People in Zongman: My Dimensional Cuisine

"Hmm? This is a creative workshop?"

When Bai Yu arrived at the store entrance, he realized that it was a creative workshop for DIY doll making. Without thinking, Bai Yu opened the door and went inside.

The shop was clean and spacious, with several beautiful finished dolls on one side. The wooden floor creaked underfoot, which Bai Yu found very pleasant.

Hello, welcome.

Approaching us was a foreigner of considerable age, with graying hair and gold-rimmed glasses, dressed in British-style clothing, looking every bit the old gentleman.

Bai Yu smiled and said, "No wonder it's a gothic-style doll. I didn't expect the shop owner to be a foreigner."

"My wife is from Japan. We moved here to live, and it's been almost fifty years now. Would you like to buy a doll or make one yourself?"

"I want to try it myself, but I've never made a doll before."

"It's okay, I'll guide you, but it won't be free."

"Sure, to be honest, I'm worried about whether the materials will be wasted."

"No, no, come with me. The crafting station and such are in the back. Oh, I forgot to mention, you can take the dolls you make with you, or you can choose to leave them in the shop."

Bai Yu nodded, but when he went to the back, he was stunned for a moment. It was a very simple production area with various small parts and ball joints placed on one side.

"A very atmospheric work area."

"Thank you. Let's start by introducing these tools. Generally speaking, these tools are used together, but for beginners, it's better to use them one by one first."

Bai Yu nodded and said gently, "Okay, I understand. By the way, is that one over there that you've almost finished making?"

"It's only halfway done. Making a doll is like creating your own child. You can't be careless. Even a small mistake can cause irreparable damage to your doll."

"Thanks for the advice."

"It's nothing, let's begin."

"Ok."

P.S.: Every plot point has its purpose.

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Chapter 275 My life has been very lucky; I must love, and love deeply (Please subscribe~)

Bai Yu sat on a small wooden chair, while the shop manager demonstrated to him how to use it. As Bai Yu said, this was his first time making it, so there were some things he needed the shop manager to point out.

"Is it like this? Or should it be tilted a little more?"

"It would be better if it were tilted a little more, otherwise the eye sockets would look unnatural. Just imagine it as a real face..."

"Understood..."

"Yes, yes, perfect, very good. You are very talented and skillful."

After a long while, Bai Yu looked at the completely treated head joint and said softly, "It's a very fulfilling thing. You've been living in Japan for so many years now."

The store manager breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, we've been here for decades. My God, you wouldn't believe it, but at the beginning, her English was terrible and my Japanese was terrible, so we taught each other."

While processing the parts, Bai Yu said gently, "A very vivid love story. You two fell in love with each other like that?"

"Yes, she's gentle, intelligent, and a great cook. You don't know, but at first, she cooked Japanese food, which I really couldn't accept, for example..."

"Egg rice?"

"Oh! Right! There's one like this! At first I thought... Oh! How disgusting! Doesn't it taste fishy? But I got used to it later, and it's actually quite good, provided you have good eggs and rice."

Bai Yu smiled and nodded. The shop manager seemed to have opened up and continued, "You know what? We graduated from the same school, but we majored in two different fields. You would never guess what our majors were."

Bai Yu thought for a moment and said, "Let me guess... Shopkeeper, you must be... a mechanical engineer?"

“You only guessed one right. I have a double degree. Mechanical engineering was enrolled for me by my family, but I didn’t like it, so I pursued a second degree.”

"That's really impressive! What is it?"

"translate."

"I really didn't expect that. And your wife? Is she also a translator?"

"No, she's a fashion designer, so we opened this shop together. I make the dolls, and she makes the costumes. Over the years, I've mastered her fashion design, but she's only learned how to make a pretty cup of coffee."

Bai Yu chuckled and said, "I guess your wife only has a degree, right?"

"Yes, I often use this to emphasize that she can't learn because she's too stupid, and then every time she deliberately burns the eggs. It's been like this for many years, yes... many years."

Bai Yu smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, time has proven that you two are the best partners."

