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Breakfast was served. Five grain porridge, egg pancakes and side dishes were placed on the square crystal table. Xiao Qiuyuan sat down opposite Zhou Shangli, and handed him the chopsticks, indicating that the porridge was hot, and he could drink the warm water at hand first.

"I thought you would put the carrots in the middle of the cake, but it turned out to be a separate side dish." Looking at the bright red carrots, Zhou Shangli couldn't help but pick up his chopsticks, "Hmm... I know why you cut them so thin It’s because it’s cold, isn’t it?”

"Put it in boiling water for a while, it will be cooked quickly, but it's also because of cold dressing, you guessed it right." Xiao Qiuyuan looked at him with a smile, "How does it taste?"

Zhou Shangli sighed contentedly, "What can I say? Perfect? ​​Even I'm not satisfied. To describe it like this, eating my stomach with chopsticks makes my artistic cells dizzy. I can't even find the right adjectives." not."

"You are really..." Xiao Qiuyuan smiled and shook his head: "Can you exaggerate more, Boss Zhou? It stands to reason that your business should be booming with your eloquence."

"Speaking of which," Zhou Shangli blew into the bowl, and took a sip of porridge cautiously, "I think my shop might die."

Xiao Qiuyuan took a bite of the cake and asked, "What's the matter? I think there are still customers."

"The photo studio was opened by me and someone in partnership, just the beautiful young woman with short hair."

Xiao Qiuyuan asked uncertainly: "She should be almost forty, is it appropriate to call a young woman?"

Zhou Shangli coughed and almost didn't choke: "Anyway, she is the major shareholder of the studio, she didn't know what happened in the first two days, she got angry at me, and even demolished the studio, thanks to the clerk who stopped her. People have disappeared these days, and if they don’t come to the store, they don’t answer my phone calls, just ask two words—it’s okay.”

Xiao Qiuyuan wiped his mouth for him, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not about me."

"Boss Xiao is my big client." Zhou Shangli rubbed his toes against Xiao Qiuyuan's leg under the table: "I used to rely on handicrafts for a living."

Xiao Qiuyuan drew back his legs and looked down at his troublesome feet, "What? Now rely on foot skills?"

"What?" Zhou Shangli smiled: "You can really invent. The breakfast is so delicious."

"nice! You love it."

After breakfast, he sat on the stool for a while, Zhou Shangli got up to clean up the bowls and chopsticks, Xiao Qiuyuan reached out to help, but he blocked him, holding the bowl tremblingly while not letting Xiao Qiuyuan touch it.

"Don't, don't," Zhou Shangli turned left and right, blocking Xiao Qiuyuan behind him: "Let me do it, you believe me, cooking is not good, but washing dishes is fine."

Xiao Qiuyuan followed him, staring at the irregularly stacked bowl in his hand, in case he accidentally dropped it, he could reach out in time: "I believe in you, watch the way, don't get in my way."

"Don't worry, I'm taking pictures with steady hands," Zhou Shangli finally put the bowl safely in the sink, and said while pouring water: "You are not allowed to do anything, just watch from the side, just guide me, let me tell you , Housework must be divided evenly, I will wash the dishes when you cook, from the current point of view, the division of labor should be like this in the future and even in the future, unless I am on a business trip or you are on a business trip, if you are polite to me, you are playing hooligans."

Xiao Qiuyuan had no choice but to cross his arms to show that he would never do anything. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "Why did you become a hooligan?"

"You don't see me as your other half, but only as a guest, so you don't let me share the housework." Zhou Shangli was washing the dishes neatly, with a bit of a housekeeping demeanor, turned his head to look at Xiao Qiuyuan, deliberately lowered his voice to show Showing his serious attitude towards this matter, "You put me to sleep, aren't you playing hooligans?"

Xiao Qiuyuan scratched his head, nodded in agreement with his point of view, he smiled with satisfaction, and asked, "Eh? Did I snore last night?"

"I don't know." Xiao Qiuyuan shrugged, "I fell asleep."

"There will be a long time to come, and the answer to this mystery will always be solved." He dried the rinsed bowl with a special handkerchief and put it in the disinfection cabinet. "I'll go to the photo studio later, will you come with me?"

