Max efficiently cooked a plate of Rainbow fried rice, filled a small bowl for Anna, and then walked out of the kitchen with a plate and the bowl.
Looking at Anna, who was still leaning on the table with her eyes fastened on the glass, Max put down the plate and the bowl and stooped down to the glass. "Your rainbow fried rice is ready. Please enjoy."
"I have heard you. Coming right now." Anna looked up at Max's smiling face and giggled happily.
"Eat." Max put a little spoon in her hand.
"Okay." Anna nodded. She took a look at the colorful fried rice before her, held the bowl with one hand, and started eating with her spoon.
Max was also thinking about new task issued by system, If he wanted to complete it under the time limit given by system, he had to sell 100 fried rice in ten days.
Task wasn't impossible, he can attract some people to his restaurant by advertising using flyers or paying some money to tavern workers. Or he could contact some owners of hotels for recommendations. But Max was broke, he couldn't apply any of these solutions.
Max thought for a second and asked the system in his mind "System, can i set price of dish."
"Host doesn't have enough authority to set prices for the items provided by the system." System replied to max.
Max was baffled by the same cliche reason given by the system. Max asked "what will be the price of rainbow fried rice?"
"It will be set at 100 gold coins for now." system replied without showing any emotions.
Max who was thinking about other plans muttered "100 gold coins..hmmmm."
But soon his eyes were wide open, he wanted to scream at the system but he didn't want to startle Anna. Max still shouted in his mind "SYSTEM, are you insane?, who would buy such an expensive meal and that too fried rice."
Now Max understood, this task was nowhere easy, he had to attract customers with deep pockets. Max had no idea, how would he complete this seemingly impossible task.
System asked "Host didn't name the building, please choose a name of your liking for this establishment."
Max came out of daze after listening to the system, and snorted "why are you asking me to name it, why don't you name it yourself."
"Host, are you sure about that?, even if your authority increases in future, it will be hard to change the name of this establishment at that time."
Max thought about it and was convinced. Max didn't want to choose a name for a restaurant but for the Mall, so something inclusive will work better.
"Okay system, Let's name it The Universe." Max replied with a smile.
As soon as Max made his choice, a golden board appeared on the outer wall of the building, And name The Universe was written on it in silver.
Soon Anna was done with her fried rice.
"Anna, how do you feel after eating that rainbow fried rice?" Max asked as he looked at Anna.
"I feel the fried rice is very delicious!" Anna put her bowl on the table and stuck out her tongue to lick the rice on the corner of her mouth while she looked at Max and nodded earnestly.
Max got surprised, and then smiled—there was nothing wrong with her answer. "We will start our restaurant from today onwards" Max told Anna about the restaurant.
Anna was very excited after hearing that they will open a restaurant but the reason for her happiness was totally different.
"If we own a restaurant, we will be able to eat such a delicious meal everyday." As Anna thought about eating delicious food, a smile appeared on her cute face.
Max, who was unaware of her thoughts, stood up and walked out of the building, while Anna followed him.
Max held the door handle, took a deep breath, and pushed it hard towards the outside.
The two small bells hanging on the door rang twice, and then the door was opened. The warm sunlight of early autumn spilled on the two very different figures standing outside the door—one big, and one small, casting two long shadows onto the restaurant floor behind.
Standing there, Max looked at the signboard hanging above, on which were two big words in silver: The Universe. Holding Anna;s hand, he murmured to himself, "It seems nice to be alive again."
"Uncle, what were you saying?" Anna looked up at Max, a little puzzled.
"I was saying, 'It's nice to have you, Anna.'" Max looked down at the little thing who was even shorter than his waist.
"It's nice to have you too, Uncle." Anna ran happily around Max for two laps, and then, forming her hands like a trumpet in front of her mouth, she shouted "Our restaurant has opened! Come and eat here! We have very delicious rainbow fried rice…"
Max looked at his little girl and gave a reluctant yet happy smile. He was very happy inside too.
"Let's go and arrange tables and chairs before guests come to visit our restaurant." Max told excited Anna. Anna also nodded and followed him back to the hall, she was also looking forward to seeing people eating their delicious rainbow fried rice.
There was black board behind the reception table, And details of the rainbow fried rice was written on it.
[ Rainbow Fried Rice - 100 Gold coins ]
Soon Max and Anna finished arranging tables and chairs. There were 20 tables in the restaurant, which could be shared by at least 80 people. So Max wasn't worried of running out of space for now.
Just as Max was done with the work, he found that Anna was not there anymore, so he put the dirty cloth back into the cabinet and walked out. But just as he walked out he heard Anna's cute voice.
Anna was playing with a dirty cat. Cat was covered with a lot of dirt and wild leaves. So when Max found Anna playing with it, he was very worried about her safety. Just as Max was going to tell Anna to stop playing with it.
Anna seemed to hear his footsteps, so she turned her cute head. After seeing Max, she excitedly said "Uncle this poor cat is very hungry, can we give her something to eat."
Looking at her excited face, Max couldn't decline her innocent request so he sighed and went back to make another portion of rainbow fried rice. Soon Max cooked another serving of fried rice and served it in a bowl for the cat.
Cat, who was sitting nervously with Anna, seemed to smell something delicious so when Max walked out the door, it was already staring towards the door. Max came to the side of Anna and put down the bowl.
Cat, who seemed to find the origin of the smell, was very excited and started eating with her small mouth. Anna sat there watching it eat the fried rice while thinking "Uncle's fried rice is very delicious."
Soon Cat ended its meal and started to rub its head against Max's leg, as if saying thanks. Anna, who was looking at the cat with loving eyes, said "Uncle, can't we keep it with us?"
Max sighed when he heard Anna, he already knew that Anna was going to ask for it. He was hesitant about adopting a wild cat. But after spending some time with this one, he didn't find anything wild in this little thing. So he just nodded.
Anna, who got her uncle's approval, was very happy as she excitedly said "Ahhhh, you are gonna live with us from now on."
Cat seemed to understand Anna's words and meowed. Just as Anna was going to hug it, Max stopped her and said "we have to clean it first, it's very dirty right now. So let's take it for a bathe first."
Max brought an extra cloth from inside and wrapped it around the cat and took it to the washroom with Anna.
After giving it a nice bath, Max was surprised to find out that the cat was pure white. It had purple eyes and a blue mark on its forehead.
Anna, who was standing beside Max, was very happy with its transformation.
Max, who was trying to dry it with a clean towel, said "Anna, have you thought about a name for it?"
Anna, who heard Max asking about naming it, started thinking about a good name for it.
After a while Anna said with a smile "Let's name it Lily."