As the smoke and dust cleared, a woman appeared, about the same height as Thor.
She had a gray dragon horn on her forehead, wore a split, sexy outfit, and held a trident weapon.
She was half-kneeling on the ground, in a Terminator-like pose.
She slowly raised her head, glanced at the two of them, and finally focused her sharp gaze on Thor.
"Thor, I didn't expect you to flee to such a place. Have you forgotten the rules? Dragons will disrupt the order of this world. Come back with me quickly."
"Hmph, Elma, you're still the same stiff, old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud. I'm not going back. You go back yourself!" Thor snorted, giving Elma no face at all.
"Thor, argue all you want, but don't fight here. I don't want you two to break my house," Liu Ming quickly interjected.
Thor nodded but remained silent.
"Your strength and mine are evenly matched. This time, we must decide a winner. Betting on the honor of the dragon race, I will definitely take you back," Elma said, holding her trident weapon and looking at Thor provocatively.
But at this serious moment, her stomach suddenly growled.
"Goo goo goo"
"You're not hungry, are you? Haven't you eaten anything? That's not right, you're a dragon. You can find food easily. Or do dragons endure hunger so well?" Liu Ming looked at Elma strangely, but seeing her shy expression, he knew he had guessed wrong.
"You've been chattering on and on, human man, you're really annoying!" Elma, red with embarrassment and anger, glared at Liu Ming.
Liu Ming glanced at her, then pointed to the gazebo behind her. "Carelessly destroying someone else's home, is that how you uphold order? If you want to protect the world, please abide by the law yourself first, otherwise, it's not very convincing."
Elma immediately became awkward and at a loss.
"You know, Thor has been here for so long and has never done anything so excessive," Liu Ming continued to needle her.
"Hmph!" Thor proudly lifted her head.
"What are you so proud of?" Elma glared at Thor unhappily, then loudly told Liu Ming, "I'll pay for it, big deal."
"Do you have money?" Liu Ming's words hit the mark.
"I, I, I, I... big deal, I'll work to pay off the debt!" Elma blurted out.
"You said that, I didn't force you. Then you can be a waitress here," Liu Ming agreed immediately, not allowing her to refute.
Anyway, feeding one is feeding, feeding a bunch is feeding a bunch.
At the same time, he took out his phone and played the recording of what she had just said.
"Big deal, I'll work to pay off the debt."
"Work to pay off the debt."
"Pay off the debt."
Elma was completely stunned. As a noble giant dragon, she had actually been tricked by a human.
"Xiao Ming, are you going to keep her here?" Thor asked reluctantly.
"Hehe," Liu Ming rubbed her head and comforted her, "Think about it, you're a senior in the restaurant, and you occasionally serve as the head chef.
And she's just a new waitress. You can legitimately order her around, whip her, and that way you can vent your anger."
Thor's eyes lit up, and she no longer objected, immediately looking down at Elma with a condescending gaze.
Elma had a look of utter despair.
She hadn't thought about going back on her word, but Liu Ming kept whispering things in her ear. One moment it was 'dragon honor,' the next 'dragon dignity.' More importantly, he also had evidence.
How could she back out now?
And Thor was even more excessive. "If you dare to run away, I'll go back and spread it everywhere that you, Elma, don't keep your word."
What made her even more distraught was that Thor actually restored the collapsed gazebo right in front of her.
Had she dug her own grave?
But when she entered the hall and saw the food the customers were enjoying,
the delicious aroma, the exquisite colors, she suddenly realized that staying here didn't seem so bad after all.
"You go to the kitchen first and have Tadokoro Megumi get you something to eat. Just tell her you're a new employee. Since you're working here, I won't let you go hungry," Liu Ming said, pointing to the kitchen. He knew how to give a stick and then a carrot.
"Then I won't be polite," Elma said, and ran like the wind in the direction Liu Ming indicated.
"Xiao Ming, was that Elma just now?" Kanna walked over and asked curiously.
"That's her. That sound just now was made by her. She crashed into the gazebo in the courtyard, and now she has to work here to pay off the debt," Liu Ming said.
"You're keeping her here, aren't you afraid she and Lady Thor will fight?" Kanna asked strangely.
"Are their two relationships that bad?" Liu Ming asked.
"It's because of different factions. The dragon race isn't as united as a rock. There's the Harmonious Faction, which focuses on order, the Chaos Faction, which craves destruction and chaos, and then there's the Neutral Faction, which neither agrees nor participates."
Kanna briefly explained the distribution of factions in her world to Liu Ming, "Elma belongs to the Harmonious Faction, and Lady Thor belongs to the Chaos Faction. The two are naturally opposed."
"So they don't have any deep-seated hatred," Liu Ming asked.
"That's right," Kanna nodded.
"Then it's fine. As long as there's no hatred, I'm confident they won't fight," Liu Ming was quite confident in his cooking. Once the other party tried it, he didn't believe Elma could escape his grasp.
She could just work here for the rest of her life.
Kanna didn't know why Liu Ming said that, but she believed Liu Ming would handle it.
"You're going to school soon, are you happy?" Liu Ming rubbed her little head.
"School? Is it like what I see on TV?" Kanna's expression showed a little anticipation.
"Yes, judging by your appearance, you should go to elementary school. You'll be in the same school as Miyu then," Liu Ming said.
"What about Little Chu?" Kanna asked.
"Xiao Hina is still small, she can only go to kindergarten. You'll be in different schools," Liu Ming said.
"Is that so?" Kanna was a little disappointed. She valued her role as an older sister quite a bit.
"Don't worry, it's just different schools. You'll still be together in the evenings," Liu Ming comforted her, rubbing her little head.
...
On the other side, after eating Tadokoro Megumi's cooking, all of Elma's dissatisfaction instantly vanished without a trace. This wasn't hell at all; it was paradise! Working here, would she get to eat such delicious food every day?
Coming here to pursue Thor was absolutely the right decision.
At this moment, although there was still a hint of pride on her face, she was much more obedient. After changing into Thor's spare qipao, she reluctantly followed Thor, learning the duties of a waitress.
Thor, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. The two were eternal rivals. Who would have thought there would be a day like this, where she could order Elma around?
This feeling was simply too good.