"Yes, you are a very knowledgeable person. You must have a lot of people who like you. To be frank, I also had a lot of people who liked me back then, not because of my intelligence, but because of my looks."

"In fact, beauty is never a sin, nor is it wrong."

"Oh! You're right! Seriously, do you have a girlfriend?"

"I guess I'd say I'm engaged."

The store manager smiled and said, "You'll be a good husband, and your wife will be very happy, even if someone has to share her. What do you do for a living?"

“I have a restaurant in Tokyo.”

"Oh! Such a promising young man. It seems your fiancée will have a happiness that others can only dream of. But you must cherish her. Love is love, love deeply..."

Bai Yu nodded and said gently, "I understand, I will. But, manager, where is your wife?"

"Her? She passed away two years ago..."

Bai Yu paused for a moment, then said softly, "I'm sorry..."

“It’s alright, everyone’s life will come to an end. But there’s something I still regret to this day. She never learned how to make a beautiful doll, and I never learned how to make a fine dinner. Just like you said, we are the best partners, and neither of us can be missing.”

Bai Yu thought for a moment, nodded, and remained silent. The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Young man, to be honest, you're very lucky... and I'm very lucky too..."

"Why do you say that?"

“My son and daughter wanted to bring us to live abroad many years ago, but we refused. Then last month, my son told me that his children, my grandchildren, were going to start school, but they still had to work, so I had to move away.”

"This shop is about to close... I will leave here with the memories I can take with me, leaving behind our warm home, and the memories I can't take with me..."

"You're lucky, because we don't usually have any customers here. You're probably the last one. I'm also lucky to have one more customer at the end, someone I can have such a great chat with. Seeing you really reminds me of my younger self..."

"Handsome, free-spirited, full of curiosity and longing for things, you know? That's good...that's good, like with dolls, with my wife, my children, my grandchildren. I'm so grateful that my life has been filled with happiness..."

Bai Yu chuckled and said softly, "You're a romantic person..."

"A person who can say something like that must be a romantic... Very good, you've learned very well. Next, I'll teach you how to do line drawing... It's a delicate task, but unfortunately, my eyesight is getting worse, so I'm making dolls more and more slowly..."

Bai Yu said gently, "But you're still just as serious and careful, aren't you? So you're still a handsome young man, aren't you?"

"Hahaha! Yes! I still look the same as when I was young! Yes! I'm still a handsome, strong young man!"

The two chatted as they carefully crafted each step of the process. The two handsome young men, both around the same age, seemed to have a lot to talk about, all because of their lives and their shared love of romance.

"When you have your own child one day, you will feel even more accomplished when making a doll, because you know how exciting and gratifying it is to bring a little life into the world from your own hands."

"We are very similar."

"How to say?"

"One of my fiancées can't cook, but she can sew clothes and is very skillful, while I can't sew clothes, but I can cook."

"Yes...we're very similar..."

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Chapter 276 The Women's Troubles, Nakiri Managi is Very Annoyed (Please Subscribe~)

Meanwhile, in WGO, Lucifer and the others were all there, chatting happily together. It's hard to say why, but women always seem to have endless things to talk about when they get together.

Lucifer asked in confusion, "Where on earth did Bai Yu go?"

Yuko Ichihara stretched and said, "As long as he's not with Izumi Hatsukoi, what's there to worry about, Shiraha?"

Lucifer nodded and said, "I know, but think about it. These people are either on dates, at school, at work, or abroad. It just dawned on me that Bai Yu is all alone. Where could she have gone?"

Mordis, standing to the side, immediately closed the book and said with a serious expression, "Boss, I suggest I go find Bai Yu."

"Go and read your book quietly over there."

"Why?!"

"Why do you think that is?!"

Modis puffed out his cheeks and went to continue reading. Just thinking about Modis being alone with Bai Yu was terrifying!

Kobayashi Rindou casually said, "So you guys still don't understand Bai Yu. Don't you know what Bai Yu does when he's alone?"

"What are you doing?"

"It's a very simple thing... When Bai Yu is alone, he usually just buys a tram ticket and doesn't know where he's going. He gets off at which stop and goes to explore the unfamiliar city. It's like a trip that he can just take on a whim."

