Mr. Gong is not only good at cooking

Even when facing someone you like, you shouldn't act like a simp.

"Hmm... Shirou..." Yu Meiren's long eyelashes suddenly trembled slightly, and then she slowly opened her red eyes, looking up at Emiya Shirou with a somewhat dazed expression.

What time is it?

Emiya Shirou's heart skipped a beat. This unsuspecting poppy... Ah Wei is dead!

"It's seven o'clock. Did you sleep well?"

Yu Meiren nodded, still somewhat dazed, and then looked down and saw a small drop of water on Emiya Shirou's chest.

She touched the corner of her mouth blankly, a blush flashing across her face. She quickly ran her hand over Shirou Emiya's chest, then rolled out of bed, her speed making it seem like she had just woken up.

Just then, Yui's voice rang in my mind: "Manager, the restaurant has been completely relocated. Should we check it now?"

"Oh? Why is it so slow? I thought it would be around five or six o'clock."

"Actually, five o'clock would have been fine, but you were all asleep, so I didn't wake you up."

Emiya Shirou understood. He was also quite curious about what the new layout of the restaurant would look like. He then put on his pants and jacket and said to Yu Meiren, "Let's go, Yu, the restaurant is all set up."

"Okay. I'll go back and change my clothes first."

Just as he reached the door, Shirou Emiya suddenly said, "Make the skirt a little longer."

Yu Meiren turned around and asked, "Why?"

“It looks good,” Shirou Emiya explained.

Yu Meiren chuckled, "You're crazy."

As Shirou Emiya walked out of the restaurant, he saw Riko skipping and hopping out of her bedroom, dressed in a maid outfit she had modified herself.

"Riko, make the skirt a little longer."

"Ah? Oh! Is Shirou worried about Riko?" Riko smiled slightly, then turned around in front of Shirou Emiya, her black lace panties barely visible.

"Ahem, this is a new environment, different from before. Now that we've stepped out of the restaurant, we've come directly to another world, not my world."

Moreover, the city's atmosphere, public security, and environment are all very poor. Girls need to learn to protect themselves and not let others, especially strangers, take advantage of them.

"Oh~~~", Riko deliberately dragged out the tone: "Then from now on, Riko will only let Shirou take advantage of you, okay?"

"You! How can you slander someone's innocence so baselessly! I don't even read these things!" Emiya Shirou loudly and righteously defended himself.

"Hey~~ But I noticed that Shirou's eyes were always on Yu-neechan."

Riko tilted her head, looking like a little devil.

"Nonsense! What I did wasn't peeking, it was admiring!"

"What are you admiring?" Yu Meiren, having changed into a new dress, came out of the bedroom and overheard the second half of Emiya Shirou's sentence.

"It's nothing. Riko, go change your dress!"

Finally, when the group finally arrived on the first floor, a waning moon had already risen in the sky above the capital, shining on the medieval-style stone-paved avenue.

Although the streets are not as crowded as in modern society, the capital city, as the capital and largest city of the empire, and also the largest city in the world, is still bustling with people.

The streetlights cast a yellow glow, the shops in the streets and alleys looked bustling with activity, and the countless taverns were teeming with people.

But no one knows what kind of filth and corruption lies behind this city. Even a clear blue sky cannot hide the decay and rot beneath the glitz and glamour of the capital.

This is Gotham City in another world.

The lights on the first floor were turned on, and just as Yui had said, the entire layout of the first-floor restaurant, designed to match the style of Beijing, seemed indeed—

"Yui, what did you change? I can't see any difference."

Emiya Shirou was absolutely certain that the restaurant looked exactly the same as it did this morning; there had been no change whatsoever!

"Manager, I'm referring to the restaurant entrance. You can only see it after you leave the restaurant."

"Damn it! Explain yourself! Um, why does it feel like there's an extra door in the restaurant?"

"The store manager has a good eye. No matter which way you go in or out, you'll end up in the capital. The small door leads back to your own world. Isn't that convenient?" Yui explained cheerfully.

"So-so," Emiya Shirou commented, though inwardly he was secretly giving Yui a thumbs up.

"Shirou, are you reopening tonight?" Yu Meiren asked without turning her head, gazing at the night view of the capital outside the glass door.

"Emmm, tonight."

Emiya Shirou pondered for a moment and said, "We'll be closed tonight. Let's be partners of justice."

There will be two updates today; this is the first one.

I only wrote 4,000 words today because I've been staying up until 5 or 6 AM for a month straight, and I'm starting to feel the strain.

So I plan to adjust to a normal sleep schedule.

Therefore, I am truly sorry today. I hope all readers can understand. My survival is paramount; if I were to die suddenly, this book would be gone.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Please get married on the spot, okay?

"A partner of justice?"

A group of people were a little confused.

"What do you mean?" Yu Meiren asked blankly.

Emiya Shirou pointed outside the door and said, "Just like I said at noon today, this city is broken, rotten, filthy, all show and no substance."

As a champion of justice, I absolutely cannot stand idly by; I will make the darkness vanish!

Yu Meiren rolled her eyes. "Speak like a human."

"Okay, this is a guest from this morning, Tatsumi, who is also a very unfortunate person. I don't know exactly which timeline he comes from, but what happens to him tonight will change his life."

If you're lucky, then almost all of your companions died for the sake of this country's rebirth.

