The hype continued to surge. Before long, hashtags like “Delicious Watermelon,” “Lin Family Shop’s Watermelon,” and “Old Liu Livestream Eating Watermelon” topped the trending charts.
Many viewers who had experienced the watermelon’s taste in Old Liu’s livestream became instant fans.
Among the viewers were several wealthy individuals, and the watermelon’s price skyrocketed again, surpassing even auction-level competitiveness.
It was reported that the rapid price fluctuations forced StarNews to update prices hourly instead of daily.
Even Lin Huanyan hadn’t anticipated this. On Earth, while watermelon was a tasty fruit, it wasn’t so extraordinary—it was just one of many.
Meanwhile, in Old Liu’s livestream room.
Having finished the watermelon, Old Liu felt refreshed, his fatigue from long hours of streaming completely gone.
Now, he was introducing other products from Lin Family Shop, including brine shrimp and bowl lotus seeds sent alongside the watermelon.
Thanks to the watermelon, everyone was curious about Lin Family Shop’s other products and stayed in the livestream to watch.
So Old Liu decided to keep the stream running for half a month, letting viewers see the growth and application of these items.
There were also potatoes sent along, which no one had seen before, and Old Liu used them to engage with the audience.
A few yellowish-brown balls with uneven, bumpy surfaces, not appealing at all, were held in Old Liu’s hand.
“Everyone, take a look. These are called potatoes. The owner of Lin’s Grocery said this is their upcoming new product. Like watermelon, it’s edible. Now, can anyone guess how you’re supposed to eat it?”
[Looks so ugly, doesn’t look tasty at all.]
[How to eat it? Peel the skin and eat it?]
[Aren’t there star-rated restaurants that serve boiled plants? Maybe you can boil this too. By the way, is boiled watermelon tasty?]
[Stop teasing us, Old Liu. Just start cooking it already! I want to know if it’s good or not.]
“Alright, let’s find out,” Old Liu said, taking a small booklet out of the package.
“This booklet was included by the owner and lists various ways to cook potatoes. Let’s try out some of the methods mentioned here.”
“First, it says the simplest way is to boil them in water, as one of you just mentioned. This method seems straightforward enough for me.”
Under everyone’s watchful gaze, Old Liu attempted cooking. However, his poor culinary skills produced something barely edible and somewhat odd.
[These potatoes don’t seem very tasty! Only the boiled version is okay. The fried and roasted ones aren’t good.]
[Maybe potatoes just aren’t delicious? They’re not as good as watermelon.]
[Right, Lin’s Grocery isn’t a gourmet shop. I was already surprised their watermelon was so tasty. It’s normal if potatoes aren’t.]
[No, I don’t think it’s the potatoes. I think it’s Old Liu. What he made looks charred black, while the pictures online show golden-yellow dishes.]
[So, is it possible Old Liu just doesn’t know how to cook? After all, the simplest boiled potatoes tasted pretty good.]
After fumbling around, Old Liu finally realized the issue.
“Uh, dear viewers, I must admit, I’m not good at cooking. What I made looks nothing like the pictures the owner provided. I better stop ruining these potatoes. I’ll just boil the rest and let those who want to try them have a taste.”
Lin Huanyan didn’t know what to say about this. She hadn’t anticipated that Old Liu would have absolutely no cooking talent.
She had already considered that interstellar folks, accustomed to nutrient solutions, might not know how to cook. So she designed a booklet with illustrations and even included a holographic tutorial mode.
After tests in her lab, the results had been fine—everyone could follow the booklet’s instructions to cook potatoes successfully.
But somehow, Old Liu had managed to fail. The peculiar part was that he seemed to have followed the steps exactly. How had the outcome turned out so wrong?
Lin Huanyan could only console herself. If Old Liu didn’t work out, there was always OoReviewer, a wealthy influencer who always featured professional chefs in her food videos.
Lin Huanyan was currently running Lin’s Grocery’s official account.
Every day, countless people asked when the next batch of products would be available. Someone had even started a daily thread called, “Did Lin’s Grocery release any products today?” with a row of replies reading, “No.”
To this, Lin Huanyan could only reply that they were working hard to restock.
There was no helping it. Even though they had hired many employees, planting crops and raising animals wasn’t something that could be rushed—it all took time. Until the products matured, there was nothing Lin Huanyan could do.
Xiao Qi, an ordinary netizen and a loyal fan of Old Liu, had been among the many who watched Old Liu’s livestream a few days ago. He had witnessed the magic of Lin’s Grocery’s plants, especially the watermelon, which he had splurged to experience with all five senses.
For the past few days, he had been bragging about it.
“You guys have no idea how delicious that watermelon was—so sweet and refreshing! At first, I regretted spending the credits to enable the five-sense experience, but the moment I took a bite, all that regret vanished. I even wished I’d done it sooner.”
“Is it really that good?”
