Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

Fan Wei was thinking quietly. He felt that Antila's sigh was not just a casual remark.

'Love is a purer desire', humanity sacrificed for love seems more like some kind of "purification", and there is a horror feeling of using people as tools.

Who is Antila? And what is she doing?

With doubts in his mind constantly rising and falling, Fan Wei stared at the back of the 'Queen of the West District' and suddenly felt a mysterious distance and a subtle sense of overlap.

"Huh, Tomorrow Lane is right ahead." Antila stopped, exhaled lightly, and twirled her hair with her fingers.

Kailuo looked puzzled, "Why are you so nervous? They've been looking forward to your coming every day."

The lady looked back with her vermilion eyes, smiled helplessly, took a few deep breaths to adjust her expression, and then led everyone in.

The alley began to become narrow and dark again, and in just a dozen meters it turned from a bustling neighborhood back into a slum.

At the intersection of Mingtian Lane, a woman carrying a sewage bucket and preparing to pour it into the canal was stunned when she saw a long line of people approaching.

When she saw Antila surrounded by people, an expression of surprise suddenly appeared on her face.

"Miss Antilla!"

As the sound was uttered, the door only one meter away was opened, and the neighbors, holding various tools in their hands, rushed out excitedly like gophers.

In the blink of an eye, the alley was filled with happy crowds.

Men, women, young and old flocked to the Queen of the West End, wanting to hug or be hugged.

"Mahe, Rigal, Fuwin..." Antila called out their names tenderly, touching and hugging them with tears in her eyes, as if the queen had returned to her people.

"We miss you, Lord Antila," one resident said in tears.

Without much greeting or explanation, Antila said softly with emotion in her eyes: "I'm back."

Everyone cheered and took the somewhat dizzy Fan Wei and others through small doors made of thin wooden boards, passing through the maze-like alleys and houses.

The complex and disordered building complex is extremely large, and a stranger who enters will definitely get lost here.

They stopped in a semi-open courtyard and welcomed Antila in their own way.

A precious egg, or a handkerchief embroidered with exquisite patterns.

Although they are all very cheap things, you can feel that everyone is doing their best to express their love for the Queen of the West End.

"Boy, have you seen any strange outsiders?" Kylo, ​​who was standing aside, grabbed a little boy who kept moving and asked.

"Yes, there are many."

The boy looked at Kailo with a little fear and said, "In Black Cat Alley and Little Pit Alley, there are people wearing red robes. They robbed some courtyards, killed some people in the alleys, and stuck their heads outside."

There was not much ups and downs in the conversation. Death was a common thing in the dark West End.

Kylo's face darkened slightly, Black Cat Alley was one of his territories, he collected protection fees, and he dared to kill anyone at random, which was really too provocative.

Not to mention the death of several of his men in the morning, which made him even more furious.

Glancing at Antila, he took out a few copper coins and stuffed them into the little boy's mouth, then leaned close to Fan Wei's ear and said, "Please look after her for me."

"It's an emergency?"

Fan Wei asked in a low voice, "Don't be impulsive, let's go together later. I also want to check what these people want to do by gathering refugees."

"No, I'll contact the other gangs first." The gangster shook his head, "Those people are very strange. I'm afraid something will happen to Antila."

"I'm happy for you to help, but you must not let her get involved. Comfort her."

After thinking about it, Fan Wei understood what Kailo meant. He wanted to explore the way first, so that he could stabilize Antila and focus her attention on other places.

In fact, it would be more appropriate to ask Miss Skava and the others to do this.

However, thinking about his other purposes for coming to the West District, Fan Wei nodded and agreed.

"Antila, you guys cook first. I'll go greet a few gang leaders." Acting like a cold man, Kylo greeted them lightly and went out with his men.

This is consistent with his usual style.

The purchased small gifts have been distributed, and Antila is holding a newborn baby, gently coaxing it to sleep.

"Leave the cooking to me." Fan Wei was also a little impatient. He saw some residents had already started processing potatoes and corn flour, so he started to ask them to do so.

He took out the portable kitchen and unfolded it. The magical sight immediately attracted a group of people to watch.

"What do we do?"

Surrounded by so many people, the agents instinctively felt uncomfortable and subconsciously wanted to blend into the crowd.

"Please help me process the ingredients~" With a smile, Fan Wei reached into the bag of meat and took out a yellow, white and black calico cat.

