**Chapter 64: The Sales Demon “Gu Qiqi”**
“Boss, what do you think of this dress?”
Ying Ningning quickly brought over a dress upon Hu Boss’s instruction.
“Hmm, give it to her.”
“Mmhm!” Ying Ningning nodded, turned, and handed the dress to Lu Yibei.
It was a chest-high ru skirt with green gauze sleeves, a red brocade skirt, and a light yellow belt embroidered with flowers, birds, insects, and fish; it looked stunning.
Lu Yibei had seen this dress on Ying Ningning the other day. The neckline was particularly low, and the hem was rather short. Whether the design was to cater to the visual needs of the service industry or to fulfill some strange taste of a certain boss was unknown.
After waiting for two seconds, Lu Yibei did not reach out to take it, and Ying Ningning wasn’t annoyed. She just smiled sweetly at Lu Yibei, placed the dress on a nearby counter, then turned and walked away to continue her busy work.
Hu Boss glanced at the dress on the counter, raised an eyebrow at Lu Yibei, and said, “There! Just temporarily wear this?”
“There’s a place to change clothes in the back. After you’re changed, you’ll go with Ying Ningning to help her out, learn the various tasks in this tavern.”
“As long as there are no special circumstances, the tavern closes at around three o’clock in the morning. After closing and before dawn, that time will be for you to study culinary skills. When I’m free, I’ll teach you. If I’m not free, you’ll go to the back kitchen to learn from Chef Hei. Understand?”
After saying this, without waiting for Lu Yibei to respond, Hu Boss leaned back, closed his eyes, and began to take a nap.
Lu Yibei, “…”
What do you mean, ‘understand’? I haven’t even agreed to work here yet!
Although this dress wasn’t particularly revealing, wearing this thing and showing my face among supernatural beings and spiritual ability users from all over feels too embarrassing.
As someone with social anxiety, I can’t handle this at all! Unless…
At this thought, a glimmer of cunning flashed in Lu Yibei’s eyes. She stepped forward, glanced around, crouched down, and sneakily poked Hu Boss.
“Boss, Boss, can we discuss something?”
Hu Boss opened his eyes a crack, glanced at Lu Yibei, said nothing, and quickly closed his eyes again, appearing as if he didn’t want to bother with her.
But was Lu Yibei the kind of person who would obediently quiet down when ignored?
Clearly not!
“Hu Boss, look! I’m also a king of urban legends, somewhat reputable among supernatural beings. Wearing this to work here, if a familiar face spots me…”
Upon hearing this, Hu Boss straightened up, smiled at Lu Yibei, and said, “If you’re spotted by a familiar face, would it be embarrassing?”
“Mmhm!” Lu Yibei nodded.
Especially Stinky Sister. If she sees me, she could laugh at me for years!
Moreover, the probability of such an encounter isn’t low… Lu Yibei thought.
“You just said you would try to meet my requirements.” Hu Boss assessed Lu Yibei with a sideways glance and said, “So what you’re saying now is that you don’t want to meet my conditions but still want to learn a craft in this tavern?”
“Of course not!” Lu Yibei replied earnestly, “Hu Boss, do I look like the kind of person who likes to freeload?”
“What I mean is, working here shouldn’t require real-name registration, right?”
“Well, it doesn’t…” Hu Boss said.
“And there shouldn’t be a strict requirement that I must show my true appearance while working, right?” Lu Yibei asked again.
Upon hearing this, Hu Boss showed a look of realization, laughing, “Ah! I see, you want to disguise yourself? I don’t mind that as long as you don’t cause trouble for the tavern.”
“Don’t worry!” Lu Yibei assured, patting her chest, “I definitely won’t cause you any trouble!”
After that, she took out the Zhu Yan spell formula solidification mask, skillfully put it on her face, then activated her spirit energy to change her appearance.
In just two or three seconds, a charming girl with a curvaceous figure and chestnut hair appeared before Hu Boss.
The series of movements flowed smoothly, making it clear that she was experienced.
What Lu Yibei couldn’t do, “Gu Qiqi” could!
After all, if anything went awry, it was Gu Qiqi’s face that would be lost.
If Gu Qiqi embarrasses herself at Liao Zhai Tavern, what relation does that have to me?
“Boss, what do you think? Is this okay?”
“…” Hu Boss looked at the completely transformed Lu Yibei, hesitated a few times before sighing silently and nodding, “No problem, then you can go change your clothes first.”
“Once you’re dressed, go find Ying Ningning. She’ll tell you what you need to do next.”
“Clothes?” Lu Yibei glanced at the ru skirt left by Ying Ningning on the counter and shook her head, “I think I’ll pass on that?”
