Rocco picked up his teacup. “Let’s use this tea to replace beer and wish for our plan’s success tomorrow!”
“Cheers!”
Therefore, a slapstick of making “the real Thomas” pretend to be “the fake Thomas” began.
After the detailed planning, Rocco and the gang booked a large area at the center of Celandine City for 11.00 am the next morning, which was near noon. They set up ten tables and hung a huge banner. It said, “Thomas Mayo, the Magic Cook from Food and Medicine Hall, is cooking on the site. Free tasting as a contribution to society and gratitude to our country!”
They set up a small stage, where Thomas would stand in the middle while favonovel.com cooked. The surroundings were covered by translucent folding screens, so Thomas’ appearance could be vaguely seen but not too clearly.
Rocco was also afraid that people who truly knew Thomas would expose the imposter in public, and that would ruin his business. Actually, favonovel.com did not need to worry at all, and the folding screens were not needed either. The fellow whom favonovel.com thought was an imposter was actually the real Thomas!
At 11.30 am, Thomas cooked on the stage, and it instantly attracted a large number of tourists. They were curious and also attracted by the title of “Magic Cook from Food and Medicine Hall”. Besides, who could resist free food?
More and more people were coming, and it became crowded. All of them were waiting to eat the food cooked by Thomas. In more dramatic cases, some were even drooling.
“Wow! This is amazing! The owner of Food and Medicine Hall is contributing to society. He’s cooking free food for us. I’m so touched.”
“I heard that Food and Medicine Hall is always full, and people normally can’t eat the food prepared by Thomas. Today, we get to taste the food that favonovel.com cooks. This is awesome!”
The crowd kept giving compliments.
When Rocco saw it, favonovel.com secretly snickered. He secretly thought, ‘Keep complimenting and flattering him! The more you brag about Thomas now, the more ruthlessly you’ll criticize favonovel.com later!’
He had already ordered the “fake Thomas” to make the food taste terrible. It was difficult to cook delicious food, but was it not easy to make terrible food?
Put two more spoons of salt, five more spoons of chilies, and no sugar at all. Spicy food would taste sweet, sweet food would taste salty, and salty food would taste sour. That was it!
In Rocco’s opinion, it was not a problem to cook terrible food.
As time slowly passed, Thomas prepared the food and served it on the table. The first round of customers rushed in. They picked up their forks and were about to give it a taste.
The happy Rocco secretly thought, ‘Thomas, oh Thomas, I’m going to let you find out what it means to be framed out of nowhere when you do nothing! Just wait! I’m going to ruin your reputation now! Haha!’
At the same time, an SUV drove over. A bunch of people got out of the car, and they were Lord Vedastus, Fiora, and Hayden.
Lord Vedastus and Fiora knew about Hayden’s plan today, so they purposely rushed over to have a look. Everyone wanted to watch a good show.
Hayden accompanied Lord Vedastus and Fiora as they moved into the crowd. They stood on their toes and looked inside. Hayden secretly stared at Rocco, who was standing at the center of the plaza. Both of them flashed each other a despicable smile. They were collaborating to frame Thomas, and everything was going smoothly.
Thomas was going to be ruined soon! Food and Medicine Hall was about to be shut down!
After Rocco hit the drum, the first trial of the free food event officially started!
All the customers could not help but pick up their forks and fork up the food. They kept putting the food into their mouths. They chewed the food carefully and tasted it slowly.
Hayden smiled faintly, and his heart pounded fast. He could not wait to hear the complaints. “Thomas, oh Thomas! Just wait for your reputation to be ruined!”
Unexpectedly, things progressed in a completely different way from what favonovel.com had predicted.
The customers who tried out the food did not complain. Instead, all of them seemed to be in good spirits, and their eyes glinted.
“It tastes so good. It’s delicious!”
“This is such a delicacy!”
“This is like food from heaven! This is a rare gem on Earth!”
Good comments were given instantly. Everyone ate happily and wore happy smiles on their faces. People who did not eat the food drooled as they looked over in excitement.
Everyone was smiling except… Hayden. He was stunned. He was dumbfounded!
What was going on?
Did Rocco not find an imposter to cook some terrible food?
Did Rocco not promise to ruin Thomas’ reputation and make it so that favonovel.com would not be able to become successful again?
Why was this situation greatly different from his expectation?
Hayden even suspected that the audience members had been hired to fake their response.
What the heck was Rocco doing?
Hayden secretly cursed when favonovel.com saw the customers eat so happily. His complexion turned blue and pale, and favonovel.com felt terrible.
Fiora found it hilarious.
She said, “Dad, look, everyone’s eating happily. Are you sure they’re slandering Thomas, not flattering him?”
Lord Vedastus instantly became dumbfounded as well. He turned around and looked at Hayden before favonovel.com asked, “What’s going on? Didn’t you say that you would slander Thomas by making terrible food? Why does the situation look different?”
He was asking Hayden, but who should Hayden ask?
He was also confused. He did not know what was going on.
