Chapter 75

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

At six in the morning, Lu Feng finished his fourth day of business.

After the customers left, Lu Feng tallied today's fried noodle sales.

To his slight surprise, among the fried noodles sold today, the Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles sold the most.

He had originally thought that not many of those diners could handle spice, so only a small portion of people would buy the Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles.

The cost of Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles is lower than the other two fried noodles, but that's not the point.

Anyway, Lu Feng doesn't run the shop relying on that bit of ingredient profit to live; the System Rewards are the main source.

At some unknown point, a strange saying started circulating among those queuing diners.

No one knows which smart-aleck came up with the slogan.

Whoever heard the slogan, whether twenty-something young people or thirty-to-forty-something middle-aged people, originally not planning to eat Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles, all changed their minds one after another.

Every subsequent diner who reached the front, when Lu Feng asked what they planned to eat, answered with this exact sentence.

A real man eats Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles!

Those diners afterwards all chose Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles.

The result was that the entire hall was filled with the sound of heavy breathing.

Those diners sweated profusely while eating large mouthfuls of Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles, still shouting how satisfying it was.

A few customers even competed to see who could eat faster; clearly tears were streaming from the spice, yet their chopsticks kept stuffing fried noodles into their mouths nonstop.

Even later, a few stubborn diners insisted Lu Feng add extra chili powder to their noodles, looking like they wanted to challenge their physiological limits.

However, for the customers' safety, Lu Feng did not comply.

He didn't want his fried noodles to cause the hospital's Proctology Department to gain a few more patients with ruined anuses tomorrow.

The bucket water prepared in the shop was consumed exceptionally fast today.

A full bucket that usually lasts two or three days was drunk dry by those diners before business even ended.

In the end he had to run out of the shop in the middle of the night and buy two large buckets of mineral water at the 24-hour convenience store on Food Street to carry back.

However, despite the heat, setting aside the spice level, the fried noodles' taste was still as delicious as ever.

Those diners who ate the Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles unsparingly gave extremely high evaluations.

This greatly relieved Lu Feng; he had originally worried that the Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles were too spicy and not many people could accept such a heavy flavor.

Looking at the trays left by customers in the kitchen, every single one eaten clean without a single noodle left, Lu Feng felt he had overthought it.

The Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles captured the hearts of a large batch of new and regular diners, making him consider launching a few similar items when introducing new flavors for other dishes later.

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At seven-thirty in the morning, the doctors of Tong'an Hospital arrived one after another to prepare for work.

Feng Jiao sat behind the nurse station, her large eyes fixed on the doctors coming in; when she saw Zhang Xianyang, she immediately grabbed the fried noodles and ran over.

"Doctor Zhang, Doctor Zhang! You're just in time, I have something good for you to eat!"

Zhang Xianyang's foot had just stepped through the department gate, and before he could even sit down, Feng Jiao grabbed his arm.

Looking at Feng Jiao's excited expression, Zhang Xianyang couldn't help but eye the takeout box in her hand warily: "What good food? Did you buy more random snacks online again?"

He couldn't help recalling last week's incident.

That day Feng Jiao had also run over with this excited face, gave him two pitch-black soft things, said they were called Black Garlic, especially delicious, quite popular online.

Feng Jiao bought a can out of curiosity; she hadn't even tasted it herself before giving Zhang Xianyang two.

As a result, Zhang Xianyang curiously ate one, and that indescribable taste nearly made him vomit on the spot.

But to avoid hurting the feelings of this department's clown Feng Jiao, he forced down the nausea and ate the other one too, even pretending to relish it and praising it as delicious.

"It's this!" Feng Jiao flipped open the takeout box lid, and a wave of fragrance mixed with spicy aroma spread through the department: "Explosive Spicy Fried Noodles!"

"Explosive Spicy?" Hearing those two words, Zhang Xianyang instantly perked up, his eyes brightening.

Having grown up in Chuan Yu since childhood, ever since coming to Jiang City he had never eaten any proper spicy food again.

Jiangcheng does have Sichuan Hot Pot and such, but he'd gone a few times and felt the spice level compared to his hometown wasn't even in the same league.

The fried noodles in the box were coated in fine red chili noodles; Zhang Xianyang smelled that spicy aroma and his face involuntarily showed an expression of enjoyment.

This flavor really packs a punch; just smelling it is satisfying.

This is the taste! This is what hometown flavor tastes like!

"Achoo!"

The female doctor sitting opposite was choked into a sneeze, covering her nose and frowning, saying somewhat dissatisfied: "Feng Jiao, what did you bring? How is it so choking? How are people supposed to stay in the room when patients come later?"

Zhang Xianyang stood up, giving the female doctor opposite an apologetic smile: "Sorry, I asked Feng Jiao to bring it for me. I'll go eat in the rest room."

Feng Jiao brought him such a great thing, so Zhang Xianyang naturally had to back her up.

Hearing Zhang Xianyang's words, Feng Jiao looked at him gratefully, stuck out her tongue, and ran back to the nurse station.

Zhang Xianyang carried the fried noodles out of the department; passing the nurse station, he also gave Feng Jiao the soy milk and steamed bun he'd bought on the roadside this morning as thanks.

It wasn't work time yet, but people in the hospital had gradually increased.

Many patients held hospital canteen meal cards, preparing to go to the canteen for food.

Zhang Xianyang carried the fried noodles through the hospital hall; although the takeout box was covered, the fried noodle aroma still quietly spread along the gaps wherever he passed.

Some patients and family members passing by Zhang Xianyang smelled the scent in the air and couldn't help stopping their steps.

"What's this smell? It smells so good!"

"Who's eating barbecue in the hospital?"

"Doesn't feel like barbecue, don't know what it is, anyway it smells pretty fragrant!"

"How come this smell has a bit of spice to it, a bit like the Red Oil Hot Pot I ate last time in Chuan Yu."

"Impossible, right? Who in the hospital eats Red Oil Hot Pot, what kind of person could pull off something like this?"

"Could it be the Hospital Canteen masters had a conscience awakening, and there's something Delicious today?"

"Stop dreaming! I just came out of the Cafeteria, still those same few dishes, Boiled Vegetables, White Porridge!"

"This smell definitely isn't hospital food, probably brought in from outside."

"Who eats such Heavy flavors so early in the morning, craving me to death!"

"One more week and I'm discharged, first thing after discharge is getting a hot pot and having a proper feast!"

"Come off it, your Hemorrhoids even make doctors sigh in wonder, aren't you Afraid you'll eat it and be back hospitalized the same day?"

Along the path Zhang Xianyang walked, patients and family members who smelled the Fried Noodles' Aroma drooled all over the floor.

However the person involved didn't know any of this, Zhang Xianyang walked quickly into the Rest Room, closed the door behind him, then Impatiently opened the Fried Noodles' lid, rich Aroma instantly filling the not-large Rest Room.

Zhang Xianyang greedily inhaled a breath, just now in the Department he hadn't had time to carefully savor this Aroma, only now did he Discover, this Fried Noodles isn't just spicy, but the Aroma mixed within the spiciness also makes him a bit obsessed.

This Fried Noodles' Taste/Flavor is too Fragrant, right?