“That skirt has a huge hole in the back for Ying Ningning’s tail; I saw it! She has a tail, but I don’t… But don’t worry, I can prepare my own clothes, and it won’t affect our tavern’s uniformity.”
“Outerwear!”
With a soft call, the red and white color-blocked jacket on Lu Yibei immediately began to rustle and in the blink of an eye morphed into a ru skirt that fit her perfectly.
Watching Lu Yibei, who looked as if she had completely transformed, leave the counter and swagger over to Ying Ningning not far away, Hu Boss was momentarily speechless, “…”
While he was silent, “Gu Qiqi,” who quickly entered work mode, had already skipped the newbie tutorial and begun attending to customers.
“Hello, this esteemed guest, would you like to place an order now?”
“…”
“Hey? Are you sure? Personally, I think this salted toxic snail isn’t worthy of a noble guest like you! And the price isn’t really favorable. How about I recommend something?”
“…”
Five minutes later.
Under “Gu Qiqi’s” enthusiastic recommendations, a supernatural being who originally only wanted to order a salted toxic snail happily ended up ordering several dishes, each lower in price than the salted toxic snail, but adding up to double the total price.
Indeed, this had a touch of a sales genius vibe.
Watching this scene from afar, after a brief silence, a meaningful smile appeared on Hu Boss’s face.
“Hey, is this what they call calamity? It’s getting interesting!”
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Late at night, all was silent.
Huacheng University, girls’ dormitory.
In a state of high mental tension, Huaxie Yu had almost been staring at her computer all day and by this time, was extremely fatigued. Her eyelids felt like they were being tugged by something, constantly falling, her vision hazy, and her stomach, empty and without a drop of water, emitted waves of painful groans.
She could feel that every single cell in her body was urging her to go rest, yet supported by some incomprehensible force, she stubbornly sat there, much like a string that could snap at any moment.
The night breeze fluttered in through the window, pulling the curtains, the twisted shadows stretching to the corner of the wall like a worm struggling desperately, its tail nailed down.
At that moment, perhaps due to not operating it for a long time, the computer entered sleep mode, causing the only light source in the room to suddenly disappear.
Just before the room was swallowed by darkness, Huaxie Yu heard a faint and sneaky sound coming from outside the window.
“Creak… Creak…”
The sound was somewhat grating, like something sharp scraping against the glass.
She furrowed her brows slightly, rotated her stiff neck, and looked out the window.
Outside the fourth-floor window was empty, with no branches swaying against the glass from the wind, nor any creatures visible on nocturnal prowl.
Her heart inexplicably raced, bl**d pumping into her capillaries, her hairs standing on end, making her senses grow sensitive and acutely aware of the sudden, eerie cold airflow.
With the invasion of the cold air, a hint of fear rose in Huaxie Yu’s heart.
She stared intently out the window, as if waiting for something. This intense concentration made her overlook the changes above her until a viscous liquid dripped onto her face.
“Drip—!”
Sensing something extra on her face, Huaxie Yu instinctively touched it and then rubbed her hands together.
So sticky! It smelled somewhat bloody and rancid.
Like… bl**d?
“Glurp—!”
Huaxie Yu swallowed hard, and in an instant, all kinds of terrifying images flashed through her mind.
Terrifying urban legends lurking on the ceiling, quietly turning into rotten flesh and bl**d on the walls, or twisted human faces with gaping bloody mouths…
Sometimes, the more scared a person gets, the more they want to confirm whether those terrifying things truly exist.
With this twisted sense of anticipation, Huaxie Yu slowly lifted her gaze to the ceiling.
Then…
Before she could see clearly what was on the ceiling, a drop of viscous bl**d fell, landing directly in her eye.
In an instant, her vision turned crimson, terror intensified, followed by what seemed to be something worse than fear, invading Huaxie Yu’s nerves.
“Ah!” A terrified gasp escaped her lips, and her limbs reflexively struggled, leading her body to lose balance and topple backward along with her chair.
In her dazed state, she saw something silently fall from the ceiling amid the crimson world, and her body met a sudden impact.
“Bang!”
After the sharp impact, the cold sensation of the floor gradually enveloped her. As her consciousness slowly drifted away from the pain, Huaxie Yu saw a flyer quietly lying in front of her.
It was a flyer made from some animal fur, entirely black with shimmering crimson lines outlining a rabbit’s figure and several lines of crooked text.
[Dear Miss Hu Zhazhuang, we understand that you are currently in a difficult situation and unable to break through by yourself. We hope to provide you with some assistance.
If you don’t mind, please join us at the old sports hall of Huacheng tomorrow night at midnight for a swim.
…]
(Feeling a bit stuck, small hiccup for a day)
