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This was a situation she had never encountered before since she started working at the Lin family's shop.

In the past, when the store launched new products, or when new customers saw the exorbitant prices on the menu for the first time, there were occasional complaints about the high prices.

Back then, the vast majority of people in the queue were regulars who came every day.

If anyone at the front of the line frowns, complains about the price, or mutters something, Su Xiaoxiao doesn't even need to say anything. The seasoned restaurant owners and local gourmands standing behind her will immediately explain on their behalf.

In the eyes of regular customers, everything in Boss Lin's shop is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and offers exceptional value for money.

If a new customer hesitates for even half a second, the person behind them will ruthlessly snatch that spot.

Those new customers who occasionally question the price either grit their teeth and buy a serving to try and are immediately won over, or they leave feeling embarrassed and awkward, never affecting the restaurant's food preparation rhythm.

But today, the situation has completely spiraled out of control.

Ye Wanxing's viral Weibo post last night, which garnered over 50 million views, had an incredibly powerful cross-platform effect.

It no longer attracts the well-mannered, high-end customers of Jiangcheng with spending power, but rather hundreds or thousands of young tourists and students who travel overnight by train or long-distance bus from surrounding cities, as well as food bloggers who come to explore the restaurants.

All these people could think about was "eating the same street food that big stars eat for twenty or thirty yuan."

What's worse is that the two or three hundred people at the front of the line today are all new faces who came just to follow the trend!

They outnumbered the crowd and were filled with righteous indignation.

Meanwhile, the truly knowledgeable and willing-to-pay regular customers were all squeezed to a street corner two hundred meters away by this surging crowd, unable to even touch the threshold of the door, and unable to stand up and speak for the shop as before.

The people in the front row huddled together, and, incited by the anchor Da Peng, vented all their anger in front of the window.

She glanced at Lin Fan standing beside her, then at the group of people blocking the road outside, taking photos and making a ruckus with their phones. Gritting her teeth, she shouted again towards the outside:

"Please make way, everyone! All items in our restaurant are clearly priced, and we never force you to buy anything! If you don't think it's worth it, you don't have to buy it. Please don't block the entrance and make way for those who want to buy!"

"What right do you have to give way?!"

Da Peng pointed his phone camera directly at Su Xiaoxiao and retorted with a cold laugh, "We were freezing in the snow for two hours, only to find we'd been ripped off by this shady establishment. Why should we give way to you?!"

"Unless you explain this outrageous pricing clearly today, nobody's going to be able to do business comfortably!"

The crowd erupted in a commotion, with shouts, curses, and the sound of cell phone cameras filling the air, completely blocking the shop's entrance.

Inside the Lin family shop, Lin Fan stood behind the food pick-up window.

His gaze passed through the windowpane, quietly observing the crowd outside that was completely blocked, and Da Peng, who was holding up a phone stand and smugly spouting off at the camera.

The people outside grew increasingly vocal, with some even pounding on the wooden doors of the lobby, demanding that the owner come out and apologize to the entire internet.

Su Xiaoxiao retreated to Lin Fan's side, somewhat at a loss, her voice filled with grievance and anxiety:

"Brother Lin...they've completely blocked the way, nobody's buying anything, and they're not letting anyone else in. What do we do?"

Lin Fan remained calm and composed.

He didn't even utter a single unnecessary argument.

He turned around, walked back to the stove, and slowly turned off the high-heat valves under the two large frying pans.

Next, he turned off the keep-warm switches at the bottom of the four large buckets of freshly ground soy milk one by one.

After doing all that, Lin Fan picked up the white towel draped over the knife rack and wiped his hands clean.

He walked to the bar, looked at Su Xiaoxiao, and said calmly, "Xiaoxiao, bring the blackboard outside in."

Su Xiaoxiao was taken aback: "Clear...clear the blackboard?"

"Bring it in," Lin Fan repeated.

Although Su Xiaoxiao was full of doubts, she immediately did as she was told, opening the door and moving the wooden frame and blackboard outside into the lobby.

When the crowd outside the gate saw that the blackboard had been taken down, they thought that the shop owner was about to give in to public pressure and change the price.

Da Peng excitedly shouted into the live stream, "Family members! Did you see that?! They've put the blackboard away! They're feeling guilty! They can't withstand the pressure and are preparing to lower the price!"

However, Da Peng hadn't finished shouting his words.

Lin Fan had already stepped to the main entrance.

Da Peng immediately moved the microphone closer and loudly demanded, "Boss! You've finally agreed to change the price? How much are you planning to lower it to as an apology to the entire internet?!"

Lin Fan looked at him calmly and said, "All the dishes in our restaurant are always clearly priced according to quality. We never change the price, nor do we force anyone to make a purchase."

Lin Fan calmly uttered the last few words: "I've said everything I needed to say."

To avoid crowds and congestion, our store will be closed today. We will announce the reopening date later.

Lin Fan finished speaking.

They didn't give anyone outside the door any time to react.

"Bang--!!"

Lin Fan slammed the two large doors shut!

Immediately afterwards, a heavy "click" came from inside the door as the iron lock snapped shut.

It completely shut out the noisy crowd, the glaring phone flashlights, and the freezing snow outside!

The door was closed tightly.

At 6:40 a.m., for the first time in its history, the entire Lin family shop announced that it would be completely closed for business!

The bustling street outside the door suddenly fell into a deathly silence the moment the wooden door slammed shut.

Da Peng's sneer froze completely. His hand holding the selfie stick hung in mid-air, and he stood frozen on the steps as if struck by lightning.

After a five-second pause, the live stream chat was completely flooded with question marks and exclamation marks:

"Holy crap?! It's closed?!"

"They just shut down?! They didn't make a single penny, and then they closed the doors?!"

"Is this boss really that stubborn?! He'd rather close down than lower the price?!"

The dozens of young tourists and people from other places at the front of the line were all dumbfounded.

They originally thought that by relying on their numbers and the influence of the live streamer, they could force the shop owner to admit their mistake and lower the price, so that they could finally enjoy this popular breakfast.

Who would have thought that this young boss wouldn't even bother to say a word of nonsense to them, and simply shut everyone out to starve!

"Open the door! Why are you closing it?!"

"We took the train here in the middle of the night and were frozen in the snow for hours. You just close the door like that?!"

"Give us back our time!!"