Chapter 3.
The proprietress's narrowed eyes suddenly bulged, and even cracks appeared in her stiff eye sockets.
A pain that came from the depths of her soul swept through the proprietress's body, causing her to open her eyes wide but unable to speak for a long time.
Its throat made a gurgling sound, as if minced meat was mixed with blood.
"You...you soup!!"
The proprietress stared at Tang Yu with resentment in her eyes, and the fear and panic that belonged to a living person returned to its body.
It felt like it could hardly stand, and with its sturdy body it slowly fell to the ground, supporting itself on the greasy black and red table.
Tang Yu looked at the panting boss lady with some concern: "Are you okay?"
The proprietress's swollen face was now covered with black and purple blood vessels, making it look extremely hideous.
Tang Yu became a little anxious when she saw it like this. She turned around twice and asked, "Where's your home phone number? I'll call an ambulance for you."
The proprietress lay on the ground and rolled her eyes. Seeing Tang Yu was about to go find the phone, she shouted hoarsely, "Stop right there!"
Even if I die today, I'm going to take someone with me!
The proprietress trembled as she grasped the knife in her hand and gestured towards Tang Yu tremblingly.
When Tang Yu saw it like this, his eyes turned red again.
The boss lady seemed to be in bad condition, but she never forgot her business even when she was dying!
She stepped forward, grabbed the boss lady's hand, and said with tears in her eyes: "If you have anything else to tell me, tell me everything!"
“Soup…Soup…”
"I understand. I will inherit your legacy and make a good soup!"
"...You! You!"
"Yes! I will definitely live up to your expectations. I will carry your ideals to the end!"
Tang Yu firmly held the boss lady's hand as a promise, and finally watched her die in sorrow.
Tang Yu had not been sad for long after seeing off the proprietress when he suddenly found a small notebook dropped from her body.
Tang Yu picked it up curiously and found that it was a notebook wrapped in red leather. She flipped open a page and found that it contained a diary written by the proprietress herself.
The book said that it was impolite to casually look through other people's privacy, so Tang Yu didn't look at it carefully, but simply flipped through it and left it at that.
She found a line of crooked words on the title page of the diary: To the greatest chef in the world.
This sentence, which really can't be called neat, is followed by a signature - Dear xxx.
For some reason, the place where the name should be was stained with black and red oil, making it impossible for Tang Yu to see what the words were.
She sighed and closed the diary, then said to the dead body of the proprietress: "Don't worry, I will make your mutton soup famous all over the world!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a magical scene happened. The body of the proprietress lying on the ground disappeared like smoke and snow.
Tang Yu stared at the scene for a long time, unable to recover from his shock. Finally, he reached out and touched the open space.
Even though she had extensive experience with hallucinations, today's event was still far beyond her expectations.
"Will not taking the medicine have such a big reaction?" Tang Yu frowned, puzzled.
Then another string of words popped up in my mind:
'C-rank item: Boss's diary'
'Item description: This person who wanted to be the king of cooking eventually fell on the unfinished road. This item can permanently improve personal skill attributes!'
'Because the target person has promised to make your mutton soup famous all over the world, it is confirmed that the target person will use this item.'
'The item has been used, the target character's skill chef has been upgraded to the shame of cooking!'
After being bombarded with a large amount of messy information, the notebook that Tang Yu had been holding in his hand turned into a burst of light and dissipated.
She squatted blankly in the old and deserted mutton soup restaurant, with only the words "shame of cooking" echoing in her mind...
At the same time, on this long-abandoned and dilapidated street, the arrival of two living people broke the silence all around.
It seemed as if some creature in the darkness began to quietly come alive, staring at the two people walking on the street with greed or viciousness.
The visitors were two girls with completely different styles. One of them had medium-length light brown fluffy afro, and from a distance it looked like she had a mushroom on her head.
The other one was tall, with long straight black hair, wearing a pair of frameless metal glasses, with half of his face buried in a brown scarf, and looked very silent.
Li Jia, with the afro hair, accidentally stepped on a can at her feet, which made a clicking sound and startled her so much that she jumped two steps away.
She stroked her chest and said, "Ning Xuanqing, although I admit that you are a little smarter than me, you have to admit that you took the wrong path. There is not even a ghost in this shabby place. How can it look like there is a copy?"
Ning Xuanqing's slender fox eyes hidden behind the lenses shone with a lake green luster. She pulled down her scarf, revealing her overly superior face.
"Although I don't know what happened here, but according to the road signs, this is the Shiqing Street mentioned in the copy. Moreover, the planning of this street is very backward. There are no forks from beginning to end. There is no way we can go wrong."
Li Jia curled her lips and could not say anything to refute. She made a sound of annoyance, supported her waist and looked around, and indeed she did not see the mutton soup restaurant.
"So where is that store?"
Ning Xuanqing's voice was clear and a little annoying: "How should I know?"
