Tao Zhizhi picked up the pen beside her and updated the menu: [Braised Shrimp in Oil 68 RMB/serving, Spicy Crab 128 RMB/serving, Three Treasures of the Earth 28 RMB/serving]

Then she attached a photo she had taken the night before to each dish.

Pointing at Tao Zhizhi's photo, Su Bai couldn't help but say:

"Zhizhi, can we not post this photo?"

"Why? Doesn't it look good?"

Tao Zhizhi was a little puzzled, as she felt there was nothing wrong with her filming.

Seeing that Tao Zhizhi was clearly confident in her photos, Su Bai didn't continue to refute her.

"No, no, Zhizhi, you can put it away if you want."

Tao Zhizhi looked at Fu Jue with disbelief on her face:

"You also think it's ugly?"

Fu Jue glanced at the photos a few times, avoiding Tao Zhizhi's eyes: "Beautiful!"

Fu Jue felt it wasn't that bad, it was just a bit dark and didn't capture the deliciousness of the food in the photos.

Seeing that neither of them had any objections, and that Yang Ping was washing the ingredients, Tao Zhizhi returned to her cubicle to catch up on some sleep, feeling satisfied.

With Fu Jue and Yang Ping handling things, she only needed to be in charge of cooking, which was much easier than at the beginning.

——

Twenty-first floor

Li Lei didn't see that he wanted to order the preserved egg and lean pork congee in order to save money and not want to neglect his stomach.

I glanced at the announcement and found that the boss had taken it down again.

Looking at the three new dishes and checking his balance, he was torn but ultimately decided to buy them with a colleague.

——

As lunchtime approached, Tao Zhizhi returned to her post to greet the guests.

"Su Bai, your family has changed the dishes again!"

"I was really craving camphor tea duck, but never mind, I'll just eat whatever's available."

These regular customers visit the warm food stall every week without fail, and they never miss a single update of the stall. You could say they treat the stall like their canteen. That's why they've become quite familiar with Su Bai.

"Yes, we sell whatever the boss likes to make; our main selling point is to be unique."

"Haha, I love it this way. Every time I come here, there are different surprises. Even the simplest dishes are made exceptionally delicious by the owner."

"Me too! I love anything the boss makes!"

The group joked that they had ordered the new dishes that were available today.

Soon after all the delivery drivers left, the store was filled with customers.

Two people deliberately sat in what they thought was a blind spot for surveillance cameras and secretly put insects into the stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers dish while they were eating.

Pretend to eat and stir the food in the dish until the bugs are completely unrecognizable as if they were just put in.

They then angrily stood up, slammed their chopsticks on the table, and roared at Su Bai:

"Where's your boss?! How can we eat this food if there are bugs in it?!"

"Everyone, stop eating! There are bugs in the food. Either the hygiene is poor or they're selling us leftovers!"

The two of them chimed in, "That's right, this dish is so delicious, it's obvious that a lot of flavor enhancers have been added. In reality, the ingredients have been sitting for who knows how long, and they're infested with insects."

Unsuspecting customers nearby went up to take a look and were shocked to find that there were indeed insects, and more than two of them.

"I come here to eat every few days, thinking I'll treat myself to a nice meal. How could this happen?!"

Su Bai quickly calmed the guests and ran into the kitchen to find Tao Zhizhi:

"Zhizhi, something's happened in the lobby! Two customers are complaining that there are bugs in their food, and they're making a scene!"

Tao Zhizhi was taken aback and quickly took off her apron to follow Su Bai out.

Fu Jue's face turned ugly. His intuition told him that someone was jealous and deliberately came to cause trouble.

The two continued to urge the customers to stop eating.

Some customers, seeing their confident expressions, hesitated and put down their chopsticks.

"I'm the boss! You can talk to me if you have any questions!"

Tao Zhizhi strode forward, her face calm, and spoke to them in a strong and forceful tone.

After hearing the noise, the two saw a woman walking over and exchanged a glance.

He pointed at the stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers on their table and started cursing:

"Look at this for yourself! How do you cook? There are so many bugs in the food and you can't see a single one!"

"If I get sick from eating this, you can forget about continuing to run the business."

Tao Zhizhi was even more puzzled and calmly asked:

"Could I take a look?"

The two people gave up their seats, extremely angry:

"Look! Let me see for myself. If this doesn't satisfy us today, we'll make a scene and let everyone be the judge!"

At this point, some people had already raised their phones to take pictures.

Tao Zhizhi fiddled with the insects, her tone icy:

"This bug could never be in our food!"

The two pointed at the surrounding customers and bluntly confronted her:

"We have both witnesses and physical evidence. You still want to argue? If it wasn't from your store, are we going to get ourselves into trouble?!"

Tao Zhizhi tried her best to calm them down. Just as she was about to speak, one of them called the relevant departments, repeatedly demanding that they close the Nuanshi Shop as soon as possible.

Without giving Tao Zhizhi a chance to refute, Fu Jue asked Su Bai to check the surveillance footage. He saw that the two were planning to fight, and stepped forward to protect Tao Zhizhi.

Fu Jue said coldly, "These insects are definitely not our problem. They're still wriggling, so they must have been put in recently!"

"Ha, still trying to deny it? If it wasn't you, then who was it!"

Seeing this, Tao Zhizhi understood that the two of them wouldn't let the matter rest, and bluntly said, "Our store is full of surveillance cameras, so it'll be clear at a glance whose fault it is!"

Their eyes darted around, and they thought to themselves:

[This is a blind spot we've been searching for a long time; we won't rest until this female boss pays us a hefty sum.]

The two remained completely calm and waited patiently for Su Bai to return, their hearts brimming with joy at the prospect of this elusive fortune.

Su Bai returned with a grim expression and whispered in Tao Zhizhi's ear:

"Zhizhi, that location isn't captured by the surveillance cameras."

The moment the two saw Su Bai, they felt reassured. They crossed their arms without any attempt to hide their arrogance and said, "Pay up!"

"We need compensation for emotional distress and medical expenses. Who knows if there will be any problems after we've been taking this for so long!"

Relevant personnel arrived at the Nuanshi Xiaopu (Warm Food Shop) promptly: "We received a report that Nuanshi Xiaopu has food safety issues. Please cooperate with the investigation!"

Although Tao Zhizhi had never dealt with this situation before, she knew she absolutely couldn't back down. She tightened her expression and said, "Okay! We'll cooperate with the investigation!"

Fu Jue stared coldly at the two of them: "Malicious framing comes at a price!"

Tao Zhizhi and her companion calmed the other customers down, waiving their meals for the day and agreeing to cooperate with the investigation.

The two sat smugly in their seats, their eyes gleaming arrogantly as if to say, "Let's see how long you can last."

The food stall was forced to close. The two men's greedy eyes lingered on the stall and Tao Zhizhi's face. Before leaving, they didn't forget to say to them:

"Get ready to pay us back tomorrow!"