Chapter 12: Sit on my shoulders

About two hours later, Lu Xiao successfully brought Liu Yuan's goods back.

He went straight to Nan Jiao's side, bent down slightly, and sniffed around her neck, his high nose touching her delicate neck.

His breath was hot, carrying the dry smell of tobacco, and it inexplicably itched. Nan Jiao wanted to back away, but there was a cabinet behind her, so she could only reach out and cover half of his face: "...Lu Xiao, what are you doing?"

"Do you smell like a wild male?"

This posture actually made them look more intimate, like a couple flirting. The surrounding employees, seeing this, couldn't help but laugh and tease, all assuming Lu Xiao and their boss were a couple.

Lu Xiao clearly realized this as well. He suddenly reached out and wrapped his arm around her slender waist, rubbing his cheek affectionately against her palm.

Hearing the whispers around her, Nan Jiao's expression became somewhat unnatural, and her heart pounded rapidly.

She pinched her thigh and pushed him away, saying, "Lu Xiao, I'm going to get angry if you don't get up."

Hearing her words, Lu Xiao reluctantly straightened up, his deep blue eyes filled with a hint of resentment.

After urging all the employees to go to work, Nan Jiao checked the goods as usual.

The quantities match.

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Amidst the deafening sounds of gongs, drums, and firecrackers, "Sang Sang Le" across the street opened for business.

"No way, boss, only three people have come into our restaurant this morning, and they are all regular customers."

"The Sangsangle restaurant across the street has snatched all the customers away. I don't know what method they used, but we only have a few people here."

"If this continues, won't our restaurant go out of business? What are we going to do..."

...

Listening to the employees' chatter, Nan Jiao pondered and said, "Everyone, please calm down and continue working. I will handle the rest."

Nan Jiao's voice was like a reassuring pill, instantly calming the previously anxious employees down, because they all knew that Nan Jiao was a very capable female.

Nan Jiao glanced at the long queue of "Sang Sang Le" across the street and decided to go over and scout out the enemy's situation.

"Sang Sang Le" was running some kind of promotional event, and the entrance was packed with people. Shouts and curses could be heard from the crowd, as if someone had been stepped on or someone was blocked from getting out.

"careful."

Nan Jiao was pulled into someone's arms, and where she had just been standing, an orc who had been robbing someone with a gun had fallen and was now being subdued by a passing patrolman.

Nan Jiao looked back: "Lu Xiao? Why did you come out too?"

Lu Xiao was frowning as he watched the robber being taken away, seemingly still shaken.

He only came to his senses when he heard Nan Jiao's voice: "I'm worried about you coming out by yourself."

Nan Jiao left his embrace, thought for a few seconds, and then thanked him.

Another gasp rippled through the crowd, seemingly indicating a new promotional offer had been posted. Nan Jiao squinted slightly, but the crowd was so dense that she couldn't see anything.

It would be better if we could stand at a higher elevation.

Nan Jiao looked around, trying to find a high platform.

Suddenly, she felt light, and before she knew it, Lu Xiao had lifted her onto his shoulder.

He stubbed out his cigarette, his rough hands gripping Nan Jiao's waist tightly.

"Make way."

Perhaps it was his height and physique that were so intimidating, but the chaotic crowd instinctively made way for him.

"Can you see it?" Perhaps because he had just smoked, his voice was lower and hoarse than usual.

“Yes,” Nan Jiao said.

Nan Jiao only realized what was going on when she saw the sign hanging at the entrance of "Sang Sang Le".

1. During the grand opening period, all food items will be offered at a 20% discount.

2. If you have no other restaurant consumption records within the past seven days, you can receive a "free meal" and participate in the "Million Star Coins" lucky draw, with a 100% chance of winning the third prize.

Wow, aren't both of these discount offers aimed at me? Sang Lin is really going all out, even if it means losing so much money, she's willing to ruin herself.

From another perspective, being targeted in such a complicated way shows that one is quite capable.

After comforting herself, Nan Jiao cleared her throat, signaling to Lu Xiao that she could put her down.

Lu Xiao first walked out of the noisy crowd, and then carefully put her down.

"Don't be sad." He was stunned for a long time before he suddenly managed to utter these words.

Nan Jiao looked at him for a while and said, "I'm not sad. Let's go back and think of a solution."

Nan Jiao led Lu Xiao back, both of them deep in thought, and then locked herself in her bedroom.

An hour later, Nan Jiao pushed open the bedroom door and went downstairs.

Looking at the scene before her, she was slightly surprised to see that her shop had been surrounded by many customers.

The shop's employees were overjoyed: "Great, boss! Our shop has suddenly become packed with customers, we won't have to go out of business!!"

After he finished speaking, all the employees cheered.

Nan Jiao paused slightly, walked to the corner and looked at Lu Xiao leaning against the wall. He was lighting a cigarette, the tip of which ignited a scarlet flame, and the swirling smoke blurred half of his handsome face.

The raw material for interstellar cigarettes is a natural tobacco that is harmless to the human body, so it doesn't smell as pungent and unpleasant as modern cigarettes; instead, it has a dry and strong aroma.

Hearing footsteps, he slowly looked at Nan Jiao: "Want one?"

"I don't smoke this," Nan Jiao said. "These customers are all hired by you, aren't they?"

"no."

“I just checked the spending records. One orc ate ​​five meals in one hour, which means you are paying a high price.”

He fell silent.

"Remove all these people; I've already thought of a way to deal with it."

Lu Xiao looked at her: "What method?"

Nan Jiao called over an employee: "Change our menu and add a few new dishes. The price is 10,000 Star Coins."

"What?!" The employee who was taking notes paused. "Several dishes for 10,000 star coins? Is it a set meal? Isn't this set meal priced a bit too expensive?"

Nan Jiao shook her head: "It's not a set meal; the individual dishes cost 10,000 yuan each."

A collective gasp came from the surrounding area.

Despite the scarcity of natural food and the high prices of catering services, 10,000 Star Coins for a single dish is clearly too expensive.

The surrounding employees looked at Nan Jiao with strange eyes, suspecting that their boss had gone mad after being provoked by the rival.

"What, you don't believe me?"

"...Boss, will this work? We can't even sell vegetables that cost a few hundred yuan. If it costs ten thousand, no one will be willing to pay. Besides, the other side is having a promotional event."

“We definitely can’t squeeze into the promotional activity market anymore, so let’s try a different approach.” Nan Jiao then instructed, “Remember to find someone to promote our exorbitantly priced dishes, the more promotional the better.”

Osmanthus-flavored duck, Dongpo pork, braised lion's head meatballs, braised carp...

These are all state banquet-level dishes; selling them to interstellar people for 10,000 star coins is not expensive at all.