I will never give in to Miss Death

Not to mention the two of us, now Lan Jiajia and Elodie in the store are considered semi-"little celebrities" on Tongmeng.com. Even without deliberate promotion, the number of fans of their respective accounts is increasing rapidly every day. Lan Jiajia's title of enthusiastic big sister and Elodie's title of little princess who stays up late are well known to everyone.

"How do you want to eat this?"

Suddenly, Gabriel in front of him had finished his soup dumplings and turned his attention to the soy milk and fried dough sticks: "This white liquid... doesn't seem to be milk."

"Soy milk, grind soybeans into powder, add water and boil, then add a little sugar and honey."

I joked, "Do you have similar soybeans over there?"

"There are many kinds of beans, but there is no such way to eat them. Most humans cook them and eat them directly."

Gabriel picked up a dough stick: "What about this one?"

"This is simply a ball of flour, fried in peanut oil."

I pointed to the soy milk and said, "These two are to be eaten together. You can try putting the fried dough sticks into the soy milk. However, some people are not used to eating it this way, so they take a bite of fried dough sticks and a sip of soy milk."

"Let me try……"

"Buzzing..."

While I was talking to Gabriel, the phone in my pocket started vibrating again.

"Sorry, I'll take a call."

Under Gabriel's surprised gaze, I picked up my phone, stood up, and walked towards the window. Yin Xiamo helped explain, "Someone called Nuoer, which means they requested a call to communicate."

"Can that thing allow two people to communicate directly?"

"Yes, it is said that this was the original function of mobile phones, chatting and exchanging information over long distances, and then slowly developed into videos and games."

"This is too amazing. How did they do it? Instant communication? Can someone speak here and hear it immediately over there?"

"You can hear it immediately. If it's too far away, there might be a delay of a few seconds, but it's not that much."

"It would be great if we had this kind of equipment back then..."

I went to the window on the second floor of the coffee shop, took out my cell phone, glanced at the incoming call, and pressed the answer button.

"Uncle... ahem, no, Nuoer, do you still remember me?"

A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone: "It's Cai Jingtong!"

"Yeah, remember."

When I heard the name, I immediately remembered who the other person was and asked quickly, "Why do you suddenly feel like calling me?"

Cai Jingtong, an old member of my first reader group, was one of my earliest readers. The name of the group was "Kill All Kirito". He and Maple, also known as Zhou Lulu, studied at Shenhama College. Shenhama College is a junior college, far away from the city and in a very remote location.

When the group held its first gathering, Cai Jingtong came to play with the cosplayers Tongzi and Maple. Cai Jingtong's personality is more lively, or more "T", while Maple is more soft and cute, more "P". The relationship between the two is more than friendship but less than romance.

"Lulu and I participated in an event held by the school animation club a few days ago and won the second prize, which was a set of grass goddess Nashida cosplay costumes. However, we can't wear this size. When we asked the store owner, he said it was only suitable for girls between 1.4 and 1.5 meters tall. That's when we thought of you."

Cai Jingtong on the phone was still in that cheerful tone: "Lulu and I don't have classes today, so we wanted to go out and have some fun. We'll stop by your coffee shop and give you this outfit."

Nashida, the grass goddess? From the game?

Although I am very busy recently and don't even have time to play games every day, I still check group messages and browse forums when I have nothing to do. I know that this Grass God is the god of the "grass element" in a recently popular game. He has a loli body, white hair, and his clothes are mainly green, like a badminton.

This is a basic quality of an author.

I have always believed that as a waiter, if you do not take the initiative to understand the popular elements on the market and do not understand and get in touch with what readers like, you cannot be called a qualified author.

Just like naming a book, the old titles are no longer attractive, so we have to keep up with the times and choose titles that suit this era, otherwise we will be eliminated by the times.

Games, comics, novels, and even books, as an author you need to know more or less about these. Otherwise, when you open your reader group, you won't understand what everyone is discussing. Also, when you don't understand some of the memes and popular elements, you will be confused when you look at the backend every day, and it may even cause some misunderstandings.

[I'll lend you my Zhizhi]

[Squeak? What squeak, what are you talking about? ]

【nothing】

For example, I have written before about a novel in which the protagonist keeps a diary. Some readers would comment on the topic, such as "Who writes a diary?" and "What they write can be called their true feelings." There is also a similar sentence to this joke, which is "Disgraceful! Disgraceful!".

So if the author knows about this joke, he will feel comfortable reading the comments and complaints. If he knows nothing about it and just keeps writing, and sees a reader posting "Vile! Vile!" in his diary, his first reaction will probably be - "Why did he scold me?"

At this time, the author with a good temper can only endure it silently, while the author with a bad temper will probably directly retort - "Who are you calling a slut!"

Then the reader who received the reply looked aggrieved: "Author, this is just a joke from the movie "Evil Never Dies."

That would be embarrassing.

So even though I don’t have much time to play games, I still know a little about the “Grass God” Cosplay costume mentioned by Cai Jingtong.

"I appreciate your kindness."

Facing the enthusiastic Cai Jingtong, I smiled at the window and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't wear the clothes, you can keep them for collection. They are your rewards, you don't have to give them to me."

"That won't work."

Cai Jingtong on the other end of the phone refused very straightforwardly: "Lulu and I are both tall, and we don't have any brothers or sisters. This set of clothes will just take up space. And among the friends we know, only Nuo'er is of the right height. I can only give it to you, so don't refuse, Nuo'er!"

