I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 290
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Chapter 290: Nuo’er Blows the Horn of Counterattack!
Ouyang Xue is currently the temporary manager of the café. However, when it comes to the “after-sales service” of the takeaway, it’s generally my responsibility. Due to various reasons, the current situation here is that the café is far from the city center, and delivery times are often long, usually starting from thirty to forty minutes, missing the optimal time for consumption.
This results in the food being delivered not hot or losing its good taste. Now it’s summer, so the situation is still somewhat manageable, but if this were to happen in winter, similar negative feedback incidents would likely skyrocket.
The takeaway platforms where the café is listed, including us and Tongmeng Net, have no connection. We have no authority over them; we can only follow the rules of those platforms. That means giving one-fifth of the income to the platform, paying the delivery fees, and accepting penalties like fines for negative reviews. We have to endure it all.
This also applies to the delivery guys. People’s habits have changed, and they understand the difference between “exclusive delivery” and “crowdsourced delivery.” Those who come to the shop for deliveries are part-timers. If something goes wrong, or if the delivery is late, there’s a higher probability of complaints and negative reviews. Some customers can’t distinguish between the two and complain about both the delivery guy and the shop, whether it’s about the food quality or spilled soup.
There’s a fixed telephone in the café’s lobby dedicated to managing after-sales for takeaways. If a customer has any complaints after receiving their food or wants to inquire about something before purchasing, they call this number. The phone is connected to the cat earphones we wear during work. Initially, when someone called, I would answer the phone.
But later, it was found that I handled the calls better. Many people praised my voice as “particularly cute, listening to it makes people less angry.” Gradually, I became the “after-sales service representative” for the takeaways. Nuo’er’s adorable voice makes customers reluctant to leave negative reviews, both Ai Luodi and Lan Jiajia have said so.
“You two are here?”
Lan Jiajia also came downstairs from the second floor while waiting for the food. She was still wearing her maid outfit.
“Sorry, tomorrow I need to make a trip back home; there are some things I need to take care of here, so I didn’t have time to go back and cook.”
“It’s okay.”
I waved my hand to indicate that I wasn’t bothered. “Did Ouyang say we got two more negative reviews?”
“Yeah, one was because the customer complained about slow delivery, and by the time it arrived, the food was cold and not tasty. The other one was about our food not meeting their expectations.”
Lan Jiajia sighed. “It feels like we’re getting more and more complaints about not meeting expectations lately.”
“I guess it’s because the reputation of the café is growing,” I said with a wry smile.
“Everyone reads the rumors online about how amazing the food here is, but when they order takeaway and find out it’s not as magical as they expected, they feel disappointed and leave a negative review.”
No shop can achieve a perfect rating because we can’t satisfy everyone. Some people like spicy food, some like sweet, and some are stubbornly extreme, like those who believe that steamed chicken must be seasoned with ginseng, otherwise, it ruins the taste and is not authentic.
Or those who like spicy food by default, but our dishes are not spicy by default, and if they don’t specify, they give a negative review when they receive non-spicy food.
It’s like novels; some people like action-packed battles, some like to deceive others, and some just like to read cute girl’s daily life stories in their spare time. No novel can include all content, and if it happens to encounter a reader in a bad mood, they might give the novel a low rating.
“Do you need me to handle this?”
Listening to the conversation between me and Lan Jiajia, Yin Xiamo elegantly picked up a teapot, poured herself some tea, and said as she drank, “I can visit those people and have a ‘very friendly’ chat with them.”
“Ah…”
Xiao Mo’s reaction startled me, and I quickly said, “That’s not necessary, it’s just a minor issue.”
Actually, blaming the customers entirely for the “not meeting expectations” thing isn’t fair. Because the taste of eating at the café and ordering takeaway is indeed different, both in terms of the food itself and the atmosphere.
When eating at the café, the food is served directly, with maid and cat services, and the atmosphere in the shop is great. On the other hand, with takeaway, the food has been sitting for a long time, and some items might lose their taste due to being left too long. Additionally, takeaway is usually eaten alone at home, so the atmosphere and mood are different.
