As they marveled, the customers finally understood why those people would order a bowl of wine with only two braised chicken feet.
With braised chicken feet this exquisite, you absolutely had to pair them with a bowl of the equally exquisite wine.
That was the only way to do it right.
'Since that's the case, I should get a bowl too.'
And so, the new customers all ordered a bowl of wine for themselves.
They had become the very same "hardcore" people they had been staring at earlier.
More and more customers poured into the restaurant, and the number of braised chicken feet dwindled.
To ensure more customers could get a taste, Li You himself stopped after eating just one.
...
Chu Yiwei and Lin Xin finally finished their classes for the day.
After dropping off their lesson plans and other things in their office, they hopped on their electric scooter and sped toward Jiulong Gorge.
They arrived at the Li You Restaurant parking lot at exactly ten in the morning.
'I hope the braised chicken feet aren't sold out yet.'
Both of them prayed silently as they hurried into the restaurant.
"Boss, are there any braised chicken feet left?"
Chu Yiwei asked anxiously the moment she walked through the door.
Li You smiled slightly. "The two of you are here. I have the last few left."
Hearing this, both Chu Yiwei and Lin Xin were overjoyed.
'We made it!'
'This is great!'
"Two for each of us," Chu Yiwei added.
She didn't even ask the price first. She knew the boss would never overcharge.
Li You nodded and gave two braised chicken feet to Chu Yiwei and two to Lin Xin.
As soon as they got the chicken feet, they eagerly started eating.
The first bite, of course, was thrilling.
They were far more delicious than they had even imagined.
They knew it—the moment Boss Li You started selling braised chicken feet, they would be the best on the market.
'If only there were enough, we could buy more to take back to our dorm. Eating them while watching a show... that would be the life.'
'I wonder if the boss is going to buy more raw chicken feet today?'
Chu Yiwei voiced this exact question.
Li You nodded. "I will. If I can't find enough at the town market, I'll go to the county seat, or even the city. In short, I'll find a way to buy enough high-quality raw chicken feet. I'll strive to have them in stock no matter when you come to buy, and as many as you want."
"Great! We believe in you, Boss!"
"We're counting on you, Boss!"
All the customers, including Chu Yiwei and Lin Xin, cheered in agreement, showing their faith that the boss would not go back on his word.
At the same time, they were incredibly excited!
If they could buy such delicious braised chicken feet anytime they wanted, it would be absolutely amazing.
They couldn't afford to buy them every day, but just knowing they could get them whenever the craving struck was a thrilling thought.
Li You smiled faintly. The reason he dared to make such a promise was, of course, because he still had a Dungeon Experience Card.
A single Dungeon Experience Card would definitely get him more than enough raw chicken feet.
He could sell them freely for a short while.
And during that time, it was highly likely he would get even more raw chicken feet from another game dungeon.
So, he basically didn't have to worry about running out of raw chicken feet anymore.
'Why not activate the Dungeon Experience Card right now, enter the game dungeon, and get some raw chicken feet?'
'The whole thing will only take a few seconds at most. No one here will even notice.'
'I wonder what kind of game dungeon I'll enter this time?'
'It's so exciting and full of anticipation!'
Li You didn't hesitate. He opened his Storage Pavilion.
He found the Dungeon Experience Card.
'Activate!'
"Dungeon Experience Card activated. Please enter the desired ingredient."
Li You typed the three words "raw chicken feet."
"Ingredient name valid... Generating game dungeon..."
"Game dungeon generated. Preparing for teleportation..."
"Countdown: three, two, one... Teleport!"
One moment, Li You was in his restaurant; the next, he was in a strange, new environment.
Of course, in reality, Li You's physical body hadn't disappeared.
Li You carefully observed his surroundings.
Before him stood a very tall, very beautiful ginkgo tree.
Its leaves were a brilliant golden yellow.
The trunk was so thick it would probably take four or five people to encircle it.
The tree was over ten meters tall.
'This ginkgo tree must be at least a thousand years old.'
Looking around, the area seemed to be a village.
But it didn't look like a real-world village.
'Just what is this place?'
'And how am I supposed to get raw chicken feet?'
'It's not like fish, which you can catch in the water. Nor is it like vegetables or mushrooms, which you can gather from the ground.'
Just as Li You was wondering, someone suddenly ran toward him from the opposite direction.
Above their head floated a few words: "Me Holding You."
'Holy crap!'
'Could this be...'
Looking at the person running toward him and the words above their head, Li You suddenly seemed to understand what kind of world he had entered.
'This is a game world.'
Just as he thought.
The system's voice rang in his mind, "Welcome, Host, to the world of *The Legend of Mir 2*!"
Hearing this, Li You was extremely surprised, pleasantly delighted, and incredibly excited.
'I never thought I could enter a game world.'
'And it's *The Legend of Mir 2*!'
Li You was very familiar with this game.
Although he was very young when the game was popular, that didn't stop him from knowing it well.
Because back in the day, this game was ridiculously popular!
Moreover, it could definitely be called one of the most influential online games in history.
Perhaps even *the* most influential.
Because it carried the youthful memories of countless people—just like its name, it was a legend.
'Those Warriors, Mages, and Daoists from back then must be pretty old by now, right?'
'Are you all doing well?'
'Have you all remembered those salad days of your youth?'
'Do you miss that bygone youth?'
For Li You, this game also held many of his own memories.
Even though he was too young to play it much himself back then, he often watched others play.
Those were his memories, too.
'To think that today, I've actually entered the game world itself.'
It was unbelievable, but it was really happening.
Li You was ecstatic and thrilled.
Looking at the giant ginkgo tree before him, he thought, 'If I'm not mistaken, this must be one of the starter villages in *The Legend of Mir 2*, Ginkgo Village, right?'
'Or maybe it's called Ginkgo Valley.'
'No wonder it felt vaguely familiar just now.'
At the same time, Li You finally understood how he was supposed to get the raw chicken feet.
He had to fight one of the monsters in this valley: chickens.
'I bet killing a chicken will drop a certain number of chicken feet.'
In Ginkgo Valley, various monsters appeared, like chickens, deer, and Multi-hooked Cats.
For many new players of *The Legend of Mir 2*, their first monster encounter was often one of these three: chickens, deer, or Multi-hooked Cats.
And chickens and deer were the monsters everyone loved to kill the most.
Because after killing them, you could carve meat from them.
You'd get a huge chunk of meat, which you could then sell to the village butcher for Gold Coins.
People especially loved carving deer meat.
Because deer meat was worth more.
So many players had spent long stretches of time just carving meat. Only then did they slowly venture out of the starter village to explore the wider, more dangerous world.
"The Host can kill monster chickens in Ginkgo Valley. Each kill will randomly drop a certain number of chicken feet, as well as whole chicken meat.
The duration of this game dungeon is five hours. After five hours, you will automatically exit the current game dungeon.
We wish the Host success in killing many chickens and obtaining plenty of chicken feet and whole chicken meat."
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