The cat with its hands and feet tied could hardly struggle, and could only look at the dull-eyed human and meow in panic.

"Ah? Alive? Alive?"

Fan Wei was dumbfounded on the spot. He opened the bag that smelled of animals and saw a dozen cats and dogs curled up in a ball, looking out pitifully.

Due to the lack of preservation methods, most of the "ingredients" in the West District are killed and eaten immediately.

Fan Wei just thought that the bag contained meat, and it was indeed meat, but it was still moving!

"This... is over. I can't do it anymore."

Looking at the little animal that had been fed some herbs and had its limbs limp, Fan Wei really found it hard to accept...

At this moment, the differences between different classes and different living environments are so obvious and so distinct!

The only good thing was that the salted dried fish and smoked rats were well processed because of their small size.

"To kill or not to kill?" Skava pinched the scruff of a white cat's neck and threw the difficult question to the chef. The black-eyed girl next to him twisted off a dog's head very naturally with a click.

"This is delicious." She looked at Fan Wei with a serious attitude.

Aaaaa! The dogs nearby were so scared that they peed their shit out of their pants.

Looking at the pot, then at the dog, Fan Wei fell silent...

"Gulp gurgle", the big pot with beer and spices emits bursts of aroma, and is surrounded by children who keep swallowing their saliva, waiting for the meal. Next to it, the pot stickers made of cornmeal are absorbing the steam and soup.

“Cats and dogs are both good friends of humans.”

After pouring some soup, Fan Wei smacked his lips and said, "It tastes just right. Let's eat."

The surviving cats and dogs nearby hugged their heads when they smelled the aroma.

Although he knew that eating was a choice for survival and he respected others’ right to eat, Fan Wei still couldn’t bring himself to eat when given a choice.

He urgently searched through the space and luckily found some remaining monster ingredients.

The sacrificed dog could not be saved, so I had to put it into the pot with tears in my eyes. After processing all the ingredients, I put fresh dog meat, sea sheep, water monkeys, etc. into the pot and blanch them.

Then mix the smoked rat and dried salted fish and fry them in oil until the moisture is dry.

Pour in a handful of fennel seeds, bay leaves, oyster sauce, star anise, vanilla and other seasonings and stir-fry evenly.

After a faint aroma comes out, add the dwarf's cave beer and stew it. Pour in a large plate of peeled potatoes. With the blessing of magical firepower, a plate of "slum stew" is freshly baked.

Pieces of pot stickers were peeled off and handed to the eager children, who put them into their mouths despite the heat.

When the tip of his tongue touched the part that was full of juice, he took a deep breath and trembled all over, as if he had tasted the most delicious food. Fan Wei felt both sad and happy.

"Everyone, come and share. I'll make the next pot."

Faced with the situation of limited ingredients, he did not leave out the offal and stewed it. He prepared the marinade and made another pot of offal soup.

"It's delicious." The black-eyed girl held the 'dog meat' she had been longing for and looked up at her brother.

He said calmly, "It's delicious."

Fan Wei came back to his senses from deep thought and gave her a smile. Only at this moment did the girl make him feel a little childish.

"I ate dog meat when I was a child. We stole it from someone, and he gave me a piece after roasting it." The girl muttered as she glanced at the still shivering dogs.

“It was really delicious, I never ate it again...”

"Perhaps, it's not just the food that's delicious." Fan Wei sat down and watched people wolfing down their food with simple tableware, "It's also the yearning for a better life."

He was deeply moved by the happy expressions on everyone's faces.

The poor people in the West District who had always regarded food as food only knew for the first time that eating could be so enjoyable! Fan Wei's cooking skills brought them the beauty of "another world".

"So if we want to be happy, we just have to wait?" the black-eyed girl suddenly asked.

"We can burn the world, and there will be no more division and coldness."

“But, in a burned world, there won’t be such delicacies.” Fan Wei smiled and shook his head, leaving the black-eyed girl alone in thought.

He stood up and looked around, his mind full of thoughts.

While searching, Fan Wei saw Antila staring blankly at the dinner tray.

The Queen of the West End noticed the gaze and looked away a little, then choked with a smile: "Thank you, Fan, it's really very delicious! I can't express how I feel."

"Actually, we don't need to express our feelings." Fan Wei smiled, "Sometimes we just need to do it."

"No matter what, I believe you, Miss Antilla."