I will never give in to Miss Death

"..."

After hanging up the phone with Su Yunjin, the old computer in the rental house came to my mind.

That was the machine I bought three years ago after graduating from college by saving money. The configuration was not very high even at that time. It could barely run the mainstream small games of the time with the image quality set to the lowest. When playing large 3D games like APEX and PUBG, the frame rate was less than 50 frames.

At that time, I basically used the emulator on the computer to play mobile games. Later, as the configuration requirements of mobile games became higher and higher, my computer became more and more stuck when playing, and it can be said that there was no gaming experience at all.

Theoretically... if I use this 6000 yuan salary to buy a new computer, my life after get off work will definitely be very happy, but...

Sitting on a small chair on the second floor of the coffee shop, I quietly looked at my new mobile phone in my hand, and the shocking wounds on the body of a certain death girl that I rescued in the morning appeared in my mind.

I don't know what kind of job that guy has been doing, nor do I know what kind of battle she had last night. I only know that if she used the money from this phone to eat luxurious meals every day... she could eat for at least three months.

"The copy is ready."

In a trance, I saw the store manager Ouyang Xue coming up the stairs behind me: "Have you signed your name?"

"Ah."

I handed over the pen: "All signed."

"Give it to me."

After returning my ID card to me and taking the pen, Ouyang Xue took out something like a seal from her shirt pocket, stamped it twice on the labor contract on the table, then bent down and signed her name.

"From now on you are a formal employee here."

Taking the ID card copy and one of the contracts, Ouyang Xue handed me the remaining contract and said, "Because the new store has just opened, we are very short of staff. Can you work the day shift this month? That is, from 8 am to 4 pm."

As she spoke, as if she remembered something, Ouyang Xue added, "Try to avoid Saturdays and Sundays as your rest days, because there may be a lot of people coming to the store on these two days."

"Can I work both the day and night shifts?"

For some reason, I remembered the statement about "overtime" in the document just now: "It means from 8 am to... to 12 pm, there will be extra pay, right?"

"You're doing the work of two people, sixteen hours a day, which means double the basic salary."

Ouyang Xue was stunned at first, then revealed an expression of obvious "ecstasy": "To be honest, we are very short of staff in May, and I would love for you to work overtime, but... is it okay with you? You must be very tired, right?"

"It's ok."

I took a deep breath and said, "If there are customers placing orders during overtime, I will also get a commission, right?"

"Yes, both."

"Okay, then I'll come here tomorrow at eight o'clock and try to stay here until midnight. If possible, I'll do this for a month."

For some reason, all I could think of at this moment was the image of the Grim Reaper in the heavy rain, enduring the pain with an indifferent expression on his face.

[I don't know anything about this world called Earth. You have to teach me how to live here.]

[And make delicious food for me every day. ]

"..."

She must have some constraints if she wants to live in this world.

For example, you cannot use magic to harm ordinary people, you cannot do bad things, you cannot rob money or use cracks in space to steal money.

According to Elodie's description, the God of Death might have influenced the "laws" of this world a few years ago, and then used some kind of "forbidden magic" to force his way through.

There is such a huge gap between the other world and the modern world, she must have been very uncomfortable with life here when she first arrived.

But she didn't find me immediately after she came through, nor did she have any contact with me.

This is consistent with the habit of the demon in the dream of hiding in the corner of the cave and licking his wounds silently after being injured.

A wound to the soul is also a wound.

I have almost imagined the frightened look on someone's face when he first comes to this world and looks at the noisy and blurry big city and the colorful and weird neon lights.

But in recent years, I haven't heard of any "major robbery" or "mysterious woman breaking into a house and robbing" cases near Kamihama.

She was frightened, so she hid herself away and endured the loneliness.

She would rather adapt to the new world alone while being beaten half to death by magic than trouble me, whom she considered to be the "reincarnation of a hero."

Even after we roughly confirmed his identity, he was still being stubborn and arrogant.

I remembered what Jiang Wei said in the voice chat before -

"Poverty to me is just the difference between eating instant noodles and steak at night. It does not affect my happiness. But when I fell in love with a girl, I deeply felt the inferiority brought by poverty."

