2: Underneath A Thousand Skies

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The restaurant in front of them was well-known in the entire galactic federation. It was because depending on the owner's mood, the theme of the restaurant changed day by day. In addition, customers could only get inside once they had reserved a spot.

It was common for customers to wait for weeks until a slot would open up, and after that, they would have to wait for months before they could finally enter the restaurant.

Today, the theme of the restaurant was the underworld.

Because seats were reserved in advance, there was no need to line up for their turn. Xu Jinhai captured Song Jia's hand and led her to the entrance of the restaurant.

The hostess that greeted them was dressed like a vampire, with a blood-red cape covering her bare shoulders. When she spoke, sharp fangs peeked from her mouth.

When Xu Jinhai showed her his identification invite, she quickly glanced at the two of them.

"Mr. and Mrs. Xu, please follow me."

Having gotten used to Xu Jinhai always shamelessly using any opportunities to call her his wife, Song Jia didn't even have the energy to scold him. She simply reached out and pinched the skin on his waist.

They were led into a dark hallway, where the only source of light came from a row of blue flames suspended in mid-air. The blue light nearly had the same color as Xu Jinhai's eyes, an ice-cold blue that reminded Song Jia of glaciers.

Song Jia also noted that the floor underneath them were made of red bricks. The color looked surreal, as if blood had soaked there for hundreds of years and turned the bricks red.

The temperature became slightly lower as they went deeper into the hallway. Xu Jinhai pulled down his scarf and stepping very close to her, wound it slowly around her neck. Just as he was about to shrug out of his trench coat, Song Jia held his arm.

"It's not that cold, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" He covered her hand with his and tried to feel her temperature. He was relieved to find out that her hand felt warm.

"I'm really fine," Song Jia reassured him.

Xu Jinhai put his arm around her and moved her closer to his body, so that he could give her some body warmth.

The hostess tried not to notice the small movements of the couple behind her. She was a strong single dog, she could definitely eat this dog food!

Wuwu, it's just this dog food is a bit too much, single dogs can also feel stomach pain....

Finally, they reached the end of the hallway. Standing in front of them was a red Torii [1] gate, which in Japan served as boundary to separate the human world from the spirit world.

"Welcomed guests, today is a theme of the underworld. Hungry ghosts, thirsty vampires, evil demons and other scary creatures await your arrival. They feast on the desires of the soul and on the flesh of corpses. A word of warning to the wise: beware of succumbing to temptation, self-control is the key!"

Song Jia was speechless listening to the introduction of the hostess.

"Is it really good for a restaurant to mention cannibalism? And what is this last warning all about?"