Lucifer and the others nodded in understanding. Zdrada, while smoking a lady's cigarette, said softly, "As expected of my man, he really has good taste."

Everyone nodded, but then Kobayashi Rindou suddenly seemed to remember something and asked in confusion, "Hey, Yuuko, did you buy folic acid?"

"No, Bai Yu said it wasn't necessary, so I didn't buy it... I don't think it was necessary..."

"Then let's not buy it... I don't think it's that outrageous."

Nami asked in confusion, "Hmm? Folic acid? What does folic acid do?"

Kobayashi Rindou tilted his head and said, "Folic acid is... just think of it as a medication that women take when trying to conceive; it can increase the chances of getting pregnant."

Nami blushed, nodded, and remained silent. Zdarada said softly, "I feel that this folic acid... is probably useless to us."

After a moment of silence, everyone nodded. Dekra also nodded and said, "It's definitely not very useful, but it's somewhat useful. Just like a cold can either heal on its own or you can get an IV drip for a week, it's somewhat useful either way."

Lucifer waved his hand and said, "We'll talk about it later. By the way... Yuuko, I feel like you should get a massage before summer vacation. I'm worried about your back."

"Um...it's alright, although I often have lower back pain and my limbs feel weak..."

"Um... then you should go get a massage... but I'm still curious what Bai Yu is doing right now."

Rindou Kobayashi thought for a moment and said, "You can give him a call. If he doesn't answer, then he's probably found a quiet place."

Lucifer nodded, made a call, and there was a long silence on the other end. After a while, the call wasn't answered. Kobayashi Rindou casually said, "So something's come up now... I wonder if he'll have some new hobbies this time..."

"What do you mean?"

Kobayashi Rindou tilted his head and said, "For example... wood carving. He just happened to come across a wood carving shop and spent a whole day carving wood, which gave him a new skill."

Kraki and the others were stunned. After a long while, Nakiri Managi said with a headache, "It's already like this. If some more new talents emerge... oh my god..."

"Lord Managi, what's causing your sudden sentimentality?"

Nakiri Managi glanced at An and said irritably, "An! Can't you be a little more perceptive? Shiraha has everything, so think about how much you'd have to improve yourself to be his woman and not feel that sense of insecurity and inferiority!"

"Forehead....."

Kraki said with a slight headache, "I used to think I had to find an outstanding man, and now that I've found one, he's too outstanding. It makes me feel like I've gotten a great deal. He knows everything I know, and he even knows things I don't. Looks like I really need to work harder from now on..."

Kobayashi Rindou thought for a moment and said, "Putting all that aside, if nothing unexpected happens, Potts might come today. If Potts comes, that would be interesting... Eh? It seems like Erina and the others will also be coming today."

Upon hearing this, Nakiri Managi's face darkened. She was terrified that Erina and Alice would come over, but these two always seemed to show up every Friday, which made her quite anxious.

Lucifer glanced at Managi Nakiri, who was raising an eyebrow, and smiled, saying, "Managi, I think you really might get overtaken."

"Those two brats shouldn't even think about it!"

“But you’re just shouting without doing anything. Look at you, WGO goes back to work on documents during the day and eats more seriously than anyone else, but we don’t see you taking any action at all.”

Nakiri Managi blushed, coughed lightly, and said, "That was a strategy, it'll be next week..."

"Samagi-sama...."

"An! What do you want to say?"

"Hmm... Managi-sama...you seem to have forgotten that because of summer vacation, you've already piled up all the ingredients for a final inventory before summer vacation, so...if you're doing this a few days before summer vacation, wouldn't it be a bit...?"

"Something?"

Yuko Ichihara said irritably, "What else could it be? It's unnecessary. Why don't you just go all out during the summer vacation instead of the first few days of summer vacation?"

"Um... okay... speaking of which, Yuuko, you'll be at the shop tomorrow during the day, right?"

“Yes, I’ll teach Haimeng how to make clothes. Kyoko and the others are here to prepare for the exam. Sota will be left to Shiraha so he can practice taking care of children.”

"Pfft..."xn