Chapter 088: Eating Watermelon at the Food Court (16)
Feng Xiansu saw the message in the group and snorted coldly, "Impossible! After the Daily Food Court opens, the store can't hire new employees at all."
She turned around and saw Song Xiaoyan also reading the message. She warned, "Hurry up and finish the rest of the orders. Don't you want to do this anymore?"
Song Xiaoyan tried her best to suppress the hatred and anger in her heart and continued to make drinks.
Qin Zhengyi was right. She couldn't die so easily. If Zhengyi really died, at least she would still be alive and could avenge her.
Feng Xiansu thought about it and felt uneasy, so she warned Song Xiaoyan to do his job well, then left the store and went to the bun shop.
Since the milk tea shop and the steamed bun shop were right across from each other in the square, Qin Zhengyi set out first but took a detour to the fried skewers shop. Feng Xiansu went straight across the square, and they arrived at the steamed bun shop at about the same time.
At this time, there were only a few customers in the store, so the two players' visit would not affect the store's business.
Feng Xiansu stood in front of the bun shop owner, crossed her arms and said, "Boss, you want to recruit new people now, that's not legal, right?"
Liu Tang, with his bun-haired face, nodded: "It's indeed against the rules to hire part-time employees from outside."
When Feng Xiansu heard the other party's answer, she smiled proudly at Qin Zhengyi beside her, and even forced out a pouting expression of sympathy.
Qin Zhengyi originally came here with hope, but now she was in despair again. The pain she suffered in her heart was even worse than when Feng Xiansu dismissed her before. Her face turned pale and looked ashen.
Feng Xiansu felt that it would be boring for her to see this expression alone, so she specially made a video call to Song Xiaoyan so that her enemy could also appreciate how desperate her childhood friend was at the moment.
Qin Zhengyi saw her childhood friend in the projection and glared at Feng Xiansu. She had never thought that this person could be so vicious.
At this time, Liu Tang, who had a bun-shaped hair, said in a mechanical voice: "But I can appoint a temporary store manager~"
Feng Xiansu was stunned when she heard this, and the paleness on Qin Zhengyi's face faded a little.
Indeed, judging from the previous dismissals of store managers, temporary store managers seem to be available for recruitment at any time.
But Qin Zhengyi didn't dare to be happy too soon, for fear of new setbacks. She just stared at Liu Tang eagerly, hoping that things would turn around.
Feng Xiansu chuckled and said, "Once you're appointed as the temporary store manager, you'll lose your status as store manager. Without a status in this dungeon, you won't be able to be an NPC."
Liu Tang continued to nod. "Indeed, if I lose my identity, I won't be able to be an NPC and will be expelled from the dungeon. But that's better than letting the player die directly, right?"
Feng Xiansu's expression changed.
Mo Qianhe looked at Liu Tang and curled his lips slightly before continuing, "But we have a better solution."
Liu Tang nodded, and then began to operate: "Although we can't recruit part-time employees from outside, the rules don't say we can't recruit employees from within.
"I can hire myself as a part-time employee from within, and at the same time appoint Qin Zhengyi from outside as the temporary store manager. This way, not only can I retain a legitimate position, but Qin Zhengyi can also have a job. It's the best of both worlds!"
When Feng Xiansu heard this, her face turned completely ugly: "No, you can't do it!"
Liu Tang said in a joyful tone in a mechanical voice: "Just try it and you'll know."
As he spoke, he opened the cover on his metal arm, clicked on the employee management system, appointed Qin Zhengyi as the temporary manager of the bun shop, and applied for his own demotion to a part-time employee.
The two instructions were run simultaneously, and after the system got stuck, it was approved.
Liu Tang wrinkled his face in surprise at Mo Qianhe and handed the chip representing his identity as "store manager" to Qin Zhengyi.
The girl took the chip and didn't react for a moment.
Feng Xiansu, who was standing by, was so angry that she was shaking all over. She turned around and left.
The plan failed, so she had no choice but to fire Song Xiaoyan and send her on her way.
"Countdown to food court closure: three."
"two."
"one."
As the broadcast ended, Feng Xiansu watched helplessly as the button to dismiss Song Xiaoyan turned gray and became inoperable.
"Ahhhhhh!" she screamed and threw the communicator to the ground.
Fortunately, this thing is of good quality and was not broken by her.
"It's you! It's you who caused my 'Milk Tea' to be captured! I will fight you!" A robot rushed towards Feng Xiansu frantically.
Feng Xiansu quickly dodged and looked carefully, and found that it was the owner of the Crumb Pancake Shop.
The "milk tea" the other party mentioned must be the former owner of the milk tea shop.
Feng Xiansu remembered that her godfather had told her that the two were related, and it seemed to be true.
The pancake on the robot's head was flashing with messy snowflakes, and it was obvious that it was angry to the point of losing its mind.
Feng Xiansu quickly picked up the communicator on the ground, clicked on her identity interface, and showed it to the other party: "I am the assistant inspector!"
As the robot realized Feng Xiansu's identity, its body stiffened uncontrollably and could not move forward any further.
Seeing that the other party could no longer attack her, Feng Xiansu relaxed. While fixing her hair, she admired the robot in front of her with interest and said with a smirk, "So this is what it feels like to have power?"
Live broadcast room barrage:
"Oh my god! Oh my god! Does anyone know what's going on? How did this player become the inspector's assistant?!"
"He was recruited by the Inspector. I suggest you watch the replay of the interrogation room."
"Amazing, Sister Feng, you actually have a hidden identity!"
After Feng Xiansu was captured and interrogated by the inspector, who was also the dormitory manager, she gained the other party's appreciation by providing enough information. As a result, she was given the position of temporary manager of the milk tea shop and the position of assistant to the inspector.
