I opened a shopping mall in Xihuan

Darren interjected, "I seem to have seen a caravan of the Red Fox Clan yesterday. Did you come with them?"

The girl said: "Well, I hid far away, so they didn't find me."

This situation is troublesome, You Xia frowned.

He definitely didn't want to hire child labor, but the situation of the fox girl was really special. If he really drove her away, it would definitely be difficult for the little girl to live alone in this big city.

He hesitated for a while, and finally made a decision: "I can hire you, but you should have seen the sign outside. I don't care about accommodation during the first month of training. Do you have a place to live here?"

The girl was delighted, and her words were full of unique youthful vitality: "I can sleep in the shop, on the floor, or there, the sofa over there is fine, I can handle it very well!"

"That's not allowed." You Xia didn't even want to directly veto it.

How can such a small child sleep on the floor sofa for a month, how much it affects physical development!

"How about this," Youxia said in a negotiating tone, "there are some cheap hotels in the alley next to it, I can help you rent a hotel for a month, but the fee will be deducted from your first month's salary, okay?"

"No problem at all!"

"Well, by the way, what should I call you?"

The girl said: "My name is Mier, but this name will no longer be used in the future, so please call me Demi!"

"Okay, Demi," Yuxia turned around and took out a wound-healing potion from the counter drawer and gave it to her: "Go and treat the wound, and then come and help me clean the fruit."

Demi took the potion and stared at him with bright eyes: "Thank you boss, you are such a kind and generous elf, I will definitely work hard for you!"

You Xia smiled helplessly, as if he had nothing to do with the child.

Now that the two employees have been fully recruited, the recruitment notice outside can be withdrawn.

You Xia went to the steps of the door, looked along the street covered with fallen leaves and thick shade, only to realize that the flow of people passing through Nightingale Street today seems to be extremely rare, and most of them are businessmen from other places dressed in plain clothes. , rarely seen natives.

You Xia was a little puzzled, and when he returned to the store with the blackboard stand, he said in passing: "There are a little few people on the street today."

"Because today is the Day of the Sunshine Army's return to the city, everyone went to the north gate to greet them." Darren continued.

"Sunshine Army?" You Xia put away the blackboard shelf and put it under the stairs, "What is that?"

"It's our Los Angeles army!"

Speaking of this, Darren's tone was a little excited: "I heard that our country was able to successfully recapture the White Feather Valley in this war with the Lot Kingdom. The Sun Yao Army has made great achievements on the battlefield, so when they return to the city, everyone will go welcome!"

"So it is."

You Xia's expression was calm, and he prayed in his heart that this matter should be over quickly, so as not to affect his money.

In the afternoon, the sunlight moved away inch by inch from the steps of the side door. Unknowingly, it was the point where work was over in the past, but the drinks sold were not even half of yesterday's.

Taking advantage of the absence of customers, You Xia glanced at the game panel. So far, [-] cups have been sold, which has just passed the threshold of [-] cups.

You Xia was a little frustrated, but there was nothing he could do. Opening a store is like this. Any unexpected factors will affect the flow of customers. Sometimes when it rains, the business will be reduced by half.

After adjusting his mentality, he turned his attention to the four newly unlocked drinks, and then his eyes widened slightly, with a little interest in his eyes.

The newly unlocked scented tea series belong to the previously unavailable series, namely "Snow Top White Jasmine", "Snow Top Osmanthus Honey", "Snow Top Wild Rose" and "Snow Top Magnolia Fragrance".

Just looking at the picture of the creamy snow top sprinkled with flower petals and dried fruit, Youxia's appetite was aroused.

Anyway, being idle is idle, and it happens that most of the materials for making scented tea are on hand. You Xia bought a newly unlocked scented tea and corresponding dried fruit pieces from the game store, and is going to try to make new varieties.

Darren has already learned how to use the tea bucket, so he will help at the moment.

After pouring the jasmine tea into the water, there was a sudden noise in his ears, and You Xia turned around and asked, "What's the matter? Outside, the army returned to the city and passed by us?"

Demi was lying on the window cleaning the glass, when suddenly she jumped up and said, "It's not good, boss, a noble carriage came outside, and many guards surrounded our shop."

"what?"

You Xia put down the work in hand and walked to the door, and sure enough, he saw two teams of guards lined up neatly on both sides of his shop door, blocking off the section of the road. It's passersby watching.

When he was confused, the curtain of the front door of the carriage was pulled open, and two middle-aged men with extraordinary bearing stepped out of the carriage.

The leader is pale skin, handsome face, clean eyebrows and beard, and looks like a pampered nobleman.

The other is more casual. He is about 50 or [-] years old. He has a decadent face and gray hair combed back. He looks like a wandering artist. However, the complicated pattern on his mage robe The five-star pattern shows that this is already a powerful high-level mage.

The aristocratic man walking in front stared at You Xia and gave a greeting ceremony. When he bent over, the hair on his sideburns was scattered, and the light flaxen hair seemed transparent in the sunlight.

"Good afternoon, my lord Elf," he said in a charming voice.

"Good afternoon," You Xia politely replied, and asked, "Excuse me?"