With the fame of the “Shangjing Maid Cat Café,” there’s a lot of hype on Tongmeng Net now. I can’t even count how many discussions I’ve seen on various forums about our stuff. Anyone who’s eaten at the shop says our food is economical, tasty, and definitely worth a try, sparking curiosity in many people who wonder if it’s really that amazing. Approaching it with a try-and-see attitude, they order takeaway, only to find the taste is just average. That’s the discrepancy.
But the thing with eating is, it’s similar to going to an internet café during student days, the environment is crucial.
Playing games alone at home might make you think the game is just average. But if you’ve made plans with a few good buddies to head to the internet café for an all-nighter, renting a private room, and sitting in a row of five computers, even the most mediocre game will feel like a masterpiece amidst the uninhibited laughter and banter among your close friends.
When I was a child, the first time I had braised beef noodles, I thought it was the best food in the world because there wasn’t much to eat back then, and most foods were bland in taste. It wasn’t until I grew up that I realized instant noodles were just okay, and even now, I probably couldn’t eat them.
The café has dedicated maid service, the house itself has a lot of style and atmosphere, with air conditioning on, cute cats everywhere, scenic views through the glass windows, and pleasant music playing overhead. The prices aren’t as expensive as those on takeaway platforms, so dining in such an environment is definitely a different experience from eating alone in a cold and quiet rented apartment.
So sometimes I can understand the customers who order takeaway, except for… some rather peculiar ones. For example, requests like “I can’t eat peanut oil, you must cook with olive oil for me, otherwise, it’s a negative review,” or “If the chicken legs weigh less than half a pound, it’s a negative review,” or “Don’t separate the soup powder, pack it together for quicker delivery, if it melts after delivery, it’s a negative review.” We really can’t handle these kinds of requests.
Considering that Tongmeng Net will assist us in launching our own takeaway platform in the next few months, these negative reviews don’t matter much. But if “Yin Xiamo” were to take action, it wouldn’t be a simple matter because once this Miss Grim Reaper gets serious, it’s like a dimensional attack on humans.
?I saw online that this shop was hyped as divine, so I ordered some chicken pieces and a few cat paw egg tarts, but the chicken pieces were soggy and wet when they arrived, and so were the egg tarts, worse than what I get from street vendors! Negative review.?
?Is this delivery guy even professional? I just ordered a steamed chicken, but it arrived with a lot of juice spilled out, definitely the fault of the merchant for not sealing it properly. Don’t come to this place.?
I opened my phone and scrolled through the comments on the “Shangjing Maid Cat Café Main Store.” As expected, just like what Ouyang Xue mentioned, two negative reviews were added to the store yesterday, causing our rating to drop even further without any “significant” activities.
“Wait a moment.”
I gave a glance to Xiao Mo on the chair, then got up and walked towards the service counter on the first floor, picking up the landline there.
“Working even on your day off…”
Ai Luodi, who had just changed into her maid outfit, walked down from the second floor, seeing me on the phone at the counter, looking somewhat nostalgic.
“Nuo’er is becoming like Sister Ouyang soon.”
“Just some errands,” I chuckled. “Besides, we’re just waiting for the food.”
*Beep*
In no time, the call went through, and on the other end, there was an impatient voice. “Hello? Who’s this?”
From the corner of my eye, I noticed Xiao Mo elegantly sipping her tea, subtly tilting her body towards us, her hand making a slight gesture, as if listening intently.
It seemed that if the person on the other end dared to be rude to me, this person would indeed get angry…
“Hello, this is the Shangjing Maid Cat Café. I’m Nuo’er, a server at the shop. May I ask if you ordered our signature chicken nuggets, a chicken leg, and a small box of egg tarts yesterday?”
“Yes, that’s me.”
As usual, upon hearing my voice, the young man on the other end initially softened his impatient tone slightly.
“You’re replying only now after I left a negative review? It’s been so long…”
“I’m really sorry about that. The café was busy yesterday, and due to the hot and humid weather, items like fried egg tarts can become soggy if left in the delivery box for too long, altering the taste…”
“Why don’t you make the delivery faster then? I paid over thirty bucks, you know? It took 35 minutes to arrive? Not to mention it was meager, and it tasted bad. How are you going to handle this?”
“We’ve already applied for a full refund for you. Would that be acceptable?”
“Fine, whatever, I won’t buy from you again anyway.”
