133 The Ninth Shop
◎I don't want to become numb.◎
Lu Yao just went to the office to find snacks, and took a few plastic stools with him, pulled them out and placed them in the middle of the empty room, with snack plates and water cups on the stools.
The girl's colleague heard this and raised the cheese wafer in his hand: "This is also delicious, crispy and fragrant."
When Lu Yao pushed the door open and went out, the two of them still felt a little strange.
Seeing that she went out and came back quickly, with more food and water in her hands, they naturally thought that she bought things on the street.
It's been a long time since I came to Ghost Street with such a sweet new shop owner.
Thinking that after the store officially opened, the owner's sincerity and enthusiasm would be quickly torn apart by the cruel circumstances, the two people in the street management office felt a little heavy in their hearts, but more numb.
Coming to Youling Street, you are destined to be fish under the knife, let it be slaughtered.
Lu Yao just said the wrong thing, and he was much more cautious when he spoke again. He skillfully skipped the question, like an ordinary person who was not very experienced and hospitable, smiling shyly: "The store has not prepared anything yet, let you laugh."
The two people just felt that the snacks tasted novel and direct. They were used to eating in the company cafeteria and felt fresh. They asked casually, but the owner didn't seem to care. They didn't think much about it and didn't ask again.
The boy finished the biscuit, drank half a glass of water, and handed the package again.
Lu Yao did not refuse this time, he took it and was about to open it.
The two people did not stop him.
In the box was a map of the entire Ghost Street, a Golden Store Opening Guide, a Bluetooth headset-sized communicator, and a large jar of colorful candies. Lu
Yao put down the other things and was the first to open the candy jar.
There are two shapes of candies in the jar - spherical candies with short, thick, twisted tentacles and eyes, and white ghost-shaped candies that look like small mushrooms.
The first kind of candy is like the shape indicated on the back of the clue note, but the shape of these candies is more specific and the colors are richer.
Because of their small size, they even look a little cute, and you won't feel dizzy after looking at them for a long time.
The second type of ghost is pure cuteness. Not only does it look like a mushroom, but it also has tears in its round eyes, making it very lovable.
Lucky Candy, the name is auspicious.
But it always feels like it is trying to hide something.
Lu Yao noticed the two people opposite her secretly looking at her, put away the candy, and did not ask questions like before.
The two people really just came to deliver something to Lu Yao.
After she received the package, they stood up and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, the girl couldn't help but ask one more question: "I saw on your application that the store will regularly hold 'themed DIY' activities. What are the themes?"
Lu Yao no longer doubted the identities of the two people. She thought that this was also part of their work and they needed to know about it. There was no need to hide this topic. She even answered seriously for the purpose of publicity: "The DIY activities in the store are mainly based on experiencing different manual activities, such as making handmade cookies, knitting dolls, making homemade perfumes, making clay figures... probably according to the season and weather, we will arrange different activities." Lu
Yao conducted a deep self-assessment two days ago and was surprised to find that the most efficient way to use the knowledge and abilities she had acquired was DIY.
As long as there are suitable materials, the knowledge and abilities in her mind will automatically match, and finally create items that meet her needs.
The store owner told the two street managers that the activities are the most suitable choice for the general public's interests and hobbies, full of fun, and at the same time have a certain degree of difficulty and freedom in operation, which seems to be correct.
In fact, whether it is the furniture, instruments and equipment, and goods needed to open a store, or large-scale killing and damaging weapons and restraints used to fight against unknown enemies, they are all within the scope of DIY for the store owner. This is her real idea of choosing to open this store.
Fortunately, Lu Yao walked around Youling Street at night. The shops in this area are generally more about life and entertainment, mostly related to food, drink and entertainment, and each shop is very popular, but there is no shop similar to Lu Yao's new store.
It's rare to find a shop with a good location, popular surroundings, and no competitors. Lu Yao's professional instinct engraved in his DNA can't help but get agitated.
A light flashed in the girl's light brown eyes, and she looked very interested: "It sounds interesting. When will it officially open for business?"
Lu Yao thought for a moment: "I estimate that it will take at least three days to set up the store, clean up, and prepare for the store opening."
Lu Yao originally planned to recruit new employees when the store opened, but this world is a bit strange. You have to apply to recruit people, so she decided to wait and see.
If the store is booming after the official opening, she will consider hiring people.
The girl nodded: "If you encounter any problems in the future, please feel free to call the North District Management Office at any time, and we will have someone to handle it." As
the girl spoke, she took out a black card from her pocket and handed it to Lu Yao.
The pure black card had a thin gold border around its edge. On the front was written "North District Management Office Cleaning Team" and on the back was a string of numbers, which should be the phone number.
