Chapter 312: That was insane
Translator:Sparrow TranslationsEditor:Sparrow Translations
The middle-aged man leaped inside. Then, he took out crumbs of the scallion pancake from the plastic bag and put them into his mouth.
Delicious, simply delicious! The man smiled in happiness and satisfaction.
Liu Xiao Tian recovered from his daze and the surrounding police officers went forward to capture the man.
The man looked calm. Dont be nervous. I wasnt prepared to jump down
The mans attitude suddenly changed, which shocked Liu Xiao Tian. Then, he stopped as if he had thought of something. He thought that this man hadnt even wanted to jump down in the first place. He had just pretended to commit suicide so that he could taste the scallion pancake.
The crowd below gasped in shock.
I think the persons been saved.
I cant see clearly but the man is gone.
Its so dangerous. If he were to jump down from there, he would definitely end up as a pile of minced meat.
Lin Fan stood there and heaved a sigh of relief as the man had been saved. But as he thought of how the man had pretended to commit suicide just for his scallion pancakes, he didnt know whether to be happy or sad.
After a while, Liu Xiao Tian came down with the rest of them.
The reporters charged forward.
May I know why you wanted to jump down?
May I know why you requested for the scallion pancakes when you wanted to jump down? Do you have any family?
Inspector Liu, could you say a few words?
The reporters wanted to get the latest information on this suicide case. It wasnt exactly common in Shanghai. But the fact that he had requested for scallion pancakes before he jumped made it an extremely special case.
Liu Xiao Tian looked extremely stern. He didnt want to say anything but the man started to laugh.
Id be crazy if I wanted to jump down. I just wanted to eat the scallion pancake.
The crowd was stunned after hearing his words.
The reporters froze in shock. Then, they asked, May I know why you wanted to eat the scallion pancake?
The man replied, Its difficult to buy.
Do you know that your actions have disrupted people in the society and you have to face the consequences of the law?
The man casually replied, I know that. I just have to be detained. Im used to it. Its okay, as long as I get to eat the scallion pancake, Im happy.
Liu Xiao Tian remained silent. He didnt want to say anything about it. If he wasnt a police, he would have beaten the sh*t out of this man. Was it a funny thing to threaten to commit suicide?
It had created an impactful consequence.
Zhao Zhong Yang was in shock and he took out his phone to broadcast.
Everyone, this is crazy. This guy feigned suicide just because of a scallion pancake.
D*mn, thats too crazy. I didnt expect someone like him to exist.
Thats too much for a scallion pancake.
Im afraid hell be detained for only about ten days.
The man was apprehended by the police. Then, he looked at Master Lin happily. Let me go there, I want to speak to Master Lin.
The reporters surrounded them and they were stunned at what was happening.
Lin Fan looked at the man and didnt know what to say. He hadnt expected this to be the final outcome.
What you did wasnt right, Lin Fan said.
The man said bitterly, Master Lin, you dont understand my pain. I queued for two whole months. Do you know the pain I felt when I didnt get chosen? When I got to eat the scallion pancake, I felt like everything I did was worth it.
Lin Fan couldnt even say anything as he couldnt argue with what the man had said.
So it was his fault?
So he had to bear the consequences?
He hadnt expected someone to resort to something like this just to eat his scallion pancakes.
It was fortunate that he had managed to do it.
The middle-aged man looked at Lin Fan and said, Master Lin, your scallion pancakes are simply too delicious.
Lin Fan smiled awkwardly. This matter was going to be a big one.
Liu Xiao Tian nodded at Lin Fan. He had nothing to say regarding this. The man was simply asking for trouble. If he wasnt punished properly, he might do it again in the future.
The reporters surrounded Lin Fan.
Master Lin, what do you think of what happened?
Was it a lowly method?
Lin Fan looked at the reporter. Anyone with a brain wouldnt do something like this. Alright, thats all.
He didnt want to stay there any longer. It was crazy. This matter was going to make him appear in the headlines again.
Zhao Zhong Yang said to the netizens in the broadcast, I guess this was an eye-opener for everyone. It isnt something that could be done by an average human.
It was big news.
The next day!
The incident was already being reported online.
The news appeared on Weibo and other news platforms.
The world is indeed really big. Theres literally nothing thats impossible. Something like this actually happened.
Whats the matter with the scallion pancakes? Did he need to resort to that?
A netizen named First Demonic Sword posted: I was there yesterday. This middle-aged man pretended that he wanted to commit suicide just for Master Lins scallion pancakes. The ambulance, police cars and fire engines were there. The air cushion was already prepared for him. He asked for scallion pancakes and when someone brought a piece over, he immediately came down from the ledge and didnt want to commit suicide anymore. Everyone was stunned. How could there be someone like this in the world?
At the same time, I want to talk more about Master Lins scallion pancakes. According to my research, Master Lins scallion pancakes are extremely difficult to purchase. Its limited to ten pieces daily and there is a large number of people who queue up for it everyday. Whoever manages to buy it would mean that he/she wouldve gotten the most delicious food in the world. At the same time, he or she wouldve struck a small fortune because there were resellers there. If he or she doesnt want to eat it, it can be sold to them for a much higher price. The highest price they offer is $1000 and they sell it to others for $10,000. You can think about how crazy the prices are.
But dont even think about making a fortune from this. The scallion pancakes are almost impossible to buy. The person that pretended to commit suicide had queued for two whole months but didnt manage to buy it. Can you imagine how difficult it is?
When the post was published, it stunned a lot of people. Those that had never heard of Master Lins scallion pancakes before were absolutely dumbfounded.
D*mn, I dont believe it. I didnt expect Shanghai to have such an awesome shop. It can even be entered in the Guinness World Record book.
Is it even true? Why would a shop like this exist?
Could this news be fake?
A lot of doubtful comments started to appear.
But to those that knew about Master Lins shop, this matter wasnt fake. It was completely true.
One would never know how delicious the scallion pancakes were until they tried it themselves.
An internet celebrity posted: This method of generating hype is too low and despicable. Feigning suicide would get him detained for ten days at most. We should oppress such despicable methods. This Master Lin shop should be punished. I think it should be closed down immediately.
This incident was going viral on Weibo. Many netizens were in disbelief when they read it.
Most people who didnt know who Master Lin was started to like the celebritys post.
Also, there were many netizens who knew about Master Lin and started to roast this internet celebrity.
Get lost. If you dont know anything, just shut up.
Do you know how awesome Master Lin is? If you dont know, please keep your mouth shut.
You only know how to make use of Master Lin to boost your fame. How shameless.
Meanwhile, what Master Lin didnt know was that the re-sellers were probably going to make use of this incident to raise the prices of the scallion pancakes even further.
Someone had actually pretended to commit suicide just to eat Master Lins scallion pancakes. The prices had to be increased.