"Looking far will lead to new insights." Lu Yao slowly read out the contents on the paper, stroking the cloud patterns with his fingertips, "The hints this time are quite abstract."
Which time is not abstract
The system secretly complained but didn't dare to speak out loud.
Lu Yao stood up holding the unfinished fruit bucket and turned back to the fishing house. "The mission was also completed strangely. Why was it named successfully? If this sea originally had no name, why was such a mission issued? Everyone, come out, where is the basic trust between people and the whole?"
The system had no choice but to respond: [… Hmm. ]
Lu Yao: “Hmm?”
System: [… Hmm.]
Lu Yao: “Hmm?”
System: [… After testing, there is no problem with the mission, it is garbage… The Sea of Eden did have a name originally. ]
Lu Yao: "How can the naming be successful?"
System: [I have speculated that the owner's power overwhelmed the original name, erasing it and renaming it.]
Lu Yao: "What is... my power?"
System: [The owner has opened four stores in the other world in order to accumulate the power to realize wishes, which can be simply explained as "willpower". This mission was completed in such a special way, probably because of the owner's willpower.]
Lu Yao: "Vow power? I've never heard of it before."
System: […According to previous rules, the system task must be completed to 80% to 90% of the progress before the wisher can have such a powerful power.]
This incident also exceeded its expectations.
After thinking it over and over again, I believe that something unexpected must have happened during the time when the owner lost contact with the animal.
The pearl necklace and the teardrop seal are the evidence, but it cannot ask and has to pretend that everything is under control.
Lu Yao accepted this explanation and turned around to look at the sea before entering the house.
The Sea of Eden is the domain of the Deep Sea Goddess, and is surrounded by a special barrier. Customers of the Furry Shop can only move within the barrier.
After the store was expanded to the sea surface, customers were also able to move around on the sea surface.
No matter which city the guests come from, they will see the familiar coastline of their hometown when they surface.
Everyone sees the coastline differently, and it can only be seen but never reached, which leads to more and more urban legends about the furry shop.
Not far away, seal guards took guests to pry oysters, touch conchs and catch sea hares under the reefs.
Just as Lu Yao expected, the teardrop seal can take on most of the work of an ordinary clerk.
Although they cannot speak, they understand human language and have discipline.
He is not only capable of doing the job of a shop assistant, guiding and protecting customers, but also serves as a furry healer to customers during breaks. He is considered the strongest working leopard.
Once a chef and telephone operator are hired, she won't have to worry about the furry shop anymore.
Lu Yao went down the stairs holding the clue note and returned to the main store of Furry Shop, ready to ask about the clerk Ji Feiming.
The blob seals were playing in the jellyfish field. Lu Yao took a look and stopped. What were they playing during working hours
Lu Yao lay on the transparent wall membrane and looked at it for a while, his expression gradually becoming subtle.
The blob seals tumbled in the water, seemingly trying to grab something—a long, thin, snow-white stick—like the strange bones she had been collecting.
She said that this time when she completed the mission, it seemed like something was missing, and that was this bone.
Lu Yao left the furry shop, swam to the jellyfish field, and intercepted bones along the way.
The little seals stared at her with their round eyes.
Lu Yao picked up the bone and took a look. It was indeed the kind she collected. "Where did you find this bone?"
The water drop seal closest to her made a whimpering sound, but Lu Yao couldn't understand what it was, so she gave Shi Fang spiritual inspiration.
Blob Seal: "Jellyfish Field."
Lu Yao shook the bone in his hand and asked, "Do you like this very much?"
The water drop seal nodded: "It smells good, very nice."
Lu Yao: "... Well, I'll have dried fish for dinner, and I'll give you new toys tomorrow. Give me this bone, okay?"
The water drop seal barely hesitated, his dark, watery eyes full of anticipation: "I have the same one as Lu... Yao... For Lu Yao, he likes small toys."
"Thank you." Lu Yao rubbed the little seal's round belly and put the bones into his personal storage.
Back in the store, Lu Yao went to the kitchen to find Ji Feiming, "Xiao Ji."
Ji Feiming was preparing sashimi and stopped immediately when he heard the voice: "Shopkeeper."
