Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 103 - 98: Already Dumbfounded

The lush green seedlings in the miniature greenhouse captivated Tang Yiyi, and it was the first time she discovered how adorable green could be!

Due to the increasingly demanding conditions required for plant growth now, ordinary people almost never see live, growing plants in their lifetime. What they see more often are photos, videos, and various imitation plants online!

The scarcity of plants in Safe City has led to the widespread use of imitation plants, and by now, they are made so realistically that it’s almost impossible to tell them apart from real ones! Back when Tang Yiyi was still living with the Liu Family, there were quite a few highly realistic flower replicas at home as decorations. At that time, Tang Yiyi thought those imitation plants were incomparably beautiful, almost as good as the real ones!

It wasn’t until this moment, seeing the vibrant plants in the miniature greenhouse, that she realized how ridiculously wrong she was!

Fake is ultimately fake, no matter how realistic it is, it remains lifeless and can never compare to living plants. It’s an unbridgeable, unchangeable chasm between life and death!

After overcoming her shock, Tang Yiyi’s mind had an instant idea! If she could cultivate more plants and display them in the shop on the opening day, she would surely attract a large crowd of customers and receive endless praise!

With this idea in mind, Tang Yiyi immediately opened her personal terminal and went online to purchase ornamental plant seeds. Nowadays, cultivated ornamental plants were very expensive, and to decorate the entire shop would require more than just a few. If she were to buy all the ready-grown ones, the cost would be beyond what she could afford!

Even though she had won a lawsuit before, earning her nearly five million in savings, Tang Yiyi dared not spend money recklessly!

She quickly found several kinds of ornamental plant seeds and placed an order, also purchasing some miniature greenhouses and nutrient soil. Then, she sent a text message to Pang Zhi—Xiao Zhi, are you free now? If you are, hurry to the shop, I have a surprise for you.

Pang Zhi happened to be quite free at the moment; he had just finished talking with Pang Xiao when he received Tang Yiyi’s text. Since he had discussed with Tang Yiyi several times without finalizing a reopening date, he couldn’t help but seek Pang Xiao’s help. Pang Xiao did pick some good days for him, but unfortunately, none of them seemed quite right to Pang Zhi, something always felt missing.

The moment he saw Tang Yiyi’s text, Pang Zhi instinctively thought Tang Yiyi had made a new dish again, and he was drooling instantly. He had been eating Tang Yiyi’s cooking almost every day lately, praising her culinary skills to no end, and he couldn’t even eat anyone else’s cooking anymore because they all seemed to lack flavor!

So he almost rushed out without hesitation, headed straight to the Tang Family’s physical store, and couldn’t help but ask as soon as he saw Tang Yiyi, "Sister Yiyi, what delicious thing have you made this time?"

He was chubby, and now grinning ingratiatingly, looking as sleazy as could be! Tang Yiyi frowned at him, wondering how a decent young man could become so foolish at the mention of food!

She did not know at the time that Pang Zhi had become like this entirely because of his "good" stepmother who "fed" him this way! Although Pang Zhi was not very old, his intuition was very sharp. Even when he was very young, that terrifying intuition made him aware of the danger from his stepmother, and then, under the instinctive self-protection of his body, he gradually grew in the direction his stepmother expected!

Simply put, he was fattened up by his stepmother into both a glutton and a fatty, the kind of obesity that instinctively repulses people!

If Tang Yiyi hadn’t interacted with him before and gotten to know his character, she might not have even wanted to speak to him after seeing that sleazy appearance!

However, Tang Yiyi still mischievously wanted to tease him, deliberately putting on a solemn face and seriously saying, "It’s not a new dish. I want to show you something else today." Seeing Pang Zhi looking deeply disappointed, she purposefully sighed heavily and continued, "Anyway, just come with me."

Pang Zhi’s little heart instantly became anxious! Tang Yiyi’s expression was too terrifying, and made him instantly feel a very bad premonition!

His plump face wrinkled into a bun as he followed behind Tang Yiyi, almost wailing, dragging his feet until they reached outside the temporary greenhouse.

Tang Yiyi stood at the door, deliberately sighed again, suppressing her inner laughter, continued with the solemn expression, and said, "It’s right here. You... prepare yourself mentally, try not to get too shocked."

Pang Zhi nodded cautiously with a look of grief, saw Tang Yiyi open the door, hesitated for a while, and then gritted his teeth to walk in. Suddenly, he was dazzled, and when he came back to his senses, he felt his view was entirely filled with green!

The stimulation was quite overwhelming, and, dazed, he stupidly asked Tang Yiyi, "Sister Yiyi... why did you get so many vegetable-type imitation plants? They’re so... ugly..." Before he could finish the word "ugly," Pang Zhi suddenly fell silent, just realizing that these in front of him seemed not to be imitation plants!

He instantly widened his eyes, dashed to the side of the miniature greenhouse, pressed his face against the transparent cover, and looked inside without blinking, almost bulging his eyes out: "Yi... Yiyi Sister! I must be seeing things! I actually see living vegetables! They’re alive! Alive! Not imitation!"

Although Tang Yiyi was already stimulated by this before, she still felt an enormous shock when she reentered this room! However, she acted very calmly, and even deliberately said nonchalantly after hearing Pang Zhi’s words, "Rest assured, you’re not imagining things, I see them too. Besides, there are plenty of plants here, so you can take your time to look."

Pang Zhi blinked at this and gradually realized something was off. He belatedly turned his head to look at Tang Yiyi: "Sister Yiyi, the surprise you said you had for me, could it be these?"

Tang Yiyi nodded with a smile, waved her right hand like she was pointing out a grand vision, and said, "I grew all these, how about it? I think when we open, we can have some live plants in the shop, no, not just open, we can have them there all the time. The guests will surely come in droves, and our opening will definitely cause quite a sensation! What do you think?"

Pang Zhi turned his chubby head, looking one moment at Tang Yiyi, the next at the vegetables in the miniature greenhouse, and then suddenly screamed in excitement: "Ah! Sister Yiyi, your idea is really amazing! With these live plants, the opening will definitely be incredibly sensational!" (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for recommendations or monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com); your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)