Lin Jin returned to the dormitory feeling utterly dejected, slumping into a chair as if he was on the verge of death.
He arrived at the restaurant around 1 PM, and the originally half-full dining room became packed in an instant. Lin Jin was rushed off his feet, carrying plates and calling out to customers. What had initially been somewhat embarrassing became almost instinctual for him, addressing everyone with a nasal, cutesy "Hello, Master." He even became so confused that he began to call his coworkers and boss, Sister Chen, "Master."
Fortunately, the restaurant usually only operates until 8 PM. Lin Jin, who had to go to the studio to take promotional photos, was taken by Sister Chen to a small photography studio near the Polytechnic after the peak customer period ended around 7 PM. He returned to the dormitory, utterly bewildered, only after the photo shoot.
Also, luckily, Sister Chen didn't make things difficult for Lin Jin anymore. She took back the maid outfit, saying he only needed to change into it at the restaurant in the future. Also, because the photos would be used for advertising and involved his likeness, Lin Jin received three hundred yuan from Sister Chen. Although it wasn't much, Lin Jin didn't care about so-called likeness rights.
But he was so tired~
Lin Jin collapsed on the table, sighing repeatedly. He felt as if all the bones in his body were aching, his body so weary that it felt like he had been trampled by a dozen horses.
He twisted his neck, hearing a cracking sound, and was instantly frightened into remaining still, lying down obediently to wait for rest and then a bath.
"Wen Xuan, check out the forum!" Wu Min, engrossed in his computer game, suddenly yelled to Wen Xuan, "The neighboring Polytechnic has opened a maid-themed cafe, and our school's forum is flooded with posts about it."
"A maid-themed cafe?" Playing a single-player game, Wen Xuan minimized the window and opened the forum page. "The Polytechnic is so liberal? They can open this kind of place?"
"Not what you're thinking."
Wu Min, resting his cheek on one hand and tilting his head to look at the maid photos on the screen, explained to Wen Xuan, "It's a legitimate cafe, just with a maid gimmick, there shouldn't be any ** content."
"Really? What's the point then?" Although he said this, Wen Xuan's actions belied his words as he clicked on the forum for his school, immediately noticing the posts about the maid-themed cafe that had virtually taken over the forums.
Some of these posts were promotional images shared by the restaurant, while others were shared by fellow students who happened to be at the Polytechnic for errands or to play and snapped photos of the maid cafe to boast on the forum.
Although there were only seven or eight such posts, there were also many asking about the restaurant's location, so the maid-themed cafe posts were all over the forums.
Wen Xuan clicked on the post with the most replies, and immediately saw a photo of a maid used to headline the thread. He was taken aback and glanced over at Lin Jin.
"Wu Min" he said, bewildered, scratching his hair that covered half of his eye, and pointing at the computer, "Don't you think this maid looks a lot like Lin Jin?"
"Not really?" Wu Min was startled by Wen Xuan's comment, but after carefully looking at the photo on the forum, his expression became strange. "It does... seem a bit like Lin Jin."
"It's not just a bit like" Wen Xuan walked directly behind Wu Min, pointing at the maid's face in the computer photo, "Look at this picture, here, there's a mole."
Lin Jin had even forgotten about the mole on his face. After all, it was on the left side of his chin, and he couldn't see it when looking in the mirror. Moreover, the mole had become fainter after facial alterations, and the black mole that used to be the size of a pinkie fingernail was now just a black dot one or two millimeters across.
This black dot was almost invisible to Lin Jin, but Wen Xuan and Wu Min, who spent their days with him, could occasionally notice it. The photo of the maid was taken by a customer sitting at a table, from a low angle, and captured half of Lin Jin's chin and the mole.
"Although it looks very similar, how could Lin Jin possibly work as a maid?" Wu Min frowned, still somewhat reluctant to believe that Lin Jin had gone to the Polytechnic to work as a maid. "Also, Lin Jin's mole is pretty big, but this one's so small."
"Why don't we just ask Lin Jin?" Wen Xuan turned his head and called to Lin Jin, who was lying on the table, "Lin Jin, come here a minute, it's urgent."
After waiting a moment and seeing no response from Lin Jin, Wen Xuan was perplexed and walked over, only to hear Lin Jin's even but slightly heavy breathing.
"She's asleep" Wen Xuan shrugged at Wu Min.
