Part 2
But this was only the start. After brushing the honey, Young Master Bai carefully closed the lid. His other hand, as if showing off, slowly opened the box of barbecue sauce in slow motion.
The domineering scent of rich sauce immediately invaded their nasal cavities. Even without being soaked in grease, the smell was enough to leave the four faces bewildered: ?? Holy crap, what is this? I’ve never smelled it before, but why does it smell damn good!
It was the kind of smell that made every bone in your body scream with hunger, like it was scratching at every inch of your skin.
But the climax was yet to come. As the brush swept over the skewers in what seemed like slow motion to their eyes, there was a loud sizzle. Someone gasped, and immediately after, a thud was heard as someone’s forehead hit the glass window.
But they didn’t care about the pain; they just stared dead at the… barbecue skewers in Young Master Bai’s hand.
The manager inhaled sharply, constantly swallowing. He suddenly understood why the City Lord priced them at a thousand star coins and limited them to five per person. Even if it tasted bad, just this smell was enough to drive people crazy.
He suddenly frantically fumbled for the card on his body and rushed to the automatic card machine like a madman. “I want five skewers too!”
The friend was jolted awake by the shout, glaring angrily at the manager. Ahhh, how can his hands be so fast?! He immediately rushed over too, furiously swiping five thousand star coins.
Wuwuwu, there are twenty skewers here. Fortunately, I can be in the first batch to eat.
Hearing this, Young Master Bai gave Hao Yan a look that said “You have good taste,” then looked at the manager and the friend without any apology or regret. “Sorry, this batch doesn’t include yours. Apart from this gentleman’s five skewers, the other fifteen are our own.”
Why am I grilling? To eat, of course!
The manager and the friend were dumbfounded. Holy crap, you can eat while grilling?
But soon, following Young Master Bai’s sentence: “If you want to eat sooner, line up.”
This time, the manager utilized the advantage he had gained from years of being in charge. With sharp eyes and quick movements, he swish lined up behind Hao Yan.
The friend followed closely behind, beating his chest in frustration, but when he craned his neck to look, he couldn’t care about anything else.
He inhaled desperately, poking his head out from under Hao Yan’s armpit, staring eagerly at those unbelievably fragrant skewers.
But that wasn’t the final step! As the cumin powder was sprinkled on, Hao Yan and the others felt their souls trembling.
Young Master Bai was finally satisfied. Wuwu, sure enough, I wasn’t the first unworldly one. Finally, someone is just like me.
Finally, he divided them into two groups. On one side, he only sprinkled a small amount of chili powder. Then he shook them off and handed four non-spicy and one spicy skewer to Hao Yan.
When Hao Yan took them, his hands were trembling. As he brought them close, the domineering and intense smell instantly swept through his nose, followed by a massive secretion of saliva.
He swallowed hard before impatiently picking up a skewer and biting down immediately.
Almost the instant it wrapped into his mouth, Hao Yan didn’t know how to describe it. He only knew one thing: the past twenty-plus years of his life seemed to have been lived in vain. He had never eaten anything so delicious in his life.
That indescribable taste filled his mouth. It was clearly the exotic beast meat he used to reject the most, but at this moment, there was absolutely none of that strange taste he used to detect.
Now, all that remained was the unique flavor of meat roasted in grease, mixed with a sweet and addictive special taste. Combined with various unique flavors filling his mouth, he felt that everything around him had vanished, leaving only the meat skewer before his eyes.
It wasn’t until his hand was suddenly gripped with desperate force that Hao Yan snapped out of it. He looked over and met his friend’s pleading eyes. “We’ve been friends for so many years; do you have the heart to eat while I watch? I’ll share mine with you later. You only have this last skewer left… are you really not going to leave me one?”
Hao Yan looked down, realizing only then that he had unknowingly eaten four skewers?
Now, only the spicy one remained in his hand.
He licked his lips, looked at the last skewer, then at his friend. After an internal struggle, and only after his friend swore heavily to pay him back later, did he give the skewer to him.
Almost as soon as he nodded, his friend snatched it away. He impatiently took a huge bite, stuffing his mouth desperately for fear that Hao Yan would regret it. His mouth was so full he couldn’t speak, but his eyes shone with amazing brightness.
Soon he choked, but he felt that even if he choked to death, he couldn’t bear to spit out this flavor.
As the initial burning sensation faded, it was replaced by a wonderful feeling he had never experienced before.
Young Master Bai watched this scene, his mood even more delightful. Sure enough, he had experience; for those who hadn’t eaten it before, he didn’t put too much chili powder.
Of course, he would absolutely never admit that it was actually because he felt chili powder was too precious and couldn’t bear to use too much.
Young Master Bai ignored the manager who was staring at him eagerly and handed the ten non-spicy skewers in his hand to Ning Yunyi nearby. “Uncle, this is for you and Cousin.”
As for the big cat… hehe, didn’t see him. The other five were his.
Ning Yunyi didn’t stand on ceremony. He took them, and the three of them began to eat under the gazes of Hao Yan, his friend who was swallowing dates whole1, and the manager and Bonnie who hadn’t eaten yet.
Ning Xiao Miao thoughtfully fed the big cat two skewers. The big cat only ate one.
It glanced at Young Master Bai and flicked its tail. Petty. I’ve eaten everything; do I look like I care?
Just then, two people suddenly poked their heads in at the shop door, having followed the scent. They had originally planned to come to the entertainment district to play, but as soon as they entered the city, they smelled a faint, special fragrance in the air.
Just smelling it made their mouths water. They abruptly changed their route and followed the scent.
The closer they got, the more domineering the smell became. When they found the place, they saw the smell was emanating from the skewer-like objects held by a young man and a child.
The two were dumbfounded. “T-This is the barbecue skewer written on the sign?”
The sign only had two simple words: Barbecue Skewers.
Next to it was a picture of a skewer.
Ning Yunyi stepped aside. “Want to buy? Limit of five skewers per person.”
The two looked at each other and swiped their cards without hesitation. Are you kidding? Just this smell is killing us. If we don’t eat it, we won’t be able to sleep today.
Those who could come here didn’t lack money. Even if it tasted bad, at least they would have tried it.
Once Ning Yunyi confirmed that what Young Master Bai grilled was fine and that he could handle the situation, he took Ning Xiao Miao and the big cat back.
He still had a livestream at noon and needed to go back to prepare.
Here, the manager and the friend finally got to eat the second batch of skewers. Hao Yan got a spicy skewer, and upon tasting it, was astounded.
Thus, on this day, guests coming to the Underground City intended to go to the entertainment district, but as soon as they reached the alley entrance, they suddenly couldn’t move their legs.
Sniffing the domineering and unfamiliar fragrance in the air, they came back to their senses to find themselves walking this way. Seeing a long queue ahead, they confusedly asked the person in front, “Bro, what are you doing? Isn’t this for selling nutrient solutions?”
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