Chapter 042 Modern Society 3

Before going to bed, Lin Xiran was still frightened and couldn't fall asleep.

I spent a long time browsing nearby rental houses on my phone. The housing prices near the university town are very high. A house with a partitioned bedroom separated from the living room costs two thousand yuan a month.

The market in the area is good and there is no problem renting houses. The deposit is one month and the rent is three months. Lin Xiran cannot come up with so much money at once.

Ever since he confessed his sexual orientation to his parents, he has not received a penny from his family, and his tuition fees are earned by working part-time during the winter and summer vacations.

He is in urgent need of money and has asked several of his former bosses, but none of them have any plans to hire weekend or hourly workers for the time being.

After thinking about it, he posted a message on his WeChat Moments asking for a job introduction.

Someone immediately came over and asked him if he wanted to work part-time as a waiter, the kind who works in a bar.

Lin Xiran narrowed his eyes. The hourly wage introduced by the other party was not low, and there was also a commission for every bottle of wine opened.

But he also knew that with his looks, being a waiter would be quite dangerous.

But there is no other job at the moment...

Suddenly, a small red dot appeared in the pinned dialog box.

Lin Xiran's breathing stagnated, and he remembered that he had forgotten to block him in his circle of friends.

He didn't know where the panic came from, until new news came, and he clicked it with the mentality of being in danger.

Xie Yunsui: Are you looking for a job?

Xie Yunsui: My store needs to hire a part-time employee. Are you interested in working part-time?

Lin Xiran immediately sat up and replied: Yes!

Doesn't it seem a bit too eager?

Lin Xiran: As long as it doesn’t delay class time, I have more time.

Xie Yunsui couldn't help laughing, as if he could see the other party's efforts to make amends through the text.

Xie Yunsui: I will arrange the classes according to your class schedule.

There had been no new news from the other side for a long time, so Xie Yunsui brought the prepared sweet and sour pork ribs to the table and served a bowl of rice.

He had actually eaten in the evening, but when he was studying the recipe just now, he somehow felt like eating spare ribs, so he got up and made a midnight snack.

Having not eaten rice in two lifetimes, he missed it terribly and had to have a bowl of rice with every meal.

After a while, the message alert sound rang.

Lin Xiran: But your shop doesn’t look like it needs a part-time worker.

Lin Xiran: I post on my Moments just for fun.

Xie Yunsui went into his circle of friends and found that the message had been deleted.

Xie Yunsui smiled and replied: I am planning to develop a few more drinks recently, but I am afraid I will be too busy.

Lin Xiran: Then I have time.

Xie Yunsui: Okay, are you free to come to the store tomorrow at noon to discuss the salary issue in detail?

Lin Xiran: Yes.

Xie Yunsui: See you tomorrow at noon, good night.

Lin Xiran rolled around on the bed with her phone in her arms, then replied with a good night emoticon.

Then he suddenly looked at Ji Tao's expressionless face beside the bed.

Lin Xiran was frightened: "What are you doing?"

Ji Tao squinted at him: "Who are you chatting with? You seem so happy."

Lin Xiran touched his face and found that it was indeed a little hot.

He turned his face away and pretended to be calm, saying, "I found a new job, a part-time job at a tea shop."

Ji Tao looked at him suspiciously.

I've never seen him smile so worthlessly just because he got a job before.

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After class, Lin Xiran asked his roommate to take his books back and ran to the school gate.

Shire Tea Shop was just about to open, and there were no customers in the store yet.

Xie Yunsui was preparing materials and saw him when he looked up.

Lin Xiran wore a simple yet foolproof white T-shirt and jeans today. His black hair was soft and had a few natural curls, which made him look cute without the impact of blonde hair.

He smiled faintly, his features were delicate, his eyebrows were curved, and his light brown pupils, which had returned to their original color, were clear without a trace of impurities.

Lin Xiran said, "Hello, boss."

The boss is dressed similarly to him today!

It’s just that the styles are slightly different, so to round it off, they’re wearing couple outfits!

Lin Xiran thought with a red face.

Without much pleasantries, Xie Yunsui introduced the work process and flexible working hours to him. Basically, as long as Lin Xiran worked six hours a day, even if he worked full time and five days a week, he could get a full attendance monthly salary.

Xie Yunsui pondered: "Five thousand a month?"

Lin Xiran was stunned: "So many?"

Xie Yunsui wasn't sure either: "A lot?"

He had urgently searched the basic salary of milk tea shop employees that morning. Most of the recruitment information said "3000-6000", so Xie Yunsui chose a number in the middle.

If it were any other job, Lin Xiran would want as many as possible. Who wouldn't want a job with little work and high pay?

But this was the Shire Tea Shop, so Lin Xiran hesitated.

Being in love really affects your earnings...

Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "It's settled then. If business is good and I'm busy, I'll give you a raise."

Lin Xiran asked seriously, "Boss, you really won't lose money this way?"

"My cost calculation method is different from the usual one, and I haven't made any losses so far." Xie Yunsui took out three contracts, and the contents on them were basically what he had said to Lin Xiran.

Lin Xiran checked the time and said, "A year? I saw online that you only stayed for three months and then opened a store in another city."

"I did before, but I see the customer flow here is pretty good, so I'll stay a little longer this time." Xie Yunsui had already thought of an excuse.