However, there is no free lunch in the world, and she also has to help the inspector complete a special task: investigating some places that the inspector cannot reach.
Seeing that the small vendors in the square were starting to leave the food court, Feng Xiansu realized that time was running out. She no longer wanted to waste time with the owner of the Crumbly Pancake Shop. Instead of returning to the milk tea shop, she turned and walked to the edge of the food court.
Before leaving, she glanced at the robot and said maliciously, "Your 'milk tea' doesn't belong to just you."
"What did you say! Speak clearly!" The owner of the Crumbly Pancake Shop was unable to break free from the invisible control until Feng Xiansu disappeared from his sight.
He received a video from the other party through the communicator built into his arm.
The video played in a loop the images of him drinking his favorite "milk tea" and kissing the former owner of the skewers shop.
"No!!!" The pancake seller's grief-stricken cry rang out in the square.
Feng Xiansu walked to the edge of the square. Just like what her godfather had photographed, there was a smooth cliff below.
The vendors pushed their carts and walked perpendicular to the cliff as if they were walking on flat ground.
Feng Xiansu held the communicator tightly and repeated silently, "I am the assistant inspector, I am the assistant inspector..."
Her fear of the cliff made it impossible for her to move forward.
The bottomless darkness made her legs so weak that she could hardly stand.
"Do you want revenge on those people?"
She seemed to hear the inspector's whisper to her in the interrogation room.
Feng Xiansu trembled all over. The determination for revenge was like a shot of adrenaline, which reduced her inner fear.
She closed her eyes tightly and walked forward regardless.
The girl didn't dare to open her eyes. She only felt her body falling stiffly downwards. Then, after passing through a certain plane, the direction of gravity seemed to change.
Feng Xiansu landed on her front foot, firmly stepped on the other foot that was hanging in the air, and then tentatively opened her eyes.
She found herself standing vertically on the cliff like other NPC vendors.
As she felt relieved, her body softened and she collapsed to the ground.
Feng Xiansu knew that this was not the time to be weak. She forced herself to stand up from the ground with her hands and began to search towards her target.
In the fried skewers shop, after a day's business, Zhou Da happily checked the store's profitability.
After seeing the big negative number, his face fell.
As expected, because I bought a lot of food today, and had to pay the store rent and employee wages, after a busy day, I not only didn’t make any money, but I even lost money.
Zhou Da has been in the business world for many years and is not uncommon for business losses, but in the copy, he does not have enough capital and time to turn losses into profits.
He remembered that he was not the one who was supposed to be the temporary store manager in the first place, so he immediately chose someone to shift the blame to.
Zhou Da said viciously to President Jiang, whom he already disliked, "Look at your awful idea! Our store is losing so much money today!"
Jiang Minxu turned his gaze away from the square only after hearing the other party's call.
He was not surprised by the loss. He knew that Zhou Dafu, who had been in business for many years, must have anticipated the current situation.
This person just wants to find someone to bear the current loss amount.
Jiang Minxu was about to turn down his salary for today to save the other party some money, but Ji Zehan on the side spoke first: "You don't have to pay me today's salary, just pay Chairman Jiang's salary."
Jiang Minxu shook his head: "My salary is not needed, but Pavilion Master Ji's salary still needs to be paid. After all, it was my idea."
Seeing the two of them pushing each other back and forth, Zhou Da suddenly thought and pretended to smooth things over, saying, "Don't refuse, both of you. How about this: each of us takes the salary and we split it equally among the three of us?"
Jiang Minxu's eyebrows jumped. This profiteer was really good at exploiting. Originally, he and Pavilion Master Ji could get 180 coins together, but now that the three of them split it equally, he and Pavilion Master Ji only got 120 coins in total. It was really amazing.
He glanced at Ji Zehan, and seeing that he still looked calm, he didn't say anything more.
Zhou Da calculated it very clearly. Originally, he wanted to pay the salary of three people including himself, which was at least 540 food coins in total. Now he only gave the other two people 60 coins. After deducting these 120 coins, he still had 420 coins left.
He said that he would only give himself 60 coins, but after deducting the 300 coins for loss, he actually had 120 coins left, which he could keep for himself.
Although it is less than 180 coins, there is no need to deduct 50 coins for violations like the day before, so the profit is actually only 10 coins less than yesterday.
It turns out that being a store manager has its advantages.
Zhou Dazhi feigned sadness as he transferred his salary to the two men's accounts. He said with a melancholy look on his face, "It's not much, but at least it's enough to cover the dormitory fees. Let's keep working hard tomorrow and make up for what we lost today."
Jiang Minxu showed a professional fake smile, and Ji Zehan nodded indifferently: "Yeah."
Zhou knew that the two men were definitely unhappy, but all he had to do was maintain a calm surface.
What's more, after passing the level, he still has to pay Ji Zehan a large amount of points, so it is reasonable for the other party to suffer a loss here.
After everyone finished cleaning the bun shop, they went to the milk tea shop to help Song Xiaoyan who was alone.
Song Xiaoyan already knew from Feng Xiansu's communication that her childhood friend was fine. Now that they met, it felt as if they had experienced life and death again, and they were both a little scared.
The two girls hugged each other and were silent for a long time before separating.
This was the first time Liu Tang left the bun shop after entering this dungeon.
He looked around the milk tea shop curiously and praised it: "It's worthy of being the most profitable store in the food court. The decoration is really sophisticated!"
Song Xiaoyan let go of Qin Zhengyi, walked forward, and bowed deeply to Liu Tang: "Thank you for your help!"
Liu Tang waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay. If I hadn't become a part-time worker, I wouldn't have been able to leave the bun shop! It's a good opportunity to get out and see the world!"
Mo Qianhe looked around and asked curiously, "Where's Feng Xiansu?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
