Chapter 4 The First Store



Bai Ming seemed to be completely unaware of the low pressure coming from his boss, cough, former boss, and repeated his words again in a very upright manner: "I have decided to resign, and my letter of resignation has been placed in your office."

The selection of guards in the theme park is more rigorous than the selection of concubines by ancient emperors. It is no exaggeration to say that one in a million is chosen.

And high-end theme parks often hold restricted games, and the requirements for guards are even more stringent. They must be strong, tough, and able to control the situation.

Bai Jian selected Bai Ming from among tens of millions of people, carefully trained him for a month, and conducted thirty game assessments. He was very satisfied with Bai Ming.

Half an hour ago, Bai Jian proudly boasted to his colleagues Qing and Chi that the new guards were extremely capable and rarely seen in a century.

Half a day had not passed, and this guy was going to resign.

Bai Jian could not accept this blow, his face was gloomy: "Give me a reasonable reason."

Bai Ming pointed at Lu Yao, "I want to work in her store."

Bai Jian glanced at Lu Yao, and then casually glanced around, wondering when such a store was opened outside the park. He did not care, and pulled Bai Ming to a corner and whispered: "What's so good about this store? You should understand that you are born to be the guard of the park, and only in the park can your nature and ability be released."

Bai Ming was unmoved, and said lightly: "You can eat in her store."

...Eat?

Bai Jian thought it was ridiculous.

Bai Jian had been taking Bai Ming into the game for a month, but he didn't know the special features of Lu Yao's snack bar. He just thought that Bai Ming had made up a funny excuse to evade him in order to resign. Bai

Jian didn't want to give up Bai Ming, but Qing and Chi were watching. As the head of the guard, he also had to save face, so he had to sternly say, "Okay, I approve it."

Bai Ming immediately went to find Lu Yao, "Boss, when can I start work?"

Lu Yao: "..."

How dare I take on this hot potato of yours? The big brother next to her stared at her with a knife-like look in his eyes.

It sounds like guarding should be a promising and high-paying career. Bai Ming is highly regarded. It would be a waste of talent for him to be a small clerk here.

Bai Ming saw that Lu Yao was hesitating, but this was not acceptable. In order to have sweet soup every day in the future, he had to stay here even if it depended on him.

He hesitated for a moment, shed his sharp look, raised his hands and combed his hair to make himself look more innocent, "Shopkeeper, I am not afraid of hard work, I have a strong learning ability, and I don't care about salary. As long as I can eat in the store, I will do anything."

Ah... this... is really hard to refuse.

The tasks are getting more and more difficult. The store needs to keep updating and will expand in the future. Lu Yao is already too busy to handle it. The shortage of staff is a big problem.

Lu Yao also has another consideration. She is not familiar with this place and is afraid of recruiting unsuitable employees.

Bai Ming used to be a guard at the amusement park. He was retained by his superior after he resigned. He was not the kind of person who was just being polite. He should be a reliable person.

His purpose of coming to the store was also very clear. He was attracted by the food.

"The probation period is one week. If you can adapt to the work in the store, you can start work in a week." Lu Yao finalized this matter with Bai Jian's murderous eyes.

"Thank you, manager. I will work hard." Bai Ming just came out of the game with Bai Jian today. He has not officially started work yet and has nothing in the amusement park.

After Lu Yao gave in, he began to help pack up the stall.

Bai Jian saw that there was no chance of turning things around, so he returned to the amusement park with a dark face.

Qing and Chi watched the big show unintentionally and turned around to catch up with Bai Jian.

Chi was more naive. Seeing Bai Jian's unhappy expression, he advised: "Bai Ming just came and is young, so it is inevitable that he has a lively personality. Next time, choose a stable person. Guard Captain, don't take it too seriously."

Bai Jian didn't listen at all, and didn't want others to continue to laugh at him. He said coldly: "It's okay, you can go back. I've been in the game for a month, I'm very tired, and I want to rest."

Qing and Chi were ordered to leave, and left the 99th floor in a daze.

Bai Jian sat in the office, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He spent so much time and energy to train the guard, and he even regarded Bai Ming as his successor in his heart, but he was so easily snatched away by a little girl.

He was so unwilling.

At this time, the doors in the park opened one by one, and the employees who played NPCs in the game left work one after another. Some of them still maintained their monster forms, and some were covered in blood.

