Bound to the Multiverse Restaurant, I'm now the darling of my staff.

Chapter 5: I Can't Resist Beauty

In the early morning, sunlight streamed into the room through the window, and the gradually brightening light awakened the sleeping girl.

"Hmm..." Wen Nuan sat up in bed groggily, rubbing her eyes. "That was a really good sleep."

I climbed out of bed and walked to the window, pulled back the sheer curtains, and opened the window, ready to breathe in the fresh morning air.

The lush greenery outside the window filled her eyes. Wen Nuan stretched and exclaimed, "The scenery in this forest is really beautiful."

Hmm? Wait a minute... something seems off...

He rubbed his eyes and opened them again.

"what--"

Ludwig, who was preparing breakfast downstairs, heard the scream and his expression changed. He didn't know what he did, but in an instant, he appeared outside the warm room.

Ignoring all manners, he simply reached out and opened the door.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

His tense expression eased slightly when he saw the girl standing unharmed by the window.

Wen Nuan covered her mouth with one hand and pointed out the window with the other, muttering something unintelligible.

Ludwig chuckled and walked into the room, picked up the coat draped over the chair and put it on warmly. His golden eyes shone even brighter in the sunlight.

"I thought you knew. It seems to be some kind of teleportation array. We arrived here in the early hours of the morning."

"Thank you." Nodding politely, Wen Nuan turned around, put her hands on her hips angrily, and said loudly.

"Old Six, get out here and explain yourself!"

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When I'm happy, I call him Little 6; when I'm unhappy, I call him Old 6.

This system, which should have been devoid of any emotional fluctuations, experienced a feeling similar to speechlessness for the first time.

[Host, why do you think we're called the Multiverse Restaurant?]

When confronted with a counter-question, Wen Nuan blinked her big eyes and scratched her head. "It's just a name, isn't it? I thought you liked being called that."

The system without eyes just wants to roll its eyes right now.

[The Multiverse Restaurant System, as the name suggests, involves the restaurant traveling between different worlds. The host needs to manage the restaurant diligently, upgrade it, and earn points and life points during these journeys.]

Finally understanding, Wen Nuan frowned. "How long are we going to be here? Can we go back?"

Her brother is still in the original world; he is her only family, and she can't abandon him.

Besides, she'd probably be terrified if her brother found out she was missing.

[The duration of stay in each other world is uncertain, but the host need not worry. The time flow in the other world is different from that in the main world, approximately 10:1. During the restaurant's stay in the other world, the restaurant in the main world will remain open. To outsiders, it will only appear to be closed, and no one will suspect anything.]

In other words, if she stays in another world for 10 days, she will only have 1 day in her original world.

Wen Nuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, I thought we wouldn't be able to go back."

Once she understood, she was completely relieved, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw someone standing next to her the whole time.

When I turned my head, there was that familiar gentle smile again.

"Have you finished talking? Breakfast is ready, would you like to eat now?"

The two met for the first time last night and should still be considered strangers.

But judging from the angel's attitude, it was as if they had known each other for a long time; his attitude was very natural and there was no sense of incongruity.

However, this was the first time Wen Nuan had lived under the same roof with men other than her brother and grandfather, so she inevitably felt a little uncomfortable.

She chuckled apologetically, "I woke up a little late, so I'm sorry to have troubled you to prepare breakfast."

As if sensing her discomfort, the blonde angel politely took two steps back, just to the doorway.

"It's okay, it's what I should do. Nuannuan, you can tidy up first, I'll wait for you downstairs."

He then politely closed the door behind him.

Listening to the footsteps gradually fading away, Wen Nuan let out a breath and patted her chest.

"My god, this beauty bombardment first thing in the morning is too much to handle, it almost disrupted my Dao heart!"

"Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva... Form is emptiness, emptiness is form..."

After silently reciting the Heart Sutra twice, Wen Nuan felt her body and mind cleansed once again.

Men will only slow her down in making money; they're fine to admire from afar.

"Alright, let's keep going today!"

Silently encouraging herself, she turned and went to the bathroom to wash up.

When we got downstairs, the food was already laid out on the dining table.

Because the restaurant can only serve the existing dishes, their breakfast can only be fried rice with egg and cabbage and tofu soup.

Thinking of the new dish she drew last night, Wen Nuan ran to the kitchen again and soon came out with a plate of fragrant braised beef ribs.

"Although it's not good to eat something too greasy so early in the morning, at least let us try the new dishes ourselves first."

Each steak is about four fingers wide, and there are more than a dozen on a plate, which is quite a lot in terms of quantity.

The rich, dark sauce turned the ribs a glistening brownish-yellow, and even the tendons and membranes surrounding the bones were tender and delicious.

One bite, and your mouth is filled with the rich flavor of the braising broth, which collides with the tenderness of the beef. The taste is simply amazing.

"Hmm, the system's product is indeed top-notch."

Seeing that the angel was still sitting there motionless, Wen Nuan unceremoniously picked up a piece of steak and put it into his bowl.

"Ludwig, you should try it, it's really good."

Thinking of something, Wen Nuan looked up with a questioning look in her eyes.

"By the way, can you angels eat these things? Are there any taboos or restrictions?"

Do angels need to eat? Or is drinking dew enough for them?

She had been a little shy when she was with him before, but in just a short while, her attitude became extremely natural.

Ludwig found it amusing, and a perfect smile curved his lips as he spoke in a gentle voice.

"Thank you, Nuannuan. Don't worry, I can eat anything, there's nothing I need to avoid."

Wen Nuan nodded upon hearing this, "That's good. It would be such a shame if we couldn't eat it."

After all, it would be a real shame to miss out on these delicious foods.

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Vesta Forest.

"Yi, Yi Fan, are we never going to get out of this wretched forest?"

The boy, wearing individual combat armor, took a breath and asked his companion.

They've run out of supplies and nutrient solutions. If they can't find food soon, they'll all die here.

The other boy, also wearing armor, looked equally grim, but appeared calmer.

"We can't give up. Our teachers are still waiting for us to find rescue and go back to save everyone."

They were all students of Imperial Academy, who had come to participate in their graduation study tour.

Unexpectedly, they encountered a group of space pirates on the way, and their spaceship crashed onto this unknown planet during the firefight.

Moreover, all communication devices inexplicably lost signal here, the teacher in charge and many students were injured, and the supplies they carried were almost gone.

Left with no other choice, the uninjured ones went out to seek help, but after walking for a day and a night, they still hadn't seen the edge of the forest, and their strength was severely depleted.

"But, but I really can't hold on any longer..."

Meng Ke felt that if she didn't eat something soon, she would starve to death here.

To think that the son of the empire's richest man would die a miserable death in an unnamed forest, starving to death, is truly humiliating.

Yi Fan, who had not eaten for three days, was in great discomfort. He was even somewhat delirious and felt like he was hallucinating. Otherwise, how could he have smelled such a peculiar fragrance?

The rich, indescribable aroma made him even hungrier instantly.

I shook my head, and then looked up in a daze...

"Meng Ke, look! Isn't there a building up ahead?"

Meng Ke, who was nearly starving, half-closed her eyes to rest, and chuckled upon hearing this.

"Are you starving? How could there possibly be anything like that in this godforsaken forest..."

I opened my eyes impatiently. Hmm? It seems there really is one? The fragrance is coming from over there.

"Happiness... Restaurant?"

They could vaguely make out a few words on the doorplate, and the two exchanged a glance.

"A restaurant? Does that mean a place to eat?"

Who would open a restaurant in such a remote forest?

Is this really a proper restaurant?

"Never mind, let's go check it out first, we're going to die anyway!"