But that day, the little girl was with the dead bell. Without even thinking about it, she wouldn't have remembered these things if there hadn't been a wind. But unfortunately, it was a windy day. You know, the little girl thought she was being clever and spun all the bells, but little did she know that her cleverness backfired, allowing Li Youran to discover its existence.
The hot pot broth you made that day wasn't quite right, and you were planning to change it again. But then, for some reason, you remembered it. So you wrote down a hot pot recipe on a piece of paper, pretending it was a real hot pot recipe, and shared it with Bai Suzhen.
"Would you like to dine in the main hall or in a private room, miss?"
Before You Ran could even step into the hot pot restaurant, a waiter came out to greet her as soon as she stood at the door. This familiar business model reminded Li Youran of the hot pot restaurant that had previously closed down, and she thought to herself that this person had really come prepared, not only stealing the hot pot broth recipe from her residence, but also imitating the business model of Qian perfectly.
"A private room."
"Miss, please come in."
The waiter walked backwards toward the hot pot restaurant, extending his hand to greet them warmly. After Li Youran led them into the restaurant, she gave instructions to the waiter waiting inside.
"Take this young lady to the top-tier Yajian restaurant."
Li Youran looked up at the hall and saw that the decoration was almost identical to that of the hot pot restaurant that had previously closed down, even imitating his appearance. The hot pot restaurant had invited two face-changing performers to put on a show.
Upon seeing this, the tourist couldn't help but twitch his lips, thinking to himself that the ancients were truly honest, even when copying, they didn't alter the original. Just as he was leisurely reminiscing, the waiter had already led them to the top-tier private room. Opening the door, the fitting room, neither too big nor too small, was exquisitely decorated, and perhaps to dissipate the smell of hot pot, the window was wide open.
"Bring out all your signature dishes, and make a half-and-half hot pot with both clear broth and spicy broth."
Unaware of the situation, You Ran ordered her food while the waiter asked her. Seeing this, the waiter, knowing that the now-unruly You Ran was knowledgeable, stopped talking and hurriedly left.
The food was served incredibly quickly, steaming hot in no time. The hot pot broth was still bubbling away. You Ran thought to himself that the reason he originally prepared the entire broth before serving was because he was afraid someone would see through it. However, this had a major drawback: handling such scalding hot food was dangerous, and accidentally spilling it on a customer would ruin his reputation. He had considered improving it, but couldn't, and the shop went out of business. He never expected this shop imitating him would copy his methods so blatantly. Li You Ran shook his head and smiled bitterly to himself, thinking that the shop owner was a complete idiot. If he were smart, he wouldn't have copied so blindly.
"Miss, your dishes are all ready. Please let me know if you need anything. I'll be waiting outside."
The waiter then left, leaving Li Youran and her servant behind.
"There are no outsiders here, so please sit down and eat with me."
Upon hearing Li Youran's instruction, Xiao Hong sat down. Speaking of which, Youran always had Xiao Hong eat with her when no one else was around. In her mind, Youran considered Xiao Hong her sister; she felt bad having Xiao Hong stand and watch while she ate, and besides, eating alone was too boring. So she simply had Xiao Hong accompany her. Since it was just the two of them, mistress and servant, and no one else would know, she didn't care about such formalities.
"The princess and her group have gone too far. Not only did they steal our hot pot base, but they also imitated the decoration and business model of our hot pot restaurant. Even the decoration here is exactly the same as the previous hot pot restaurant."
Xiao Hong was seething with anger. After sitting down, she couldn't help but grumble. Li Youran didn't respond to Xiao Hong's words. Instead, he picked up a piece of tripe with his chopsticks and started swishing it around in the pot. After the tripe was cooked, he placed it on Xiao Hong's plate and said to her with a kind expression.
"Let's quickly try their hot pot and see if it tastes exactly the same as ours!"
As a servant, Xiao Hong was flattered and overwhelmed by the organization's attack. Coupled with Li Youran's aunt-like smile, Xiao Hong was as if she had been bewitched and ate a whole bowl of tripe in a daze.
"How is it? How does it taste?"
It wasn't until he heard your gentle, aunt-like voice that Xiao Hong came to his senses. Good heavens, he actually thought the food here was delicious.
"Princess..."
Xiao Hong stammered to Li Youran, "Oh my god, he's so shameless! He actually wanted to praise the other person's taste as top-notch!" Xiao Hong not only felt extremely embarrassed, but also felt like she had been betrayed.
"Their food is excellent, even better than the hot pot restaurants we've been to before."
Xiao Hong closed her eyes and said to Li Youran at lightning speed, "Fine, betrayal is betrayal, but we still have to tell the truth."
Hearing Xiao Hong's words, Li Youran nodded. Just as he expected, adding an ingredient could improve the flavor of the hot pot.
"You've ordered so much food, but I'm not hungry. You should eat more, or it will be a waste."
As Li Youran spoke, she busied herself preparing the food. Cai Xiaohong didn't dare let Li Youran not cook for her, so she hurriedly dumped the remaining meat in all at once.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Hong picked up the last piece of meat and put it in her mouth, revealing a meaningful yet distant expression.
"Have you eaten yet? If you have, let's get back to you as soon as possible. We still have a lot to do."
"Reason?" Renyi's father said to Xiaohong in a worried tone. "Xiaohong, I didn't notice that something was wrong with you while we were enjoying the delicious hot pot." He wiped his mouth, got up, and followed Xiaohong out.
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