"It's you, are you really a mermaid?" Lu Yao recognized Du Manning at a glance. She was more curious about the identity of the mermaid than the matter of occupying the stalks.
In Lu Yao's world, the existence of mermaids is too dreamy.
Who hasn't heard the story of the Little Mermaid when they were young?
The nail salon has received several mermaids before, but they were underage mermaids who looked similar to human girls.
After all, Du Manning is the one who best fits Lu Yao's fantasy of mermaids.
When she first met her, she didn't know that the other party was a mermaid, and she thought she would never meet her again.
Du Manning leaned against the window sill and nodded, "Yes, it's a mermaid. But I didn't realize that the owner is a time traveler. The scenery outside this window is completely different from the Alexandria continent. Where is your hometown?"
When Lu Yao first asked Du Manning about her identity, he had already walked to her side, and the two spoke in low voices.
Except for the foreign staff in the store, ordinary customers were not disturbed.
"Well. You came here just to grab some for me?" Lu Yao asked.
Du Manning nodded. She had been brooding over the result of grabbing some last time.
After recuperating for a long time in the sea, and knowing Lu Yao's identity as a time traveler, she was confident that she would be able to see something this time.
The little mermaid was still quite persistent. Lu Yao smiled and said, "I have nothing to do now. How about trying a manicure? I think I said last time that your fingers are very suitable for manicures."
Du Manning had also heard about the reputation of the nail salon in the sea, and she was not completely uninterested in it.
When Lu Yao invited her, she half-heartedly accepted.
There were many people outside, so Lu Yao simply took Du Manning to the reception room of the laboratory.
Last night, the nail salon was also upgraded.
The interior space of the laboratory was doubled, and the exterior space remained the same.
The left side was divided into two lounges, and Tina, Clarissa, Eugenia, and Merulu also had rooms to rest.
The large area in the middle, next to the lounge, separated a small public leisure area, and two transparent reception rooms next to it for Ambrose and Edward to use.
Edward accompanied his baby to work and did not apply for a clerk, but he was interested in magic nail art and forced Lu Yao to reserve a reception room for him.
Seeing that he was working at his own expense, Lu Yao also agreed.
The large space on the right was converted into Lu Yao's dedicated research room, with a refining table for processing materials, a reception area, bookshelves for magic books and various miscellaneous books, and a very large material room filled with various Warcraft materials, rare herbs and magic gems.
There was only a small room with a bathroom in the corner, which was her exclusive lounge.
There were only Du Manning and herself in the room. Lu Yao handed the tablet over and said, "Take a look at the styles first."
Du Manning flipped through the photos one by one. Born in the colorful and gorgeous sea, she had seen countless fantastic scenes that were difficult to describe in words, but she was still attracted by the manicure in front of her and kept flipping through the next one, wanting to know what other designs she hadn't seen before. Lu Yao
didn't urge her, picked up the notebook and started to draw, thinking about the new products that would follow in the blind box store.
She just received a system prompt. Because she chose the direction of drinks at the beginning, before completing the task and adding new categories, the blind box shop can only sell blind boxes related to drinks.
And the weight of each blind box cannot exceed 500 grams for the time being.
Not knowing enough about that world, Lu Yao initially considered that food was the product that was least likely to go wrong. After all, even the undead could not resist the temptation of food.
When choosing specific products, for convenience, she chose hot drinks that could be produced and shipped in a snack bar, but now she is a little restricted.
The system is the same. It always waits until she hits a wall before prompting this problem, but it is not a big problem.
There should not be too many drinks to choose from in the world. Even if you change a series every day, it is not difficult to have different ones for 30 days.
Du Manning put down the tablet and pulled back Lu Yao's thoughts: "Shopkeeper, I want to make a manicure that looks like a mermaid. The style doesn't need to be too exaggerated, nor does it need to be magical, but it would be better if it was a little special."
Lu Yao put down the paper and pen and thought for a while, "There is a style that I haven't made here yet, and it should meet your requirements. Do you want to try it?"
When she heard that it was a style that had never been made, Du Manning became very interested, "I want to do it!" Lu
Yao communicated with her again, turned around and picked out the nail polish color, some accessory materials, and special tools.
Mermaids like the sea, and there are places on the seabed where sunlight can shine in.
The seabed is covered with beautiful shells and colored stones, and colorful fish swim leisurely.
Lu Yao polished the mermaid's nails, applied protective nail polish and continued working. He took out the golden cat eye nail polish to lay the base, used a magnet to absorb a beautiful halo on the edge, and then applied a thin layer of transparent blue nail polish, layering it up layer by layer to create a layered blue.
The golden base coat is covered with a clear blue, just like the seabed illuminated by the sun, with beautiful fine spots of light on the surface.
