Universe Infinite Canteen

Ma Lu didn't know why, but he felt that there were even more customers this week than the last, especially during the latter days, when a flood of new faces suddenly poured in.

These people, without any prompting from the waitstaff, very adeptly went across the street to the Love Home Grocery to buy seat tickets, and faced with high prices, they didn't complain; they focused on taking photos, checking in, and tasting the food, proving themselves to be excellent clientele.

In addition, Ma Lu would encounter Wei Jingyan coming downstairs every night to talk about cats, even at 11 at night without fail.

Luckily, Hu Weiqi had no knowledge of this affair, or else he would probably go crazy.

However, after a busy day, Ma Lu only wanted to relax at home, play some games, read some novels, and wasn't too keen on interacting with anyone else.

Moreover, the topic of their conversation was still exploring Mr. Furball's mental world, helping Wei Jingyan analyze her emotional relationship with him, and speculating about the potential third party involved... One or two times was bearable, and Ma Lu could muddle through, but after several repetitions, he couldn't take it anymore and had to be honest with Wei Jingyan.

From then on, Wei Jingyan finally stopped coming to knock on his door in the middle of the night, and just when Ma Lu thought she had gotten used to living without a cat and had returned to her normal routine, he unexpectedly saw Wei Jingyan at the restaurant again.

Fortunately, she only came by for a meal every few days and didn't cling to Ma Lu anymore. Plus, she was very polite while dining, and even if there were seats available in the restaurant, she wouldn't take them, opting to let other customers sit and instead took her bowl to eat outside the door.

While eating, she would look around as if she hoped to catch a glimpse of that familiar furry figure in some corner.

Seeing her like this, Ma Lu thought of Mr. Furball, who was currently only two hundred meters away, engrossed in watching a cat video, puffing clouds of smoke, and blissfully high, and he felt a bit guilty.

So, one day after seeing Wei Jingyan again, he sincerely suggested she forget about that sorry excuse for a cat and just adopt a new one instead.

But to his surprise, Wei Jingyan refused without hesitation.

"No, Mr. Furball is Mr. Furball; he is the one and only Mr. Furball in this world and cannot be replaced by another cat," she said.

At this point, Wei Jingyan paused before continuing, "I know it might sound funny to say this, but sometimes I truly feel that he's not just an ordinary little cat."

"Oh?" Ma Lu raised an eyebrow.

"Compared to a cat, he gives me the feeling more of a human. How to put it... it's like there's a human soul living inside a cat's body," Wei Jingyan proclaimed mysteriously.

"He understands everything I say, and though sometimes he doesn't do as I tell him, he shares my joy when I'm happy and comforts me when I'm down. He's just like a sweet little boyfriend.

"I often think that if only he could talk, then I could marry him, and then we could be together forever and ever."

"Miss Wei, legally speaking, a human and a cat can't..." Ma Lu reminded her.

"I know, I know, I just miss him too much," Wei Jingyan said as she covered her face with both hands and began to sob, "I really want to see him again; without him, I don't know how to go on living, wu wu wu wu."

It didn't take long for Wei Jingyan to start crying and grab Ma Lu's sleeve, pleading, "Mr. Ma, no, Mr. Cat Mediator, please, I beg you, help me and let Mr. Furball come back to me."

Ma Lu, too, was moved by her dedication and made a once-in-a-lifetime promise to her.

"Next week, when my Skill CD has recovered, I will contact him again, I will convey as much of your feelings to him as possible, and then I will give you an answer," he said.

"Thank you, thank you." Wei Jingyan said excitedly, "Regardless of whether Mr. Furball can come back or not, I will never forget your kindness."

......

A week flew by, and Ma Lu checked the accounts for the week on the last day.

The total income was about 793,300 yuan, except for the first day when only dinner was served, earning less than 80,000 yuan, the daily income for the rest of the days all exceeded 140,000 yuan.

Especially on the last day, because the diners all knew about Universe Infinite Canteen's rule of changing the menu weekly, they almost broke down the doors in the afternoon to avoid missing out on this week's recipes.

So much so that there was hardly any space left on the street outside to add tables and chairs. Ma Lu opened for business at 11 a.m. and worked non-stop until 5 p.m., not even making it to the dinner hours as the day's portions had all been sold out in advance.

Due to the overwhelming number of diners, he even recruited three temporary university students from Aerospace University, offering them double the hourly wage, just to barely get through the peak period.

After deducting the cost and taxes to be paid, Ma Lu could take home about 530,000 yuan. With this, his bank account balance once again surpassed one million yuan.

Considering he had just upgraded some equipment last week, Ma Lu didn't have a strong desire for more upgrades, so he could finally put the previously shelved car purchasing plan into action.

Although riding a tricycle wasn't impossible, his rental place was quite a distance from the restaurant, and the daily commute alone took an hour and a half.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Moreover, now that the weather was getting colder, driving was definitely more comfortable than riding a tricycle.

Therefore, starting from next week, Ma Lu planned to schedule one or two car brands for test drives each day, driving from the residential area to the restaurant, and then from the restaurant back home after work, practicing driving while looking for a suitable car.

He initially set the budget at 500,000 yuan but didn't make it too rigid. Whether higher or lower than this price, he would try any car that interested him.

After handling the tasks at hand, Ma Lu took out the Bug Egg again and placed it on his head.

This time, he didn't choose the newly opened route but went back to the initial starting point.

When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer in the small apartment provided by the Order Church but in a bustling marketplace.

Everywhere in the market, there were shouts of vendors selling, haggling between them and customers, with cages behind them containing all sorts of strangely-shaped desert creatures.

In addition, there were people dressed in Hunting Clothes, continuously arriving on motorcycles, bringing in new meat.

To Ma Lu, such sights were no longer surprising. Before he left last time, he had taken advantage of the Diamond Hunting Group's privileges to enjoy a unique gold VIP performance at the Desert Bandits Night Club and then logged off near this market.

Accordingly, by the rules, he reappeared here on his return.

Ma Lu briefly glanced over the goods in the marketplace, looking for something suitable to keep in the Desktop Farm, but he didn't have a single Electric Degree on him at the moment. His priority was to find Boggy and get the Electric Card stored with him. Explore more adventures at empire

Thus, Ma Lu did not linger and headed towards the direction of the elevator, planning to take it from the negative first floor back to the ground level.