Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 613 Inside the Refrigerator

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Yu Shijiu looked up at him blankly, "What am I looking at? What can I possibly look at?"

He sighed as he spoke, "It's just that the kitchen here is so different from the kitchen on the first floor, I'm a little unhappy about it."

Yu Shijiu asked softly, "Brother Jin, why is there such a big difference between the first and second floors?"

"..." Ah Jin stared at him for a long while, and finally whispered, "Just because of this?"

"if not?"

Yu Shijiu asked in surprise, "What else could it be?"

Ajin: "..."

After confirming repeatedly that Yu Shijiu hadn't seen any traces that suggested he had killed someone, A Jin's gloomy expression gradually disappeared.

"……Ugh."

Ah Jin sighed and said, "The people on the second floor are all guests. How can we compare to them... Nineteen, don't be upset. We're lucky to be employees on a ship like this. Why are we upset about this and that..."

“…” Yu Shijiu nodded: “Brother Jin, you’re right. I shouldn’t have said that.”

“That’s more like it,” Ah Jin said with a sigh. “As long as we have enough to eat, we can all live well…”

"..."

Yu Shijiu watched as A Jin started to shed tears at the end of his story. Shocked, he blinked and then continued to observe the kitchen surroundings without making a sound.

...Ah Jin's concerns were not unfounded. Perhaps because the time was still too short, some bloodstains in the crevices of the kitchen had not been cleaned up properly. You could vaguely see some splattered bloodstains on the wall in the corner crevices, slowly flowing down.

There were also some scattered bits of flesh twitching in certain corners... In short, Ajin was really an NPC who didn't know how to handle corpses very well; the cleanup was far from thorough.

"Brother Ajin".

Yu Shijiu turned to the side, interrupting A Jin's rambling, and said directly:

"I have to go now, or the guests will scold me. I need to take some fresh vegetables and water with me, is that alright?"

"..." Ajin opened his mouth, then nodded, "Okay, I'll get you some vegetables and water. Are you sure you only want vegetables?"

“Yes—” Yu Shijiu was about to nod when she remembered something and gave a “well-behaved” smile: “Add a little more meat, that guest seems to really like meat.”

"..."

Ah Jin, who was holding vegetables and water with his back to him, paused and turned to look at Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu pretended not to notice the strange look he was giving her and waited quietly in place.

Are you sure you want some meat?

Akin asked another question.

“Mmm.” Yu Shijiu nodded without hesitation: “Add some more meat. Brother Jin, you can put the meat under the vegetables and cover it up.”

"..." Ah Jin's lips twitched, and he hesitated before saying:

"Nineteen, as far as I know... the guests on the second floor don't seem to like eating meat during the day... are you sure your guest wants to eat meat?"

"what?"

Yu Shijiu's mind raced, and after noting down the phrase "daytime guests don't like to eat meat," she quickly shook her head.

“The guest who gave me the order said he wanted to eat it himself,” Yu Shijiu said without blushing or panting. “He also said that the vegetables had to be very fresh.”

"……All right."

After receiving the same answer repeatedly, Ah Jin stopped talking. He quickly took the plate and walked to the refrigerator next to him. After opening the huge refrigerator door, he grabbed a handful of bloody raw meat with his bare hands and put it on the plate.

The strong smell of blood once again filled the kitchen. Yu Shijiu's nose twitched slightly, and her gaze moved toward A Jin.

After the enormous refrigerator was opened, Ah Jin, standing by the door, was enveloped in a visible layer of cold air. In a daze, even the short hair on Ah Jin's scalp seemed to be tinged with an eerie gray-white by the condensing cold air—

Is this much meat enough?

Ah Jin, whose hair had turned gray from the air conditioning, turned around and greeted Yu Shijiu:

"Nineteen, would you like to come over and see if we want to add any more meat?"

Yu Shijiu nodded without hesitation and readily agreed.

"Okay! Let me take a look!"

"..."

Ah Jin's expression changed suddenly; his other hand, which wasn't holding the plate, quickly rummaged through the refrigerator. He chuckled dryly.

"Come, come, come and take a look."

Yu Shijiu remained oblivious, walked to A Jin's side, lowered his head, and revealed an expression of seriously selecting meat.

"What kind of meat is this, Brother Jin? It looks pretty good, with about the same amount of fat and lean meat..."

"Is this supposed to be pork belly? How can it be almost all fat and all lean? It definitely has more fat, otherwise the lean meat will be too dry when grilled..."

"Brother Jin, you know so much! You even know how meat tastes when it's grilled..."

Yu Shijiu smacked his lips, "I've hardly ever eaten meat, so I don't know what it tastes like."

"..."

Seeing Yu Shijiu's bewildered expression, as if he was drooling over the meat, A Jin revealed a hint of pride and smugness.

"It's so delicious, so delicious."

Ajin licked his dry lips and whispered:

"The fat is rendered less greasy by grilling, and the lean meat shrinks slightly, making it incredibly delicious. Just smelling it makes my mouth water..."

Yu Shijiu flattered him several times without making a sound, but her gaze quickly fell on the refrigerator with its door wide open.

Even though Ah Jin tried his best to stuff some things deep into the refrigerator... it was still noticeable from certain places.

—Similar to blood that hasn't completely coagulated, and some cloudy liquid with blood streaks.

Yu Shijiu wasn't stupid; he could naturally guess what those liquids and blood were.

—Mr. Yao is such a big adult man, no matter how thin he is, how could the black garbage bag outside possibly fit his whole body?

Moreover, Mr. Yao is actually not thin at all.

Where could Akin hide the extra body parts?

Aside from the enormous refrigerator in front of him, Yu Shijiu didn't know where else he could hide body parts.

"...To be honest, we're only treated to meat occasionally because Angkor is kind enough to give us a meal. So we're lucky if we can even eat anything. We can't always be thinking about eating roasted or stir-fried meat... Nineteen? Look at this meat, do you want to choose some more?"

Perhaps he was a little too flattered by Yu Shijiu's praise, because the wariness and gloom on A Jin's face almost completely disappeared. "Choose some more, and I'll get you some more vegetables to cover it up."

"...Okay, that's about it, Brother Jin."

Yu Shijiu glanced at the densely packed chunks of meat in the refrigerator and said with a smile:

"I have to go now, otherwise the customers will get impatient and hit me again."

"Sigh, that's about enough. I'll get you a tray—to beat you up?"