Chapter 6 I Have Rich Experience
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 6
Chapter Title: I Have Rich Experience
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Che Yongchang left.
Although he had tried hard to exercise self-restraint when he departed, that hurried feeling in his steps couldn’t be suppressed.
He had to go back quickly to report this unprecedented major development to the higher ups.
He could even already imagine what kind of storm would be whipped up after the news of the world doomsday was passed upward.
Only Mo Qiu and Shen Yi remained inside the restaurant.
The waitresses all watched from afar. In their eyes, this was more like a romantic first encounter between a rich young lady and a handsome young man with a unique temperament, and some people already had knowing smiles plastered all over their faces.
But the actual situation didn’t have much ambiguity between the two.
Shen Yi drank the tea after finishing his dessert sip by sip. The slightly bitter fragrant tea diluted the remaining sweetness in his mouth, and this tea pushed the aftertaste of the dessert he had just eaten to its peak.
Mo Qiu, on the other hand, was somewhat uneasy and fidgety.
Her slender legs rubbed against each other slightly under the table, and she secretly sized up the young man in front of her.
She had originally thought that he was just a handsome guy with a unique temperament, but she hadn’t expected that he would turn out to actually be a savior from another world.
What exactly would the world doomsday be like?
Could this man really save the world?
What was he thinking about? Was he ultimately satisfied or dissatisfied with the dessert just now?
Mo Qiu's heart was in a complete mess.
But anyone who suddenly learned that doomsday was about to arrive would find it very difficult to recover their composure in a short time.
"Miss Mo," Shen Yi's gaze suddenly landed on her.
"Ah?" Mo Qiu exclaimed, and then hurriedly said, "Yes, I’m listening."
What she was thinking in her heart, however, was that his eyes were so deep.
It was a color that gradually turned black layer by layer.
"I want to meet the current decision-maker of the Mo Group," Shen Yi didn’t know what this eldest young lady was thinking, only assuming that she was frightened by the news of their doomsday, so he revealed a sliver of a smile, "Although I’ve just arrived in this world, I also know the status of gourmet food enterprises within your society. As such, I might need your assistance."
This was also one of his reasons for keeping Mo Qiu behind just now.
Although he didn’t yet know the specific manifestation of this world’s doomsday…
But coming into contact with more capable people was always a good thing for him.
Mo Qiu looked at Shen Yi's smile.
Her originally panicked heart seemed to have calmed down a bit.
Although world doomsday was terrifying, there were people out there working hard, treating saving the world as their job.
"I’ll go convey your wish immediately," Mo Qiu's voice was still soft and tender, and while looking at Shen Yi, she seemed a bit hesitant, yet she still spoke softly, "Mr. Shen, there’s one thing that I’m slightly concerned about. Were you truly satisfied with the dessert just now?"
Her eyes looked at the man with a trace of eagerness.
As a chef, satisfying an important guest was almost like a matter of faith for her.
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment.
But very quickly, the smile on his face seemed to widen by a few fractions.
"Miss Mo," Shen Yi leaned back against the chair while smiling very naturally, "Let me put it to you this way. The gourmet food you made gave me yet another reason to want to save your world."
Mo Qiu blinked her eyes.
Soon, even the tips of her ears became red.
"Th-This is really a compliment that makes this humble one feel most honored," Mo Qiu stood up, forcing herself to be calm as she said softly, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Shen. I’ll go notify my father right away."
After speaking, she turned around and directly left.
Only, her cheeks had already turned completely red at the very instant that she had turned around.
This was too flirtatious!
To her as a chef, this sentence even surpassed words like "I can save the entire world for you."
Mo Qiu let out a wail in her heart, silently crying out that she couldn't take it. If she stayed any longer, she was worried that she would lose her composure.
Shen Yi naturally also noticed the lethality of his words on Mo Qiu, which made his mood a lot more cheerful. After all, delicious food and beautiful women were both beautiful things that could make one's mood cheerful.
Moreover…
His start in this world was simply much better than in his last one.
At that time, he was still just an ordinary person, so he simply didn’t dare to have any contact with official personnel and influential people so early on.
But now, he was already a wizard with decent strength.
He didn’t need to worry about his own safety anymore, and he was even able to increase his right to speak to a great extent.
Next, it was time for him to further build up his savior identity.
It was best if he could control more local forces.
Mo Qiu didn’t make Shen Yi wait for long.
In less than half an hour, a middle-aged man wearing a simple T-shirt walked over together with Mo Qiu.
When Shen Yi saw this middle-aged man, he was still slightly surprised.
‘What a handsome older gentleman.’
He had a robust face, an easygoing expression, and free-spirited, untamed short hair, with the crow's feet* at the corners of his eyes adding a mature charm to him, making him absolutely universally appealing to young and old alike.
He was almost a third as handsome as Shen Yi himself.
This was the current chairman of the Mo Group, one of the human beings with the most wealth and power in this world.
"You must be Mr. Shen, I’m Mo Yuanbai," Mo Yuanbai came before Shen Yi with a face full of smiles. Without being polite, he sat down directly, and after Mo Qiu left, got straight to the point, "I’ve heard about everything from Qiuqiu, but I still want to ask one more thing— is that all true? The world doomsday, I mean."
While Shen Yi observed him, Mo Yuanbai was also observing the former.
What Mo Yuanbai first noticed was, naturally, the man’s handsome appearance and unique temperament.
He observed the other even more carefully.
He had already noticed that on the face of this young-looking man in front of him, there was actually not a single blemish on his skin!
Pores, moles, acne marks, not even the slightest blemish was present, and there were also no traces of makeup.
Theoretically speaking, this should be impossible.
"It’s normal to have doubts. No one would hope for the arrival of their world’s doomsday," Shen Yi smiled indifferently, "I can naturally give you some evidence, but no matter how much I give, the only two paths laid out before you are still to believe, or not to believe."
"If I believe, what’ll happen?" Mo Yuanbai continued to ask, "And if I don’t, what then?"
"If you believe, perhaps many people can be saved," Shen Yi cast a faint glance at him, "If you don’t, the one weeping bitterly at the end will definitely not be me. You should understand that the misfortune that still descends after doing your utmost, and the misfortune you face after doing nothing are completely different tortures. At the very least, the former can give you a bit more relief when facing total devastation."
"......"
The smile on Mo Yuanbai's face finally disappeared bit by bit.
He stared intently at Shen Yi for a moment and said slowly.
"It sounds like Mr. Shen indeed has rich experience."
"Isn't it a good thing for you that I have rich experience?" Shen Yi raised the teacup in his hand, seemingly examining it carefully, yet in his gaze, there was a certain dark and unspeakable vicissitude churning within, "Many rookie Savior Commissioners haven’t yet learned to view death as a number, and still harbor great empathy for people's tragedies. To you, this is instead a misfortune..."
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*Refers to the small, fine wrinkles that branch out from the outer corners of a person's eyes. They typically develop as a person ages, often from years of smiling, laughing, or squinting.
T/N - Dang, MC only has one world under his belt and he already has PTSD. 😅
To be fair, it isn’t actually his fault. His system dropped him off in a doomed world as an ordinary person. What was he supposed to do then? And it was a “Plague Inc.” virus type doomsday, so how was he to fight that? Still, watching billions of humans dwindle down to 2 million must have been torture to him, especially when he was supposed to be their savior.