"Okay." Seeing that he finished washing the dishes in an orderly manner and the kitchen tidy, Xiao Qiuyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Shangli stood at the door of the kitchen, watching the fruits of his labor, and said to Xiao Qiuyuan, "Boss Xiao, inspect the goods."

Xiao Qiuyuan smiled and said: "100% handmade, neat and clean, the items are classified and placed in the correct position, Boss Zhou is a good housekeeper and is trustworthy."

"Okay." Zhou Shangli rubbed his hands together: "Change and go to work."

It may be that the leaflets distributed have had an effect. Customers came early in the morning. When Zhou Shangli and Xiao Qiuyuan arrived at the store, Li Tao, who had already arrived early, was receiving customers.

"Boss." Li Tao called Zhou Shangli with a smile, looked at Xiao Qiuyuan behind him, a little surprised, then smiled at Xiao Qiuyuan, pointed to the client and said: "This elder brother said that he wants to talk to his pregnant wife. Take pictures."

"Hello." Zhou Shangli walked over, reached out to shake hands with the middle-aged man, motioned for the man to sit down, and sat down opposite the man, not forgetting to look back at Xiao Qiuyuan, Xiao Qiuyuan pointed to the lounge beside him, and took it with him. After walking in with a price list, Zhou Shangli turned back to chat with the man.

After halfway through the price list, Zhou Shangli walked in, and Xiao Qiuyuan immediately asked, "How is it?"

Zhou Shangli gestured for a deal, pulled the chair and sat beside Xiao Qiuyuan, propped his chin and asked, "Do you have any suggestions?"

"It's pretty good, but," Xiao Qiuyuan flipped forward a few pages, pushed the book in front of Zhou Shangli, pointed to one of the prices and asked, "Is it so cheap?"

"No one patronizes such a cheap store. If the asking price is too high, it really has to close."

"This price can't even earn back the capital? As far as I know, even freelance photographers are unwilling to do it at such a low price, not to mention that you still have a shop, and I think you have to close the shop for this fee. "

Zhou Shangli asked, "Then what do you think?"

"You are not as good as me in business. At least I have opened a shop for a few years." Xiao Qiuyuan smiled confidently: "Increase the price, increase the discount activities, the set meal can be richer, highlight the characteristics, and sell your craftsmanship."

Zhou Shangli tapped his finger on his chin, and sighed a long time: "I just offered a discount on the basis of this price, but no one came, let alone a price increase, let alone no one. Maybe, it's because I'm too good-looking. Small looks are not classy enough, people are like this.

"Then you think I'm like this too?" Xiao Qiuyuan asked with a smile.

Zhou Shangli leaned back on the chair and looked at Xiao Qiuyuan with a half-smile: "That's right, on the first day the store opened, I was in a surprisingly good mood, thinking that I finally had my own store, and it was considered stable. At that time, I was standing in front of this window, looking into the distance, and then I saw a unique decoration opposite... At that time, I thought it was a teahouse, and my first reaction was that the tea in this teahouse should not be cheap."

Xiao Qiuyuan drew circles on the picture on the page with one hand, and put his other hand on his lap quietly, watching Zhou Shangli talking, his smile was as happy as a child seeing candy.

"I remember it was around [-]:[-] in the afternoon. I clearly remember that it was because a client I made an appointment kept delaying the time. Of course, I was rejected in the end. It may be that the opening was not good, so it was difficult to do business later."

"Don't talk about it, keep talking about me." Xiao Qiuyuan couldn't wait to know Zhou Shangli's first impression of him.

"You, you were carrying an Adidas backpack, on one shoulder, and a black baseball cap. I found out that you really like black baseball caps," Xiao Qiuyuan coughed, and Zhou Shangli had no choice but to return to the topic , continued: "Slowly took out the key from the pocket, opened the door, sat down at the window seat after entering the door, took off the hat, put the backpack on the table, and fell asleep on it."

Looking back, Zhou Shangli still found it interesting, and asked with a smile, "You opened the door just to take a nap?"

"I came back from a hike and was very tired. The store is closer to home, so I came to the store to take a nap. The sun was very sunny that day."

"Yes, you were lying face down at the time, I thought it was funny, so I stared at the back of your head for half an hour, and you still didn't turn your face away, so I sat here to try my new camera. "Zhou Shangli patted the armrest of the chair.

