The ex-wife of a former CEO regrets resigning to raise her child and retire from public life.

Chapter 154 The "Betrayal" Frenzy

"Hello, here is your order of braised loach with red peppers. The large bowl of white rice is behind you. Please enjoy your meal."

Xingruo deftly placed a large porcelain plate, still bubbling with fine oil, onto the table.

The edge of the porcelain plate still carried the scalding heat from the stove. With her movements, the domineering spiciness that had been firmly locked in the plate instantly dissipated into the air.

The moment Ah Hao saw what was inside the large porcelain plate, his pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints.

The loach was stewed until its flesh and bones separated, and its dark skin opened up to reveal its firm, white flesh inside.

The purple garlic had long since melted into soft, mushy garlic meat, mixed with finely chopped, spicy red chili peppers. The authentic, rustic flavor of the meat was so delicious that Ah-hao could barely hold his chopsticks.

"I'll try a bite first!!"

Ah-hao raised his wooden chopsticks and precisely picked up a loach covered in red oil, then slurped it up with a swift motion.

In that instant, Ah-hao's back stiffened abruptly, his eyes widened in shock, as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.

Soft, tender, fresh, and spicy!!

The tender, simmered loach bones, when touched on the tongue, release the ultimate fresh river flavor, melting in the mouth like tofu.

What follows is the pure and explosive spiciness of the chili pepper, mixed with the rich and sweet aftertaste of the purple garlic.

"Absolutely amazing... Absolutely amazing!!"

Ah-hao screamed hysterically in his heart.

The sticky and nauseating feeling I had just swallowed next door vanished in an instant before this extremely overpowering and pure exotic fragrance, which didn't even last a second.

Ignoring the heat, he flicked his bamboo chopsticks with his right hand, leaving afterimages as he wolfed down a piece of loach meat with a mouthful of white rice, sweat dripping down the edge of his fake beard.

But he never expected that while he was bent over, pushing his baseball cap up to his forehead and frantically sucking on the loach bones, Lin Xiaoyu was holding up her phone at a square table not far away, excitedly recording a hate-inducing video for "Human Fireworks".

The camera casually swept across a dark, dead-end corner.

"Ding-dong—!!"

The video, like a torrent, crashed directly into the large group with a deafening roar.

A seasoned internet user who was sitting in Su Ang's shop eating noodles suddenly clicked on the video and zoomed in on a screenshot, and jumped right off his chair.

"Holy crap!! Everyone, zoom in on the last second of the video!! Isn't that Ah-Hao?!"

Which Ah-Hao?!

"Who else could it be?! It's that million-dollar food vlogger who just patted his chest on the big screen, claiming that Su's 9.9 Yuan Free-Range Chicken is the number one heavenly flavor in the south of the city!!"

In an instant, the entire group chat exploded into a boiling pot of water.

Checking the time the picture was posted, it turned out that this guy had just finished his live stream at Su Ang's store five minutes ago, and then turned around and threw away the 9.9 yuan chicken, disguised himself, put on a fake beard, and sneaked into "Human Fireworks" to eat a 36 yuan braised loach!

"Hahaha!! A million-view mukbang streamer's body speaks the truth!!"

"He took tens of thousands of yuan in 'GG fees' from that young master Su, and the first thing he did after get off work was to pay thirty-six yuan out of his own pocket to get his stomach pumped next door! I'm canceling my membership right now and going to queue up!!"

The dense barrage of mockery and the frantically shared screenshots were like resounding slaps, spreading rapidly along the lines of self-media.

However, this wave of betrayal sparked by food has only just begun.

Just as the entire internet was in an uproar over Ah-hao's screenshots, the wooden door of "Human Fireworks" was secretly and cautiously pushed open several times by some people.

At a table in the middle of the restaurant, a fat man wearing a black suit with a large lapel and a big gold chain was crouching down and huddled awkwardly in the corner.

This man is "Afei," the "Gold Medal Restaurant Reviewer" who specializes in reviewing high-end Japanese restaurants in the south of the city. At this moment, his picky mouth is making loud slurping noises without any regard for his image.

"Ah Fei?! What are you doing here?!"

Next to the counter, the food vlogger "Little Sweetie," who had just paid and was still holding her black gold card, stared at him in disbelief.

To avoid being recognized, Little Sweetie deliberately wore a loose-fitting old man's undershirt and even removed her usual elaborate makeup, looking exactly like an old lady who had just returned from grocery shopping.

Two top influencers who cut the ribbon side-by-side at the opening ceremony of Suang and received hefty travel expenses unexpectedly met each other amidst the "human touch" of the event.

The air was so awkward at that moment that even the creaking of the ceiling fan seemed distorted.

"Ahem... Little Sweetie, what a coincidence." Ah Fei blushed, hastily wiped the red grease from his lips, and forced himself to speak in a low voice.

"I was eating that 9.9 yuan noodle dish next door just now, and I feel like my stomach is empty."

And sure enough... as soon as I smelled the aroma of sizzling chili peppers from Boss Chen's place, my tongue seemed to lose its soul, and my body came over on its own.

"You...you're here to 'spy on the enemy' too?"

"I'm not spying at all! If I don't come and have a bite, I won't be able to eat anything else tonight! Su Ang's chain broth is so artificially flavored, it's an insult to my taste buds!!"

Little Sweetie rolled her eyes, decided to stop pretending, ripped off her sun hat, and deftly pulled over a wooden chair with one hand.

"Give me an order of Long Street Red Pepper Braised Loach, extra spicy and extra garlic! The money's already been transferred!!"

These absurd and comical scenes were caught red-handed by the die-hard fans who were filming them in the store.

Almost without any delay, several high-definition collages of "influencers collectively disguised themselves and infiltrated the mundane world to wash their stomachs" once again bombarded the social media circles of the entire southern part of the city like nuclear bombs.

The general public and diners on the internet were completely dumbfounded.

If Ah Hao was an accident, then the fact that top bloggers like Ah Fei and Xiao Tiantian, who are picky to the core, collectively "disguised" themselves and lined up immediately after get off work is a million times more impressive than any long-winded advertorial!

"My goodness, just how terrifying is Boss Chen's skill?!"

"Thirty-six yuan worth of loaches have completely destroyed someone's multi-million dollar production line! I'm done, I'm not topping up my card anymore, I want my money back!! I'm going to go catch loaches next door!!"

On the old street, the huge crowd that was originally held back in front of Su Ang's shop by the black-clad salesmen and super bait completely collapsed in an instant after seeing the screenshots of the big V's unrefined eating on his phone.

More and more foodies who were glued to their phones and finally snapped out of it started to change their minds.

They quickly formed a long, brand-new queue in front of the wooden door of "Human Fireworks".