Food saved the world.
[Is it because you found a second spring?
You despise me for being a burden, so you gave me a sum of money so that I wouldn't disturb your new life?]
Her mother, who thought that Issou would say something, was speechless.
[Have you been watching some messy TV dramas lately?]
[Where?] Issou could hear the disdain in her mother's voice through the phone.
She said self-righteously, [I've been so busy recently that I'm almost dog-tired, okay?]
[Oh.] Her mother said with certainty,
[Then you watched it in the past.]
Issou: "..."
[Don't change the topic.] Issou cleared her throat. [Just tell me if you despise me for being a burden.]
[Stop fooling around.] Her mother chuckled,
[Can you find a second burden in the world who is cuter than my good girl?]
Hearing this,
Issou replied happily, [That's true.]
Hearing Issou's reply,
Her mother, who knew that she would only listen to the word "cute" and ignore the word "burden", was speechless.
My big baby might be a fool, right?
For a moment, her mother didn't know if it was a good thing for her to let Issou go to New York alone, because her silly look really made her feel uneasy.
Issou, who didn't know that in her mother's heart, she had already equated herself with a fool. After knowing that she didn't ask her to come to New York to kick her out of the house,
She heaved a sigh of relief.
Her mother, who noticed this, smiled and teased, [Good girl, are you afraid that I'll leave you behind?]
[What a joke.] Issou blinked. [I just don't want to take advantage of you.
You raised me for a few years. When you reach the legal retirement age, I'll pay you back double.]
[Then I might not live that long.]
[I don't care.] Issou said, [You raised me for 21 years,
After you retire,
I'll pay you back for 42 years. Don't even think about going back on your word before I've paid you back.]
Hearing Issou's words, a trace of gentleness flashed across his mother's eyes.
However, Issou did not see it.
She only heard her say: 【It's not cheap to raise me.
Are you sure you won't let me starve for 41 years out of the 42 years you're giving me care?]
Issou: "…"
She was really his mother!
After ending the call, Issou was a little exhausted, but when he saw the various licenses that had been completed, he could not help but smile.
After she put everything away, she planned to go to the nearby Walmart before taking a taxi home.
But to Issou's surprise, when he was paying the bill, he ran into her landlord. "Old Stan?"
Old Stan was equally surprised. "Issou? Why are you here? "
"I wanted to ask you the same thing." Issou pushed the trolley and lined up behind him. "I'm here on business. The fridge at home is empty, so I thought I'd buy something before heading back."
"Oh." Old Stan knew that Issou was going to open a Chinese restaurant, so he knew what she was here for without asking. "How is it? Is it going well? "
"Yes, it's going very well." Issou could not help but smile. "Now we're just waiting for the opening."
Old Stan heard this and first congratulated him. Then he said, "I'll be sure to visit often."
"Thank you." Issou said, "But I still have to say, if you come, I won't let you order as you please."
The old man's height was the same as his age, so Issou did not dare to let him mess around.
"What happened to the saying that customers are gods?"
"But my restaurant is called 'My Chinese Restaurant'." Issou emphasized the word 'my'. In fact, she originally wanted to call it 'Chinese Restaurant', but unfortunately, it was registered by someone else, so she decided to just call it 'My Chinese Restaurant'.
Issou continued, "Yes, customers are gods, but this is my territory, so I call the shots."
Old Stan was speechless.
She had a point, and he was speechless.
"By the way, you still haven't told me why you're here." Issou did not dwell on this topic and changed the topic. "Is the Walmart in our area not open today?"
"No." Old Stan did not expect Issou to change the topic. He cleared his throat and said, "I'm here to meet an online friend."
"Online friend!!?" Issou, who did not expect this answer, widened her eyes. She knew that her landlord was a very cute and trendy old man, but she did not expect him to be this trendy.
"Old man, you're so trendy. I haven't even met an online friend before."
Hearing this, Old Stan glanced at Issou. At his age, he always treated a young and cute child like her with the kindness and kindness of a grandchild, so when he heard her say that, he could not help but remind her, "You're still young. Don't meet online friends, it's very dangerous."
"Besides, our situation is different."
As soon as he said that, he saw Issou's grape-like eyes sparkling with curiosity.
So Old Stan couldn't help but share his joy with Yi Su. He said, "At first, I thought I just got to know a like-minded online friend, but I didn't expect that after chatting for a while, I realized that she was very similar to an old friend of mine."
"I knew that she lived in London, so I planned to fly to London to meet her, but who knew that she would come to New York to play, so I asked her to meet me here today."
"At first, I was not sure. After all, we haven't seen each other for decades, but when I saw her today, I knew —"
"That's right!"
"It's her!"
"Her?" One must know that in English, he, she, it was different. Moreover, seeing Old Stan's face beaming with joy, Yzo suddenly felt like he smelled the scent of gossip.
"Looking at you, she's not your first love, is she?"
"And you're still single?"
Issou's questions popped out one after another, but Old Stan did not need to answer because his happy face said it all.
The black-haired girl responded with an "Oh ~", but then she thought it was strange that he was there. "Then why didn't you two go for dinner or something?"
