Pepper Chicken

Elder Su even felt that if he couldn't eat such delicious food, life would lose its meaning. It was truly not in vain that he had slipped away from his family and snuck to the black market a few streets away just to eat. Finally, in this tiny diner, he had found such a delicious and appetizing meal.

Today was a rare day off, so Zhang Ke and Li Fengze chose to go to an internet cafe to play games and relax. After destroying the opponent's base, the screen displayed a large "Victory" along with a beautiful animation. Despite winning, Zhang Ke wasn't happy at all. He couldn't wait any longer and took off his headphones: "It's finally over! We played this round for two hours, I'm really at my limit. If I wasn't afraid of my teammates reporting me, I would have left the computer to eat earlier."

Li Fengze glanced at the clock and said, "It's almost past lunchtime. If Baiji Diner closes, we won't get to eat fried rice today."

Hearing this, Zhang Ke immediately jumped up from his chair and dragged Li Fengze outside: "No way, the boss lady absolutely must not close! If she closes, what are we going to eat? I hope she knows what's good for her, otherwise..."

Li Fengze asked, "Otherwise what?"

Zhang Ke replied, "Otherwise, I'll kneel down and beg her!"

Li Fengze: "..."

The two ran to Baiji Diner, surprised to find that Bai Yinuo was still there. Seeing the two regular customers arriving in such a hurry, she asked curiously, "Why did you run so fast?"

"We were afraid that past lunchtime, you would close the shop."

"That was because during the trial business, there weren't many customers, so I closed in the afternoon to rest. Now that the shop is officially open and there are quite a few customers, I probably won't close in the afternoon anymore. I'll be open from noon until night."

Trương Khả breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great."

He was about to order fried rice when he saw the fragrant pepper chicken in front of Elder Su, and his eyes instantly lit up.

"Boss lady, does the shop have new dishes?"

"Yes, the new items include sour plum drink, red oil cold noodles, and pepper chicken."

"Aside from the sour plum drink, are the other dishes spicy?"

"Yes."

Zhang Ke was a bit disappointed because he couldn't eat spicy food. Whenever he ate too much spicy food, his stomach would hurt, so he didn't even like hot pot. The spiciest thing he could tolerate was just mildly spicy noodles. He said disappointedly, "I forgot to buy Coca-Cola to go with it. Then please give me a portion of beef fried rice and a sour plum drink."

On the contrary, Li Fengze was very interested in the new dishes: "Zhang Ke, can you really not eat the new dishes?"

"As long as I eat something too spicy, I'll get a stomachache and diarrhea. I won't eat it, you go ahead."

"Okay, then please give me a portion of red oil cold noodles, half a pepper chicken, and a sour plum drink."

Since the other dishes took time to prepare, Bai Yinuo brought out the sour plum drink for the two of them first. Zhang Ke hadn't expected much from this sour plum drink; he had only ordered it because he forgot to buy Coca-Cola. He leisurely inserted the straw into the cup. But as soon as he took a sip of the ice-cold sour plum drink, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh my god, this is too delicious! Isn't this much better at relieving heat than Coca-Cola?"

The sour plum drink was brewed with rock sugar, containing hawthorn, osmanthus, and licorice, which had the effects of relieving heat, stimulating the appetite, and soothing the spleen. Zhang Ke had run all the way here, with sweat dripping from his forehead and back. But after taking a sip of the sour plum drink, a refreshing coolness spread from his stomach throughout his body, transmitting from his spine to his brain, making his spirit instantly refreshed and clear.