[Successfully sold a hot drink blind box, the initial task is completed! Popularity value +1, blind box category 1. ]
Lu Yao was looking down for tools, and he paused when he heard the prompt.
The category is increasing, and you can consider blind box products in other directions.
That world is very dark, and it doesn't seem to be caused by a power outage. There may also be a market for lighting tools.
But there is still a limit that a single blind box cannot exceed 500 grams, maybe we can open another series of food categories.
[You have a new task! Sell 50 blind boxes, reward popularity points 50 points, blind box category 1. ]
Lu Yao did not show any emotion on her face, continued to do manicure, found the tools, and took out another box of solid patch glue, which is the protagonist of today.
She used a small scraper to dig out a small piece of patch glue, applied it to Du Manning's nails, and changed to embossing sticks to shape it.
With just a few simple movements, she turned a whole piece of solid glue into a light, transparent jellyfish with tentacles stretched out.
Lu Yao used a small tool to adjust the folds of the jellyfish's skirt and the direction of the tentacles' movement.
After shaping the shape and lighting, she changed to a soft brush and painted a layer of light purple on the surface of the jellyfish. After the magic seal, the blue and purple colors on the nail surface reflected each other, and a light golden halo appeared under the gradient.
Finally, she added a layer of gold powder on the surface, shaking her fingertips, tiny dots of light flickered, like a dream.
Du Manning raised his finger and looked at it for a while, with a smile on his face: "What a cute little jellyfish. I also like little octopuses and little scallops, and the owner helped me make them."
Octopuses and scallops are the favorite foods of mermaids. Lu Yao thinks that this statement is a bit scary and very comedic. The favorite foods must appear on their nails.
Scallops are okay, but the little octopus is made on the nails, and it is shaped with solid patch glue. It takes some effort to make it cute.
Lu Yao calmed down and made a deep-sea world on Du Manning's fingers, including octopuses, scallops, conchs, starfish, swimming fish, corals... The base oil changes from blue-purple to purple-red, red-blue, blue-orange, and it changes unpredictably.
Ten fingers put together are a beautiful and strange deep-sea picture.
Du Manning stroked the nail surface lightly. There were obvious bulges, but it didn't look exaggerated. The design and color matching perfectly met all her aesthetic points.
She couldn't help asking, "Have you ever been to the bottom of the sea?"
Otherwise, how could you create such a realistic deep-sea manicure that is so similar and so adorable?
Lu Yao shook his head, "No, but I have watched some documentaries and read some books about it."
Du Manning didn't know what a documentary was.
Few people in Alexandria know the sea so well. She suddenly felt very happy. She stopped thinking about things she couldn't figure out and took out a new transparent crystal ball, "I'll help you save some money. I'm very inspired right now."
Harold knocked on the door, "Lu Yao, it's time for lunch."
This was to urge Lu Yao to go to the next door to get food. He didn't like the food in the town's restaurants, which was far worse than the snack bar. Lu
Yao stood up and said, "Okay, I'm coming."
Du Manning had no choice but to wait for Lu Yao to come back, and then he ate a special lunch provided by the snack bar before sitting down again to eat some radishes.
During lunch break, the shop assistants gathered together, and when they heard that Du Manning was going to eat some radishes for the owner, they all gathered around with interest.
Lu Yao put his hand on the crystal ball like last time, and gradually a picture emerged in the ball... It was still a ball of black mist.
Except for Harold, the shop assistants felt strange when they saw Lu Yao's radish for the first time.
"Why is there nothing?"
"Is the owner a person of great luck, so he can't see it?"
"No matter how strong the luck of the human race is, it can't be so strong that we can't see anything. Could it be that the fortune teller is not good?"
Du Manning seemed to have expected it, and took out another black crystal ball, "Owner, please drop a drop of blood on it."
This is the secret technique of the mermaids, which consumes vitality to fortune-tell and forcibly explore fate.
However, mermaids are also a long-lived race. Du Manning was too curious about the secret of this human race, and he was willing to spend his life to take a look.
Edward stopped Lu Yao and looked at Du Manning: "As far as I know, this fortune-telling technique not only consumes the fortune-teller's life, but also shortens the life of the person whose body is fortune-told."
Du Manning nodded: "It's just a few years, it's not a big problem."
Harold and Mum hugged Lu Yao tightly, their faces tense, not allowing her to bleed.
Harold angrily accused: "She is a human being, she only has a few decades left to live, you still want to waste a few more years of her life?"
The foreign shop assistants in the store were all long-lived races. When they were reminded of this, they suddenly felt sad when they thought that Lu Yao only had a few decades left to live.
Lu Yao struggled to break free from the shackles of the dragon and the slime, "... Hey, don't look at me like I'm going to die soon!!! I can still live a long time."
The expressions of the shop assistants became even sadder. A few decades is a lifetime for humans.
For them, it's not even childhood.
