Qin Yunie's polite words made Yan Wenjing grip his phone tightly and sigh inwardly.
The words he spoke back then have now become sharp swords piercing him; he truly reaped what he sowed.
Yan Wenjing: [It's because you have good cooking skills that you've built up a large customer base.]
Qin Yunie heard the notification sound, opened the message, and had a strange expression.
What's going on, King Yama? Why are you talking so strangely?
Qin Yune replied politely, "Your Majesty, is there anything else? If not, I'm going to sleep."
Yan Wenjing thought about how tired she must be these past two days from opening her new store, so she said, "Go to sleep, goodnight."
Upon receiving the message, Qin Yunie quickly replied with a "goodnight," then turned off her phone and went to sleep.
The next morning, after delivering the ingredients to the store, Qin Yune went to the Yama Palace to give the Yama King the dividends he had earned during this period.
Because Qin Yunie hadn't visited the King of Hell's palace for a long time, the ghost guards at the gate were stunned for a moment when they saw Qin Yunie, seemingly not expecting him to come.
Especially with the booming business of Boss Qin's First Restaurant these past two days, she should be extremely busy. Why would she be in the underworld at this time?
Could something have happened at the First Restaurant?
Thinking of this, the ghost messenger at the door called out in confusion, "Boss Qin, what brings you here? Is there something you need to see King Yama about?"
Qin Yune smiled and said, "Hmm, I'm here to deliver my dividends to the King of Hell. Is the King of Hell inside?"
Without the slightest hesitation, the ghost messenger nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, King Yama is inside. Please come in."
Qin Yune thanked him, then walked towards the Yama Palace.
Judge Cui held the Book of Life and Death in one hand and a pen in the other, pretending to be busy, but actually peeking at King Yama out of the corner of his eye.
It wasn't that he wanted to see it, but the King of Hell was acting strangely today, seeming to be in a very good mood, completely different from the days before.
But Yama himself seemed oblivious, busy with his own business with great interest.
Judge Cui: [King Yama is acting strangely today!]
Fan Wujiu: [What's wrong with it?]
Bull Head: [Same question, what's wrong with it?]
Judge Cui: [Look at the picture! The corners of Yama's mouth are practically pointing to his temples, and his eyebrows are almost flying off. Does that look normal?]
Meng Po: [...]
Meng Po: [Is King Yama in love?]
Horse-faced: [Pfft—]
Horse-faced: [Meng Po, you really dare to say that. If King Yama knew you talked about him like that, we'd be finished. But King Yama's practically wearing "I'm in a great mood today" on his face. Does anyone have any particularly troublesome or difficult matters to report? Let's go while King Yama's in a good mood!]
Xie Bi'an: [It's clear that the King of Hell is in a really good mood.]
Meng Po: [It's alright even if he finds out.]
Judge Cui: [I wonder what good thing happened today to make King Yama so happy.]
Meng Po: [Perhaps it was Xiao Yu Nie who went to find him.]
Fan Wujiu: [Impossible! Miss Qin hasn't gone to the King of Hell's palace to deliver food to him in ages. Plus, the First Restaurant just opened and is so busy; Central Street is supposedly already packed. She definitely doesn't have time to go.]
Meng Po said meaningfully, "That's hard to say."
Xie Bian: [It's possible, but not very likely.]
Meng Po: [Let's make a bet. If Xiao Yu Nie goes, you two will guard the Bridge of Helplessness for a month and brew Meng Po's soup for a month! If you win, you can do whatever you want with her!]
Judge Cui: [Such a big bet! But I bet Miss Qin won't come, so you'd better make up for the withheld wages!]
Meng Po: [Okay, no problem.]
Fan Wujiu: [I won't gamble either. If I win, I'll get a year's salary.]
There was nothing he could do; Fan Wujiu was simply too poor, and he still owed Lao Bai a considerable amount of ghost money.
Xie Bi'an: [I bet I won't go. If I win, you can take the Meng Po soup you gave us before and give it to the King of Hell.]
Judge Cui: [Hiss... Xie Bi'an, you're so ruthless! But I like it!]
Meng Po: [Okay.]
With Xie Bi'an as a precedent, Ox-Head and Horse-Face made similar requests, each more difficult than the last, but Meng Po agreed to them all.
Perhaps it was because Meng Po agreed so readily that the others in the group had a feeling that this was a trap.
But considering Qin Yune's recent state with Yama, and the fact that the First Restaurant had just opened and Qin Yune had no time to come, they calmed themselves down and concluded that it must have been Meng Po's doing, so they didn't change the tickets.
Judge Cui: [Meng Po, you're doomed!]
Meng Po: 【Then let's wait and see.】
Just as the group was intensely discussing why the King of Hell was in such a good mood that they were even making a bet, Qin Yune entered the King of Hell's palace.
Just a second ago, Judge Cui was confidently saying that Meng Po was doomed to lose and that Qin Yune would definitely not come, but the next second he looked up and saw Qin Yune walking into the Yama King's Palace.
Judge Cui's smile froze on his face: "..."
Even just one more second of excitement would be better than being proven wrong so quickly!
Judge Cui put away his phone and said stiffly, "Miss Qin, what brings you here?"
Judge Cui's face was already serious, but now it was stiff, making his expression look strange and frightening.
Fortunately, Qin Yunie had seen his various expressions several times, and although he still felt a bit heart-wrenching, at least he didn't show it.
When Yan Wenjing heard Judge Cui call out to Miss Qin, he looked up and saw Qin Yunie standing gracefully below.
Yan Wenjing didn't even glance at Judge Cui, and said in a calm voice, "She came to see me. If you have something to do, go ahead and do it."
Judge Cui's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Yan Wenjing. His facial muscles contorted with shock. If he wasn't mistaken, the King of Hell was getting in his way and was trying to get rid of him!
Judge Cui hadn't recovered from the shock yet. He stiffly raised the corners of his mouth and replied, "Yes, I have some things to do, so I'll go now."
After saying this, he respectfully bowed to Yan Wenjing, then slowly turned around and walked out of the Yama King's Palace.
Seeing that Judge Cui had left, Yan Wenjing noticed that Qin Yune was still standing below. He didn't usually feel this way about other ghosts, but looking down at her like this made him very uncomfortable. He frowned and said, "Come up here."
Qin Yunie was taken aback by Yan Wenjing's sudden words, then came to her senses and said hesitantly, "Isn't this inappropriate?"
Then, as if remembering something, his attitude became even more resolute.
Yan Wenjing's face darkened instantly upon being rejected, and he said firmly, "What's inappropriate? I told you to come up, so you come up, or do I need to come down and ask you? Or do you want me to come down?"
Towards the end, he even emphasized his words.
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