Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 68: Lift!

"Bang!"

With a loud bang as the iron plate hit the table, a small piece of shattered pudding jumped up, nimbly flew over the hill of stewed beef, and fell into the soup bowl beside Lyon with a plop.

???

Leon, who was eating happily, paused and looked up in surprise. As a result, he saw a familiar face with angry eyes sitting in the empty seat opposite him.

That loser policewoman this morning?
No... Are you crazy? There are so many empty seats, why don't you sit down and join in the fun across from my "enemy"? Are we familiar with each other?
"Miss Isa."

In consideration of the other party's identity as a secret policeman, Leon, who didn't want to cause trouble, put down his fork, politely pointed to an empty seat not far away, and said as politely as possible:
"I still prefer to eat lunch alone, so if it's convenient for you, can you go over there..."

"cannot!"

Looking at this bastard who had treated her like a fool this morning and now robbed her lunch, the female police officer couldn't help but glare at Leon, while taking off her scarf and putting it on the table, gritting her teeth and saying hatefully:

"I'm going to sit here today! If you don't like it, you can leave!"

"Very good, I will move to another place. I also hope that you can keep your promise and stay here!"

As the policewoman looked a little stunned, Leon grinned with a forced smile, then walked away leisurely with his plate of food, sat down at the seat next to him, picked up a piece of tender stewed beef shoulder with a fork, and stuffed it into his mouth with a look of happiness in his eyes.

That's great. Although some people in the police department are annoying, the canteen is really top-notch! Especially this home-cooked beef stew. Although it is not a luxurious dish, the chef must have worked hard on it.

The beef was obviously fried briefly before being put into the pan, so the tender meat was well preserved. The proportion of the soup was also obviously considered, at a just right level, neither too much absorbing to affect the flavor, nor insufficiently soaking the flavor.

Lyon just pressed lightly with his teeth, and the soup specially made with white pepper, bay leaves and cloves was squeezed out from the soft and tender beef fibers. The soup with full meaty aroma and slightly spicy flavor, combined with the soft and tender texture of the beef, conquered his tongue almost instantly.

In late autumn when fingers would be chilled by the cold wind, it is a great happiness for busy workers to be able to eat a bite of soft, tender and slightly spicy veal when they are starving.

I can’t stand it anymore!

She looked up at Yanang's intoxicated expression and the delicious soup on the corners of his mouth; then she looked down at her plate, where the fried pork chops had become cold because they had been left out for too long. The unlucky female police officer's eyes turned red.

I have never seen a rebel as arrogant as you!

After you got into the police department by luck, you didn't hide yourself carefully, but you even ate the canteen of our police department carelessly, and even ate the beef stew specially reserved for me in front of me with an intoxicated look on your face! You are simply...

Ah! Damn it! You're smacking your lips!
"Bang!"

The sound of the iron plate hitting the table rang out again. After being severely shocked by Leon's happy eating appearance, the female police officer directly broke her promise of "sitting here" and sat down opposite Leon again with the plate, glaring at him viciously.

It's decided! I must use the most evil expression in my life and say to him sinisterly:
You don't think no one knows what you did four days ago, do you?

Anyway, according to the director, the bureau can neither catch this bastard nor pass on false information to him. This clue has been completely discarded, so it’s better to scare him with this news!
It can not only warn him to control his behavior, but also let him know that our secret police are not idle! It would be best if he could get out of here after he finds out he has been exposed!
……

"you……"

Just as the red-eyed female police officer slammed the table, ready to risk being fired for violating the discipline of the Secret Investigation Bureau and making life difficult for this damn bastard, she saw the bastard opposite her glaring at her first and questioning with a cold face:

"Why do you waste food?"

"what?"

What about you?

Looking at the rice pudding that was shattered and scattered all over the table, Lyon, who had spent less than two copper wheels a day on food for the past three years and had even picked up bread crumbs from the trash can with the help of scavengers when he was really hungry, suddenly felt very upset.

When he raised his head with a frown, and was about to say something like "don't waste food, at least 50% of the people in the capital can't even eat the things you spilled on the table", he caught a glimpse of the clothes the female police officer was wearing.

