The day.
When the bone-chilling wind swept over him, Qin Nuo woke up immediately, without any trace iness.
The sinister ughter of ghost dolls echoed throughout the room, sending shivers down the spine of anyone who heard it.
That was their arm clock.
The restaurant ope six.
They had six hours of sleep.
Wearing the foul-smelling work uniform, Qin Nuo ehe disfort all over his body, tidied up his clothes, and prepared to set off.
Liu Jiaqi and Wang Yang were also up early.
Wang Yang was muttering something while putting on his clothes with one hand, probably still haunted by yesterday's mistakes.
Liu Jiaqi clutched a neckce, praying she could return to sleep tonight.
To be ho, Qin Nuo admired her a bit.
Firl to hold on until now without breaking down, her mi was quite endable.
Soon, the three of them left and arrived at the restaurant.
Pinocchio sat slumped in a chair, head tilted, looking like an abandoned puppet.
Then, today's tasks were announced.
"We're short-staffed today, the three of you o plete six orders before you clock out."
Hearing six orders, their faces turned a bit grim.
The main issue wasn't the workload; it was the risk of entering difficult and temperamental ers, which could easily lead to trouble.
Six orders increased that probability!
Why were they short-staffed?
Qin Nuo and the others knew very well.
It wasn't due tnations; it was more likely that someone had beeen or killed by a er.
***
her Springs Restaurant, open for the sed day.
ers tio pour in.
Phantoms moved about the restaurant, ers sat at tables with vat expressions, waiting for servers to approach.
Qin Nuo approached the first table, where a ghost with a severely burned face looked up, enough to scare a girl into fainting on the spot.
"What would you like to order?" Qin Nuo asked calmly and politely.
The Burning Ghost slid the selected menu over.
Qin Nuo g it and was taken aback.
"Sweet and sour ribs?"
This was actually a normal dish!
Do ghosts eat this kind of thing?
"Please wait a moment."
Qin Nuo took the menu a.
I, the chef g the menu a out a cold snort, seemingly with some disdain.
Then he began to cook.
The dish was ready quickly.
As Qin Nuo took the dish, the chef coldly said, "If you dare to sneak a taste, I'll cut out your tongue and use it as an ingredient!"
Qin Nuo carried the dish away, hesitated for a moment in the hallway, and activated the Eye of Analysis.
Eye of Analysis: In the final moment of the explosion, he pushed the girl to safety, sacrifig himself aing buro death. Though dead, he still remembers the girl liked to make sweet and sour ribs for him, and Tequi was the drink they had when they first met...
"So it's not food it's after, but memories." Qin Nuo realized.
Looking at the dish, Qin Nuo suddenly had an idea.
He took a couple of turns, not heading to the restaurant but to the vending mae.
"Human food, disgusting taste!"
The blood-red eyes on the vending mae's ghost face opened, gring fiercely at Qin Nuo.
"Little rat, feeling hungry?"
Qin Nuo said, "Give me a bottle of Tequi."
"80 Ghost Currency."
"It says 50 on it."
The vending mae sneered, "If you don't buy, then scram. I won't sell you anything, and you'll starve to death. Know who's the master and who's the sve, got it?"
Qin Nuo said nothing, tossed 80 Ghost Currento the gaping bloody mouth, and a bottle of Tequi at out.
"Go drink in the er!"
Memorizing the vending mae's mog tone, Qin Nuo carried the dish away.
Soouro the restaurant.
Just in time, the Burning Ghost hadn't gotten impatient.
"Enjoy your meal."
Qin Nuo pced the dish in front of the Burning Ghost.
The Burning Ghost started eating, not dev like the hosts, with disgusting liquid spttering everywhere, but slowly sav each piece, as if searg for something.
Soon, the Burning Ghost's body trembled slightly, and a strange sound came from its mouth.
its rea, Qin Nuo smoothly poured a gss of Tequi and pushed it in front of it, "Would you like to try this drink?"
