Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 284 - 274: Psychological Defense Gradually Crumbling
Hannibal Chen’s smile gradually turned grotesque.
"How is it? Satisfied?"
Hu Jian Country chewed on the pig’s eye, the juices nearly overflowing from his mouth, "Satisfied, very satisfied. This thing looks creepy, but who would’ve thought it could be so tasty, really not bad."
Chen Mo expanded the boundaries of ingredients, and Hu Jian Country’s acceptance of dark cuisine was subtly increasing.
Xiao Qin was standing in the crowd, feeling creeped out by the eyeballs but also salivating watching Old Hu devour them, a mix of two completely opposite emotions made him feel uncomfortable and restless.
Also among the early arrivals in line were Gu Fang, Liu Yuerong, and He Ziheng.
The three of them originally planned to buy some barbecue and continue their challenge live stream and also came to see how the Jia Mei Gym event was going.
But shortly after arriving, they witnessed such a horrific scene.
Like other onlookers, they were also dominated by those two completely opposite emotions. Xiao Auntie, who came along for the spectacle, cautiously said, "Xiao Fang, Sister Liu, should we..."
Gu Fang raised her hand to stop Xiao Auntie from speaking further, "Impossible, no way, never! I will never eat something so terrifying in this lifetime."
He Ziheng muttered softly on the side.
Thinking to himself, haven’t you eaten enough? Last time when Gu Jing treated us to hot pot, you devoured those pig brains the most, is there a fundamental difference between eating pig brains and pig eyes?
Liu Yuerong also waved her hands and shook her head repeatedly, "No, no, I really can’t eat this, feels like I’ll go to hell if I eat it!"
Despite the resistance, Xiao Auntie’s eyes grew brighter, her urge to try it growing stronger.
From watching Old Hu eat, she could almost feel the burst of juice with each bite. Xiao Auntie especially liked this explosive sensation, and she was quite bold in trying new things.
Since the two ladies didn’t want to try, Xiao Auntie sidled up to Chen Mo, "Boss Xiao Chen, I’ll take two skewer sticks?"
"Sure."
The roasted eyeballs had long been placed by the grill, waiting to cool slightly; the time was about right.
Since Old Hu wasn’t being a scoundrel, Chen Mo didn’t bother with him, returned to the food truck, and started preparing one of tonight’s tasks, skewers.
He also handed two skewers of eyeballs to Xiao Auntie.
"No way, Xiao Qian, you’re really gonna eat that?"
"Eww~ I feel like eating pig eyes could be a challenge all its own."
Gu Fang and Liu Yuerong looked at Xiao Qian with a mixture of disgust and fear, but Xiao Auntie was unfazed, retorting confidently, "Life is about trying! The most precious thing everyone has is their ’first times’ in various things, so the first time eating pig eyes is definitely special too."
Said, Xiao Auntie bit down on an eyeball and pulled it off but didn’t eat it right away. Instead, she purposely moved towards Gu Fang and Liu Yuerong with it, teeth clenching the eyeball, causing the two ladies to scream in fright as if their faces had turned pale.
After satisfying her bizarre thrill, Xiao Auntie then put the pig’s eye into her mouth.
It was springy, and when she bit down gently, her teeth would bounce back.
Then she bit down hard!
"Ah...You! It sprayed on my face!"
"Got on my clothes!!!"
Arriving late, Xiao Auntie wasn’t aware of the earlier advice Chen Mo gave to Hu Jian Country, so when she bit down, her lips didn’t hold, and the contents inside the eyeball squirted out like a high-pressure water gun.
Gu Fang exclaimed, wiping her face with her hand, and hurriedly using a tissue to wipe her hands again.
Liu Yuerong looked dumbfoundedly at the sticky liquid on her chest, "Damn it!"
Xiao Auntie laughed sheepishly, "It’s not like you haven’t been splattered before, oh come on, don’t pull that disgusted face, here, you two should try it, it’s actually really tasty."
Chewing the eyeballs in her mouth, the taste with crispy outside and tender inside, the mix of fat and springy texture filling her mouth, Xiao Auntie bit into another eyeball.
Seeing this, Gu Fang and Liu Yuerong quickly ran five meters away from her, afraid of being hit by mistake.
The few girls’ antics, if nothing else, indeed provided the male onlookers with quite a spectacle.
Xiao Qin finally couldn’t hold back anymore and went to the food cart, "Give me one skewer first."
"Is that enough for you?"
Xiao Qin nodded, then shook his head, "I’ll try it first, this thing looks really creepy. I’ll try one skewer, if it’s good, then we’ll see."
Every customer encountering grilled pig eyes at the barbecue stand inevitably goes through this process.
From disdain, to contempt, to curiosity, then embracing it with a trial mindset, until finally... acceptance!
Xiao Qin popped an eyeball into his mouth, decisively closing his eyes, trying to hypnotize himself into forgetting what he was eating. But the taste buds never lie, the rich texture paired with Chen Mo’s unique spicy seasoning, made Xiao Qin’s body tense up.
"Hard to comment..."
Under the urging of his two friends beside him, Xiao Qin tried to give a review, "It’s hard to say if it’s delicious or not. Just very special."
Thinking it over, he added, "It has a kind of addictive feel. Boss Xiao Chen, give me five more skewers!"
In the exploration of unknown cuisine, there are never a lack of brave souls like Old Hu, Xiao Auntie, and Xiao Qin who keep buying and eating more skewers, leading the other diners in the crowd to begin feeling restless as well.
"How about we try one too?"
"If I didn’t know what it was, I would try, but now that I know, sorry, I really can’t..."
