Chapter 30: Is it fun to earn money with blood? (8) The waiter should...
In the silence, Wu Zhexian, who was quite familiar with the rules of ghost stories, realized something.
His eyes fell on the rule sheet beside him, staring intently at the last two rules.
"Only the most devoted believers can leave here."
"The devil awaits its sacrifice."
He thought for a while, then calmly took the menu and carefully searched for a specific dish.
When he turned to the main course page, he finally saw the name of the dish: Classic French Beef Stew.
Below the name of the dish, a line of small print reads: beef ribs, onions, tomatoes, carrots, red wine and a variety of seasonings.
wine!
Wu Zhexian's heart was trembling. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, he forced himself to restrain himself from turning around to look at the three anchors.
Was this dish ordered by Gemini, or by Feng Yang?
Now it seems that it was Feng Yang who ordered it.
But why would Gemini cooperate with him and coax their companions to eat together?
The most reasonable explanation is that the seemingly unharmed Aries was contaminated in the process of breaking into the kitchen just now, so now, Aries and Feng Yang are both "loyal believers" of the devil.
They chose to sacrifice Ryan and Xixi, so Ryan and Xixi should now have become believers... or sacrifices.
It doesn't matter what it is.
What’s important is that Wu Zhexian realized the real way to pass the level.
He thought he should be able to get out of this unscathed.
Then, Wu Zhexian quickly analyzed the current situation while flipping through the menu in his hand:
First of all, most people are still eating the main course, while a small number of people have moved on to desserts a little faster.
Secondly, among the remaining participants in the dungeon, Aries, Xixi, and Ryan should all be contaminated, but the three siblings of the Cui family should still be normal.
Thinking about what Feng Yang had just done, his hand that was flipping through the menu stopped at the dessert page.
Rules four and five state that red wine and white wine will not be served in the restaurant, respectively, but Wu Zhexian prefers rule four, which is the one for red wine.
Because there may be fake rules in the "Rules of the Universe," mentioning white wine in a Western restaurant is also strange. On the other hand, the red wine rule has been verified by Feng Yang and has been proven to be feasible.
"Zhexian?" Fang Liyi saw her son suddenly looking at the menu again, her eyes filled with confusion. She asked him softly, "What's wrong?"
Wu Zhexian made up his mind and pressed the call button. The waiter came forward and said, "Hello, sir, is there anything else I can help you with?"
Wu Zhexian was so nervous that he was sweating coldly, and his vigilance was at its highest point. He glanced at the waiter and was about to speak, but suddenly changed his mind and swallowed his words. He opened the notes on his phone and typed to him: Can we communicate by text?
The waiter lowered his eyes, smiled meaningfully and typed: Of course, sir.
Wu Zhexian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took the phone and typed another line: What desserts did the three guests at the table behind me order?
The waiter thought about it and immediately typed out the answer: the lady ordered lemon cheesecake, and the two gentlemen ordered mint chocolate ice cream and chocolate ganache cake.
A cold smile flashed across Wu Zhexian's eyes, and he asked again: Can the cake change its appearance?
Waiter: Yes, the appearance and filling do not conflict.
Wu Zhexian: I'd like to order two chestnut and red wine cakes for their table, with the outer layers shaped like a lemon cheesecake and a chocolate ganache cake. If it's convenient, please serve these two cakes before their original desserts... The chocolate ganache cake should be served first!
The waiter finally typed: OK sir.
Then he left.
Wu Yunfeng and Fang Liyi looked at their son in surprise, but said nothing in the end.
Wu Zhexian heard his heartbeat accelerating, so fast that it hurt his chest.
Although he chose red wine, which was a safer choice, he still took a gamble. The chestnut wine cake and the chocolate ganache cake looked very similar in color, so it was easy to deceive the public. However, the color difference between the lemon cheesecake and the chestnut wine cake was huge.
This means that if the other party realizes that there is something wrong with the cake before eating it, his plan will fail.
So at the end, he emphasized that he wanted the waiter to serve the chocolate ganache cake first, so that he could at least successfully sacrifice one person and perhaps pass the level.
Ah Zhui floated behind him, folding his arms and mocking him: "This guy has a bad character. He's quite polite to the waiter, and his plan to cheat people is very detailed."
Si Ling sneered: "If the girls he harmed could take his life at any time and turn him into a pile of copper coins, I believe he would be polite and considerate."
Hyun Chi withdrew his gaze from Wu Zhexian's mobile phone, glanced at Wu Zhexian, thought carefully, and then drifted towards the kitchen.
In the back kitchen, a paper-man-transformed waiter was carrying out a chestnut and red wine cake with a chocolate ganache exterior. Another waiter had also prepared a lemon cheesecake, and on the tray was a tray of mint chocolate ice cream that had not been tampered with. He followed the waiter in front to carry it out.
Hyun Chi snapped his fingers, and the person behind him froze in place as if a switch had been pressed. The one holding the chocolate ganache walked out of the kitchen alone.
"Hello, sir, here's your cake." The waiter walked to Cui Lijin's side and placed the cake in front of him with standard gestures.
Cui Lijin had just finished the last bite of his main course and was waiting for dessert. However, due to the second rule, the service bell, he didn't speak directly to the waiter. He simply nodded and let the waiter remove the main course plate from him.
Then he began to enjoy the dessert. Cui Liming, who was sitting opposite him, frowned slightly: he finished the main course earlier than Cui Lijin, but he had not seen the dessert served yet.
...Of course, objectively speaking, he was not in a hurry to eat this dessert. In this kind of weird rule-based situation where life hangs on a thread, no one would really be in the mood to enjoy food.
But he was eager to end it all as soon as possible, so he wanted every step to be carried out in a hurry.
