I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 740 The beginning of chaos
The Empress?
A flicker of passion finally flashed in Tong Qian's long-dead eyes.

Fang Shiming saw all of this and knew that the time was right, so he didn't continue. However, he was smart and knew that others were not people he could manipulate at will.

"Fang Shiming, what good will it do you to make us fight?" He Yin'er said coldly.

She hates anyone who disrupts her peaceful life.

Liu Qingqing and He Yuelian were among them, as was Fang Shiming!
Regardless of the possibility or truth of what Fang Shiming said, she knew that she could no longer live a peaceful life like before.

How could he possibly feel grateful to Fang Shiming?

Not hating him is already the greatest magnanimity she can show.

"It's a very simple matter. I just want to get revenge on them." Seeing the puzzled looks on He Yin'er and Tong Qian's faces, Fang Shiming's face showed a hint of hatred at just the right moment. "They promised to form an alliance with me before, but they never helped me. Tell me, how can I not hate them? And shouldn't I take revenge on them?"

He Yin'er and Tong Qian exchanged a glance but did not respond.

We had arrived at the entrance of the old house. There was an open space that had been cleared a few days ago, and ten dark red round wooden tables were placed there.

There is also a cooking counter, cooking utensils, as well as some ingredients and tableware.

Everything was ready. Lin Yuan gestured, "Everyone, hold on a minute. Go inside and offer incense to Old Zhang before you come out to do your work."

"Yes."

"clear."

There were no unexpected incidents during the incense offering. Everything was normal in the mourning hall today. Even Zhang Xianguang's burning speed of paper money was reduced by more than half, and the burning time of a single piece of yellow paper was extended by more than four or five times.

Basically, a new sheet of paper is needed only once every hour or so, which saves a lot of materials.

After offering incense, everyone got busy.

Fang Shiming, as a helper, naturally stayed by the kitchen counter, while Liu Qingqing, Tong Qian, and He Yin'er, along with Xiao Ru, began preparing the meal.

He Yuelian, along with the King Twins, stood guard at ten round wooden tables, accompanied by twenty robots, welcoming the upcoming "guests."

Tonight is a banquet, which can also be called a ghost banquet!

Fang Shiming glanced around and whispered, "Old Fan isn't coming tonight. I wonder who will do the security work. Is that all we can do? Those robots aren't strong enough."

As they spoke, a rustling sound came from the surrounding woods.

Fang Shiming and the others immediately became alert. Tong Qian said in a deep voice, "I just heard Zhang Xianguang and the others say that the banquet would start at midnight. Why are things being delivered now?"

"It's definitely not a good thing; it might be here to steal our food."

Fang Shiming's face was grim.

From the very first night, everyone knew that the "shopkeeper," in order to express his respect for the deceased Zhang Dong, did not cover the surroundings with a white mist ghost domain, which was basically in accordance with normal supernatural rules.

Until two nights ago, there were too many ghostly things here, which angered the "shop manager". He then used the cognitive system rules, similar to the "I know is the world" rule, to turn these ghostly things into wild beasts that were either fierce or cute.

After that, they even summoned the mercenaries from the Ghost Post Office's oil painting world, and they cleaned up most of the ghosts around them, sending them all to the Peace Hotel as ingredients.

However, even a large group of wild beasts now poses a considerable threat to them.

If Ghost Messenger Lao Fan is by your side, then there's naturally nothing to worry about.

Those hundred-plus suppression slots acted like a powerful aura of intimidation. Any wild beast that entered within a certain distance of Ghost Messenger Old Fan would be pinned to the ground, with no chance of resistance whatsoever.

But Ghost Messenger Lao Fan is still unconscious in the Peace Hotel and isn't here at all.

This not only severely impacted Fang Shiming's strength, but also greatly limited his chances of making a good impression on the "shop manager".

"Now, we can only wait and see how they perform."

Fang Shiming's gaze swept over He Yin'er, Tong Qian, Liu Qingqing, and He Yuelian. The four initial cooks subconsciously exchanged glances before shifting their gaze to the edge of the woods.

"This is a banquet that Brother Yuan is in charge of, and yet some fools still dare to come and cause trouble. They're practically asking for it! I'm going to catch all these bastards and use everything they own to atone for Brother Yuan's sins!"

Liu Qingqing snorted coldly. She was the first to not hold back and directly used her own supernatural abilities.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the previously peaceful space beside her, as if space itself had been torn apart by some powerful force.

After the crack appeared, it instantly opened up, transforming into a portal resembling one from a science fiction movie. Through this portal, one could see a large, technologically advanced space filled with rows of gleaming, metallic robots.

