Chapter 286: Chapter 146 Betty’s Dark Circles
Chen Ze stood in the kitchen, the curry pork chop rice was already prepared. Since Betty wasn’t there, Chen Ze personally carried it over.
Liu Hua’s mood had stabilized a bit, but her eyes were still very red. Shi Hua, on the other hand, was holding her sister’s hand and didn’t speak.
"Here you go, your curry pork chop rice. Please enjoy," Chen Ze placed the curry pork chop rice in front of them and then planned to go back to the kitchen to check on his duck.
"Divine Being!" Liu Hua called out to Chen Ze, and Shi Hua instinctively tightened her grip on her sister’s hand.
She remembered Chen Ze had said that they could only look once, and for the Divine Being to allow them to see their father this once was already a great favor, so Shi Hua was worried her sister would make an excessive request.
"What is it?" Chen Ze turned his head, curiously looking at Takanashi Rikka.
Takanashi Rikka looked at Chen Ze seriously, then bowed deeply, "Thank you very much!"
Chen Ze smiled, not minding it, and returned to his kitchen, while Shi Hua let out a sigh of relief.
Chen Ze stood in the kitchen, looking at the duck hanging there, and then glanced at his phone, barely an hour had passed.
"I wonder what rating this roast duck will get?" Chen Ze rolled up his sleeves and then put the fruitwood into the oven.
Shi Hua took a spoonful of curry pork chop rice and chewed it slowly. The taste was very similar to that on Liu Hua, the curry powder not the best, but the culinary skills were quite good, and the knife work as well.
Shi Hua looked at her sister, who was eating the curry pork chop rice bit by bit – after all, they hadn’t had breakfast, and it felt a bit weird to be eating this so early in the morning.
Is this a quirk of the Divine Being? Shi Hua was a bit curious, not sure what kind of existence this Divine Being was.
Before long, the Takanashi sisters finished the curry pork chop rice provided by Chen Ze, left ten thousand yen, and then left.
Chen Ze looked at the ten thousand yen with a bit of a headache. It seemed he had another somewhat useless item for his cabinet. freewebnovёl.ƈom
Although it was definitely real money, the problem was it didn’t belong to his world, so Chen Ze still had no plans to exchange it.
However, Takanashi Shi Hua seemed to be quite rich, pulling out ten thousand yen so casually, and Chen Ze also noticed that there was quite a bit of paper currency in her wallet.
After seeing off Takanashi Rikka and Shi Hua, Chen Ze returned to the kitchen to continue watching his duck, but soon he heard Betty’s voice.
"Boss, good... morning." Betty yawned, which surprised Chen Ze a bit; he had rarely seen Betty yawn.
Betty was always very energetic; he wondered what had happened that she was yawning today.
Chen Ze came out to have a look and then noticed that Betty seemed very tired, with faint dark circles under her eyes.
"What happened to you? Did you stay up all night playing games?" Chen Ze frowned. He ordinarily wouldn’t concern himself with what Betty did at night, but if staying up affected her work the next day, Chen Ze would still be very angry.
"No, no... I just went with Lindsay to sell hamburgers," Betty yawned again, causing the corners of Chen Ze’s mouth to twitch.
Yawning is contagious, when one person yawns, it can easily affect others, and Chen Ze knew this all too well.
"But look, I made so much money today." Betty proudly took out a bag and shook several silver coins out of it.
Chen Ze looked and thought, if this was her income for a day, Betty would probably have to wait an eternity to eat the Starry Sky Cake.
"Go take a shower upstairs," Chen Ze pointed upstairs, Betty was indeed wearing her maid’s uniform, after all, she hadn’t changed clothes since yesterday.
However, Chen Ze felt that a bath was still necessary, especially since the restaurant industry is particularly meticulous about hygiene.
"Okay, Manager..." Betty yawned and headed upstairs, which made Chen Ze a bit worried that she might fall asleep on the second floor.
Chen Ze rubbed his chin, thinking that for a quick-service restaurant like this, just serving burgers wouldn’t suffice, fries and soft drinks also needed to be added to the menu.
If things went well, Betty could be making a gold coin a day, though it would still take a lot of gold coins to buy a Starry Sky Cake.
Chen Ze shook his head, as there was no use worrying about these things now; he would discuss the fast-food restaurant concept with Alisa once she arrived after some time.
It was about time for the folks of this otherworld to be seduced by the deliciousness of junk food, and perhaps as a result...
The image of Elves munching on fries and Goblins guzzling Coca-Cola struck Chen Ze as particularly amusing.
Just as Chen Ze was preparing to head back to the kitchen to try making fries, he heard the sound of wind chimes and the door being pushed open.
"You’re still here." A somewhat familiar voice, but Chen Ze couldn’t remember who it belonged to.
Then Chen Ze turned around and saw the Grey Elf Priestess with grey skin—Rose.
"Miss Rose? It really has been a long time." Chen Ze felt a bit nostalgic. Some customers visited once and never returned, while others came by often.
And some customers... Chen Ze glanced at the cupboard, where lay the final belongings of one of them.
Grey Elf Priestess, Spider God Priestess Rose, of course Chen Ze remembered, and the impression was deep.
After all, she was his first customer, and she had nearly died in his establishment during her second visit—how could Chen Ze not have a lasting impression?
"Indeed, it’s been a while," Rose said as she found a seat and sat down, then she gathered her hair.
Then, smiling at Chen Ze, she asked, "Do you have any alcohol?"
Chen Ze gave Rose an odd look because there was something slightly off about her smile, although he couldn’t quite put his finger on what it was.
"We do, but the alcohol content is fairly high, and it’s quite expensive," Chen Ze nodded, confirming that they had alcohol—that wasn’t an issue.
He hadn’t yet secured something like Thunderbrew Lager, similar to beer, but Lafra had said that she would just need to go to the positive plane today to get it.
So, getting the booze was only a matter of time for Chen Ze, and this gave him some relief.
"Then I’ll take a glass," Rose said with the same smile, but the sense of discord grew stronger.
"Alright, just a moment," Chen Ze nodded and went into the kitchen to pour the drink.
Leaning on her hand, Rose naturally had heard about Chen Ze’s identity and the woman who stood behind the establishment. freeweɓnovel.cøm
Being Grey Elves from the negative plane, they tended to be very obedient to the words of the Sovereign, the Crimson Overlord.
However, what was troubling Rose this time wasn’t that, but a more serious concern she had discovered.
She seemed to be unable to connect with the Spider Queen, an issue that was causing considerable tumult within the Spider God Church.