Universe Infinite Canteen

Chapter 503 The Soul You Desire

"Where's our food? How come it hasn't been served yet?"

Not long after, Tang Rijie was urging them again.

This time, it wasn't the pretty waitress who responded but Ma Lu from the cash register.

"It'll be ready in two more minutes."

Tang Rijie finally quieted down a bit and continued to bury his head in eating.

When people are under great pressure, their appetite increases, and since the food at Universe Infinite Canteen was indeed delicious, Tang Rijie ate even more, bowl after bowl.

Since the cameraman wasn't recording and he didn't have to forcefully give critiques, he completely let loose.

What Tang Rijie didn't know was that his wild show of eating was being watched by tens of thousands of viewers in the live stream.

At this moment, the live stream chat was blowing up with messages again.

"Teacher Tang, where's your restraint? Didn't you say it had no soul? Why are you showing off with such gusto?"

"Don't tell me, his eating is making me hungry too. I think Teacher Tang shouldn't bother with food exploration blogging anymore, he should switch to live-stream eating!"

"It looks like Teacher Tang really has the talent for it, considering how in his previous exploration videos he only took a few small bites to taste the food. I didn't expect him to have such a good appetite."

"Do you guys think it's possible that the food at this restaurant is so good that it made Teacher Tang lose control?"

"Hey, hey, hey, if you say that, Black Boss is going to be grinning behind the screen."

Although the viewers in the live stream were still calling Ma Lu Black Boss, the attacks weren't as strong as before, and it was more about teasing.

Even though Tang Rijie stubbornly clung to his 'soul', anyone with clear eyes could see he was just being stubborn, seeing as he was enjoying the food so much he couldn't even fake otherwise.

Therefore, more and more people in the live stream started mocking Tang Rijie, with only his true fans still hoping that Teacher Tang could pull off a last-minute, dramatic comeback.

Before two minutes had passed, Tang Rijie had devoured all three dishes on the table.

The cameraman and editor beside him hadn't had a single bite and could only swallow their saliva.

This wasn't an exaggeration. There had been restaurants that suffered a drastic decline in business after being critically reviewed by Tang Rijie and ultimately had to close down. There were also obscure venues that saw a significant increase in customers and were constantly packed after receiving his praise.

So, most restaurant owners would try to serve these review bloggers as well as possible.

But now, the atmosphere between Ma Lu and Tang Rijie seemed unfriendly, even tense.

Ma Lu couldn't be bothered to argue and simply placed the plate of dumplings on the table, then returned to sit behind the cash register.

Tang Rijie and his two companions were left staring at the steaming hot plate of dumplings.

Post-production Xiao Zhao was the first to speak. "It seems that the owner of this restaurant has a preconceived notion against us, Teacher Tang. Maybe we shouldn't eat these dumplings, in case there's a problem."

As he spoke, he hesitated a bit because the dumplings in the plate looked very appealing, plump and steaming hot.

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Tang Rijie did not respond but asked the photographer beside him, "Did you get that last part on video?"

The photographer gestured reassuringly to him.

Having worked with Tang Rijie for so long, the photographer wouldn't miss such valuable footage of "Teacher Tang critically reviewing a trendy restaurant, and the enraged owner coming out to slander."

The next video's views would rely on this.

Tang Rijie also understood this and perked up a bit, deciding to capture this dramatic moment completely.

He signaled the photographer to start recording and said to the camera,

"Can't everyone see? We were just eating normally, when the owner suddenly came over accusing us of being shills and even took it upon himself to change our last dish.

"He said this dish contains a 'soul', so now I must taste and see where this 'soul' he mentioned is."

Having said that, Tang Rijie picked up the chopsticks he had just set down, grabbed a dumpling, and put it in his mouth to chew.

"Hmm, it's filled with lamb and they've added zucchini inside. The taste isn't bad, but it's not better than the previous dishes by much..."

Tang Rijie was in the midst of saying this when he suddenly halted mid-sentence.