Chapter 194 Master and Disciple

Alexi hummed a song and cooked himself another bowl of noodles.

Boss You has been very busy lately, sometimes heading to the Witch Forest to open a new factory, sometimes called by Andre to help out at the City Lord's Mansion, and I heard he'll be staying at Andre's mother's estate soon. As a result, the nightly staff dinner has become a separate affair... However, the Lich's food court is now taking shape, and everyone can use their employee benefits to order whatever they want or cook it themselves, which is quite convenient.

Alexi recently finished her work of sewing sports suits and took the time to write a few letters to her sisters. After hearing that Boss You had a way to solve the violent disorder that had plagued their clan for many years, many cicadas agreed to come and give it a try.

Boss You handed the matter over to Alexi.

After a few busy days, Alexi finally let the sisters move into the new textile workshop. After eating the soul fire earned by Alexi and the delicious pastries made in the newly opened Netherworld Bakery, many cicada girls agreed to move to the city and try working for Boss You for a while.

Sewing clothes is a job that is the same no matter where you do it, but if these delicious soul fires and netherworld delicacies can really solve the violent problems that have plagued the weavers for generations, then they would not have to be trapped in small villages for their entire lives, with their colorful natures stifled by suffocating rules and regulations.

Alexi thought he would encounter a lot of obstacles, but unexpectedly, there were actually many cicadas supporting him.

Their new textile workshop was rented across the street from the tofu shop, so it was convenient for Alexi to come and go.

However, although Alexi's talent lies in weaving, she recently felt that she would rather run a tofu workshop. Every day, she makes soy products, cooks noodles, and fries tofu balls. The life becomes happy in the steam from the pot.

"Hello, are you still open now?" The shop door opened and closed, and a familiar short blond boy walked in carrying a basket.

"Oh, Paphis, you're a little late." Alexi glanced at the time. It was already half past six, and the tofu workshop closed at six... However, for old customers, Alexi was not incapable of making concessions.

She glanced at the remaining food on the counter and said briskly, "Since you're a regular customer, I can give you a little backdoor deal. Whatever you want to eat, I can make it as long as we have the ingredients."

——Anyway, these unsold ingredients will eventually become their family’s dinner. If they are not finished, they will be fed to the chickens in the backyard... In this case, it is also good to sell a little more so that it is not wasted.

"That's great!" Paphis said happily. "I want three bowls of noodles today, with fried tofu balls, fried tofu, and matsutake mushrooms. I want lots of tofu balls and fried tofu! Two bowls with braised beef, and one bowl for a grand slam."

Grand Slam is the name of the dish coined by Mr. You. Since the Tofu Workshop's meat and noodle menus are randomly updated daily, many diners want to try this and that, making ordering a hassle and time-consuming process. Grand Slam is a small portion of all the meat dishes in the restaurant. While it's a bit pricey, it's cheaper than ordering each dish individually.

"Okay!" Alexi skillfully cooked the noodles and casually asked, "Are there any guests coming today? Such a grand occasion?"

"Well! My teacher came to see me." Paphis was filled with joy. "I want her to taste my favorite food too!"

"Well, then I have to use my best cooking skills and not let her down." Alexi responded with a smile. She quickly prepared the meal and, according to Paphis's preferences, wrapped the fried tofu balls in oil paper and placed them in his basket.

She took the money and said with a smile, "Take care~"

"Yes! Thank you!" Paphis floated the packed meal basket and walked briskly towards the magic bookstore across the street.

The bookstore was still closed, and even though it was dark, only a small magic lamp was lit in the back of the store. However, Paphis had no difficulty navigating the bookstore full of obstacles, and walked to the small room at the back of the store with great skill and smoothness.

In the room, a woman in black clothes and black veil sat upright, and a servant wearing a bird-beaked doctor's mask served her.

Parface's servant, Tran, came out of the small kitchen next door carrying tea, took the basket floating behind Parface, and skillfully placed the meals on the table one by one.

"Teacher Funa," Paphis said respectfully, "Please enjoy your dinner. This is the noodles sold at the Tofu Workshop. They are delicious."

He placed the most luxurious Grand Slam in front of the woman, sat down at the table, picked up a pair of chopsticks, and dipped the tofu balls in the oil paper package into the noodle soup - he preferred this way of eating them, where they were soaked in the soup for a short time, absorbing a lot of the rich noodle soup while retaining the crispy and fragrant fried shell.

Mi Funa took off her veil, revealing the silver-white mask on her face. The mask only had the upper half, which just covered her rotten eye sockets.

In order to meet her apprentice, she put on heavy makeup and covered her purple lips with bright red lipstick, making her look no different from a living person.

Her bird-beaked servant took out an exquisite little bowl, filled it with a small portion of noodles, poured soup on it, put various meat slices and side dishes on it, and finally handed her a fork respectfully.

Paphis looked at the servant's unnecessary and artificial actions and couldn't help but twitch his lips in dissatisfaction.

Mi Funa's eyes twitched beneath her mask.

She took a deep breath, anger welling up in her heart—that abominable lich had so brazenly transformed her potion-brewing workshop into a sauce-brewing workshop, and even turned this old street into a food court! ...It was outrageous!

This is Pharmacy Street! When she was alive, this street was full of potion-related businesses! Potion shops, magic bookstores, herbal shops, magical plant shops... Now they've all become sauce shops, bakeries, tofu workshops, textile workshops... There's even a garden restaurant!

That old bastard Maybury actually gave that lich a signboard... That's too much! He didn't even consider whose store this was... Okay, even though she's dead, that doesn't mean that lich can do whatever he wants with her store!

As a resurrected corpse, Mi Funa didn't really need to eat, but the lingering aroma still wafted into her nose. She glanced at her happily slurping noodles, hesitated for a moment, then finally took the bowl and began to eat in small sips.