My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 183: Chapter 43 Menma

"Is Betty okay?" Lafra asked worriedly, glancing upstairs. Betty was still in the bathroom, and according to Elena, Betty planned to stay there overnight.

"She should be...okay," Chen Ze kept his expression under control, trying not to show any irregularity, and then slowly swallowed the unidentified object in his mouth.

In fact, the fried eggs Lafra made were even more unpalatable than Chen Ze had imagined. He profoundly experienced what could be described as a dish that nearly sent him to heaven; with every bite, Chen Ze felt like he could see a virtual figure waving at him from the other side of a bridge.

"Come on~ come play~" Chen Ze always felt that’s what the figure was saying.

Chen Ze, facing Lafra’s expectant gaze, silently picked up the rest of the charred object and put it into his mouth.

Chen Ze really couldn’t call this a fried egg, as the fried egg itself would probably cry if it heard that—this was nothing but the black edition of a fried egg, no, more like coal skin!

"Does Uncle Manager seem to be in pain?" Elena and Andrew were sitting in the restaurant. Elena, while eating a pork chop, quietly asked.

Andrew looked up and saw the lump of black in Chen Ze’s mouth, shivering at the sight. Can you really eat such black and shiny stuff? Andrew was highly doubtful.

"You must have seen it wrong," Andrew patted his little sister’s head, and while she wasn’t paying attention, he stealthily slipped a chunk of pork chop from his bowl into hers.

"It seems you’re right... Huh?" Elena exclaimed in surprise. She remembered having eaten quite a few pork chops already; how come it seemed like there was a bit more in her bowl now?

"Brother, could you pour me a glass of lemonade~" Elena tugged at Andrew’s sleeve and gently shook it.

Andrew didn’t mind and got up to pour the lemonade. Elena, watching him leave, sneakily picked up a piece of pork chop from her bowl and placed it into Andrew’s.

Her brother had been studying hard at the academy and needed to eat more meat to grow taller, according to Aunt Carter from next door, which Elena took very seriously.

"They really are a pair of model siblings," Chen Ze couldn’t help but remark, having noticed all the small actions between Elena and Andrew.

"Is Betty going to stay here tonight?" Lafra, with her apron tied, washed the dishes clumsily. Chen Ze worried several times that she might break the dishes or cut herself.

"Maybe? But Vodka’s alcohol content isn’t that high," Chen Ze was a bit conflicted. Although under his unique charm, Betty finished the special staff meal he had meticulously prepared and drank the water he poured for her.

But Chen Ze never expected that Betty would just collapse on the floor and nearly faint. Now, this could be considered shooting himself in the foot.

"Then I’ll stay here tonight too," Lafra said seriously, looking at Chen Ze.

"Eh?" Chen Ze was a bit stunned.

"How would you feel if I let a man stay at my house overnight?" Lafra frowned slightly.

"I don’t want to think about it whatsoever," Chen Ze quickly shook his head. Just the thought of that scenario made him feel stuffy inside.

Chen Ze looked at Lafra, whose face regained a smile, and felt a bit of anticipation for the night to come.

Suki Umita silently sat at the table eating. Although Menma was right beside him, his father did not see this person at all.

"If you are my illusion, then what exactly do you want to do?" Suki Umita steadied Menma by the shoulders.

"Eh? Ren-chan, why did you suddenly ask me that? I don’t know either, but it seems like I can’t accomplish something unless everyone’s brought together, you know." Menma looked at Ren-chan with a beaming smile.

"Everyone?" Ren-chan immediately thought of something, of the so-called everyone—to Menma, it must mean the childhood companions they once had.

"Super Peace Busters, huh..." Ren-chan lowered his head, and inexplicably, he thought again of the man who didn’t seem like a good person and that very magical place.

"It’s not possible for there to be two illusions, right? But, if it really is an illusion, then what do I have to be afraid of?" Suki Umita shook his head, pushed the door to his room open, and sure enough, the door appeared once again in that spot.

"Menma, it’s time to go." Suki Umita slowly opened the door.

"Welcome to Dream Restaurant, guest...Hmm? Suki Umita?" Chen Ze, holding a towel and drying his hands, came out only to see a young man with black hair, with the same dispirited look, same dark circles, and same outfit.

"Eh? Where is this? Ren-chan, does your house have a place like this?" A girl with silver-gray hair jumped out from behind Suki Umita, barefoot, wearing a white dress and a blue bow, and that familiar face.

Just like the first time, Chen Ze opened Bilibili, clicked on ’Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day’, and the person he saw at that moment.

"Uncle, you’re also my hallucination, right? What wish do you want to fulfill? Just tell me." Suki Umita looked at Chen Ze with a resigned look in his eyes. freёweɓnovel.com

Chen Ze couldn’t help but smile. What’s this, am I being treated as a hallucination? Or as a symptom of adolescent syndrome?

"Menma, what would you like to eat?" Chen Ze didn’t bother with Suki Umita standing in front, but instead looked at Menma, who was curiously circling around him.

"Eh?" Menma looked at Chen Ze in surprise. This was the first time someone other than Ren-chan could see her.

"Eh?" Suki Umita was confused. Wasn’t Menma supposed to be his hallucination? So, what was this situation? Could it be that two illusions could see each other?

"Curry pork cutlet and Buffet, is that okay?" Chen Ze tied on his headband with a smile, planning to take the cooking more seriously this time.

"Okay~ Menma really wants to eat curry!" Menma happily sat down in a chair.

"So for you, I should also make curry pork cutlet, right?" Chen Ze looked at Suki Umita, who was still in a state of daze, as if the young man was yet to accept reality.

"Brother! Brother! Did you see that?" Elena tugged at her brother, asking in a quiet voice.

"Of course, I saw it." Andrew glanced at Menma, the silver-haired girl who kept swinging her legs, curiously looking around the magical restaurant.

"Quite unusual, is she a new guest?" Elena had seen a lot of guests, but there were very few whom Chen Ze greeted with such enthusiasm.

"Must be. After all, we’ve been here a few times but have never seen these two people before." Andrew nodded.

"Ren-chan, over here, over here!" Menma pulled Suki Umita over to her, dragging him to sit down in the chair beside her.

A very real sense of touch. Suki Umita kicked the ground with his foot and it hurt a lot.