"The most helpless thing for a man is to meet the girl he wants to take care of his whole life when he is at the age when he is most helpless."

The theme song of Ultraman Nexus, "Hero", which was played at the comic exhibition before, also sang this line:

"A real man should be strong for someone."

It's just... how should I put it, when I was talking about work with the store manager Ouyang Xue, all these messy things popped up in my mind and I suddenly thought...

【Why don’t you just try harder? 】

If nothing else, I want to buy a mobile phone now, and maybe a computer in the future, and maybe a car and a house in the future...

I don't know what Miss Death's attitude towards me is, but it's definitely right to prepare for the future in advance.

If nothing else, I want to save some money.

With money, you can buy a lot of delicious food, buy the clothes you like and the things you like, and you don’t have to be bullied everywhere...

"If you work 16 hours a day, how do you calculate the one-hour lunch break?"

After telling the store manager that I wanted to work overtime, I asked myself, "Does it count as two hours?"

Previous documents provided a basic explanation of the maids' daily work and rest. For example, although the day shift was stipulated to be 8 hours, from a.m. to p.m., they also made it clear that there could be an hour of rest and meal time in the middle.

"It counts as two hours. You can arrange it yourself."

Ouyang Xue said almost subconsciously: "Actually, as long as it's not too obvious that you're being lazy, it doesn't matter. If you're hungry, just eat. If you're tired, just find a place to rest. I won't mind too much... Look, this side of the second floor is the staff lounge."

Pointing to a large room not far away with a sign that said "Only employees of this store are allowed in and out", the store manager Ouyang Xue gave me a look that said "why don't you go and take a look": "There are beds and various snacks. If you don't want to be disturbed by the cat, just close the door when you sleep."

"Disturbed by the cat?"

I asked curiously, "Will there be cats to bother us?"

"Yes, cats will get close to the people who take care of them, especially in places where many cats live together. They will surround you like concubines competing for your favor. Some cats even have the habit of... stepping on your milk. If you sleep here without closing the door, they might come in and jump on your bed..."

When I heard the term "stepping on breasts", I instinctively looked at the store manager's chest.

This... should be at least a G cup, right?

What had she been through?

"What are you looking at me for?"

The store manager was a little embarrassed by my look: "Ahem, don't misunderstand the action of kneading milk. When kittens are young, they do knead milk to get more milk, but when they grow up, this habit only means to express comfort. Cats will choose soft and comfortable places to knead milk, such as pillows, quilts, or your belly."

Oh!

Then I'd better close the door and take a nap.

But I don’t think a kitten has ever stepped on my breast?

"Don't think so wildly."

As if seeing through my thoughts, Ouyang Xue explained, "There are only adult cats in the store. There are basically no kittens. Large cats like Ragdoll Cats and Norwegian Forest Cats, male cats can grow to 20 or even 30 kilograms. When the time comes, you can try to let them lie on their bellies to see if they can sleep."

A 30-pound cat?!

Forget it then.

"Then I'll take you to visit the house and get to know the working environment."

Watching me put another employment contract into the small bag behind me, the manager took me to the middle workbench, opened the safety, lifted the board blocking the way and walked in: "First of all, here, after the coffee shop opens in a few days, there will be a clerk in charge of this to make milk tea and coffee. As a maid, you can actually learn a little bit in your free time. The same goes for the kitchen below. When you are free, you can also go to the kitchen to observe and learn some simpler dishes."

"Like this, green milk tea, red milk tea, and coffee also has mocha and latte. In fact, the only difference is the proportion of the ingredients. I will ask the head office to print out the ingredient list. If the clerk is not at work one day and a customer wants to drink it, you can make it and his commission will be yours."

Walking into the workbench with Ouyang Xue, I listened carefully to her introduction while taking a closer look at the environment inside.

"In addition to stir-fried home-cooked side dishes, the cafeteria at the bottom of the building also uses machines to bake fried chicken, honey-sauce chicken, and beggar's chicken. You just follow the written ratio of ingredients, add seasonings, marinate, put it in the machine, set the time, and take it out after it's baked. It's very simple and you can basically learn it once you learn it."