*Click…*
Ah… hung up.
Having grown accustomed to these situations, I pulled out my phone, scrolled, and dialed another number.
“Hello, this is the Shangjing Maid Cat Café. I’m Nuo’er, a server at the café…”
“The issue with the negative review, right? Don’t bother contacting me. I won’t delete it no matter what you say. If the soup spills, it spills. Your problems as a business aren’t my concern. The customer is God, understand?”
“Well… about the soup issue, we can actually handle it with the delivery guy or provide a refund…”
“If you don’t package the soup properly, it spills? Spare me the explanations. I don’t want to hear it. Tell your boss, even if you’re a girl, I won’t go easy on you. Goodbye, don’t bother me anymore, get lost!”
*Click…*
My first reaction after being hung up on for the second time was to look towards Xiao Mo. However, my movement was too slow, accompanied by a fleeting image. The graceful girl who had been drinking tea on the first floor was nowhere to be seen.
“She’s run off again.”
Helplessly sighing inwardly, I hung up the phone and returned to my seat. Regardless of the situation, Xiao Mo always protected me fiercely.
Usually, when people come to dine at the shop, there are very few problems like environmental issues or food spoilage due to long delivery times. With face-to-face communication in the shop, even if customers are unhappy with something or have emotions, I and Ouyang Xue can usually resolve it.
If it’s someone causing trouble like the thugs from the “Zhao family” before, Xiao Mo would intervene directly. If the target is me, she might give a beating lightly, or if it’s serious, it could mean losing several decades of life expectancy or even immediate execution.
But with takeaway orders and communication over the phone, it’s not face-to-face. Some people tend to be more rude in their speech. If, after I propose a solution to their complaint, they still direct their anger towards me, Xiao Mo can’t bear it. She’ll disappear on the spot, and I can’t convince her to return.
As for where she goes and what she does, I have no idea. I just know that when Xiao Mo returns, those who were angry with me will quickly call, crying and apologizing, begging for forgiveness. This is already a somewhat restrained outcome. According to Xiao Mo’s own words, theoretically, anyone who dislikes me or dares to make me suffer, she wouldn’t hesitate to eliminate them. If I asked, it would be a bloodbath.
That evening, I once learned a bit about Xiao Mo’s past from Fei Luo and Gabriel’s side. The Hero had a gentle personality, emphasizing “winning people over with virtue.” After the Hero was betrayed and killed, Xiao Mo completely turned dark, becoming extremely ruthless. Although she inherited the mantle of the Hero and led the alliance to restart the War against the Demon King, her swift and decisive actions earned her the title of “Tyrant.”
The “Tyrant” of the other world, the “Grim Reaper” of Earth—one can imagine how terrifying Xiao Mo’s true nature, or “Dark Xiao Mo,” really is.
Luckily, the Xiao Mo I’m currently in contact with is a gentler manifestation. Otherwise, if I were to face Xiao Mo’s true nature in this state… I feel like I’d be as helpless as a newborn kitten, at her mercy.
Of course, only those who “anger me” would force Xiao Mo to intervene. This has only happened once or twice this month. In most cases, when I call back, the people on the other end have been relatively polite. After hearing our proposed solutions, they usually agree to reconcile, remove the negative review, or both.
Those who remain arrogant throughout, like the guy who hung up rudely just now and even added a “get lost” before hanging up, are definitely going to upset Xiao Mo, prompting her to take action.
“Nuo’er’s tofu with vegetables and chicken rice—”
As I returned to my seat, Ouyang Xue happened to come over with a tray of food. Seeing the empty spot next to me, she couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Where’s your Xiao Mo?”
“Ah…”
I awkwardly replied, “Xiao Mo went out, probably to pick up a delivery.”
“What did she buy for you this time?”
Ouyang Xue glanced at the bell around my neck but didn’t inquire further. Instead, she placed the items on the table and changed the subject, “Have you seen the members of those professional esports teams downstairs?”
“Not yet,” I shook my head.
“Just went to follow up with those two who left negative reviews. The first one said they’re willing to accept a refund but didn’t mention deleting the review. The second one… was quite irritable.”
“You’re off today, so forget about work for now. Negative reviews don’t matter. Society nowadays is like a pressure cooker, and many people get irritable on the internet.”
