Witch Special

About another quarter of an hour passed.

By this time, Lin Zhenxi had already waited for an empty table, ordered the dishes, and was eagerly waiting for them to be served. After Lin Zhenxi pinched the black cat twice, it broke free from her arms and ran to the chair opposite, squatting on it with only its head sticking out.

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At this time, the door of the restaurant quietly opened a crack, and then a cat's ear poked in first, followed by the face below.

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The cat-eared girl outside the door soon saw Lin Zhenxi sitting in the hall, and found that she was not treated as badly as she had imagined. The cat-eared girl breathed a sigh of relief and pushed open the door and walked in.

It’s Yan Qing, but a different Yan Qing!

"Wow, Yan Miao, you're dressed so well...so beautiful." Lin Zhenxi looked at Yan Qing, who was dressed so gorgeously that she could immediately become the focus of the audience even if she walked on the catwalk. She thought for a long time about how to compliment her, but in the end she could only come up with such an ordinary word.

There's no way around it. Lin Zhenxi's daily wardrobe consists of a shirt, trousers, and sneakers. She then decides on her style based on the temperature and whether she needs a jacket or thermal pants. She's not particularly keen on dressing up, at least not out of respect for others. Expecting her to be fully knowledgeable about all the styles and styles available is unrealistic.

At best, she can tell the difference between beauty and ugliness, but forget it when asked to comment.

Yan Qing's outfit was so dazzling that one could mistake her for a model or even a celebrity. Her black cheongsam with a golden dragon pattern hugged her body tightly, accentuating her slender figure. Paired with thin black stockings with a low denim number under the high slit, she drew attention like a black hole. Her golden-red high heels made her, despite her somewhat unsuitable height, appear even taller.

Lin Zhenxi had no way of controlling those slender high heels, so she rarely wore them. But looking at Yan Qing, she seemed relaxed and stress-free.

After all, it's a cat, so it's natural that it has a light body and good balance.

Yan Qing also wore makeup, though it was the so-called first love makeup, which only slightly reddened her eye circles, giving her a pitiful look. However, Yan Qing already had a good foundation, and now with her longer lashes, her eyes seemed to speak, and with a blink, they might just be able to capture someone's heart and soul.

"What are you talking about? I was live streaming. When I saw your message, I thought you were kidnapped. I rushed out in a hurry after ending the live broadcast without even having time to change my clothes. Tell me, what happened?" It was obvious that Yan Qing came in a hurry this time. She had no time to catch her breath until she sat down, and her bangs on her forehead were stuck to her with sweat.

Fortunately, the cosmetics she used should also be waterproof, otherwise her makeup would probably be ruined.

"Hehe, actually, I spent all my money before my last business trip, and now I have no money to eat." Lin Zhenxi tilted his head and said embarrassedly.

"Ha... meow." Yan Qing had recovered now, so she added back her strange habit of speaking that had established her character.

The black cat across the table twitched its ears and lifted its tail.

"Look at the message you sent me. What did you write on it? [Help, address XXX. If you don't come, I'm going to die.] Seriously, I almost called the 'company' task force to block off this street." Yan Qing slammed her personal terminal, which had a completely different theme from Lin Zhenxi's and looked like a handheld game console, on the table and pointed at the message Lin Zhenxi sent her on the screen and said angrily.

It feels like a meowing, grumpy cat that can be soothed with a pat on the head or a scratch on the chin.

However, Lin Zhenxi and Yan Qing's relationship was not close enough to allow them to physically touch each other, so she could only shrink her neck and sincerely admit her mistake.

"But I'm really starving now. If Yan Miao hadn't come to support me, I might have died of hunger on the way to save money. So Yan Miao really came to save my life."

"What have you done? How long have you not eaten, meow?" Although she was scolding Lin Zhenxi, Yan Qing's eyes couldn't help but glance across the table, because the black cat had its tail raised as high as a flagpole, and the tip of its tail was shaking from side to side.

Yan Qing's tail, which was released from the opening specially cut out of her cheongsam behind her butt, couldn't help but start shaking.

Seeing that Yan Qing had kept up with the rhythm, the black cat stood up, put its front paws on the edge of the table, and shook its ears.

The pair of four-channel cat ears on Yan Qing's head also vibrated at the same frequency.

Then the two cats seemed to have connected with each other through radio signals, shaking their ears one after another, without any verbal communication throughout the whole process, but it seemed that they ignored Lin Zhenxi and said everything.

Lin Zhenxi found the scene before her quite amusing, but she still felt a sense of loneliness and being left out. Fortunately, the dishes Lin Zhenxi had ordered began to arrive. The first dish was, of course, the saury set meal that Lin Zhenxi had promised to Black Cat. Although the decor was different during the two time periods, the evening menu could also be used during the day.

