128 - Safety First

Translated by rabbitrisu

Even Su Zimo didn’t expect that after a car accident and being murdered by thieves, the third cause of death for the Lin siblings would turn out to be choking to death after eating too quickly.

If the Lin siblings choked to death after drinking water, or something else bizarre, then would their mission really be endless like that young man said? Would they be trapped there forever?

Even the Treasure Hunting Doll who had returned to Su Zimo’s feet again appeared somewhat helpless.

“I think what we should no now is repeat the previous safe route and then transfer them to a safer activity.” In the nightmare world that Dr. Jin and Su Zimo worked together in before, she showed strong logical ability. “But… I think this method with eating is still feasible. The reason for such a horrible end may be because the Lin siblings rarely or never go to high end restaurants, and they were too excite and gorged themselves?”

“Maybe we can try eating in a more ordinary place.” Dr. Jin thought again. “After all, it’s lunch time, and the two siblings seem very hungry. Dining should be the most appropriate, simple, and convenient plan to delay them and deepen communication.”

“What if Lin-didi chokes to death again?” The nightmare world this time didn’t have anything to do with combat efficiency, so when the young people looked at the thighs from Dawn Organization, their eyes weren’t as respectful or grateful as they were at the beginning.

“Then we’ll do it again.” Before Dr. Jin could speak, Bai Man directly blocked the young people’s words.

“I remember when we left the old street before, there was a food stall at the end. Someone in the store called the Lin siblings by their names. They may frequent that stall.” Cheng Yun recalled. “We’ll go there! If it’s a shop that the siblings often go to, they may not be so anxious to eat. If it doesn’t work, we’ll just go to a restaurant by the hospital next time.”

“Maybe we can use force.” Bai Man had an idea. “You can directly lock them in a completely safe place, like a KTV room ¹ with spongy soundproof walls or a mental hospital. Or just tie them up and make it so that they have no choice but to escape death, ba?”

“That should be the next best option.” If Cheng Yun was still the snake, he may have agreed with Bai Man’s suggestion. But the good uncle Cheng Yun, he couldn’t used that kind of force when he still had a moral plan.

So, when the white fog around the trainers dispersed once more, Su Zimo and Cheng Yun set off again.

“There’s a nice restaurant near our house. It’s a bit expensive, but it’s pretty good.” After hearing Cheng Yun skillfully invite them for a meal, Lin Ren-didi said the exact same lines.

Only this time, Cheng Yun didn’t nod his head. Instead, he said, “Didi and I just arrived here. After arranging for our accommodations, we don’t have much money. We probably can’t invite two people to eat at a restaurant that’s too expensive.”

The expression on Lin Hao-jiejie’s face immediately turned ugly, as if she was about to go wild again.

“But I heard that the food stalls by the street are also quite good, and are very cost effective. Perhaps you two would be willing to accompany us?” Cheng Yun asked cautiously.

“That shabby place, this old lady…”

“Gu–“

The increasingly loud grumbles from her stomach blocked Lin Hao’s next words. After swallowing a bit awkwardly, she spoke stiffly: “Forget it. This old lady does good things everyday. We don’t care about such trivial matters; the food stalls are good food stalls.”

After getting the Lin siblings’ consent, Cheng Yun gave Bai Man and the others an OK gesture, then walked directly to the nearby food stall. Dr. Jin and Bai Man neatly apprehended the thief like last time.

Because of such a large incident on the old street, many waiters and chefs from the food stall fled the streets, leaving only the owner with a bored face and beer gut sitting behind the counter.

After the owner saw Lin Hao and Lin Ren enter the stall, though his face didn’t turn green like the waiters in the western restaurant, his voice was still full of disdain. He even ‘mumbled’ a sentence in a voice loud enough for Su Zimo to hear: “Those cheaters are here again.” ²

The Lin siblings paled for a moment.

