Chapter 60

When Qu Xuanye searched the words "Kangle Box Lunch" on the Internet, a large number of posts praising the Kangle Box Lunch Restaurant appeared.

Tomorrow's milk tea: [Kangle lunch box yyds! I declare that the Kangle lunch box is my favorite food restaurant, no one can compare. 】

Little hamster Dudu: [Today I went to the Kanglehe Restaurant and had fried chicken legs. They were crispy and fragrant. Most importantly, they were tender and juicy. They tasted really good.]

Love at first sight: [I love the braised pork trotters and sweet and sour pork at Kangle Box Restaurant. Last time I took my friends there, they loved it too.]

Looking through the posts in a row, almost all of them were positive reviews, which made Qu Xuanye a little envious. Even though his Feng Ling Restaurant had a very good reputation, there was no way he could get only positive reviews.

Occasionally there will be a few negative reviews. Some customers complain about the high prices, while others complain about the small portions.

He was a little shocked to see all the positive reviews for Kangle lunch boxes.

Later, he finally understood why Kangle lunch boxes had all the good reviews. It might be because the price of Kangle lunch boxes was very cheap. He saw on the Internet that he could buy a lunch box for 14 yuan. For such a cheap product, even if the taste was not very good, customers might not give bad reviews. After all, you get what you pay for.

The more expensive something is, the more likely it is to get a bad review.

Qu Xuanye also learned on the Internet that Kangle Boxed Lunch Restaurant is a small rural boxed lunch restaurant in Jiangdong New District, and that the owner used to sell boxed lunches at a stall in front of a construction site.

He didn't understand why netizens wanted such a small lunch box restaurant to open a branch in the city, and were voting and canvassing for votes frantically in order to get it to open a branch in the city.

Perhaps some office workers in the city also want to eat cheap boxed lunches. After all, it is not easy to make money these days and many people want to save money. Qu Xuanye can only understand this.

Qu Xuanye also discovered that the reason why Kangle Lunch's votes increased so quickly was because almost all of their fans went to canvass for votes, while most of Fengling Restaurant's fans only cast their own votes and no one went to canvass for votes.

If this continues, Kangle Lunch Box will sooner or later surpass their Fengling Restaurant.

Qu Xuanye thought about it and decided to find a way to get his fans to vote.

Then Qu Xuanye thought of a way. He posted a welfare message in the fan group, and fans who got more than five votes had the opportunity to get a consumption voucher worth 20 minus 100.

While Qu Xuanye was trying to canvass for votes, the diners at the Heya Restaurant were also canvassing for votes frantically. The smaller the vote gap was, the crazier they became.

Try hard to avoid staying up late: [Friends, the difference between our Kangle lunchbox and the first place in votes is less than 3,000. Today is the eighth day of voting, let’s go for it! ]

XYZ Sun Rain: [I have collected five votes today and sent it to the family group. My whole family has helped to vote. ]

Read a poem: [Everyone is so awesome. People like us are too embarrassed to canvass for votes. We can only cast our own vote every day. ]

I have the final say over my furniture: [I only cast my own vote every day. I also want to help Kangle Boxed Lunch get more votes, but I really don’t dare to post it in the group. How do you explain the voting link in the group? Can anyone teach me? ]

Many netizens are embarrassed to send the voting link to the group to solicit votes, and they want to know how others do it.

A pretty good kid: [Maybe I was born an e-person. I directly sent the voting link to my classmates, family and friends, asking them to help cast a vote if they are free.]

8 kg big orange cat: [I am embarrassed to send it to classmates and family groups. I don’t like classmates and parents asking questions. I will send it to a few close friends and ask them to help. ]

What is the egg fruit: [I'll teach you, if you are embarrassed to post in the group, you can send it privately to your friends, and by the way, you can chat with friends you haven't contacted for a long time. You can canvass for votes and reminisce with friends, killing two birds with one stone, what a great thing. ]

Cheng Mengtong is an introverted person. She also wants to campaign for Kangle Lunch, but she has never dared to send the voting link to the group, as she is always a little scared.

