The bright moon hung high in the sky.
The nighttime in Liyue Harbor was as bustling as ever.
Worthy of being a port of commerce.
Especially the Chihu Rock street!
It could be called the best place for the people of Liyue to spend their evenings.
“Zhongyuan Chop Suey~~ Delicious and inexpensive, would you like a hot bowl of Zhongyuan Chop Suey, dear customer?”
“Roasted pigeon~ Roasted pigeon~ Freshly roasted from the oven, drizzled with our secret sauce, it’ll leave you with endless aftertastes and keep you awake tonight~”
“Pounded Beef Meatballs! Paired with our fragrant beef soup, hey~ That’s as authentic as it gets!”
If you walked down the streets of Chihu Rock, you would definitely stop for these mouthwatering aromas.
Even if you ate dinner until you were full, you would still be tempted to grab some more late-night snacks at the stalls.
Those restaurants that hadn’t closed yet were an even bigger test!
If you couldn’t pass this test, staying in Liyue Harbor for a week would likely see your weight skyrocket…
“Xiangling! No slacking off, there are a lot of people right now, so perk up.”
“Ah~~ QAQ, I just want to lean back and rest for a bit.”
“Hey, is my ‘Boiled Black-Back Bass’ ready yet? Chef Xiangling, I’m waiting to eat it!!”
Wanmin Restaurant was even more bustling, with tables and stools set up even at the entrance.
It was completely packed.
…
Chihu Rock.
The most obscure corner of the street!
A very inconspicuous restaurant; compared to other restaurants, its business was extremely dismal.
No customers.
Written on the restaurant’s signboard was:
“Lin’s Chinese Cuisine”
The restaurant wasn’t very large, but it wasn’t small either, about twenty or thirty square meters, enough to accommodate two or three tables.
The stove faced the street, and next to it were some seasonings that Liyue had never seen before.
And the packaging of these seasonings was incredibly novel…
Jinlonglong Rapeseed Oil, Haixiang Soy Sauce, Pipi Doubanjiang, Tao Xiaohua’s Old Godfather…
For this world, they could be described as bizarre!
The reason there were no customers.
First, the shop had just opened tonight; to be precise, it appeared quite suddenly.
Second, there was only one dish on the menu signboard right now!
To be exact, it wasn’t even a dish!
It was just a mundane fried rice…
[Lin’s Chinese Cuisine]
[Scallion Oil Fried Rice (600 Mora)]
The price was very affordable!!!
Unfortunately, in a place like Chihu Rock, it really wasn’t stunning enough.
Under the menu signboard, a handsome young man was casually lying on a recliner, wearing a black chef’s hat.
The red and black brocade was authentically Chinese chef attire, somewhat different from Liyue’s chef outfits.
The young man’s name was Lin Xiao.
It had been half a day since he crossed over to the continent of Teyvat…
He had finally arrived in the world of Genshin Impact.
He originally thought he would get a Vision at the start, or some overpowered combat system.
He didn’t expect to get a small restaurant…
And it was opened right here in Chihu Rock!
It could be called hell-level difficulty.
Although Lin Xiao was a culinary student, he had just enrolled not long before he crossed over, and all he knew was theoretical knowledge.
As a newcomer, how could he compare with the big shots of Li and Yue cuisines??
Fortunately!
Just now, he had activated the [Chinese Culinary God System].
At the start, it not only elevated his [Knife Skills], [Sense of Taste], and [Sense of Smell] to the extreme.
It also rewarded him with the mastery of “Scallion Oil Fried Rice”…
“Sigh~”
“My great China has a dazzling array of cuisines, and you just gave me Scallion Oil Fried Rice?”
“You’re really something!!”
But he had to admit, this system was magical.
Not only could it provide ingredients from China, but it also allowed him to master the dish to the extreme in a single second.
Even the exact amount of oil and salt to add, and the marination time for ingredients, he could do without missing a single gram or second!