"Please allow me to introduce myself. I am the lord of this city, Herro Hodge." The man said with a smile, and then gestured to the "wandering artist" beside him with his palm: "This is my friend, Roderick, yes An outstanding high-ranking mage."

You Xia was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and asked them to enter the store to talk.

The three of them sat down on the dark green velvet sofa, Ushara closed the blackout curtains on the side to avoid the prying eyes of passers-by, and sent Darren to make two new cups of green tea.

"The decoration of this shop is really unique!" Herro said sincerely, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "I can smell the aroma of fruits and the fragrance of tea leaves. Sitting here is like sitting in the It is very comfortable in the tea garden with fruit trees.”

You Xia: "Thank you for your appreciation."

With her back to them, Demi carefully wiped the dust off the corner of the stairs, trying not to disturb the boss by making any noise.

After a while, Darren brought green tea in glasses to the guests.

Roderick took the teacup and put it on the table casually, looking disinterested.

You Xia didn't care, anyway, making tea to treat guests is just a courtesy to him, he cut to the point and asked: "Mr. Hodge came to visit suddenly, what's the matter?"

Herro held the teacup in his hand, blew on the hot tea, and took a sip. Then he tapped the glass wall with his fingers, and said, "Actually, that's the purpose of my visit."

You Xia glanced at the tea stick standing up in the cup: "Tea?"

The corners of Hero's lips rose, and he nodded in acquiescence.

"You have such a large and stable tea supply channel, don't you think it's a pity that you only use it for cheap milk tea business with a dozen copper coins?"

You Xia said: "People like my milk tea, so it's not a pity."

"No, you don't understand what I mean," Herro shook his head: "I mean, as long as you want, we can join hands to do this business."

You Xia looked at him quietly, but didn't speak immediately.

Of course he understood what Herro meant, because he had had this idea before.

The tea in this continent is too rare and expensive. If he wants to make quick money, he can buy tea from the mall and sell it at a high price.

But the problem is that the lucrative trading of tea is basically in the hands of some high-ranking nobles. He is alone, with no contacts or status behind him. He usually sells cheap milk tea. If he really dares to intervene in the tea of ​​Ross City The market, I'm afraid a group of mercenaries or high-level mages will come and tear him to pieces tomorrow!

Although cooperating with the city lord can save some troubles in this regard, it is not absolute. Besides, he knows nothing about the city lord. There is no way.

So he frowned pretending to be embarrassed, and said, "I'm sorry, I might disappoint you. In fact, I do business just to make myself happy. I'm not interested in money."

Herro's expression froze for a few seconds, as if he was shocked by his father Ma's domineering speech in the second half of the sentence. After a long time, he slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip, lowering his eyes and index finger to caress the teacup, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Do you have a partner?"

You Xia's voice was full of doubts: "Not yet."

Hero smiled again: "My most beloved daughter, Regina, has the sweetest appearance and the most honest and beautiful character. I have been worrying about how handsome and elegant a man is to be worthy of her. Finally, I met Your Excellency. Now I feel as if I don’t have to worry about it anymore.”

His words were too exaggerated, it took You Xia a long time to realize that the other party was playing a role in La Lang.

"Would you like to meet her?" Hero's brown eyes gazed affectionately at the opposite elf, "Regina, the princess I hold in my hands, she will definitely not let you down,"

You Xia laughed: "But I may have to disappoint you. Unfortunately, I prefer tall and handsome men to gentle and sweet women."

"Ah..." Herro's expression became stiff, and then he smiled with his hands on his forehead: "That's really a pity!"

The conversation got to the point where it was completely impossible to continue the conversation. After the two boasted to each other about the business in the store and the prosperity of Rose City, Herro euphemistically suggested that he still had work to do and had to leave.

Youxia sent the guests under the sycamore tree at the door, Roderick got into the carriage first, and Herro got into the carriage after saying goodbye to Youxia politely.

Entering the carriage, Herro gave Roderick a look, as if asking "how is it?"

Roderick pondered: "I can't see the fluctuation of magic power on him, maybe my level is not enough, the elves are a race that is born to love demons, it must not be easy to dare to bring valuables here to do business alone, in short, it is not allowed Underestimate."

Hero squinted his eyes. Roderick was already a high-level mage. If even he couldn't tell, this mysterious wood elf was at least at the level of a mage.

The wind blew the curtain beside the car window, and Hero turned his head to meet the wood elf's green eyes as clear as lake water.

He smiled slightly and said "goodbye" with his lips, and You Xia also waved to him.

The coachman waved the reins, and the carriage set off towards the wide avenue, and the guards who surrounded the shop followed the carriage and left quickly.

Seeing the last guard disappear at the end of the street, You Xia let out a breath.

Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the store, there was a soft "pop", and a drop of unknown liquid fell on his forehead, and quickly flowed down the bridge of his nose.

You Xia stopped in his tracks, reflexively touched the liquid that flowed down and put it in front of his eyes, and in the next second, he saw a bright blood red blooming on his fingertips!

For a moment, goosebumps spread from his fingers to his entire neck, he suddenly raised his head, and his eyes suddenly fell into a pair of dark eyes!