The bicycle continued along the corridor for a while, and a row of snack stalls gathered along the street came into view.

A huge parasol was set up in front of the door, under which wooden tables and chairs were placed, and various fragrances wafted in with the wind from the corridor.

Tian Xiwei twitched her nose and gently poked Cheng Che's waist twice with her fingers.

"Stop the car, stop the car! It's time for lunch!"

Cheng Che gripped the brakes and slowly brought the car to a stop.

Tian Xiwei quickly got out of the back seat, straightened her hat brim, and pulled her baseball cap down even lower.

Cheng Che parked the car on the side of the road and followed Tian Xiwei forward.

She stopped in front of a stall selling roasted milk fan, put her hands behind her back, and slightly tiptoed.

The owner, an auntie wearing an apron, was using a pair of long chopsticks to turn the milk fan (a type of cheese) over charcoal fire.

Under the heat of charcoal, the milk fan puffs up slightly with small, golden-brown bubbles. The owner then evenly brushes a layer of rose jam on it and rolls the milk fan into a cylindrical shape with chopsticks.

"Give me one." Cheng Che scanned the code and paid.

The owner glanced at the two of them, nodded, and didn't say anything more. After grilling the milk fan for the previous customer, he took out a new one and repeated the same action.

A few minutes later, she handed the roasted milk fan to Tian Xiwei.

Tian Xiwei took one, blew on it twice, and took a bite.

The milk fan melted in her mouth, the milky aroma mixed with rose jam. She squinted her eyes and let out a clear "Mmm—" of appreciation.

"Is it good?" Cheng Che asked.

Tian Xiwei didn't speak, but simply held the half-eaten milk fan in her hand to his mouth and blinked.

Cheng Che paused for a moment, then lowered his head and took a bite.

It has a rich milky flavor and is just the right amount of sweet.

"It's really good," he commented after chewing a couple of times.

"Just not bad?" Tian Xiwei pouted slightly, as if expressing dissatisfaction, her pink lips still stained with some white milk powder.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Che immediately became serious and said, "A delicacy."

"That's more like it."

Tian Xiwei chuckled, munching on the milk fan in her hand as she skipped and hopped on as she continued walking forward.

They bought a lot of things, such as Liangxia (a type of cold noodle), Shao Erkuai (a type of rice cake), Xizhou Baba (a type of rice cake)... Basically, Tian Xiwei would buy a portion of anything she saw to try.

She would eat more when she found something delicious, and less when she found something unpalatable or not to her liking. But without exception, she never finished anything. In the end, she would smack her lips and shove the food into Cheng Che's hand.

Twenty minutes had passed, and Cheng Che's hands were already too full to carry anymore.

He looked at Tian Xiwei, who was walking ahead and still full of enthusiasm, and thought to himself, "So this is what it feels like to go shopping with a girl!"

Aside from the fact that she carried far too many things and her attitude of treating him like a pig to be fed, there wasn't anything wrong with her.

As Tian Xiwei walked, she suddenly stopped.

Cheng Che knew that she had her eye on some new food stall again.

"We're already full, buying more would be a waste," he reminded them.

For your Uncle Zero, there's no reason why he wouldn't buy it, and he doesn't always pay for it; Tian Xiwei also pays out of her own volition.

But it's true, if we keep buying more, they probably won't be able to finish it all... We can't just leave this to Xiaotang and Sister Zhang to solve, can we?

"I'll buy the last one!" Tian Xiwei assured.

"Okay." Cheng Che nodded.

Buying another one is still within our means.

Once Tian Xiwei received permission, she immediately turned around, took two quick steps forward, and stopped steadily in front of a stall selling wolf tooth potatoes.

The oil in the fryer is steaming hot, and the golden potato strips are rolling around in the oil, forming a crispy crust on the surface. They sizzle as they are taken out to drain the oil.

The owner was holding a large iron basin, pouring in the fried potato strips, and then starting to add seasonings.

Everything was normal, except for one thing: this is Yunnan Province, and the ingredients for wolf tooth potatoes... contain a mysterious substance called "Zhe'ergen".

"Boss, a serving of wolf tooth potatoes, please!" Tian Xiwei said in a strong voice, "with extra houttuynia cordata."

Cheng Che's right eyelid twitched for no reason.

"Okay!"

The boss was really something else; he grabbed a spoon and scooped up a huge spoonful of houttuynia cordata and dumped it into the bowl.

The sheer quantity of food and the boldness of the movements caused Cheng Che's temples to throb twice.

The potatoes were ready. Tian Xiwei took the paper bowl, picked up a piece of potato with a bamboo skewer, blew on it, put it in her mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and nodded to herself.

Fried potatoes are definitely the best thing to eat.

She swallowed the potato in her mouth, looked up, and smiled at Cheng Che.

Cheng Che realized that a crisis was about to unfold.

"Cheng Che." Tian Xiwei's voice suddenly became very gentle.

Cheng Che instinctively leaned back.

"W-What are you doing?"

"Have you ever eaten houttuynia cordata before?" Tian Xiwei tilted her head and asked.

"No." Cheng Che shook his head.

The reputation of houttuynia cordata is well-known on the Internet, but he had never tasted it before.

Although he had never tried it, he was 100% certain that he wouldn't like it.

"In that case!" Tian Xiwei picked up a bamboo skewer with her right hand, precisely speared a piece of houttuynia cordata, and held it up in front of him. "Now try it!"

"I refuse." Cheng Che turned his face away.

"Try a bite." Tian Xiwei took a small step forward.

"don't want."

"Just one bite!" She took another small step forward.

"Not even a single bite." Cheng Che said firmly.

"Oh, Cheng Che~" Tian Xiwei began to whine, "Can't I even have a single bite?"

"...Not even half a bite." Cheng Che wavered slightly, but still firmly refused.

"Just one bite, please, Brother Cheng Che—" Tian Xiwei bit her lip, blinked her eyes, and looked both obedient and pitiful.

"??!!" Cheng Che's eyes widened suddenly.

Tian Xiwei unleashed her ultimate move, accurately hitting Cheng Che's vital point with outstanding results!

He resignedly opened his mouth, letting Tian Xiwei put the houttuynia cordata into his mouth and begin to chew.

A moment later, it was as if a mushroom cloud rose in Cheng Che's brain, and a taste he couldn't even describe exploded in his mouth.

Its power is so great that even the West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce that Teacher Yan made in Hangzhou back then is far from worthy of competing with it.

"How is it? How is it?" Tian Xiwei asked with a grin.

Cheng Che didn't answer her; his gaze simply became somewhat unfocused.

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