Originally Xiaoyuan wanted to go with me, but Youying walked over and said that there was a customer on her side who needed such service, so I became the first tree cave to meet the customer, Tree Cave No. 1 - this is the treatment only given by the special employees named by the cafe.

"But, in my opinion, this is just a chat with me, talking about tree holes or something..." I subconsciously said what I thought.

Taohua looked at me with disgust: "Are you still doing it?"

"Of course, senior." I hurriedly added a smile.

Taohua then handed me the coffee plate in her hand: "Always remember, you are playing a princess, do you understand?"

...I don't understand at all. I obviously went to work for others, so how could I still be called a princess? Although there are still many things to complain about, I accepted my fate and took the plate in her hand.

"Go to the second table in the third row." Taohua left after explaining.

The cafe is really big, with two rows of small tables placed on it that can fully seat four people, while the other row is just a single compartment.

The third row...the second table...I walked over slowly with my coffee. While looking at the strong sunlight outside, I thought about what the person who came to drink coffee all morning was like.

"Maybe just an ordinary person, just want to find someone to talk to."

I thought about this, and then I saw a round man sitting at the third row and second table.

"Hello, Guest, this is your coffee." I said with a plate on the table.

The chubby man raised his head and there was a glass on his nose. His expression was extremely sad at this time, but this made his whole face look even more funny.

"Oh..." the man sighed, "You are the No. 1 Tree Cave, right? If you want to laugh, just laugh, I don't mind."

Speaking of which, I really want to laugh, but now that he says this, I don’t want to laugh anymore.

"I won't laugh." I brought the coffee out and placed it in front of the man, "After all, I'm a princess here."

"Princess?" The man then raised his head completely and looked at me carefully.

"Yes. But after all, it was just the first day of work, and I was not from a wealthy family, so..." I hadn't finished speaking.

The man jumped up with the table and looked at me excitedly: "Your Highness Princess! Please sit down! Be sure to listen to my story!"

The man is crying, and his short and chubby body gives people sympathy.

So I sat opposite him: "You can say slowly that I came for this."

"Actually... Actually..." the man started crying, "I didn't mean to harm him..."

I'm sorry...? Wait a minute, is this beyond the scope of service?

I opened the paper next to me and handed it to him.

"I used to have a very good friend." The man took the tissue I handed over and wiped his tears. "He and I were college classmates. We used to attend classes together, skip classes together, drink together, play games together, and hike through the forest together."

I thought of my elementary school life... I used to have a very good friend.

"I guess it was a very wonderful time." I was inspired.

"Of course... that was the first human friend I have made in so many years! After so many years, I have always hoped to see him again, so I have been working hard and constantly working, hoping that my reputation can spread to where he knows." The man twitched his nose, and his wet eyes that were originally crying also focused.

Human...friend? I looked at the man in front of me and decided to ignore this title.

"What happened to you later?"

"Later, later... we opened a bar together. During that time, singers came to the bar to sing. Even though they worked very late every day, they felt very fulfilled. But that day..." He started crying again, this time he was snot and tears flowing together, like a child.

I looked at him and reached out to comfort him, but I took it back.

"It's okay, that day has passed." I pulled two more pieces of paper and put them in front of him, "What's more, you're here now."

However, it was useless. His crying attracted attention, and the guests sitting around him were already looking back at us.

I paused and decided to hold his hand and stuff the tissue into his hand: "Anyway... can I hear the story behind you? This guest."

The man realized that he had lost his composure again: "I'm so sorry... Your Highness... That person is really, very important to me..."

"Well...so what happened that day?"

"That day... I was going to check the circuit. But I drank wine and completely forgot about it. There was a fire in the bar that night because of circuit problems. It was so hot that night... the fire was too big and it burned to the house next to me. I was too scared... so... so..." He said intermittently, without touching the coffee in front of him.

I now have some doubts that he came here after drinking. The man didn't say anything anymore, he was addicted to the past.

"Have you escaped?" I stared at the white gloves on my hand for a while, and asked with my head raised.

"...Eh?" The man raised his head suddenly, "How did your princess... know?"

This kind of self-blame feeling is very similar to Rin.

"It's very painful..." I asked softly, "not only did I lose my cherished friends, but I also felt guilt in my heart. It's really painful!"

Tears surged in the man's eyes. He took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and replied stutteringly: "That's right... Although the human police did not blame me for this matter, they just treated it as an accident, but... I have never told the people around me about this matter... I am afraid of being criticized by them, and afraid that they would say I am a coward... Your Highness must also think that I am a coward now, right? Leave your best friend and just run for your own life."