According to the system, as long as the customers’ favorable review rate reached a certain threshold, the next recipe would be unlocked.
But…
The location of his shop was very poor, and most of the customers who could walk this far were already full of wine and food.
Even if they came over out of curiosity, there was only one plain fried rice on the menu…
“How should I describe it, you’re the most fitting~”
Lin Xiao closed his eyes and rested, waiting for customers.
In fact, he could have completely prepared the fried rice in advance and used the aroma to attract customers.
But he didn’t want to do that.
After understanding Scallion Oil Fried Rice to the extreme, Lin Xiao knew well that how early or late the fried rice came out of the pan would affect the texture of the rice grains!
Gold will always shine.
He could definitely make a Scallion Oil Fried Rice that would leave all customers with endless aftertastes!
…
One o’clock in the morning.
The stalls at Chihu Rock began to pack up one after another, and the street gradually returned to silence.
When the stall owners who were packing up saw this Lin’s Chinese Cuisine, they were all somewhat surprised.
“Chinese Cuisine?? When did this shop open?”
“I don’t know, it feels like it suddenly appeared today, but I don’t feel anything strange about it. Instead, I feel like this shop should have been here all along.”
“But… why does this Chinese cuisine only have one fried rice?”
“Hahaha~ Who knows, maybe he really thought any restaurant could come to Liyue to make money.”
Before long…
The entire street was silent, only Lin Xiao’s shop still had its lanterns lit, casting candlelight inside.
Looking at the firewood that was almost burnt out, he shook his head helplessly.
He happened to be hungry too, so he decided to simply fry a bowl of rice for himself to eat.
Opening the [Super Refrigerator] provided by the system, he took out a bowl of well-preserved leftover rice.
This fried rice had to be made with leftover rice!
First, it improved the texture, and second, it ensured that the grains would remain distinct after absorbing the oil.
He took out scallions, ginger, garlic, and bay leaves, then closed the refrigerator door.
This [Super Refrigerator] would provide Lin Xiao with fresh ingredients from China at any time.
As long as he thought of the ingredients needed for a recipe, they would inexplicably appear in the refrigerator.
He stoked the stove to make the fire burn more vigorously.
He set the iron wok in place!
Heating the wok!
He scooped a spoonful of oil and drizzled it into the pan.
Cold oil, in went the ginger, garlic, onion, and bay leaves!
Scallion Oil Fried Rice, the word “Oil” in it was absolutely crucial.
It wasn’t simply frying rice with scallions.
The oil had to be infused with aroma before the rice could absorb the fragrant oil.
Frying the seasonings until they were dry, he scooped them out!
Just the smell of the oil alone was exceptionally fragrant!
After all, the ingredients and cooking techniques were top-notch!!
In went the cold rice~~
Sizzle~
Cooking wine was poured around the edges, and flames shot up into the sky!!
Lin Xiao’s handsome wok-tossing was very dashing.
That muscle memory seemed as if he was born with it.
…
At that moment.
A cute and endearingly silly girl was walking on the streets of Chihu Rock.
Every time she passed by Chihu Rock, it was a form of torture for Ganyu…
Even though the restaurants were closed and the stalls were packed up by now, there were still various lingering aromas of food and snacks.
But to maintain her figure, Ganyu, who possessed the bloodline of an illuminated beast, didn’t dare to eat much.
Because she had an extremely prone-to-weight-gain constitution, to an exaggerated degree!
Once she couldn’t control her little mouth, it was very likely she would turn into a ball again.
Her title “Rolling Down the Mountain True Lord” came precisely from this.
And the “Choking the Demon God to Death True Lord” title that she herself didn’t even want to remember…
Just as she was about to reach the end of Chihu Rock, Ganyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She had long been accustomed to enduring this, and over the millennia, her defenses had never been breached.
But…
She never expected!!
At the end of this Chihu Rock street, there was still an unexpected ambusher!!