However, Su Ziling wanted to run, but someone didn’t want to let her go.
Su Xiaomeng grabbed her arm and said with a grin.
“There’s an old saying: ‘Since you’re here anyway…’ If you don’t try it, can you face yourself?”
Seeing Su Xiaomeng, who seemed to want to sell her out, Su Ziling’s mouth twitched.
“I think I can face myself.”
“It’s okay,” the shopkeeper also tried to persuade. “You can give it a try. If it doesn’t suit you, you can leave anytime. Personally, I think you’d be perfect for this job.”
Su Ziling subconsciously glanced at the hiring notice at the shop entrance. The hourly wage listed was astonishingly high. No wonder this girl was so happy working here that she forgot to go home.
“This… isn’t really appropriate,” she made a final struggle, her voice a bit dry. “Maybe you don’t know, but actually… I’m a guy.”
“A guy? That’s even better!”
Hearing this, the shopkeeper got even more excited.
“Our shop just happens to need a ‘male mommy’ character! Just give it a try. Even if it doesn’t work out, I’ll still pay you for a day’s work!”
“…”
In the end, under Su Xiaomeng and the shopkeeper’s persistent persuasion, Su Ziling walked into the shop.
The interior decoration was pink and cute, filled with the aroma of desserts and coffee, and soft anime BGM floated in the air. The atmosphere was indeed unique, but Su Ziling felt something was off—a strange feeling that she, as an “anime culture outsider,” couldn’t precisely describe.
“Bro, bro! Quick, try this one!” Su Xiaomeng pulled out a black-and-white maid outfit with lace on the skirt like a magic trick and shoved it into Su Ziling’s arms. “It might not fit perfectly, but the vibe will definitely match!”
“Emmm…”
Su Ziling accepted the fact that she was about to wear women’s clothing within three seconds, but before that, she had a big question. Looking around, she didn’t find anywhere to change clothes, so she asked.
“Where should I change?”
“This?” Su Xiaomeng pointed to the women’s changing room not far away, smirking. “Where else? It has to be here!”
“Huh?” Su Ziling froze, then said incredulously, “No way? There’s no men’s changing room?”
“Bro, are you stupid?” Su Xiaomeng rolled her eyes at her. “This is a maid cafe. Where would there be a men’s changing room? Do you think it’s a gym?”
“Ah? This?”
“Aiya, stop dawdling!” Su Xiaomeng pushed her. “You don’t even have a ‘joystick’ anymore, why care about this? Go in, go in!”
She was about to urge further when a colleague called from afar: “Xiaomeng, we need your help here!”
“Coming!” Su Xiaomeng replied, then quickly turned to Su Ziling. “Bro, hurry up and change! Today is the collaboration day with Meluke. There are tons of people, don’t waste time!”
After saying that, without waiting for Su Ziling’s response, she ran off like a gust of wind.
“Wait…”
Before Su Ziling could call her back, Su Xiaomeng disappeared in a flash, leaving her standing there blankly. She then let out a helpless sigh.
“Sigh… whatever.”
Turning around, she looked at the changing room door, then glanced at the nearby single-occupancy restroom.
‘Theoretically, changing in the restroom should be fine, right? And there aren’t many customers now. Probably no one will notice me going in to put on a maid outfit.’
With that thought, Su Ziling strode in.
—
“Well, this is the place.”
Lin Yizhou, wearing a Meluke headband and holding the magic wand Su Ziling had given him earlier, stood in front of the maid cafe.
“Attribute Cafe? I’ve heard of this cafe before, but never had time to come.”
He said that, but in reality… it was just talk. If not for the collaboration with Magical Girl Meluke, as an otaku, Lin Yizhou would never come to a place like this.
“Welcome!”
Su Xiaomeng greeted with an energetic voice, but when she saw that the visitor was Lin Yizhou, she couldn’t help but pause.
“Eh?”
Lin Yizhou also recognized the person in front of him, so he said.
“You’re Su Ziling’s younger sister, Su Xiaomeng?”
“Ah… yes! You have a good memory, big brother!”
Su Xiaomeng really didn’t expect to run into Lin Yizhou here, but after seeing the headband on his head, she understood. ‘As expected, he’s an anime otaku just like me.’
Lin Yizhou looked at the big screen not far away and then asked.
“Excuse me, when does the Meluke collaboration live event start?”
“The live event will start at 3:00 PM sharp!” After snapping back to reality, Su Xiaomeng got back into character. “Big brother, are you interested in Lady Meluke’s collaboration live event?”
Led by Su Xiaomeng, Lin Yizhou found a seat and sat down. He glanced at the menu and then said.
“Please give me a latte first.”
“Okay! Please wait a moment, big brother.”
Su Xiaomeng left with the menu.
Lin Yizhou checked the time. It was 2:00 PM. To be honest, he had arrived a bit too early. There were hardly any customers in the cafe.
“Gurr…”
Just then, Lin Yizhou’s stomach started to ache slightly.
“Damn… that guy Guo Hao’s cola really messed me up!”
To not affect his viewing experience later, Lin Yizhou decided to quickly go to the restroom to take care of business.
“Excuse me, where is the restroom?”
“Go straight from here, then turn left and go to the end.”
Following Su Xiaomeng’s directions, Lin Yizhou walked straight ahead. Soon, he saw the entrance to the restroom.
“Looks like this is it.”
Just as Lin Yizhou was about to turn the doorknob, the restroom door opened first. However, when he clearly saw the person inside the restroom, he froze on the spot, even looking at them in disbelief.
This young lady was holding the doorknob with one hand while adjusting her shoes and socks with the other. Her body was slightly bent forward, and she was looking backward. Since Lin Yizhou himself didn’t have a strong presence, she hadn’t noticed someone standing in front of her.
But Lin Yizhou was indeed a bit confused. After all, if he wasn’t mistaken, this should be the men’s restroom, right? So why was Su Ziling coming out of the men’s restroom? Lin Yizhou took another uncertain look at her.
Due to the maid outfit at this shop being inherently a bit revealing, and the fact that this outfit was a bit loose on Su Ziling, and more importantly, her current posture. That slightly bent posture, unfortunately, caused the loose collar to hang down…
Although it was a bit flat, this was definitely not what a male should look like!
While Lin Yizhou was frozen, Su Ziling also noticed his gaze. Seeing him standing fixedly at the doorway with a look of shock, Su Ziling naturally assumed he was surprised that she had come out of the men’s restroom. But she didn’t care much, because before losing her joystick, her entering the men’s restroom often caused a commotion, so she had long gotten used to it.
So when facing Lin Yizhou’s stare, Su Ziling calmly said.
“Is there something?” Su Ziling took the initiative. “Or is there something on my face?”
“No…”
Lin Yizhou snapped back to reality, took a few deep breaths, and his mind raced as he seemed to search for an appropriate response. Finally, in a low voice that only the two of them could hear, he said.
“I think… you should still wear something.”