Shi Xin felt a darkness before his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, Mingqiao had disappeared.
The bowl and chopsticks he left behind were still in their original places, and the remaining food seemed to still be warm.
Shi Xin's heart trembled. He was surprised that his first reaction was not fear, but worry about where Ming Qiao was taken and what punishment he would receive.
After all, this was the first time he had encountered such a thing in his life. It was too new and exciting, and he couldn't look at it with normal and rational thinking.
Just as he was in a trance, two footsteps were suddenly heard in the originally quiet restaurant.
Shi Xin immediately turned around and saw a woman in her thirties and a little boy of about thirteen or fourteen. They looked like mother and son, but not quite. Shi Xin watched from a distance, quietly waiting for their next move.
The woman seemed extremely excited when she found someone here. She pulled the little boy to sit opposite Shi Xin and greeted him with a smile: "You don't look like you are from our school."
"Yeah." Unsure whether the other party had malicious intentions, Shi Xin didn't want to say more. He just frowned and asked, "How did you get in? Get out of school quickly!"
"Ah?" The woman looked at him in confusion: "The restaurant door is not locked, why can't I come in?"
"Nothing blocking it?" Shi Xin asked in disbelief.
“No.”
Shi Xin stood up instantly and ran towards the restaurant door. He wanted to escape from here eagerly, but was blocked by the invisible wall.
He closed his eyes dejectedly and returned to the restaurant.
When I sat down, I saw that the woman and the little boy were both confused: "Why do I seem to see you being blocked by something?"
"Yes." Shi Xin nodded solemnly: "The restaurant was locked for unknown reasons. I don't know how you got in, but you can't get out anymore."
The little boy, who had been sitting there blankly for a while, finally showed a surprised expression: "Are you acting? I've seen it on TV. Someone can act as if there is a big piece of glass in front of them, but in fact there is nothing."
Shi Xin knew that it was useless to say more, so he could only point outside and said, "Go and try it yourself to see if you can get in."
Mingqiao followed the big steamed bun to the top layer, then swam to the edge with great effort, and sat on the edge of the plastic bucket with his hands.
When I was at the bottom of the bucket, I didn't realize how deep it was. It was only when I got to the edge and looked down that I suddenly realized how far I was from the ground.
He is not afraid of heights, but facing a height of dozens of meters, he can't help but feel scared.
The plastic bucket was funnel-shaped, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and the outer wall was smooth, so he couldn't slide down slowly along the outer wall. He could only jump. But if he jumped directly, he would definitely be smashed into a meat pie.
What should I do then.
We can't be stuck in this barrel forever.
Just as Mingqiao was about to grit his teeth and force himself to jump down, a piece of noodle drew all his attention.
It couldn't be called noodles. It was just like a steamed bun the size of an SUV, as thick as a tree trunk, with shiny oil hanging from it, floating at the bottom of his feet.
Mingqiao had an idea.
He leaned forward, hooked the huge and thick noodles with his toes, and held them in his arms. Unable to determine how long the noodles were, he could only pull hard and barely pulled one end of the noodles out of the bucket of leftovers.
Not to mention, the noodles, which usually become softer after soaking, are now as tough as hemp ropes.
Mingqiao put the noodles he had pulled out with great difficulty on the ground. He didn't know how long he had been doing this. His hands were sore before he saw the noodles at the bottom bend up and fall completely to the ground.
He was afraid that there wouldn't be much noodles left and he might lose his grip and fall, so he tied three or four grains of rice as big as his head to his back to cushion the fall.
After making sure everything was safe, Mingqiao held the noodle and moved down inch by inch.
The noodles were too slippery to hold, and at first he couldn't control himself from sliding down, and after sliding for more than ten meters he slowly mastered the technique. He landed slowly and carefully, and turned around to see Shi Xin.
Just as he disappeared just now, he suddenly reappeared, which scared Shi Xin.
"You're back."
"Yeah." Mingqiao then fumbled to straighten his clothes. His originally clean and tidy white shirt and black trousers were already covered with oil stains, and he didn't know where his shoes had fallen. His hair was even more of a mess, and he had no idea where to start to tidy it up.
He smiled awkwardly and wanted to tell Shi Xin that he was going to wash up, but the person behind Shi Xin called him, "Ming...Teacher."
Mingqiao had already been soaked in the water that was constantly poured into the bucket, and his clothes had long been wet and smelly. Now that he was about to finish his time, he thought about going out to take a shower and change clothes. But when he heard someone calling him, he had to turn his head away.
The woman's mouth shaped into an O in shock. She looked left and right, but couldn't understand how Mingqiao suddenly appeared here.
"Teacher Zhang." Mingqiao had no choice but to greet him.
"Mr. Ming." The little boy next to him was also surprised when he saw him: "How did you become like this?"
