Chapter 73: Boiled Beef Slices

The next morning, after Xu Le had finished braiding his sister’s hair, Xu Tian said, “It’s crooked.”

“Ah,” Xu Le held her soft little face and looked left and right, saying, “It’s not crooked, it looks straight and so nice.”

Lu Yuxi came out of the bedroom with two dark circles under her eyes. When she saw Xu Tian’s hairstyle, she burst out laughing.

She stepped forward to help Xu Tian untie her hair and said, “Why didn’t you tell your brother that he had tied your hair too tightly? Even her eyes are raised higher. The child’s hair can’t be tied so high. Otherwise, she’ll become bald at a young age.”

“I won’t become bald!”

Xu Tian waved her little fists and retorted, “My dad is so handsome! My mom is also pretty. Look at my brother now. He’s definitely going to be good-looking in the future.”

Xu Le did not know whether to laugh or cry at the compliment. He could only nod and agree with her. “Yes, you have a point.”

Lu Yuxi rolled her eyes.

“I edited the film last night. Anyway, it’s the best I can do. Take a look first and see if there’s anything lacking before I change it.”

“Sure.”

Xu Le was pleasantly surprised by her efficiency. He clicked on the 1080P clip and saw the words “Boiled Beef Slices” flashing at the start of the video. It even had a cartoon-like animation as it slided across the screen.

Next was the video of the cooking tutorial. There were subtitles with white letters at the bottom and blue words would appear from time to time. Halfway through the video, Lu Yuxi’s voice suddenly interrupted.

Lu Yuxi explained, “When I edited the editing for the second time, I specially left my voice recording inside. I think it should be a joke and the audience will like it. If you don’t want that, I can remove it too.”

“It’s quite good, it’s like I have another supporting performer and what I say would have a response.”

After Xu Le finished watching, he was very satisfied with the quality of the video and said, “Then let’s upload it on the social media platform today.”

“Alright, you can change the title first.”

“How?”

“Add a bracket at the back of the title and type in the date and time of your livestream. For your first livestream, there will definitely be a lot of fans watching.”

“Okay.”

Half an hour after the video was uploaded, the number of likes had exceeded 100,000. Xu Le was busy with his store business and had no time to look at his phone.

It wasn’t until a streamer approached him to take a photo with him that he started to talk about the video. “Master Chef, you’re going to live-stream the day after tomorrow?”

“Yeah.”

Xu Le prepared a bowl of Mapo Tofu Rice and handed it to Lu Yuxi through the window.

“Number 1755, please come and get your meal.”

Hearing the familiar voice, the host immediately asked excitedly, “Is this young lady the one who recorded the video for you?” Xu Le didn’t answer because he didn’t know if Lu Yuxi was willing to appear in front of the camera, so he wanted to wait for her to make the decision.

“Oh my, you must be Little Bei, right? I’ve seen your video before. There was a episode where you went to eat stewed rice noodles and it left a deep impression on me.”

She made the first move and exclaimed with emotion from the bottom of her heart, completely confusing the host.

Naturally, Lu Yuxi’s looks were undeniably beautiful. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been selected as the school belle back then. She wore a simple white shirt paired with jeans. Her hair was tied into a bun, and she wore a custom-made apron from the eight-year-old cafeteria.

Under her fluffy French bangs, her eyes curved into crescents and her smile was charming. It immediately caused the live-stream to be in an uproar as everyone asked who she was.

Little Bei noticed that he had been diverted away from the question and directly turned the camera to Xu Le. He asked, “Then what tutorial are you planning next? Can you allow the viewers in the live-stream to give you some suggestions?” Xu Le nodded. The live-stream started to spam with comments. There were many suggesting Buddha jumps over the wall, Golden sauce abalone, lotus crisp, and other time-consuming dishes, which they might not be able to prepare at home.

Xu Le looked around and said, “Braised pork? Braised pork is good. I’ll teach you how to cook braised pork next time. Goodbye.”

He smiled as he hinted for the streamer to leave. The streamer knew that there were people waiting in line to eat, so he could only give up and bid farewell with a smile.

He was busy all the way until noon when it was past lunchtime.

There was finally some time to rest in the store. Lu Yuxi was lying on the table, so tired that she didn’t want to talk. When she saw Xu Le, who was sitting upright, she asked in surprise, “Why do you seem like a little superman who’s never tired? Oh right, did you see the most popular comment under the video? It has already exceeded 500,000 likes. It will be trending on TikTok soon.”

Xu Le opened the comments section.

“Hahahaha, I’d rather die than eat it. It smells so good!”

“Sister Zhenxiang’s voice is so nice.”

“If I’m guilty, the law will punish me, instead of letting me watch this video at two in the morning.”

“It smells so good! Hurry up and feed it into my mouth!”

“I’m so hungry that I’m almost drooling. I’m opening the delivery app and placing my order at the fastest speed.”

“I’ll teach everyone a simple tutorial. Save the videos, then call me ‘Mum’.”

“I really want to pay a visit to the little Master Chef’s store.”

“The tutorial is already out. Will the restaurant serve this dish?”

“Thank you. I’ve already finished two bowls of rice while watching the video.” The trending comments were filled with people who were drooling and eager to try. The video’s effect was surprisingly good. There weren’t many fancy special effects, and the focus was on the cooking of boiled beef.

The response to the first tutorial was not bad. Xu Le was filled with a great sense of satisfaction. The popularity of the video continued until he went to Li Jiaqi’s live-stream.

The number of likes had already exceeded 1 million.

The broadcast started at 8 pm, and he only arrived at 7 pm. As he was going to stay for only a short period of time, there wasn’t much procedures to go through. Zhang Heng had received 100,000 orders, and just the delivery alone would take three months.

After all, it was a dish that had been served on Taste of China before. At that time, when they heard the praises from the judges and the other people in the industry through the screen, it made the audience extremely curious about the taste of the imitation crabs. Just how similar was it to crab meat? How could it be so miraculous?

Li Jiaqi lived up to his reputation of being a human trumpet. Xu Le, who was sitting next to him, felt his ears buzzing as he listened to Li Jiaqi introduce the products.

“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is the famous imitation crab on variety shows. It was created by a little chef who is only eight years old. Now it is jointly produced with Giant Crab, so you can also place an order through link number 3 and eat very fresh imitation crab!”

“Everyone, this has already been heated up. You can simply serve it after placing it in the microwave for two minutes. I shall have a taste now and describe its taste.”

“My… Heavens!”

Li Jiaqi almost couldn’t help but curse out loud once he took a bite, “How did you make it? I can guarantee that there are no additives on the ingredient list. It’s all made by Giant Crab then urgently dispatched to us. It tastes so much like crabs! I wouldn’t have known if you didn’t tell me that it’s actually eggs..”