In the middle of the night, the rain stopped.

Heiji suddenly woke up in his sleep.

The feeling of emptiness in the stomach was accompanied by a burst of spasms, and he was awakened by hunger.

Heiji got up from the bed and searched for a long time at home, but he couldn't find even a little bit of biscuit scraps - the last time I was hungry, I had already eaten them all......

I have to go out and get something to eat, or I really can't stand it.

Heiji washed his face and glanced at the alarm clock at the bedside, 2:37 in the morning.

At this point in time, it was already late at night, and it seemed that there was only one store to go to.

The moment I walked out of the house, the familiar feeling of being watched returned.

Heiji is now a little accustomed to it, walking slowly under the dim street lamp, and occasionally seeing drunkards holding on to the root of the wall, bowing their heads, and vomiting silently as much as they can.

People here live a very depressed life, even if they are drunk late at night, they do not want to make noise and bring any trouble to the quiet life of others.

In the depths of an alley, a beige lantern is lit, which looks particularly warm and natural in the quiet night.

It is a late-night dining hall that is open from 12 a.m. until 7 a.m. the next morning.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with a dignified face, with a gruesome scar on the left side of his face that stretched from his eyebrows down to his cheeks.

The injury looked extremely dangerous, but miraculously it didn't hurt the eye.

Heiji lifted the curtain, pushed open the bulky wooden door, and walked in.

The boss was wearing a blue dress and a white apron that was slightly yellowish but exceptionally clean, dressed as a craftsman.

He was standing in the kitchen busy working, and when he heard the voice, he lifted the curtain hanging above his head and glanced at Pingji.

"Kid...... It's so late...... Why did you come out on your own? ”

Heiji rubbed his stiff hands together and said softly, "I'm hungry...... Boss...... Is there anything to eat......"

A warm smile appeared on the boss's face: "There is only a pork soup set on the menu...... What do you want to eat...... As long as I can do...... You can make it for you to eat. ”

Pingji found an empty seat and sat down, and on his right hand sat an extremely tall middle-aged man in black, wearing a pair of sunglasses at night, and in front of him, there were several red sausages cut into the shape of an octopus.

took a sausage with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and the middle-aged man in black picked up a full glass of beer and drank it all.

On his right, a sluggish young man stood up, picked up the beer bottle, and refilled his cup, apparently as his younger brother.

In addition to the two men with poor faces, there was also a sexyly clad woman, an elderly man wearing a peaked cap, and several young men in white shirts.

The others, as if they were a little respectful of these two men, were not willing to sit down next to them until they came in.

"It's the little brother...... Or a little sister...... You're so bold...... Dare to sit down next to Brother Long......"

The young man who was angry looked at Heiji with an unkind face, his tongue was a little bigger, and it seemed that he had drunk a lot of wine.

The people who were dining in the restaurant were all drunk, staring at Pingji with interest.

Is this kind of late-night cafeteria really not suitable for a teenager like me to come in......

"The owner...... What's so delicious...... If there is anything faster to do, give me a copy first. ”

Heiji is already hungry and has Venus in his eyes, and he can't care about anything else.

As soon as he spoke, the young man who was angry heard that he was a boy.

"Little brother...... What I just asked you...... You haven't answered me yet! ”

The young man staggered to his feet and walked in front of Heiji, looking unrelenting.

"Ah Xian - don't make trouble......

The tall man in sunglasses spoke slowly, his voice extremely cold.

"Brother Long...... I just want to tease this kid...... I didn't think about it......"

The young man, Ah Xian, suddenly woke up and returned to his seat with a sneer.

A bowl of hot pork soup, a small plate of kimchi, and a bowl of white rice were served in front of Heiji.

"It's fast...... Boss. ”

Pingji hurriedly broke off his chopsticks and folded his hands: "I'm going to move—I'm so hungry......"

A bite of the tough white rice and a spoonful of fragrant pork miso soup make him feel alive.

The boss served a small plate of omelette to the sexyly dressed young woman, and then watched with a gentle expression as he devoured his meal, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"It's delicious...... Boss...... Is there any tonkatsu...... I also want to have a pork chop rice......"

With pork soup as a belly pad, I couldn't help but want to eat the deep-fried golden and crispy pork chops, served with cabbage and white rice, and the taste was really ecstatic.

"Little brother...... I didn't expect you to be quite able to eat...... Going out alone at such a young age, aren't the family worried? ”

The elderly man wearing a cap next to him took a sip of soju and looked at Heiji with concern.

Heiji's expression darkened, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said slowly, "I'm alone...... No parents...... No family ......"

The people in the store suddenly looked at Heiji with a sympathetic and sad gaze, and couldn't help but sigh for a long time.

Looking at Heiji's age, it coincides with the Nine-Tails Rebellion that broke out 12 years ago, and most of his family and parents died in that huge disaster.

"The owner...... How much money is for this child's food...... Count it on my account. ”

The man in black named Brother Long took out a large bill of 10,000 taels from his wallet, put it on the table, and then turned around and walked out of the cafeteria.

The little brother named Ah Xian next to him was slightly stunned, hurriedly drank the soju in his cup, and chased him out.

"Ah Long is cold and warm-hearted...... What a nice guy......"

The old man sighed with emotion and took a deep sip of soju, a faint flush on his dark face.

"The owner...... My food money...... I'll pay for it myself. ”

Heiji also took out a large bill of 10,000 taels from his pocket and put it on the table.

The boss was stunned for a moment, a faint smile appeared on his face, looked at Pingji's stubborn eyes, and nodded.

"Kid, you're a ninja, aren't you?"

A lonely teenager, who appeared alone in the late-night cafeteria, was a big bill of 10,000 taels as soon as he shot it, and there seemed to be no other reasonable explanation other than his identity as a ninja.

Heiji looked at the golden tonkatsu in front of him, which was bigger than his face, and his saliva was already overflowing.

"Yes, I'm a ninja...... Boss, I'm going—"

The eyes of the people in the entire small shop suddenly changed when they looked at Pingji, and there was more admiration and envy in their original sympathetic and sad expressions......