Mingqiao looked at the boy. It was difficult to explain the current situation to such a curious child. He looked at Shi Xin and said, "This is my colleague Zhang Wanqiao and my student Wang Dada. You guys chat first. I'll go change my clothes."
Shi Xin crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at him: "Where are the clothes for you to change?"
"There are staff uniforms in the kitchen. I'll wear that and take a shower at the same time."
"good."
Fortunately, it was summer and the weather was not cold. Mingqiao used the cold water from the faucet and detergent to wash himself clean. He then found a set of staff uniforms from the kitchen and changed into them. Only then did he have time to wash the clothes he had taken off.
When he went out, the three of them stared at him, as if they were expecting something.
Mingqiao shook the water off his hands and sat down facing their gazes: "Ask whatever you want to ask."
The first to speak was Wang Dada, who looked at Ming Qiao with admiration as if he were looking at Ultraman: "Ming, you must have secretly learned how to transform, otherwise how could you suddenly appear next to us."
"Hmm. This question is very profound. Let me think about it." Mingqiao looked at the innocent child and smiled helplessly: "The teacher was captured by the monster and ran back with great difficulty. He didn't transform."
Then it was Zhang Wanqiao: "What happened here? I just tried, but I couldn't walk out of this restaurant. It was like there was a wall blocking the way. And, how did you become like this?"
"This question is also very complicated." Mingqiao looked at her: "All I can say is that something is wrong with our school."
Finally, it was Shi Xin's turn. He lowered his head and thought for a moment before asking, "Did you notice anything strange after you went there?"
“I was stuck in a leftover bucket,” Mingqiao said. “Everything became huge.”
"No more?"
“No more.”
"Is this the punishment for breaking the rules?"
Ming Qiao knew what he was thinking. He just felt that this kind of punishment was not painful. Compared with the experience he had mentioned before that he would pay the price of his life, this violation of the rules did not seem to be a big deal. He said in a deep voice: "I'm not sure if this is a punishment, but for an adult like me, this kind of punishment is not dangerous. In fact, it can even be said that it is very easy except for the physical exertion. So I think the rule at the door is not the most important rule in this restaurant."
"There must be something else." Shi Xin took over the topic.
"Yes."
At this moment, Wang Dada suddenly pointed to the foot of Mingqiao and said, "Teacher Ming, your things fell out."
Mingqiao subconsciously looked at the ground and sure enough, there was a palm-sized "Catecherry Employee Manual" with a black cover.
The clothes he was wearing were not his own. Anyone who had the cafeteria employee handbook must be a cafeteria staff member.
He remembered that the strange thing that happened to him in the office was because he read the teacher's manual carefully.
He would not make the same mistake this time, so he put the manual on the table in front of him and motioned the other three to open it and take a look.
Zhang Wanqiao felt scared after seeing Mingqiao's series of reactions. She didn't dare to touch this hot potato, so she looked at Shi Xin tentatively - she couldn't let Wang beat a child and take the risk.
Shi Xin didn't care. He opened the employee handbook and read it carefully.
He occasionally picked out a few rules that seemed a little strange and read them to them, but spent most of the rest of the time reading by himself.
“37. Please do not lend out employee uniforms.”
Mingqiao felt like he was hit hard.
He could avoid careful reading, but he couldn't avoid these tiny rules.
Shi Xin looked at Mingqiao's white staff uniform, smiled imperceptibly, and continued to look back.
"Nothing special." Two minutes later, Shi Xin closed the manual.
After hearing this, Mingqiao's lips were tightly pursed into a line. He was waiting.
Sure enough, the next second, a familiar and steady male voice came through the cafeteria loudspeaker and spread to every corner:
“57. If you are unfortunate enough to encounter danger in the cafeteria, please immediately pick up the first knife at hand, chop a red vegetable, and take a photo and project it onto the cafeteria’s big screen.
58. Do not violate the canteen employee handbook regulations during this period.
Once again, follow the rules or you will face the consequences.”
"You go." Ming Qiao pointed at Shi Xin and said, "Follow the manual." After thinking for a moment, he changed his tone and said, "Forget it, I'll do it. This is 'my' manual, so of course I have to follow it."
Mingqiao just stood up, and Shi Xin also stood up: "I'll go with you."
The two of them walked around to the kitchen. At this time, the robot that served meals also automatically returned to the charging station, and the entire kitchen was empty. Mingqiao picked up the first knife he saw and walked to the chopping board.
"I guess my identity will change again." Ming Qiao took out a tomato from the refrigerator behind him. "Last time in the office, I changed from a teacher to a student because I got a question wrong. This time, I just put on the employee uniform and carry the employee handbook and follow the employee rules."
"and you……"
"I choose to continue." Mingqiao raised his knife and cut the tomato perfectly in half.
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