Jiang Tiantian looked at the young man in front of her who was happily calculating the accounts, and said with a smile.

"I said, don't be afraid of competition. The more competitors we have, the better it is for us."

"Only when there is comparison can there be superiority or inferiority."

"Our store is positioned as a mid- to high-end product. The price has already screened out a group of people. After competition from peers, we have screened out a group of people who are not so picky about taste but are sensitive to price."

"The rest are customers who don't mind spending money but want the best taste and service."

“They are actually the customers who spend the most.”

Tan Zhilin nodded, "Tiantian, you are right. I have also noticed that our average order value has increased recently, and the reviews have become even better."

Jiang Tiantian saw Tan Zhilin, who was as happy as a little fool when it was time to settle the bill.

Suddenly he asked, "Did Lin Zizhu come to see you last night?"

With a "click", the calculator fell to the ground.

A Ku also looked at him curiously. Last night, when it was already dark, this guy suddenly said he wanted to go out to take out the trash.

Could it be that he just took the opportunity to meet that woman?

Tan Zhilin stuttered a little, "How do you know?"

It was already so dark, and they were talking behind a tree in the corner.

Just like this... Jiang Tiantian discovered it.

Is this woman born in the year of the dog?

Is your nose so sensitive?

"Don't worry about how I know this. Just tell me why she came to see you."

Tan Zhilin looked up at his two serious partners and said hesitantly, "Nothing. She asked someone to pass me a note yesterday."

"Ask me to meet at the entrance of the alley at ten o'clock, and say he wants to apologize to me in person..."

"Squeak~" Ah Ku said softly, "So you went?"

"With your pig brain, can you beat her?"

Jiang Tiantian raised her hand to signal Ah Ku not to get angry, and asked Tan Zhilin, "What else did she say to you last night?"

Xiao Qi also accidentally scanned that corner from the drone and thought that the shadow looked like Tan Zhilin.

I just told Jiang Tiantian.

But by then, the conversation between the two was over.

Finally, Tan Zhilin was afraid that it would be unsafe for Lin Zizhu to walk alone at night, so he specially sent her to an intersection with headlights on.

After Lin Zizhu repeatedly declined, he stood there and watched Lin Zizhu walk away alone.

Tan Zhilin scratched his head. "She didn't say anything. She just told me she was sorry and that she shouldn't have used me to steal her skills at the hot pot restaurant. But she had no choice."

"Her mother's illness requires a lot of money, and she hesitated for a long time before coming to this desperate measure."

"I thought it was not easy for her as a girl. Although the means were not very honorable, our store did not suffer any substantial losses. I am a grown man and I cannot make things difficult for her, so I said I would forgive her."

"She was very happy after hearing that and said I forgave her. A big stone in her heart was finally lifted."

"You also asked me if we can continue to be friends in the future?"

Jiang Tiantian blinked a few times, "Then how did you answer her?"

Tan Zhilin opened his eyes wide and said, "I said we have never been friends before."

He had thought about it before, but Lin Zizhu didn't give him any room for ambiguity other than normal conversation.

Those things he thought were playing hard to get might just be his personal imagination.

Jiang Tiantian and A Ku looked at each other, and then looked at the clear stupidity in Tan Zhilin's eyes.

They all sighed silently.

have to!

I worried for nothing.

People have a very clear idea of ​​their own positioning.

Jiang Tiantian waved her hand and said, "Okay, take the account book back and settle it. I'm going to go chat with the kids now."

Tan Zhilin stood up holding the account book with grievance, turned to look at Jiang Tiantian, "Next time they call me godfather, they must notify me to come over."

The four little ones can now pronounce some monosyllabic words, and ever since they discovered they can speak, they have a strong desire to express themselves.

Whenever I meet someone, I have to chat with them for half a day.

Although adults don’t understand what they say, it doesn’t stop them from expressing themselves.

Occasionally, a few clear words could still come out of their mouths.

For example, dad, mom, grandma, grandpa, dad, etc. can still be heard.

Ah Ku had heard it several times. Several little guys looked at him, saying "ahhhh" for a long time, and then suddenly uttered the word "dad".

When he heard it for the first time, Cha Jiuzhang was jealous for a long time because it was "godfather" instead of "father".

Just one word makes a huge difference.

Ah Ku mocked him, "You are a grown man, why are you so stingy?"

"What's the difference between 'godfather' and 'father'? I treat them just as well."

Just this one sentence made Cha Jiuzhang lose his temper for several days whenever he saw Ah Ku coming to visit again and instigating the little kids to call him dad.

His face looked as if Ah Ku owed him a million or eight hundred thousand.

Before going to bed at night, Cha Jiuzhang complained to Jiang Tiantian, "Ah Ku is too lazy to get married and have children, so he wants to kidnap one from us?"

Jiang Tiantian stroked his chin and pondered, "I think he might be learning how to be a father in advance."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Cha Jiuzhang immediately became interested.

Ah Ku usually has no expression on his face. It's really hard for people who don't know him to guess what he's thinking.

Jiang Tiantian rolled her eyes, leaned close to Cha Jiuzhang's ear, and shared a piece of gossip with him with a smile.

"The dean of the National Tsing Hua University Academy of Fine Arts has a little daughter named Xia Kexin. He wanted his little daughter to become Ah Ku's apprentice, but Ah Ku refused on the spot, saying that he didn't like taking care of little kids."

"As a result, the next day, a 15-year-old girl came to my house, blocked Ah Ku in the classroom, pointed at Ah Ku with her hands on her hips and said, 'Who are you calling a brat?'"

"Have you ever seen a little brat as big and beautiful as me?"

"My dad said you were a genius, but I think you're just a mediocre person with poor eyesight."

"You don't dare to accept me as your apprentice, are you afraid that I will surpass you and overshadow your own reputation..."

The little girl kept talking, and A Ku Leng couldn't say a word.

Finally, after finally waiting for the other party to stop talking, Ah Ku just said, "I can't talk to you, go find your father."

The little girl was also stubborn. "It's no use looking for my father. Just tell me whether you will accept a disciple or not?"

It turned out that the little girl Xia Kexin was astounded by a painting of an old woman by A Ku at an exhibition sponsored by the Art and Calligraphy Association.

It was a close-up, half-length portrait of an old woman about eighty years old.

The kind of man who had been weathered for most of his life, with a thin face full of wrinkles, and not even a few intact teeth in his grinning mouth, but his eyes still revealed hope and love.

It was this face, which had no beauty at all, but it directly touched the soul of the little girl Xia Kexin.

It made her understand in an instant what the tenacity and weight of life meant.

It also made her instantly realize the artistic conception that the painter wanted to express.

After taking a closer look at the name, she realized that this was the genius her father had told her about.

Since childhood, little girl Xia Kexin has been quite talented in art due to the influence of her family.

She is a recognized young talent.

She used to think that she was not bad, but after seeing this work, she realized that there is always someone better than you.

Drawing requires more than just skills, or in other words, after all the skills are mastered, skills become the least important thing.

Return to basics, and be wise in a foolish way.

The artistic conception displayed in the picture and the painter's understanding of the world are the most important.

With these, a work of art has soul.

The little girl Xia Kexin was a humble and studious girl. She immediately pestered her father to take A Ku as her teacher and urged her father to mediate.