I'm the only one of the right height...it's such a sad story.

"Besides, Lulu and I will be there in less than three minutes. You don't want to refuse our gifts, do you?"

"what……"

I subconsciously looked out the window: "Are we there yet?"

"Two minutes!"

"Ding Dong! Welcome!"

Before I could say anything, the familiar welcome voice from the sensor speaker on the first floor of the coffee shop came through my phone, followed by Lan Jiajia's voice: "Welcome! What would you two like to order?"

"I'm here to look for Nuo'er. I'm her fan. Where is Nuo'er?"

"Oh, Noer, go to the second floor and turn right to the second row of shelves."

"Okay, thank you."

"will not."

"..."

After a brief silence, I saw Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu, dressed as college girls, at the corner of the stairs on the second floor.

Compared with their previous Cosplay costumes, their daily wear now exudes the vitality and beauty of adolescent girls from head to toe.

"Noel!"

Seeing me, Cai Jingtong, who was carrying a big schoolbag, waved over here and asked, "Are you still busy with work?"

"I'm not working today. I came here to spend time with my friends."

I gestured to Gabriel and Yin Xiamo at the table: "Do you want anything to eat?"

"I've eaten, I've eaten."

Cai Jingtong took the schoolbag behind him and put it to his chest without saying anything, unzipped it, and took out a green and white dress and accessories from it: "Here, the clothes we agreed on."

"This looks like the design style of the elves."

Yin Xiamo, who noticed the C suit, hesitated for a moment and turned to Gabriel: "Have you decided? Only take 30 days off?"

Gabriel nodded: "30 days will be enough."

"Aren't you going to play here for a few hundred years with Filo?"

"No, we angels have angelic orders. If we don't go back for hundreds of years and hide in a small world to enjoy ourselves... we will be regarded as degenerate by the Holy Heaven."

"What do you care about? The main thing is whether you want to stay here."

Yin Xiamo yawned. "Don't you want to reconsider it? I'll go back and tell your archangel in a minute. It's not too late for you to change your mind now."

"Is this even worth considering?"

Gabriel swallowed the dough stick in his mouth and said, "This is really delicious, only slightly worse than the egg tart."

"I suggest you take a longer leave."

"Momo, stop trying to persuade me."

Gabriel's face was firm: "30 days at most. I will never violate the teachings of Holy Heaven!"

"Ok."

Yin Xiamo stood up: "Have you finished eating? I'll take you somewhere after you finish."

Gabriel asked curiously, "Where are we going?"

"Noel, come along too."

Yin Xiamo winked at me and said, "Go to the basement."

"Yes, please wait a moment, both of you."

I put the cosplay costume on the table: "I'm taking my friend to visit the basement."

Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu didn't mind and sat down on the chairs in a familiar manner: "Okay."

"Sister Gabriel, come on."

I took the lead and headed for the stairs: "We're going to a very beautiful place."

Under Yin Xiamo's gaze, Gabriel reluctantly put down the fried dough sticks in her hand and followed me downstairs.

"This is the focus of our store in the next few months, mainly to provide entertainment equipment and alternative social venues."

I took Gabriel downstairs and found the switch behind the cat canned food warehouse in the cat living area. I turned on the power here in advance, and then took off the angel halo on my wrist for lighting: "Be careful with the stairs."

"What are you doing in such a dark place?"

Gabriel looked puzzled: "Let me make it clear first, I'm not an alcoholic, and I don't like drinking. If you're taking me to the wine cellar..."

“Our wine cellars are almost obsolete.”

Walking with Gabriel on this path illuminated by the angel halo, we reached the bottom of the stairs. I felt on the wall next to me and found the power switch. With a "click", I turned on the "cyberpunk" light tube in the basement.

"call--"

At this moment, the whole world was instantly surrounded by all kinds of gorgeous and dreamy lights.

"If Sister Gabriel can come here to work, this should be your workplace."

In the fluctuating breathing light, I pointed to the space in front of me: "The minimum salary is 4000, but if it's Sister Gabriel, a month shouldn't be a problem, enough to buy three mobile phones..."

"..."

Gabriel was silent.

Just when I was wondering if my words were a little too abrupt, I heard the girl next to me say these words -

"I don't want money."

"Eh?"

I was stunned for a moment: "Um...you can actually discuss the money issue with our store manager..."

"I don't want money. I want to work here. This place is really... so beautiful. I don't need money."

After taking a last look at the breathing light marquee in the basement, Gabriel turned and ran towards the stairs.

"I'll go up and tell Momo that I've changed my mind."

"I won't go back within a hundred years."

"..."

……

No. 254,

On the basement floor of the coffee shop, a person was walking around the various LED tubes and floating display screens for a while, and I saw Gabriel pulling Yin Xiamo down from upstairs.

"What on earth is going on here?"

After they walked into this underground "e-sports center" together, Gabriel looked at Yin Xiamo as if he was "calling her to task": "Sports cars, buses, TVs, cell phones, and now this... a place like this."

"What's going on?"

Yin Xiamo looked a bit amused and said, "It's just what you see. This is the area where Nuo'er and I work that will soon be opened. Originally, they planned to wait at least three months after the coffee shop was in operation before trying to open it, and combined with the public beta of the new game "Age of Aquarius" to take advantage of the popularity of this online game. Now that Nuo'er and I have attracted a lot of customers, this place will be opened ahead of schedule. Is there anything wrong with that?"