Lu Yao turned his palm over and saw a torch-shaped dark pattern printed on the back of the card.
The girl's colleague had walked to the door and stood by the door waiting for her to finish speaking. Seeing that Lu Yao looked a little confused, he explained at the right time: "Rule 8, if you encounter uncontrollable danger, you can ask for help from the church security room. But there are many people asking for help every day, and the staff there is very nervous. If it is not an extremely urgent situation, you can call our cleaning team first."
Lu Yao looked flattered and nodded repeatedly: "Thank you."
When the two left, it was less than eleven o'clock, and there was still more than an hour before the closing of Ghost Street, but there were no people on the street, and the noisy music disappeared at some point.
Only the shop lights on both sides of the street were still flashing stubbornly, as if shouting "Don't leave, get up and have fun", but unfortunately no one was willing to accompany them.
Opposite Lu Yao's shop is a bar called "Abyss". The entire wall facing the street is made of transparent glass, and the main door is also a glass door. Lu Yao
went out earlier and saw people moving inside, the lights were bright, and it was very lively.
There were no customers at this time, and there was only a bartender wearing an octopus mask standing behind the bar wiping the wine glasses.
The octopus feet on the mask were extremely realistic. When the bartender tilted his head slightly and looked at the light to see if the wine glasses were wiped clean, the octopus feet on his head shook flexibly twice.
Lu Yao has good eyesight, or it can be said that her five senses have become more and more sensitive recently.
She couldn't help but stare at the octopus head opposite her. The skin was so smooth that it seemed to glow, and the tentacles were soft and curled. She could even hear the faint sound of the skin and mucus rubbing together when the tentacles swung, making a "gurgling" sound. It was clearly a living octopus...
The bartender opposite seemed to have noticed something, and he slowly turned his eyes with the octopus cover on his head.
[There are no seafood stores on Ghost Street.]
The moment their eyes were about to meet, a rule suddenly popped up in Lu Yao's mind. She drooped her eyelids, and her heart seemed to be pumping blood.
Boom-boom-boom-
her back shuddered, and large patches of goose bumps appeared on her arms.
Lu Yao had seen many things that were scarier than the suspected octopus man, and she could handle them with ease because those things were monsters themselves.
Compared to the monster itself, what she saw at first glance was clearly a person, but the next second she had a strange feeling that a person had transformed into a monster without knowing it. She
didn't know what was going on, but her mind couldn't help but produce associations, which made her terrified.
The surprise was only for a moment, and Lu Yao quickly adjusted her mood. She reached out and pressed the door handle as usual, pretending to be ready to close the door. At the same time,
she seemed to look up at the bar opposite as if inadvertently. After all, the two shops were opposite each other, and if she kept her head down, it would be a bit deliberate.
This street is not normal.
She has fully felt it.
The bartender had walked out of the bar at some point and stood behind the glass. His slender figure cast a slender shadow behind him.
He crossed his arms and looked at Lu Yao. Lu Yao
did not look at the octopus on his head. When their eyes met, she hesitated as if embarrassed, then raised the corners of her lips slightly, nodded politely as a greeting, and then closed the store door at a normal speed.
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Twenty-six p.m., Youling Street North District Sub-district Management Office, second floor office.
Liu Jing and Chen Huisheng came back from field work and brought midnight snacks to their colleagues in the office.
Chen Huisheng and Liu Jing were the staff who had just gone out to deliver the novice gift package to Lu Yao.
The man sitting opposite Chen Huisheng's workstation wore gold-rimmed glasses and his name was Fang Cong.
The other colleagues had already left work, but he stayed behind to wait for them to come back.
Fang Cong took the sour soup wontons and teppanyaki from the two people.
Before he opened the lid, the aroma wafted out. When he opened the lid, the aroma came out with the hot air, so fragrant that it made people swallow their saliva.
He was a little hungry at this time, so he tore open the disposable tableware and started eating.
However, the food in Ghost Street was not as delicious as it smelled. Most of it was just for show.
Fang Cong lost his appetite after eating a few bites. He put down his chopsticks, but was a little unwilling to give up. He picked up the teppanyaki on the side and ate it. It was just as bland.
He took a tissue to wipe his mouth and asked casually, "How is it?"
Liu Jing pulled a chair and sat next to Chen Huisheng: "The new owner of that store is a bit... well, naive."
Because of her good impression of the owner, Liu Jing carefully considered her words when she evaluated him, and was unusually gentle.
Chen Huisheng briefly told him about their visit to Luyao's store. Fang
Cong didn't react after listening.
He had seen such store owners before. Some were born with thick nerves, bold and fearless, while others were simply stupid and had no perception of the surrounding environment.
No matter what kind of person it was, they would quickly transform after coming to Ghost Street.
