CFSMS -Chapter 115 Your First, Second, and Third Shills Have Logged In

“Jianbing for sale! Delicious jianbing for sale!”

Perched on a tree branch at the entrance of Little Sea Village, Firefire hopped about with an amplification stone balanced above its head, broadcasting Lou Xiaotian’s energetic cries far and wide.

Using an amplification stone to attract customers.

This was the first time Boss Lu’s food had ever been rejected. So after an entire night of brainstorming, the group of tool-men had come up with this terrible idea.

“Will this really work?”

Watching the villagers wake up and glare angrily in their direction, Qin Zhan desperately wanted to cover his face and run away.

“Of course it will. If we shout enough times, they’ll definitely come.”

Lou Xiaotian thumped his chest confidently.

He refused to believe there was anyone in this world capable of resisting food this good.

As for the person involved, Lu Wu thought:

Don’t ask me. I’m busy digging out my dream mansion.

With her back turned to the village, Lu Wu could feel the burning gazes fixed upon her. She did her best to ignore them and began making jianbing in the darkness.

Today, a customer had actually shown up.

A new face. But as long as someone was a customer, Lu Wu would serve them with one hundred percent of her skill.

Using a scraper, she spread the batter evenly across the hot griddle. This customer didn’t like scallions but loved sesame seeds.

“Add an extra egg.”

The customer was a middle-aged man with completely forgettable features—the sort of person who looked like an ordinary background extra.

“I’ll try one of each kind.”

Having sold three jianbing in one go, Lu Wu was instantly motivated.

She brushed on the sauces, added all the fillings, folded the jianbing in half twice, and handed them over.

The customer took an experimental bite.

At first, his face showed complete indifference.

Then his expression changed.

He stared at the jianbing in disbelief, took another bite, and his eyes widened dramatically.

The reaction was exaggerated to the extreme.

Today’s sauces were garlic sauce and sweet bean sauce.

For people who preferred stronger flavors, the garlic sauce carried a slight spicy kick that packed considerable impact.

The rich garlic aroma rushed forward, its sharp fragrance dominating the entire flavor profile of the jianbing. It wasn’t as stimulating as chili peppers, but it asserted itself with an undeniable force.

After careful tasting, a trace of sweetness lingered in the aftertaste.

Richly fragrant, pleasantly chewy and crisp.

One bite filled the mouth with garlic flavor.

The customer devoured the jianbing in huge bites. He quickly finished the garlic pork tenderloin jianbing and immediately picked up the spicy-strip jianbing.

This time, the sauce was sweet bean sauce.

The sweet bean sauce Lu Wu made herself was exceptionally smooth and mellow.

The brown sauce clung to the pancake’s surface. Made from soybeans, it carried a slight grainy texture, and its thick consistency wrapped around the fillings perfectly.

Even eating the lettuce by itself wouldn’t make it taste bland.

For the people of the Qingyuan World, this combination of savory and sweet flavors was an entirely novel experience.

Not only the customer—even Qin Zhan and Lou Xiaotian, who had accompanied Lu Wu today, found themselves unable to resist such delicious food.

Every day spent following Boss Lu brought new culinary surprises.

Watching the customer finish several jianbing in large mouthfuls, Lu Wu was already wondering how she should respond when he inevitably praised her.

Instead, after finishing, the man rubbed his stomach and walked away without even looking back.

A gust of wind swept through.

Looking at the now-empty stall once more, Lu Wu opened her mouth, beginning to wonder whether she had done something wrong with her jianbing.

“By the way, don’t you need to prepare or anything?”

Trying to pull Boss Lu out of her disappointment, Lou Xiaotian nudged Qin Zhan.

Today was the first day of the Grand Tournament of Heavenly Geniuses. As one of the top contenders, Qin Zhan was still here competing with him for a single jianbing, showing absolutely no nervousness.

“Prepare?”

“Prepare what?”

“Can’t I just casually beat everyone?”

Three questions in a row.

Qin Zhan looked utterly unconcerned, every word dripping with the arrogance of a true genius.

Yet he had every right to be arrogant.

Although he could only serve as Tool-Man Number One around Lu Wu, among people his own age, he was leagues ahead of everyone else.

The young geniuses gathered in Abyss Sea City all regarded Qin Zhan as their greatest opponent.

As far as Qin Zhan was concerned, however, this tournament was already in the bag.

“Careful not to get upset by an underdog.”

Lou Xiaotian’s tone was sour.

His talent wasn’t bad either, but compared to monsters like Qin Zhan, he still fell a little short.

It was all his father’s fault for not giving birth to him with peerless aptitude.

“Oh? Another customer’s coming.”

Qin Zhan pointed toward the road.

Another unfamiliar customer approached, studying the stall with curious eyes.

“So you’re selling jianbing, huh? Let me… ahem… give me five to try.”

The customer kept a stiff expression on his face, but Lu Wu felt he was acting rather unnaturally.

Not dwelling on it, she quickly prepared the jianbing.

The moment the hot jianbing reached his hands, the customer eagerly took a bite.

“This sweet bean sauce is really good.”

He nodded repeatedly as he ate, his blissful expression entirely genuine.

Lu Wu, however, became suspicious.

The sweet bean sauce was something she had invented herself. It didn’t exist anywhere else in the Qingyuan World.

How did this customer know about it?

Perhaps her scrutiny was too obvious.

The customer’s hand froze midway to his mouth.

Awkwardly, he looked away.

Choosing avoidance as his strategy.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

It was as though countless invisible arrows had suddenly pierced him from the shadows.

Cold sweat broke out across his body.

Not daring to linger any longer, he hurriedly fled.

The retreating figure practically screamed running away in panic.

Meanwhile, in a concealed corner not far from the stall, three men were gathered together.

The first customer was currently squatting in the corner, staring resentfully at Customer Number Two.

Number Two wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still shaken.

“I almost got exposed.”

After years of working as a shill, this was the first time he had been so unprofessional.

He couldn’t help it.

The jianbing was simply too delicious.

They had been hired to create some popularity for Boss Lu’s stall. Their employer had specifically instructed them not to let Boss Lu discover they were shills.

As long as the boss paid, Customer Number One had originally thought:

Even if the food were a pile of shi—

Well, maybe not that.

Let’s start over.

No matter how awful the food was, he would still praise it with utmost professionalism.

But he never expected Boss Lu’s jianbing to be not merely edible, but unimaginably delicious.

Three portions weren’t nearly enough.

He had originally planned to tell his companions that the jianbing tasted worse than manure, claiming the burden was too great and that he would bravely suffer alone.

Unfortunately, when he returned, he failed to hide his expression.

Customer Number Two noticed something was wrong and practically interrogated the truth out of him.

Staring at the remaining jianbing in Number Two’s hands, Number One secretly edged closer.

“Sell me two… no, one is enough. I’ll pay for it. Double the price, okay?”

The regret in his heart was immeasurable.

If only he’d bought more earlier.

“Heh.”

Number Two sneered and gave him a look that said everything.

Then he turned his back on Number One and continued wolfing down his jianbing in the corner.

“Is it really that good?”

Customer Number Three sniffed the aroma drifting over.

“Brother, we’ve known each other for years. You don’t need to put on an act in front of me.”

Clearly, he didn’t believe it.

“How about I go this time? I’ll just change my appearance. No way they’ll recognize me.”

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Number One immediately sprang to Number Three’s side and began fawning over him.