She Was So Good at This

At the entrance of the dessert shop, the evening breeze carried a slight chill as it swept past, stirring a few fallen leaves scattered across the ground.

Xu Lizhi stood before the door, dressed in a rather unusual green suit. Its color was vivid, yet its tailoring fit him surprisingly well, making his somewhat plump figure appear a little more upright.

Still, the emerald-green outfit was especially eye-catching beneath the nighttime lights. He tugged awkwardly at the hem, obvious embarrassment written across his face.

"Boss, i-is this really okay?" He looked up at the Dessert Shop Owner standing inside, hesitation in his voice. "Won't this cost you too much?"

Just moments ago, he had devoured over five hundred servings of Mung Bean Soup in this dessert shop, setting an unprecedented record for the store.

He had assumed that, after completing the challenge, he would at most receive the green hat offered as the prize. Yet the owner had unexpectedly given him such a presentable green suit as well.

He truly felt bad about it. The other party was only running a small business, and judging by the suit's quality, it was clearly not cheap. He could not bring himself to accept it so casually.

The Dessert Shop Owner silently glanced at his phone screen. It clearly displayed the more than five hundred thousand Federal Coins that had just been credited to his account, the string of numbers faintly gleaming in the dim light.

The smile on his face grew increasingly kind, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes relaxed. In a hearty tone, he said, "It's fine. According to the shop's event rules, anyone who eats one hundred bowls of Mung Bean Soup receives a free green hat."

"You ate more than five hundred bowls in one