Xiao Qi’s roommates knew his personality. As a notorious cheapskate who freeloaded on others’ memberships, him spending money to enable five senses was hard to believe.
“It’s really that good. Too bad you guys were studying in the library that day and missed out. Such a pity.”
“Come on, it’s just a watermelon. I doubt it’s that good,” one roommate retorted, his curiosity dampened by Xiao Qi’s smugness.
Just as the two were about to argue, their usually silent roommate, Roommate B, suddenly spoke up.
“Did you just say Lin’s Grocery’s watermelon?”
Xiao Qi was surprised that the aloof and studious Roommate B had joined the conversation, but he replied nonetheless.
“Yeah, Lin’s Grocery’s watermelon. They’re the only ones selling it in the entire galaxy.”
“I just saw a blogger I follow announcing they’re going to livestream a product review of Lin’s Grocery’s items, including the watermelon.”
“Which blogger? Quick, tell me their name! I need to watch this!”
Just as Xiao Qi, who was about to argue with roommate A, immediately stopped and jumped up, urgently asking,
“Hey, look at this, Geis Analysis, a big shot!”
Xiao Qi quickly opened his smart device and started searching. Soon, an avatar featuring a beaker appeared.
Clicking on it, he found it was indeed Geis Analysis. His latest announcement was about a live stream where he would test and analyze products from Lin’s shop.
Xiao Qi wasn’t particularly interested in whether he would actually conduct the test or analysis, but he was more concerned about whether he could get to eat watermelon during the live stream.
Last time, they were too slow to react, and by the time they noticed, Old Liu had already eaten half of the watermelon. Naturally, they didn’t get to enjoy it. Now, watermelon was hard to come by throughout the entire galaxy, so it was unlikely he’d get a taste.
Watching a live stream replay wouldn’t let him taste it, so his only hope was that another streamer might do a watermelon-eating live stream, and he could get a few bites in.
But after scrolling through Geis Analysis’ previous live streams, he saw they were all very serious, and he had never activated the five senses feature.
What should he do?
He remembered a group he had joined earlier, filled with netizens who were also obsessed with watermelon.
He immediately shared the announcement from Geis Analysis in the group.
【Brothers, wake up! Look what I found】
【Holy crap, watermelon? Can I finally taste it?】
【Geis Analysis, one of the top three product testers, really impressive】
【I’m drooling.jpg】
【But he doesn’t activate the five senses… how will we taste it?】
【Like in Old Liu’s live stream, if we get enough people, we can all shout at the streamer to activate the five senses, right?】
【Big Brother is brilliant, great idea】
【I’ll go notify my friends】
【I’ll share this in other groups, more people means more power】
I’m such a genius, Xiao Qi thought to himself.
When he retracted his smart device, he noticed that roommate A’s screen was also on Geis Analysis’ page. It seemed like a bad idea had occurred to him.
He walked over and hooked his arm around roommate A’s neck. “Old Bai, since you don’t believe me, how about we make a bet?”
Roommate A pulled his arm away. “What bet?”
“The bet on whether the watermelon from Lin’s shop is good or not. Didn’t you just say you didn’t believe me? What, now you’re backing out? Scared?”
“I’m not backing out. Let’s bet, who’s afraid of who?”
“Alright, how about this: let’s get our class genius to witness it. The bet is, whoever loses has to pay for activating the five senses for everyone in our dorm. How about that?”
“Deal, it’s a promise.”
“It’s a promise.”
At this point, more than three hours had passed since Geis Analysis’ announcement.
From the initial discovery to the spread, most people now knew that Geis Analysis would be testing products from Lin’s shop.
The discussion on the star net wasn’t very heated yet, but private group chats were buzzing, all trying to figure out how to get Geis to activate the five senses.
Besides, many netizens had clicked into Star Broadcast’s website, followed Geis Analysis, and spent money to activate the five senses.
Some of them were new users who had never watched live streams before.
Geis was always meticulous with his experiments, and was currently busy preparing for the live stream, unaware of the stir online.
The owner of Star Broadcast, however, was paying attention to it. Seeing the rapid increase in the number of five-senses activations, he was ecstatic.
Lin’s shop was truly their lucky star. It had already brought them traffic during Old Liu’s live stream, and now it was bringing them another wave of viewers. They needed to treat such a lucky star well.
If this continued, their previous servers wouldn’t be enough to handle the increased traffic. Even if they were just about sufficient, they would likely cause lag, reducing user experience. They had to upgrade their servers immediately. He quickly ordered his staff to add a few more servers, and to make sure they were the best available.
They had to give everyone the best experience, so that these new users would stay on Star Broadcast and continue using their platform.
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translation works:
ARTTEDSBGT (After Rebirth The True Eldest Daughter Starts Brewing Green Tea):
main story – completed translating
extras/side stories – i still dont have money and account to access this
ATISIUP:
ongoing
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