Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy

Chapter 341 - 340: Overpowering Aroma

The competition was heating up.

Wang Henli saw that Jiang Qiuqiu was getting into her groove and grew anxious. He had to gain the upper hand.

He stirred the stew in his pot, cranked up the heat, and then removed the lid. Now, in addition to the aroma of skewers, the fragrance of stew filled his livestream.

Meat alone wasn’t enough; he also had seafood. But for his seafood medley, Wang Henli didn’t remove the lid. He chose to keep it covered and let it simmer over medium heat.

He’d smelled the seafood soup himself. For some reason, what he’d made didn’t have the fragrance described in the recipe at all...

Leaving the lid off all the time wouldn’t release a tempting enough aroma. Keeping it covered, then opening it for just half a minute later on—that was the best way to entice people.

His mind raced as all sorts of comments scrolled across the bullet screen, including some IDs he recognized.

He immediately turned and called Wang Tuantuan over.

As an adorable little girl—a cute, five-or-six-year-old with stunning looks—Wang Tuantuan was a natural attention-grabber.

The moment she appeared on the livestream, the hearts of countless young men and women were instantly captivated.

Ah! This must be the daughter I’ve never met!

Wang Henli had her hold a small spatula and give the pot a stir. "Tuantuan, you must be hungry, right? We can start eating soon."

But Wang Tuantuan didn’t cooperate like she always had before.

She simply said, "Oh."

Wang Henli’s face darkened, and his hand, gripping her arm by the armpit, tightened its hold.

"I’m hungry."

"So hungry."

Only then did the livestream continue to play out smoothly.

The little girl’s appearance won another wave of casual viewers for Wang Henli.

Meanwhile, Jiang Qiuqiu’s first batch of grilled food was ready. Steam billowed from the skewers as she sprinkled them with a fragrant dry rub—a mix of cumin, pepper, chili powder, and sesame seeds.

She had her robot use its scanner to record the food at its most beautiful "blooming" moment, but she didn’t upload it with a single click.

[Are you waiting for 20???]

"Nope," Jiang Qiuqiu said, shaking her head with a smile. "Once I enable reviews, I can’t upload any more food for fifteen minutes. We’ll cook for a bit longer today so everyone can get more at once."

Someone asked if they could get whatever they wanted today.

"Nope. We don’t have twenty servings of each skewer, so I can’t upload them for everyone to grab individually. I’ll upload them in stacks, so you can all unwrap today’s barbecue like presents~"

[Doesn’t that mean we could end up with five vegetable skewers?]

"That’s also a possibility."

[...]

[Don’t even say it. I hate that possibility.]

As they chatted, skewer after skewer was stacked to the side.

By now, the chicken wings and other meat Jiang Qiuqiu had been marinating were ready.

At the same time, Wang Henli’s livestream was nearing its end. The skewers were cooked, the seafood soup needed to simmer a little longer, and the meat stew just needed some final seasoning and a few fresh side vegetables to be complete.

Just as he was sprinkling carrots into his pot, Jiang Qiuqiu was also sprinkling something.

Similar orange-red flakes drifted through the air, landing on the chicken wings that already looked exceptionally delicious from their coating of sauce. She cranked up the heat, and the chicken skin instantly turned a crispy, golden brown. The skin along the slits she had cut curled up slightly, revealing the clearly textured meat inside.

The heat from the fire stones was waning, so Jiang Qiuqiu swapped in new ones. The chicken wings quickly roasted to a light brown, and Jiang Qiuqiu picked up a brush, basting them with a layer of barbecue sauce.

SZZZLE—the liquid from the sauce evaporated in an instant, but the flavor infused the chicken wings.

She repeated this process several times, flipping the wings and brushing on more sauce. Droplets of oil ran down the bamboo skewers, dripping and sizzling onto the fire stones below.

The aroma grew stronger, a tantalizing blend of spices, meat, and the smoky scent of the fire.

Suddenly, another wave of viewers flooded into the livestream.