Ouyang Xue turned around. “You guys go ahead and eat. I have things to attend to.”
“Okay,” I nodded.
After Ouyang Xue left, it didn’t take long for Xiao Mo to appear at the café’s entrance. Soon after, I saw Ai Luodi, who had come down from upstairs, press the button on her headset to answer a call.
“Ah? Oh… No, I’m not… Nuo’er isn’t working today. Didn’t she just call you?”
“Ah… It’s nothing, really. You don’t have to do this. We actually have some issues with food packaging…”
“Okay, no problem. Welcome next time.”
Watching Xiao Mo elegantly walk over and sit down beside me, picking up her utensils, I gave her a glare.
“Hmm?”
Upon hearing me say that, Xiao Mo lifted her head.
“What did the little one want to say?”
“I said you’re too domineering…”
I muttered quietly while eating, “You’re abusing your divine powers!”
“I don’t care. Anyone who disrespects Nuo’er must face divine punishment.”
The girl leaned in close to my ear.
“Originally, being able to talk to Nuo’er is the greatest blessing. Yet they still don’t realize…”
Hmm… Why does it feel like she suddenly became a bit yandere?
Or has she always been like this?
“Okay, okay, you’re the terrifying Miss Grim Reaper, and you have the final say,” I could only lower my head, scooping a piece of tofu from my own bowl and putting it into Xiao Mo’s bowl.
“Here, have some.”
“Is this Nuo’er hinting that I can eat your little tofu tonight?” Xiao Mo squinted her eyes.
“I understand.”
“You understand nothing!”
I tapped her head with the spoon. “Just eat your meal properly. It’s simply because I can’t finish it all!”
“Sob sob sob…”
“Stop that fake ‘cry,’ I know it doesn’t hurt at all for you!”
“Well, when little kittens bite me, it does hurt a little.”
I lifted my head. “Really?”
“Of course, my little Nuo’er’s teeth, so small and soft, yet having to face such a terrifying deity like me. Seeing Nuo’er’s little teeth hurt, it hurts my heart too…”
*Chomp—*
“Ouch! I was just kidding, don’t actually bite! In my usual state, I’m no different from an ordinary person… Loosen your grip, quickly!”
“……”
After dinner with Xiao Mo, we went to check on the mosquito nets for the Dingman mosquitoes and greeted the kittens before heading down to the basement through the aisle behind the cat climbing frame.
Just as Ouyang Xue said, there were a lot of people here now. Many computers, which looked newly set up, were already running. The LED lights and various nightlights around were all switched on. The style of the entire floor was completely different from the first floor, almost like stepping into a future world.
“Isn’t this amazing? What a talent she is! It’s a waste for her not to join the professional scene…”
“The aiming control, the agility… Are we really playing the same game? If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would’ve thought she was cheating.”
“She’s just one person, and both of your teams can’t take her down?”
“Everyone who can come here today is at least a hunter, right? There are also several professional players among us, and our group… got thrashed by a girl like this?”
It can be seen that there are mostly boys on this side of the basement, many of whom are wearing matching team uniforms, resembling some kind of professional team.
These people are grouped in threes or fives, each focusing intensely on operating their game characters on the monitors in front of them, almost all of them sweating profusely.
The busiest place is behind the computer where Gabriel is sitting. At this moment, there are seven or eight people gathered behind Gabriel, many of them holding their phones, snapping photos of the screen and the surroundings.
“Pay attention to this woman with AI ability…”
“Cough, just kidding. Can the viewers in the live room see this? The lighting here has a bit of a cyberpunk vibe, probably preparing for the ‘Age of Aquarius,’ but it doesn’t matter. The host is currently located at a maid cat café in Nanqi District, Shenzhen City, known as the recently popular one. You can search it online. They’re preparing to open a new esports area here, just like what you’re seeing.”
“I won’t talk about how this esports area is yet. Have you seen the blonde girl in front of me? She’s said to be the ace player hired here, a foreigner named Gabriel. Remember this name, her record will scare you, like an aimbot.”
“We professional players set up a 40-person free-for-all battle royale competition, with this girl as a solo team and the rest in teams of three. So far, look at her kill count, 21 people.”
