The Little Monster Restaurant

[The food-business aspect is definite. There will probably be supernatural or mystical elements too, but the rest is uncertain. The blurb may change at any time.] Qiu Shui runs a restaurant in a remote part of the old city, and business is barely keeping it alive. One day, she finds an unconscious young boy at her doorstep. He claims to be the heir to a celestial master, and says his name is Xie Ning. If she helps him recover from his injuries, he'll catch the monster lurking nearby. He can give it to her as a thank-you gift, and they can call it a good deed for the public. Qiu Shui looks at him kindly and says gently, "Get lost, you scammer." . Xie Ning won't take no for an answer and keeps hanging around Qiu Shui's shop. Before long, Xie Ning catches a pumpkin vine. He draws a talisman in the air, and the pumpkin vine turns into a person. It can serve customers at lightning speed and even forecast the weather accurately. Qiu Shui puts noodle soup on the menu when it rains and chilled snacks when the weather is hot, earning unanimous praise from the locals. The locals all fall in love with And so, word spreads from one person to ten and then a hundred, and business at the shop goes up and up. Qiu Shui: "..." Not long after, Xie Ning catches an octopus. He draws a talisman in the air, and the octopus turns into a person, cooking as fast as a machine. A web novelist who happens to eat at the restaurant greets her and says that maybe it's just his imagination, but after eating there, he can write faster. He recommends the restaurant to his friends, and they say they feel the same way. And so, word spreads from one person to ten and then a hundred, and business at the shop goes up and up again. Qiu Shui: "..." Before long, Qiu Shui's little shop is thriving. Even the demons who have turned over a new leaf drop by now and then. Qiu Shui: Help, my stubbornly materialist worldview is about to fall apart for good. Theme: -