But this is useless. It’s just because of fear and unwilling to tell others about such things, the wound is still there. If you don’t manage, care, or face it, the wound will further deteriorate.

"No."

However, what the bystanders said was useless. This is a feeling of powerlessness that has been entrenched in my heart for a long time. This feeling of powerlessness is the same as the wound. If you do nothing, you will be hurt even more.

"My identity here does not allow me to think you are a coward. But, putting aside this identity, your escape is indeed infuriating. It has been so long since the incident and your heart has been tortured. If this is a punishment for your escape, I still want to pay tribute to you."

The man stopped wiping tears, his lips and body trembled continuously: "I am like this...How can I be like this..."

"You said that you are unwilling to tell others about this, but you told me - it was just a chance meeting. I am really grateful for this trust, but it is not enough to give me respect to you. It is your courage to escape when facing that guilty mood - this is why I pay tribute to you."

So far—

Three years have passed since that incident, Lin still has not been able to get out of it. She has lost the courage to confide in others since then. No matter how I encourage her or persuade her, it is useless.

"You are really brave." I added, "I guess you will have some courage when you think of this in the future and face the things you are already afraid of?"

The man tried hard to hold back the tears that he was about to fall again.

He suddenly held my hand with his hands, but his expression was very contradictory: "Your Highness Princess... Thank you! I feel much better... Today is actually the day when that person leaves, and I am in a bad mood. It's great that you monster cafe can have such service!"

Hey? Have I heard amazing words?

"Thank you so much!" The man said thank you again.

When I heard such words, I was a little embarrassed: "No... you are so serious. I just listened to the story you told and nothing helped you."

"What a beautiful and pure princess..." The man still refused to let go of my hand.

Just as I was thinking about how to end this topic, I accidentally saw his hand - it was definitely not a human hand. The small, furry, human fingers completely turned into short, like the palm of a raccoon.

I couldn't help but tremble all over, and then when I looked at the man again-

All have changed!

The one sitting opposite me was not a man at all, but a cat-shaped face wearing a small green dress with a leaf on its head!

Is this a surprise?! I just felt goose bumps all over my body, and the screams were pressed tightly into my throat.

After blinking and confirming that I was not wrong, I immediately pulled out my hand and pushed the coffee beside me to "him": "Since the guest has improved, it's better to taste the coffee we have here."

"Yeah..." He didn't seem to realize what happened to me and held the cup with his short hand.

"...Ah! Why is it so bitter?!" He frowned and looked at me, with his small black eyes looking at me very sincerely and puzzledly.

I was stunned for a moment, then opened the sugar bowl on the table, and used the tweezers on the plate to hold the sugar cube and gently put it into the coffee.

"Please use." I smiled without changing my face, "I guess it was because you wanted to fight hard after you came here...?"

"That's right..." The other party felt depressed again.

"Ah, sorry, I shouldn't have said this." I smiled apologetically, "Will you go to the company later than this?"

A little hesitated... I was wondering what was going on like this!

"I don't know...but if you don't go back, everyone will definitely be lazy."

"That's true, can you really work well when you go back?"

"Of course not." The other party with the cathead was frustrated. Perhaps it was because he had shed too many tears before, and he was already in tears at this time. "And everyone must hate me like this..."

"Well...then you might as well take a break today." I said.

"rest?"

"That's right. Since you can't work at all, why don't you use today to work hard to miss the person you passed away. What do you think?"

"Try to miss…?"

"For example, go again the road that someone has walked, and eat some food that someone has liked, or..."

He took another big sip of coffee on the other side - although it seemed to be very bitter, he immediately stood up and looked very excited: "Thank you very much! Your Highness the Princess!"

Then he took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and placed them on the table, bowing deeply to me: "I know what to do. These are your tips, so please don't be polite! Then, I regret it for a while!"

Hey? Did you just leave like that? And the moment he left, I seemed to see the short and chubby man before again.

"That person is..."

"What a guest who is unruly and wastes resources." The short-haired girl was standing next to me with cleaning tools. "Peach Blossoms also specially added a good guixia 1, and he actually said it was very bitter."

After saying that, she reached out to take out one of the piles of banknotes on the table and looked at me: "You can leave too, there should be other guests here need it."

"Okay... OK." I hurriedly took the money from the table and returned to the women's lounge.

Xiaoyuan was already waiting for me in the lounge, and she also changed back to her original clothes.
To be continued...