055. Butler X Maid
“I said, why did you suddenly bring up the Coffee Shop Boss Lady last night?”
“So you mean the part-time waiter you mentioned is actually this…”
Ning Chu followed Wen Yang with a face full of helplessness, and trailing behind them was Zhang Shaoqing, eager to join the fun.
“You don’t want to do it?”
“Of course I do! They pay hundreds a day! It’s practically free money with their few customers, so why not?”
Coffee shops can’t compete with milk tea shops; they can’t really become mainstream among university students. A few times when he passed by this coffee shop, he noticed it usually had only two or three customers inside. The Boss Lady working part-time as a waitress was more than enough to handle it.
Except then you’re susceptible to being hit on by rich women.
If the Boss Lady didn’t have any weird quirks… then maybe it wouldn’t be so bad~
Crossing the crosswalk, Ning Chu stopped at the coffee shop’s entrance and looked at the poster stuck on the glass door.
“Back to School Season, Phase Three… they’ve done three phases already.”
On the left side of the poster was a boy in butler attire, looking like a character from the anime “Black Butler,” all elegant and handsome.
On the right was a girl in a short skirt maid outfit, which was pretty normal since the Boss Lady wears a maid outfit every day.
Probably because of this event, the Boss Lady needed two part-time waiters on short notice.
“Let’s go.”
With no time to look closely, Ning Chu walked into the coffee shop under Wen Yang’s urging.
At eight in the morning, the coffee shop hadn’t opened yet. The Boss Lady was busy tidying up the tables and chairs. When she saw the three of them enter, she greeted them with a warm smile.
“You’re here~”
This Boss Lady, nearing thirty, was still in her black-and-white short skirt maid outfit, exuding a mature charm. She approached, saying, “You both go change in the back. Have you eaten breakfast? I can make you something.”
“This little brother… is he here for a part-time job too?”
Zhang Shaoqing waved his hand and casually sat down: “Nah, I’m just here for the fun of it. I was bored alone in the dorm.”
“I see~ Order whatever you want when you tell the two waiters.” The Boss Lady smiled and turned back, only to see the two part-timers still in a daze, “Hurry and go change!”
“Sis, where do we change?” Wen Yang scratched his head, looking a bit confused.
“I’ll take you both there.”
The coffee shop didn’t look big, but behind the counter, a door opened to reveal a small storage room, a bathroom, and a break room.
Leading the two to the break room, the Boss Lady went in first, then took out two unopened uniforms and handed them to Wen Yang and Ning Chu. She advised, “We’re opening in half an hour. Today’s event will bring in loads of guests, so prepare well. You’ll be working until nine at night.”
“That long…?” Ning Chu grumbled.
“You’ll make five hundred a day, and you both get ten percent of sales…”
“So much?!”
Holy moly! Five hundred a day! That’s fifteen thousand a month! What waitress gets paid that much?!
Seeing his eyes pop wide in surprise, the Boss Lady covered her mouth, laughing: “But there’s a condition—you have to call the customers ‘Master.’”
“……”
Ning Chu fell silent, instinctively turning to ask Wen Yang’s opinion, only to see Wen Yang’s eyes lighting up as he nodded eagerly in agreement with the Boss Lady’s condition.
“Money-loving…”
He grumbled while also nodding.
“Alright, sign a contract so you don’t bail halfway through. You need to commit to at least three days, okay~”
Why so official?
After signing, as the Boss Lady left, Ning Chu pursed his lips and was the first to step into the break room.
Inside the break room, there was only a wardrobe and a bed. He locked the door, leaned against it, and felt somewhat relieved, patting his chest.
“Good thing this Boss Lady seems pretty normal this time.”
At least she didn’t hit on him like last time, making him all flustered, thinking he’d encountered some thirsty perverted rich woman.
Though she still had a bit of wicked taste, it was manageable.
It’s just calling ‘Master,’ right? High pay must be worth sacrificing a little dignity!
He suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu, thinking this situation was a bit like a plot he had read somewhere before.
“Using a magic wand on the girl and making her work at the maid café, while occasionally cranking up the power… Huh, I can’t believe I didn’t write such an exciting scenario into my book before.”
As he mumbled to himself, he began to open the packaging for the outfit. The moment he laid the outfit flat, his eyes bulged.
What was glaring back at him was a maid outfit identical to the Boss Lady’s!
“Ah~ So she really is a pervert!”
Thank goodness he didn’t write the magic wand maid plot! Otherwise, it would have happened to him today!
“Ning Chu, hurry up.”
Wen Yang’s urging came from outside the break room, but Ning Chu burst out of the door, red-faced, pointing at the maid outfit in his hands, exclaiming, “Why is my uniform a maid outfit?!”
Wen Yang, taken aback by Ning Chu’s cute, flushed face, quickly passed the buck: “I have no idea; just ask the Boss Lady!”
“Boss Lady!”
“What’s up?” The Boss Lady rushed in with a confused expression, “What’s the hurry about?”
Ning Chu continued pointing at the maid outfit, indignantly saying, “My uniform!”
“Mm?”
“It’s a maid outfit!”
“Yep.”
“Yep what?!”
The Boss Lady’s smile was stretching wider, barely suppressing her glee: “Otherwise, should I just pay you five hundred to be a waiter?”
“……”
“I’m ready.” Wen Yang pushed open the break room door.
Dressed in black pants and a black shirt, with a white shirt underneath, his almost all-black outfit made his figure look tall and straight. He wore a light smile, adding an extra touch of elegance to his already handsome face.
On a regular day, he was merely at a ‘girl-will-fall-for-it’ level, but now? It was likely the girls would be swooning!
Ning Chu turned to look, rolling his eyes in disdain.
What’s with the need to look so handsome? Trying to woo some girls?
“Ning Chu, come on.” Wen Yang urged again.
“I’m not doing it! It’s only part-time, and now I have to wear a dress…”
“For work.”
Hearing that holier-than-thou tone, Ning Chu suddenly perked up, staring unabashedly at Wen Yang: “You knew all along, didn’t you!”
Wen Yang scratched his head awkwardly: “I had no idea…”
“Little brother~ be a bit professional; we had a deal.” Just then, the Boss Lady hooked her arm around Ning Chu’s shoulders, her perfume filling his nostrils, her tone flirtatious. “Where am I going to find a waiter now if you leave?”
Ew~ Can you get away from me?! Bad Woman!
“Hurry up! You wouldn’t want Wen Yang to serve so many customers alone, would you?”
“Besides, you signed the agreement.”
The agreement… So that’s what was waiting for him here?
Ning Chu found himself pushed directly back into the break room.
“Don’t come out until you’ve changed! And remember to wear the stockings!”
Oh no!
He sighed, awkwardly laying the maid outfit flat on the bed in the break room.
Sitting down with a long-faced expression, he slowly raised his leg to put on the black stockings.
Somehow starting to feel a bit… excited!
Wait, no! I’m a man! What am I even excited about?!
