just now was still lingering in her mouth, but her professional instinct as a fraud-busting streamer made her unable to turn a blind eye to the high prices in the shop.

Originally she had still wanted to use a tactful tone to indirectly inquire about Lu Feng's pricing rationale, but now she couldn't care about those niceties; if she didn't speak up now, the person would be gone.

"Boss Lu, don't you think the prices here are a bit too high?"

The moment these words left his mouth, the originally bustling Hall fell silent for two seconds.

The diners originally eating in the Hall all raised their heads, and those queuing also stopped their chatter and laughter; every gaze snapped in unison onto Xi Xi.