Chapter 67: An Unprecedented Livestream

Chapter 67: Chapter 67: An Unprecedented Livestream

"Wait a minute... look what I found! A sub-female’s live stream. What’s that on the table in front of her? It looks so delicious!"

"Streamer, how do I place an order? My mouth is watering just looking at it. I want to buy some!"

"I want to buy some too! What kind of dish is that? I’ve never seen it before. If it’s something females will eat, I have to buy it and try it."

The flood of bullet comments and the ever-increasing viewer count made Feng Si’s dark eyes gleam.

The paid shills she’d had Yang Wen hire last night were now online.

It was the beginning of the cold season. Heavy snow was falling outside and the temperature had plummeted. Aside from a few Beastmen who could move about freely, most were idle at home, hunkering down for the winter.

When the notice went out in various cities—an urgent recruitment in some group chat for people to post flattering comments on a live stream—countless people signed up. They could earn twenty coins for just one hour of work. If the recruitment for Beastmen had lasted longer than a single afternoon, the number of online viewers would have been even higher.

The bullet comments would have been more numerous, and the stream even more explosive.

’But this is just too fake.’

’I haven’t even started talking or cooking yet, and everyone is already singing my praises...’

’I heard it was twenty coins per person. All that money, spent on this.’

Seeing the solid wall of praise in the bullet comments, Feng Si quickly put on a professional smile. Her warm voice rang out, "Hello everyone, and welcome to the Si Shi live stream. I’m your host, the sub-female Xiao Si. Today, I’ll be making a dish for you all: stir-fried pickled cabbage with minced meat."

As she spoke, she reached out, took a white porcelain plate, opened the lid of a pickled cabbage container, and poured the contents onto the plate. She then took a towel and wiped the splattered juice from the edge of the plate.

In the center of the white porcelain plate sat a whole head of pickled cabbage. The dark green leaves contrasted with the pale yellow stalk, and submerged in its brine, it looked unexpectedly clean.

The title had to be bold enough to catch the Beastmen’s attention, which was the only way to attract real, organic customers. Seven o’clock was also dinnertime for many Beastmen.

Combined with the traffic from one hundred thousand concurrent viewers, the live stream, titled [The Food All Females Crave], instantly attracted a large wave of real people. They saw the solid wall of praise and the small, holographic sub-female on the light screen, dressed entirely in white.

"What did I miss? What’s going on here?"

"Cooking? You’re a sub-female who’s probably never even eaten anything good, and you dare claim you can make food that females love?"

"I wouldn’t even eat rotten vegetables like that, soaked for god knows how long. And you say females love it? Be careful spreading rumors. If a female sees this, you’re finished."

"A sub-female cooking? I’m outta here. What a boring stream."

"What is that nasty, yellowish, rotten-looking vegetable? No beast would eat that."

"Have the male beasts gotten too weak to fight? Or have they all died off? In the Pan Tian City District’s Beast Fighting Arena, there’s a life-or-death duel being held for a female right now. Who would watch this sub-female cook instead?"

By now, Feng Si was no longer paying attention to the bullet comments. She began to cook in earnest.

Feng Si took out a piece of meat, washed it in the nearby sink, and placed it on a round wooden cutting board. First, she sliced it, then, holding a thick Bone Knife in her right hand, she patiently minced the meat until it was fine and sticky before placing it on a white porcelain plate.

"This is ordinary pork. I’ve selected a piece of pork belly from near the ribs, nicely marbled with fat and lean meat. After mincing it, I’ll set it aside. Now, let’s prepare the main ingredient for this dish."

"Pickled cabbage, a unique specialty of Nantong City. Take it out, give it a quick rinse with water, then squeeze out the excess moisture and chop it up. Next, we’ll heat the wok and add a spoonful of this rendered pork fat. Add two cloves of garlic, then stir-fry the minced meat until fragrant. After that, add the pickled cabbage and toss everything together. There’s no need for salt, as the pickled cabbage is already salty. The flavor is a mix of sour and savory, with the rich aroma of the meat complemented by a hint of wild vegetable. It’s an incredibly unique, novel, and delicious taste."

On this silent, snowy night, the sub-female on the light screen kept her head lowered. Only her long, curled eyelashes were visible as she stood in the clean, warm room, meticulously explaining each step of the recipe.

Her movements were practiced, clean, and elegant. As she stir-fried what the audience had called a "rotten-leaf vegetable," the virtual steam rising from the wok seemed to carry a genuinely mouth-watering aroma.

The dense wall of bullet comments suddenly went blank for a moment. Countless Beastmen, in the middle of their own dinners, looked down at their pots of boiled meat and found themselves desperately wanting to eat the sub-female’s stir-fried pickled cabbage with minced meat.

Feng Si dished out the cooked stir-fried pickled cabbage with minced meat and walked over to the room’s floor-to-ceiling window. Outside, on a patch of green grass, a floral-patterned tablecloth was spread out, on which sat portions of the region’s common boiled meat and roasted meat.

A small orange kitten with bright eyes playfully dodged as the sub-female approached, then flopped onto its back, revealing a plump belly. Its eyes were glued to the plate of food in her hands, and a trickle of drool inevitably escaped the corner of its mouth.

A lamp was mounted on the wall behind a tree, casting a light that created the feeling of dining in the shade during the dry season. This contrasted with the real snowflakes that occasionally drifted into the frame, illuminated by the light.

Feng Si served the little cat a portion of the boiled and roasted meat, then spooned some of the minced pickled cabbage on top. She said softly,

"This is one of Si Shi’s signature products. It sells for 1,500 coins a jar and was completely sold out on its first day of release. Your host was only able to snag six jars because someone in my family is a manager at Si Shi."

The kitten buried its face in the food, eating so ravenously that its whiskers became sticky with broth. Feng Si sat to one side, holding the pickled cabbage jar with the ’Si Shi’ logo facing the camera. With a sweet smile, she finally began her introduction.

In the sweltering dry season, people miss the cold season, wrapped in blankets by the fire. But in the cold season, people find themselves longing for the lush green forests where they can run freely.

Feng Si had grasped this psychology, effortlessly creating a memory of the dry season on a snowy day in the cold season.

Add in an irresistibly cute cub, two dishes familiar to everyone’s dinner table, and mix in a new food that no one had ever seen or tasted before.

This simple marketing tactic instantly captivated the Beastmen, whose minds were preoccupied with little else besides females and cubs.

She didn’t just start by dryly reading a script about the product, nor did she just hold it up to the camera. This sub-female was actually cooking with it?

’With skills like that, why isn’t she opening a restaurant? She’s just showing it all off to the entire network!’

The one-hour time slot was limited, and soon Feng Si ended the stream. But for the Beastmen viewers who had just been taken on a culinary journey, their hearts could not be calmed.

"Watching her cook, I unconsciously ate an extra piece of meat. I’m stuffed! But why am I still drooling, wanting another bite of that minced meat with pickled cabbage!"

"Sub-female, don’t go! Put that pickled cabbage in the store first! The craving is killing me!"

"I’ve learned the recipe! All I’m missing is a jar of pickled cabbage! Tell me, how! Do! I! Buy! It!"

"Gods, where does this sub-female live? I live in Pantian City, I’m a 1.95-meter-tall male beast from the Snow Leopard Clan, and I’m officially seeking a mate online! As long as you make me this stir-fried pickled cabbage with minced meat every day!"