Harold thought that he still had more than 50 years before he became an adult. By then, Lu Yao might be dead, and the whole dragon would be in trouble.
Clarissa stepped forward and said, "If the owner is about to die, I can harvest your soul and transfer it to another container. You can still live, but you won't be as free as your own body."
Ambrose said, "Soul harvesting is risky. The owner can change from a human to a necromancer in advance, and then you will be the same as me."
Edward thought for a moment and said, "If you don't like a bald skeleton, I am still willing to embrace you and become a vampire."
For them, there are many ways to extend the life of a human.
Harold's hand was hanging on the edge of the stool, gently pinching the corner of Lu Yao's clothes, lowering his eyes and saying awkwardly: "If you still want to live as a human, I can sign a symbiotic contract with you. There is no risk. You can live as long as I live."
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. The dragon voluntarily signed a symbiotic contract with the human race, and it was after the incident at the magic academy.
Everyone found it incredible, but because it was Harold who proposed it, it seemed very reasonable, and their eyes fell on Lu Yao's face.
Lu Yao had a blank expression: "... Thank you for your kindness, but it's really not necessary. In fact, I may, probably, maybe live longer than you."
The clerks: "... Oh."
The owner is really humorous. How could she live longer than me (us)?
Lu Yao dripped a drop of blood on the black crystal ball, and the bright red blood was instantly absorbed.
After a while, blood oozed out of the crystal ball again, and gradually formed four strange shapes.
Du Manning's face changed.
That was the mysterious radish code passed down by the mermaid clan. Others couldn't understand it, but they could tell something was wrong from Du Manning's expression.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yao asked, "What's the result of the radish-digging?"
Du Manning shook her head stiffly, her voice trembling: "I can't see it, I can't see it."
Lu Yao: "...Okay."
She actually looked forward to it.
Du Manning realized that she was a little out of control, raised her hand to brush her hair, and calmed down: "Shopkeeper, I can't see what will happen to you in the future. But you are blessed with good luck, so you don't need to worry."
Lu Yao:...You clearly said last time that you are definitely not a lucky person, and this change of words is too abrupt.
She still prefers the rebellious look of the mermaid.
Du Manning didn't want to say anything more, so she quickly packed up her tools and left.
She walked to the fountain square, turned around and saw Lu Yao still standing at the door of the nail salon, watching her go. Her suppressed heartbeat suddenly became faster.
Was the owner aware of being targeted by such a being?
Du Manning suddenly felt weak and her strength was lost. She had become much older, and the backlash had come.
Fortunately, she was alert just now and didn't say anything, otherwise she might have died directly.
The mermaid came and left in a hurry like a gust of wind.
The alien shop assistants had different expressions, as if they were trying to figure out something. Lu Yao
glanced at the time and it was still early.
There was nothing to do in the nail salon in the afternoon, so she was thinking about arranging new blind box products and returning to her own world.
She went out for a while and brought back some goods, preparing to open a new blind box category.
In the snack bar, Qi Chen had already prepared 166 hot drink blind boxes, waiting for her to come and pick up the goods.
Lu Yao dropped a few boxes of instant noodles at the snack bar and asked the clerk to put on the uniform blind box packaging on the outside, and then take them directly to the blind box store for stocking.
Instant noodles are cheap and convenient.
A box weighs no more than 500 grams, with a variety of flavors and high public acceptance. It is perfect for making blind boxes.
There were only a few hot drink blind boxes missing from the blind box machine, and it looked like it didn't attract many customers.
Lu Yao took another look outside the store, and it seemed like the sky had never brightened, and it was still pitch black.
Has the world really fallen into eternal night?
She went back to the store to continue restocking, but she hadn't finished stocking up on 166 hot drink blind boxes.
The blind box machine was full, and there were still three left, which she threw into the warehouse for storage, so they wouldn't go bad anyway.
Lu Yao went to the snack bar to work for a while, and returned to the blind box store with 200 packaged instant noodles to stock up the second machine. There
are six flavors of instant noodle blind boxes, one of which is hidden.
The hidden version has luxurious ingredients added to it, and the weight of a box is barely controlled within 500 grams, and the total number is only ten boxes.
Lu Yao was also considerate enough to buy a water heater from a snack bar and moved it to the blind box store.
There is a direct water inlet in the store, and the water heater can be installed to boil water.
If customers open a blind box of instant noodles in the store, they can directly get the boiling water to experience it.
It took about fifteen minutes, and Lu Yao finished all the blind boxes and stood up clapping his hands.
There were voices outside the door, and someone pushed open the door of the store, and four or five young men and women filed in.
The first girl who came in was shocked, "It's really a store! I wonder if I can find something to eat." Lu Yao
immediately put on a business smile, "Welcome to the blind box store, the store has just launched new blind boxes of instant noodles, you can try your luck!"
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