"Huh? You really want to tell me a story?"
The female shop owner glanced at the yellow-haired man and took the hundred yuan from him: "Just give me the money."
She looked at the old man again and said, "Tell me about your life."
The burgundy-haired girl laughed and said, "Boss lady, you are so funny."
The yellow-haired man pressed his girlfriend's waist, smiled apologetically at the female shop owner and the old man, and whispered something. Ren Suo couldn't hear it, but a dialog box popped up above his head: "Look, the old man doesn't seem to have much money. The boss lady is doing a good deed. Don't say anything that will embarrass the old man."
Ren Suo looked at the yellow-haired man in surprise. He didn't expect that this man was actually quite considerate of strangers. It really is true that you can't judge a yellow-haired man by his appearance.
The old man ordered a bowl of plain noodles. The female owner nodded and said to the yellow-haired man, "I'm going to cook noodles for the old man first. You guys wait."
"We came here first..."
The yellow-haired man pressed the wine-red-haired girl's waist again and smiled at the female owner: "We are not in a hurry, take your time."
The female shop owner drank a free cup of 1% holy water, listened to the old man's life story, and began to extract key words. The couple was also bored, or their phones were out of battery, so they also sat aside and listened to the old man's stories, and occasionally made comments in a low voice:
"When Hong Kong was still a rural area? How could the old man be so old?"
"The old man was charged protection money before."
"If I were born in the old man's time, I would definitely make a lot of money by speculating in real estate."
The female shop owner and the old man ignored them until the old man told them the end of his life:
"...Of my two sons, one joined a gang and died, and the other went to the north and I don't know what's happening with him now. I can pick up some cans and plastic bottles on the street and exchange them for some steamed buns..."
Keyword: "Son."
The old man sighed, "I'm old. I bumped into something while peeing at night and broke my leg. I couldn't shout. It was cold, so I fell down at home and couldn't even crawl. Later..."
"I'm freezing to death."
Keywords: "cold, frozen".
Among demons and monsters, the stories of demons do not end with death, but the stories of ghosts do, and they remember clearly and have very clear memories - that is why they can control their desire to kill and hide in the city until the arrival of the ghost squad late at night, at which time they emerge from the darkness.
The burgundy-haired girl burst out laughing, but she remembered what her boyfriend said and said nothing.
However, the yellow-haired man's expression changed slightly. From his angle, he could see that the old man's lips had a subtle crimson-purple color, and the cloudy whites of his eyes suddenly occupied a large area. The old man's hands were also a strange blue color, but the age spots slightly concealed the abnormality on the old man's body.
But when the old man finished his story, his physical abnormalities became more and more obvious. Huangmao swallowed his saliva and wanted to leave, but at this time the female shop owner said:
"Your meal will be ready soon."
Ren Suo didn't know why the female owner said this, but the yellow-haired man seemed to suddenly feel relieved after hearing this. He took the initiative to switch seats with the burgundy-haired girl so that he could sit closer to the old man.
The burgundy-haired girl felt it was strange, but didn't think much about it. She just leaned against her boyfriend and took out her phone to play.
After adjusting the flavor according to the keywords, the female owner pushed the plain noodles to the old man, and then quickly prepared a plate of barbecued pork rice - there was actually steamed rice in the rice cooker.
Ren Suo thought they would be fed barbecued pork rice directly, but the screen entered the seasoning interface again, which surprised Ren Suo.
This pair of wild mandarin ducks has no story to tell, so how can he spice it up?
However, now that he had entered the seasoning interface, Ren Suo had no other choices, so he randomly selected "Happiness" and "Love", and adjusted all the flavors to the strongest. The female owner then took out two seasoning bottles and poured them into the two plates of barbecued pork rice as if they were free.
But Ren Suo was not worried - the protagonist could definitely beat an ordinary person.
Unlike other customers, the blond and burgundy-haired girl looked at the barbecued pork rice suspiciously before taking the spoon and eating it bite by bite. Then they suddenly blushed and said loudly:
"tasty!"
"It tastes so good!"
"This tastes really good!"
"It feels like love."
"Come, let me feed you, ah~"
This couple just started showing off their love, feeding each other bite by bite, which made Ren Suo curl his lips.
After the old man finished eating the plain noodles, the strange condition on his body disappeared, and he became an ordinary old man wearing cotton clothes on a hot day.
"It's delicious, thank you." The old man rummaged in his pocket and took out a candy, saying, "This was given to me by a kid from the neighborhood, but I couldn't bear to eat it. I'm so unlucky that when I want to eat it, I can't taste it myself, so I'll leave it to you."
The female shop owner took it and found that it was not candy:
"Chalk wrapped in candy paper: If you eat it directly, HP +100, Attack +15; it can also be used as a one-time item in battle, restoring 9999 HP."
The old man left silently, and the couple had almost finished their barbecued pork rice. When they were about to leave, they both froze at the same time.
"What did the boss lady put in the rice? Why do I feel so good after eating it?"
“I…what should I do…”
At this time, "+0.52" appeared on the burgundy-haired girl's head, and "+0.31" and "+1 Awakening" appeared on the blond's head.
