After a moment, Jiuhua waved her hand: "It's fun to go to the store, but being a clerk is too difficult."
The thought of receiving guests made her so nervous that she couldn't sit still and even felt she wouldn't be able to sleep well at night.
As a shop assistant, she must have been so distracted while waiting to go to the store that she couldn't even write normally.
Lu Yao guessed that things would not go so smoothly, but he really liked Jiuhua, and the furry shop needed her.
"If you come to the store and don't like frequent contact with customers, you can go to the octopus room, coral room, or sea urchin room. You may not have been to these three places yet. You can try them out next time you go to the store. They are all very interesting projects." Lu Yao racked his brains to think about what else can attract Jiuhua. "Flexible working hours, you can freely choose the time period for work, and I will find a way to arrange the shifts. The salary is based on the benchmark of similar jobs in Yeguang City. Do you think you can consider it again?"
"He has an incomplete personality and is unable to adapt to subsequent experiments."
"No. 1042 was judged to be defective."
"Delete the number and send it back to the welfare home."
Jiuhua hugged her legs, curled up on the sofa, and lowered her head: "Manager, I'm sorry. I really can't agree to you. It's not that the conditions you proposed are not enough, but I don't have the ability to be a clerk."
Lu Yao was puzzled, "Why?"
Jiuhua: "When I was an adult, I was tested and found to have an incomplete personality. I was unable to adapt to normal social activities and was a broken screw."
The laws of this world stipulate that teenagers who are sixteen years old or older are considered adults.
Jiuhua left the laboratory at the age of sixteen, but did not return to the orphanage.
She chose to live alone, and relied on her insights and knowledge and experience in the laboratory to find a place to stay and get through the age when she was most psychologically vulnerable.
After her life became stable, she chose to continue studying, trying to understand the world and herself, and become what she is today.
Although I still can't integrate into normal social activities, at least I won't starve to death.
She thought she should be content.
"Imperfect personality? What's imperfect? Who said that?" Lu Yao couldn't believe it. "You really don't know how amazing you are?"
Jiuhua was struck by lightning: "...Um, I..."
Lu Yao simply hugged Jiuhua and nodded vigorously: "You are gentle, knowledgeable, courageous, and have a keen insight into human nature... You understand this world, and you are so cute."
Jiuhua turned her head, pinched her fingers helplessly, and lowered her voice very low: "Even if you praise me, I won't go to work in the furry shop."
Lu Yao thought there was a chance, "Can you come to the store and help out temporarily in the next few days? We are really short of people, and you are the only one in this world who can help me."
Jiuhua's heart trembled, but she still hesitated: "I..."
Lu Yao held her shoulders and said, "Ask Harold if you don't know how to do something. He will teach you. Even though he always looks fierce, he is actually a very nice person."
Harold's ears twitched slightly, he opened his eyes and sat up, and asked casually, "What are you talking about?"
Lu Yao patted Jiuhua on the back and looked at him with a smile: "I said you are very reliable, and you are considerate and patient in leading the younger generation."
Harold puffed out his chest and inhaled, looking at Jiuhua with burning eyes: "You want to come to the store? You can come to me if you encounter any problems. After all, I am your senior."
The atmosphere has become so heated that one cannot get by without calling him "senior".
Jiuhua lowered her head and pretended not to see it: "Um... I haven't..."
The rain stopped outside the window. Lu Yao stood up and interrupted, "It's getting late. Harold and I have to go back. Jiuhua, can you think about it again? We really need you—"
The shop owner's voice was soft and sincere, her eyes were clear and bright, looking straight at her, Jiuhua could even see her own shadow in her eyes.
Jiuhua's eyes flickered, and she finally gave in, "I'll think about it."
Lu Yao hugged her gently and said, "Then we'll meet in the seabed."
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After coming out of Jiuhua's apartment, Lu Yao wanted to stroll around the city and didn't let Jiuhua send him off.
The Nightlight City is surrounded by the sea. It is obviously an island city, but its architectural style is too distinctive, making it look like a rough and cold inland steel city.
After the rainstorm, the sun peeked out from behind the clouds again, quickly evaporating the moisture on the ground.
The artificial trees on both sides of the road are neat and crisp, but they do not bring a trace of coolness.
After walking a short distance, Lu Yao's forehead was covered with sweat, which was sticky and uncomfortable, and his mouth was dry.
Lu Yao wanted to buy some water, so he walked to a roadside store, opened the freezer, took out two bottles of water, paid for it, and handed one to Harold.
