I will never give in to Miss Death

"Hey?"

"Sister Ouyang, I left a message under the video."

I hesitated and asked, "Did you make this video by yourself?"

"Li Chen helped organize the materials, and most of them were done by me."

Ouyang Xue's tone sounded very tired. She coughed a few times and said, "Can Elodie come to work tomorrow? There may be a lot of people in the store tomorrow. I'm afraid we can't handle it with just a few of us."

"Wait, let me ask her."

I took the phone off and turned to Elodie: "Boss, can you go to work tomorrow?"

"Are you going tomorrow?"

Elodie, who was fiddling with flowers and plants on the balcony, turned around and hesitated: "Not enough manpower?"

"Yes."

"Okay then, I'll go over and help tomorrow."

Elodie nodded: "But let me make it clear first, I have not done much in this field before."

"It's ok."

I quickly picked up the phone: "She said yes."

"Then...what about Lan Jiajia?"

"She hasn't finished the handover work for her editing yet. She probably won't be able to do it tomorrow."

"Oh, that's okay. This many people should be enough. As long as we can hold out until the opening tomorrow, the 10th, the next few days will be easier."

Ouyang Xue changed her tone and said, "Nuo'er, you seem to be quite popular on the Internet now, and your QQ number has been exposed. You must be careful."

"Yeah, it's okay..."

Before I could say anything, the Grim Reaper who seemed to have heard our conversation came over and said, "Don't worry, I'm Nuoer's personal Grim Reaper. I can turn a blind eye to whatever they do online. If anyone dares to come over here..."

In the quiet room, I saw Yin Xiamo's eyes suddenly become sharp, with a cold light flashing around -

"I wouldn't mind collecting a few more souls."

"..."

……

No. 116 Yu Quan Tian Xia

On May 10th, I deliberately got up half an hour earlier than usual.

After having a feast at home in the evening prepared by Rabbit Editor Lan Jiajia, Yin Xiamo and I went downstairs for a walk and stopped by a coffee shop to take a look at the decoration there.

The cats in the store came over to me as they did before, and Timon and the clingy Miaomiao continued to rub against my feet.

However, compared with the various inconveniences before, the renovated coffee shop is indeed much better.

The kitchen's sewer system is more reasonable and hygienic, the classification of various ingredients is more in line with food hygiene standards, the lighting and illumination in the store are more scientific, and because many decorations have been added, such as some star-shaped chandeliers and small ornaments on the top, the overall style of the coffee shop is more "two-dimensional" than before.

I even saw two life-size standees of "Yin Nuoer and Yin Xiamo" wearing maid outfits at the door. I was on the left and Yin Xiamo was on the right. Both of them had faint, gentle smiles on their faces, and then they made a "please come in" gesture towards the door of the store, which was particularly embarrassing.

The wooden floor of the store is covered with many two-dimensional beautiful girl stickers, including the portraits of various heroes in FGO, as well as many anime portraits that "Tongmeng.com" has obtained the copyright for, such as Sora and Shiro from "No Game No Life" and various "dragons" in "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid".

Right in the middle of the lobby on the first floor is a very cool magic circle, which is somewhat similar in shape to the one used to summon heroic spirits in "Fate". Because there are light tubes buried under the floor, this magic circle will emit many combined lights under the control of the console, and it looks like a heroic spirit will be summoned at any time.

In addition, there are a lot of paintings on both sides of the stairs leading to the second floor, which are basically characters from some popular anime, such as Nidouzi from "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" or Wah Ku Wah Ku from "Spy Play House".

After this decoration, the coffee shop, which was already full of the atmosphere of the second dimension, has become like a "geek paradise".

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t watch anime or can’t recognize these characters. The store is not entirely two-dimensional. The small wind chimes hanging on the window, the moon chandelier hanging overhead, and some stickers in the milk tea shop on the second floor are all cute. If you are a two-dimensional person, you can find your favorite characters and atmosphere here. Even if you don’t understand it, you will definitely think the decoration of this store is warm and cute.

At least I think it's cute.

Secondly, in addition to the updated decoration, there are many very convenient small machines in the store, such as the mosquito traps that can be seen everywhere. Some are shaped like a fat owl with a purple mosquito lamp under its belly, and some are shaped like the cat car in Hayao Miyazaki's "My Neighbor Totoro", a long one with an electric grid like an electric mosquito swatter in the middle. The appliances are placed near some plants and in areas that are prone to moisture. Although they are mosquito lamps, they do not seem out of place against the cute decoration of the coffee shop.

Finally, there is the powerful smart sweeping robot that Ouyang Xue bought specifically to reduce the burden on Yin Xiamo and me. It is said that this sweeping robot is specially designed for cat fur and hair. However, just like the situation of most cat-raising UP hosts in the "Cute Pets" section of Tongmeng.com who bought sweeping robots, these sweeping robots became the exclusive mounts of the cats in the store soon after they were bought.