"Doesn't this give us the perfect chance to check? Lin Jin's mole on her chin is as big as a fifty-cent coin, right?" Wu Min also followed and squatted down, taking a close look at Lin Jin's chin. He found that the mole that was originally the size of a fifty-cent coin was now only a few millimeters across, almost identical in size to the maid's mole in the photo.
Adding the facial shape, appearance, and familiar expressions, Wu Min could only confirm that Wen Xuan's words were true.
Wu Min looked up blankly at Wen Xuan, whose face read "I knew it was Lin Jin" and gave a wry smile: "Who knows why this tomboy Lin Jin would suddenly run off to be a maid, and at the Polytechnic of all places?"
"The Polytechnic isn't far away" Wen Xuan leaned against the tripod, "She's asleep now, shall we go tease her tomorrow?"
"According to the forum, she seems to call her customers 'Master,' right?" Wu Min's eyes flicked with a somewhat malicious grin, and he stood up, folding his arms and looking at Lin Jin, who was asleep on the table, "Shall we go and hear what her 'loli' voice sounds like?"
"I certainly have no objections" Wen Xuan grinned, looking at Lin Jin lying on the table along with Wu Min, "I'm curious to hear her call me 'Master.' She's so arrogant in the dorm, now she's getting her comeuppance, isn't she?"
"Hmm?" Lin Jin was awakened by their discussion, and having been only lightly asleep, he woke up in a daze, lifting his head from the desk to glance at Wu Min and Wen Xuan standing beside him.
"What are you guys doing?" Lin Jin yawned and mumbled sleepily, "Why are you standing beside me watching me sleep?"
"Nothing, we were just about to go to the balcony."
Wen Xuan coughed lightly, giving Wu Min a signal. Wu Min immediately understood and nodded, agreeing with Wen Xuan's words as they walked out onto the balcony.
Lin Jin, still dazed, watched their awkward performance but didn't care much because his mind was still foggy, only thinking that their behavior was strange.
"Two lunatics."
Mumbling to himself, Lin Jin stood up, turned around, and immediately saw the photo of himself in a maid outfit on Wen Xuan's computer. His face instantly turned dark.
Lin Jin returned to the dormitory feeling utterly dejected, slumping into a chair as if he was on the verge of death.
He arrived at the restaurant around 1 PM, and the originally half-full dining room became packed in an instant. Lin Jin was rushed off his feet, carrying plates and calling out to customers. What had initially been somewhat embarrassing became almost instinctual for him, addressing everyone with a nasal, cutesy "Hello, Master." He even became so confused that he began to call his coworkers and boss, Sister Chen, "Master."
Fortunately, the restaurant usually only operates until 8 PM. Lin Jin, who had to go to the studio to take promotional photos, was taken by Sister Chen to a small photography studio near the Polytechnic after the peak customer period ended around 7 PM. He returned to the dormitory, utterly bewildered, only after the photo shoot.
Also, luckily, Sister Chen didn't make things difficult for Lin Jin anymore. She took back the maid outfit, saying he only needed to change into it at the restaurant in the future. Also, because the photos would be used for advertising and involved his likeness, Lin Jin received three hundred yuan from Sister Chen. Although it wasn't much, Lin Jin didn't care about so-called likeness rights.
But he was so tired~
Lin Jin collapsed on the table, sighing repeatedly. He felt as if all the bones in his body were aching, his body so weary that it felt like he had been trampled by a dozen horses.
He twisted his neck, hearing a cracking sound, and was instantly frightened into remaining still, lying down obediently to wait for rest and then a bath.
"Wen Xuan, check out the forum!" Wu Min, engrossed in his computer game, suddenly yelled to Wen Xuan, "The neighboring Polytechnic has opened a maid-themed cafe, and our school's forum is flooded with posts about it."
"A maid-themed cafe?" Playing a single-player game, Wen Xuan minimized the window and opened the forum page. "The Polytechnic is so liberal? They can open this kind of place?"
"Not what you're thinking."
Wu Min, resting his cheek on one hand and tilting his head to look at the maid photos on the screen, explained to Wen Xuan, "It's a legitimate cafe, just with a maid gimmick, there shouldn't be any ** content."
"Really? What's the point then?" Although he said this, Wen Xuan's actions belied his words as he clicked on the forum for his school, immediately noticing the posts about the maid-themed cafe that had virtually taken over the forums.