Seeing that some netizens said that they could send messages privately to friends, Cheng Mengtong looked at her friend list. There were many friends in the friend list who she hadn't contacted for a long time.

Cheng Mengtong is the kind of person who rarely takes the initiative to contact others because she doesn't know what to talk to others about. That's why she has few friends.

I stopped contacting my junior high school friends when I entered high school, I stopped contacting my high school friends when I entered college, and I stopped contacting my college friends after graduation.

Now she can't find anyone to help her canvass for votes. Apart from her colleagues and family, many of her friends in her friend list are friends she hasn't contacted for a long time.

Cheng Mengtong was looking through her friend list when she suddenly saw a familiar name: Shu Xuelin. Shu Xuelin was her deskmate in high school. When they first entered college, they occasionally chatted, but later they didn't keep in touch for some reason.

Memories of high school suddenly emerged. Shu Xuelin was a very extroverted person, the exact opposite of Cheng Mengtong. Cheng Mengtong remembered that Shu Xuelin was very naughty in high school. He liked to read novels secretly during class and was often caught by the teacher.

Moreover, Shu Xuelin was very lively and liked to talk. She would tell her all kinds of strange stories. Although Cheng Mengtong was introverted and didn't like to talk, she liked to listen to Shu Xuelin talk.

The talkative Shu Xuelin added a little fun to her boring high school life. Cheng Mengtong remembers that once the head teacher took the initiative to ask her if she needed to change classmates, because the head teacher was worried that Shu Xuelin, who didn't like to study, would affect her studies, but Cheng Mengtong rejected the head teacher's suggestion.

At that time, Shu Xuelin asked her why she disagreed to change her deskmate, and she replied that she liked the hustle and bustle.

Shu Xuelin said jokingly, "Since you like being lively so much, I will be your neighbor when you go out to work and make your life lively every day."

Who would have thought at that time that after graduation and starting work, the two would no longer be in touch.

Looking at the names in the friend list, Cheng Mengtong thought for a long time before she mustered up the courage to send a message.

Cheng Mengtong: [Hello, deskmate, are you busy? ]

After sending the message, Cheng Mengtong felt a little regretful.

She remembered seeing someone say before that you shouldn't ask "Are you busy?" when chatting, as this will easily kill the conversation.

When she was about to withdraw her message, Shu Xuelin had already replied.

Shu Xuelin: [Dear deskmate, why did you suddenly think of contacting me? Did you miss me? ]

Just by reading the text, Cheng Mengtong could imagine Shu Xuelin's happy expression.

Cheng Mengtong held her phone and prepared to reply to the message, but she didn't know what to say for a moment?

Replying "I miss you" seems a bit corny.

Perhaps knowing that Cheng Mengtong didn't know what to reply, Shu Xuelin sent another message.

Shu Xuelin: [Dear deskmate, where do you work now? ]

Now Cheng Mengtong finally knew how to reply.

Cheng Mengtong: [I work on Longqiao Road in Haishi, where do you work? ]

Shu Xuelin: [What a coincidence! I’m on Longhua Road, not far from you.]

Then Shu Xuelin sent another message: [When are you free? Let's have a meal together. ]

Between the two of them, it was always Shu Xuelin who took the initiative.

When it comes to eating, Cheng Mengtong thinks of Kangle lunch boxes.

Cheng Mengtong: [I can treat you to a meal. I know a very delicious boxed rice restaurant that has your favorite fried chicken legs.]

This was the first time that Cheng Mengtong took the initiative to ask someone out for dinner, and she suddenly wanted to take Shu Xuelin to eat Kangle Lunch's fried chicken legs.

Shu Xuelin: [Do you still remember that I like to eat fried chicken legs? ]

Of course Cheng Mengtong remembers that it was a very happy and unique experience for her.

On a Friday in her second year of high school, Shu Xuelin wanted to skip class to go out and eat fried chicken legs. At that time, Shu Xuelin just casually asked her: "Do you want to go eat fried chicken legs together? Have you never skipped class since you were a child?"

As a good girl, Cheng Mengtong has never skipped classes and rarely asked for leave.

"Do you want to skip class and go out to eat fried chicken legs together?" Shu Xuelin invited.