When Black Cat saw the saury was on the table, he stopped exchanging signals with Yan Qing and started to skillfully process the salt-baked saury in front of him with his claws, and began to eat it carefully.

When Lin Zhenxi was browsing the menu earlier, she noticed that the daytime menu was far more varied than the evening menu. The evening menu was essentially just a few pages, all arranged in a simple dining style. However, the daytime menu was practically a book. Each page not only had the dish name written on it, but also had a picture. There was also a QR code next to it, which could be scanned to bring up an AR model of the dish, allowing for a 360-degree, unobstructed view of the dish's appearance, style, and quantity. It was incredibly thoughtful.

So Lin Zhenxi didn't order saury again. She still wanted to order something new out of habit. It just so happened that there were many delicious dishes on the daytime menu that Lin Zhenxi had never seen before, so what was served in front of her was "offal porridge".

Mainly, Lin Zhenxi felt that her current hunger didn't seem like something that could be caused by just skipping one meal. She often skipped lunch, but never had the acid reflux been as severe as it was today. Lin Zhenxi felt that her body was in a state of severe nutritional deficiency. If she indulged in rich, oily, and salty foods at this point, she'd probably end up spending the night in the bathroom.

So Lin Zhenxi planned to order some food that could quickly replenish nutrients but would not be too irritating to the stomach. Then the waitress with long rose-red hair recommended this dish to Lin Zhenxi: a thick porridge made from liver broth, which was drained after three days and three nights and then added with seasonings, because it could help people replenish the nutrients lost by the internal organs.

Although the aroma of the porridge was very rich and lingered for a long time, it was porridge after all. Yan Qing looked at Lin Zhenxi sitting in the restaurant drinking porridge at noon and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you eating porridge now, meow?"

"When you're really hungry, you can't eat anything too rich, otherwise your body will have problems. Yan Miao, you're a doctor, you should know this better than me." Lin Zhenxi put down the spoon of porridge and said, but then she smacked her lips, her eyes lit up, and she picked up the bowl of porridge and started pouring it into her mouth, "Mm, delicious!"

"That is to say, why are you so hungry? I feel like a starving ghost reincarnated, meow." Yan Qing couldn't bear to watch it anymore. Is this how a girl should eat? You can just fill a large bowl with wine and drink and go straight to Liangshanpo.

"Catfish and sea bream noodles, your staple foods are here, please wait a moment for the main course." The older sister with rose-red hair interrupted the conversation between the two and placed a large bowl of steaming seafood noodles in front of Yan Qing.

"Is this my cat?" Yan Qing asked with her head tilted, smelling the fragrant aroma.

"Of course. How can I ask you out for dinner without ordering anything for you? Seafood, I guess you like it." Lin Zhenxi had already finished half of the big bowl of porridge at this time, and her cheeks were slightly red from the hot steam rising from the bowl.

"But I like to eat meat, not all cats like to eat seafood..." Yan Qing still picked up the chopsticks, picked up a noodle, and put it into her mouth with lipstick on it.

Then the next second, Yan Qing's tail (yi, third tone) straightened up.

"Delicious! This is not noodles, it's fish! Moreover, the taste of catfish, the taste of squid, and the taste of sea bream, the three flavors are perfectly mixed together, it's wonderful!" Yan Qing said a lot, then picked up the chopsticks, lowered her head and began to slurp the noodles quickly. Her bold posture was no less than Lin Zhenxi who picked up the bowl and poured the noodles into his mouth.

You're talking about me, aren't you the same? Lin Zhenxi thought with a smile beside him.

A person, a cat girl, and a black cat cleared the food in front of them almost at the same time. With these food as a base, they couldn't help but look forward to the main course.

But they seemed to have eaten the staple food first, so they might order some more later.

There's nothing we can do about it. The chefs here are so skilled. With such delicious food in front of us, who can resist the temptation?

With that bowl of porridge filling her stomach, Lin Zhenxi's hunger subsided, replaced by a warm feeling that radiated from her stomach to all parts of her body. Her internal organs felt as if they had been reborn.

At this time, they finally had time to talk about what happened today. First, let's answer the first question Yan Qing asked when they met.

"Yesterday... well, it could have been yesterday, or it could have been the day before yesterday. Anyway, I completed the commission and returned from the other world. However, in that other world, I came into contact with a lot of knowledge that I can't access now. The 'Company' sealed my memory of that forbidden knowledge to protect me. I don't know which part of the process consumed my body's nutrients, but after I woke up and told my parents I was safe, I felt like I was about to be melted by the stomach acid."

"But before I went on this commission, I spent all my money and didn't even have enough to pay for the bus fare. If you hadn't come to save me today, Yan Miao, I would probably have to work as a dishwasher to pay for my meals."

"So, thank you very much for saving my life!" As he said this, Lin Zhenxi clasped his hands together and lowered his head towards Yan Qing as if he was praying to Buddha.