51: You guys made me a big one?!

These people's original intention was just to eat stinky tofu; ultimately, they were his Regular Customers.

So, facing their persistence, the helplessness on Lu Chuan's face was clearly visible.

Fortunately, Baba Le came over at this time. After understanding the situation, he helped persuade them with a few words.

After much coaxing, he finally appeased these people.

Seeing that the 'forced abdication' was going nowhere, Ji Xiangxiang no longer played deaf and dumb. She waved at Lu Chuan with a playful smile and left with her friends.

Lu Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, unable to stop himself from picking up a tissue to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

To be honest, he would rather be busy in the kitchen all day than face these pitiful Regular Customers.

Was it that he didn't want to go back to selling stinky tofu?

It was clearly the system not allowing it.

But he couldn't explain this to the Regular Customers, otherwise, wouldn't he be taken for a lunatic?

It was like a mute eating bitter melon—he had suffering but couldn't express it.

"Pfft!"

Baba Le saw Lu Chuan's bitter face and couldn't help but laugh, but after laughing, he still patted Lu Chuan's shoulder understandingly and comforted him:

"Little Boss, your noble ideal will eventually be understood by your Regular Customers. By then, no one will pester you like they did today. Keep it up!"

Huh?

What noble ideal?

Was he talking about himself?

Lu Chuan was stunned for a moment, his mind momentarily crashing, but then he realized that Baba Le was referring to what he had said last night.

He remembered that at the time, to cover up the truth, he had blurted out a long string of words, including phrases like "life goal," "sharing delicious food with more people," and "the motivation to keep setting up a stall."

But these words were originally said to fend off the Regular Customers' pleas for him to stay!

What did they have to do with a noble ideal?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Chuan looked at Baba Le's sincere face, and his own face immediately showed a hint of embarrassment.

Just as he was about to explain, Baba Le stopped him with a hand.

"Little Boss, you don't need to say anything! I understand, I understand completely! Having you is a blessing for us Regular Customers! We will definitely understand and support you!"

Baba Le continued to speak to himself, finally clenching his fist and reiterating that he would firmly support Lu Chuan's street vending career.

"Thank... thank you."

Lu Chuan opened his mouth, but was at a loss for words, finally just nodding with a forced smile to express his thanks.

Time flew by, and it was already 9:20.

Looking at the empty freezer, Lu Chuan could only helplessly say to the newly arrived Regular Customers:

"I'm sorry, everyone, all the snacks are sold out. My apologies!"

As soon as he said this, the faces of those few Regular Customers who had rushed over immediately turned pale, their lips trembling, and their hearts filled with regret.

But seeing that Lu Chuan had even opened the freezer to let them see, it was clear that everything was truly sold out.

They could only leave dejectedly, secretly vowing never to work overtime again and to rush over to queue as soon as their shift ended tomorrow!

"Your business is really good! It's already this late, and people are still specially coming over."

Xia Xingyu, who was rehearsing lines with Baba Le nearby, turned and chuckled.

Lu Chuan didn't know how to respond, so he just gave a dry laugh and started to change the subject.

"Uncle, how is the filming of your interview video coming along?"

Xia Xingyu looked at Xiao Hu, who was fiddling with the camera nearby, and then at Baba Le, who was helping to refine the script, and nodded with a smile.

"With Baba Le and Xiao Hu helping, this interview of me should be no problem, but in my vision, whether the video goes viral still depends on you!"

"Me?"

Lu Chuan pointed to himself in surprise.

"That's right!"

Baba Le, who was nearby, leaned over, his face full of excitement, and took over the conversation.

"The Yinhua Amusement Park, which had been abandoned for several years, suddenly reopened after renovation. The amusement park owner, who had been decadent and given up on himself, has now cheered up again. This in itself is a very eye-catching event, and I believe many people will be curious about the reasons behind it."

"But various strange and interesting stories appear on the internet every day. If there isn't effective guidance, this interview video that Brother Yu and I plan to film probably won't make much of a splash."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan's expression became quite remarkable. He looked back at the small cart, vaguely realizing something.

Baba Le and Xia Xingyu exchanged a smile and continued:

"So we plan to edit in the words you said in front of the camera yesterday, Little Boss. You said your life goal is to share delicious food with more people, which is why you chose the method of randomly setting up a stall every week..."

Baba Le paused here, then suddenly made a gesture that surprised Lu Chuan.

He crossed his arms, tilted his head slightly upwards, and slowly closed his eyes, as if a believer receiving a baptism of holy light, his face filled with reverence and adoration.

This posture lasted for a full three seconds before Baba Le opened his eyes, his hands beginning to wave and gesticulate in the air, his expression becoming extremely excited.

"What a noble brilliance of humanity! And it is precisely this brilliance of humanity that has forcefully pulled back a soul that had fallen into the abyss and willingly degenerated! What a moving and positive event this is!"

Seeing Baba Le's actions and hearing his words, Lu Chuan's smile instantly froze, then his toes curled so hard in embarrassment that he almost dug a three-bedroom apartment into the ground.

No, it was already too much to say he had some noble ideal!

Now what was this 'brilliance of humanity' nonsense?

He was just a pitiful wretch manipulated and threatened by the system, who wanted to set up a stall to earn some living expenses. Where did this talk of noble ideals and the brilliance of humanity come from?

And Baba Le, it's one thing for you to misinterpret it yourself, but why do you have to maliciously edit it and let the innocent netizens also be poisoned by your ideology?

"No, you can't..."

He reached out, trying to make Baba Le abandon this terrible idea.

However, Xia Xingyu had already grabbed his outstretched hand, a grateful expression on his face.

"Little Boss, I'm not good with words, but my gratitude to you is not diminished in the slightest."

"Although my essential goal is to use this interview video to further promote Yinhua Amusement Park, Baba Le and I also sincerely want to help you achieve your life goal!"

Lu Chuan's scalp tingled. He quickly pulled his hand back, just about to speak again.

At this moment, Baba Le also pounced over, grabbing Lu Chuan's shoulder, so excited that his spit flew.

"Little Boss, you are a kind-hearted person. I believe you definitely can't bear to see Brother Yu continue to be decadent! And please believe me, I will make the video incredibly exciting and fully portray your glorious image! By then, more new Regular Customers will come admiringly!"

Lu Chuan bitterly wanted to slap himself. He must have taken fake medicine last night to say those words in front of the camera.

At this moment, the system also came to join in the fun.

[Detected that Regular Customers are spontaneously helping the host with promotional work. This behavior will be quite beneficial for future street vending missions. Please do not refuse, host, otherwise, a penalty mechanism will be triggered, and the repayment period for 20,000 appetite coins will be halved.]

Hearing the system's words, Lu Chuan's eyes widened.

System, you also want to see me make a fool of myself?!

You have ill intentions!!

And what was that about "quite beneficial for street vending behavior"?

So you're saying all the good and bad things are said by you, right?

Then don't stab me in the back, can't you just let me set up a stall normally for once?!

Lu Chuan complained wildly in his heart, but at this moment, the system started playing dumb again.

With nowhere to vent his frustration, Lu Chuan's gaze towards Baba Le and Xia Xingyu became abnormal.

He had thought that after getting rid of Li An's entanglement, this street vending mission wouldn't have any unexpected problems.

Turns out, you two seemingly trustworthy guys are pulling a big one on me here!

"What's wrong?"

Noticing Lu Chuan's change in mood, Baba Le and Xia Xingyu asked simultaneously.

"N-nothing, your idea is very... very good."

Lu Chuan forced a smile.