Chapter 133: Chapter 25: Under Brokeback Mountain, the Lily Flowers Bloom
"Huh? You run such a big restaurant, and then you tell me you can’t even come up with seventy thousand RMB?" Hastur was in a very bad mood. You should know that today was the day when the probability of getting pool characters was doubled. If he missed it, who knows how much money it would take to get the characters he wanted.
"There’s nothing I can do about it. Who would have thought you’d suddenly make such a request?" Chen Ze never expected it. Usually, customers from other worlds who came to his place would only eat and not involve themselves in Chen Ze’s world.
Especially when it involved RMB, who could have thought of that?
"Tch, then tell me, when can you give me the money at the earliest?" Hastur put her legs on the table, looking like a delinquent girl.
"Tomorrow. Come after 10 PM tomorrow, and you’ll be able to take it." Chen Ze was very confident about his takeaway business, after all, the results he had achieved last time when selling grilled squid at City No.1 High School were quite good.
"10 PM, huh..." Hastur had a look of utter dejection. Only now did she realize how urgent her mood was when wanting to spend money on games.
"By the way, what games are you playing?" Chen Ze was a bit curious.
And he probably needed to understand the games Hastur played. If it was like constantly needing to top up, then Chen Ze would have to save more money.
"Me? I just play Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, things like that, because there are some settings in them that feel familiar to me." Chen Ze pursed his lips upon hearing this. How could she not be familiar, being an Old God and all!
"Also playing Arknights and League of Legends on the side." Chen Ze raised an eyebrow, it seemed Hastur had also installed mobile game emulators.
"Which server are you on for League of Legends?" Chen Ze began to clean up the bowls and chopsticks.
"Zaun." Hastur yawned. After a meal, the dark circles under her eyes visibly lightened quite a bit.
Chen Ze had a strange feeling; Zaun was a rather unique server in League of Legends.
Just as many people mention Ionia, everyone says it’s a server for pros, but in fact, there are also a lot of bad players there. freewёbnoνel.com
And speaking of the Black Rose, the first impression is that there are a lot of girls.
But what about Zaun?
Zaun’s great theater—if you have a mother, come forward.
There are even those who describe their own strength by saying they roamed Zaun for thirty years with both parents still around.
Even though in reality, not every game in Zaun is filled with "hunters", but the persona has been recognized by everyone, so it can’t be taken off.
Chen Ze was really curious, what would happen if Hastur actually met one of those "hunters"?
"I’ll come to collect the money tomorrow." Hastur told Chen Ze.
"Sure, but it’s best if you bring your computer; otherwise, I won’t be able to make the transfer." Hastur had no way of getting a bank card, and his usage of Alipay and WeChat was limited.
The only option was for Chen Ze to help him top up the money.
Chen Ze sent Hastur off and went back to the kitchen to wash dishes.
"Ah, if only Betty weren’t so drunk." Chen Ze held the Magma Juice while preparing the dipping sauce. Direct brushing was out of the question unless he intended to set himself on fire in a different way.
"But... maybe I can mention that there’s a super, super, ultra-spicy version? Buy it at your own risk?" Chen Ze stroked his chin, thinking it was feasible, as there is no lack of people with a spirit of challenge in this world.
Although, another way of saying it is, those who challenge the limits of spiciness are usually asking for trouble.
"Humph, lowly human, where’s my cola?" The sound of Wind Chimes signaled the arrival of a regular customer.
"Lafra, why didn’t you come yesterday?" Chen Ze hurriedly brought out the two boxes of cola he had prepared earlier.
Even though he had to keep supplying cola, Chen Ze felt it was worth it as he could greatly improve his own clumsiness, which could be described as a miracle.
Especially recently, when Chen Ze played the rhythm game, he even FC’d the Demon King song "Six Trillion Years" on the highest difficulty. Chen Ze felt this exchange was simply too worthwhile.
"What about Betty?" Lafra didn’t reply to Chen Ze’s question immediately, but asked with curiosity, clearly having smelled Betty’s scent as soon as she came in.
Lafra leisurely picked up her cup, ready to drink her favorite cola.
"Betty? She’s lying upstairs," Chen Ze said as he placed two cases of cola beside Lafra.
"Huh?" Suddenly Chen Ze felt a bit uneasy, like when he would watch a horror film as a child and then hear dripping sounds when going to the bathroom afterwards.
Chen Ze turned his head to glance at Lafra, who was looking at him with a smile, her hand gripping the cup so tightly that Chen Ze could even see the cola inside beginning to freeze.
"Oh? You tell me all about it," said Lafra, smiling even more joyfully, causing Chen Ze to involuntarily take a step back.
"So it’s like this and like that," Chen Ze explained the facts of why Betty was lying upstairs using the briefest of words.
"I see," Chen Ze felt vaguely that Lafra sighed in relief.
"Lafra, could you be..." Chen Ze began to form a tentative guess in his mind.
Could it be? It shouldn’t be, right? Why would this be? Chen Ze’s small eyes were filled with great confusion.
"You couldn’t possibly like..." Chen Ze was cut off before he could finish his sentence.
"You, what are you talking about! Hurry up, I’m hungry!" Lafra blushed and patted the table.
Chen Ze pondered for a moment and nodded thoughtfully, it seemed that his guess was indeed correct.
"I really didn’t expect this..." Chen Ze sighed with a sense of loss and returned to the kitchen to prepare Lafra’s dish.
Lafra lay face down on the table, her crimson cheeks hiding her emotions while her legs swung back and forth restlessly.
"Does he know? Does he not know? What does he mean?" Lafra felt confused.
Standing in the kitchen, Chen Ze looked at his ingredients. He decided to stick with Nine Turns Intestine for the main course, but as for the side dishes...
Chen Ze glanced at the lilies he had bought in the fridge and decided to stir-fry lilies.
"Has this guy invented a new dish again?" Lafra sniffed, the air filled with a scent she had never smelled before.
Lafra looked at the two cases of cola in her space and felt much better, cola was always good.
"Ton ton ton~" Lafra picked up a bottle of cola and downed it in one go, sighing with satisfaction. frёewebnoѵēl.com
"Sorry to keep you waiting, here’s your dish." Chen Ze placed the freshly prepared dishes one by one on the table.
"What’s this?" Lafra curiously looked at the plate of food in front of her.
"This is Nine Turns Intestine, today’s main dish, and this is stir-fried lilies, a side dish," Chen Ze introduced.
"Stir-fried lilies?" Lafra blinked, it looked somewhat unique, and she had no idea what it tasted like.
"That... Lafra, although Betty is an employee of the restaurant, I won’t interfere with anyone’s freedom to love," Chen Ze hesitated for a moment, but decided to state his position.
"Hm?" Lafra looked at Chen Ze with confusion.
What does your support for Betty’s freedom to love have to do with me, Lafra?