Xiao Qiuyuan immediately asked: "And then?"

"After I finished debugging, I was going to take a picture by the window. I was surprised to find that the teahouse turned out to be a restaurant. There were already many people eating inside. You don't know where you went. I think the design of the store is good, so I'm going to take a picture." One, and then you walked towards the window from behind." Zhou Shangli pursed his lips, his eyes turned to an uncertain place, as if he was attracted by Xiao Qiuyuan for the first time, and he still vividly remembered that kind of feeling that he hadn't seen for a long time. The sound of heartbeat still echoed in the chest cavity.

"I can only say it's very good, everything is very good, you have grown in my aesthetic point, it's like seeing a rare creature, and there is only one thought in my mind, "Why did you let me meet it?How did I meet you? ", thrilling."

Zhou Shangli shook his head lightly, as if he found it unbelievable, Xiao Qiuyuan couldn't help but ask, "Am I really that good?"

"Really." Zhou Shangli withdrew his far-sighted gaze and returned to Xiao Qiuyuan's face: "I'm haunted by dreams."

Xiao Qiuyuan stretched out his hand from the bottom of the table, held Zhou Shangli's hand, and said seriously: "Then I will insist on thrilling, and let you continue to haunt your dreams."

"Let me go." Zhou Shangli said with a smile.

"That's right!" Xiao Qiuyuan suddenly looked at Zhou Shangli with burning eyes: "I have a hotel, you have a photo studio, we can join hands."

"Joining hands?" Zhou Shangli frowned suspiciously: "How to join forces?"

"Isn't it a discount? You can count my store, whether it's coupons or other vouchers, and discounts on meals. Although my store is not big, it still has a good reputation. You can try it."

Zhou Shangli immediately shook his head: "No, absolutely not, don't drag you down."

"Don't worry, as long as the plan is proper, we will only benefit each other and not drag you down, trust me."

"Think about it, do you want to drink water? I'll pour it for you." Zhou Shangli got up to pour water, actually rejecting Xiao Qiuyuan's proposal.

Xiao Qiuyuan didn't care about that, he had already prepared a plan in his mind.

Gu Wenwen carried her breakfast and shouted as soon as she entered the door: "Boss, breakfast is ready!"

Zhou Shangli put the water glass in front of Xiao Qiuyuan, and replied to Gu Wenwen who could only hear her voice but not see her, "I've eaten it, you can eat it yourself."

Gu Wenwen stepped on loud high-heeled shoes, a green lake-colored one-piece suit, and a new hairstyle she just got. She walked over vigorously, and said without looking at anyone: "Who are you? You are the kind who will take the initiative to eat breakfast." Is it someone from you? When did I not bring you breakfast? I don’t want you to pay for it, eat it quickly.”

Zhou Shangli first said that he had eaten it, and then he said, "It's completely new, it's like a fairy."

Gu Wenwen pursed her lips into a smile and snorted softly. Then she saw Xiao Qiuyuan who was sitting there, she was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled beautifully, "Boss Xiao came to our shop so early, is it possible that he wants to take a picture?"

"I'm here to discuss cooperation with your boss." Xiao Qiuyuan said with a smile.

Gu Wenwen walked into the lounge, first urged Zhou Shangli to eat breakfast while it was hot, and then asked Xiao Qiuyuan: "What cooperation?"

"I'm a sponsor from your boss, and the details are still being discussed."

Gu Wenwen looked up at Zhou Shangli: "Boss, bull, are you still asking for sponsorship?"

"This matter has nothing to do with you, go do your business." Zhou Shangli waved away people: "Take away the breakfast, I have eaten it, and eat it with Boss Xiao."

Gu Wenwen was a little unhappy, and it was all on her face, "Then I bought everything, did you lose it?"

Li Tao immediately raised his hand: "I haven't eaten, you can give it to me."

Gu Wenwen pouted and looked at Zhou Shangli, Zhou Shangli pointed to Li Tao, she picked up the breakfast and handed it to Li Tao, and walked towards the dressing room, Li Tao carried the breakfast to Zhou Shangli and Xiao Xiao Akihara smiled and walked in.