Lin Xiran naturally understood that the locations chosen in the first three cities were not good, there was not much customer traffic, and he could not make money, so he quit after only three months.

He glanced at the contract and it seemed that there was no problem. On the contrary, the salary was very generous, and food and accommodation were provided. If the salary was not used, it would be converted into a monetary subsidy.

Lin Xiran felt a little dizzy. This was too good to be true… Wasn't the boss really doing some kind of charity? Was this overwhelming wealth just going to happen to him?

He signed his name decisively and kept a copy of the contract in his hand.

Then I remembered to ask, "If you provide accommodation... where will it be?"

"Yuting Apartment."

Lin Xiran: “!!!”

Is that the high-end apartment building near the university town? The Royal Court Apartments, where the price is so high it's enough to make you want to shorten your life by half a year?

Lin Xiran touched his waist, especially the area around his kidneys, and said in a somewhat dazed tone, "Are you interested in...some organ of mine?"

Xie Yunsui laughed and suppressed his thoughts, thinking that too much is as bad as too little.

He said, "It's actually my guest room. It's not very spacious. If you mind, you can continue to live in the dormitory. I can convert the money into a subsidy for you."

Lin Xiran thought about it and realized that he had originally wanted to live out.

With the first month's salary plus the housing allowance, and the money he had, he could rent an old and small house a little further away.

But if there is a better place, who wouldn't want to live better? And here it is free to live, no need to pay, as long as you keep working at the tea shop.

I still live with my boss...

Lin Xiran's heart was shaken.

As we were talking, a few people came into the store to place orders.

These people hadn’t read the trending searches online, they just came in to see that there was a new store, but all they saw was a very simple drinks menu.

Two of them immediately turned around and left, and the remaining three sisters looked at them.

"It's only eight dollars. How about buying a cup and trying it?"

"What is Physalis Juice?"

"Does it taste similar to hawthorn?"

They ordered three cups of sour cherry juice sparkling drinks. While Xie Yunsui was making them, Lin Xiran stood by and watched. Watching from the side was naturally different from watching from the outside.

The three of them huddled together, constantly looking at the shop owner and the clerk, occasionally uttering some ambiguous chuckles.

Lin Xiran heard it and felt a little uncomfortable.

I turned around and saw the shop owner was calm and composed. I thought to myself, he must not know that he was being paired with a couple...

After the three of them left, Xie Yunsui asked Lin Xiran to make a cup for him as well.

It not only makes up for the regret of not having a drink last night, but also helps me get familiar with the process.

But the process was really simple, and Lin Xiran made himself a cup without any hesitation.

Different from the refreshing floral fragrance of the sunset flower sparkling drink, the taste of the nightshade juice sparkling drink is sour and sweet. One sip of it is like strolling in the countryside and smelling the aroma of ripe wild fruits all over the mountains.

Lin Xiran's eyes sparkled: "It tastes great!"

Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "I just prepared two new products. Would you like to try the poison?"

Lin Xiran: "Okay, I've had a lot of milk tea."

The new product is still not the common milk tea style on the market.

Lin Xiran watched Xie Yunsui take out two bottles of strange medicine from a blue and white backpack. The bottles were gorgeous and a bit like products from the Central European period.

The two bottles of medicine that Xie Yunsui took out were exactly the energy potion and the drowsiness potion. However, the physical fitness of the people here could not be compared with those adventurers, so these potions had to be diluted with water to dilute their medicinal properties.

He poured a glass of pure water and added three drops of energy potion, doing it seriously as if he was doing some chemistry experiment.

Lin Xiran lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "What is this?"

Xie Yunsui looked sideways at him and said, "It's a refreshing potion, with effects similar to coffee and tea."

"Potion?"

"Yes, you can also think of it as... Chinese herbal soup."

Xie Yunsui said it was strange. When three drops of light blue potion were dripped into the water, the cup looked like a normal cup of purified water. Apart from anything else, the appearance alone was not very good.

Lin Xiran took a sip and blinked. A very faint herbal fragrance filled his mouth, and he immediately felt energized and refreshed.

"The taste is a bit bland, with a herbal flavor that's hard to ignore. I guess it has a narrow audience, but after drinking it, I don't know what happened. I really wanted to run an 800-meter race."

Xie Yunsui understood that the concentration of this medicine was still too high.

He took two drops of the drowsiness potion and mixed it with water, saying, "This is a potion that can calm you down and help you sleep."

Lin Xiran felt a little heavy eyelids after drinking it: "I feel a little...sleep..."

Then he picked up the energy potion and took a sip, his eyes widening.

Xie Yunsui: "..."

He pressed down the two cups: "Don't drink."

He has a deeper understanding of the human qualities in this world.

The specific ratio should be tested before it is put on the shelves, so that no one will be unable to sleep for three days and three nights or sleep for three days after drinking one sip.

Lin Xiran was reluctant to part with the two cups: "I'll take them back and drink them."

That medicine bottle looks quite valuable. If it were put in a store counter and sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars as perfume, I'm sure people would buy it.

So the medicine inside... shouldn't be cheap, right?

Xie Yunsui was worried that he would not be able to come tomorrow after drinking all the wine, so he said, "I will drink it and won't waste it."

This diluted water had no effect on him, so he just drank it as pure water.

Lin Xiran looked at the rims of the two cups, not knowing what he was thinking about. His eyes were vague and his ears turned red.