I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 493
Chapter 493: I Have No Regrets
I’ve already forgotten how Xiao Mo and I got out of the “City in the Forest” at the center of the Diwutith Empire’s surrounding forest.
All I remember… is that on that day, despite the ‘City in the Forest’ being a place where the sky was always obscured and the sun never shone for more than thirty hours at a time, it rained for several hours.
At the moment when I activated the “Water Element Domain” and was still locked in a stalemate with Xiao Mo, time seemed to stand still.
Images flashed through my mind—
Ewen and Luni’s feelings during our grand adventure, Weiying making breakfast for everyone each morning, the people at the cafe, and my past as an older man, growing up in an orphanage with friends who left one by one, leaving me to enter university all alone, with no connections, no acquaintances, struggling to work and study to pay off my loans.
I remembered Lu Xinjian, sitting alone on the ground near the market by my rental, crying his heart out. I thought of the group of authors I met while defending our rights— Pipi, Marisa’s Iron Butt, and Jituto. I remembered Lu Xinmeng, Lu Xinjian’s pale-faced daughter in the hospital, and Starlight Elementary, where I pretended to be a student and met Zhou Xiaofei and Li Denghua. I recalled my editors—Ai Luodi, Lan Jiajia, Catnip, October, and the chief editor, Big G…
During those early days at the cafe, I went from being confused and awkward about the female body, slowly adapting to wearing women’s clothing, gradually getting used to being treated as a girl, and then trying to face this new world with a smile.
In this cruel world, I had to keep running forward, unwavering, to avoid the arrows constantly aimed at my back.
I remembered the online criticism during the first two months of the cafe’s opening, Ouyang Xue working herself to the bone, Jiang Wei and Ye Zi’s love, and the Elven Tree growing taller every day in the Moon Orchid Mountains.
Under that moonlight, I made a wish to the ocean ahead—to be a good child.
At that moment, I felt as though wings had sprouted from my back and a small tail had grown.
The world suddenly felt different.
Yin Nuo’er, you need to be a bad child.
Because only a bad child can hold a good child in their arms.
Only the Goddess of Life can tightly grasp the Goddess of Death, keeping her from going out and taking lives.
I flapped my small, fleshy demon wings and flew toward Xiao Mo, who stood like the Grim Reaper in front of the central tree.
The tree in the ‘City in the Forest’ was just like the Elven Tree from my dreams.
But here, there was no life, no greenery, no blue skies, and no white clouds.
The animals living here couldn’t just lie on the grass and fall asleep easily.
Those who cannot let go of anything cannot change anything.
I pulled Yin Xiamo down from the air.
Yin Nuo’er, you need to be a bad child.
That’s what I told myself.
I pressed the girl in my arms beneath me.
In the darkness, I seemed to see her fleeting smile.
“Nuo’er caught me…”
I took the initiative to kiss Xiao Mo on the lips and began to undress her.
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A few months later, under Xiao Mo’s and my supervision, the renovation of the cafe was completed.
Originally, the cafe was just a large building, but now it has been transformed into two mushroom houses, one large and one small.
The large mushroom house inherited the original “Cat Café” and was divided into two floors. The former first-floor cat living area was moved to the second floor, turning the first floor into a pure fast-food restaurant.
It now serves Western fast food like fried chicken, burgers, and egg tarts, as well as authentic staples like sweet and sour ribs, garlic greens, and braised pork. The free section has been expanded with many new snacks, including free egg custard, mung bean porridge, jelly noodles, hot and sour soup, and more.
As soon as these “free policies” were announced, the internet went wild, accusing the cafe of no longer being profitable and labeling it as the “best place for lazy people.”
In response, we directly set up a “free zone” next to the mushroom house, adding a “moss house” with free shower rooms and clean clothes. If dirty customers entered the shop, the staff would guide them to the “free restroom” to shower and change before dining.
The first floor is now a restaurant, while the second floor has become the “living area” for over sixty cats. The cafe’s second floor now charges an entrance fee of sixty yuan, which allows visitors to play all day. Of this fee, thirty yuan goes into the “Cat Fund,” which is used exclusively for buying toys and treats for the cats and hiring external cleaners, meaning the cats are effectively working to support themselves.
The remaining thirty yuan is used for “public welfare activities.” Similar to the previous “Starlight Elementary Fruit Day” events, the cafe now hosts a live broadcast event every month.
Sometimes this involves distributing fruits and food to local kindergartens, elementary schools, and middle schools. Other times, it organizes free medical check-ups for nearby elderly residents or provides warmth to impoverished families in the Nanqi District of Shenzhen City.
Given the current traffic at the cafe, where over a hundred people visit the second floor to play with the cats each day, the funds allocated for “public welfare activities” amount to nearly ten thousand yuan a month. With Xiao Mo’s additional subsidy, this is more than enough for these activities.
Next to the large mushroom house, we turned the small mushroom house into a “Dessert House,” filled with desserts, cakes, coffee, and milk tea. This setup helps differentiate between the two customer areas and prevents the cats that love cream from being tempted daily.
Behind the small mushroom house is the newly completed “Fruit Workshop,” which features a large garden growing a variety of fruits, including grapes, strawberries, apples, peaches, and coconuts. With my “Life Aura” boosting their growth, these fruits are thriving and have become a beautiful sight, attracting many influencers for photos.
The vacant lot in front of the cafe has been converted into a “Sports Zone,” with a badminton court, ping-pong tables, and various fitness equipment, all free of charge.
The underground “Little Bird Leisure Bar” has also undergone some renovations. The equipment has been upgraded, and with the genius designer Gabriel involved, the computers now feature “Diwutith CPUs” and “Tianqi Meow 9000” graphics cards, surpassing Earth technology by hundreds of years. No matter the game, the computers at the cafe run smoothly without any lag, and the machines’ load never exceeds 10%.
Adding to the “otherworldly selfies” I posted online, many people started speculating whether the cafe was no longer “acting” and some curious individuals began trying various methods to inquire if “another world” really existed and if “the people in the cafe were truly not human.”
As a result, the online insults and doubts about the cafe significantly decreased.
Whenever this happened, I would simply reply—
?Yes.?
?That’s right, so… are you scared? Or are you angry??
However, our closest “official,” Mayor Ye Yuqing of Shenzhen City, didn’t say anything. The biologists also stopped caring about why so many “undiscovered plants” suddenly appeared.
The cafe’s operations officially entered the right track.
“Starting in October, it’s the Succubus Nuo’er.”
On a breezy autumn morning, after seeing the news about “Today, the construction in the Mianyun District has fully started,” I sent this message in the cafe’s fan group and then, as usual, left with Xiao Mo.
“It’s a day off today. Shall we go check out the medicinal plant garden?”
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