Misunderstood as Provocation What an Injustice

Chi Qingchi, beside him, was still hesitating.

How could she continue without hurting Little Lin, while still tactfully getting her point across?

Right now, all she wanted to say was, Let’s hurry up and eat together.

Pulling all the meat off the skewers had already taken up far too much time.

By the end of it all,

Little Lin might not even manage to eat more than ten skewers.

What was the point of taking so much meat off the sticks?

But seeing Little Lin staring at the plate and ignoring what she had said,

Chi Qingchi felt a little uncomfortable.

It was just a game, after all.

She was the only one taking it too seriously. No normal person would get so worked up over a game event.

She probably didn’t need to speak to Little Lin so seriously.

Could Little Lin be upset?

Chi Qingchi spoke again, testing the waters.

“Little Lin, did I...?”

However,

before she could finish,

something terrifying happened...

Lin Yu, still wearing gloves, suddenly reached for the plate with both hands.

His fingers moved nimbly, picking up piece after piece of meat and shoving it into his mouth.

Left hand after right hand...

Right hand after left hand...

His hands rose and fell in a blur.

A huge pile of grilled meat vanished as if by magic.

Chi Qingchi’s mouth fell open. She was completely stunned by the sight before her.

She wanted to ask Little Lin whether he was even chewing.

But she was afraid that speaking up suddenly might disrupt his rhythm.

The terrifying speed left Chi Qingchi utterly amazed.

In no time at all,

roughly half the meat on the plate was gone.

Chi Qingchi started calculating frantically in her head.

She had eaten six skewers...

There were two left, making eight skewers...

And the meat on the plate amounted to twenty-two skewers...

Which meant—

in less than two minutes, while she had been watching,

Little Lin had wolfed down at least ten skewers’ worth of meat in one go!

That absurdly insane speed completely snapped Chi Qingchi awake!

So from the very beginning, she had been the one holding them back!

Little Lin hadn’t been joking with her at all.

Every word he had said was true.

Which meant that the most important thing now was...

Chi Qingchi sprang to her feet and rushed toward the extra-order station.

“Boss, we’d like five more skewers!”

A speaker connected to the venue sat beside the owner’s table.

Chi Qingchi’s request for more food was heard not only by the owner,

but by everyone present.

At once,

all eyes turned toward them.

Especially the competitive-eating couple, who had been keeping a close watch on Lin Yu and Chi Qingchi’s team.

The moment the competitive eater’s wife heard Chi Qingchi, she immediately realized what was happening.

She even stood up deliberately

to take a closer look at Lin Yu as he ate.

She wanted to see exactly how much he had eaten—and how much was left.

How long had it even been? They were already ordering more after thirty skewers?

It was only five additional skewers,

but if they managed to finish everything in the end,

they would undoubtedly become the final champions.

Unless...

“Hubby, what... what should we do?”

The competitive eater’s wife was already stuffed to the limit.

At most,

she could probably force down another three or four skewers, helping her husband shoulder a little of the burden.

The main fighting force would still have to be her husband.

But the competitive eater didn’t have much firepower left, either.

He turned and glanced at Lin Yu, who was wearing gloves and leisurely picking meat from the plate.

Lin Yu naturally knew that he had become the center of attention.

The couple’s eyes were both fixed on him.

With them staring at him like that, it would have felt rude not to say hello.

Lin Yu could only wave and give them an easy smile.

“Add them!”

“Let’s add seven more skewers!”