I will never give in to Miss Death

Nail trimming is one of the essential aspects of cat care.

Cats are not humans. They will not let you play with them as obediently as babies. Even the best-tempered cats will let you hold and touch them, but will refuse to struggle and try to leave if they see you use nail clippers to pinch out their nails.

Moreover, cats' nails grow very fast. Generally, they become destructive again within three or four days after being trimmed, and need to be trimmed again.

Cat's nails have blood lines, and there are nerves around the blood lines. If you accidentally cut them, it will hurt the cat, so you need to be special careful when cutting. A cat has four paws, and each paw needs to be cut five times. You also have to take care of cats who don't like to have their nails cut. This can be a big project for sixty cats.

"Xiaolongbao and a big bowl of nourishing chicken soup and egg tarts."

After dealing with the two young men, I returned to the kitchen, and just then the food that Tongtong ordered was ready.

"Two cups of soy milk and two cat's paw egg tarts."

After carefully placing the food on the plate, I came to the side and said, "Gift."

"Oh, your friend?"

After spending these few days together, Master Wang already had a certain understanding of me. He didn't say anything at the moment, but made two cups of soy milk from the soy milk machine next to him and took two warm cat claw egg tarts.

"Thank you."

I walked out of the kitchen carrying a fully loaded plate, trying to keep my steps graceful, and returned to Tongtong and Maple's table.

"It's so cute... It's furry and it turns over on its belly... You can touch it as you like!"

"Why is there such a big cat with such a gentle personality...ah, I'm dying, it's so cute..."

At the dining table, the girl in Maple CoS costume seemed completely absorbed in the interaction with the cat. She didn't even notice me walking over with the food tray. Her whole face was buried in the belly of Ding Man, who was lying on the stool next to her with his legs up in the air.

"It smells like shower gel. Cats should be bathed regularly here, right?"

"Well, it's delicious."

Even Tongtong, who I thought was a "handsome T-shirt" next to him, was holding his keys and teasing the cat while sighing, "It's worthy of being a well-trained kitten in a cat cafe. They are not like those in our school who won't let us touch them even after they eat cat food."

"Why is it purring all the time? Is it sick?"

"When a cat purrs, it usually means it's comfortable, right? I saw that in the video."

"But the snoring is too loud, almost as loud as a tractor!"

I took the chicken soup with steamed dumplings off the tray and placed it on the table next to the two of them. "Sorry for the wait, both of you."

"Oh!"

Tongtong then woke up as if from a dream: "So fast?!"

"No, it's actually quite slow. The main reason is that there aren't many customers right now, and the dumplings need to be steamed on the spot."

I continued to take out the soy milk and cat claw egg tarts: "These are gifts."

"Why is there a cat's paw on this egg tart...is this a gift?"

Tongtong was a little skeptical: "Can cat's paws be eaten?"

"Sure, it's chocolate."

I nodded. "This is an exclusive gift for the book club. If you order it individually, it costs eight yuan each. Don't tell anyone about it when you go back."

"Haha, I understand, I understand."

Tongtong took the cat claw egg tart, took a bite, and showed an enjoyable expression on his face: "Hmm! It tastes pretty good, Lulu, you try it too!"

As she spoke, she handed her half-eaten egg tart to the girl beside her.

Maple didn't hesitate at all and bit into the egg tart that was one-third eaten. Then she turned her head and said incoherently, "Hmm... what... what does this taste like? Is there chocolate in it?"

"That's it. Nuoer said it's a benefit of the book club."

Tongtong gestured to another cat paw egg tart: "How about it, cute, right?"

"I've seen this cat's paw at KFC before. It's very expensive and often out of stock!"

Maple's eyes seemed to have stars: "Ah... I love this store so much, Noer Saigao!"

"what about me?"

Tongtong deliberately used a jealous tone: "I brought you here, eh? Don't you love me?"

"Yes, yes, you are the first one."

"What's that tone of yours? I see. It turns out that I'm starting to annoy you."

Tongtong put on a sad expression: "I am not worthy of you. I have become a yellow-faced woman. Nuo'er is still young, still a little girl. You...you go. I will live out my life alone..."

"Don't go crazy here."

As if she had gotten used to Tongtong's antics, Maple glared at her and then turned to me: "Nuo'er, go and do your work first. There will definitely be a lot of people coming to your store today. Cai Jingtong and I are very casual. We have egg tarts to eat and cats to pet. I'm very happy."

“It’s my job to serve customers.”

I kept smiling and said, "If you need anything else, feel free to tell me. I'm usually on the first floor. You can come over or call me on the APP."

