Zhou Siyuan and his friends arrived very early, just in time to see Luo Huai’an making dragon beard candy. After tasting the candy, Zhou Siyuan quickly used his campus card to buy the last ten pieces.

Students who arrived later missed out on the treat and could only leave sadly, smelling the maltose, to seek solace at other windows.

After the dragon beard candy sold out, Luo Huai’an took photographer Zhang back to the kitchen and filmed the entire process of making salted egg yolk pastries.

After eating the dragon beard candy, Zhou Siyuan had a feeling that there was more good stuff to come, so he followed his heart, got a meal, and sat down to wait.

Sure enough, after he finished eating, Luo Huai’an returned with the salted egg yolk pastries she had made.

Zhou Siyuan happily muttered to himself, “Opportunity always favors the prepared mind.”

He swiped his card and bought salted egg yolk pastries again. If Luo Huai’an hadn’t mentioned the purchase limit, he would have even wanted to buy them all.

When he returned to his dorm that evening, he exclaimed in surprise, “Wow, the Eighth Cafeteria has such a beautiful and talented pastry chef!”

His roommates laughed out loud. “She’s not a pastry chef, but the operator of the Eighth Cafeteria, and she’s also the school beauty!”

Zhou Siyuan: “???”

He has many hobbies, and he never paid attention to the school forum and was unaware of this matter.

After learning the whole story from his roommates, Zhou Siyuan was stunned. “…You guys really know how to have fun.”

His roommates’ eyes lit up as they eagerly stared at his dessert. “Actually, I really want to eat your dessert, but I was too slow and missed out. Can I have one? Why did you buy so many desserts? There’s no refrigerator at school, so there’s no way to keep them.”

Zhou Siyuan bought five dragon beard candies and ten salted egg yolk pastries, which was enough for a meal.

After generously sharing a few videos with his roommates, Zhou Siyuan answered their questions with his actions, “A lot of people have been urging me to update my account lately. But I’ve been busy preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam and haven’t had time to update videos. I thought why don’t I do a livestream instead? It’s simple and doesn’t take much time.”

He was now a content creator with over two million followers, ranking among the top on the entire Flying Comments website. Since he took a break from online activities to prepare for graduate school entrance exams, every video he posted before has received countless requests for more content.

However, Zhou Siyuan really hasn’t had time to make videos recently, so he thought of starting a livestream instead.

He could eat while simultaneously comforting his fans, doing both without missing a beat. He thought he was quite the clever one.

As he turned on his computer’s webcam and started the livestream, many fans gradually joined the channel.

[Grandpa, the content creator you follow is finally going live!]

[I never imagined I’d ever see this livestreamer again in my lifetime.]

[Have you finally remembered your account password?]

After seeing the comments, Zhou Siyuan couldn’t help but smile. “I didn’t forget the password. I posted a message before telling you that I’ve been busy with my postgraduate entrance exam preparations and won’t be able to update videos. Please forgive me, dear viewers.”

[Since your apology is so sincere, I’ll reluctantly forgive you.]

[If you upload ten videos a day after you finish your postgraduate entrance exam, I’ll forgive you.]

[What do you want to do on your livestream today? Are you going to study?]

Zhou Siyuan picked up a plastic bag next to him and said happily, “I’m not going to livestreaming my studies anymore, I’m going to switch careers and become a food vlogger.”

After Zhou Siyuan finished speaking, he focused on untying the plastic bag and stopped looking at the comments posted by netizens on the computer.

After he mentioned eating, the live chat instantly became incredibly lively.

[These pastries must have been bought outside. The food at the university cafeteria is so bad; look how hungry the child is.]

[A heads-up: the food at the university’s cafeteria is truly awful. Our high school organized a visit to Jiangcheng University of Aeronautics, and they gave us meal tickets. All the teachers and students came out of the first cafeteria looking completely pale; there wasn’t a single decent dish…]

Zhou Siyuan didn’t see the online comments because he was completely captivated by the salted egg yolk pastries he had bought.

When he took the salted egg yolk pastry out of the packaging box, the comments section went silent.

This salted egg yolk pastry could fulfill everyone’s imagination of what an salted egg yolk pastry was.

The salted egg yolk pastries were large and plump, round and chubby, looking delicate and cute. The salted egg wash on the pastries was golden and shiny with beautiful patterns, and a handful of black sesame seeds were sprinkled in the middle.

The golden, flaky crust of the salted egg yolk pastry aroused everyone’s craving for food.

[These salted egg yolk pastries look so good! The aroma seems to waft out of the screen; they’re making me hungry.]

[My stomach started growling uncontrollably.]

[My mom asked me why I was kneeling while looking at the computer. It was because the salted egg yolk pastry looked so delicious.]

[If it were me, I wouldn’t want to eat such a beautiful and adorable salted egg yolk pastry.]

Zhou Siyuan didn’t see the comments at all. He was filled with longing for the salted egg yolk pastry, so he picked it up and took a big bite. His eyes widened in surprise.

The taste of this salted egg yolk pastry was so delicious it touched the soul.

One bite released a burst of rich, crispy flavor, the oily and salty aroma of salted salted egg yolk gradually rose to the tip of the tongue, and with careful chewing, the sweetness of red bean paste lingered on the tongue.

The oily, duck salted egg yolk, wrapped around the sweet, red bean paste, and danced together on the tongue, creating a lingering, savory-sweet flavor.

The salted egg yolk pastry was amazing at first bite and irresistible after two bites, filling Zhou Siyuan with a deep sense of happiness.

Zhou Siyuan was so engrossed in eating that he almost forgot to interact with his viewers. Seeing Zhou Siyuan’s joyful expression, netizens felt as if they could also taste the salted egg yolk pastry, wishing they could be there to savor the golden, round salted egg yolk pastry.

[Help! Help! I’m so hungry!]

[Host, please give me the link quickly, don’t force me to beg you on my knees.]

[Hey streamer, have some decency! I was planning to lose weight today, but after watching your stream, my whole diet plan is ruined! How are you going to repay me for what you owe me?!]

Mythical Beast Cafeteria translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: Chinese salted egg yolk pastry, known as dànhuángsū (蛋黄酥), is a traditional, flaky, baked treat featuring a whole salted duck egg yolk wrapped in sweet red bean or lotus paste and encased in delicate, multi-layered spiral crust.

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