After a delicious lunch, Xiao Yu and the others left the restaurant with happy expressions.
After all, they had things to do today, so they couldn't stay there forever.
Liu Ming looked at the reluctant eyes of Xiao Lu and Xiao Nai as they left, and thought to himself, it's likely that Xiao Yu will call them both whenever she comes to freeload a meal in the future, given how good their relationship is.
Returning to the restaurant, he saw Grandma Doma pulling Doma Naosumi aside to talk.
At this moment, Grandma Doma's smile was noticeably brighter than usual; it was absolutely the right decision to call Doma Naosumi over this time.
At the same time, he thought to himself, should he also call him over from time to time to keep Grandma Doma company?
He could just promise him that he could eat here.
On the other side, Xiao Hina was introducing her pet, Iko, to her three good friends.
Seeing Iko's fluffy and cute appearance, the three little girls also became interested and curiously ran to Iko.
Kanna might have gotten addicted to being an older sister, and also joined them to play.
Liu Ming looked around, and feeling that there was nothing for him to do, he lazily lay down on the reclining chair, preparing to rest for a while.
However, he hadn't slept for long before someone shook him awake.
"Sora? Is something wrong?" Liu Ming rubbed his sleepy eyes.
"Someone is looking for you," Sora said softly.
"Huh?" Liu Ming responded in confusion.
He looked up and glanced at the clock on the wall, which showed it was past 3 PM.
Why would anyone come looking for him at this time?
"Sister Toru said they came to make trouble," Sora's expression was a bit strange; in fact, she wasn't sure if it was true, the words had originally come from Sister Toru.
"What! Who's so bold as to dare come here to make trouble? Where's Sister Toru, she didn't go wild, did she?" Liu Ming was a little angry at first, but quickly turned to worry.
Of course, he wasn't worried about Sister Toru, but about the people who came.
If Sister Toru went too far, he didn't know if this restaurant could still stay open.
If he were there, Sister Toru might have some reservations and wouldn't act recklessly.
But if he wasn't there, then it would be troublesome.
Thinking of this, Liu Ming couldn't help but mourn for the newcomers for a while.
"Sister Toru isn't that violent, is she? She's confronting them.
Uncle, you should hurry down," Sora also reacted, realizing it wasn't the time to talk.
Liu Ming also reacted, quickly stood up, and ran downstairs to the first floor.
When he got downstairs, he saw the people standing in the hall and then understood why Sister Toru had said they came to make trouble.
There were three people, all familiar faces.
One was Chitawara Natsume, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and the other two were Nakiri Senzaemon and his granddaughter Nakiri Erina.
So it was these three, no wonder Sister Toru had such strong hostility.
Sister Toru always believed that Chitawara Natsume was seducing Liu Ming, so Sister Toru never liked her.
And Erina, needless to say, not long after the last incident, Sister Toru held a considerable grudge.
As for Senzaemon, it might have been a case of hating the house and its crow; because of Erina's existence, Sister Toru didn't even like her grandfather.
"Mr. Liu, it's been a while since we last met."
Chitawara Natsume wanted to go over and shake hands with Liu Ming, but Sister Toru directly stood in front of her, blocking her way.
Chitawara Natsume was stunned for a moment, but she didn't mind, after all, such things had happened frequently before.
"Hmph, with such poor service, I don't know how this shop managed to survive," Erina snorted in dissatisfaction.
"Erina," Senzaemon reprimanded her.
Seeing this, Erina stopped talking, but her dissatisfaction became even more apparent on her face.
Liu Ming pulled the displeased Sister Toru behind him, his gaze slowly sweeping over the three, finally landing on Erina.
He slowly said, "You need to understand, it's not business hours right now, so strictly speaking, you are not customers, and we don't need to serve you."
"You~" Erina was so angry she couldn't speak.
However, Liu Ming had no intention of letting her off just like that.
He continued, "And since you're coming to see me at this time, it should be as friends, right? Coming to a friend's house and being so picky, you, the young lady of the Nakitiri Family, don't have much grace, do you?"
"I~" Erina was so wronged she was almost in tears.
Didn't she just say something out of anger? Did he have to keep pressing her? She was a pretty and cute girl, after all, couldn't he show a little courtesy?
"Cough cough," Senzaemon couldn't bear to watch anymore and quickly coughed twice, interrupting their argument.
Erina was his beloved granddaughter, after all, and hearing her spoken to like that in front of him made him uncomfortable.
"Mr. Liu, we meet again."
Senzaemon's cultivation was still very profound, and he did not let this create a rift with Liu Ming.
"Hello, what brings you here?" Liu Ming didn't pressure Senzaemon; after all, only Erina had angered him, and he wasn't that petty.
Senzaemon chuckled and then said, "Didn't I mention it last time? Of course, I came to taste Mr. Liu's cooking.
I've been looking forward to it for a long time."
"But it's not business hours yet," Liu Ming wasn't intentionally targeting anyone with this remark; after all, it was only a little past three, and the restaurant's official business hours didn't start until 5 PM.