Looking at the gss, the Burning Ghost's terrifying face twitched, "Is this from the chef, or your idea?"
Ag on one's own could offend the er, leading to horrifying sequences!
But Qin Nuo wasn't afraid, calmly nodding, "My idea."
The Burning Ghost took the wine gss, terrifying fmes flickering over its charred skin.
If this drink soured its mood, the fmes could reduce Qin Nuo to ashes!
Lips parted, the driing its throat.
The refreshing sweet and sour taste spread from the too the throat.
The Burning Ghost reacted strongly, its eerrifying face twitg.
It wasn't that the drink articurly good, but the long-fotten, familiar taste and a vague memory resurfaced clearly in its mind.
"Ah..."
A pained sound escaped the Burning Ghost's mouth.
The surrounding ers igs rea.
The servers cast strange looks at Qin Nuo, seemingly vinced he was doomed.
After a moment.
The Burning Ghost raised its head again, a hoarse, distorted voice emerging, "Not bad."
"This is for you."
A 500-value Ghost Currenote ushed over.
The surrounding servers were shocked by the se.
Especially some ghosts, their eyes turning blood-red with envy at the generous tip.
Qin Nuo accepted it with a smile, bowing at a 90-degree ahank you."
Simultaneously, a system voice echoed in his mind.
"Angel's Kiss: You've gained +3 favorability from the Burning Ghost Liu Kai, rewarded with a blood-stained Bone-Crushing Hammer!"
Ghost Creature.
Items imbued with Ghost Aura, useful against ghosts, but varying in strength.
Without rushing to take it out, Qin Nuo tidied up and prepared to move to the able.
Ding-a-ling!
Wele!
The door suddenly opened, and a new er entered, a girl with twin ponytails and fair skin, looking like a normal girl.
But the surrounding ers regarded her not with disdain like they did Qin Nuo and the others, but with a hint of apprehension.
Half-Ghost.
As the name suggests, half-human, half-ghost, inally human, with a ghost residing within, making them more mysterious and terrifying than ghosts.
Because of their half-human nature, they weren't particurly hostile to humans.
Of course, as long as you didn't provoke them.
She sat at a table by the window, her legs in white ce-trimmed stogs swinging bad forth under her floral dress.
Serving her was an experienced ghost employee, roached with a smile to inquire about her order.
Qin Nuo didn't look further, noting the time, he moved to the sed table.
***
Ten mier.
Qin Nuo successfully pleted the sed order, receiving a satisfactory review.
This made him secretly delighted.
Helping the Burning Ghost recover lost memories, the first order undoubtedly received a very satisfactory review.
At this rate, his daily wage today would be double yesterday's.
At this moment, some otion arose in the restaurant.
Attrag the attention of many humans and ghosts.
By the window, the girl's food was served, a simple dish and an afternoon dessert, Tiramisu cake.
The girl picked up a spoon, tasted a bite.
After chewing carefully, her pretty face showed a hint of ption.
The ghost employee fidently smiled, "This is our restaurant's signature dessert, called Bloody Agate, plimentary fuests. If you find it satisfactory, we wele you baext time."
The girl pouted slightly, smiling, "But it's missing something, and I don't like it too sweet."
The ghost employee quickly said, "No problem, I'll get you another ht away."
"No need."
The girl shook her head, extending her jade-like hand, ping the air.
This aade the ghost employee's expression turn hideous aremely fearful, his uniform bursting as he transformed into a tumor-like monster.
It retreated violently, trying to escape.
But its entire body was pressed by something, turning into a meatball, and with a squeeze of the girl's hand, the meatball exploded instantly.
Flesh and blood spttered every er of the restaurant, the ers looked up, casting a fearful g the girl, then tinued nontly with their meals.
She killed a ghost on the spot!
As Qin Nuo's face turned pale, a worn-out teddy bear appeared beside him at some point.
Its two beady eyes stared ily at the girl, "er..."
