Leaving the special Dragon Meat Snack Shop, Qi Xiao and his group began searching for a larger restaurant.
Along the way, several large restaurants were completely packed.
Even the waiting areas outside had long queues.
Seeing this, Xi Jian said helplessly:
"Good thing we had a little something to tide us over. Otherwise, we would have really starved to death."
"Chief! There's a Kejia Cuisine place over there, and it's not busy."
"Kejia Cuisine?"
Qi Xiao's mind conjured up some traditional Kejia signature dishes.
Salt-baked chicken, Kejia stuffed tofu, Kejia Poon Choi, pork tripe chicken, stuffed bitter gourd, preserved vegetables with braised pork, Three Cup Chicken, and so on.
"Let's go, let's take a look."
Following Old Liu, the group walked into an alley on the right side of the main road.
The restaurant was indeed very large and luxuriously decorated.
But perhaps because it wasn't on the main road, the place was deserted, with no customers in sight.
As soon as they entered the restaurant, a middle-aged man dressed as a waiter enthusiastically greeted them.
He wore a well-fitting suit, had a perfectly parted hairstyle, and a gleaming face.
"Welcome, four distinguished guests!"
The waiter looked at Qi Xiao with an absolutely professional smile:
"Hello, distinguished guest, do you need the kitchen to process this dog and dragon for you?"
"Our restaurant does not charge a processing fee, you can rest assured about that."
Black Wind Monster raised its head, tilting its neck, indicating it didn't understand.
Little Fire Dragon, who understood human speech, was so scared that it hid behind Li Huizi, hugging Li Huizi's white-stockinged calves, trembling.
Li Huizi had no choice but to squat down to comfort it.
Qi Xiao looked at the waiter and replied:
"Thank you, no need."
At this moment, Old Liu said indignantly:
"They are family, not food!"
Only then did the waiter react, apologizing profusely.
"My apologies, Conan-kun."
"I'm not Conan, I'm Old Liu!"
"My apologies, Old Liu-kun!"
Qi Xiao waved his hand, indicating it was fine.
The waiter let out a sigh of relief and announced loudly:
"Six distinguished guests! Star's Radiance private room!"
"This way, please!"
Following the waiter, they went up to the second floor and entered the Star's Radiance private room.
The private room was filled with dazzling, colorful lights, making them wonder if they had entered a KTV room.
"Boss, can you turn off these lights? They're glaring."
"No problem, no problem! We will do our best to meet the distinguished guests' needs!"
The dizzying lights were turned off, and the waiter handed Qi Xiao a menu.
Qi Xiao did not open it, instead handing it to Xi Jian and the others.
"You all order, I'm not picky."
"Then I'm going to order a huge table of dishes, and take the leftovers home for supper!"
Xi Jian, along with Li Huizi and Old Liu, began to flip through the menu.
After only a few pages, their expressions started to change.
Their brows were tightly furrowed, and their expressions were solemn.
Xi Jian even covered her mouth and dry-heaved.
"No, what in the world is all this."
"What's wrong?"
She threw the menu to Qi Xiao:
"See for yourself, ugh!"
Qi Xiao calmly took the menu and began to read it.
Things like Starry Sky Fish Pie, Cthulhu's Eggs, Stir-fried Mycelial Crawlers, Brain in a Jar...
The bizarre dish names, combined with the nauseating pictures, made Qi Xiao feel a slight urge to vomit for a moment.
He closed the menu and looked at the expectant waiter beside him:
"Don't you have any slightly more Chinese-style Kejia dishes?"
"You want Chinese style? Yes, yes! Our restaurant also has Chinese Kejia cuisine!"
"Lamb Eyeball Dumplings, each dumpling is filled with a plump lamb eyeball!"
"Octopus Roast Chicken, a whole Devil Octopus is stuffed into the chicken's rear. With a secret sauce, slow-roasted for eight hours, the juices overflow!"
"Nine-Turn Worms are also a major specialty of our restaurant! The taste is richer than large intestine, and the texture is chewier than large intestine!"
"And Cthulhu Seafood Porridge, made with—"
Xi Jian, with a dying expression, interrupted the waiter.
"Don't say anymore, that porridge looks like the blue toilet cleaner bottle I have at home! Ugh!"
Just then, another waiter walked in, carrying a black tray.
"Excuse me, serving a dish."
"What dish are you serving? We didn't order anything."
Qi Xiao threw down the menu, displeased:
"Are you a black-hearted shop? Still playing this forced buying and selling game."
"No, no, distinguished guest, you've misunderstood!"
The waiter quickly waved his hands, then, while serving the dishes, explained.
"This is our restaurant's signature dish, Nurgle's Pus Soup!"
"It's a complimentary tasting for everyone!"
Six bowls of yellowish-brown, viscous, strangely scented, bubbling pus soup were placed in front of Qi Xiao and his group.
Qi Xiao even stirred it with a spoon and scooped out a shelled snail.
The snail was still alive and crawled up the spoon.
The group could no longer bear it and fled the restaurant as if their lives depended on it.
After leaving the restaurant, Qi Xiao looked back carefully at the sign; it turned out they really were 'Kejia Cuisine.'
Xi Jian was leaning against the wall, dry-heaving, while Li Huizi gently patted her back.
"Now I understand that saying. A crowded restaurant isn't necessarily good, but an empty restaurant is definitely not good!"
Meanwhile, in the private room next to Star's Radiance on the second floor.
A pair of green eyes looked through the window, observing Qi Xiao and the others fleeing the restaurant.
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