“A-Hao, A-Ren!” At that moment, a white-haired old woman sitting in the corner with trembling chopsticks waved to the Lin siblings. Her wrinkled face was smiling. “Come and eat with this old lady?”

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Su Zimo felt that the siblings were getting weirder and weirder. The people around them seemed displeased by their appearance, but the old lady selling vegetables outside and this… the old people on the street have very good attitudes toward the siblings.

Could it be that only the elderly could see that Lin Hao and Lin Ren were cold outside but warm inside?

“Madam Chen, you pick up bottles every day just for a little bit of money. It’s good enough if you have enough to eat. Don’t be fooled by some people who have hands and feet but only know how to eat and drink.” ³ When the owner with the beer gut said that, he stared directly at Lin Hao and Lin Ren. It was obvious who he was targeting.

“Owner, my didi and I just moved here. Today I wanted to invite our two friends to a meal.” As Cheng Yun spoke, Bai Man, Dr. Jin, and the others pretended to be friends out for a lunch date and rubbed shoulders with Cheng Yun while passing by, and stuffed some money into his pocket before walking to a round table in the corner and sitting down.

Hearing Cheng Yun’s words, he recognized they were another table of guests. Although the beer gut owner still looked weary, he grumbled and made his way out from behind the counter and walked to the side of the stall to welcome them: “To the guests, please enjoy yourselves and pay me all my wages!”

In an instant, the chef and waiters were in place as quickly as possible.

“Madam Chen, next time I will accompany you for a meal with A-Ren.” Lin Hao waved her hand to the old lady in the corner. “This dage next to us invited us to a meal. The street is chaotic today, so don’t go pick up bottles. Go back and rest early.”

“Okay, okay. Next time, remember to come up to my home to play. My home is just upstairs from Old Hong’s home.” Madam Po seemed to hope that Lin Ren and Lin Hao would visit her.

But something she said in her instructions pierced the Lin siblings’ weakness. Su Zimo saw clearly that after Madam Chen finished speaking, Lin Hao and Lin Ren’s expressions changed, instantly becoming sullen.

“What would you like to eat today?” The young waiter looked at the Lin siblings in contempt.

The Lin siblings’ expressions returned to normal only after they heard the waiter.

“As long as it’s not vegetarian food, anything will do…” Lin Ren-didi muttered very softly. It was so light that the waiter next to him didn’t hear him at all.

But Su Zimo and Cheng Yun were different. Both of them had been physically enhanced many times, so Cheng Yun immediately took in the information.

While reading the menu in his hand, Cheng Yun ignored all kinds of seafood and freshwater fish. Whether it was fish or crab, they all gave Cheng Yun a sense of insecurity.

After thinking about it, Cheng Yun apologized to the Lin siblings, “Didi isn’t in good health and can’t eat much fish or meat. We can order meat and vegetables together. I think the large intestines with green pepper, bitter gourd fried pork, white cabbage pork belly, double tomato beef steak, and potato stew are all good. Should we order more?”

Lin Hao and Lin Ren’s expressions were complicated. It was no problem for an older brother to consider his younger brother’s health. Although they didn’t like tomatoes, potatoes, bitter gourd, etc… They were ordering plenty of dishes. The price wasn’t low, and their sincerity could be considered adequate.

What’s the big deal? They could just pick out the meat and eat it. That is, they could eat it slowly.

“Hai hai. It’s your treat, so you can decide.”

Seeing the Lin siblings’ expressions, Cheng Yun also nodded in satisfaction. He really wanted to invite the two to lunch, but he hoped that that dishes they ordered would cause them to eat as slowly as possible and prevent them from choking after gorging themselves.

Footnotes

<ol>KTV (in raws) is a karaoke room. Here he refers to Lin Hao and Lin Ren as ‘Pian Chi Pian He’ which means cheating to eat and drink. He’s implying that they’ve gotten food there before and not paid or possibly taken advantage of others to eat there. They are capable of working, but only want the benefits and not the labor.</ol>