Chapter 202: Dinner is Served

Ding dong.

As they re-entered the elevator, the button for the sixth floor was already blinking, indicating that it could be pressed.

Just like that, in only one day, the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth floors had been successfully unlocked.

The progress seemed surprisingly fast.

Ding dong.

When the elevator reached the fourth floor, the doors slowly opened.

Yang Hua, Zhu Weiman, and the young man who looked very much like him walked out together from the fourth floor.

"Hey, Shen Yu, you’re off work too."

When Yang Hua saw Shen Yu, her previously drooping head immediately lifted. She quickly squeezed over to him.

Shen Yu nodded slightly, his gaze briefly scanning the interior of the fourth floor before the elevator doors closed.

The fourth floor looked more like a high-end office space, with a hallway separating various rooms. Each room had a sign above it.

Accounting Office.

HR Department.

Printing Room.

And several other departments.

Ding dong.

The elevator doors closed again and slowly ascended.

Shen Yu wanted to ask Yang Hua about the work situation on the fourth floor, but when he turned his head to look at her, her left arm had already wrapped around his.

Yang Hua shook her head, closed her eyes as if tired, and continued dozing off.

Slither.

Cling.

Was she also going to turn into an animal?

Shen Yu didn’t respond, choosing to remain silent.

Inside the elevator, Zhu Weiman and the young man beside him both seemed to be watching Yang Hua, although their gazes were barely noticeable.

Then—

Ding dong.

The elevator doors opened.

"Sixth floor has arrived."

In front of them was a large, spacious hall filled with seating booths.

At the far end was the familiar canteen serving window.

On both sides of the window were two narrow hallways leading toward dormitory entrances marked with male and female signs.

Male dormitory.

Female dormitory.

"Looks like we have to live separately."

Chu Chang’an looked at the signs from afar, his expression slightly regretful.

"Obviously. Where is it not separated by gender?"

Yanning rolled her eyes at him.

Then she looked toward Yang Hua, who was still holding onto Shen Yu’s arm.

"How about tonight? I stay with this little sister."

"Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of her."

"If it weren’t for her, we would have been eating boxed lunches by noon, right?"

Yanning’s gaze turned toward Yang Hua.

Shen Yu’s eyes deepened.

"If we have separate rooms, doesn’t that mean you’ll have to deal with the two female members of the Feiha team alone?"

"I think it wasn’t clearly stated that we must live separately. How about—"

Before Shen Yu could finish his sentence, Zhu Weiman suddenly turned cold.

"The company forbids mixed-gender living arrangements."

"It is inappropriate and ruins the moral atmosphere."

Thud.

Thud.

After his reprimand, the elevator immediately fell silent.

Everyone walked out with blank expressions.

"Mapo tofu."

From the distant canteen window, there were no cafeteria workers serving food.

Instead, an automated food-delivery machine was making human-like announcements.

"Sweet and sour pork!"

"Beef noodles!"

"Braised pork rice!"

Looking around, all the machine buttons at the window were labeled with different dishes.

The aroma of greasy food and fresh soup drifted from the serving window, making everyone’s throats salivate and appetites widen.

"Wow! I see it’s your first time here."

"Let me recommend the soup dumplings."

"The filling is all fresh meat. Very generous."

The young man smiled at Ning Su, who nodded.

Just as he was about to move toward the window, Shen Yu grabbed his shoulder.

"Wait."

"Captain Luce, it’s just eating. Shouldn’t it be fine?"

"Didn’t the Feiha team eat lunch earlier? Nothing happened."

Ning Su was puzzled.

Shen Yu didn’t respond.

The situation at noon had felt just as strange as when Mo Xian activated his ability.

"Can we still eat?"

"Actually, there are many ways to determine that."

For example—

Shen Yu shook Yang Hua’s shoulder, who was constantly dozing off.

"Hey, hey, Yang Hua."

"We’ve arrived."

"Time to eat."

"Hmm?"

Yang Hua slowly walked toward the machine.

She wandered around several times before finally ordering a red bean bun.

"Yang Hua, what do you think I should eat?"

"Yes."

"Hmm."

"I recommend..."

She hesitated.

"Why don’t you all try the red bean bun too?"

