[Update: I went and checked out the show. Holy crap, itâs actually real... The professor even shared it on his personal Star Network account.]
[So? One minute heâs all, "Iâd never accept something like that. My social circle is full of students and researchers, itâs humiliating." And the next, he decides it *is* humiliating, so his excuse is, "Iâm helping my mom pick something up"???]
[It all makes sense now. After seeing this, I suddenly canât reconcile the person in the video with the professor I know. The guy in this video is just too adorable.]
The post quickly went viral within the Haiyun University community. Its popularity soon spread from the students to the faculty. And the professors? They took one look, burst out laughing, and casually shared it themselves.
This caused a chain reaction. The post was shared like wildfire across the Star Network, from gossip forums to academic circles, until everyone knew about it. In just two hours, it went from being famous on a single planet to being known system-wide.
Countless people swarmed to watch the Haiyun Evening News.
As they watched, the discussion shifted. It went from "Why is Professor Liu so two-faced?" to "What on earth *is* this stuff that could *make* Professor Liu act so two-faced?!"
The massive discussion quickly caused two tagsâ#TofuStall and #FollowForAncientEarthFoodâto shoot to the top of the trending topics.
Once these topics started trending, the comment sections below them exploded with new discussions.
[Holy crap, so itâs not just our planet that has this?]
[Your planet has it too?]
[It just blew up here recently. Itâs super delicious. I recommended it to so many of my classmatesâ]
[The only catch is that you can only get it four times. Once youâve used up your tries, you canât get any more. You canât even buy it.]
[Actually, there are other waysâ]
By this point, the topic was already incredibly popular.
Then, someone else posted a video.
It was captioned: [If youâve used up your four chances, you can do this.]
In the video, a couple braved the wind and snow, carrying their toddler daughter who had just learned to walk, and approached a tofu stall.
"Youâve already used up your chances! If youâd like to try more of our food, you can follow our streamer, Juju. She makes different things every dayâ"
"Yep, yep, we followed! So, we just have to follow, share, and send a direct message to get one, right?"
"Thatâs correct."
So, the couple held up their little girl and asked, "Is she eligible?"
The Ju person frying the tofu paused, taken aback.
The little girl looked at him, tilted her head with a smile, and then, for reasons only she knew, started clapping.
"Well... I... I guess thatâs fine."
And so, using their childâs terminal, the parents completed the whole follow-share-message process in one smooth go and walked away with three servings of food.
On the way home, the couple gave a small piece of tofu to their little girl. After she finished it, her parents asked, "Tiantian, was it yummy?"
"Yummy!" she exclaimed, her face lighting up with a happy smile.
The couple drained a bowl of tofu soup in a single gulp, their faces also breaking into happy smiles.
â[Did you get all that?~]
â!!!!
That night, this heartwarming video also started trending, officially bringing the name Jiang Jiujiu into the public eye.
Before dawn, Jiang Qiuqiuâs livestream account had gained nearly 600 million followers. Combined with the fans she had attracted from previous streams, her total follower count now exceeded two billion, officially launching her into the ranks of mid-tier streamers.
As the saying goes, some people are like hidden treasures. Once a talented person is discovered, their actual skillânot just the initial noveltyâcan attract yet another wave of fans.
After watching Jiang Jiujiuâs past broadcasts, these new followers were quickly converted into devoted fans. They flooded into Jiang Jiujiuâs culinary fan community, eagerly asking about her streaming schedule and future dishes.
When the tag exploded in popularity, the entire branch management team had to work overtime into the early hours of the morning. Well-trained, they logged into their moderator accounts and promptly replied to the newcomers, successfully managing the sudden influx of fans.
As dawn broke, the hype showed no signs of dying down. In fact, more and more people online were making plans to visit and "check in" at their own planetâs âTofu Stallâ.
But this massive influx of popularity also created another problem.