Ouyang Xue continued to introduce: "We don't sell stir-fried dishes here at night. If you help out in the coffee shop and can do the job of a chef as well, you can also get a commission."

oh oh……

I am actually quite interested in cooking.

"And this is the staff lounge I just told you about."

Coming out of the middle workbench, Ouyang Xue took me to the employee lounge in the corner of the second floor: "Eight people can sleep here normally. There are boys on the left and girls on the right. There is a separate bathroom inside. You can move the things you need here first."

"That's the shower area, which is also the bathroom. If you live in a rental house and want to save water and electricity, you can shower here and then go back. The water and electricity here are reimbursed by the company."

After taking a walk around the bathroom opposite the staff lounge, Ouyang Xue and I went downstairs together.

"There are toilets and bathrooms on the first floor, and here is where the cat litter box is. The cat will come here in a couple of days. You can move around here in advance so the cat can get used to your smell."

"Look, the kitchen is over here. This is the baking machine. Fried chicken and beggar's chicken are all made here. The kitchen is over there in the back. Do you want to try it now? I can teach you how to use this machine..."

"wait wait wait……"

Seeing that Ouyang Xue was getting more and more upset, I quickly stopped her: "These should be confidential information of the store, right?"

I can understand things like the milk tea and coffee upstairs because most milk teas now have the same flavor and the recipe is public, but are you going to tell me, a common maid, the recipe for fried chicken and the seasoning for beggar’s chicken?

"Yes, it's all confidential."

Ouyang Xue said as a matter of course: "Our chefs who mix milk tea and cook dishes were hired from outside at a high price."

You paid a lot of money to dig it up, but you told me the confidential content directly? !

"Then I..."

I gestured cautiously and pointed at myself with my little hand: "Aren't you afraid that I will know all this... that is, plotting to usurp the throne?"

"I hope you can do that!"

Ouyang Xue crossed her arms and acted like a big sister: "I was temporarily transferred here to be the store manager. If you really have the intention and ability, I can't wait to hand over this store to you in the future..."

"Dangdangdang——"

As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door of the coffee shop behind him.

Turning around, I saw Elodie, dressed as a beautiful summer girl, and Lu Xinjian, the former boss of Yaedang, walking in.

"Is anyone there? We want afternoon tea, with a side of spicy chicken!"

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"Hello! Welcome!"

The store manager Ouyang Xue was still introducing to me how to use the machines in the kitchen. When she heard Elodie's voice at the door, she turned around and ran out of the kitchen almost reflexively.

"What can I do for you?"

I hurriedly followed behind him.

"Our store hasn't officially opened yet, and the cat hasn't come yet. The only things you can order right now are some fried chicken, beggar's chicken, and drinks."

The male waiter who had served me before also trotted over from the counter not far away and handed me a menu: "You can take a look first."

This scene left me stunned.

By the way...if I remember correctly, Ouyang Xue seemed to have said when introducing them just now that they were only temporarily transferred from the head office to maintain the operation of this coffee shop. Are they so professional?

I looked at the various furnishings on the first floor.

Many of the potted plants looked like they had just been moved in. Many of their leaves and fruits had fallen off, and the flowers had not yet bloomed. Some decorations like cat climbing frames, small windmills, and wind chimes were also scattered here and there, as if they had not yet figured out how to arrange them.

Based on the current situation, I feel that the "decoration" of the store alone may not be completed in the next few days. In addition, as Su Yunjin said before, "this store has been prepared for several months", it is not difficult to imagine what kind of work they have been doing during this period of time.

Cleaning the house, moving goods, sorting things, taking care of cat climbing frames and potted plants, managing food and food raw materials, and... serving customers? Cooking?

"Just regular drinks?"

Elodie sat down casually on a small chair, took the menu and took a look: "Then... I'll have half a chicken, with some spiciness, as spicy as you can get, and a Coke."

After saying that, Elodie handed the menu to Lu Xinjian, the owner of Yaetang, who was standing behind him: "Here, uncle, take a look at what you want to order."

"I don't need it."

Lu Xinjian waved his hand quickly: "I have to go to the hospital to accompany my daughter and have dinner later."