As the portal opened, the eyes of thirty robots inside began to glow, as if they had been awakened from a deep slumber.

Then, they walked towards the portal and crossed it, appearing beside Liu Qingqing in a row.

These robots are all significantly larger than normal adults, standing up to 2 meters tall with their powerful and technologically advanced metallic bodies, making them instantly imposing.

Liu Qingqing swept her gaze over He Yuelian with an air of triumph, her posture as if to say:
Look!
If you want to fight, you all have to do it yourselves, but I have my underlings, so I don't need to lift a finger. My main focus is on elegance and confidence!

Then he waved his hand and said, "Men, get him... Tong Qian, why are you stopping me?"

Liu Qingqing's face turned somewhat ugly. She had thought that someone would come out to stop her so as to seize the opportunity to show off in front of the "store manager," but she had always thought it was her "love rival" He Yuelian. But what did Tong Qian mean by jumping out now?
They said they wouldn't fight or compete, but now they're jumping out to stop me. Could it be that they've formed an alliance with He Yuelian?

Throughout, she never thought that this was Tong Qian's own idea, but when she saw the same doubt in He Yuelian's eyes, a bad feeling arose in her heart.

"Xiao Liu, don't be so nervous. This isn't an enemy. It's probably someone the boss sent to take over Lao Fan's security duties," Tong Qian said calmly.

After being tempted by the prospect of becoming the "Goddess who can end the era of the supernatural," Tong Qian stopped being passive and unwilling to compete.

She was prepared to compete with Liu Qingqing, He Yuelian, and even He Yin'er for this spot, and it all started with this incident today.

She had originally planned to make her move here, even though it would alert Liu Qingqing and He Yuelian to the change in her condition. But it was better to do it sooner rather than later.

But when she noticed the dog emerging from the woods, she immediately changed her mind.

The longer you can hide it, the better. At least it will give you more time to develop.

Liu Qingqing frowned and looked towards the edge of the woods, finally noticing something was wrong. It was because what came out of the woods were not large, numerous, or diverse wild animals, but all of the same species of hyenas.

From just one at the beginning, to ten, then twenty...

Looking at the dense swarm of hyenas, Liu Qingqing immediately recognized what they were. Her expression shifted for a moment, then she waved her hand weakly, signaling all the combat robots acting as bodyguards around her to return through the spatial portal.

"It seems Brother Yuan has already made arrangements, so let's get back to work."

Liu Qingqing pursed her lips, glanced at Tong Qian, and said, "Thank you."

She had already recognized them; these hyenas were all the ghost slaves of Watchdog, Starving Ghost, and Old Flower.

The smallest ones, like newborn puppies, are the first stage of ghost infants; the slightly larger ones are the second stage of ghost children; and then there are the normal-sized hyenas, which are the third stage of ghost youths.

The leaders among them were noticeably stronger than ordinary third-stage hyenas; they were demon youths who had eaten demons and evolved to the fourth stage.

If Tong Qian hadn't stopped her just now, she might have already started fighting with the starving ghost.

Whether she can gain any advantage is another matter, but if the "manager" finds out about her fighting with the company's watchdog, he certainly won't kick her out of the restaurant for such a small matter, but it will definitely lower her image.

This is something Liu Qingqing absolutely cannot tolerate.

So, since Tong Qian had helped her, she naturally had to express her gratitude; it was the most basic courtesy.

"You're welcome."

Tong Qian's expression remained unchanged, but she felt very strange inside.

In fact, she originally planned to stop Liu Qingqing and then show off her skills, since she was already a step behind Liu Qingqing and He Yuelian.

To catch up and surpass others, you have to take an unconventional path.

Fortunately, a hyena popped out of the woods at that moment and caught her attention; otherwise, she would never have been able to change her mind and her story.

In doing so, he ended up doing Liu Qingqing a favor.

As a secret "love rival," Tong Qian was surprised to receive gratitude from the person she wanted to surpass. This situation left her with mixed feelings, especially when she saw He Yin'er's ambiguous smile.

But let's leave it at that.

Meanwhile, Lin Yuan inside the house had already seen all of this—although there was no visible white mist ghost domain, surely no one really thought that his ghost domain relied entirely on the white mist ghost domain?

"Fang Shiming really has a good tongue. I never noticed before. He single-handedly dragged He Yin'er and Tong Qian into the battle, trying to win by creating chaos. He also brought me so much 'fun'. Interesting."

(End of this chapter)