Chapter 68 - Haiduo Kindergarten

Chrysanthemum Garden.

The attendant attempted to squeeze out a smile with gritted teeth: “This… I have to ask the chefs for their opinions, please take a seat first, take a seat.”

On cue, the employees standing at the side brought over the chairs to offer them a seat. DcNyCK

Just as Shen Dongqing sat down, another person served him some cut fruits and desserts. He picked up custard tart which had a crisp shell and a core that was filled with a milky taste that suited his palate extremely well and it made him all the more resolute to bring the chef back.

When Zhou Wenyan saw Shen Dongqing munching on his custard tart with puffed up cheeks and flecks of his dessert staining his mouth, he let out a soft laugh and stretched his hand over.

Shen Dongqing took two more bites of his custard tart as he looked at Zhou Wenyan in a perplexed manner.

Swiping away the custard flecks beside his mouth, Zhou Wenyan teased, “Why do you eat like a child.” Qxgu3y

Shen Dongqing blinked his eyes, “Because it’s really tasty, you try it……” He held up a custard tart and offered it to him.

Zhou Wenyan, however, ignored that savoury custard tart and said: “Come here.”

Even though Shen Dongqing did not understand his intentions, he still leaned over obediently.

Mimicking his actions, Zhou Wenyan leaned forward and kissed his lips before he feigned a contemplative look, saying, “En, it’s quite tasty.” JgdkNd

The rare feeling of embarrassment swelled within Shen Dongqing and he mumbled under his breath, “There’s so many people around……”

Zhou Wenyan lifted his eyelids to sweep a glance across his surroundings.

All the people present expressed that they were blind and they hadn’t seen anything, giving the pair free reign to do whatever they wanted.

Zhou Wenyan: “They’re not people.” z3yH5I

Shen Dongqing came back to his senses. They were ghosts, not people, and if they were ghosts, it was not a problem. He tossed the slight shame he felt to the back of his head immediately, forking up a piece of fruit to eat.

After a brief wait, the attendant walked over briskly while bringing over a person with a stature characteristic to a chef, since he was sporting a potbelly and he looked rather affable.

Upon entering the large hall, the chef did not even come to a proper stop before he started sobbing, “I have aged parents and my young children to support and take care of and it hasn’t been easy for me to make a living, I really don’t want to leave the hotel…”

After hearing about the terror that the two guests were from the attendant’s mouth, the chef was so afraid his head was about to fall off, and he had to support his head as he half-ran and half-tottered into the large hall. TXfScP

“Furthermore, I don’t have access to any ingredients outside the dining hall ah

Shen Dongqing’s thought processes were extremely simple: he might not have other items but he had ice cream in abundance; if one child cried, stuffed them with one ice cream, he would still have two in his hands to eat if he wanted a treat.

It was but a small problem.

Post-edit Translator’s Note: ‘Whence did the children die’ was deliberately phrased that way, for reasons you will understand later in the arc~

In the raws, it was ‘孩子们都死在哪里了?’ which can also translate to ‘WhereWherever did the children die’ but ‘哪里’ is more nuanced in the sense that it can be rhetorical to express negation or ‘somewhere’. Choosing to use ‘whence’ was a hard compromise because it felt more fitting in the context and mystery of this arc. TFtfEq