Chapter 262 Restaurant
Have you seen through Mo He? Or to put it another way, do you understand Mo He?
Delphinium didn't think so.
Although she had developed some ability to judge people through years of working and socializing, this ability only allowed her to see certain characteristics of others, but not the whole person.
Although he didn't know what Mo He had misunderstood, there was no doubt that he was not as great as the other party said.
At least, when Mo He was buying those daily-use props in the magic props store like wholesale, Cui Que couldn't understand it at all.
Because the two met much earlier than expected, they decided to stroll along the street together. While strolling, they somehow ended up in a magic props store, and from then on, it was Mo He's time for street shopping.
There are small generators that convert magic power into electricity, building material repairers for house repairs, hydraulic resource devices integrated with civil water pipe network management systems, and a large number of agricultural magic props that even Delphinium can't name... and when Mo He bought these things, he even compared prices from three different stores and carefully analyzed the cost-effectiveness. It was obvious that he was not here for fun.
"Why do you want to buy these?" Although Delphinium didn't want to buy anything herself, it didn't stop her from asking.
"A friend needs it." Mo He replied.
“Is your friend a farm owner?”
"They live in the wilderness, so they have to farm." Mo He explained while filling out the delivery form at the counter: "The people there don't have water and electricity either, they need these things."
"Live in the wilderness?"
This strange answer surprised Kuroko a little, but she thought that the so-called "friends" of Mo He should also be magical girls. If a group of powerful magical girls cover each other, they should have no problem surviving in a stable point in the wilderness. But even so, this behavior still sounds wrong: "Then how do you plan to send these things over?"
"I asked the store to deliver the props to the city in the material world, and then they will move the things into the wasteland." Mo He did not hide it.
"…Is this a hobby?" This was the only analysis Delphinium could give.
"I don't know either." Mo He shook his head.
This scattered conversation continued in this way.
Kui quickly noticed that Mo He seemed to avoid mentioning his "friends" too much, which was somewhat strange, but she did not continue to ask. Although she was curious, knowing what to do was also a virtue in socializing.
The meeting time they agreed to was one hour earlier than the meal time, and Kuei-chan arrived an hour earlier, which meant they had to spend two hours before the meal. So this strange trip, which was called shopping but was actually just Mo He shopping alone, really lasted for so long. And neither of them thought it was wrong. One kept buying, and the other kept looking. Even in the second half of the trip, they stopped talking to each other.
Until they sat in the dining room, facing each other at opposite ends of the table.
I don't know if it was a coincidence, but the sky was exactly the same as when the two met yesterday, also near dusk. The semi-open restaurant did not block the orange sky at all, but let the sunlight cast a layer of golden light on the dining table.
The dining table was covered with a thick tablecloth that felt very comfortable. In the middle of the tablecloth was a basket with freshly baked butter bread in it, steam rising in the slightly chilly spring weather.
But neither of them took a move. They just stared at each other, as if each wanted the other to eat first.
"Then... shall we eat first?"
Seeing that no one could break the deadlock, Delphinium had to speak up, then reached out to take a piece of bread from the bamboo basket and took a bite of it.
When you take a bite, you'll taste the soft and delicate bread crust, and the creamy filling that's full of milky flavor and sweetness that goes straight to your brain.
“It tastes good,” she commented.
So Mo He followed suit, took a piece of bread, and ate it in small bites. Her amber eyes lit up after tasting the bread. Then, she bit the bread much faster.
There is no doubt that this bread is just a side dish for customers to fill their stomachs before meals, but both the ingredients and baking techniques are very solid, and it can even be said that no effort is spared. This kind of perfectionism that strives for everything is also the mainstream trend of these restaurants in the Magic Kingdom - after all, there is no gap in raw materials and basic craftsmanship, so they can only strive hard on taste and service.
Delphinium judged in her heart and gradually swallowed the bread in her hand. Mo He finished the bread almost at the same time as her, and the stiff expression on her face softened a lot under the effect of the dessert. There is no doubt that she really likes desserts.
So, probably for this reason, Mo He took a second bread from the basket.
She also ate the bread in front of Delphinium.
Then Mo He took the third bread.
Delphinium had to start analyzing the possibility that the other party was "really hungry", but still did not say anything to stop him.
This silence continued until the other person took the fourth loaf of bread, then looked around hesitantly and began to try to stuff all the remaining bread in the basket into his shoulder bag.
——"Stop, stop."
After the other party had stuffed a few pieces of bread into his mouth, Delphinium interrupted him and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"Mm-m-m-m-m."
"I don't understand. Swallow the bread in your mouth first and then speak."
"…To make back my investment." Perhaps because Cuiqiao's attitude was strange, Mo He's answer became less confident.
"Ah?" For a moment, Delphinium could not say anything except asking questions.
"I calculated the cost of the meal. Based on the market price of this butter bread, we need to eat 37 of them to make a profit." Mo He explained in a low voice: "But I can't seem to finish so many, so I can only pack a little..."
Delphinium was silent for a long time.
She kept analyzing the relationship between Mo He's behavior and her words in her mind, thinking about the meaning of "eating appetizer bread until you get your money's worth". After a long while, she finally said, "This is appetizer bread."
"Before the meal?" Mo He asked back with some confusion at first, and then gradually opened his eyes wide.
"That is to say, this is not a full meal, it is to fill your stomach before the full meal."
Kuizi took back a piece of bread that slipped from Mo He's hand and put it back into the basket: "Let's not talk about the feasibility of eating in a restaurant to make back the money... At least, even if you want to make back the money, it's definitely not this."
As if to prove what Kuroko said, after she explained this "astonishing fact" to Mo He, several waiters came to their table and began to place napkins, plates, and tableware in front of them...
One of the waiters glanced at the basket with only a few loaves of bread left, and he paused for a moment while placing the plate in front of the delphinium. But soon, he put away his hesitant look, and finished his work with a polite smile, and then left with the other waiters.
Perhaps he was not the only one who noticed the bread basket, but no one said a word during this period, as if the basket had never existed.
Because being tactful is a social virtue.
After the waiters left, only Cuique and Mo He were left at the table staring at each other. Cuique could notice that Mo He's face was a little pale.
"You don't have to care about it, actually."
She consoled him, "This restaurant should be very famous, right? Many of the customers who come here to eat should be magical girls, so some of them should eat a lot."
"...I don't know, this is a shop my friend recommended to me, I've never been here before."
Mo He shook his head: "But, Captain, I'm not still concerned about the bread issue. It's just that I suddenly realized that I seemed to be trying to challenge something beyond my ability."
"Beyond ability?" Delphinium was a little confused.
"These... props?"
Lowering his head, he pointed at the neatly arranged tableware of more than a dozen kinds on the table, and looked at Kuizi blankly:
"What do they do?"
(End of this chapter)
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