Old Stan said, "I had already booked a restaurant, but she said that she hasn't tasted my cooking in years, so I decided to show off my skills tonight."
Hearing that, Issou glanced at Old Stan's cart and saw that other than some ingredients, there was a bottle of red wine and scented candles.
Noticing Issou's gaze, Old Stan coughed lightly. Seeing that it was his turn, he did not give her the chance to tease him and quickly went to pay the bill.
Seeing this, Issou almost died of laughter. After all, the old man's reaction was too cute.
When it was Issou's turn, she took out the things in the cart and asked Old Stan, who had just finished paying the bill, in a teasing tone, "I bought a lot of things. If you're in a hurry, why don't you leave first?"
Old Stan said, "Who said that I'm in a hurry?"
Issou was speechless.
That was very different from what he said, okay?
Issou glanced at Old Stan. Although the old man said that he was not in a hurry, it was obvious that he wanted to personally take out everything in her cart.
Just as Issou was thinking about it, something happened. A man rushed in with a gun in his hand. He pointed the gun at the cashier auntie and said, "Robbery!"
Issou was speechless.
Be reasonable.
Was she having a bad day recently?
But before Yi Su could react, she saw the cashier auntie who was scanning the goods with the scanner gun. She calmly raised her hand and pushed away the gun that was almost in front of her. "Wait, I'm paying the bill for the customer."
Issou, "…???"
The man with the gun was also confused. He probably did not expect the cashier auntie to react like this, but he did not forget his purpose in coming here. The gun that was pushed away quickly pointed at her again.
However, before the man could speak, he was hit in the back. He turned his head and saw the old man, who was waiting by the side, waving his cane and yelling at him, "Brat, didn't you hear that she's paying the bill? We're in a hurry. Would it kill you to wait until we're done with the bill? "
Issou, "…!!!"
Logically speaking, if the cashier auntie's calm expression just now made her a little dumbfounded, then Old Stan's action simply made her stupefied, okay?!
Everyone said that the auntie auntie was the scariest, but Issou felt that the New Yorkers were not to be trifled with either, because under their powerful aura, the robbers would be crushed into pieces.
Issou, "…"
Eh.
He felt an inexplicable heartache.
However, Issou's heartache lasted for less than three seconds. One after another, the men who were crushed by Issou's aura raised their guns and fired at the ceiling. Then, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the person closest to him other than the cashier auntie and Old Stan...
Issou.
Issou, "…!!!???"
She had never met someone who would pick on the weak like Issou!
Lorna came out to look for Issou because she had not returned for a long time. At first, she did think that she was lost, but when she called her and found that Issou's phone was still in the backpack she gave her, Lorna dismissed this thought.
Because if Issou was really bad with directions, why didn't he carry his phone with him?
However, even if Lorna ruled out the possibility that she was lost, she did not think that she would be in any danger until she reached the door of the utility room.
"Issou?"
Because Reese was blocking the way, Lorna could only see the corner of a familiar shirt at the door. She called out, and sure enough, she saw Issou's little head poking out.
Before Lorna could say anything, she clearly saw Issou's wet eyes and the tears on her face that had not been wiped dry.
Seeing this, Lorna's face suddenly turned cold.
Seeing Lorna come over, Issou's face suddenly showed a look of surprise. Reese did save her, but at this time, Lorna, who was more familiar with her, gave her more sense of security.
But when she noticed that Lorna's gaze moved away from her and looked at Reese in an unfriendly manner, Issou knew that she must have misunderstood and quickly said, "No, no, no, Lorna, you've misunderstood. This gentleman just saved me, the bastard who bullied me is him!"
Hearing Issou's words, Lorna stepped into the utility room and looked in the direction her finger was pointing. Then, she saw Willis lying in the corner like a puddle of mud.
Just like how Issou still remembered Willis, Lorna did not forget this guy.
"Are you okay? Issou. " Lorna turned to look at Issou and looked at her a few times. Seeing that her clothes were still intact, she immediately let out a sigh of relief.
Issou said, "I'm fine now."
"That's good." Lorna retracted her gaze and looked at Willis. Her green eyes were full of coldness, "She's fine, now it's your turn to be in trouble."
As soon as she finished speaking, she reached out her hand without warning and a cloud of green energy floated in her palm.
Seeing the scene before him, Willis widened his eyes in horror. "A mutant?"
Whether it was in the supermarket or today, Willis did not know that Lorna was a mutant. Otherwise, he would not have bothered Issou today, and he would not have had the guts to molest Lorna that day.
But there was no such thing as knowing in this world.
Even if Willis regretted his actions, there was no way he could prevent himself from being lifted from the ground by an invisible force and slammed into the solid wall behind him.
At that moment, Willis felt that his entire back was in so much pain that he lost all feeling.
"I let you go last time, but who knew that you didn't learn your lesson." Lorna's movements were very casual, but her pushing gesture caused Willis to be slammed into the wall again.
If it were not for Issou's intervention, Willis definitely would have suffered more than just a punch from Marcus. But Lorna did not expect that he would dare to cause trouble for her today after saving his life because of Issou.
And Issou said "it's fine now", but that did not mean it was fine just now. Thinking of this, Lorna's eyes were filled with hostility.
