Chapter 50 (Second Update)
The sunlight retreated from the car window and gradually moved to the sky.
Fortunately, the sun in the Soul Realm is like a large ceiling lamp and has little temperature. Otherwise, An Rou would have been steamed to death after sitting in the car without air conditioning for so long.
From 10:30 to 1:00, she waited for two and a half hours until Paopao finally walked out of the restaurant, her stomach full. As she approached, she glanced back like a thief and hurried into the car.
"Why does it take so long to eat?" An Rou frowned.
"I'm telling you! I ordered ten dishes, and they took an hour and a half to arrive!" Paopao complained, burping. "Boss, don't ask me yet. I've already prepared a list. Let me review them one by one."
He burped again, and An Rou could see clearly that the child's stomach was bloated.
"First of all, there were so many people. I was the only customer the entire afternoon..."
An Rou knew this all too well. Her car was parked diagonally across from the restaurant, perfectly positioned to see both of its main entrances, each facing the street. For two and a half hours, no one came or left except for someone running around.
"The second thing is the food. It's quite rich. I counted 68 dishes in total. They seem to be from the Yangtze River Delta."
Paopao burped again, and the car was suddenly filled with the sweet smell of sauce. Anrou rolled down the window a little.
"There are 12 signature dishes in total, and I ordered 10. The remaining two were similar, both fish, so I didn't order them. As for the taste... burp, it's hard to describe. The duck was too tough, like chewing tree bark; the chicken was too mushy, like chewing mud; and the fish was too fishy. I couldn't figure out why for a long time. I clearly removed the internal organs and scales, but it was so fishy."
“The braised pork tasted the most normal to me, but it only lasted for the first bite. The second bite I tasted a foul odor… They mixed good and bad meats.
"The other dishes are just enough to fill your stomach, but the ingredients aren't a big deal."
An Rou pondered, "It sounds like changing the chef and managing the ingredients properly could solve the problem?"
"No, no, no," Paopao said. "As long as something tastes bad, people will always eat it. But it's really too expensive. None of the signature dishes are less than 100 gold, and the other dishes are at least 50 gold... Boss, can I get this meal reimbursed?"
"Sure. How much did it cost?"
"2050, round off the number, boss, just give me 2000."
An Rou glared: "So many?!"
Each dish costs more than 100 yuan, so ten dishes should cost more than 1,000 yuan, right?
Paopao was also filled with righteous indignation: "Yes, the food is the food, but they also charge tea fees and service fees. Oh, there was 200 gold that I asked for last-minute when I was leaving, saying it was overtime fee for the meal. Now I know why they were slow to serve the food, just to squeeze out the overtime fee!"
"You didn't argue with them?"
"Of course I did!" Paopao said unwillingly, "But as soon as I said a few words, a group of fierce-looking thugs came down from upstairs. I wasn't afraid, but I was worried that the matter would get out of hand and my identity as the boss would be exposed. So I paid the money."
In fact, Paopao's description, far from exaggerating, even somewhat whitewashes the situation. The NPC can't lie. He asked if the braised pork was rotten, and the waiter nonchalantly admitted it. He then challenged the store owner for bullying customers, and the owner just smiled lazily.
The service attitude gets a negative score.
An Rou finally understood. No wonder some people said Fuxiang Restaurant was modeled after a pawnshop, shutting down for three years and then profiting from it for three. This was no different from a shady business, and it was a vicious cycle.
The worse the business is, the more they charge each customer, and the worse the dishes they serve.
A meal costing 2,000 gold is not something that not everyone can afford, but how could a rich person spend money to get into trouble?
"boss……"
An Rou shook her head: "Okay, stop talking, I know what's going on."
She suddenly laughed and glanced at Paopao's stomach: "If it's so disgusting, why do you stuff yourself like this?"
Paopao's answer was somewhat sad: "A ten thousand yuan meal! I've never eaten something so expensive in my life. I'll put up with it no matter how bad it tastes."
After saying this, he forced himself to drink a bottle of life potion. Afterwards, he scratched his head sheepishly and said, "I feel like I have a stomachache."
An Rou started the car and drove him back to the farm. Seeing Paopao like this, she felt embarrassed to let him go back alone.
Actually, the newly bought small house has three bedrooms and can be lived in. However, these days, Paopao has become accustomed to "sleeping" on the farm when he is offline. With Fu Fu, he feels safe.
If you tell others that a player wants to find a sense of security from a ghoul, I'm afraid no one will believe it.
"Can you be online at 10 o'clock this evening?" An Rou suddenly asked when Paopao got out of the car, "There is work that requires your participation. You will be working overtime tonight."
Paopao calculated that he had nearly 8 hours of rest time from now until 10 o'clock in the evening.
Players are immersed in the holographic cabin, and sleeping in the game can also give their brains a rest, so they are not too sleep-deprived. Otherwise, there would not be so many people choosing to stay online for a long time.
But if this continues for a long time, the body's functions will deteriorate.
"Boss... I won't have to work night shifts from now on, right?" Paopao was a little hesitant.
"Of course not, it's only temporary." An Rou smiled, "I can't afford to pay so much overtime."
"That's not asking..."
Paopao was talking when he suddenly fell down. An Rou was startled and hurriedly got out of the car to look, but there was no trace of him on the ground.