At that time, the good girl Cheng Mengtong suddenly wanted to experience the feeling of skipping class, so she lied to the teacher and said that she was sick.

The first time she skipped class in her life was with Shu Xuelin. She felt a little excited and a little nervous. Shu Xuelin took her to eat fried chicken legs from the second primary school.

Perhaps because of the excitement of skipping classes, Cheng Mengtong thought that the fried chicken legs from No. 2 Primary School were the best fried chicken legs in the world.

It was not until she ate the fried chicken legs in Kangle lunch box that she knew what truly delicious fried chicken legs looked like.

Cheng Mengtong and Shu Xuelin made an appointment to go to Kanglehe Restaurant to eat fried chicken legs tomorrow. The two haven't seen each other for many years, and Cheng Mengtong is a little nervous.

She was standing at the door of Kangle Box Hotel waiting for Shu Xuelin. Before Shu Xuelin arrived, she jumped up from a distance to greet her.

"Tongtong, I'm here." Shu Xuelin jumped up and down, still the lively and lovely little girl in her memory.

Cheng Mengtong smiled and waved, "Xuelin, I'm here."

She originally thought the meeting would be awkward, but as soon as Shu Xuelin came over, he took her hand and walked into the Heya restaurant happily.

Even though they haven't seen each other for many years, Cheng Mengtong still likes Shu Xuelin very much and likes to listen to Shu Xuelin's speeches. While waiting in line, Shu Xuelin kept talking about his experiences in the past few years and asked Cheng Mengtong about her recent situation from time to time.

As they chatted, Shu Xuelin brought up the time when they skipped classes to eat fried chicken legs.

Shu Xuelin: "Do you still remember the fried chicken legs at Erxiao? It closed down a few years ago. I heard that the old lady who made the fried chicken legs went to another province to help her daughter take care of her children."

When it comes to fried chicken legs, Cheng Mengtong's first reaction is the fried chicken legs from Kangle Box Restaurant. "You can try the fried chicken legs from Box Restaurant later. I think you will definitely like it."

Whether you like fried chicken legs or not, you will like the fried chicken legs from Kanglehe Restaurant.

The two chatted while waiting in line, and waited for a long time before it was their turn.

Shu Xuelin saw the golden and crispy chicken drumsticks at first sight. She said with shining eyes, "It looks delicious."

“Not only does it look delicious, it tastes delicious too.” As she spoke, Cheng Mengtong’s mind was filled with the crispy aroma of fried chicken legs.

They both ordered fried chicken legs.

"The fried skin is crispy and delicious, not hard or greasy, and the meat inside is tender, juicy and not dry. This fried chicken leg is simply the fried chicken leg of our fried chicken lovers' dreams." Shu Xuelin is a talkative person, and she talks even more when she eats something delicious. She wants to praise it hundreds of times.

The quiet Cheng Mengtong quietly tasted the delicious chicken legs. She especially liked the fried skin of the fried chicken legs. The thin fried skin made a crackling sound when bitten, and she liked to listen to this sound.

After eating fried chicken legs, Shu Xuelin ate crispy pork and stir-fried pork liver. She found that in addition to fried chicken legs, other dishes of Hezi Restaurant were also very delicious.

"Tongtong, I have fallen in love with this lunch box restaurant." Shu Xuelin said affectionately.

"If you come to the Hezi Restaurant tomorrow, remember to call me and we'll eat together." Shu Xuelin said excitedly.

Hearing Shu Xuelin say that she would come with her to eat lunch tomorrow, Cheng Mengtong felt happy and nodded without changing her expression.

Usually she is introverted and always comes to the lunch box restaurant to eat alone, but from now on there will be someone to eat with her. Cheng Mengtong began to look forward to tomorrow.

On the way back after eating the lunch box, the two chatted for a long time. Just like before, Shu Xuelin was responsible for talking and Cheng Mengtong was responsible for listening, and would occasionally reply.

"Tongtong, it's so fun to chat with you. I like chatting with you." Shu Xuelin couldn't help but sigh.

