Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 104 - 99: Setting the Bait
Ever since Pang Zhi experienced Tang Yiyi’s temporary planting room, he deliberately found an excuse to move in, under the pretense of protecting Tang Yiyi and the store! Unfortunately, his real thoughts were almost written all over his face, and unless Tang Yiyi went blind, she wouldn’t have been able to miss it!
From that day on, Pang Zhi stopped agonizing over the store’s opening issues. He wished he could stay in the temporary planting room for 24 hours a day, observing the seeds in the mini planting room sprout and unfold their leaves.
Moreover, he also finalized a new shop decoration plan with Tang Yiyi. Besides the original design, different models of decorative planting rooms were added. The hall was decorated with some common plants, while each private room was designed in varying styles as "mini forests" or "decorative flowers."
However, due to plant mutations, many decorative flowers now rarely bloom naturally, usually needing a Wood Ability User to induce them to bud. Tang Yiyi wasn’t sure if the bio-fertilizer from the system had such effects, so she didn’t dare to hope too much.
Oddly, Pang Zhi, for some unknown reason, firmly believed she could definitely make those decorative flowers bloom beautifully, though it was unclear where his confidence came from.
Tang Yiyi never told him about the system’s synthesis of bio-fertilizer, and Pang Zhi smartly didn’t ask how she managed it. Just for that, Tang Yiyi was very fond of this Xiao Fatty!
However, since they hadn’t announced the exact opening date of the physical store, people online were getting impatient, with some negative voices emerging. Some questioned if they were being deliberately mysterious, guessed there were problems with their physical store, or even doubted Tang Yiyi’s skills could support a physical store!
Pang Zhi nearly argued with people online after seeing those doubts, but Tang Yiyi wasn’t bothered at all, leaving Pang Zhi quite frustrated!
Pang Zhi complained, "Sister Yiyi! Look at the nonsense those people are saying online! Of all things to doubt, they dare to question your skills and our store; it’s genuinely unacceptable! How can you not care at all?"
Pang Zhi’s words earned an eye roll from Pudding, who, ever since appearing in hamster form, refused to return to the System Space and stayed outside all the time. Either it was perched on Milk Tea’s head, patrolling the entire store, or surfing online, watching videos, reading novels, catching up on news. The moment it saw the doubts online, it informed Tang Yiyi immediately and suggested it could resolve these issues perfectly if she paid some points or an ant egg!
Unfortunately, Tang Yiyi refused!
Pudding, feeling rejected, was in a foul mood and found everyone unpleasant, especially the usual food-snatcher, Pang Zhi, whose annoyance reached the point of deep hatred! If Tang Yiyi wasn’t holding it back, it would have secretly hacked Pang Zhi’s personal account!
Noticing Pudding’s eye roll, Pang Zhi’s expression twitched slightly, and he couldn’t help but complain to Tang Yiyi, "Sister Yiyi, this hamster you raised has such a big temper! Better send it to the pet center for some training, otherwise..."
Before he finished speaking, Pudding completely exploded! It bared its teeth, then unceremoniously hacked into Pang Zhi’s personal device, deleting all his stashed inappropriate content!
Poor Pang Zhi had no idea he had been retaliated against and eagerly continued discussing with Tang Yiyi how to stress-train Pudding and fix its bad temper.
Tang Yiyi, although she didn’t receive any hint of Pudding’s mischief, immediately noticed something wrong with Pudding’s demeanor. To prevent Pang Zhi from being too miserably pranked, she quickly changed the topic: "Xiao Zhi, weren’t you worried earlier that online opinions might negatively impact our store’s opening? I’ve already come up with a solution."
Pang Zhi indeed got distracted by her, completely leaving the matter of Pudding’s stress-training behind, his mind occupied entirely by the store opening, "Sister Yiyi, you really have a solution?"
"Yes," Tang Yiyi nodded, "I just posted a new announcement on the online store, you’ll see once you take a look."
Her approach was actually quite simple: create hype and suspense to attract attention, so more people would focus on the Tang Family Physical Store opening and look forward to that day.
Pang Zhi opened his personal device and didn’t notice anything amiss. He saw a new announcement on the Tang Family Online Store—The physical store was expected to open in early September, the store is currently under renovation, and a very special decoration was added today, hoped to be liked by everyone then.
After reading it, Pang Zhi couldn’t help giving a thumbs-up to Tang Yiyi, cheerfully praising, "Sister Yiyi, as expected, your skills are extraordinary! With this announcement, there’s bound to be a huge online buzz!"
He could see that Tang Yiyi was deliberately creating hype!
Sure enough, when he opened a forum, he saw people had already started threads discussing what the "special decoration" in the announcement could be! Soon, these threads became lively and bustling.
Tang Yiyi had Pudding monitor the thread development. Once the matter heated up a bit, she immediately issued a new announcement, launching a "prize guessing game"! Anyone who correctly guessed the "special decoration" in the Tang Family Physical Store could enter a drawing to win different rewards, with the grand prize being a bowl of Ant Egg Soup!
This announcement immediately caused a huge sensation! After all, Ant Egg Soup, even for ordinary people or many Superpower Users, is an expensive, rare delicacy! Many had only heard of it, never tasted it!
Nobody expected Chef Tang, the owner of the Tang Family, to be so generous! Although the grand prize was just one bowl of Ant Egg Soup, more people noticed the message it conveyed—Chef Tang being able to provide one bowl of Ant Egg Soup possibly meant she had an ant egg!
With such a lure, the online discussions instantly flourished, reaching the top of major forums! Under such widespread discussion, not only did everyone in Qinghe City know about the existence of the Tang Family and its upcoming physical store opening, but even people from other Safe Cities became aware of it and subconsciously anticipated it!
However, as soon as Pang Zhi parted from Tang Yiyi, his brother Pang Xiao urgently contacted him: "Xiao Zhi! What’s the deal with the online news? That Ant Egg Soup... it wouldn’t have been your idea, would it?" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)