Li Jia: “…”
"Tsk, don't you still have to rely on me at the critical moment?" Li Jia raised his eyebrows and smiled proudly, revealing two fangs.
She picked up the can that she had crushed and pointed at one of the points.
"Wherever you point here, there's a mutton soup restaurant!"
As he said that, Li Jia shouted "Hey" and threw the can high up. Two seconds later, the can fell to the ground with a clang.
The two of them came together and looked forward along the pointed end of the can, and found an alley full of garbage.
"Let's go." Ning Xuanqing pulled up his scarf to cover his mouth and nose, and was the first to step forward.
At the end of the garbage alley that seemed to be a dead end, there was actually a corner. After turning the corner, the view suddenly opened up and a mutton soup restaurant surrounded by old apartment buildings was right there!
Seeing the mutton soup restaurant he had been looking for, Li Jia whistled proudly and said, "Life is still beautiful!"
Ning Xuanqing was too lazy to pay attention to her and walked straight to the mutton soup restaurant. Li Jia hurriedly followed.
The closer they got to the mutton soup restaurant, the slower and more cautious their steps became.
They are not here for tourism or to explore the store. This seemingly ordinary mutton soup restaurant is actually an E-level multiplayer copy, the most difficult copy the two have challenged so far.
No one knows what kind of powerful weirdness is hidden inside.
The two looked at the glass window of the mutton soup shop that was covered with black and red grease, and after preparing themselves mentally, they pushed the door open and walked in.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw a person squatting on the ground. It seemed to be a woman.
She was wrapped in a loose black sweater, wearing a shockingly red scarf, her hair was curly and messy, and she looked creepy when she stood still.
The noise of the door opening seemed to have startled her, and the man slowly turned his head.
Her fluffy, curly long hair covered most of her face, revealing only her smoky-gray, lifeless eyes. The sickly red around her eyes made her look like someone other than a living person.
Ning and Li were both startled. They stood there for a moment, not daring to move, for fear of disturbing the master and losing their lives.
Li Jia tried to get close to Ning Xuanqing and whispered to her without moving his tongue or mouth: "Is this the boss of the E-level copy? It's too weird!"
Ning Xuanqing quietly tugged at Li Jia, signaling her not to talk nonsense.
"Hey, are you the boss?" Ning Xuanqing cleared his throat to make his voice not too stiff.
The girl remained squatting. She blinked her eyes as if trying to understand the question. After a while, she said, "It wasn't before, but it is now."
Ning Xuanqing was stunned, and then she had a bad feeling in her heart. She asked cautiously, "What do you mean?"
The girl tilted her head and looked at the two of them, a hint of doubt in her lifeless eyes. She stretched out a pale finger from her sleeve and pointed at the ground.
"Can't you see the bodies here?"
As soon as these words came out, the two people standing there were startled. A clear chill ran up their spines to the top of their heads, making them shiver uncontrollably.
Li Jia tried to smile but found that she couldn't do it. She almost cried in her voice: "Should we see it?"
This question confused the girl on the ground. She scratched her head and said, "Forget it, if I can't see it, then I can't see it."
Don’t think about the problems you can’t figure out.
Maybe he is a patient like her!
Then she stood up and said to the two guests, "Hello, I'm Tang Yu, the owner of this restaurant. Would you like some soup?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Ning Xuanqing and Li Jia looked at each other and saw seriousness in each other's eyes.
Here we come!
This E-level copy called Midnight Lamb Soup Shop has one and only one task requirement.
That is to complete a purchase in this store. As long as the participant comes out alive, the task is completed.
But the two of them have experienced several dungeon challenges and know clearly that the simpler the task is described, the greater the danger hidden in it.
When the two were studying the copy, they all agreed that the biggest danger of this copy was going to the store to shop!
There is definitely something wrong with this soup!
Staring at Tang Yu's eager and expectant eyes, Li Jia rolled his eyes and said, "We are not here to drink soup, we are here to buy something and leave."
As for consumption, it doesn’t matter what you buy.
"This isn't a store. What are you buying?"
Looking at the two trembling girls, a trace of pity flashed in Tang Yu's eyes. She felt that their illnesses seemed to be more serious than hers.
Li Jia was a little frightened by Tang Yu's gaze. Ning Xuanqing pulled her and took over the conversation: "We plan to buy some mutton soup to take back."
"Oh!" Tang Yu understood: "Takeout?"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
"Wait a moment." Tang Yu grabbed the apron from the store, tied it on, and went straight into the kitchen.
The sanitary conditions in the kitchen were much better than outside. At least the pots and stoves were clean, which made Tang Yu feel relieved.
However, there was no ready-made mutton soup in the kitchen, so Tang Yu had to cook it himself.
She rolled up her sleeves and followed the steps she remembered. Four hours later, she finally made a pot of mutton soup that looked, smelled and tasted delicious.
By the time she brought out the soup, it was already dark outside, but the two customers were still waiting patiently in the store.
It turns out that there are still many good people in this world!
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