The result was the same.
The three of them exchanged a few simple sentences again, and when it was less than fifteen minutes before midnight, they got up, turned off the lights and computers, and prepared to go off work.
The staff dormitory and office building of the subdistrict management office are in the same building.
The first to sixth floors of this building are office areas, and the seventh to tenth floors are staff dormitories.
Chen Huisheng and Fang Cong live on the seventh floor, and Liu Jing's dormitory is on the eighth floor.
Arriving at the seventh floor, the elevator door opened.
Chen Huisheng and Fang Cong prepared to go down.
Liu Jing took out two bags of potato wedges from his pocket and threw one bag to each of them: "I took them from Luyao Store when I left. I wanted to eat them secretly by myself."
Chen Huisheng took them in his hand without saying a word.
After they came out of Luyao's store, they bought supper on the roadside, barbecue, hot pot stickers, small pot rice noodles... They bought several kinds of food, but no matter how hot they looked, the taste and texture were not as good as the snacks in Luyao's store.
They also looked along the street, but the supermarkets in that area did not sell the snacks that Luyao treated them.
Fang Cong frowned and raised his hand to throw it back to Liu Jing.
He didn't like snacks.
The food on Ghost Street was not delicious either.
It's not just the food, everything on this street is empty on the surface, but there is nothing inside.
But humans can only survive in such a world, crawling at His feet like pigs and dogs.
Liu Jing: "This is different. You will know after you have tried it. I don't know which store she bought it from. I will ask her next time I go there."
Chen Huisheng also nodded: "It is indeed different." Fang
Cong did not comment.
At this time, other colleagues would not leave the dormitory and go downstairs. There were only three of them at the elevator door.
Liu Jing stretched out his legs to block the elevator door: "By the way, Lu Yao's store may open in three days. How about going to support it then?"
Fang Cong felt that Liu Jing's attitude towards the new store owner was a bit over the line, and said unhappily: "As a street manager, please always remember your position."
After that, he turned and left.
Liu Jing's face was not very good. He stared at Fang Cong's back and muttered in a low voice: "Old-fashioned."
Chen Huisheng looked numb and was used to such quarrels.
Chen Huisheng: "Fang was not like this before. He has seen too much and doesn't want you to be sad again."
Liu Jing didn't appreciate it: "Who is different from him? We are all colleagues. Who hasn't experienced those things? I just like the new owner of No. 13, I just want to take care of her, I don't want to become numb."
Chen Huisheng was speechless.
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Lu Yao closed the shop and did not return to the shopping street. He sat under the light and looked through the map of Ghost Street and the store guide that he had not had time to look at just now.
The gray-blue map unfolded, and the intricate lines were laid on the thin waterproof paper, like tangled blood vessels.
Lu Yao looked at it for a long time, sorting out the areas and routes on the map bit by bit.
The specific location of Ghost Street is unknown, but its scope is extremely large.
It is more like a city than a street.
The entire street is divided into four districts: east, south, west, and north, and a central city.
Lu Yao strolled for nearly two hours at night, and was always wandering around the north district, and he didn't even touch the edge of the central city.
Lu Yao felt despair just thinking about looking for a non-physical dream-fulfilling system in such a huge district.
Lu Yao thought about it carefully. Going to find the system was like looking for a needle in a haystack. It would be better to ask the system to find her.
The Dream-Fulfilling System can connect to the network of any world and obtain a large amount of information.
As long as it knows that she has come to this world, it will definitely find a way to contact her.
Lu Yao recalled her experience of shopping at night. It seemed that she did not encounter an Internet cafe.
Passers-by on the street were used to paying with cash, and no one was seen paying with a mobile phone.
Could it be that the network in this world is not well developed?
But her entry information was clearly received by the management office very quickly.
Or is it that the information system similar to the Internet channel is controlled by a certain group of specific people, and ordinary people do not use the Internet frequently.
If this is the case, it seems that the system is controlled.
If the efficient method does not work, you can only think of another way.
Things finally returned to the starting point. Lu Yao wanted to pass the message to the system. At present, the fastest way is probably to open a store and make the store famous.
After the store has a good reputation, it will have running water.
One person tells ten people, ten people tell a hundred people, and the news that "Lu Yao has come to Ghost Street" will be obtained by the system one day.
Lu Yao put down the map and opened the store opening guide placed aside.
The first three pages of the store opening guide are still related to the rules. The wording is very official and there is not much valuable information.
Turning to the fourth page, Lu Yao's eyes froze and he slowly sat up.
[Author's words]
This store has a few more elements. The background is probably micro-grams + micro-tales, and the main line is still business.
Regardless of the background of the world, the owner just wants to open a store.
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