The NPCs who had just come out of the game were excited. They found people they knew, exchanged interesting things they encountered in the game, and imitated the terrified expressions of those challengers when they were scared out of their wits. Their expressions were extremely evil.

Bai Jian was interrupted by the noise, opened the door of the office, and called a passing NPC.

When the NPC saw Bai Jian, he subconsciously shrank and slowly moved over, "Captain of the Guard."

Bai Jian said expressionlessly: "I have a task for you."

The NPCs in the park did not dare to disobey the Chief of the Guard, and the task was not difficult, so the NPC readily agreed.

Bai Jian returned to the office and used magic to create a three-headed Bai Ming.

He placed the small Bai Ming on the table and said in a pinched voice: "I'm sorry, Captain of the Guards, I was wrong. The job at the snack bar is too boring. Please let me go back to the amusement park to be a guard."

The next second, Bai Jian restored his original voice: "Well, I'll think about it."

Feeling refreshed for a while, Bai Jian felt that it was not enough, so he created another three-headed Lu Yao.

He put little Luyao next to little Baiming and imitated Luyao's voice: "Master guard, Baiming is clumsy and no one buys the things he makes. He is not competent for the work in the store. Please take him back."

Bai Jian sneered disdainfully: "A small temple cannot accommodate a big Buddha."

...

With Baiming in the snack bar, Luyao's work is much easier.

He is strong and meticulous. He helped Luyao to pack up the stall and put the tables and chairs in order. Under Luyao's guidance, he also replaced the broken light bulbs in the store.

Bai Ming stood in front of the window, staring out of the window in a trance, "Manager, is that an illusion you created outside?"

Lu Yao was not sure. She had kept the store door closed for the past few days and temporarily did not allow customers to dine in the store.

The store was connected to a different world, but the entity was still on the commercial street. The scenery outside the window naturally came from her world.

This commercial street was next to the river. It was said that it was originally a business with the amusement park. The development failed, and later the amusement park collapsed. The

new investor built a new large amusement park on the other side of the river, and this place was completely abandoned.

The snack bar is one of a row of shops facing the river. It is not big, but the location is good.

When you open the window, you can see the river flowing quietly, and occasionally there are boats passing by. Looking across the water, you can see most of the facilities of the amusement park opposite, and even the slowly rotating giant red Ferris wheel.

In the future, when there are more customers, we must not always keep them from entering the store, and there are also employees coming in and out. This problem must have a reasonable explanation.

Lu Yao thought about sealing the windows, but felt that it was not safe, and sometimes he would use fire in the store.

And it is a pity to block the river view. Many flowers and trees are planted on the embankment. When the flowers bloom, the sea of ​​flowers stretches for ten miles, which is very gorgeous.

Since Bai Ming had misunderstood, she decided to continue the conversation: "Yes, it's an illusion. Not bad, right?"

Bai Ming nodded, tapping the window sill with his fingers, "Well, very good. It looks like... the scenery of another world." Lu

Yao straightened his shoulders and back, his heartbeat slightly faster, and said with a smile: "It seems that my illusion skills are well practiced, enough to confuse the real with the fake."

Bai Ming turned his head to look at her, and then nodded: "The manager's illusion skills are really powerful. Is there anything else I can do next?"

"Well, I'm going to add a few new products. I have to go in... well, prepare the ingredients. You can go home and rest, come over to help me try the new products in the evening, and then I will teach you how to grill chicken wings, how about it?" Lu Yao discussed with him in a good mood.

Bai Ming naturally had no objection.

Lu Yao closed the store and went to the farmers' market again.

In the evening, when Bai Ming came to the store, Lu Yao was preparing new dishes, and the whole room was filled with fragrance.

Bai Ming came in and went straight to the stove, with tiny lights flashing in his red eyes, "What are you cooking?"

"It's delicious, don't worry about that for now. Come here, I'll teach you how to use the grill."

Lu Yao felt like he had found a treasure, Bai Ming was indeed an excellent talent that the amusement park next door wanted to retain. He

mastered the essentials of using the grill accurately the first time he used it. The chicken wings were golden on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside, and the heat and seasoning were perfectly controlled.

Lu Yao couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, "Great, I'll hand over the grill to you tomorrow."

After training the new employees, she began to try new products.