According to the regulations of the Kingdom's Police Department, except for police officers on duty or in service positions, the police department does not usually require uniforms. Although the style of the female police officers' uniforms is simple, the fine embroidery on the collar and the material that can be smoothed out no matter how they move without any wrinkles, you can tell at a glance that they are of great value.

So...what's the point of me telling her this?
When he lowered his head again to look at his old coat, checked his elbows that had been rubbed thin, and the cotton core exposed after the collar lining was worn through, Leon couldn't help but smile at himself. He gave up the idea of ​​reasoning with the other party, glanced at her indifferently, and lowered his head again.

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it."

"..."

Seeing Leon lowering his head to eat again and not wanting to look at her again, the female police officer, who was full of anger just now, now sat in her seat at a loss.

Due to long-term malnutrition, Leon has always been thin, with little flesh even on his cheeks, which makes his eyes look particularly large and bright.

Just like what the red-haired chief said, although Leon doesn't talk much and has few expressions, you can tell at a glance that he is actually a person with rich inner emotions, thanks to his pair of eyes that seem to speak.

At this moment, the female police officer was shocked by the coldness and indifference revealed in those eyes.

It is not disgust, not disdain, not anger, and certainly not hatred, but the purest indifference without any other emotion mixed in.

Summer insects can't talk about ice.

Although it was impossible for her to have heard this sentence before, the female police officer at this moment unexpectedly read a similar meaning very clearly from the glance that Leon gave her. It was an extreme indifference that came from someone who had clearly realized the huge difference between the two parties and was too lazy to even communicate.

He is... this is...

I really don't know how to describe that look. After I came back to my senses from my bewilderment, I felt the gazes coming from the voice, listened to the whispers in the restaurant, and looked at Leon who was still eating the stewed beef with an indifferent expression in front of me. The policewoman's face turned red in an instant, as if by magic!

"You bastard!"

I'll let you eat it!

With the harsh sound of the chair sliding on the floor, the female police officer stood up from the chair with a bang, then picked up one side of the plate with both hands, and put all the food on Leon's plate with a clatter. Then, under the gaze of countless surprised eyes, she bit her lip and lowered her head and ran out of the restaurant.

???

Are you...sick?!

He had no idea how much psychological impact his look had caused to the arrogant female police officer. Looking at the messy plate, Leon's anger suddenly flared up.

But although the female police officer's brain was not very good, her physical fitness was really impeccable. When Leon came to his senses and slammed the table to chase after her, she had already run away with her long legs. "..."

Huh… Don’t bother with a fool! Don’t bother with a fool! Don’t bother with a fool!
After looking at the unfinished food on the plate, Leon repeated it to himself several times in his mind, then sat down again with a sullen face, picking up the food that had not been mixed together and started eating, even picking up a piece of the rice pudding that had spilled on the table and tasting it.

It has to be said that this dessert, which is very popular among female police officers, tastes really good, and it also takes a lot of thought to make it. Eggs, milk, white sugar, raisins and other things have to be mixed into the rice, and then it is steamed until the sugar is melted and the rice grains become soft, and then it is mixed into a pudding state, and then a complete rice pudding can be made.

Even though it is a little cold now, this dish is still as tender and smooth as before, and the refreshing sweet aroma goes all the way along the esophagus to the heart.

After tasting the fried pork chops and apple pie and finding them equally delicious, Leon, whose appetite was satisfied, finally suppressed his anger temporarily and nodded with satisfaction.

It’s okay. Although the female police officer has a mental problem, she has good taste in food. I can order the same for myself next time.

What Leon, who was enjoying his meal, didn't notice was that on the table where the two had their first confrontation, there was a hand-knitted scarf embroidered with the word "Isa".

As for the female police officer who had just overturned the plate and ran away, she had now returned to the cafeteria door and was staring blankly at Leon picking up the pudding on the table. She watched him pick up the cutlery with eyes full of cherishment and eat all the mixed food on the plate bite by bite.