Originally, she wanted to say more.

But after noticing the sharp eyes glaring from a distance, her body shuddered.

She immediately stopped talking and pressed the button for the red bean bun again.

Ding.

Ding.

After the two red bean buns were served, Shen Yu helped Yang Hua carry the tray and found a place to sit.

Ding.

Yang Hua’s affection toward you: +10.

Current affection: 60.

"Shen Yu, why did you come to work here?"

Yang Hua didn’t use chopsticks to eat the red bean bun.

Instead, she directly tore it open with her hands.

The bright red bean paste gushed out.

With a look of disgust, she scraped out all the bean paste and casually chewed on the bun skin.

"Me?"

"I was simply looking for a job and ended up here."

Shen Yu casually answered.

He imitated Yang Hua’s actions and also ate only the bun skin.

Around them, Yanning, Chu Chang’an, and Ning Su also sat down.

After seeing Shen Yu’s actions, they followed suit.

The entire group restrained themselves and only ate the bun skin.

"Ah, Shen Yu."

"If you get your job stable, have you ever thought about finding someone?"

"Finding someone?"

Yang Hua suddenly stuttered.

After glancing at Shen Yu, her face turned red.

She didn’t dare lift her head again.

Instead, she kept poking the bun skin with her finger, trying to ease her embarrassment.

666. "The pure little sister meets Shen Yu. She can’t resist him at all."

"I just left the newbie village and already met the top-level succubus."

"Sis, listen to your brother. Shen Yu is your calamity. Run away quickly."

The bullet comments watching this scene showed a long-lost sense of joy.

At the same time, from farther inside the cafeteria, Zhu Weiman and the young man ate several meat buns before staring at Shen Yu and the others for a while.

They packed several meat buns and once again walked toward the elevator.

"Uncle, I’m still hungry."

Although they had already eaten a dozen or more meat buns, the young man held his belly, still unsatisfied.

"Endure for a while, Zhu Weiman, come with me to deliver meals to the Wolf Team."

"If all goes well, we should be able to eat the new meal tonight."

"Okay."

Ding dong.

The elevator doors opened again, heading toward the third floor.

---

At their workstation, the Feiha squad had already dialed several phone calls.

"Hello, this is Evolution Food Company."

"May I ask what you need?"

"What?"

"You want an eighteen-year-old girl?"

"Hey, this is a food company, not a door-to-door service."

"You—"

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

After the phone was hung up again, Mo Xian angrily slammed it down.

"Damn!"

"Impossible."

"Without company-assigned orders, there’s no way to take on new business ourselves."

"TMD overtime!"

"I’m doing TMD overtime!"

"Yan Cheng, get ready to use your ability."

"Although I don’t know what will happen if we miss this order, if we’re working overtime every day, maybe the Jochi Squad is finished."

"But we’re still working overtime."

Mo Xian looked at Yan Cheng.

Yan Cheng nodded and glanced at the customer list.

Just as he was about to dial a number—

Ding dong.

The elevator doors opened again.

Zhu Weiman and the young man calmly looked at everyone.

"Hey."

"Your dinner."

Several hot, steaming buns were placed on the worktable.

Mo Xian and the others looked at the buns.

Their stomachs churned.

But their faces were filled with resistance.

"Lang Ling Xue."

Mo Xian immediately looked at Cold Ling Shui.

She nodded and looked at the buns.

Her eyes instantly widened.

"Ferocious."

"Ferocious."

"Ferocious."

The appearance of the buns immediately turned the group’s previous uneasiness into genuine fear.

Things seemed to be getting more dangerous.

"Captain, can’t eat."

"We absolutely cannot eat it."

"Otherwise, things will get worse."

Lang Ling Xue whispered cautiously to Mo Xian.

Mo Xian gritted his teeth.

He looked at the dimming light in his eyes.

He could no longer use his time leap.

He had already exceeded the usage limit by using it multiple times when dealing with that bastard, Shen Yu.

He had even sacrificed his seven orifices and suffered irreparable damage.

If he used it again, it would likely cause irreversible damage to his internal organs.

If that happened, he would be very close to death.

"I said this time we’re probably really going to eat buns."

"Get ready to face the danger."