“The brothers who usually watch my livestream in the live room know what level I am at. Unfortunately, I’ve already been killed. And among the brothers present here, there are few whose skills are lower than mine. What’s the status of this girl among us hunters? I can tell you directly, it’s like all parameters are maxed out, and a hunter with agility hacks has entered the game. It’s completely one-sided slaughter! Even more terrifying than the current hacks, she has everything except bullet acceleration, wall-phasing, and flying holy gun archers!”
Amidst the clamor, I found Su Yunjin, who was excited to the point of turning red in the face.
“Feels like you’re a bit out of sorts today,” I said as I stood beside these people. “What’s the situation now?”
“Oh, I did lose my composure. Gabriel’s performance is just too outstanding,” Su Yunjin’s voice seemed a bit hoarse.
“You didn’t come to see earlier. She single-handedly slaughtered these professional players, and then when everyone was dissatisfied, claiming that the shooting range duels didn’t represent real combat skills, she insisted on a custom game. The result? Gabriel chose to go solo against each team, and she’s wiped out three teams upon landing. She’s killed more than twenty now.”
As Su Yunjin spoke, he gestured around at the people who were currently taking photos and videos with their phones.
“There are many streamers and very famous professional players here. Once they spread the news that ‘a girl has bloodily slaughtered professional players,’ our place will be difficult not to become famous.”
“Is that so?”
Seeing Su Yunjin so excited, I could only smile and ask, “What about Fei Luo?”
“That girl with the big chest? She’s at the front bar, just now she asked for a lot of different types of alcohol from us, saying she wanted to check them out.”
“Thanks.”
I took a few steps back and found the service counter, tiptoeing amidst the dazzling lights, and climbed onto the bar.
Sure enough, as Su Yunjin said, Fei Luo was below the counter organizing various types of liquor and beverages.
“Fei Luo!” I greeted.
“How’s it going over here?”
“You’re back?”
Fei Luo stood up abruptly, causing even her two large rabbits on her chest to shake.
“That girl Gabriel got hooked on playing, and here I am, studying mixology.”
“How’s the research going?” I asked tentatively. “Do we have enough variety of alcohol here?”
“It’s okay.” Fei Luo turned around and took a glass from the cabinet behind her. “Do you want a drink, kiddo?”
“Huh?”
I hesitated for a moment, then quickly waved my hand, “I… I’ll pass, thanks…”
“It’s okay, it’s my special milk liqueur, Dragon Milk Liqueur! Even kids can drink it, it’s low-proof, totally fine.”
Fei Luo bent down and somehow produced a baby bottle from somewhere, pouring all the milk from it into the glass. Then, grabbing a bunch of bottles and cans, she started her ‘mixology skills’ right in front of me and Xiao Mo, “Ask Xiao Mo, isn’t my milk liqueur extraordinary?”
“Huh?”
Xiao Mo seemed puzzled at first, as if she wanted to say something, then she seemed to make up her mind, “Um… yes.”
What are you two hiding?
“Done!”
While I was still wondering, Fei Luo had already finished making the drink up front, bringing a cup of milky white liquid in front of me, “Here, Nuo’er, drink up!”
“Is it… really okay?” I took the glass, sniffing it.
Hmm… according to my elf-like acute perception at the moment, I could distinctly smell the alcohol in the milk. But perhaps because of its strong milk scent, I didn’t mind it too much.
“It’s fine, it’s fine, you’re resting tonight anyway, so drink up and then go play with Xiao Mo.”
Fei Luo seemed unfazed and grabbed a few more glasses, “I can already sense that those people might be playing here late into the night, I might be busy then.”
I held up the bottle of milk liqueur, giving Xiao Mo a look that said, “Can I really drink this?”
Xiao Mo nodded, giving me a look that said, ‘Watch the silly kitty perform.’
It’s just a glass of milk liqueur, not vodka or anything strong, was she underestimating me?
Under the girl’s gaze, I tilted my little head back and downed the liquid in the glass in one go—
“Burp…”
The rich milk scent, combined with a fragrance similar to fermented wheat, a bit sweet, a bit spicy, I didn’t know whether to describe it as tasty or nasty.
“Here, finished.”
I took Xiao Mo’s hand, “Alright, Fei Luo, we’re heading back now, thanks for everything.”