Some of these posts were promotional images shared by the restaurant, while others were shared by fellow students who happened to be at the Polytechnic for errands or to play and snapped photos of the maid cafe to boast on the forum.
Although there were only seven or eight such posts, there were also many asking about the restaurant's location, so the maid-themed cafe posts were all over the forums.
Wen Xuan clicked on the post with the most replies, and immediately saw a photo of a maid used to headline the thread. He was taken aback and glanced over at Lin Jin.
"Wu Min" he said, bewildered, scratching his hair that covered half of his eye, and pointing at the computer, "Don't you think this maid looks a lot like Lin Jin?"
"Not really?" Wu Min was startled by Wen Xuan's comment, but after carefully looking at the photo on the forum, his expression became strange. "It does... seem a bit like Lin Jin."
"It's not just a bit like" Wen Xuan walked directly behind Wu Min, pointing at the maid's face in the computer photo, "Look at this picture, here, there's a mole."
Lin Jin had even forgotten about the mole on his face. After all, it was on the left side of his chin, and he couldn't see it when looking in the mirror. Moreover, the mole had become fainter after facial alterations, and the black mole that used to be the size of a pinkie fingernail was now just a black dot one or two millimeters across.
This black dot was almost invisible to Lin Jin, but Wen Xuan and Wu Min, who spent their days with him, could occasionally notice it. The photo of the maid was taken by a customer sitting at a table, from a low angle, and captured half of Lin Jin's chin and the mole.
"Although it looks very similar, how could Lin Jin possibly work as a maid?" Wu Min frowned, still somewhat reluctant to believe that Lin Jin had gone to the Polytechnic to work as a maid. "Also, Lin Jin's mole is pretty big, but this one's so small."
"Why don't we just ask Lin Jin?" Wen Xuan turned his head and called to Lin Jin, who was lying on the table, "Lin Jin, come here a minute, it's urgent."
After waiting a moment and seeing no response from Lin Jin, Wen Xuan was perplexed and walked over, only to hear Lin Jin's even but slightly heavy breathing.
"She's asleep" Wen Xuan shrugged at Wu Min.
"Doesn't this give us the perfect chance to check? Lin Jin's mole on her chin is as big as a fifty-cent coin, right?" Wu Min also followed and squatted down, taking a close look at Lin Jin's chin. He found that the mole that was originally the size of a fifty-cent coin was now only a few millimeters across, almost identical in size to the maid's mole in the photo.
Adding the facial shape, appearance, and familiar expressions, Wu Min could only confirm that Wen Xuan's words were true.
Wu Min looked up blankly at Wen Xuan, whose face read "I knew it was Lin Jin" and gave a wry smile: "Who knows why this tomboy Lin Jin would suddenly run off to be a maid, and at the Polytechnic of all places?"
"The Polytechnic isn't far away" Wen Xuan leaned against the tripod, "She's asleep now, shall we go tease her tomorrow?"
"According to the forum, she seems to call her customers 'Master,' right?" Wu Min's eyes flicked with a somewhat malicious grin, and he stood up, folding his arms and looking at Lin Jin, who was asleep on the table, "Shall we go and hear what her 'loli' voice sounds like?"
"I certainly have no objections" Wen Xuan grinned, looking at Lin Jin lying on the table along with Wu Min, "I'm curious to hear her call me 'Master.' She's so arrogant in the dorm, now she's getting her comeuppance, isn't she?"
"Hmm?" Lin Jin was awakened by their discussion, and having been only lightly asleep, he woke up in a daze, lifting his head from the desk to glance at Wu Min and Wen Xuan standing beside him.
"What are you guys doing?" Lin Jin yawned and mumbled sleepily, "Why are you standing beside me watching me sleep?"
"Nothing, we were just about to go to the balcony."
Wen Xuan coughed lightly, giving Wu Min a signal. Wu Min immediately understood and nodded, agreeing with Wen Xuan's words as they walked out onto the balcony.
Lin Jin, still dazed, watched their awkward performance but didn't care much because his mind was still foggy, only thinking that their behavior was strange.
"Two lunatics."
Mumbling to himself, Lin Jin stood up, turned around, and immediately saw the photo of himself in a maid outfit on Wen Xuan's computer. His face instantly turned dark.
