My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 585: Chapter 445: The Guests Who Come at Night Might Not Be Alright

Chen Ze was a bit disappointed because even after he and Betty had finished their meal, Lafra still hadn’t arrived. This made Chen Ze feel a little uncomfortable, after all, he had gotten used to sleeping with Lafra in his arms. But it seemed that tonight was destined to be a night alone.

"Thud." A loud noise came from outside the door, which was not normal, because Chen Ze rarely encountered guests who knocked. Although he had met some in the past.

But those were the minority, so now Chen Ze was really curious about who was outside the door. It shouldn’t be a regular customer, as the regulars would naturally push the door open and come in, and it definitely wouldn’t be Alice and the siblings, since for them, doors are generally meant to be kicked in.

"I’ll go check it out." Betty immediately walked over, just about to reach for the door when the sound came again from outside.

"Thud." It was as if something had fallen on the ground. Chen Ze frowned. It was already nine o’clock in the evening, and usually, at this time, some drunken folks would be staggering down the street after their meal. Could it be that the person outside was drunk?

Although Chen Ze had hung a ’Closed’ sign on the door, truth be told, such a thing only works on normal people. A drunk person, generally speaking, has no rationality, and it wouldn’t be strange for them to do something bizarre.

"Welcome to Dream Restaurant..." Betty had already opened the door. She hadn’t thought too much about it, and actually, she wasn’t afraid of anything. After all, in the restaurant, even the powerful Lord Hastur couldn’t harm her.

But Betty still froze, because what caught her eye was not a normal customer, but a pair of feet.

Feet standing upside down.

Betty looked down, and then she saw a woman, her head covered in blood, staring at her.

"Welcome to Dream Restaurant, esteemed Ghost customer, what would you like to eat?" If a normal person saw this scene, they would probably be scared stiff on the spot. But Betty was a demon, and although a disgrace to the Succubus, she was still a demon.

So Betty was very calm, especially since she had long passed the point of being scared by Ghosts and Monsters. These things were nothing compared to the terrifying visages of Hastur and Nyarlathotep.

The female ghost seemed to freeze too, at least, Chen Ze saw her originally resentful eyes go blank for a few seconds.

"Thud." The female ghost hopped in with her head, which was quite comical.

"Customer, can you stand up and walk?" Betty looked at the messy bloodstains with a bit of a headache. Every time such a customer came in, her cleaning duties skyrocketed in difficulty.

"..." The female ghost froze for a few more seconds, Chen Ze saw her mouth open and close as if she wanted to say something, but then she gave up.

After that, the female ghost stood up, the bloody traces on her face all gone, revealing a rather delicate and youthful face, quite pretty.

"Customer, what would you like to eat?" Betty looked at the girl and calmly asked.

"Do you have... soy sauce rice?" The girl was a bit nervous. Her voice was very immature, but also slightly hoarse, as if there were shards of glass in her throat.

"We have it." Chen Ze nodded. Soy sauce rice was naturally not on the menu, so Chen Ze himself had to speak up. Otherwise, Betty would have to go back in and ask him, which would be more troublesome.

"Mhm, if the manager says we have it, then naturally we do," Betty immediately nodded. It was best for the manager to join the conversation, so she could pour the girl a glass of lemon water and take the opportunity to clean up the stains that were just left behind.

"Thank you." The girl’s face was very pale, and although there was a shy meaning in her words, there was still no trace of color on her cheeks.

Chen Ze glanced at the girl, then began preparing the item the customer needed.

Soy sauce mixed rice, Chen Ze had naturally eaten it before, but that was something from his childhood, and as he grew up, he didn’t eat it that much anymore; in fact, the last time he ate it was several years ago.

As a child, he craved tasty food, but couldn’t cook himself, so the best solution was to find some leftover rice from dinner, scoop some into a bowl, pour soy sauce on top, add some chili oil, and voilà—a very decent soy sauce mixed rice.

Of course, if the household could afford it, one could also add some fried pork rinds or use lard, melting it before pouring it into the rice, to enhance the rice’s flavor.

However, Chen Ze had also heard of a method that didn’t involve melting the lard; instead, one simply placed the cooked lard directly onto the rice to eat.

"There should be no experience points, right?" Chen Ze stroked his chin. The preparation for soy sauce mixed rice was just too simple, and Chen Ze felt it was the kind that anyone with hands could make. According to his understanding of the System, it definitely wouldn’t recognize this soy sauce mixed rice.

But Chen Ze didn’t mind it much and went straight ahead to make this simple dish, then placed it on a plate, adding a side dish of pickled vegetables to prevent the customer from finding it too spicy, and poured a bowl of soup as well. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

As expected, there were no experience points; it seemed that if one wanted to gain experience points from soy sauce mixed rice, unless Chen Ze invented a more complicated and modified version himself.

"Betty, come and serve the dish." Chen Ze clapped his hands; no matter what, the soy sauce mixed rice was ready, and now they just needed Betty to serve it.

"Okay, Manager," Betty nodded and then walked in.

"You seem to be in a good mood?" Chen Ze looked at Betty, who had just appeared a bit moody, but now she seemed back to normal.

"Mm, that child is a very nice person," Betty smilingly picked up the soy sauce mixed rice.

"What do you mean?" Chen Ze was a bit curious; he had been cooking just now, so he had really not paid attention to the outside situation.

"Hehe, that child just apologized to me very sincerely while I was cleaning," Betty said with a cheerful smile, showing all her teeth.

"That’s quite nice." Chen Ze nodded; the truth was that being a restaurant’s waiter was really hard work.

Especially when dealing with some strange customers, like when Chen Ze worked a summer job at his relative’s place during college, he came across a drunk patron who vomited all over the place, which was utterly frustrating.

Thankfully, the cleaning aunt was very competent; otherwise, Chen Ze felt he would have lost his appetite that day.

As for this customer, Chen Ze quite liked her; at the very least, she was aware of the trouble her actions had caused for the restaurant, and didn’t act superior with the "customer is God" attitude, but instead apologized very conscientiously.

That was good.