Chapter 62, Master Yue
Near the apartment where Zhuo lives, there are many alleys surrounded by the walls and gates of old houses.

It may be because there are more elderly people and the young people are not here at this time, so a kind of lonely atmosphere is brewing.

It was in such a remote place where birds don't shit, chickens don't lay eggs, and you don't need to bring lubricant to pick up soap... Zhuo saw a wooden van.

The van is not the point. The point is the old man stirring the curry pot with a big iron spoon at the back of the van.

He is so damn handsome!
After learning that he was in the world of "Dragon Clan",
It was natural for me to think of a certain Master Yue who did not want to reveal his name.

The most important thing is,

Zhuo knew the ramen chef in front of him.

When he was in junior high school, he often went to this ramen stand with Ren to eat noodles because the taste was very good. The sky was blue at that time, and he was still a teenager. There was no mistress named Yamamoto yet. Zhuo and Ren held hands and skipped to the snack street behind the University of Tokyo to show off. If they were not full at the end, they would go to a ramen stand to eat a bowl of ramen.

And now...

There is a word "mmp" that I don't know whether I should say or not!

He actually forgot about this stuff.

...Oh, it seems that it doesn’t matter whether I forget or not.

Even if he often calls this 'Master Yue' 'Master Yue', even if 'Master Yue' is really 'Master Yue', even if 'Master Yue' sells ramen in the snack street behind Tokyo University, even if this 'Master Yue' is modeled as a handsome old man, even if... it is not necessarily that 'Master Yue'.

"Hey! Utsunomiya-kun, would you like to have a bowl of noodles?" Master Yue showed him his white teeth from a distance.

Zhuo lowered his head and remained silent.

Anyway, he never asked Master Yue what his last name was, so his name might not be Uesugi Yue.

And even if his name was Uesugi Yue, it wouldn’t matter.

This old man is different from Angers and the nanny group. He is a complete scoundrel and has little to do with the dragon world. If Angers hadn't told him that he actually had a son... Uesugi Yue would have definitely run away.

in conclusion:

This guy is a scoundrel, a scumbag who is always slacking off. It would be great if he could be my backer!

Zhuo raised his head and put on a sunny and natural smile.

I trotted over to the wooden cart and saw Master Yue underneath it.

The soup spoon was raised high, and the boiling hot soup flowed from the spoon into the bottom of the pot, spreading out a circle of white mist.

"Master Yue, why are you setting up a stall here? I didn't even recognize you."

"Hey! Today is the school festival at the university, so I don't want to compete with the students for business, so I'll just go around and walk around." Master Yue was cleaning up the bowls of noodles and chatting with him intermittently, "Come in, come in and sit down."

This type of human-powered cart is called a "ramen cart" in Japan and is designed specifically for selling ramen noodles from door to door.

The window is open to form a rain shelter, and there are two wooden stools under the awning. Customers sit on the wooden stools to eat noodles while the ramen chef works in the cart. Although small, it has everything. The soup pot and ingredients are neatly arranged on the chopping board. After the customers sit down, the dark blue cloth canopy can just cover their upper body, creating a private environment. Compared with the "famous ramen" in the store, the environment and taste of this tavern cart are a bit worse, but the price is also much cheaper. In the past, people who went to the stall to eat noodles were poor students and ordinary people struggling in this city.

We changed the location today and it seems that business has not been affected much.

"It's already October, and the Tokyo University's school festival has just begun?" Zhuo lifted the curtain and went in, finding a seat facing the chef and sitting down.

There were a few people next to them eating noodles with their heads down, all of them were elderly people.

"How would I know? What about you guys? I haven't seen Kiritani-kun for a long time." Master Yue scooped up a bowl of noodles and put it into the bowl, then looked up and said.

"Now that we've gone to higher school, we're no longer on the road. We're studying at Central High School now. As for Kiritani... he's been hooked by a woman."

"Oh! You've grown up and know how to bully women."

Chef Yue placed a bowl of freshly cooked noodles in front of a customer, and then pushed the soy sauce and chili in the corner towards the customer, indicating that he could add it himself.

"Master Yue, please don't teach the kids bad things." An old man, who was eating noodles with his head down, interrupted with a smile.

It seems that he is a regular customer of this ramen cart. He is very familiar with Chef Yue and does not shy away from talking to him.

"Hey, we are old acquaintances. Don't look at this little guy like this, he is actually very precocious." Master Yue said bad things about Zhuo to his face without any scruples. "What do you want to eat?"

Utsunomiya Zhuo pretended not to hear: "Tonkotsu Ramen." "Okay, it will be ready soon."

Master Yue turned around and took out a piece of fermented dough and started making noodles on the spot.

Zhuo lowered his head and looked at the trademark on the soy sauce bottle in front of him, over and over again, wondering how to find out Master Yue's true identity without leaving any trace.

Consider for a few seconds.

"...Master Yue, what's your name?"

Sorry, my IQ is limited, so I'll just ask directly.

"Uesugi Yue, a rare surname."

"Uesugi~" Zhuo nodded seriously.

Damn it, you are such an old bitch!

Honestly speaking, even after knowing Lao Deng's true identity, Zhuo was not as frightened as he was when he met Ling and Pompeii before.

Human habits are terrible things.

Maybe one day, when he sees a girl who looks like a monster, he will have the nerve to ask for a line from her.

All the YY in my mind are limited to YY.

The hot, steaming noodle soup was placed in front of him, with an extra portion of meat added to the bowl. This was why Uesugi Yue had said before that "Zhuo matured very early".

When eating noodles for the first time, Zhuo shamelessly asked for more meat.

"Ah, Master, why is there not much meat in this?"

"Adding meat will cost extra for the kids."

'But I have no money.'

"…It's just a small business. If it doesn't work, I can give you an extra bowl of noodles. It will definitely fill you up."

'I can't eat that much.'

'Then you pay, I'll give you a discount.'

'I'm still a student.'

'...'

Such an innocent conversation.

After that, every time he went there, Master Yue would give him an extra portion of meat with a sullen face, but Zhuo ate it with gusto, as if the sullen face was invisible.

After a long time, we became familiar with each other.

At that time, Zhuo really felt that Master Yue was a kind-hearted person. Although he had a sour face, his stall really didn't make much money, and he made even less by adding an extra portion of meat.

Now... what the hell, the whole street behind Tokyo University is yours, and you're still haggling over the price of a piece of meat with a junior high school student?
This is a mean person, very stingy!

Zhuo did not add any seasoning such as soy sauce. He thought about those things slowly while eating the noodles slowly, and did not forget to curse Lao Deng in his heart.

Gradually, it started to rain outside, and the heavy rain hit the shed with a crackling sound.

Zhuo finally drank a mouthful of soup and remained silent for a long time.

Turning his head, he looked at Sugi Yue.

"Master Yue, I don't have any money... Can I buy on credit?"

Uesugoshi: "..."

(End of this chapter)