Universe Infinite Canteen

After the last customer left the shop, Ma Lu just happened to have respawned back in Red Ridge Town. While waiting for the rebirth countdown, he glanced at his phone and discovered three unread messages.

All three private messages were sent by the same person, spaced thirty minutes apart, and the sender was also interested in the Little Sakura Egg Pudding.

However, he said it was inconvenient for him to dine at the shop, so he inquired whether Ma Lu could provide delivery service, as he was also in City B.

Ma Lu looked at the sender's WeChat nickname.

The name was—Flush your Pee, and the profile picture was of a sunny-smiling young lad and a Black Bear posing together.

Ma Lu had no memory of this name or profile picture, unsure who had added him to the group, as he rarely spoke in the group chats.

Ma Lu scratched his chin and replied.

—"Sure, but there will be a delivery fee."

Flush your Pee did not respond.

Ma Lu didn't give it much thought, put away his phone, and prepared for the evening session at the shop with no less than five tables. The customers would start arriving in half an hour, and Ma Youyou, along with He Xiaoqian, had already started cleaning.

Meanwhile, Ma Lu continued to play video games until, during the third seating of the night, he received another message from Flush your Pee.

—"Sorry, boss, my phone was confiscated just earlier. How much is the delivery fee?"

—"200 Star Currency."

At that moment, Ma Lu was busy fighting in a group game and wasn't keen on going out, so he just threw out a number.

To his surprise, Flush your Pee's reply came quickly this time.

—"Okay, I'll take one."

Ma Lu peeked at the message and got momentarily distracted, leading to his character being cleaved in two by an Evil Weaver.

The screen went black, showing the respawn countdown. Ma Lu decided to just go offline and, embracing his part-time role as a delivery person, to deliver the order to Flush your Pee.

After all, just the trip cost 200 Star Currency, indicating that the customer was quite generous.

As for the shop, with Ma Youyou and the Gold Medal Producer present, there wasn't much difference whether he was there or not, since he would just be playing games if he stayed. He'd rather take a walk and do the delivery.

So, he asked Flush your Pee to send over the address, and also inquired if there was anything else he wanted besides the Little Sakura Egg Pudding, since he was making the trip anyway.

Flush your Pee replied.

—"No need, just the Little Sakura Egg Pudding is fine. I've already had dinner."

So, 200 Star Currency just for a dessert?

Ma Lu was astonished at Flush your Pee's lavish spending. Then he received the address from Flush your Pee, and it turned out to be a very familiar place.

The city zoo.

That explained the source of Flush your Pee's profile picture.

Afterwards, Ma Lu had Old Wang prepare a Little Sakura Egg Pudding for takeout and drove to the city zoo.

It was past the zoo's visiting hours, and the once bustling place now felt deserted, with vendors who had stalls by the entrance already packed up and gone home.

After parking his car, he messaged Flush your Pee and soon saw a young man in a blue uniform come out from inside.

"Boss Ma?"

"You're Flush your Pee?" Ma Lu handed over the takeout box, "Here's your delivery."

"I'm not Flush your Pee," the man said. "He asked me to meet you."

"Huh?" Ma Lu carefully looked over the staff member and realized this was indeed not the person from the WeChat profile picture—more muscular and with a different face shape.

Ma Lu followed the zoo staffer inside.

He had been to the city zoo several times, but always during the day. Nighttime was a first for him, and there was quite a difference from the day.

First, the noisy tourists were gone, and so were the animals, which, according to the young man who came to meet him, had been moved back to their sleeping quarters, and the staff took this time to clean the exhibition areas.

The two passed the Monkey House, Kangaroo House, Nocturnal Animal Hall, Lion and Tiger Mountain, and finally arrived at Bear Mountain.

The staff member stopped in front of an iron gate with a sign announcing no entry for visitors.

Ma Lu hesitated, then couldn't help saying, "Is this where the bear's quarters are? I didn't see any bears in the exhibition area just now, so does that mean they are in their quarters now?"

Before the staff could answer, the iron gate was pushed open from the inside.

A furry head peeked out, surreptitiously looking to the left and right.

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The Black Bear shrank back at his scolding then mumbled, "I know, I just wanted to see if my delivery had arrived."

"Uhh... are you Flush your Pee?" Ma Lu said.

"Correct, I'm Flush your Pee," the Black Bear nodded. "You're Boss Ma of Universe Infinite Canteen?"

"Let's go inside. It's not good to stand here talking; if you have anything to say, say it inside," the staff urged.

Hearing that, the Black Bear stepped to the side allowing Ma Lu, who was carrying the takeout box, to enter. The zoo staff member leading the way did not follow them in.

After giving a few additional instructions to the Black Bear, he left to attend to other matters.

Just as the Black Bear closed the door and turned around, he saw Ma Lu heading towards another bear that was dozing off, reaching out to greet it.

"Hello, I'm Boss Ma Lu from Universe Infinite Canteen. May I know your name?"

The Black Bear was startled and quickly pulled Ma Lu back. "Hey hey hey, big brother, that's a real bear!"

"Ah?" Ma Lu also got a shock.

Luckily, the female bear was deep asleep and was not disturbed by Ma Lu's self-introduction.

The Black Bear then led Ma Lu to the other side of the room, where he moved a large stone, and the next moment, the two were in a small room equipped with a fridge, TV, sofa, and gaming console.

"A Phase Shifter? I have the same model," Ma Lu commented while taking in the surroundings.

"I actually don't know what this thing is called," said the Black Bear. "The City Manager gave it to me and I just used it. But to be fair, it's really handy."

It walked to the fridge. "What would you like to drink? I have Coke, beer, and Red Bull. If you don't want those, I can also make you a honey pomelo tea; my honey pomelo tea is super awesome."

"No need, thank you; Coke is fine," said Ma Lu.

The Black Bear opened the fridge and took out a bottle of Coke but didn't grip it firmly the first time, causing it to drop to the floor.

It was about to grab another bottle when Ma Lu had already picked up the one that fell, blew on it, and then pulled the tab to take a sip.

The Black Bear looked on enviously, "My paws aren't as useful. They can grip, but they're not as good as human hands, especially when it comes to fine work."