The yellow-haired man immediately sat down with the red-haired girl and said nervously, "Two more plates of barbecued pork rice, the same flavor as before! I'll pay you whatever you want!"
Ren Suo was stunned. At this time, the female owner shook her head and said, "That taste can only be eaten once by each person. If you want to eat ordinary barbecued pork rice, that's fine."
"You guys should leave now. Other customers will be here soon. This is a 'walk-in' stall."
The burgundy-haired girl also asked, "I'm full, Liwei, why are you..."
The yellow-haired man pulled his girlfriend over and whispered in her ear, "The food here has further awakened my superpowers! Don't you feel anything?"
“I just feel pretty good.”
"Anyway, there are benefits! This is a fortuitous encounter!"
However, no matter what they said, the female shop owner refused to agree and said, "Everyone can only taste the taste of desire once. Those who taste desire twice in a row will no longer be able to maintain the barrier of reason and will become a beast of desire."
"You want to tear the girl next to you to pieces here?"
Huang Mao immediately calmed down and said, "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome."
"Should I leave a gift for you?" The yellow-haired man began to rummage through his pockets.
Female shop owner: "No need, gifts from normal people are meaningless to me. As long as the 'customers' are mentally on the verge of exploding, the things they leave behind will contain their desires..."
"You guys should leave now before the next customer arrives."
While the female owner was discussing, Ren Suo fiddled with it for a long time and finally found the communication option.
But next to this option there is a red note: "Miscommunication may lead to customer dissatisfaction, please be careful."
The customers were all monsters who used reason to suppress their desires. They finally found a shop that could provide "delicious food" to relax their tense nerves. They would easily be provoked by words and lead to fighting. Ren Suo could understand this, so he did not plan to communicate with the monsters in person.
But the two people in front of him were normal people, so Ren Suo had some questions to ask:
"Are you an awakened one?"
Huang Mao nodded: "Yes."
No wonder this guy remained so calm even after noticing that the old man next to him was a ghost.
"Is your girlfriend an Awakened one?"
The yellow-haired man looked at the wine-red-haired girl, who shook her head and said, "No, I'm not."
"Let's shake hands." Following Ren Suo's words, the female shop owner extended her white wrist. The yellow-haired man hesitated for a moment, then also extended his hand to shake hers.
Start the "data flow"!
Just now, Ren Suo had equipped the "Ghost Stall Owner" with a data stream, but this thing requires contact to activate, but fortunately it can be used - the "data stream" icon appeared in the upper right corner of the screen, and relevant data popped up according to the object the female store owner touched.
"Target type: Adult male primates"
「Eating Set: Barbecued Pork Rice (Happiness 100, Love 100)」
"Benefits gained after consumption: Aptitude +0.31, Awakening spell level +1, slight improvement of body"
"Can I eat the Desire Set Meal again: No"
Unlike the data flow that Ren Suo used in reality, the "data flow" in the game was more concise, but it just analyzed out all the knowledge that Ren Suo wanted to know -
For normal people, after eating the Desire Package of the Ghost File, their aptitude will be improved, and if they have the awakening spell, they can be further awakened!
The female shop owner shook the burgundy-haired girl's hand again. The latter did not awaken her spell level +1, but her aptitude was improved by 0.52. However, she could no longer eat the Desire Meal.
After the couple left, Ren Suo controlled the female owner to continue receiving customers, but his mind had already flown elsewhere——
He also wants to have a meal at the ghost stall!
There aren’t many opportunities to improve yourself without any effort!
But there are many problems: for example, Ren Suo has no way of knowing the specific opening date of the ghost stall, for example, if he comes to look for the ghost stall, he will most likely encounter monsters, for example...
While Ren Suo was thinking, more than a dozen guests came to the game, and the time in the game was already 3:30 in the morning. In another half an hour, today's game would be over.
At this moment, the light of the street lamp in the distance suddenly flickered.
A young man in a suit, red tie, red hat and holding a large black umbrella slowly approached the stall and sat down.
He glanced at the notice for the ghost stall and smiled.
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in telling others about my life."
Ren Suo could see that the jade pendant on the female owner's hand was emitting a faint red light.
"I wanted to eat yours, but I heard that your cooking is delicious, so let's try it. Do your best to please me." The man said, "I'll enjoy my food, and maybe I can make you die more comfortably."
Ren Suo didn't know that this man was the 'demon' without blood or tears - among all the demons and monsters, the only one was chaotic evil, a terrifying maniac who ignored order.
Such a demon must have committed numerous crimes and killed countless people. If he were in the mainland, he would definitely be smashed into pieces by the iron fist of socialism (the countermeasure system and the Yangtze River and Yellow River troops were established for this purpose). However, Hong Kong is an important import and export port of Xuan Country and an international city, which gives the demon a chance to hide.
"An inevitable battle..."
But even if he has to fight, this man will wait until he finishes his meal before attacking anyone for various reasons.
And Ren Suo finally understood what the black seasonings such as "despair", "anger", "incontinence", "immorality", "jealousy" and so on were used for.
"For such a heinous person, there is no need to talk to him about morality, just feed him shit!"