"Exactly! If we make several thousand more packs to sell every day, we're guaranteed to make a fortune!"

"Two more hours?! I'm not waiting anymore!"

Azi smiled sheepishly, "The two stoves have just started cooking, so it will take more than an hour before we can pack them up. If you want to buy some, please come back in two hours!"

Those who can buy it are happy, while those who can't are cursing and complaining.

Ahei, not good with words, impatiently shouted, "We already said we're out! The ones in the stove are still boiling. Where are we going to find them to sell to you?! What are you cursing about? It's not like we refuse to sell!"

"Hey! How can you talk like that? Don't you understand the principle that the customer is king? And you're supposed to be in the service industry!"

Ahei retorted angrily, "I provide services—not to you! I serve our boss!"

Azi was startled and quickly pulled him down.

Sheng Xuan, with his tall frame, stepped forward, shielding Ahei behind him.

"Thank you all for your support of our herbal tea. Please come earlier next time. It takes more than an hour to brew a pot of herbal tea, and sometimes two and a half hours. If we only pursue quantity and cannot guarantee quality, it will only ruin our own reputation. We wait for better results, so please understand."

He was tall and imposing, with a commanding presence, and his words carried considerable weight.

Soon, the complaining people behind the shop fell silent and dispersed, and the others also left, restoring quiet to the area in front of the shop.

Azi slumped onto the sofa, uttering a muffled sigh, "I'm exhausted..."

Ahei reached for the cigarette case in his pocket, then remembered the agreement he had made with Ning Lang. He cursed under his breath in annoyance and angrily withdrew his hand.

Sheng Xuan simply closed the shop door.

"Don't open the door if you don't have herbal tea. Customers come all this way to buy herbal tea, how can they feel good if they can't get it? Put yourself in their shoes, wouldn't you be angry?"

Ahei rolled his eyes and sneered, "Tch! It's all because of you! I've only ever known how to live on the edge since I was a kid! Doing this kind of small business, having to watch people's faces! I don't even want to do that!"

Sheng Xuan crossed his arms casually, raised an eyebrow, and smiled.

"What goes around comes around. If you keep walking on the edge of a knife, the knife will eventually cut you. We businessmen all know the saying—small businesses can make you rich. Don't underestimate this small shop. It sells about a thousand packs a day, at eight yuan a pack, so the daily turnover is more than eight thousand. After deducting electricity, rent, and other costs, we can make at least six thousand yuan. That's eighteen thousand a month."

Ah Zi exclaimed in surprise, "It's quite profitable!"

Sheng Xuan raised her chin and looked at Ah Hei.

"Besides paying your wages, Ning Lang also gives you 10% of the store's profits. The longer you work for her, the larger the amount will be. She will never mistreat anyone who works for her."

Ahei lowered his head sheepishly, not knowing what else to say.

Ning Lang paid them very generously and even provided them with legal temporary residence permits.

Protecting Shengxuan was not a difficult task, and selling herbal tea was also a simple job, only responsible for packaging and collecting money.

However, having been away from home for so long, he found it difficult to adapt to such a repetitive, busy, and mundane life.

Azi, standing to the side, rested her chin on her hand, gazing dreamily at the bustling street scene outside the glass shop window on the other side.

After a moment, she suddenly choked up and murmured, "In the past ten years or so, this period has been the most stable... and the most peaceful."

Ahei was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and his cold, hard face showed some emotion.

Sheng Xuan patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Brother, calm down and do your job well. No matter how exciting life is, it can't compare to the warmth of ordinary days. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think more about the woman you love."

Ahei was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.

Azi jumped up and sat up abruptly, looking at him excitedly. Then she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled.

"Um... I'll go check if the water chestnut soup is ready yet."

She walked away with light steps, and Ahei watched her retreating figure with tender affection in his eyes.

After a while, he looked up at Sheng Xuan.

"Brother Xuan, can I ask you something?"

"Speak!" Sheng Xuan said, holding his laptop and about to go upstairs.

Ahei asked with a grin, "What exactly is your relationship with Miss Ning Lang now?"