An intense, world-shaking battle had taken place.
After sending the video to Hu Mei, Su Ling rushed toward the maid cafe.
Inside the room, Tao Tao and Adela lay side by side, gasping for breath.
They were completely exhausted.
“Huff! You’re an automaton. Why the hell are you panting?”
Tao Tao couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
“Who knows why those geniuses decided to equip an automaton with a Stamina System,” Adela replied, equally speechless.
Which “little genius” had thought it was a good idea to give an automaton a Stamina System?
Since both of them were now thoroughly spent, they didn’t even have the energy to argue anymore.
Tao Tao stared at the ceiling, her mind drifting.
As she watched, two lines of tears began to roll down her cheeks.
‘What is all of this even for?’
“Tsk, such a small fry. You’re crying over this?”
Adela curled her lip, but she didn’t feel any better deep down.
“I don’t have the energy to fight with you,” Tao Tao said, her tone sounding a bit lonely.
She had tested into the Witch Academy from a remote Agriculture Planet.
She had originally thought this would be like a novel — a refreshing, elegant, and pure campus romance featuring a female lead.
But in reality, she was just a miserable, overworked beast of burden.
She hadn’t learned much knowledge, but she had certainly worked every job under the sun.
It was heartbreaking just thinking about it.
As if sensing Tao Tao’s inner thoughts, Adela fell into silence.
“Regarding this past month… I’m sorry.”
After tormenting Tao Tao for one month, her grudge was essentially settled.
However, she was dead now.
Before long, she would be captured by the Hei Bai Wu Chang, taken back to Fengdu, and forced onto the Path of Reincarnation.
At this moment, Adela felt a sudden sense of displacement.
Hadn’t she worked so hard every day just to earn money, graduate successfully, and provide a better life for her family?
Now, look at her. she had literally died of anger.
She didn’t know how heart-wrenching it would be for her Mother and Mama when they learned of her death.
“It was my fault for being a big mouth, too.”
Tao Tao turned her head to look at Adela before turning back.
Her eyes were also a bit dim.
To be honest, even though she had suffered immensely over the past month, she had never once felt lonely.
Her parents were simple farmers who didn’t understand her life at all.
In the academy, because she looked like a child, she had never been able to make any friends.
Her instructors and seniors all treated her like a little kid.
Thinking about Adela entering Samsara soon made her heart feel heavy for some reason.
She didn’t know what was wrong with her.
The two of them finally received their long-overdue apologies, but it didn’t seem to matter much anymore.
“Are you afraid? Of entering Samsara?”
Tao Tao turned her back, not wanting Adela to see her lonely expression.
If Adela saw it, she would probably call her a small fry again.
“Of course I’m afraid. After all, I’ve been evading the Soul Reapers. If nothing unexpected happens, I’m probably going to be sent to the Loli Path.”
Adela had come to terms with it.
If she had to be a child, then so be it.
Being a kid wasn’t so bad; they were light, soft, and easy to carry — it was just hard to find a wife in Witch Society that way.
The more she thought about it, the more Adela wanted to cry.
Tao Tao’s gaze grew even darker.
“Tsk, what’s wrong with being a kid? I like it just fine,” Tao Tao spoke up, her voice betraying no hint of her disappointment.
“Hmph, my original body was a 1.7-meter-tall mature woman. Making me go to the Loli Path is no different from killing me.”
Adela sneered.
“I bet small fry Tao Tao did something terrible in her past life to end up as one now, didn’t she? Tee-hee, what a loser.”
Veins suddenly popped out on Tao Tao’s forehead.
“Shut, shut up!”
“Tee-hee, small fry, small fry~”
***
Su Ling arrived at the shop in a hurry with Su Yao.
However, she froze at the entrance.
Standing right by the door were two life-sized standees of her and Su Yao.
The standees depicted them wearing black and white cat-eared maid outfits, acting cute for the passersby.
Su Ling was instantly mortified.
‘It’s… it’s so embarrassing.’
“Haha, how is it? Pretty cute, right?”
Cheng Cheng enthusiastically welcomed Su Ling and Su Yao into the shop.
She looked at the standees with a face full of pride.
These were her “golden signs” for her grand comeback.
“It’s… pretty good.”
Since she was the Boss, Su Ling couldn’t say much else.
Hearing this, Cheng Cheng grew even more excited.
She immediately pulled out two sets of maid outfits for Su Yao and Su Ling to change into.
While they were changing, Su Ling noticed there seemed to be no other maids in the shop, so she asked curiously, “Boss, is it just the two of us?”
