Chapter 233
Chapter 233
“How has work been lately?”
His pale, slender fingers held the glass, beautiful in a fragile, crystalline way.
Yun Youyou was captivated by his beauty until Ji Lin set the glass in front of her.
She cursed herself inwardly.
They were only hands. Did she really need to stare so intently?
When Yun Youyou did not hear him, Ji Lin repeated the question.
This time, Yun Youyou heard it clearly.
“Everything’s great, except my boss doesn’t pay me, I work twenty-five hours a day, and I constantly run into idiots.”
The corners of Ji Lin’s lips curved slightly.
“It sounds like you have quite a few problems at work.”
“What are you two talking about?”
Wang Yuanyou approached carrying a plate of sliced Geoduck.
“Come try it. I’m not much of a cook, but my knife skills are great!”
Excitedly, he handed Yun Youyou and Ji Lin each a pair of chopsticks.
“I trained these knife skills inside the Game. Slice enough ghosts, and your technique naturally improves.”
It would be rude to refuse such enthusiasm.
Yun Youyou tried a piece.
It was genuinely good.
After tasting a little, she restrained herself and set down her chopsticks.
They had spent all day running a marathon. She could hardly fight them for their food too.
Seeing Wang Yuanyou keep stuffing sashimi into his mouth, Yun Youyou even reminded him.
“Eating too much seafood isn’t good for you.”
Xiaomei had been hovering nearby the whole time.
Seeing Yun Youyou stop after one bite, he immediately approached curiously.
Was the Geoduck not fresh enough?
He came closer for a look. It seemed perfectly fresh.
“Sister Yun, something’s wrong with you.”
Xiaomei examined Yun Youyou like a detective.
?
Yun Youyou froze.
“What’s wrong with me?”
Xiaomei pointed at the plate of Geoduck. “You only took one bite! That’s not the Sister Youyou I know!”
Yun Youyou humbly asked for guidance.
“Then what would I normally do?”
Xiaomei declared confidently, “You’d eat the plate too.”
His proud, certain gaze made Yun Youyou want to hit him.
Yun Youyou fell silent for a moment.
“I’m a ghost, not a starving ghost.”
If these seafood creatures went three days without a beating, they would start tearing the roof apart.
Yun Youyou stood and picked Xiaomei up.
“You two keep eating. I’ll cook a pot of fish congee as an extra course.”
The moment she finished, she carried the struggling Xiaomei away.
There was no chance the Players would risk going outside in the middle of the night.
Given the choice between the dangerous mountains and the warm seafood Restaurant, the Players firmly chose to stay inside and wait for dawn.
They had eaten their fill and rested long enough.
The Game was not running a charity.
Even its employees were ruthlessly exploited, let alone these Players.
Smiling, Xiaomei cleared the plates from the tables.
“Sister Yun, they’ve almost finished eating.”
Yun Youyou waved her hand grandly.
“Good. Initiate Plan One!”
Xiaomei said, “Yes!”
The lights suddenly went dark.
The bustling dining room instantly fell silent.
Barely two seconds later, the lights came back on.
Yun Youyou looked at the customers in the dining room, an eerie smile spreading across her face.
Wang Yuanyou was a chatterbox.
If his mouth was not talking, he felt uncomfortable.
Ji Lin could not stand his endless chatter, so Wang Yuanyou found other Players to talk to.
He had just reached the key point of a story when the lights suddenly went out.
Then the lights came back on.
Wang Yuanyou suddenly discovered that the Player sitting across from him had vanished. A lobster sat there instead.
Where was the person?
Wang Yuanyou jumped in fright.
He hurriedly looked around.
Everyone nearby had turned into the seafood they had just eaten.
Holy shit!
They had all transformed into seafood!
Fortunately, Ji Lin was still sitting there perfectly normally.
Wang Yuanyou hurried over.
“What the hell happened? Why did everyone turn into seafood? That’s terrifying.”
“Why did you suddenly get taller?”
Halfway through speaking, Wang Yuanyou frowned.
“Have you been secretly taking growth hormones?”
Ji Lin glanced at him, then suddenly tapped the glass window.
Wang Yuanyou followed his gesture.
Ji Lin’s profile was reflected in the glass, while a Geoduck sat across from him.
Wang Yuanyou: !!!
No!
This could not be real!
He hurried several steps to the side.
The Geoduck in the window also shifted several steps sideways.
Wang Yuanyou tried to squeeze out a smile.
The Geoduck in the reflection sprayed out a stream of water.
Wonderful. He really had turned into a genuine Geoduck.
“Why didn’t you turn into a Geoduck?”
Wang Yuanyou hopped onto the table and glared angrily at Ji Lin.
Ji Lin leaned lazily against the back of his chair.
“I remember warning you.”
Wang Yuanyou tried hard to recall.
Ji Lin did seem to have told him before not to eat random things outside.
But Wang Yuanyou had not taken it seriously at all and had simply stuffed the food into his mouth.
Once he remembered, Wang Yuanyou had nothing to say.
“Sigh… When I saw Youyou, it felt like seeing family. I completely let down my guard.”
He even sounded a little aggrieved.
“Why didn’t Youyou warn me?”
Ji Lin glanced at him.
“Didn’t she specifically remind you to eat less?”
At Ji Lin’s reminder, realization dawned on Wang Yuanyou.
He was now overwhelmed with regret.
“It’s all this greedy mouth’s fault. She kindly warned me, but I refused to listen!”
After moping for a while, Wang Yuanyou shuffled over to Yun Youyou.
“Youyou, is there any way to turn me back?”
Hearing the voice, Yun Youyou looked down.
A Geoduck was stuck beside her foot.
Before Wang Yuanyou received an answer, a claw grabbed him from behind.
The Big Lobster lifted Wang Yuanyou with a silly grin.
“Hehe. Now you’ve turned into seafood too.”
Wang Yuanyou struggled with all his might.
Unfortunately, after becoming a Geoduck, he was too weak to break free no matter how long he struggled.
Wang Yuanyou simply went limp and played dead.
The dining room descended into chaos.
Terrified seafood creatures scuttled everywhere.
Yun Youyou hurriedly shut the front door.
Before she could calm everyone down, Yun Youyou suddenly felt herself shrinking.
“Hmm?”
She craned her neck and struggled to look at Ji Lin sitting nearby.
Surrounded by seafood, he looked especially conspicuous.
Ji Lin stood and approached Yun Youyou with a frown.
Yun Youyou could barely make out his face anymore.
Had Ji Lin turned into a Giant?
“Why did you turn into seafood too?”
After looking at her for a moment, Ji Lin extended his hand.
Yun Youyou thought about it, then jumped onto his palm.
Ji Lin raised Yun Youyou to eye level.
She was a full size smaller than the other seafood creatures, only a tiny thing in his hand.
His handsome features grew larger and larger.
The sight struck Yun Youyou with overwhelming force.
“That’s good. Stop right there.”
Any closer would be downright unfair.
Lying on Ji Lin’s palm, Yun Youyou looked around for Xiaomei.
Xiaomei was also searching for the missing Yun Youyou.
“Sister Youyou?”
“Sister Youyou, are you still here?”
Only when he heard Yun Youyou’s weak voice did Xiaomei find her in seafood form.
Xiaomei’s fish brain was becoming a tangled ball of yarn.
“Sister Youyou, why did you turn into seafood too?”
Yun Youyou answered feebly.
“I don’t know either. Weren’t ghosts supposed to be immune?”