"Okay, okay, go ahead and get busy."

Tongtong took out her phone and said, "I need to see why Bingling Duck and the others haven't come yet. A few days ago, they were the ones who were calling the loudest in the group, but now there's no movement."

Bing Ling and Ya Zi... they can’t be girls too, right?

I quietly pondered this possibility in my mind.

Logically speaking, they couldn't be girls.

The fact that all Kirito was killed because they were girls was enough to make my world view collapse. If those two were also girls... I might have doubted the reality of this world.

Because "Bing Ling" and "Physics Duck" are also very active in the group, I am very impressed by them.

These two people... Bing Ling is the type of "straight guy" who is usually more rational and serious. He gives people the impression of a science and engineering guy, or a science and engineering guy who likes the two-dimensional world. He usually plays 300 Heroes and World of Tanks and World of Warships in the group. He also chats about computer-related things, such as which graphics cards in the series are not prone to crashes, what memory particles are like, how well made a chip is, etc. Group members will ask him if they have any needs in this regard. He is a similar type of guy to "Marisa's Iron Butt", but Bing Ling is younger and should still be a college student.

As for "Physics Duck", he is more "funny" than Bing Ling. He is usually laughing and joking in the group. They can talk about almost any topic, but he seems not good at most fields. The only content he is good at is "Cthulhu" related. I followed the book and joined the group because there were a few chapters at the beginning of my novel that contained Cthulhu content.

Bing Ling, Physics Duck, Kill All Kirito, and the administrator Tianxia Yimeng, these people basically play games with voice chat every week. It is possible that one of the four girls uses a voice changer to become a man, but if you say that these people all use voice changers to play games, I don’t believe it.

[Kill all Kirito: @Ice Spirit @Physics Duck, where are you two? Maple and I have already arrived at the cafe, why are you so slow? ]

[Kill all Kirito: There are so many cats here, Noel is super cute, come here quickly! ]

When I went back to the kitchen to help, I casually opened my phone and took a look at my group messages, and found that Tongtong had already started chatting with the group members:

[Kill all Kirito: Let me tell you something, group leader... ahem, uncle, it's really a little loli]

[Kill all Kirito: Super cute little loli, the signature maid of the coffee shop]

Soon, the ducks in the group responded to Tongtong's words -

【Physics Duck: Impossible! 】

[Physics Duck: How can there be so many female authors in Yaedou? Even if there are, they would go write BL romance novels. This is a male-centered novel, and it is a traditional male-centered passionate novel in another world. No female author would write this.]

[Physics Duck: Even if you want to deceive everyone, you have to find something more reliable. The uncle is a girl? I don’t believe it]

[Bing Ling: Have you arrived yet? I'm still on the way. The train will take another two hours. Is the food there delicious? Is it really free to pet the cats? ]

[Kill all Kirito: Photo 20220510830002.jpg Photo 20220510830024.jpg]

[Kill all Kirito: See? There are so many cats, and there are slowly more people. If you don’t hurry up, it will be full of people by noon.]

[Physics Duck: Have you met the uncle? Is he really a little girl? Do you have a photo? ]

At this time, Ouyang Xue's voice came from my headphones: "Nuo'er, Xia Mo, gather at the entrance of the first floor and prepare a small opening ceremony. Elodie can also come down to watch."

Opening ceremony?

I turned to the entrance of the coffee shop and found that Ouyang Xue had moved out several cameras and speakers at some point, and there were many small red balloons on the red carpet outside the door.

As I pushed open the door to the first floor, a melodious song immediately hit me.

"..."

If I remember correctly, this song is the background music of the "Shangjing" map in the game "Rainbow Island Online". The English name is Wind from the Far East, which literally means "the sound of the wind from the far east."

Master Wang mentioned before that Ouyang Xue had been a virtual anchor and mentioned many stories about her childhood, but he did not say what the connection was between the game "Rainbow Island Online" and her.

The full name of the coffee shop is "Shangjing Maid Cat Cafe", which was named by Ouyang Xue. Although the main themes are "maid" and "cat cafe", I always feel that "Shangjing" should be very important as well.

I haven't played that game, so I don't know if this song has any special meaning, but judging from the melody of the song itself, it seems a little... sad?

It cannot be said to be all sadness, it's just the feeling of a wanderer returning to his hometown, walking on the tree-lined path that has changed a lot, looking at the unfamiliar mountains and small houses around him, and then hearing the sound of a shepherd's flute faintly in the distance on the grassland.

I personally feel that the song that is closest in style to this one is the opening song of "Spice and Wolf".