An Rou touched him and indeed felt a warm body. Paopao had gone offline and was invisible.
It’s just a little strange - what do you do? You have to go to your room before logging off, right?
An Rou was a little worried, her mind racing, but she was at a loss. Firstly, she couldn't log off, and secondly, as an NPC, she wasn't even qualified to go to the forum for help, let alone contact the outside world or call the police.
An Rou had no choice but to grope and hold Paopao's arm, call Baofu for help, and send him back to the room.
Offline.
Paopao suddenly sat up in the holographic cabin and looked at the man outside the cabin in confusion: "What are you doing?!"
The screens on the transparent hatch went dark. The reason they suddenly went offline was because someone had cut off the power supply to the holographic cabin.
The arena staff ignored his anger and replied coldly, "Shi Ximing, right? Your monthly rent is due."
"You can just arbitrarily terminate someone else's game just because it's due? If I'm on a quest, can you afford to compensate me for the lost Life Points?!"
"You signed a monthly lease with no deposit. The cabin will be cleared immediately upon expiration. It's clearly stated in the contract." The staff member sneered. Those who signed such leases were usually losers whose families couldn't afford to buy a holographic cabin and who hadn't made much money in the game. "Now, please get out."
Paopao was very angry, which also aroused his anger, and his service attitude got negative points.
It's not just this arena; all holographic arenas across the country now have the confidence to cheat their customers. After all, the holographic cabins are expensive and many people can't afford them, resulting in a shortage of arenas.
Paopao took a quick look and saw that there was already a guest waiting at the door of the box.
Every minute wasted is a loss for the arena.
The staff's expression is even more infuriating than the money-hungry NPCs in the game.
Paopao suppressed his anger and walked out of the holographic cabin, wearing only a pair of shorts. He picked up his clothes, but without putting them on, he walked to the front desk and stood there blankly.
"Sir, do you need any help?"
A female staff member at the front desk vaguely heard the quarrel and had a good idea of what was going on with Paopao. She just didn't expect the boy who was kicked out to be so eye-catching.
Paopao kept silent with a cold face. After the female staff had feasted her eyes on him, she blushed slightly and said, "The shower room is over there. It's free."
At this time, the male staff member came out.
"Why aren't you leaving yet?" He asked with a frown, looking at the female staff member, "Am I picking on you?"
"What's the point of talking!" Paopao slapped the table and glared at him, "Get a room!"
He is tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His body is taut, and his toned lines are evident everywhere.
Even though she knew it was a conflict, the female staff member couldn't help but cover her mouth, her eyes darting back and forth between the two of them, as if she was watching gossip.
Unfortunately, reality and the plot in her mind are two completely different stories, a world of difference.
The male staff member sneered: "Sorry, the small bag is full."
"Who said we wanted a small packet?"
"The medium and large bags are also full."
Growing up, the private rooms that sounded like KTVs were actually completely different. All of them contained only one holographic pod, but the models varied, and the amenities varied even more. For example, the large private rooms had their own private bathrooms, so after playing games, you didn't have to squeeze into the shared bathrooms.
Paopao snorted, "Did I say I wanted a big bag? I want a deluxe bag!"
The female staff member widened her eyes and became more and more infatuated: Could he be a rich young master?
The male staff member put away his sneer and looked Paopao over from head to toe. He remembered clearly that this young man, who had just turned 18, had been renting a small bag for two consecutive months, at a monthly fee of 10,000 yuan. A luxury bag, on the other hand, cost 20 times as much as a small bag.
He doesn't believe it.
The female staff member suddenly said, "Sir, are you swiping your card or withdrawing cash? The cash withdrawal information is included."
Withdrawing gold means exchanging in-game coins for real money. Players simply press their hand on a device to log into their account through biometric verification, exchange their coins for real money, and deposit them into their bank account.
Paopao glanced coldly at the male staff member and followed him into the room behind the front desk. Less than two minutes later, he came out accompanied by a female staff member.
"Sir, you just need to sign your name, contact information and ID number below." The female staff member handed over a standard contract.
Compared to the small, single-page contract, the luxury package contract was noticeably thicker. Paopao glanced at the contents, signed swiftly, and then entered his fingerprint on another biometric device.
"Sir, your luxury suite has been activated. It's equipped with a smart lock that can be unlocked with fingerprints or irises. Would you like to check in now?"
"Of course." Paopao looked at the male staff member and sneered, "I want him to go with me."
The female staff member's starry eyes flashed inappropriately again.
The two of them were so quick in completing the paperwork that the male staff member was stunned. Only then did he react with an embarrassed look on his face: "Mr. Shi, this way please."
My cheeks were burning and hurting badly.
The luxury suite was on the top floor of the arena, and on the way up, he didn't dare look directly into Paopao's eyes.
The neural sensor stuck on Paopao's body had not been washed off yet, making fingerprint recognition difficult. I used iris scanning and successfully opened the door lock.
"I wish you a happy game." The male staff member said reluctantly and bowed 90 degrees as required.
"Wait a minute." Paopao called him and threw the clothes in his face. "I dry-cleaned my clothes. I'll rush it and deliver it back personally."
The words "butler service" were bolded in the contract, so he was qualified to do so.
"……OK."
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