Xu Nianhua set the soaked noodles aside, grabbed an unopened bottle of the returned but unsealed spicy chili sauce, spooned some into the noodles with a fork, mixed it up, and began to eat voraciously.
The cooked noodles, with most of the water drained, became just like stirred noodles once mixed with the chili sauce—fragrant and spicy as the scent wafted into the surroundings.
The elderly folks processing the returns couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Someone asked, "Young lady, aren't you afraid that this chili sauce will kill you if you eat it?"
"That's right, young lady, we've all heard that eating this chili sauce has killed someone," another old lady added, unable to help herself from speaking out as she looked at Xu Nianhua's beauty and youthful appearance.