As a food taster, Bai Ming wolfed down a lot of good food and almost swallowed his tongue.

The next day, when Luyao Snack Bar opened, diners immediately noticed that there was a new employee in the store who looked bad.

If the store manager hadn't introduced him as a new employee, they would have thought that this guy was a security guard from some theme park.

With Bai Ming around, Luyao didn't have to worry about the heavy work of moving the grill, stove and sweet soup.

She took out the small sign she had written last night and put it outside. When the customers saw that there were new products, three new ones at a time, and they were still sold in limited quantities, it didn't dampen their enthusiasm and they placed orders one after another.

"Shopkeeper, give me one of all the new products."

"I want one too!"

Lu Yao said to Bai Ming, "Xiaobai, you can use the grill. I'll be in charge of making the pancakes."

Chen Meiyue and Li Shasha came in the crowd again. When they saw the new products, they ordered a set.

Chi, with her bright red hair, was mixed in among them. Lu Yao looked up and saw her. Chi even blinked at her.

However, the young man in a green shirt with shark teeth did not come with him.

Bai Jian stood by the office window, overlooking the long queue at the snack bar downstairs.

I don't know what kind of magic this snack bar has that attracts so many people to line up.

Seeing three familiar figures moving in the team, Bai Jian nodded with satisfaction, and the NPC took people to the snack bar as he instructed.

Downstairs, Dudu, one of the park's NPCs, moved in small steps in the team, his nose twitching constantly, and he drooled. He couldn't help complaining to his companions: "It's so slow, when will it be our turn?"

Paopao swallowed his saliva and whispered to comfort him: "Don't worry, we'll be there soon."

Dongdong, the most stable of the three, saw his two friends being deceived by the snack bar owner's illusion, and couldn't help but remind them: "Stop drooling, don't be so useless when you go on a mission."

Yesterday, the guard chief gave Paopao a mission, and Paopao asked Dudu and Dongdong to help.

The three are the lowest-level NPCs in the park, but this time they were entrusted with an important task by the guard chief.

They decided to use the superb acting skills of the bottom-level monsters to destroy this snack bar, shock the guard chief, and embark on the road to promotion and salary increase.

Dudu said a little aggrievedly: "I don't want to either, but this store owner is so awesome. Why does her food smell good? I want to eat it, slurp."

Paopao touched her stomach and nodded: "It smells really good, I want to eat it too."

Dongdong felt that they were hopeless, sniffed, and tried to pretend to be disdainful: "It only smells good, but you can't eat it, it's boring. You two should concentrate and don't forget your mission."

The team moved forward, and it was finally the turn of the three people who wanted to make trouble.

They had never eaten in the store, and there were only a few items on the menu, and the prices were very cheap.

Paopao and Dudu swallowed their saliva and ordered everything on the menu, and Dongdong only ordered three new items.

There were many customers today, and there was no room outside, so Luyao opened the store for dining to disperse the flow of people.

A simple measure was taken at the window, and the curtain was drawn.

The three people of Bubble originally planned to go to the store, and there happened to be a table vacant outside, so they immediately took the seat.

Dongdong sat down and prepared to review the next process with his two silly friends.

There is no hygiene or health problem with the food made by illusion, but there may be safety hazards.

There is almost no other place to have fun in this world except the amusement park.

Some people don't want to go to the amusement park, but want to find excitement, so they make things to sell.

They use illusion to inject resentment into the finished product, causing people to go crazy and have fun.

People with weak willpower are contaminated by resentment, and they will go crazy and turn into monsters, destroying everything.

Bubble and the other two are going to buy things and pretend to be crazy to smash the snack bar, and then frame the owner for injecting resentment into the food.

The snack bar's reputation is ruined and there will be no more customers. The purpose of the chief guard is achieved.

But the reality is that as soon as Bubble sat down, he couldn’t wait to pick up the chive and egg pancake on the plate, which is one of the new products launched today.

A palm-sized pancake, lightly fried, with a uniform brown color on the surface. The skin is so thin that you can see the color of the fillings. The emerald green chives are sandwiched with cooked egg crumbs, and the aroma is fragrant.

Paopao took a big bite, the skin was soft and oily, and the fillings even contained chopped vermicelli and fried minced meat. The chives were fragrant, the eggs were soft, the vermicelli was soft and elastic, and the aroma of fat mixed with the skin wrapped in this bite was so fragrant that it almost made your soul go out of your body.

