Universe Infinite Canteen

Chapter 115 The Witch of the Photography Club

Ma Lu casually picked up the remote from the table and turned on the TV, only to find that the screen was frozen on an animation that was a bit... indescribable.

Looking at the half-depleted stack of tissue paper on the table and the similarly indescribable pose of the figurines beside it, Ma Lu understood why Little Brother Yang had taken a minute to close the door earlier.

He was apparently cleaning up the battlefield, so Ma Lu discretely turned off the TV again.

Which means this beaver-like thing truly had been solidly carrying the whole time.

From the moment he knocked on the door to the present, Little Brother Yang hadn\'t shown any doubt or confusion about the fact that he had brought a washing machine over for a visit.

It was as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

What kind of magical power was this that could twist reality?!

Little Brother Yang even took a first-generation Kindle out of the bedroom and tossed it to Number 6.

"Eat this," he said.

Number 6 looked at Ma Lu, and upon receiving his nod, immediately sucked the Kindle into its drainage pipe.

Afterward, Little Brother Yang got a bottle of Coke from the fridge for Ma Lu.

"How come you decided to come down here?"

"Oh, it\'s nothing much. I just recently got a bit more money on hand and thought I\'d pay off the tricycle loan early."

Ma Lu spoke as he unlocked his phone.

But Little Brother Yang didn\'t move, "Just transfer it to my membership card. Next time I\'ll keep an eye out for you guys and you can deduct it directly from the card."

As a pioneering predecessor in the world of stall-holders, although Little Brother Yang had always verbally refused to acknowledge the success of The Universe\'s Number One Snack Stall, his actions had always been consistently honest.

However, Ma Lu said, "Oh, but our snack stall might not be around much longer."

"Hmm, what do you mean?"

If Little Brother Yang had heard this news before, he probably would have shown an \'I knew it\' face and would have undoubtedly thrown a few sharp comments, but now his first reaction was actually a bit of panic.

The main reason was that Old Wang\'s cooking was truly delicious, and Little Brother Yang was worried about not being able to eat it in the future.

Fortunately, Ma Lu quickly added, "We\'re planning to open a store. Uh, if there\'s still a balance, I\'ll transfer it there for you."

"That works."

While talking, Ma Lu also had Number 6 perform turning in circles and shaking its drainage pipe to test Little Brother Yang\'s reaction.

Little Brother Yang\'s expression remained unchanged as well.

However, due to the commotion, it attracted the attention of the residents downstairs, and Number 6 went to open the door.

The middle-aged man who came up was not too pleased. His gaze passed over the washing machine in front of him and landed on Ma Lu and Little Brother Yang seated on the sofa, saying angrily,

"My son is doing his homework. Can you control your washing machine and stop letting it run around?"

"Sorry about that, I won\'t let it disturb you again," Ma Lu apologized and asked Number 6 to stop, upon which the man huffed and went back downstairs. Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

At this point, the test had pretty much concluded, and Ma Lu said goodbye to Little Brother Yang, returning home with Number 6.

The effect of this beaver-like device exceeded Ma Lu\'s expectations; with this high-dimensional artifact in hand, he felt there was nothing stopping him from opening the store.

His gaze fell on the last, and most expensive, high-dimensional artifact—

—the Tabletop Farm.

He had already heard about the use of this high-dimensional artifact from Yan Wu, which could be used for the automated farming of ingredients. It didn\'t occupy space, and it could also accelerate the farming speed.

As the latest product of Creation Technology, there were only 99 units in the entire Multiverse.

But the one in Ma Lu\'s hands was in a damaged state and could only use the volcanic ecosystem, with a breeding limit of 1000 pounds.

However, this wasn\'t a problem for Ma Lu. He opened the lid of number 6, and this time he chose not the right roller, but the left one responsible for repairs.

After putting the tabletop farm into it, number 6 quickly reported the old value needed for repairs—4000 points.

This number wasn\'t low. The previous upgrades Ma Lu did on the Collection Bag and other equipment had also consumed several hundred points each.

The starting repair cost for the tabletop farm was in the thousands, and it was 4 thousand, to be precise. Fortunately, old values, if converted to RMB, weren\'t as expensive as new values.

But this time, Ma Lu planned not only to repair the tabletop farm but also to upgrade the Collection Bag to level 6, so he could bring back fresh ingredients.

Just the latter, if bought brand new, would cost nearly 160,000.

Add to that the 40,000 paid for rent previously, over 30,000 for construction costs, as well as the money to be spent on various kitchen equipment and staff salaries... This was why Ma Lu was determined to cut the renovation budget again and again.

Initial funds had to be used where they were most needed: to get the restaurant up and running, upgrade equipment as much as possible, and only later, when there was spare cash, to slowly renovate.

But I digress. Since he also needed to repair the tabletop farm, Ma Lu didn\'t plan on buying a new one this time.

He contacted several second-hand dealers with ample supplies in the seafood market, arranged times with them, and prepared to inspect goods and negotiate prices.

He also added a few landlords and real estate agents on WeChat to discuss short-term rentals for Zhen Ye, and he was busy until 11 pm before he went to bed.

Then the next day, he continued to set up his stall with Old Wang at the West Gate of Aerospace University.

In the afternoon, Hou Yihan came by again, but she didn\'t visit The Universe\'s Number One Snack Stall this time.

No choice, that\'s how a poor college girl is, tight-fisted. Even binge eating at a roadside stall can lead to bankruptcy.

So Hou Yihan didn\'t come to eat this time, but specifically to continue listening to the story that hadn\'t been finished last time.

She always felt there was something profound between the boss and that beautiful sister from before, and this time she even brought a bag of sunflower seeds as an offering for the storyteller.

And Shen Yue, having nothing better to do, took the seeds, and while lecherously enjoying He Xiaoqian\'s dance, continued to spill the gossip to Hou Yihan.

"Picking up where we left off, tsk tsk, to understand this complicated relationship, we must first get to know the two main characters in the story, especially Sister Yu. Do you know what Sister Yu\'s nickname was in school?"

"What was it?"

"The Witch of the Photography Society," Shen Yue uttered six words, "because she was beautiful and had an outstanding temperament. When she first enrolled, many boys pursued her, but later... well, their outcomes weren\'t so good."

"Were they rejected?"

"Not just that, many of them were also played by Yu Yitong. That guy had a vile personality that didn\'t match his appearance, was cold to both sexes, and was difficult to get along with. He didn\'t seem to have made any friends in his four years in college."

"Eh? Really?"

Hou Yihan\'s eyes widened, "But when I saw her last time, she didn\'t seem like that at all."

"Hmm, maybe something changed her after she went abroad. I\'m not very familiar with her myself, Sister Yu was one batch ahead of my brother, and three batches ahead of me, so I also heard a lot about this from others," Shen Yue said while cracking open the seeds.

"Anyway, after her second year, Sister Yu\'s past misdeeds had reached the point where no one dared to pursue her."

"And then our boss courageously stepped up?"

"Yes, my brother did step up, but it was to pry the sponsorship from the Photography Society for external relations. He did it unknowingly, which really infuriated Sister Yu, and that\'s how they became enemies."

"Ah, so that\'s what happened?"

"That\'s just the beginning. Later on, they also clashed at the club recruitment day. The joint event between the Photography Society and the Classical Literature Society was said to be ruined because of the tension between them."

"That\'s why, later on, when the two of them got together, everyone was quite shocked."