Shu Xuelin loves to talk by nature, but some people dislike her for talking too much, and some people like to interrupt her when she is speaking.

She only likes Cheng Mengtong. No matter whether in high school or now, Cheng Mengtong always listens to her quietly, never dislikes her talking too much, never interrupts her, and only occasionally cooperates with her.

"I like chatting with you too. You talk very interestingly." Cheng Mengtong said embarrassedly.

If someone kept talking in her ear, she might find it noisy, but no matter how long Shu Xuelin talked next to her, she didn't find it noisy. Instead, she especially enjoyed listening to her talk.

Shu Xuelin: "Since you like chatting with me, then chat with me more in the future."

Cheng Mengtong nodded.

"We can chat while eating lunch tomorrow. Remember to invite me along." Shu Xuelin emphasized.

With delicious boxed lunches and gentle listeners, Shu Xuelin felt that this was the life of her dreams.

Cheng Mengtong didn't expect that because of the Kangle lunch voting incident, she would reconnect with her high school friends.

On the way home, Cheng Mengtong remembered about the voting. She hesitated for a long time before she mustered up the courage to send Shu Xuelin the voting link.

Cheng Mengtong: [Xuelin, this is the link to vote for Kangle Boxed Lunch. If you have time, please help cast a vote.]

This was Cheng Mengtong's first time canvassing for votes. She was nervous and anxious. She kept staring at her phone for a long time but did not receive a reply from Shu Xuelin.

Could it be that Shu Xuelin didn't want to vote and pretended not to see it?

Cheng Mengtong began to have wild thoughts.

After about ten minutes, Shu Xuelin finally replied.

Shu Xuelin: [I voted, I voted. I was taking a shower just now and didn’t see the message, so I replied slowly. ]

Cheng Mengtong breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that he didn't see it because he was taking a shower.

Cheng Mengtong: [Well, thank you for your vote. ]

Shu Xuelin: [Why are you being so polite? The Kangle lunch box is so delicious, I should vote for it.]

When voting, Shu Xuelin saw that Kangle Lunch Box ranked second, and she was a little dissatisfied.

Such a delicious Kangle lunch box is only ranked second, which is not reasonable at all. Kangle lunch box should be ranked first!

Shu Xuelin: [Wait a minute, I will send the voting link to the group and ask friends and family to help vote. I promise to help Kangle Box Lunch win the first place.]

Shu Xuelin from Sheniu sent the voting link to various groups and immediately attracted a lot of votes.

Cheng Mengtong, who had attracted one vote, opened the comment section, intending to show off that she had attracted one vote.

As a result, I saw everyone competing to get votes in the comment section.

Running with you all the way: [I sent the voting link to the family group, and six people in the group helped to vote. I got six votes. ]

Her heart is not mine: [No one is better than me. I sent the voting link to the university group. There are 200 people in the group, and I got at least 20 votes. ]

Princess Dandan: [Then you are definitely not better than me. I sent the voting link to a group of more than 500 fans. My fans all voted for me, and I got at least hundreds of votes.]

Each one was more competitive than the other, and Cheng Mengtong, who only got one vote, was too embarrassed to speak.

Thanks to everyone's efforts, the gap between the number of votes for Kangle Lunch Box and Fengling Restaurant is getting smaller and smaller.

The eighth day of voting ended, with Fengling Restaurant taking first place with 99,506 votes, Kangle Lunch taking second place with 98,067 votes, and Lihua Hotel taking third place with 82,453 votes.

The gap in votes between Kangle Lunch Box and Fengling Restaurant has narrowed to about one thousand.

Baby Pingping: [Not bad, not bad! We are only a little over a thousand away. If we work harder tomorrow, we may be able to surpass them.]

Sweet Pie H: [That's cool. We'll take over tomorrow. Our Kangle lunch box must be number one. ]

Nineteen seeds: [Don’t open the champagne in advance. It’s not too late to celebrate after we really overtake. ]

Looking at the number of votes, Qu Xuanye felt a bit of a headache, because he had clearly organized a welfare activity to canvass votes in the group. Fans who canvassed more than five votes had the opportunity to receive a consumption voucher worth 20 yuan minus 100 yuan.