Dongdong saw that Paopao looked a little weird, rolling his eyes and shaking all over, as if he was going to go crazy at any time.

He even began to suspect that the owner really injected resentment into the food.

And Dudu at the side couldn't help but start eating. He was eyeing the roasted pig's trotters, which was also a new product today. The pig's trotter, which was longer than his palm, was roasted to a beautiful caramel color. There were many spices sprinkled on the surface. It smelled fragrant and spicy, and his saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth unconsciously.

Dudu held the big pig's trotter and took a bite.

After the pig's trotter was brined, it was soaked overnight. It was not only flavorful, but also stewed until soft.

In the morning, it was taken out and smoked over charcoal fire to force out the fat on the surface, and then brushed with chili oil, sprinkled with seasonings and sesame seeds. The skin was slightly crispy, and the skin was full of gelatin. It was chewy and soft, not greasy at all.

Dudu's mouth was full of grease and he was shaking his head. He found Dongdong sitting still and urged him, "Dongdong, eat quickly, it's so delicious!"

Paopao on the opposite side said nothing. He finished the stuffed buns and pig's trotters and started to drink the sweet soup. He gulped down a bowl and his face was steamed red.

He felt hot and hugged the strawberry sparkling water next to him. He pressed his whole face against the cup and hummed in a daze, "Ah~ This is heaven."

Bai Jian stood by the window and watched the three little NPCs buy things and sit down. Some excitement appeared in his eyes.

The fun was about to begin.

He saw the first little NPC eat something and looked silly, and thought it was about to begin.

A few minutes passed and nothing happened.

He thought this NPC was too stupid, it was okay, there were two more.

The second NPC ate something and started shaking his head. He was actually eating a lot.

Now there was only one left.

Dongdong felt that Bubble and Dudu had become strange after eating. He cautiously pushed away the leek and egg pancakes and roasted pig's trotters, but he could not avoid the temptation of strawberry soda water.

The transparent glass was filled with transparent water, and tiny bubbles stuck to the wall of the glass. The bottom of the glass was filled with beautiful deep red jam. The floating ice cubes and the cut fresh strawberries were dotted with cute mint leaves. It smelled refreshing and had an attractive fruity aroma.

Dongdong couldn't help it, he stretched out his tongue to take a sip, his eyes lit up, and he picked up the glass and took a big gulp.

He drank too quickly and didn't care about the water flowing down from the corners of his mouth.

The water was sour and sweet, icy and slightly pungent, the taste of summer.

Bubble felt that it was not enough after eating, and reached out to take Dongdong's.

Dongdong grabbed his hand, "What are you doing?"

Paopao said innocently, "If you don't like it, I'll eat it for you."

Dongdong pushed him away, "Get out of the way, who said I don't like it."

Dongdong had a leek and egg pancake in his left hand and a big pig's trotter in his right hand, eating until his mouth was full of oil.

After the three little NPCs finished eating, they licked their fingers several times to make sure there was no aftertaste, and then they

got up reluctantly. Back in the dormitory, they felt that they had forgotten something. After thinking for a while, they couldn't remember it.

Forget it, it's not important.

Bai Jian: "..."

Regarding the new product, Lu Yao originally had several plans.

After trying them one by one last night, Bai Ming said that the spicy roasted pig's trotter and the leek and egg pancake were the best.

Lu Yao chose to trust the taste of the aliens and selected freshly roasted pig's trotters and chive egg pancakes.

And strawberry soda was Bai Ming's favorite drink after trying more than a dozen mixed drinks.

Judging from the reactions of the customers today, his suggestions were indeed accurate.

After the peak period, the number of customers gradually decreased.

Lu Yao thought he could take a break, and suddenly someone ran out of the store with a panicked look and shouted, "Owner, someone is fighting inside."

Lu Yao was startled: "What's going on?"

The man said, "They all wanted to sit by the window, and they started fighting because of the dispute."

In fact, he also wanted to sit there.

The illusion outside the window was too real. You can see the Ferris wheel rotating in the distance and people walking. If you listen carefully, you can hear all kinds of sounds.

Unfortunately, he couldn't compete with those big guys, so he could only watch the show and eat melons.

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