In response, Ouyang Xue said: "It's OK. I bought one that can bear 30 kilograms. It's OK for a child to stand on it. It just consumes electricity."

Therefore, I admire Ouyang Xue's "far-sightedness" even more.

[I don’t know how to explain my relationship with Nou’s maid. I’ll tell you tomorrow if you dare to come over.]

[Just think of me as working at that coffee shop. When you come here, you will get the name of the protagonist's weapon and a gift.]

[Ningmeng, stop playing with your phone and go to sleep! ]

[I am just a salted fish author, please be gracious, if you are not a book friend, please do not join the group]

That night, after taking a walk with Yin Xiamo and returning home, I dealt with some things in the group and started typing. I wrote until ten o'clock in the evening, then took a shower and rested.

This book club of mine has been with me for almost four years, even earlier than the creation of the book published on Yaedang Novel Network.

I was a college student at that time and made a lot of friends in some forums.

At that time, the forums were not as chaotic as they are now. Everyone chatted with each other in a friendly manner. It was also the era when emoticons such as "Tuzki" and "Ahri" were the most popular. People rarely posted funny messages, and there was no such thing as sweating soybeans and being sarcastic. We discussed normally while playing games. I like this profession's cool skills, and you think that profession has high damage and good feel. Everyone could get along with each other in a friendly manner and send Tuzki muahs to each other.

The same goes for novel forums, where friends who write different novels can chat with each other peacefully.

At that time, there were settings like "Friendship Forum" in Tieba. When people had nothing to do, they would visit each other. If something happened here, the Friendship Novel Forum would come and post a message - "Visiting XX Forum, I heard that you guys have XXXX here", and then friends from the Friendship Novel Forum of this Friendship Novel Forum would also come to visit, and everyone would send emojis and brag to each other, and in the process, they made a lot of friends.

At that time, I met a lot of friends who loved novels on the Tieba forum. After we got to know each other, we added each other on QQ. Later, I expressed my desire to try writing a book, so I set up a QQ group chat to discuss the setting and background.

Finally, the novel is officially published on the website, noticed by the editor and signed.

However, times have changed. The traditional isekai novels that were able to be signed in that era were soon abandoned by the times. Traffic decreased rapidly, and Tieba forums were in chaos, with endless verbal battles and wars everywhere. QQ groups also gradually became uneasy.

At the beginning, this QQ group of mine did not require review to join, but a lot of people came to post advertisements. Later, it was changed to require review by the administrator before joining. It was only allowed when it was a high-level QQ account. As a result, many people who did not read books came in, but just wanted to chat. As they chatted, they found that no one appreciated their hobbies, so they threw a few pornographic pictures into the group and reported themselves, which bombed the group.

After much difficulty in getting the group appealed, I set the condition for joining the group to the name of the book, and the entry question to "What is the name of the novel?" This way, those who join can at least be guaranteed to be readers.

However, the good times did not last long. As the number of words in the novel continued to increase, the editor put it on the "Million Word Novel Update" column on the Yaedang website. The traffic suddenly increased, and many people only read the beginning and felt unhappy and that it did not suit their taste. Then they found that I had posted the group number in the comment section, so they joined the group and cursed at me, and reported my QQ number and group file.

At the suggestion of group friends, I changed the conditions for joining the group to "subscription screenshots required". As a result, the comment section and reader community of Yaedo posted a lot of comments like "Uncle Loves Loli, this author is putting on airs, his rubbish book has no one reading it, and you need to subscribe to join the group, he must be crazy for money."

After various rhythms, big and small, those people and forums who accompanied me in writing the book and gave me advice at the beginning have mostly left. The rest are relatively inactive readers of the same period. They basically don’t discuss the content of the book. If they remember it, they will take a look. If they don’t remember it, forget it. During the holidays or free time when we have a good relationship, we will play games with voice chat and live a stable "old age life".

If I remember correctly, the game this group of people played the most was "300 Heroes". Occasionally, when I clicked on the voice chat, I could always hear these people saying weird things in it -

"You, Kirito, really give me the feeling of a knife stabbing me in the ass. This is really eye-opening."

"Lord Grim has already reached the high ground, why are you still acting funny?"

"That's funny, but the spring water is not safe."

"Oh my, this guy is really like a sparrow pecking at a cow's butt, and the sparrow eats the cow's butt."

"I don't want to die! (electronic music)"

So... although it is called a book club, I feel that what I created is more of a gaming group, and a gaming group where the group owner has little presence.

I wrote my novel and they played their game, discussing their own issues with each other.