“No trouble at all.”
Fei Luo just waved us off, “Have fun.”
Have fun?
Though I didn’t quite understand why Fei Luo and Xiao Mo seemed a bit odd all of a sudden, I still went upstairs with Xiao Mo and out of the café.
“I want to go to Moon Orchid Island.”
I felt a bit flushed, perhaps from the alcohol, as I walked on the grass outside the café, feeling a bit dizzy.
“Sure.”
Xiao Mo crouched down, “Come.”
I jumped up instinctively.
The next moment, with a whoosh, Xiao Mo, as usual, flew up into the air, heading directly towards the sea.
“What did you bring back from the other world before… *hiccup*?”
Feeling my face growing warmer, I asked Xiao Mo on her back, “In addition to the gifts you gave us, there is also that outfit.”
“I’m not telling you.”
“Stingy.”
“……”
Before long, Xiao Mo arrived at the seaside with me on her back, then leaped onto the sea surface, whistling towards Moon Orchid Island.
Even though the sea breeze was blowing in my ears, I felt a restlessness within me, and my cheeks were getting warmer.
“Xiao Mo.”
“Hey?”
“Is… is my body unable to handle alcohol?”
I was curious, “Feeling a bit dizzy.”
“Not really. Some senses are heightened in elf mode, including alcohol intoxication. As for your alcohol tolerance, I’m not sure.”
“Alcohol is a harmful substance… *hiccup*. In elf mode, shouldn’t it… be easier to metabolize?”
Feeling increasingly dizzy, I buried my head in Xiao Mo’s back, gently sniffing the girl’s fragrance.
“I remember in human form… I can drink a small amount of alcohol.”
“Alcohol can be metabolized, but some elves enjoy the feeling of intoxication. After all, there are many elves in the Elf Forest who specialize in brewing wine.”
Xiao Mo slightly turned her head, “Feeling drunk?”
“It seems like… *hiccup*…”
With my face pressed against Xiao Mo’s back and feeling the girl’s slightly chilly skin underneath me, I wished I could press my whole body against hers to warm her up.
“Your face feels a bit warm.”
“So I shouldn’t have had that milk liquor…”
I hiccupped again, “Looks like I belong to the type of elves who enjoy being drunk.”
“Normally when people hiccup after drinking, it’s the smell of alcohol. But when you open your mouth, it’s the smell of milk.”
The girl beneath me couldn’t help but stifle a laugh, “Are you okay?”
“It’s okay… probably…”
I hugged Xiao Mo’s chest tightly, subconsciously rubbing those two things, “Xiao Mo bullied me at noon… unfair…”
“Nuo’er, you seem really drunk.”
“Not at all, I’m just telling the truth…”
I lifted my head, glanced at the stars slowly appearing in the sky.
“I… *hiccup*… I also want to bully Xiao Mo once.”
“Nuo’er, forget it, you’re always a little kitty.”
At this moment, with Xiao Mo accelerating, we could already see the crescent-shaped inland sea on Moon Orchid Island.
“I’m not a little kitty… and I’m not in my cat girl form either.”
I felt my consciousness becoming increasingly blurry, “Xiao Mo, if things keep going like this… can I bully you in a hundred years?”
“You can bully me anytime.”
“But I can’t bully you… Xiao Mo, you’re so powerful… like Mother… Mother… uh, I don’t think I have a mother…”
“Nuo’er, you’re really drunk.”
As Xiao Mo spoke, she had already brought me to a thicket on the shore of Moon Orchid Island. After carefully placing me on the ground, the girl turned and walked towards the direction of the Dragon King Temple.
“Wait here for a moment, I’ll go find some water…”
Xiao Mo’s words were interrupted by me before she could finish.
Because I had already pounced on her, pushing her down onto the grass.
“Nuo’er?”
Facing the starry sky, Xiao Mo looked up at me above her with some confusion.
“I want to tease you.”
At this moment, I didn’t know what I was saying. I just bit into the shoulder that the girl had exposed due to my actions.
Then, based on instinct, I grabbed the girl’s hands.
“My adorable Xiao Mo, my dear Miss Grim Reaper… This island is deserted, there’s no one around, you know?”
“You can’t escape from my grasp now!!”
“……”
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