Baguettes and Macarons

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Today’s third batch of baguettes was sold out while it was fresh and hot. Thanks to the afternoon tea at the studio branch of the Star House next door, the residents of Shepherd’s House finally recalled the deliciousness of the bread from Legrand’s Bakery.

But the owner, Louis Legrand, did not become friendly and cheerful. On the contrary, his face became more gloomy, sitting in front of the cash register like a basket of shriveled and moldy baguettes, exuding the disharmony of his private life from the inside out. Heavy breath.

Jean-Luc counted out the three euros he had just received from the newsstand owner and put it on the counter: "I want a bag of small crepes."

Louis raised his eyelids: "Walnuts, pistachios or peanuts."

"Peanuts, take them away." Jean-Luc glanced at the sign saying that the seat fee was one euro, and immediately added.

Louis grabbed a bag of peanut crisps from the shelf and threw them on the cash register: "Three euros and nine cents."

Jean-Luc hurried to take out his pocket: "Wait, I don't seem to have nine cents."

"Forget it if you don't have one, go to the next door and see, how many customers are there in the design room today?"

After 5 minutes, Jean-Luc went back to the bakery and reported loudly: "There are three people who consulted on the overall image transformation, one is the rich woman we have seen several times before, and the other two seem to live in the street next door. Travel agency staff and shopping mall salespersons. But recently, there are more people who go to Mr. Yu’s to do partial design, and today there are more than a dozen in line.”

"Partial design, what is that?"

Jean-Luc recited fluently: "'Because they don't have the time and energy, or they are confident in other aspects of themselves, so they only remodel their defects'. That's what Mr. Yu said."

"speak English."

"If you feel that your forehead is ugly, go to him to design your hair, if your face is ugly, go for makeup, or if you can't decide which necklace to buy, ask him which one is better." Jean-Luc stuck out his tongue .

Louis was surprised: "He still has this kind of business?"

Jean-Luc spread his hands: "That's not all. When I came out, Mr. Yu was helping a man with freckles to choose foundation."

"Do men wear makeup?"

"It seems that he was dumped by his girlfriend because the spots were too serious, so he came here." Jean-Luc scratched the back of his head, "Actually, I've been with Mr. Yu Chen and Mr. Baishi for a long time, and I think there's nothing wrong with men wearing makeup."

"What if your mother finds out about your idea?"

"She doesn't bother to care about me." Jean-Luc said mysteriously, "But I heard that Mr. Yu Chen can help with makeup, and only charges [-] euros a time. My mother is very tempted. She is saving money and wants to do makeup to meet her new lover. .”

"Congratulations, you have a new brother and sister to raise."

"Please forgive me!"

"Who's going to spare me!" Lu Yi lay face down on the cash register, "It's hard to fall in love, and your boyfriend works eight hours a day, do you understand the feeling of falling asleep when he gets home? By the way, you little girl Bastards don't know anything."

Jean-Luc said in horror: "Have you been possessed by Chloe? You actually have something other than bread in your mind?"

Louis gritted his teeth and said, "I'm too lazy to tell you, no, I'm going to see who is dragging him to work."

Although the bakery was not so deserted recently, there was a high possibility that customers would visit at this time, and leaving would affect the business, but he couldn't bear it anymore, so he left as soon as he said it, leaving the bakery to Jean-Luc's caretaker.

But before he entered the store, he heard arguing from the House of Stars.

"I'm very sorry, but I really can't help you right now."

"Why? Others can, but I can't? Sir, you are discriminatory!"

Louis stepped into the store and shouted loudly: "What discrimination, let's hear it?"

His voice lit up, and the customers in the store who were watching the two quarrel immediately sat back in their seats, and only two apprentices were left trying to calm the customers.

The two apprentices wore British suits of the same style and color, which might be the uniform of the apprentices of Star House.These two Louises have never met before, and they don't know their names, but their standard business smiles are very familiar.

The smiles of these two couldn't hold back anymore, and the brown-haired one whispered, "Sir, why don't we just accept this guest? Anyway, I have to do makeup for several other guests."

While stepping back, avoiding the woman's hand stretched out to him, Yu Chen distractedly answered the apprentice: "No. What idea do you want to make up for her? Do you have a concept and theme?"

The woman yelled hysterically: "Sir, what you said is all lies! I just want to be pretty, I don't need any theme!"

"Hey, if he doesn't want to pick it up, he won't pick it up. Just go out obediently." Louis stepped into the battle circle and stood in front of Yu Chen.

This crying woman turned out to be Leila. Last time she hit a wall at Yu Chen's place, she came back and insisted on "beautiful".

Seeing the tall and burly Louis, Leila flinched, and after a while she straightened her slack neck and shouted: "He discriminated against me! I took enough money, but he refused to help me! He obviously helped Chloe!"

Yu Chen said kindly, "It's not that I don't help you, but I can't help you now. May I ask if you read the book I lent you at that time?"

Leila yelled, "I don't have time to read! Baptiste's going to give that bitch a birthday party this afternoon! I won't let her wish!"

The chestnut-haired apprentice comforted him, "She just wants to be pretty, so we can paint her, and let her go when the painting is done! Mr. Yu, if we continue like this, we won't be able to do business."

Yu Chen's personal safety was guaranteed, and the words to reprimand the apprentice immediately became longer: "Are you saying that you want to finish the work perfunctorily and violate the professional standards of the Star House? Besides, there are many kinds of beauty. This lady said roughly "Beauty that men like" can inspire you to find out the most suitable solution for this woman? She doesn't even understand her own beauty, can a makeup make her beautiful? We can make people Become delicate in features and beautiful in clothes, but if the person who wears the clothes is humble and timid, without a soul, her appearance will always be humble and timid."

After he finished speaking in a row, he turned to Layla again: "Ma'am, I hope you understand. The gap between you and Miss Chloe, and all the guests here is the 'soul', or the perception of yourself. All the people here Clients, self-confident or not, are here to understand their situation and to better themselves. They know what they want to be, they just need help with the specific details. But what about you?"