And now, the guy in this game group who is usually only interested in games and 2D transvestite loli suddenly announced that he would come to a place like Kamihama City to play, and he would also organize an offline party...

I just don’t believe it.

This is simply a meeting of eunuchs - nonsense.

As for Lu Xinjian's daughter, who received Yin Shiren's heart transplant, the information I received was that she cannot come to the coffee shop directly, and it is estimated that her father will do it for her.

Use your phone to start a live broadcast or something.

Heart transplantation is a major operation, and now it is only about a week since Lu Xinmeng finished the operation. The hospital cannot allow such a young child to be discharged quickly after such a major operation. Even if there is nothing wrong with her body, she needs to be observed for a long time, usually a month.

So my understanding is that it is impossible for group members to come to the coffee shop on May 10th, not a single one will come, they are all bluffing.

……

"Are you up?"

On a gray morning, in the living room on the first floor filled with the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers, I was surprised that Rabbit Editor Lan Jiajia had actually gotten up before me and had gone to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Egg custard, taro and corn, and diced meat noodles.

"I watched the video on Tongmeng.com, it's pretty good. I think you can definitely make a game based on this idea."

Wearing an apron and with a virtuous expression on her face, Lan Jiajia packed noodles, egg custard, taro and corn for Yin Xiamo and me like a mother on TV: "A normal card drawing game will do. When you ask the artist to draw the illustrations, you don't even have to consider the design. Just make it according to your two looks."

Games? Mobile games?

"Ah... forget about the game."

I took the breakfast and sat down at the dining table in the living room. "Mr. Editor, are you going to work so early today too?"

The time now is 6:40. Normally I get up at 7:00 and leave at 7:30, so I arrive at the coffee shop at exactly 8:00. Today I got up half an hour earlier, so I could get to the coffee shop around 7:00.

If nothing unexpected happened, Ouyang Xue should have slept directly in the coffee shop last night. She said that she still needed to make some preparations to keep the coffee shop in the best condition before tomorrow morning.

It can be seen that Ouyang Xue likes it there very much and really treats the coffee shop as her own child.

"That's about right. The editorial department has had a lot of things going on recently. Someone took advantage of the merger of the two websites to fish in troubled waters, wrote a strange book, and then reported it to the Cultural Bureau..."

Lan Jiajia walked out of the kitchen, looked towards the staircase to the second floor, and took off her apron: "I'll go upstairs and call Xiao Ai."

I quickly waved my hands: "No need, we are just going to check out the place in advance."

"No, that won't work. This kid just has no sense of time. Today is the opening day of your store, and last night's video was so popular. I guess there will be a lot of people waiting in front of the store early in the morning. Xiao Ai going with you can make a good impression on the new boss."

As she spoke, Lan Jiajia walked up to the second floor of the house in her slippers.

After a while, Elodi, who was still wearing the soft pajamas and white stockings with the left leg short and the right leg long, was picked up by Lan Jiajia with both hands like a chicken.

"Alright, alright, wake up, wake up, the Ming Cult dad is here to rob the escort... Hey! He's robbing the escort!"

"If you don't wake up, Cang Yun's father will come too!"

"Look! There's a poisonous radish Cos!"

"what……"

Elodie opened her eyes: "Where is the poisonous radish? What time is it now... My alarm clock hasn't even rung..."

"It's opening today, shouldn't you go earlier?"

Dragging Elodie to the first floor, Lan Jiajia put her directly on the chair next to the dining table and took the breakfast on the side: "Eat quickly, brush your teeth and wash your face after eating."

"Boss."

I waved my hand to Elodie across from me: "Good morning!"

"Morning... Ugh..."

Elodie yawned and picked up the chopsticks reluctantly: "What is this?"

"Noodles and eggs. You said last night that you don't like to peel eggs. Here, I made you steamed eggs today. Are you satisfied?"

"Not satisfied...you didn't help me with my account yesterday...to do the daily..."

"Eat that worthless food quickly!"

"..."

When I saw this scene, I turned around and glanced at Yin Xiamo next to me, and then I found that the girl of death was also looking at me.

"Why, kitty, do you still want me to help feed you?"

I quickly turned my face away: "How is that possible!"

"So you want me to pull you out of bed like the editor did?"

"What the hell did you catch? I don't sleep in!"

I picked up a taro and said, "If you have nothing to do, help me peel this."

To my surprise, Yin Xiamo actually took the taro and skilfully peeled off half of the skin, then took a bite herself and passed the rest to my mouth: "It's not bad, it's very fresh."

I glared at this guy fiercely, hesitated for a while, and finally opened my mouth and ate the taro.

"Wow."

This scene was seen by Lan Jiajia who was standing opposite. She was surprised and said, "You guys..."

"So I said their relationship is magical."