In fact, if you think about it, you can roughly understand Ouyang Xue's feelings. She was abandoned by her parents when she was young, and went out into the society alone with a dream of becoming an idol. Later, her dream of becoming an idol was ruthlessly shattered by the cold reality. Scarred, she finally chose to succumb to reality.

Like a wolf walking in a wheat field, unable to find its homeland.

“Ugh…what’s wrong?”

Not long after I arrived at the door of the first floor, Yin Xiamo and Elodie also came over. Elodie yawned loudly: "No one drank milk tea in the morning, and those cats were cleaned up by you. I don't know what to do."

"You'll be busy at noon."

Ouyang Xue at the door said calmly, turned to me, handed me a roll of lint remover, and picked up the camera: "Tidy up your clothes and get ready for the opening ceremony."

"Ok."

I took the lint remover and started to adjust my maid outfit. "What exactly is the opening ceremony?"

"It's very simple. Just follow these balloons on the carpet..."

Ouyang Xue pointed to the small balloons that had been placed on the red carpet at the entrance of the coffee shop and said, "Step on the balloons that pass by, then lift up the fireworks at the entrance of the shop and blow them up, and you're done."

Ouyang Xue seemed to hesitate for a moment, and began to set up cameras at the entrance of the store, while indicating to us the entrance to the middle and the coffee shop: "Go in from the outside, take off your shoes when you step halfway, keep stepping, and finally pull the fireworks."

Do you have to take off your shoes and step on the balloons?

I looked at the camera on the red carpet with some confusion: "Are you going to advertise?"

"Yes, we'll need it when we make the second promotional PV. Be careful not to step on the camera."

Ouyang Xue obviously hadn't recovered from her cold yet, and she spoke with a hint of fatigue: "If the effect is good, I will also put some of the content on TV, and it will be broadcast during the prime time of Shenbin TV."

The coffee shop even has to advertise on TV. It seems like it has quite a lot of available funds.

Although I do feel a little shy about taking off my shoes in front of a camera.

"Are you ready?"

After Yin Xiamo and I finished cleaning the cat hair off our bodies, Ouyang Xue glanced at her phone and picked up the camera: "It's almost time, you guys go over there."

"Ah."

Yin Xiamo, Elodie and I walked to the end of the carpet under the gaze of the customers around us.

Kamihama City can be considered a super city. Although Minami-nagi District is a suburb and the area nearby is sparsely populated, the general rule in big cities now is that firecrackers are not allowed in the city.

Therefore, many stores adopt this compromise method of celebration when they open, that is, buy lots of balloons and put them in front of the door. When the celebration begins, they run over them with a car or simply let the employees step on them, welcoming the opening of the new store with the "crackling" sound of the balloons.

These balloons on the street stalls are obviously designed by some of the more business-minded merchants in the city for stepping on. They are very small, but judging from the material used in the balloons and the force of their expansion, they will definitely make a very loud noise if they explode.

"One, two, three, four... four maids! This shop is really rich!"

"That maid has big breasts, but she looks a little old."

"I only recognized Yin Nuoer. The little Lolita was too easy to identify."

"Not really, right? Yin Xiamo is easy to recognize. She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. Yin Nuoer is a lolita, Yin Xiamo is a beautiful girl, and the older one is their store manager. There's also a newcomer, who's easy to recognize."

Amid the discussions of the people around us, Yin Xiamo, Elodie and I arrived at the end of the red carpet.

"When I say one, two, three, you run over here stepping on the balloons. Then take off your shoes at the first camera in the middle and continue stepping on the balloons behind. At the end, each of you takes a firework."

Ouyang Xue in front held up a camera and raised one hand: "Ready... one, two, three... start!"

I rushed out subconsciously -

"Crackling..."

"Oh!"

"Clap clap clap-"

Just as I expected, the explosion of this small balloon was quite powerful. Some fragments hit my calves wrapped in white stockings under my skirt, which was a little painful, but it was bearable.

"Crackling..."

The red carpet was not long. After a while, Yin Xiamo and Elodie and I came to the middle part. We took off our shoes as elegantly as possible in front of the camera in the middle, and then continued to run forward and stepped on the balloons with our little feet.

Compared to the maid round-toed shoes, the error rate of stepping on balloons directly with feet is very high. Often the balloons don't burst after one step, but simply slide away with a "puff". However, Ouyang Xue did not require that all balloons must be stepped on, so we were too lazy to care about those flying balloons. With the whistling sound of the wind, we rolled up one colorful balloon after another, and soon ran to the door of the store.