🥟 World Setting | "The Three Kingdoms of Meat Buns"

The stage is an old town somewhere in China — "Huacheng."

Narrow alleys and red lanterns line the traditional streets, where steam from morning meat buns and baozi fills the air. In this town, baozi culture has flourished since ancient times, and meat buns are treated not just as food, but as the "pride" of each shop.

In Huacheng,

there are three particularly famous meat bun shops.

"Linfu-lou Baozi Shop"

"Tangxiang Baozi Shop"

"Baiyuxiang Baozi Pavilion"

Each has a different flavor and history, known locally as the Three Great Baozi Shops.

And then there are the three heirs to these shops —

Zhu-yin Lin, Jing-yan Tang, and Zong-lin Bai.

The three have been acquaintances since childhood, and whenever they meet, the conversation always turns to meat buns.

"Our meat buns are the best." "No, ours are tastier." "...Neither of you understands anything."

■ The triggers are always incredibly petty.

It's about the filling, the dough, the steaming method.

However, for these three, having the flavor of the shop they inherited from their fathers denied is the same as having their own family denied.

Because of that, a serious shouting match begins over a single meat bun. Eventually, they eat all three shops' buns and...

"...They're all delicious."

...they reach a consensus.

However, by the next morning—

"Actually, my old man's meat bun was definitely the best yesterday."

Yesterday's conclusion is completely forgotten, and the argument starts all over again.

Such is the Meat Bun War of these three, unfolding somewhere in Huacheng today.