Harold pointed to a wide area below a residential building not far away and said, "It seems to be busy over there."
Lu Yao took a look and saw a lot of people gathered together, a child was crying, and two staff members in gray uniforms standing in the crowd, very conspicuous.
In the crowd, a middle-aged man with an untidy beard begged, "There are only six in total. I won't sell them. I'll go back to the farm on the boat this afternoon and take them all back. Can you please not fine me?"
"Nightlight City has a clear rule that pets are not allowed. Not only did you bring puppies into the city illegally, you also sold them in residential areas. You should be fined. If you don't pay the fine, not only will these puppies have to be disposed of, but you won't be able to leave either." The man in the gray uniform said sternly.
The child next to him heard this and burst into tears, "Don't kill the puppy. I won't buy it."
The parent was frightened and immediately picked up the child and prepared to go home, smiling and saying that he had no intention of buying a dog.
The middle-aged man selling dogs sat on the ground, his face filled with anxiety and sorrow.
He heard that some people in the city secretly kept pets, and that a young pet could be sold for tens of thousands of dollars, so he became interested.
I finally managed to get two litters of excellent-looking cubs, but now all my efforts have been wasted.
Lu Yao leaned over and saw a half-open bag at the middle-aged man's feet, with a few snow-white puppies squeezed in it.
The dog was very small, almost as big as a palm, its body was snow-white, and its eyes were dark and moist, just like Black Pearl. It whimpered and looked extremely pitiful.
"What kind of dog is this? Why is it so small?" Lu Yao was very curious as it was a breed he had never seen before.
The middle-aged man looked up immediately. "This is a dog breed unique to Baxing City called the 'Wan Wan Dog'. Its characteristic is that it doesn't grow up. When it grows up, it is only two palms long as an ordinary person. It is snow-white and round, very beautiful, and has a friendly personality."
The man in gray uniform kicked the middle-aged man and said, "How dare you sell dogs in front of us?"
Lu Yao walked over, squatted and reached into the bag.
The little puppy cried, its short tail wagging like a windmill, and it came over frantically to lick her fingers.
"Does this dog have genetic problems? Will it get sick easily?"
The puppy's tongue is soft and wet, and it feels very itchy when it licks your hands.
The middle-aged man looked up at the gray uniform, a little scared, and dared not say a word.
Lu Yao picked up a puppy and held it in his hand. It was just like a ball of snow in his palm, except that this one was warm and fluffy. "They are so cute, are we really going to get rid of them?"
One of the grey uniformed men narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Lu Yao for a while, and said, "Wanwan dogs are a unique breed of dog in Eight Star City. They are naturally bred and have no genetic defects. Pets brought into Night Light City without permission will be sent back to their original ranch immediately after paying the fine. If the fine is not paid, they will be sent to the slaughterhouse according to regulations."
Lu Yao scratched the soft fur on the puppy's neck and said, "If I come to pay the fine, can I take these dogs away?"
When the middle-aged man heard this, he even pushed the bag over and immediately stood up and said, "You want to pay the fine? I'll give you the dog, don't look for me again."
He had no money and didn't want to be detained here, but he didn't expect that someone would voluntarily pay the fine.
City people are really sick in the brain.
The man in gray uniform was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Five hundred for one dog, and three thousand for six. Once the fines are paid, these dogs cannot stay in the city."
Lu Yao readily paid the money and signaled Harold to take the dog: "We will leave the city soon."
The crowd dispersed, leaving only two men in grey uniforms standing there.
One of them asked: "The fine has to be paid at the community, and they can't take the dog away. Who knows if they will sell it again? Boss, why are you so kind all of a sudden?"
The man in the gray uniform who collected the money glanced at him and said, "Let's go."
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Furry shop.
Ji Feiming saw Lu Yao and Harold coming in from the door, he let out a deep breath, stood up and greeted them: "You are finally back."
He was very busy that day.
Lu Yao nodded and passed him with a bag in his hand.
Ji Feiming was a little confused, "What happened to the owner?"
Harold shrugged and motioned for him to look back.
Lu Yao took the puppies out of the bag one by one. The six puppies were already wearing their own collars and were rolling on the ground like snowballs.
Ji Feiming was shocked, "What is this?"
"The new employees in the Furry Shop are of the Maru breed. They are cute and their presence is healing. Harold will teach them the rules and send them to the Coral Room to work later." Lu Yao made the final decision.