My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 225: Chapter 85: Impatience Won’t Get You Crab Roe Soup Dumplings

"Manager~" Betty looked at Chen Ze with pitiful eyes, an injured look on her face. If anyone else saw her, under the innate charming trait that Betty had, they would likely lose control and agree to her request.

"Impossible, I need this ring." Chen Ze shook his head, what a joke, this was a ring that came with Rune Words, and he planned to give it to Lafra.

+3 to flame skills, this was not just a simple effect. To be honest, once you used this thing, all your flame skills went up a notch.

"Manager, when will the crab roe soup dumplings be ready?" Betty looked eagerly at Chen Ze’s pocket, but she also gave up the idea that had impulsively popped into her head just now.

She herself understood that such precious equipment was definitely meant for Lady Lafra first, especially since after Betty knew that Lafra liked Chen Ze, she hadn’t used any methods to tempt Chen Ze anymore.

Chen Ze glanced at the steaming basket. He had placed the crab roe soup dumplings inside earlier, and they seemed alright for now, but he still had to wait a bit longer.

"Wait a little longer. Speaking of which, where is Nina? Go check on her upstairs." Chen Ze rubbed Alexander’s head; this dog was not supposed to stay in the restaurant.

No restaurant would allow pets to enter, partly due to safety and hygiene concerns, and partly because if there was hair found in the food, it would be hard to explain.

"Okay." Betty also reached out to pet Alexander, eliciting an even more joyful wag of his tail.

"Restore, huh..." Chen Ze sighed. It seemed that this effect had far exceeded his expectations.

From the dog’s situation, Chen Ze had come to roughly understand what sort of ghostly effect "restore" was.

Just like a reset button, after restoration, memories and everything else were also reset to zero. At the very least, Alexander didn’t remember his own name, and Chen Ze had just recently given him a new name.

Chen Ze looked worriedly at the ceiling. Although this effect was indeed what he had hoped for, and he could even say that he had been trying to achieve something similar before, now that it was a reality, Chen Ze felt ambivalent about it.

For Nina, forgetting her own father, the pain of being synthesized by alchemy, the pain of turning into Alexander, that was naturally nothing.

But Chen Ze couldn’t possibly keep Nina living here. A restaurant could not provide a child with the environment necessary for normal growth.

Moreover, Nina needed to go to school. Even if Chen Ze really took her in, he couldn’t do it for a lifetime.

So in the end, Chen Ze was definitely going to send Nina back, back to where she came from. However, if that were the case, Chen Ze wasn’t sure what Nina’s fate would be.

Releasing a fish back into the sea with a mouth torn and bleeding from a fishhook, you may think you’re doing a good deed, but you’re just changing the way it dies. Sharks, lured by the smell of blood, would swallow it whole.

"Buzz!" The steam in the basket surged continuously. Chen Ze calmly turned off the heat; it was about time.

No sooner had Chen Ze lifted the lid, he saw Betty sneak in, which made him suspect that she had been squatting at the kitchen door all this time, just waiting for him to finish so she could come in and eat dumplings.

"Manager, Nina, she..." Then Betty couldn’t go on, her big eyes blinking and looking at the steaming basket in front of Chen Ze.

"Right, it’s ready to eat." Chen Ze sighed and carefully took the dumplings out from inside.

[You have made six regular crab roe soup dumplings, increasing your experience in making noodles by 30 points.]

Chen Ze nodded in satisfaction. He was always aware that dough work was his weak point, so he was quite pleased with himself for being able to make regular dumplings on his first try.

Chen Ze picked up the steamed bun, the soup inside it swaying continuously, a tempting aroma spreading throughout the entire kitchen.

"I’m starting~" Betty grabbed a bun, opened her mouth wide, and took a big bite.

"Don’t!" Chen Ze tried to stop her, but Betty was just too fast.

Chen Ze helplessly covered his ears, then saw Betty’s face instantly turn red, as she gasped for air with her mouth open.

Watching Betty, who doubted if she was infernally born due to the scald but still refused to let go of the bun, Chen Ze’s mouth twitched. From a certain angle, this could be considered a titanium-level food lover.

Chen Ze watched as Betty swallowed the soup dumpling whole, then poured her a glass of water, "Is something wrong?"

Betty didn’t speak; instead, she painfully covered her throat—it seemed she had scalded her esophagus.

Chen Ze silently opened a cupboard, took out a stone, and tossed it to Betty, who quickly caught it. Then in the next second, a flash of black light passed, and Betty finally felt much relieved.

"Manager, thank you, I was about to go meet the Gods just now," Betty patted her chest, the pain earlier had been too intense.

On one hand, when the soup dumpling was bitten, Betty tasted a very delicious flavor, but that was followed by an intense pain.

But the taste was really too good, and Betty couldn’t help but swallow it down, only to regret it immediately afterward.

Although the soup dumpling had cooled a bit in her mouth, it was obviously more than her fragile esophagus could bear.

If it weren’t for the Magic Stone Chen Ze threw to her that healed her wound and cooled down the soup dumpling that entered her stomach, Betty felt that her stomach itself might have been burned.

"No need to thank me, it’s a Magic Stone made by Lady Lafra to prevent injuries," Chen Ze casually returned the Magic Stone to the cupboard.

"Watch carefully, you’re not supposed to eat a crab roe soup dumpling like that." Chen Ze picked up a pair of chopsticks, made a small opening in the dumpling, let the soup flow into a spoon, and then slowly sipped it.

"Or, you could wait for it to cool a bit and suck the soup directly with your mouth," Chen Ze smacked his lips contentedly. The crab roe powder always tasted a bit odd, but when the season for crab roe came, Chen Ze could make an even better crab roe soup dumpling.

"I’ll try it!" Betty followed suit, picked up the soup dumpling, and slowly began to eat.

Six crab roe soup dumplings weren’t a lot, but the portions Chen Ze made were generous, so both Chen Ze and Betty were full after eating three each.

"Where’s Nina?" Chen Ze patted his stomach, turning to look at Betty, who was washing dishes.

"She hasn’t woken up yet, seems like she’s been unconscious for quite a while," Betty shook her head; she had just gone up and gently nudged Nina, but the poor girl showed no response. freewebnoveℓ.com

"Hmm..." Chen Ze tapped his fingers on the table, pondering that Nina’s issue would require a long-term plan.

"By the way, manager, there’s a... very strange game that’s recently appeared in our area, or I should say, you might be familiar with it?" Betty turned her head, her expression a bit odd.

"What game?" Chen Ze asked curiously.

"Fight nobles."