?Chapter 86: Chapter 85: Big Brother Really Likes to Touch Aina’s Tail~_1 Chapter 86: Chapter 85: Big Brother Really Likes to Touch Aina’s Tail~_1 Ai Xue tentatively asked, “Senior, it seems that we’re getting more customers now. Why don’t you come over and help, learn how to make coffee?”


    Luo Xi: “…”


    You’re the boss, aren’t you? Since when does a boss ask their employee so humbly if they want to work?


    “Alright.”


    Luo Xi stood up from the sofa, still holding his phone in hand.


    Now that the situation in the dream world had stabilized, he didn’t have to worry about his character dying at any moment, so he could afford to be hands-on with work, occasionally glancing at his phone and tapping the screen.


    For instance, his character had just returned to his room where Chu Tian had dragged Jill Dan away.


    In scenarios like this, a few random taps on the screen were adequate.


    “Mu Mu, can you teach senior how to grind coffee beans? I’m going to attend to the customers over there.”


    Ai Xue sent Luo Xi to the counter and went to serve the newly arrived customers.


    Most of the customers coming to the Cat Café at this time were university students, a significant portion of whom were there for Luo Xi. So when Luo Xi stood behind the counter, quite a few girls came over to ask him for coffee.


    Luo Xi said he couldn’t do it.


    So one of the girls said, “Then could you add us on WeChat for now? Once you’ve learned, we can ask you for a coffee made by you.”


    There you go, showing your true colors?


    Luo Xi could only resignedly add each of these customers to WeChat one by one and then put them all together in a group chat.


    After finally coaxing the customers back to playing with cats, Luo Xi started learning how to use the coffee grinder with the girl named Chen Momo.


    Chen Momo demonstrated while hand-brewing a cup of coffee with the freshly ground beans.


    “These are all imported coffee beans, authentic in taste. Hand grinding is best for style. Of course, people who come to Cat Café aren’t here primarily for the coffee. They’re mostly here to play with cats. Therefore, they won’t mind too much about the coffee ground by machines like ours.”


    “Would you like to try some, senior?”


    Chen Momo offered a steaming hot cup of coffee.


    Luo Xi took the cup and had a sip.


    He wasn’t keen on coffee, but the flavor was indeed rich and much tastier than instant coffee.


    Chen Momo nodded slightly.


    This senior really did get more handsome the more she looked, and he also possessed a strange trait that attracted cats.


    No wonder Xiao Xue hadn’t accepted any proposals for the past few years. If she had such a handsome guy by her side, she wouldn’t be interested in the average guy.


    ,,,


    Meanwhile, in the dream world.


    Lena calmed her excitement and asked quietly, “The man that came with you doesn’t have a problem, does he?”


    “No problem.”


    Wei’er spoke calmly, without a hint of doubt or denial, “Luo Xi has been through several life-and-death situations with us, so I’m willing to trust him.”


    Actually, rather than suspecting Luo Xi, Lena, the innkeeper who suddenly appeared and claimed to be their mother’s apprentice, was more suspicious.


    Aina quietly defended Luo Xi, saying, “Brother Luo Xi’s preferences might be a bit strange; he loves to touch my tail and ears and has always wanted to touch sister’s but never got the chance.”


    Wei’er shot a look at her naive sister and said, “Only a fool like you, with no sense of caution, would be so lenient towards him!”


    Lena looked bewildered, “He touches your tail and ears? How does he do it?”


    The little Lolita blushed and explained, “He just puts his hand on Aina’s tail, caressing it as if holding a doll. Brother’s hands are actually very comforting, not like sister who always uses Aina’s tail as a pillow, making it ache in the morning.”


    Wei’er: “…”


    Lena: “…”


    Something feels very wrong!


    Aina suddenly lifted her little face and said seriously, “But Brother Luo Xi is really a good person, he has had the best-smelling scent I have encountered in these years.”


    Seeing how both girls defended that man, Lena decided not to say more.


    She mainly felt that the two children were still too young and could easily fall prey to people with insidious intentions. It was difficult to imagine how they had struggled to get by these past few years without their mother’s protection.


    Still, she intended to find an opportunity to give that man a warning.


    If he dared to lay a hand on such young children, she would make sure he understood what sort of fate awaited him.


    Wei’er didn’t know what Lena was thinking. She hesitated for a moment, then raised her head, her pale red eyes earnestly focusing on the woman before her.


    “Sister Lena, you said you and our mother were in a mentor-apprentice relationship, right? Then do you know what exactly happened to our mother three years ago, and why she suddenly vanished overnight?”


    “This matter…”


    The woman wore a wistful smile, “I’m actually not very clear about it myself. All I know is that on the night your mother disappeared, it was the Divine Tree Festival of Winter City. Coincidentally, the old City Owner of the City Lord’s Mansion and a personal guard legion under his command also vanished that same night.”


    “After that night, the direction of the wind completely changed within Winter City. The ten-year-old son left by the old City Owner inherited the position of the new City Owner. Since he was too young, his steward assumed the City Owner’s duties on his behalf. The Chief Magistrate of the judiciary changed to some unreasonable old man, and the Winter Legion’s Commander, Signo, has since completely disengaged from worldly affairs and hasn’t been seen for a long time.”


    Wei’er’s red eyes narrowed as she said, “I knew it, my mother couldn’t possibly have died in the Snow Field due to an Origin Beast!”


    “Died in the Snow Field due to an Origin Beast?”


    Lena massaged her temples and said, “Who told you that? How is that possible? You should know your mother is a Tier Four Skill Master. Even in the main city of the Shining Country, she would have been treated with great respect. Even if she encountered a Tier Four Origin Beast in the wilderness, your mother would have been able to flee if not win.”


    Wei’er fell silent.


    So, Rat King Nos had been deceiving them from the start.


    Until this moment, Wei’er still harbored a sliver of hope for the Rat King.


    That mild-mannered middle-aged man who had been bringing them food and clothes for three years, who had acted like a relative or elder to them—nobody knew he had been lying the whole time.


    Aina, sensing her sister’s dejection, moved closer to her sister and placed her little hand in Wei’er’s.


    “Sister, it’s okay. Aina has always been by your side.”


    Lena also realized that the two children might have received false information from somewhere.


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    “The king of the Grey Stone Street Snake and Rat party, Rat King, Nos.”


    “Rat King?”


    Lena frowned, “I’ve heard this name. How did he tell you about your mother’s disappearance?”


    Wei’er told Lena everything that the Rat King had told her about their mother’s disappearance.


    “Liar! That Rat King is nothing but a blatant liar!”


    Lena said furiously, “Doesn’t it strike you as odd? Why would a Skill Master work with a shady Variant organization like the Snake and Rat party? Teacher Liya could earn much more money by just showing off her skills casually in Winter City, compared to what she would get from such a place. What kind of mission would be so important that Great Master Liya would risk her life?”


    Wei’er’s snow-like eyebrows knitted together.


    From Shopkeeper Lena’s words, she inferred that her mother might have been very active in Winter City, but she had never told her daughter about it.


    A thought crossed Cat Cat’s mind.


    “Maybe, from the very beginning, my mother wasn’t cooperating with the Snake and Rat party for the money from the mission. Perhaps she had some kind of agreement or deal with the Rat King?”