Unfortunately, the effect was not good. People who could afford to consume at Fengling Restaurant were all well-off. Many people were unwilling to ask others to help them vote for a 20 yuan discount coupon for 100 yuan, and furthermore, only five people were required to participate. Many people gave up directly.

Qu Xuanye didn’t know what to do for a moment. If this continued, Fengling Restaurant would be overtaken by Kangle Lunch.

He tried hard to think of a way to quickly increase the number of votes for Fengling Restaurant, but he couldn't think of one.

At noon on the ninth day of voting, the first place was Kangle Lunch with 102,748 votes, the second place was Fengling Restaurant with 101,966 votes, and the third place was Lihua Hotel with 93,780 votes.

The Sun on the Bridge: [Wow!!! We finally overtook them. Our Kangle lunchbox is number one! ]

Little Bear Baby: [First place! First place! First place! We finally got first place, everyone is awesome! ]

Four-eyed kid: [Congratulations to Kangle Box Lunch for winning first place. Not only did they overtake the opponent, but they also surpassed the opponent by a thousand votes.]

Little Bear 2019: [Don’t be too happy yet, the voting will end tomorrow. Right now, Kangle Boxed Lunch only has 1,000 votes more than Fengling Restaurant. If we relax a little, we will be overtaken by others.]

Egg yolk crispy meat: [Yes, yes, everyone, don’t relax, you must hold on until the voting is over. ]

After being overtaken, Qu Xuanye was completely exhausted. He watched Fengling Restaurant being overtaken by Kangle Lunch Box, but he was powerless to do anything.

Qu Mengqi is Qu Xuanye's younger sister. Seeing that her brother was unhappy because he was overtaken in votes, she wanted to do something for him.

Currently, Fengling Restaurant has only one thousand fewer votes than Kangle Lunch Box. Voting ends tomorrow, so there is still a chance to catch up.

As long as we actively canvass for votes, there is a possibility of overtaking.

Qu Mengqi began to canvass votes for Fengling Restaurant and sent the voting link to her friends.

Qu Mengqi: [Friends, please vote for Fengling Restaurant. Thank you! ]

Tang Manran is Qu Mengqi's good friend, and she is the one who responds the fastest.

Tang Manran: [OK, I have voted~]

This is nap time, so few people vote and the number of votes for each family remains almost unchanged.

When Qu Mengqi refreshed the vote count, Fengling Restaurant had 102,027 votes. Tang Manran said that after voting, Qu Mengqi went to refresh the vote count, and it was still 102,027 votes, not a single vote had changed.

Tang Manran said that she had voted, but the number of votes did not increase. Qu Mengqi found it a bit strange and thought there might be a bug.

Then, another friend replied to her and said that she had already invested.

She went to refresh the vote count, but it remained unchanged.

"How strange, why does the number of votes remain the same?"

Qu Mengqi refreshed the number again. The number of votes for Kangle Lunch Box changed, but the number of votes for Fengling Restaurant remained unchanged.

She suspected that there was something wrong with the votes for Fengling Restaurant. In order to verify her idea, Qu Mengqi cast a vote using her own small account and then refreshed the page.

"Hey, the votes have changed."

When she used a secondary account to vote, the number of votes for Fengling Restaurant increased by one vote, but why didn't her friends' votes increase?

An idea popped up in Qu Mengqi's mind. It was possible that her friends had lied to her. In fact, they did not vote, so the number of votes did not increase.

They usually have a good time together and can talk to each other directly about anything.

Qu Mengqi asked them directly: [Are you sure you voted [dog head]]

Tang Manran: [I voted, what’s the problem? ]

You Wenwen: [I voted, I voted, I definitely voted. 】

Both friends said they had invested, but Qu Mengqi felt something was fishy.

She asked again: [Are you sure you voted? Tell me the truth! ]

It took a long time before the two friends replied to her.

Tang Manran: [I did vote, but I voted for Kangle Box Lunch. ]

You Wenwen: [Qiqi, I'm sorry! I already voted for Kangle lunch this morning, so I can't vote for Fengling Restaurant.]