"Recently, my doctor told me she found out I have a weak stomach."
"So she advised me to eat well normally, and to eat even more when I have a good appetite, because that's the only way my stomach can recover as quickly as possible."
Su Yan looked at the young woman in front of him, spouting nonsense with a completely straight face.
"Really?" Mitsuri Kanroji asked, her face full of surprise.
The young woman didn't know much about medical science, but she knew a little about the stomach as an organ. After all, people always talked about their appetites when eating. So she didn't doubt Su Yan's words in the slightest.
Instead, she urged him, "In that case, Mr. Su Yan, for the sake of your health, you really should eat more."
"..."
Mitsuri Kanroji patted her stomach, pouting as she spoke contrary to her true feelings, "I'm already full, so I can't eat with you anymore, Mr. Su Yan."
"Is that so?" Su Yan feigned a disappointed look. "Maybe it was because of my stomach, but I usually never had much of an appetite. But for some reason, seeing you eat, Miss Mitsuri, suddenly gave me a huge appetite. Since you're already full, Miss Mitsuri, let's just forget it. I'll have the waiter cancel the order I just placed."
"How could that be?" Mitsuri Kanroji looked up, her face filled with disbelief.
She immediately looked down at her stomach, then looked back up at Su Yan. After thinking for a moment, she raised her hand and pinched two fingers together in a tiny gesture, saying rather meekly, "Actually, I can still eat a little bit more. Really, just a little bit!"
As soon as her voice fell, the waiter arrived with the food Su Yan had ordered.
"That's wonderful." Su Yan pushed one of the portions toward Mitsuri Kanroji, looking delighted. "Then I'll have to trouble you, Miss Mitsuri."
"Mhm." Mitsuri Kanroji nodded.
A small expression of 'leave it to me' appeared on her face. Looking at the food in front of her now, she no longer treated it like some terrifying monster as she had just moments ago. Instead, a genuine sense of joy welled up inside her.
She felt incredibly lucky to have met such a wonderful blind date on her very first try. And she could even keep eating.
However, to maintain her image in front of Su Yan, she still refrained from wolfing down the food in large mouthfuls like she usually did.
Soon, the two of them finished their second portions.
"Miss Mitsuri, could we have one more portion?" Su Yan requested again.
"..."
Mitsuri Kanroji looked at Su Yan's pleading eyes and said, seemingly with great reluctance, "W-Well, alright then. But this is really the last one."
"Great, one more portion," Su Yan ordered from the waiter once again.
Next, for the fourth portion, Su Yan repeated his trick, and after a brief hesitation, Mitsuri Kanroji quickly agreed.
Then came the fifth, sixth, seventh...
Until they finished the final eighteenth portion.
*Burp.*
Mitsuri Kanroji couldn't help but let out a satisfied burp, hastily covering her mouth with her hand. She looked at the tall stack of empty bowls piled up to the side. She couldn't figure out how she had unknowingly eaten so much in front of her blind date.
Mitsuri Kanroji said hesitantly, "Mr. Su Yan, you..."
"Are you truly full this time?" Su Yan quietly conjured a handkerchief, wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Mitsuri Kanroji with a smile as he asked.
If his own appetite had greatly increased due to his physical enhancement after learning Nen, then Mitsuri Kanroji was simply born with a massive appetite. After all, according to the lore, Mitsuri Kanroji's muscle density was eight times that of an ordinary person. To maintain that level of physical strength, the amount of food she needed to consume was naturally quite large.
"Mr. Su Yan, you knew all along?"
At this point, no matter how dense Mitsuri Kanroji was, she realized something was amiss. What weak stomach? What getting a good appetite from watching her eat? Judging by his appetite, it was clearly all a lie.
"Yes," Su Yan admitted directly. "After all, during a blind date, it would be a massive sin to let my date go hungry."
"Thank you, Mr. Su Yan." Mitsuri Kanroji stood up, bowed to Su Yan, and said, deeply moved, "Going on this blind date with you today, Mr. Su Yan, is definitely the best decision I've ever made. I don't think I will ever forget this day."
After saying that, she turned around with a complicated expression.
She knew that an excellent blind date like him, having discovered her true appetite, definitely wouldn't be interested in her anymore, right? But even so, she was still very grateful to him. Grateful that he was willing to coax her in such a way, allowing her to experience a wonderful blind date.
"Miss Mitsuri."
Seeing Mitsuri Kanroji suddenly stand up and make a move to leave, Su Yan was completely baffled and quickly called out to stop her. He asked, "What does this mean? Did I not catch your eye?"
"Eh?" Mitsuri Kanroji turned her head, looking at Su Yan with an incredulous gaze, and hurriedly shook her head to explain, "No, no, I didn't mean that. I just... I just..."
She just felt that Su Yan would probably be disgusted by a woman like her. So, in order to preserve her beautiful impression of Su Yan and this blind date, she had decided to turn and leave.
But, listening to Su Yan's tone, did he not find her disgusting at all?
Su Yan smiled, not paying too much mind to Mitsuri Kanroji's words. He stood up and said, "Since we're full, how about you accompany me for a stroll, Miss Mitsuri? I just arrived here, so I'm not very familiar with the area."
"I can do that," Mitsuri Kanroji's eyes lit up, and she immediately patted her chest as she agreed.
Then, after paying the bill, the two left the ramen shop together.
Of course, Su Yan wasn't so classless as to use conjured currency; instead, he used gold he had brought from the Highschool of the Dead world. After all, in an apocalypse, this stuff sitting in banks and jewelry stores was practically garbage. If the world he had crossed into was from an even earlier era, he might have even been able to pay with the glass marbles he played with as a kid.
As for the premium he paid? He was happy to pay it, and that was all that mattered. He was in a good mood today.
Time slipped by, and soon it was evening.
The sun set in the west, its afterglow shining on Mitsuri Kanroji, draping a layer of golden hues over the young woman's hair.
Mitsuri Kanroji had never felt time pass so quickly before. In her heart, she wished time would slow down. Because if it did, she could spend a little more time with Mr. Su Yan.
Having been escorted back to her doorstep, Mitsuri Kanroji looked at Su Yan and finally couldn't help but muster the courage to ask, "Mr. Su Yan, what do you think of me?"
"Could I wait until tomorrow to answer that question?" Su Yan replied, a smile playing on his lips.
"Tomorrow?" The young woman was puzzled.
"That's right," Su Yan confirmed again. "Let's go on another date tomorrow."
After saying that, he turned and walked away, not giving the young woman any chance to react.
At that moment, a massive wave of pleasant surprise crashed into Mitsuri Kanroji's heart. Watching Su Yan's retreating back, the young woman clutched her chest tightly, feeling her heart beating wildly, unable to stop.
Her previous thoughts instantly flipped. If only time could move faster, so tomorrow would arrive sooner.
Once the afterglow of the setting sun completely vanished, Su Yan was planning to return to Greed Island to have dinner with the girls and discuss some matters regarding this world.
But he suddenly noticed something was wrong.
It was far too quiet around him.
Was it a man-eating demon from the Demon Slayer world?
Interesting.
He had been planning to actively seek them out, but he hadn't expected these demons to deliver themselves right to his doorstep.
The corners of Su Yan's mouth curled up involuntarily as he said coldly, "Come out!"
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