“Uh, for now, yes.”
Cheng Cheng felt a bit guilty.
The previous maids had all jumped ship.
Now that she had finally managed to trick two people back, she couldn’t let them escape.
“Oh, don’t worry! Being a maid is actually very easy.”
Cheng Cheng gave a demonstration, acting like a cute little kitten.
“Just like this. Once a customer enters the shop, act cute and act spoiled for them.”
“Finally, add a ‘meow’ to the end of every sentence. Heh heh, with your looks, no little Witch will be able to resist you.”
Cheng Cheng even had Su Ling sit down as a customer so she could demonstrate.
“Welcome, meow! Orange Maid Love Cafe welcomes you, meow~ Would Big Sister like some coffee, or would you like to play a love game with me, meow?”
“The shop has the following packages, meow: 199, 299…”
‘So embarrassing.’
Su Ling’s face turned slightly red.
However, this maid cafe really had a lot of packages.
The highest tier actually cost 100,000.
Aside from anything truly explicit, it included everything else.
It was essentially a borderline service.
Su Ling was a bit amazed.
‘Wait, you can sell just the borderline stuff for 100,000?’
Then she… Tsk, was the money of those single dogs really that easy to earn?
“Hee-hee, you can choose not to accept the highest tier. It’s an unspoken rule; as long as the maid is unwilling, the guest won’t force it.”
Of course, the maid for the highest tier would also get a commission, roughly around 10,000. It was a truly lucrative business.
“You’re still newcomers, so for now, focus on promoting packages like cuddling, hugging, or lap pillows. If a guest tries to get handsy with you, tell me, and I’ll take care of it.”
Su Ling didn’t really care about herself, but she was a bit worried about Su Yao. Su Yao, however, was listening very intently.
This was her first high-paying job, and she was putting her heart into it.
“Ling Ling, don’t worry. I’ll be fine.”
Su Yao patted her chest, looking almost impatient.
‘Hugging and coaxing them to sleep? Isn’t that just like taking care of a kid?’
She understood now.
It turned out that young people these days were just starved for motherly love.
No wonder she always heard someone shouting for “Mama” from next door.
Seeing this, Su Ling grew even more worried.
‘Is it really going to be okay?’
“Remember, your own well-being comes first. Don’t endure it, and don’t let yourselves be mistreated,” Cheng Cheng said, seemingly directed at Su Ling.
Su Ling was slightly stunned for a moment before nodding.
In truth, she didn’t feel much.
Again, if she was actually harassed, she might just complain that the other party hadn’t eaten enough for their grip to be so weak.
As long as they didn’t harass Su Yao, it was fine.
“Get familiar with the place first. It’s almost time to eat. How about we go grab dinner together later?”
Cheng Cheng was truly a good person; she even provided meals.
Cheng Cheng went to the inner room to tidy up while Su Ling and Su Yao practiced using the Maid Manual she had left behind.
It was filled with all sorts of embarrassing phrases and even sections on Witch Psychology.
The manual stated that those single dogs without girlfriends were the easiest to identify.
Any Witch who entered the door timidly and was too afraid to even look a maid in the eye was eighty or ninety percent likely to be a single dog.
This type was the stingiest but also the easiest to trick.
They would usually only purchase the 199 hugging package, or if they were feeling generous, the 399 lap pillow package.
While their spending might be low, they were very “sticky” customers.
If you managed to capture her heart, that fool would even think you had fallen in love with her, falling into a “simp” state and pursuing you madly.
The manual also mentioned that in such situations, it came down to the maid’s character.
A better maid would reject them outright and force them to face reality.
But some “trash maids” would string them along until they bled the person dry of all their money.
[Warning: You must judge a guest’s strength and personality. In extremely rare cases, you might trigger a Yandere.]
The manual even had a separate page for the Yandere category, filled with large, crimson letters.
For a maid, the most terrifying thing was encountering a Yandere.
These people were naturally starved for love.
If a maid accidentally caused a misunderstanding, she had to report it to the manager immediately.
The nature of a maid’s work meant she could never be single-mindedly devoted to a Yandere, which would trigger the Yandere’s “base code.”
The manual even gave an example: a trash maid misjudged a Yandere as a simple simp and kept stringing her along, PUAing her by saying she only loved her.
Later, the Yandere discovered the trash maid’s lies, swallowed the maid whole, and then set herself on fire so they could enter Samsara together.
Seeing this, Su Ling shuddered.
No one had told her that being a maid was a high-risk profession.
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