Luo's father and mother were not as furious as Luo Gaofeng thought.
The current scene is indeed extremely embarrassing, but my son is an adult after all, and he is a boy in puberty. Isn't it normal for him to secretly watch something out of curiosity
Therefore, after the initial embarrassment, Luo's father and mother regained their composure. The two parents looked at each other and quickly made a decision through this brief eye contact - Luo's father would teach his son the relevant knowledge, while Luo's mother pretended to go to the room to pack up her things, leaving the space for the father and mother.
Luo Gaofeng was still racking his brains to think about how to explain to his father, but his father had already sat down opposite him and began to give him a physiology lesson in a serious tone.
Luo Gaofeng:
"No, Dad, listen to me, I really didn't watch that kind of stuff!" Luo Gaofeng was anxious. In order to prove what he said, he grabbed the animation that was paused because his parents suddenly came home, directly clicked the play button, and put it in front of his father.
Then strange noises were heard in the living room again.
“Ahem!”
The bedroom door suddenly opened, and Luo's mother frowned and glared at the father and son with a condemning look.
"Mom and Dad, it's really not what you think," Luo Gaofeng said with a look of despair: "Please listen to me carefully."
Perhaps out of consideration for their son's self-esteem, Luo's father and mother finally sat down and decided to give their son a chance to express his thoughts.
How to prove your innocence
In this situation where he had no way to defend himself and was caught red-handed, Luo Gaofeng thought about it and finally gritted his teeth, opened the video on his phone, and showed it directly in front of his parents.
The animation continued playing along the paused part. Luo Gaofeng looked at the remaining plot, but became more and more uncertain.
It's nothing, we are all adults, we have watched what we should watch, and of course, the so-called ri-anime can't get to the point right at the beginning, and if it weren't for the clear statement from the Eishukyuu that "Food Wars! Soma" is a food anime...
This plot is just like the beginning of anime no matter how you look at it!
Just as Luo Gaofeng's heart was getting heavier and heavier, and his parents' expressions were becoming more and more subtle, as the first episode ended, another familiar and real scene suddenly jumped out -
The content of the picture is almost the same as the beginning of "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma". The difference is that one is a typical two-dimensional style, while the square and food street that appear in front of him are the result of real video recording. Looking carefully, isn't this the famous commercial plaza in their Xingning City
It was at this time that a real store with the same name "Yukihira Hotel" suddenly appeared in front of the three people.
As if to let the audience see the address of "Yukihira Hotel", the camera deliberately stayed on the food street for three seconds before turning to the city. In the lobby with the same decoration as the animated version of Yukihira Hotel, a young man who looked like a waiter stopped in front of one of the restaurants and placed the tray in his hand on the clean table.
Luo Gaofeng's eyes lit up.
Isn’t this the fried rice and imitation barbecue that he just saw in the animation!
The camera moved from far to near and fell on the two delicacies on the table. After staying like this for three seconds, a huge string of text quickly jumped out - Xingping Restaurant, No. 279, Qian'an Square Food Street, Xingning City, will officially open on October 29!
This string of advertisement-like words played an absolute role in Luo Gaofeng's journey of self-affirmation.
It was not until they finished watching the last part of the advertisement that Luo's parents finally relaxed their frowns: "I was wondering what it was, and after watching it for a long time, I realized it was an advertisement."
Luo Gaofeng was slightly stunned.
That's right.
For adults like my parents who have no exposure to the two-dimensional world, instead of trying hard to explain the animation "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma" to them, it is better to directly guide them to understand it from the perspective of the advertisement.
Thinking of this, Luo Gaofeng took advantage of the opportunity and said hurriedly, "Yes, it's an advertisement. Isn't this a new restaurant that opened in Qian'an Plaza? I saw it happened to be near our home, so I was curious and clicked on it to take a look."
After he said this, the two parents nodded. When they surf the Internet every day, whether intentionally or unintentionally, they will occasionally encounter similar advertisements. Luo Gaofeng's words now are much easier for them to understand.
Having finally proved his innocence, Luo Gaofeng breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the Xingping Restaurant at the end of the video, he liked it so much that he said on impulse, "Dad, Mom, this restaurant happens to be located in Qian'an Plaza. How about we go and try it tomorrow? I'll treat you."
Luo's mother frowned: "Can the food made by a restaurant that can make such an advertisement be eaten?" She said that any normal restaurant would not make such a sensational advertisement, right
Having said that, faced with their son's rare initiative to treat them to a meal, Mr. and Mrs. Luo hesitated for a while but finally agreed.
The next day, at 11:30 am.
When Luo Gaofeng and his family arrived at the food court of Qian'an Plaza, the restaurant called "Xingping Hotel" was already surrounded by a crowd of people.
Luo's mother was surprised: "How can such a sensational restaurant still have so many people buying it?"