Issou and Reese, who also did not know that Lorna was a mutant, were stunned when they saw this scene. When they realized that Lorna did not intend to let Willis go, Reese quickly stopped her, "Wait."
Reese could clearly see that Lorna did not only want to teach Willis a lesson, she really wanted to take his life.
Unfortunately, Lorna turned a deaf ear to Reese's attempts to stop her. In her eyes, Willis wasn't a person. He was just a toy in her hands. That was why she could casually smash him like a sandbag.
Lorna raised her hand and made Willis float up and stick to the ceiling. Then, she pulled him down and he screamed as he fell to the ground.
Ever since Lorna made her move, Willis's screams hadn't stopped. However, because this storeroom was close to the evacuation staircase, and the evacuation staircase was clearly not crowded, no matter how loud he screamed, he couldn't attract the attention of the people outside for the time being.
Willis had to admit that he had shot himself in the foot.
Reese said, "Ma 'am, please stop immediately."
Hearing this, Lorna used her energy to pull Willis up from the ground and then trapped him against the wall. Lorna turned to look at Reese and raised an eyebrow, "Stop?"
Her pair of green eyes scanned Lithur's body, and with a hook of her hand, the gun that was originally pinned to his waist flew into her hand.
Lorna smiled and pushed the gun in her left hand with her right hand. After the gun was loaded, she pressed the muzzle between Willis' eyebrows and looked at Reese.
She said nonchalantly, "One bullet and it'll stop."
Lorna's cold face had a nonchalant smile. The rebellious and unruly aura that came from her bones, coupled with her smooth movements, almost made Issou want to scream.
Little Missy was about to explode her maiden's heart!?
However, not everyone would appreciate Lorna's handsomeness. At least in Willis' eyes, she was no different from a demon.
Feeling the cold muzzle between his eyebrows, Willis suddenly felt his pants become wet and hot, and suddenly, a strange smell filled the air.
"Sh * t."
Issou, who was being coaxed by Lorna just now, immediately reacted because of the strange smell. She hurriedly ran out as if there was something scary chasing after her. "You guys wait, I-I-I will go to the bathroom and greet the toilet."
Lorna: "..."
Reese: "..."
#
After Yi Su finished greeting the toilet in the bathroom and had a short but pleasant conversation, she felt a lot more relaxed.
Thank goodness.
After experiencing such a terrible thing, she did not pee her pants on the spot. She really wanted to give herself a thumbs up.
Lorna, who was waiting at the bathroom door, heard Issou boasting to her after coming out and could not help but laugh, "Well, it seems that you are indeed fine now."
"Fortunately, that man came in time." Issou said, then asked, "By the way, Lorna, where is that man? Is he still in the utility room? "
"He left," Lorna said, "and sent that bastard to the police station."
Izzo was a little disappointed when she heard the first part of Lorna's answer. She hadn't asked the name of her savior yet, but when she heard the second part of Lorna's words, she was stunned.
"Police station!?"
"Send that bastard to the police station!?"
Seeing Issou's reaction, Lorna glanced at her, "What? Do you want to feed him a bullet? "
Seeing how Lorna looked like she would immediately chase after Willis if she nodded, Issou quickly shook her head and said, "No, no, no, I mean, will that bastard expose your identity as a mutated human?"
Although Issou did not know Lorna for long, she had a general understanding of her personality. If the identity of a mutated human was slightly legal in this society, then Lorna would not hide her identity from her friends.
It was precisely because of this that Issou asked this question.
What?
If that's the case, why was Lorna so bold as to reveal her identity in front of strangers just now?
…
…
…
This was love.
Issou proudly puffed out her chest. Yes, that must be it.
Hearing Issou's question, Lorna looked at her deeply and then smiled, "Don't worry, he doesn't have the guts to offend a mutated human."
Based on Willis's cowardly behavior in front of her, Lorna was certain that he did not have the guts to say anything.
"That's good." Issou did not know the basis of Lorna's judgment, but he trusted her.
#
Because of this incident, Issou and Lorna naturally did not go to the restaurant that was said to be very good. Instead, they took a taxi back to Issou's home.
Issou pulled Lorna to the kitchen, opened the fridge door, and smiled at her, "Okay, as compensation for not being able to go to that restaurant, I'll make you a feast tonight."
Looking at Issou's smile that softened her heart, Lorna raised an eyebrow, "I'm looking forward to it."
"Yes." Wanda nodded. She and Pietro were a pair of mutated twins. After their adoptive parents passed away and their identity as mutated humans was exposed, the siblings wandered all the way to New York.
While wandering, Wanda and Pietro were once recruited by the Mutated Brotherhood led by Magneto. However, they hesitated and refused.
Fortunately, she rejected them. Otherwise, why would they come here and be attracted by the aroma of "my Chinese restaurant"?
She said, "We saw your recruitment information online, so we decided to come and try. We're not too late, right?"
When Wanda said this, she was so guilty that she did not dare to look at Issou. This was because they did not see the news online at all. Pietro ran into Issou's kitchen to steal some food and saw it on the recruitment materials compiled by Clarice.
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