The competition was heating up.
Wang Henli saw that Jiang Qiuqiu was getting into her groove and grew anxious. He had to gain the upper hand.
He stirred the stew in his pot, cranked up the heat, and then removed the lid. Now, in addition to the aroma of skewers, the fragrance of stew filled his livestream.
at alone wasn’t enough; he also had seafood. But for his seafood dley, Wang Henli didn’t remove the lid. He chose to keep it covered and let it simr over dium heat.
He’d slled the seafood soup himself. For so reason, what he’d made didn’t have the fragrance described in the recipe at all...
Leaving the lid off all the ti wouldn’t release a tempting enough aroma. Keeping it covered, then opening it for just half a minute later on—that was the best way to entice people.
His mind raced as all sorts of comnts scrolled across the bullet screen, including so IDs he recognized.
He imdiately turned and called Wang Tuantuan over.
As an adorable little girl—a cute, five-or-six-year-old with stunning looks—Wang Tuantuan was a natural attention-grabber.
The mont she appeared on the livestream, the hearts of countless young n and won were instantly captivated.
Ah! This must be the daughter I’ve never t!
Wang Henli had her hold a small spatula and give the pot a stir. "Tuantuan, you must be hungry, right? We can start eating soon."
But Wang Tuantuan didn’t cooperate like she always had before.
She simply said, "Oh."
Wang Henli’s face darkened, and his hand, gripping her arm by the armpit, tightened its hold.
"I’m hungry."
"So hungry."
Only then did the livestream continue to play out smoothly.
The little girl’s appearance won another wave of casual viewers for Wang Henli.
anwhile, Jiang Qiuqiu’s first batch of grilled food was ready. Steam billowed from the skewers as she sprinkled them with a fragrant dry rub—a mix of cumin, pepper, chili powder, and sesa seeds.
She had her robot use its scanner to record the food at its most beautiful "blooming" mont, but she didn’t upload it with a single click.
[Are you waiting for 20???]
"Nope," Jiang Qiuqiu said, shaking her head with a smile. "Once I enable reviews, I can’t upload any more food for fifteen minutes. We’ll cook for a bit longer today so everyone can get more at once."
Soone asked if they could get whatever they wanted today.
"Nope. We don’t have twenty servings of each skewer, so I can’t upload them for everyone to grab individually. I’ll upload them in stacks, so you can all unwrap today’s barbecue like presents~"
[Doesn’t that an we could end up with five vegetable skewers?]
"That’s also a possibility."
[...]
[Don’t even say it. I hate that possibility.]
As they chatted, skewer after skewer was stacked to the side.
By now, the chicken wings and other at Jiang Qiuqiu had been marinating were ready.
At the sa ti, Wang Henli’s livestream was nearing its end. The skewers were cooked, the seafood soup needed to simr a little longer, and the at stew just needed so final seasoning and a few fresh side vegetables to be complete.
Just as he was sprinkling carrots into his pot, Jiang Qiuqiu was also sprinkling sothing.
Similar orange-red flakes drifted through the air, landing on the chicken wings that already looked exceptionally delicious from their coating of sauce. She cranked up the heat, and the chicken skin instantly turned a crispy, golden brown. The skin along the slits she had cut curled up slightly, revealing the clearly textured at inside.
The heat from the fire stones was waning, so Jiang Qiuqiu swapped in new ones. The chicken wings quickly roasted to a light brown, and Jiang Qiuqiu picked up a brush, basting them with a layer of barbecue sauce.
SZZZLE—the liquid from the sauce evaporated in an instant, but the flavor infused the chicken wings.
She repeated this process several tis, flipping the wings and brushing on more sauce. Droplets of oil ran down the bamboo skewers, dripping and sizzling onto the fire stones below.
The aroma grew stronger, a tantalizing blend of spices, at, and the smoky scent of the fire.
Suddenly, another wave of viewers flooded into the livestream.
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