Cui Liming leaned back in his chair impatiently. As his older brother, Cui Lijin sensed his uneasiness and understood the source of it. After a moment's thought, he said, "Don't be so anxious. Things will work out in time. How about a taste of the cake first?"
He said as he pushed the dessert plate forward.
When Wu Zhexian heard this, he straightened his back nervously.
To avoid suspicion, he didn't dare look back, but his heart beat faster and a chill ran down his spine.
If Cui Liming tries it...it's buy one get one free!
Wu Zhexian was secretly looking forward to it.
However, he soon heard Cui Liming say, "Forget it, I can't eat anymore. I'm waiting for my ice cream."
Wu Zhexian's newly-awakened expectations instantly vanished.
"Okay." Cui Lijin had no intention of forcing him. He picked up the dessert spoon, scooped out a piece of cake and put it into his mouth.
After the rich chocolate on the outside melts, the cake's dense texture and a refreshing fragrance spread between your lips and teeth.
Because the chocolate flavor of the outer layer was so strong, Cui Lijin didn't realize that it was a mixture of chestnut and red wine aromas, which shouldn't appear in his cake.
He didn't realize that his thoughts had undergone an abnormal mutation. He just felt that he was conducting a calm, objective, and rational thinking - he thought, why must he regard this strange rule as a terrible accident? The other party didn't actually want to kill them. If they became believers of the devil, everything would be solved.
This demon is so powerful that it can even come up with weird things like rule-based stories. What's wrong with becoming its believer?
Cui Lijin looked at Cui Liming and Cui Han in front of him in a trance, and felt a "kind heart" to save his younger brother and sister.
He pushed the dessert in front of him again and asked Cui Han casually, "Want a try?"
Cui Han frowned and looked at him, a little dissatisfied with the invitation: "You know, I don't like chocolate."
Cui Lijin gave up embarrassedly.
Cui Han and Cui Liming's desserts were served at this time. Mint chocolate ice cream was served in a tall glass bowl, and "lemon cheesecake" was served in a white porcelain plate.
The two of them silently picked up the dessert spoon and took a bite. Cui Liming calmly put the ice cream into his mouth, but Cui Han's hand holding the spoon stopped the moment he saw the cut surface of the cake.
Inside the pale yellow lemon cheese outer layer, there is actually a brown filling!
Although Cui Han couldn't tell what was inside, it was obviously abnormal.
Cui Han felt suffocated, reached out his hand from in front of Cui Liming and pressed the call bell.
Cui Liming looked at her in confusion. When the waiter came forward, Cui Han pointed at the cake and said, "Is this cake made wrong? Lemon cheesecake is this color?"
The waiter smiled and said, "Ma'am, this is what the gentleman over there ordered for you. Your lemon cheesecake hasn't arrived yet."
Cui Han was startled and stood up, slamming the table. Cui Liming also stood up, pointing at Wu Zhexian and angrily saying, "You!"
"I..." Wu Zhexian felt guilty for a moment. He didn't expect the waiter would sell him out. He was very annoyed, but he didn't dare to get angry at the waiter.
Cui Liming rushed forward and wanted to hit someone, but Wu Yunfeng and Fang Liyi immediately stood up and protected their son behind them.
Wu Yunfeng yelled at Cui Liming, "What are you doing? Want to fight?"
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, but unexpectedly, Cui Lijin also stood up and stopped Cui Liming: "Calm down, calm down, he means well."
"What?" Cui Liming looked at Cui Lijin in disbelief, "Brother?!"
Cui Han suddenly thought of the cake Cui Lijin had just made, and instantly felt horrified: "Brother, you..."
Looking at Cui Han's pale face, Cui Liming came to his senses and felt a chill all over his body.
...For a long while, the restaurant was so quiet that it seemed as if everything was frozen. The three members of the Wu family stared closely at the reactions of the three siblings of the Cui family. Although Cui Han and Cui Liming hated the three members of the Wu family with gnashing teeth, they did not dare to act rashly because of their eldest brother's condition.
——If big brother just stopped them, that would be fine, but big brother is now on the other side, what if he kills them?
The two sides were deadlocked for a long time, and Cui Liming and Cui Han finally sat back with grim faces.
Seeing this, the three members of the Wu family breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down. Wu Zhexian whispered to his parents with a hint of smug joy, "We should be able to leave safely!"
The omitted second half of the sentence is: He actually didn't know whether his parents could leave safely together.
This will take some time to verify.
If possible, that would be the best; if not, Wu Zhexian has made up his mind and will leave on his own.
At the table behind him, Cui Liming felt sad when he saw his elder brother in front of him who seemed to be fine. Then he looked at Wu Zhexian's back who was obviously relieved, and he wanted to rush up and stab him to death.
He quickly flipped through the menu and pressed the call bell less than a minute later.
The waiter came forward and said, "Hello, sir, how can I help you?"
Wu Yunfeng and Fang Liyi's expressions suddenly tensed, but Wu Zhexian turned his head jokingly and looked at Cui Liming provocatively.
He knew that Cui Liming wanted to retaliate, but how could he let him succeed?
The rules say that you must strictly follow the order to finish your meal, but they don't say that you cannot refuse the food that others add.
Cui Liming seemed completely oblivious to Wu Zhexian's gaze, his head fixed on the menu. It didn't take long for him to make his choice. "Three glasses of this Petrus, and three glasses of this Moutai, too. Send them both to that table."
He ordered both red and white wine, and spoke with gritted teeth, as if he was so eager for revenge that he had completely lost his mind.
Wu Zhexian smiled contemptuously, turned his head away from him, and continued to enjoy the food in front of him leisurely.
He had no appetite at first, but the success of his plan and Cui Liming's defeat gave him a sense of satisfaction, and suddenly he felt that the food in front of him was delicious.
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