Luo Gaofeng didn't find it strange.
It has nothing to do with whether the food at Yukihira Restaurant is delicious or not. As long as the name of the restaurant is "Yukihira" and the decoration and dishes are highly restored to the "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma" animation, even if the food tastes average or even bad, at least during the period when the "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma" animation is hotly serialized, this restaurant does not have to worry about any problems with customer flow.
But it was obviously impossible to explain this to his parents. Fortunately, a table of customers left the store at this moment. Luo Gaofeng was quick-witted and sat down quickly as the waiter cleaned up the table.
The family of three sat down at the dining table. The waiter who had just finished cleaning the table came over and introduced himself enthusiastically: "Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"
Luo's mother looked at the waiter's empty hands and frowned even more tightly: "You run a restaurant, and you don't even have a menu?"
Probably not the first time that she was questioned about this, the waitress remained calm and explained with a smile: "It's like this, at present our store only offers two dishes: egg fried rice and imitation barbecue. The specific price list is on the display screen at the counter," she said, pointing to the electronic display screen hanging above the counter.
Just as the waiter said, the LCD screen only showed two dishes: fried rice and imitation barbecue. The fried rice was priced at 50 credit points, and the imitation barbecue was priced at 100 credit points.
It would have been fine if she hadn't looked at it. After looking at it, Luo's mother was even more dissatisfied: "How on earth do you run a restaurant? It's ok to have only two dishes, but a serving of fried rice is actually sold for 50 credit points?"
Luo Gaofeng held his head with one hand and began to regret it.
It's his fault.
Is 50 credit points for a serving of fried rice expensive
Compared with ordinary restaurants, this price is obviously a bit expensive. You know, even in a place like Qian'an Plaza where prices are relatively high, generally speaking, a serving of fried rice costs only 20 credit points. The price at Xingping Hotel is more than double this.
But the problem is that this is an animation-derived theme restaurant.
From the perspective of fans who are familiar with animation-themed restaurants, although 50 credit points for egg fried rice is a bit expensive, it is actually within the normal price range of similar restaurants - for fans who just want to come and check in and take a tour of the holy land, there is nothing unacceptable.
But parents are different.
For people of his parents' age, eating out is about affordability rather than the satisfaction of seeing the fantasy in an animation come true. To them, price, taste and health are their most important issues. But he had a brain drain last night and invited his parents to dinner at an animation-themed restaurant. Wasn't that asking for trouble
This is indeed the case.
Taking into account the law of "since we're already here" and the Qian'an Square which is always crowded, even if the three of them went out to find another restaurant, they would probably not be able to find an empty table. For this reason, although Luo's father and mother were dissatisfied, they still sat down at the table.
However, Luo Gaofeng had a hard time while waiting for the restaurant to serve the food.
"Kid, I've told you so many times that I'm not telling you not to spend money, but you have to spend it on the right things!" Luo's mother nags and educates her, "Just this once, and it won't happen again. If I find out that you come to this kind of place again, I'll beat you to death!"
Luo Gaofeng looked desperate.
According to his experience, his mother would definitely nag him about this topic for a whole week.
When the waiter brought the imitation barbecue and three servings of egg fried rice ordered by the three people, the long lecture from the mother finally came to an abrupt end. Luo Gaofeng breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of the egg fried rice, and pretended to concentrate on eating.
The moment the dish entered his mouth, the rice was of just the right softness and hardness, and the fragrance of the eggs and shrimps blended and exploded while he chewed. For a moment, Luo Gaofeng actually felt like he couldn't bear to swallow it.
Holy shit, what kind of god-level egg fried rice is this! It's so delicious!
Without having time to chat with his parents, at this moment, Luo Gaofeng's eyes seemed to be only on the egg fried rice in front of him. While he was enjoying the food in front of him bite by bite, his thoughts suddenly wandered to the plot of the animation he watched last night.
After all, the animation adopts an exaggerated approach, and Luo Gaofeng certainly wouldn't be so exaggerated as to have the urge to burst his clothes because of a plate of fried rice. But the fried rice in front of him suddenly made him completely understand the reaction of the female judge in the animation.
Then compare the price/performance ratio with other similar theme restaurants.
expensive
No, no, no, for this taste, let alone 50 credit points, even 100 credit points is completely within the acceptable range, okay!
Thinking of this, Luo Gaofeng seemed to remember something. He tried hard to restrain his urge to continue eating and looked up at his parents.
Unlike the complaints when they first entered the store, Luo's father and mother have obviously lost interest in educating their son. People's pursuit of food and drink is instinctive. Even if they have not watched the animation, the deliciousness of this impeccable fried rice in front of them is real!
If ordinary egg fried rice is so delicious, I think this imitation barbecue carefully prepared by Soma Yukihira can’t be much worse, right