……

"belch……"

Carrying the cat food and pet toys bought from the department store, Leon ran all the way, burping from eating so much, and finally arrived home before three o'clock in the afternoon.

As a person with a small appetite, Leon first encountered the loving big spoon of the cafeteria auntie, and then encountered the double meal from the brainless female police officer. In the end, it was really with his extraordinary willpower that he barely finished this painful yet happy meal.

He sat down and breathed for a while, holding his swollen belly. He looked up at the time and found that it was only a while until half past three. Leon couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then got up with difficulty and started to make arrangements.

According to the information given by [Materialism], the witch's cat will come knocking on the door at 3:30. Although it doesn't seem to be dangerous, considering that it is related to abnormalities after all, Leon found an excuse and coaxed his three younger brothers and sisters away in advance, leaving the house empty.

Tin mice, cat scratching boards, salted fish dolls, cat fishing rods, small balls with bells inside...

After placing the cat toys he bought all over the room and preparing two large bowls, one filled with half a bowl of water and the other filled with cat food, Leon couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction. Just when he was about to sit down and rest for a while, he realized that he had forgotten to buy the cat litter box.

After searching the empty house and not finding any suitable containers, Leon had to take out the basin he used to wash his face and go outside to get some sand.

Work together!
As long as the person knocking on the door later is really a cat and not some large feline, he will definitely be satisfied with his hospitality!

As Lyon waited confidently, time soon came to half past three, and the door of Lyon's house was knocked on time.

"Tuk, Tuk, Tuk."

"coming!"

Hearing the knock on the door, Leon took a deep breath, walked over nervously and opened the door. Fortunately, there was no large cat outside the door, but a small dwarf cat with short paws and fluffy long hair.

"Meow~"

Accompanied by a cat's meow with a slightly milky voice, like a greeting, the gray and white cat nodded politely to Leon, then stretched out its claws to rub the small bag on its back, grabbed a card and handed it over.

[Hello, I am Mango, the pet of the witch who made an agreement with your Cleanup Bureau]

After staring into Leon's eyes to confirm that he could read and had finished reading the words on the card, the cat named Mango took out another card before he could speak.

[Don’t ask me why it’s not a black cat. Other witches keep black cats because they like to wear black clothes, and cat hair on their clothes makes it difficult to be discovered.]

"..."

Um... I just wanted to say hello to you, but I also kind of wanted to ask this...

After nodding to show that he understood, Leon smiled kindly and said:

"So, your master likes to wear grey or white?"

"Meow~"

After shaking its head to indicate that it was wrong, the cat, which looked very cute but had a small Chinese character "川" (chuan) formed by the hair between its eyebrows and a naturally angry face, took out the third card and handed it over.

[My owner likes to play flying ball. If there is hair on his body, it will be blown away, so he doesn’t care.]

"Oh, that's it..."

After chatting awkwardly through the cards for a few sentences, looking at the cat at the door who was obviously very intelligent, and thinking about the things he had prepared, Leon couldn't help but scratch the back of his head in embarrassment.

By the way...it doesn't seem to be an ordinary cat. Will it like the things I prepared?

Looking back at the two large bowls on the table and the basin filled with sand on the ground, Leon, feeling a little unsure, moved his throat and asked tentatively:
"Um...can I ask first, how should I entertain you?"

After hearing what Leon said, the cat first pulled the cloth at its collar and unfolded a small pink scarf embroidered with a few rabbits. Then it turned its head and rummaged through the small bag on its back, took out the fourth card and handed it over.

[My requirements are not high, it's fine as before]

Oh! Just don’t be too demanding!
After reading the card, Leon felt relieved, but before he let the cat into the house, he saw the fifth card handed to him.

[As for food, the appetizer only needs to be boiled carrots and peas, and some tuna salad can be served afterwards; the main course is not picky, half a portion of dace sashimi and cucumber rolls will do...]

"..."

[Also, I came a long way here, and now I need to go to the bathroom, can you take me to the bathroom first? ]

"..."

[Human? What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable? ]

"..."

(End of this chapter)