Chapter 50 - The Empress's Astonishing Appetite

“M, o, s, t, d, e, l, i, c, i, o, u, s, h, o, t, p, o, t, d, i, p, p, i, n, g, s, a, u, c, e…”

Long Yue opened her phone and typed, character by character, into the search box.

Besides streaming, she spent most of her spare time binging dramas and anime and learning all sorts of new things.

Her typing speed was now countless times more proficient than before, and she had also learned to use browsers and various video platforms to search for things.

Looking at the various results that came up, for a moment she still found it difficult to choose.

There were simply too many types of dipping sauces to choose from, and every blogger's recommended combination was different.

“Since you don't know what to have, why not try a bit of everything?”

Seeing the conflicted and troubled Long Yue, Lin Fan walked over, took the empty bowl from her hand, and began to help her by adding one condiment after another.

“This is a sesame paste dipping sauce. It's my favorite for hotpot and is delicious for dipping boiled meat.”

With that, he placed the mixed sesame paste sauce in her hands. Then, he took another empty bowl from the side, first ladled in a few spoonfuls of sesame oil, and then added some minced garlic and chopped green onions.

“This is an oil-based dip. It's also good for dipping meat and can help relieve the spiciness.”

As he spoke, another bowl of hotpot dipping sauce was placed in Long Yue's hands.

Just as Long Yue was about to speak, a third bowl of dipping sauce was placed in her hands.

“This is a dry dip. It has chili powder, cumin, and white sesame seeds, and it's perfect for dipping grilled meat.”

“Oh… thank you…”

Long Yue carefully carried the three bowls of dipping sauce back to her seat.

While they were mixing the dipping sauces, the grill had already preheated, and the hotpot had been brought to the table.

Zhou Yan had already placed some meat on the grill to cook and had poured plates of fatty beef rolls into the hotpot. By now, the grill was sizzling loudly, and the aroma of meat was already wafting from it.

“You're just in time. We can eat in just a little bit.”

“Ooh~!”

Long Yue sat down, looking joyfully at the meat on the grill. Smelling the aroma, her mouth was practically watering.

In the past, when she still had her full cultivation, she had no need to eat and had never experienced hunger.

Ever since that time she almost starved to death and ate a bowl of instant noodles, she had gradually discovered just how delicious food could be!

To think that she used to disdain all sorts of mountain and sea delicacies in the past—it was a reckless waste of heaven's gifts.

Having scrimped and saved during this period, she didn't even know how long it had been since she had seen this much meat!

“Here, you can eat now.”

Seeing the look of eager anticipation in Long Yue's eyes, Lin Fan picked up a piece of boiled meat from the hotpot and placed it in her bowl.

“Then I won't be polite!”

Long Yue picked up the boiled beef, coated it in the sesame paste dip, and, full of anticipation, put the meat into her mouth in one bite.

As the savory flavor of the meat and the sweet fragrance of the sesame paste blossomed on her taste buds, a blissful look of pure enjoyment instantly appeared on her face, as if a thousand brilliant flowers were blooming across her features.

“Mmm-hmm! So delicious~!!”

With that one bite of meat, she instantly felt as if she had come back to life again.

Just as the Demon Sovereign had said, dipping the boiled meat in this sesame paste was truly delicious!

She had never even heard of this sesame paste on the Immortal-Demon Continent. How could the mortals of this world invent such a delicious dipping sauce? It's simply too sinful!

“Don't rush, eat slowly. The buffet gives you two hours; that's enough time to eat.”

Lin Fan stood up, picked up a strainer ladle, put some beef in it, and quickly swished it in the hotpot for a few seconds. He then lifted it out and distributed the meat into both Zhou Yan's and Long Yue's bowls.

“Thanks,” Zhou Yan said casually, busily turning the food on the grill in front of him.

As for the Empress? She was busy, her head down, stuffing slice after slice of the boiled meat into her mouth.

“Mmmph mmmph… This oil dip tastes great too!”

“Don't talk while you're chewing.”

“This dry dip is also really fragrant when you chew!”

“Damn it! Mere mortals, how could you invent so many delicious ways to eat!”

In no time, amidst Long Yue's continuous muttering, all the food they had gotten beforehand had been completely wiped out by her.

When she swallowed the last piece of meat and was about to dip her chopsticks back into the hotpot, she discovered there was no meat left in the pot.

“Hmm? How is it all gone?”

“Maybe we didn't get enough…”

“Honestly! I'll go get some more then!”

Long Yue's brows furrowed slightly. She immediately got up and ran to the meat section, stuffing plate after plate of meat into her arms.

She had spent over a thousand yuan, after all. No matter what, she had to eat her money's worth today!

A moment later, Long Yue returned to the table, carrying dozens of plates of all kinds of meat.

Bacon, fish and shrimp, steak, lamb chops, beef and lamb rolls, and so on—she had taken a bit of almost everything.

While waiting for the hotpot and grill to cook the meat, she even made a special trip to the cooked food section and got over a dozen plates of fried meat items. She enjoyed these first while waiting for the hotpot and barbecue, under the fine-sounding pretext of: “Just having a little something to line my stomach first.”

With Lin Fan in charge of the hotpot and Zhou Yan in charge of the grill, for a moment the two of them actually had trouble keeping up with her eating speed…

In the blink of an eye, the empty plates on the table were stacked as high as a wall.

Seeing this, the surrounding patrons all showed expressions of astonishment. Many even took out their phones to take pictures as souvenirs.

A young lady with such a slender and slim figure could actually eat so much…

That thing this young lady said before about eating this place clean, she wasn't serious, was she…?

Could this be some competitive eater who came to teach the boss a lesson, all for entertainment value?

“Lin Fan, tell me the truth, how many days has it been since you last fed sister-in-law?”

Zhou Yan asked, his voice a stunned murmur.

His arms were getting sore from turning all the grilled meat, yet Long Yue showed absolutely no signs of stopping. This gave him a reasonable suspicion that Lin Fan might be secretly abusing her by not letting her eat…

“That's not true! She just had a huge pot of fine noodles for lunch…”

Lin Fan was also dumbfounded.

He had vaguely noticed that Long Yue could eat a lot when they were at home, but he never thought she could eat this much!

This was the first time he had seen her go all out and eat without any reservations…

“Hmm? How come you two aren't eating?”

“Uh… we're full. You go ahead and eat…”

Lin Fan and Zhou Yan laughed sheepishly.

In reality, the two of them hadn't eaten much at all. They had spent most of their time busy boiling meat in the hotpot and grilling for her, and even peeling shrimp for her on the side. They hadn't even finished the meat on their own plates.

“You're full after eating just this little bit? Honestly. Well then, I suppose I'll reluctantly help you finish it~”

Long Yue stuffed the last piece of meat from her own bowl into her mouth, then reached out, brought the meat from both Lin Fan's and Zhou Yan's bowls in front of herself, and finished it all off.

The waitress did say earlier that you lose your deposit if you waste food!

It couldn't be helped. She just had to take action and help them take care of all the leftovers.

“Lin Fan, I suddenly think that if sister-in-law doesn't want to be a virtual streamer in the future, she could switch to the competitive eating track. There shouldn't be any problem…”

Having experienced Long Yue's astonishing appetite, Zhou Yan couldn't help but say to Lin Fan beside him.

Lin Fan nodded in agreement.

“Mm, I think so too…”

Given the appetite Long Yue had displayed, he felt that it would be no problem at all for her to challenge the famous competitive eaters of today…

Suddenly, he felt that the financial pressure on the household had just increased quite a bit…

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