Unfortunately, he also died, turning into ice shards. In short, it was a complete tragedy.

As you know, I've always treated restaurant guests with the attitude of making friends. Of course, I mean those who are still salvageable, have some redeeming qualities, and can't be completely dismissed; I'm interested in all of them.

Tatsumi is one of them. It would be a little bit of a pity if we couldn't see such a guest again.

Besides, since we're going to be living in this city for the time being, don't you think it would seriously affect our business if the environment around us is bad?

I just want to make money peacefully, but what if some ignorant people in this city come to harass us and interfere with our business?

We can't just sit here and wait for them to come to us before we deal with it, can we? We can choose to take the initiative!

After listening to Shirou Emiya's words, Yu Meiren nodded in agreement: "If that's the case, then we definitely need to get rid of all these annoying flies first. So when do we make our move?"

Riko sat down on the sofa and said decisively, "Well, I won't go then. My fighting power is just like this. I'll stay at the store and help Meruet-chan mind the shop."

Emiya Shirou nodded: "Okay, you're absolutely safe in the restaurant anyway. I'll go out with Yu tonight and take a look."

Yu Meiren frowned and looked at her waitress uniform, saying, "If you're not opening for business, why are you making me change clothes?! You're crazy!"

"Uh, it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, don't be angry. Merlin will be here tomorrow, won't he?" Shirou Emiya said with a smile, patting Yu Meiren's shoulder. "Go change your clothes, I'll wait for you here."

After Yu Meiren went upstairs, Riko approached Emiya Shirou with a strange smile. "Shirou, there seems to be a little different atmosphere between you and Yu Meiren."

"??? What's different? Isn't it still the same as before?"

Emiya Shirou didn't feel any difference at all.

However, after thinking about it, he decided to consult with dating expert Riko Mine.

"Riko, I have a question."

"Hmm? What's the problem?"

"If, and I mean if, a girl initiates a kiss on a boy, what does that mean?"

Riko found it strange; what kind of idiotic question was this?

"Of course, it's because the girl likes the boy."

Emiya Shirou suddenly felt his heart race.

But he continued to ask, "This girl is very pure and innocent, I mean in terms of feelings. She may not really understand what liking or love is. She just wants to make amends. How do you analyze this?"

Riko found it even more bizarre; just how dense could this person be?

Even if the girl doesn't know what "like" means, this already shows that she has a very strong liking for him!

She actually went and kissed a guy! Is this guy crazy? Are there really such weird men in this world?

Hmm? That doesn't seem right either...

Riko suddenly felt a pang of heartache. Although the feelings had completely vanished, she still felt like hitting someone whenever she thought about it.

That is, the former Kinji Toyama was such a fool!!

I kissed him, but he still thought I was playing a prank and that we were just friends!

Sigh, why are all the men I meet such idiots?

Riko patted Shirou Emiya's shoulder sympathetically: "This is too complicated. Riko doesn't know either. Shirou, figure it out yourself."

"Ah, this... well, I thought Riko would know a lot about this," Emiya Shirou said regretfully.

Riko was also disappointed; she already knew who Emiya Shirou was referring to.

Besides Yu Meiren, who else in this restaurant deserves the descriptions of innocence and purity?

Despite being an emotional idiot, Shirou Emiya is surprisingly fast at driving.

Riko goes without saying; she's practically a racing legend on Mount Akina, the kind that takes off at low altitudes.

Meruet-chan is similar to Yu Meiren, but as a super detective, Meruet-chan knows a little about these things, unlike her sister, Zhe Li Zhe, who knows nothing at all.

Emiya Shirou went upstairs thoughtfully, passing by Yu Meiren who had changed her clothes.

Yu Meiren asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?"

Emiya Shirou turned around. "Get your phone."

When Yu Meiren saw that only Riko was left on the first floor, she immediately became interested.

"Riko."

"Sister Yu?"

"I have a question for you."

"Ah."

"What exactly is the feeling of 'liking'?"

Riko was stunned.

Why haven't you two gotten married yet?!

"Does Sister Yu have someone she likes?" Riko asked.

Yu Meiren shook her head: "I don't know."

"I like it... I guess it's wanting to stay by someone's side forever? Wanting to spend my whole life with him? It's less like liking and more like love, isn't it?" Riko tried to explain in a way that Yu Meiren could understand.

After all, she's over a thousand years old, so it's normal that she can't keep up with the thinking of young people.

Yu Meiren made the same thoughtful expression as Emiya Shirou, then nodded with a faint smile on her lips.

So this is what liking someone is like~

Then she continued, "So, if, just suppose, a boy kisses a girl, does that mean he likes her?"

Riko had only one thought in her mind: you and Shirou should stay here and not move. I'll go and move the office (equivalent to the Japanese civil affairs bureau) here.

"Yes, most of them are, but a small portion are not."

"What's the other small part?"

"Boys are just naive and lustful, wanting to take advantage of girls," Riko said with an innocent smile.

Yu Meiren frowned again. Lustful? A lecher? Which category did Shirou fall into?

No, I need to observe this carefully!

Soon, Shirou Emiya came down from the second floor with his phone in hand and waved to Yu Meiren: "Yu, let's go."

"Ok!"

Just as the two were about to push open the glass door, Riko shouted loudly from behind, "It's okay if you don't come back tonight! Go Shirou! Go, Yu-neechan!"