"Any progress on the clerk's matter?"
Ji Feiming: "Yes, it has been decided. There are four people in total. They are just in different cities. They will arrive in Yaoguang City together in three days."
Speaking of this, Ji Feiming was very depressed.
If he were still a messenger of God, this would definitely not be the case.
He contacted the tribe several times before they responded, and only four people were willing to come.
Ji Feiming lived a smooth and worry-free life in the first half of his life, but now he gradually feels the indifference of human nature.
When Lu Yao heard that there were four people, he paused and suggested, "No one has come yet, right? Then they don't have to come all the way."
Ji Feiming was shocked.
Lu Yao continued, "I'm only hiring two people, there's no need for both of them to come. How about this, I'll chat with your younger generation online first, and those who are interested in working in the store can come over."
If the job of a shop clerk is directly put on the recruitment market, I am afraid that it will not be very competitive. One has to sign a strict confidentiality agreement, and specially gather people from other cities and rush over for interviews, and they may not even be in person. It is too grand.
Lu Yao doesn't need any high-tech talents. Character and personality are the aspects she wants to focus on.
Just chat a little and you can see something.
Ji Feiming selfishly hopes that all four of them will come to Yaoguang City. Only after they meet the owner will the tribesmen understand his painstaking efforts.
However, during this contact, he heard that someone in the clan had found a child who could possibly succeed the throne of God, and that person was in Tianshu City.
As a former messenger of God, he should go to Tianshu City and find an opportunity to serve the future new God, but Ji Feiming has recently had some strange ideas in his mind.
Following the shop owner to visit shops in different worlds every day seems to be more interesting than being a messenger of God. He wants to know where this street will eventually lead to.
Perhaps because of these things, the tribesmen treated him differently than before.
only…
Ji Feiming couldn't help but think that if the person in Tianshu City was really a child, the path to becoming a god would probably not be easy.
It was an indescribable feeling, which he could only attribute to the intuition of a former messenger of God.
"Xiao Ji? Uncle?" Lu Yao stretched out his hand and waved in front of Ji Feiming.
Ji Feiming came back to his senses and lowered his eyes to hide his embarrassment, "Shopkeeper, I'm sorry."
Lu Yao waved his hand, "Do you think what I just said is okay? I have to consider the next store recently, and I want to deal with the furry shop as soon as possible."
Ji Feiming's eyes flickered, and he burst into irresistible curiosity: "A new store is opening again?"
Lu Yao nodded: "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I am thinking of opening the business after Mid-Autumn Festival at the latest. There are still many things to do during this period."
Ji Feiming didn't care about the previous thoughts and immediately sent the WeChat messages of the four juniors to Lu Yao.
The fifth store, what world will it go to this time
What does the store owner plan to do in business
Ji Feiming was extremely curious, but forced himself not to ask.
There are only a few days left after Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Tianji City.
In the dark room, a small screen lit up and the phone kept ringing.
Ji Zhixin pulled the quilt over his eyes and covered his ears, thinking out of sight, out of mind.
The phone on the other end kept ringing, indicating that new messages were being received.
Ji Zhi sighed deeply and picked up his phone. People kept talking in the small group named "Ji Zhi".
This group is a small group established by the direct branch of the Ji family's "Zhi" generation outside the large family group, with ten members.
Ji Zhixin seldom speaks in the group on weekdays, and everyone else is busy. Except during the New Year and the festival period, almost no one speaks in the group.
Today it's particularly noisy.
Ji Zhixin swiped the screen and saw the group was filled with crazy complaints.
[Ji Zhixiang: Help! What on earth is Uncle Ming thinking? Who else accepted the interview? ]
[Ji Zhile: Decadence.JPG]
[Ji Zhile: I just finished talking to the store owner. I can’t believe that a pet store is hiring a telephone operator. Uncle Ming even told my mom that this is a unique opportunity…]
[Ji Zhixiang: To be honest, the store owner is very nice. He explained the job content and salary in detail. I just don’t understand what Uncle Ming is thinking. Why would he introduce such a job to my family?]
