Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Perhaps it was because it was lunch time, but the store was bustling with people.

"Can Lucy eat spicy food?"

Xi Da's soft voice sounded in his ears.

Lucy retracted her gaze and replied softly: "I've never had hot pot before... I shouldn't be able to tolerate spicy food..."

"Then why don't you order a mandarin duck pot to try first? In order to avoid digestive tract diseases caused by overeating spicy food..."

Seeing Lucy nodding to express that she had no objection, Xi Da tapped the electronic ordering interface a few times with her fingers.

Although the price of this hot pot restaurant in the center of Night City is expensive, the efficiency and quality of the service it provides are really worth it.

After only waiting for about five minutes, a well-prepared pot of hot pot base was already served by the waiter.

“Did you order the mandarin duck hot pot?”

Yahweh just came back from the dining area, carrying many dishes in his hands, as if he was performing acrobatics.

Different from the a la carte mode at noon, this store will transform into a self-service mode in the evening to cater to the habit of people with spare money in their pockets to dine together at night, which is one of its special features.

"You're so funny..." Lucy complained as she stood up, took the large and small dishes from Yawei's hand, and placed them neatly on the table.

"Where's Xida?" Yahweh glanced at the empty seat next to Lucy and asked curiously.

"Here, look behind you, it's right at the door." Lucy tapped her chin in the direction of the door, and poured the beef and mutton slices on the table evenly into the clear and spicy soup.

"Hello! Sorry for being late, there's a bit of a traffic jam on the road..." Different from the last time we met, this time V could clearly see that he had dressed up carefully, and he looked more mature and professional.

"It's okay..." Yawei nodded and pointed to Lucy sitting next to him, "Xida should have introduced you to the new member of our team, Lucy."

Lucy stood up politely and shook hands with the two new arrivals.

"Well, the person next to me is Jill, who is currently a bartender in a bar." V took Jill with him and sat on Lucy's left side.

"If you have a chance, you can go to that bar and sit down..." Xida nodded, and as he spoke, he sat on Lucy's right side, next to Yawei.

"By the way, is your team on vacation recently? I haven't heard any news about you being active for a few days." V asked curiously as he put his bag on the armchair.

"Absolutely... I guess I'll be back to work at the end of January." Yahweh looked at V sitting on his right and thought for a while before answering.

"What about you, V? Did you encounter any trouble on the way to promotion?" Xi Ta asked, glancing at the bottom of the pot that was already boiling, and told everyone that they could eat by themselves.

"A few people are quite sour, but it doesn't matter..." V smiled disdainfully, saying that he didn't take those jealous villains to heart, "I heard Xi Da say that Lucy is a pretty powerful hacker? Sure enough, Today’s young people are so awesome…”

Lucy took a sip of the tea at her hand and nodded cautiously.

"It sounds like I'm very old and old-fashioned." Jill rolled her eyes at V and complained in a low voice.

"Oh... I forgot, I guess you're the oldest here." V didn't hesitate and hit back with a straight ball.

"Pfft..." Xi Da couldn't hold it back, looking at their happy little theater, he laughed out loud.

"Looking at the accents, are both Gil and Xida French?" Lucy looked back and forth at Xida and Gil several times, and finally couldn't help but asked curiously.

"Ah? So I speak with an accent?" Xi Da was a little surprised. She thought her spoken English was authentic enough.

"It's to the extent that you can't tell if you don't listen carefully and compare." Yahweh still comforted his girlfriend with a few words.

"I am indeed French, and I also studied in France..." Jill fiddled with her long purple hair to prevent it from accidentally getting on the plate when she lowered her head.

"Before I was born, our family had moved from France to Night City..." Xida recalled, but her eyes were a little dim.

Yahweh took her cold hand in time and changed the subject calmly, "V and Jill, what are your plans for the future? Are you continuing to study at work or doing something else... …”

"Actually, I didn't plan to be a bartender..." Jill scratched the back of her head and replied, "When I was in school, I was always irritable and irritable. One time I was drinking with my ex-girlfriend, and she told me, 'If I were in life, I always hit a wall, how about trying bartending?'..."

"So you just got your bartender license?" Lucy glanced at Xi Da who was in a depressed mood, rubbed her palms apologetically, and continued talking smoothly.

"Absolutely...but it was after this guy broke up with her ex-girlfriend." V smiled and threw the cooked mutton into his mouth, chewing it and rubbing Jill's head.

"How do you know?" Jill was a little surprised. She remembered that she had never mentioned her unbearable emotional experience to others.

"Ha... It seems that a certain guy hasn't realized that he has turned into a loud mouth after being drunk... while crying, he loudly recounted what happened to him and his ex-girlfriend... such as the 'cucumber' incident..." V was helpless. He shook his head with a speechless expression.

"Tell me in detail!" Xi Ta calmed down and became lively again.

"Uh...Gill, can I tell..." V turned around and glanced at Jill, only to find that she was holding her head in despair and lying on the table pretending to be dead.

"I'd better do it in person... Anyway, it's all old news..." After a while, Jill raised her head and replied in a muffled voice, "Ahem... I'll make a long story short... I hope you can cover your boyfriend's ears. …”

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