After weighing the pros and cons, Mo Xian helplessly chose to eat the buns.

At least eating them would prevent the Zhu family from taking immediate action.

But if they didn’t eat, who knew what might happen next?

"Eat?"

"Are we really eating, Captain?"

"Can’t we use the time leap?"

"Pretend we’ve eaten and skip the time spent eating the buns."

Yan Cheng asked unwillingly.

Mo Xian slammed the table.

"Damn it!"

"Are you questioning me?"

"My time leap is already used up."

"Do you want me to die?"

"You..."

"You used up six or seven time leaps to deal with Shen Yu."

Yan Cheng swallowed the rest of his sentence.

---

"How did you get so useless?"

The sentence remained stuck in his mouth.

Yan Cheng didn’t dare say it aloud.

In the past, that captain could solve everything with just a few time leaps.

But this time, going out alone to hunt Shen Yu had not only failed, but had also left him unable to complete the mission and exhausted all his abilities.

What a joke!

Was Shen Yu simply too strong?

Or was Shen Yu just too ruthless?

Yan Cheng didn’t dare guess blindly.

He could only look helplessly at Lan Lingxue and Wen Lan.

"If it’s just danger, maybe we can still get through it."

Lan Lingxue gritted her teeth, indicating that she could accept it.

But Wen Lan, who had always been inconspicuous, pulled down her hat and looked at Mo Xian with an unhappy expression.

"The higher-ups told us to prioritize passing the dungeon."

"What do you think?"

"To deal with Shen Yu, you used up all your talent chances, causing the entire team to fall into unnecessary danger."

"Mo Xian, you’re really a trash captain."

"You—"

"You damn!"

Mo Xian stood up angrily.

"You’re just a member recruited from an outside team."

"Do you really think you can replace me?"

"You bastard!"

It seemed there was some grudge between Mo Xian and Wen Lan.

Mo Xian immediately stood up, ready to charge at Wen Lan.

Wen Lan took off her hat.

Her short, neat hair swung out as she coldly glared at Mo Xian.

"I told you."

"Neither of you brothers are a match for Shen Yu."

"Relying on your talent and connections to control the core of the Feiha Team..."

"And in the end, this is all you amount to."

"You—"

Mo Xian raised his hand, about to slap Wen Lan’s face.

But—

"Hah!"

Suddenly, a hot wave of air shot out from Zhu Weiman’s mouth.

"I say, aren’t you going to eat your dinner?"

"Hahaha!"

The area below his lips rapidly squirmed.

His upper lip mysteriously began to lift, as if something inside was about to spill out of his mouth.

"Damn!"

"Eat the buns!"

"Hurry!"

"Eat!"

Mo Xian immediately grabbed a bun from the table and shoved it into his mouth.

Munch.

Munch.

Hot soup mixed with fresh meat slid down his throat.

For some reason, Mo Xian felt the bun was exceptionally delicious.

Yet there was an odd hint of sourness lingering in the background.

Munch.

The moment he swallowed the bun, his temples began to throb violently.

Mo Xian pressed his hands against his swollen temples.

When he looked back at Zhu Weiman, his mouth had returned to normal.

Zhu Weiman grinned.

He didn’t hurry to leave.

Instead, he blocked the elevator doors, standing there like a security guard and guarding the place tightly.

"Damn."

"I have a bad feeling."

Mo Xian sat back down at his seat.

The other team members who had eaten the buns were also holding their heads, their faces turning ugly.

Their bodies seemed to be undergoing some irreversible mutation because of the food.

"Danger!"

"Danger!"

"Danger!"

Lan Lingxue looked at the ominous signs above everyone’s heads.

She twisted uneasily in her seat.

Yes—

Her butt.

Since eating the bun, there had been a strange sensation in her r

ear, as though something was about to burst out.

The sensation was extremely slight.

But it kept disturbing her.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

In front of the elevator, Zhu Weiman and the young man’s smiles grew increasingly eerie.

"Why are you just standing there?"

"Why aren’t you calling?"

From the Wolf Team’s office, Lin Yao’s voice urging them rang out.

The lights in the room were completely turned off.

Lin Yao looked at her team members with a face full of dissatisfaction.

Then she began walking toward the elevator.