Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 548 - 429: Citywide Workout! (Part 2)

A single cast-iron pot can produce enough for about twenty servings; any more than that, and Chen Mo couldn’t ensure the quality.

To make it convenient, Chen Mo directly packed Ah-Can’s order, choosing rather large containers to hold eighteen pieces of large intestines, equivalent to three small servings.

Then, he swiftly stuffed large intestines into slices of steamed buns, adding extra crispy shallots and a few basil leaves to enhance the flavor.

Ah-Can hung the plastic bag of gua bao on the bike handle, gripping the handlebars with his right hand and holding the food box with his left, immediately biting into a piece of large intestine.

"Nom nom~"

Ah-Can ate increasingly fast, thinking this is unbelievably delicious—could this be the power of Lu Cuisine, one of the legendary Eight Cuisines?

While eating, Ah-Can didn’t forget to whip out his phone with his right hand to take a picture, and casually shared it in the group chat, saying, "There’s a young lady live streaming. She’s sharing the location in real-time, everyone should check it out!"

Long rides have taught Ah-Can how to perform the ’loose handlebars’ trick—one hand with snacks, the other with the phone, releasing the handlebars without any impact on the riding, "Miss, what’s your live streaming room name? I’ll follow it."

Li Xinyu unexpectedly turned her head back; she hadn’t thought anyone would ask for her live stream voluntarily, happily replying, "The live room number is..."

Ah-Can quickly input the streaming room number and sent it to the work group, then tucked away his phone and blissfully savored the exquisite snacks.

He kept eating one piece of large intestine after another, even after eating over a dozen of them, without feeling even slightly satiated—he was vaguely tempted to eat three more servings!

Ah-Can picked up the gua bao bag hanging there, "Since when did I become such a glutton?"

As soon as Ah-Can’s message reached the work group, the colleagues scouring the city for the mobile food truck received the information almost simultaneously.

When they saw the photo sent by Ah-Can, everyone’s heads buzzed—they wished they had some teleportation ability to fly there instantly!

This photo turned out amazing!

The juice on the surface of the large intestines was incredibly bright and vaguely glimmered. From the cut surface, you could see slightly crispy fried fish roe, while crispy shallots atop the snack looked tempting enough to taste.

All at once, colleagues jogging in search of the delicacies swamped the live streaming room, seeing the streamer actually running alongside the food truck and continuously updating her live room name with the food truck’s location!

Company staff scattered throughout the city started running toward the location simultaneously.

Li Xinyu noticed more people flooding into the live room, almost reaching the thousand-viewer milestone, and didn’t forget to remind everyone to hit the follow button.

Xu Zhenghao was on paid leave today, but that didn’t stop him from going out for a late-night food hunt.

After seeing the group chat updates, Xu Zhenghao grinned at home.

"Real wisdom lies in being the one who catches the prey from behind!"

He directly put on the roller skates he’d abandoned for a long time, ready to head to the shared location in the live room.

But as soon as he stepped out the door, he took a nosedive.

"This isn’t right, I used to be the freestyle champion..."

He stood up again, trying to slide a couple more steps, but barely made it far before almost tripping again.

Back at eighteen, he’d truly won the school’s freestyle championship; who knew that after twenty years, he wouldn’t even be able to perform basic gliding?

Xu Zhenghao suddenly refused to accept defeat, "Today, I must skate there!"

Meanwhile, the arduous exertion nearly overwhelmed Ah Xia, who looked at her phone’s moving location close to tears, "What’s going on? Why does it keep getting farther?"

Unbeknownst, she was too slow; she was slower than walking at this point.

Covered in sweat, she suddenly remembered her days as a poor graduate entering the company.

Back then, she was just a penniless graduate who had to wait for the bus every day to go to work. Sometimes, a slight oversleep would delay the bus, and she’d run five kilometers non-stop, just to avoid being late!

She wouldn’t even pant when arriving at the company.

Furthermore, during her first year at work, several colleagues expressed their feelings to her; at the time, she was focused on working hard, thinking she’d focus on romance once she succeeded in her career.

What about now?

Those colleagues who’d expressed their feelings have either settled down, or those who haven’t rarely pay special attention to her anymore.

She hadn’t received kindness from the opposite sex in years.

Ah Xia supported herself by the side of the road, breathing heavily, "I can’t continue like this!"

For some reason, her gaze suddenly became resolute, "Boss Xiao Chen, wait for me!!"

The same phenomenon occurred almost everywhere in the city; if enemy forces conducted thermal surveillance now, they’d be astonished to spot numerous red energy bodies advancing in the same direction—such a peculiar scene it would be.

Chen Mo’s food truck moved along without a defined destination.

The milk tea guy following behind nearly sold out all his lemonade.

The pancake uncle was no exception; he had to occasionally steer and continuously make pancakes. The customers who didn’t get milk tea pancakes gravitated toward him, looking to eat authentic pancakes and satiate their cravings.

No one knew when it started, but the line by Chen Mo’s food truck grew longer, and Li Xinyu’s live room audience also expanded.

Chen Kexin’s stamina was reaching its limit, now barely sustaining herself to run.

Though she didn’t know why she was running, being the leader of such a long line gave her an inexplicable sense of thrill.

Luckily, there were plenty of large intestines prepared today; Chen Mo peeked back at the lineup, instantly alarmed.

"Wow, when did it get so long?"

Li Xinyu panted and raised her phone, "We... the live room reached ten thousand people! Boss Xiao Chen, everyone’s heading here!"

Chen Mo took a look; although a lot was prepared, it definitely wouldn’t be enough for selling.

But the question was, even though many hadn’t eaten anything, why on earth were they joining the line inexplicably—this was too odd.

Thinking about how everyone was running to eat food, Chen Mo felt if they ran for a long time but ended up getting nothing, it would truly be frustrating; he personally wouldn’t accept such an outcome either.

"Boss, three servings!"

Chen Mo glanced at the young man ordering, "Not gonna work, there isn’t much left. From now on, everyone only gets one serving. Buddy, share some with the others, everyone’s exhausted!"

The young man opened his mouth to argue but realized the boss made sense; if he were at the end of the line and ran this far, only for there to be none left when it was his turn, he’d definitely be upset, so he nodded, "Well, can I have one of each?"

"Sure."

Chen Mo packed a serving of fish roe sausage, a serving of gua bao, and handed the young man a card.

This was something Boss Fang specifically made for Chen Mo back in Jingzhou, "Use the ticket to collect noodles later, okay!"

The young man nodded, took the items, and left the line, gradually slowing down to start eating!

At the end of the line, Xu Zhenghao finally regained his youthful senses.

Of course, his current skills couldn’t compare to thus when he was younger, but he could manage the basics of skating.

Moreover, he’d discovered something rather impressive.

Xu Zhenghao skated alongside a slowly driven taxi.

On the busy night street, most cars were moving slowly, and considering the immense line running along the street now, almost all passing drivers were curiously observing; thus, none could drive fast.

Xu Zhenghao effortlessly grabbed onto the taxi’s handlebar, using the car’s momentum to glide forward, immediately feeling relieved.

He was about to reach the front of the line.

Suddenly, some person within the crowd pointed at Xu Zhenghao and cursed, "Damn! Someone’s cheating!"

Xu Zhenghao instinctively let go while tens of curious eyes turned his way.

What the... how is this cheating?

This restricted the purchasing method?