[Ji Zhile: My mother said that the tribe didn’t want to let us go, but my uncle kept holding the tribe leader and finally picked a few of us unlucky people to go for the interview. Later, I don’t know how the owner agreed to chat online first. Oh my god, it’s a good thing we chatted first, otherwise this trip would be a waste of time.]
[Ji Zhiqing: Help! I received a friend request, and the note is Lu Yao from the Furry Shop. What should I do? ]
[Ji Zhixiang: Just let it go. After all, it was introduced by Uncle Ming. The owner is very easy to talk to and won't bother me even if I refuse.]
[Ji Zhile: I think this person is a bit crazy. Where can't you find a receptionist? I don't know how she managed to convince Uncle Ming.]
[Ji Zhixun: What are you talking about?]
[Ji Zhile: Xunxun, how is it? Did you see the child? ]
[Ji Zhixun: No, I have only seen Uncle Feichen at the moment. I just asked Uncle to find me and said someone will add me later, so I need to be polite. Do you know what it is? ]
[Ji Zhile: Uncle Ming is really crazy!!! Doesn’t he know that you went to Tianshu City with Uncle Feichen? ]
[Ji Zhixiang: Xunxun, that was the job introduced by Uncle Ming, and the person who added you should be the owner of a pet shop.]
[Ji Zhixun: ???]
[Ji Zhiqing: Yesterday I heard from my mom on the phone that Uncle Ming found a job as a deliveryman in Yaoguang City and didn’t want to come back. He even settled down there...]
…
The group was inexplicably quiet for a few minutes.
[Ji Zhixiang: Zhiqing, how was your conversation with the store owner? ]
[Ji Zhiqing: Huh? I refused. I had originally taken a leave to come back, but now I might as well take a two-day break, hehe.]
[Ji Zhixiang: Has the store owner contacted Xunxun? ]
[Ji Zhixun: I added him, but we didn’t chat. Brother Zhixin just asked me, and I pushed it to him.]
[Ji Zhile: Why are you asking this, Brother Zhixin? ]
The group conversation is paused here.
Ji Zhixin's room was pitch black. The sound of the door lock turning came from outside the door. Someone changed his shoes in the entrance hall, put the vegetables bought after get off work in the kitchen, went back to the bedroom to change clothes, went to the bathroom to wash his face and hands, turned around and came back, and pushed open his door.
Ji Feirong stood at the door of Ji Zhixin, raised his hand and pressed the switch beside the door, "Zhixin, are you hungry? I bought chicken wings and crabs, can I make crab meat stew tonight?"
Ji Zhixin leaned back in the bed, exerted force with both hands, and tried to get up and sit in the wheelchair, but his legs felt as heavy as iron and he could not exert any strength at all.
His shoulders slumped, "Mom, I found a job."
Ji Feirong was stunned and walked quickly to the bedside: "What are you talking about? How can you work like this? Are you being willful again? I've told you so many times not to think too much..."
"Mom!" Ji Zhixin frowned slightly, with many words stuck in his mouth. In the end, he swallowed them back fiercely and suppressed his emotions and said calmly: "The job introduced by Uncle Ming is only known to the people of the clan with the surname 'Zhi'. I have contacted the boss. The job location is in Yaoguang City. I will leave tomorrow."
Ji Feirong placed his hands across his waist, loosening and tightening them, then tightening and loosening them again. "I've told you many times, why don't you listen? What else do you want from me? In your current state, what kind of job can you do? You'll only cause trouble wherever you go..."
“The owner said I have a good personality and am very suitable for the job in the store.”
Ji Zhixin pretended not to notice the shock, pain and regret in Ji Feirong's eyes, and spoke in a calm tone.
Ji Feirong turned and went out, and Ji Zhixin heard her talking on the phone with someone.
The person on the other end of the phone should be Ji Feiming.
A few minutes later, Ji Feirong came back from the door, his face softened a little: "Just think of it as going out to relax and have fun for ten days or half a month. When you get tired of playing, I'll come and pick you up."
"Mom, please help me pack some clothes." Ji Zhixin was calm from beginning to end.
He has difficulty walking and can't go anywhere by himself.
He didn't know why he asked Ji Zhixun for the contact information, he just felt tired of staying here and wanted to escape, any reason would do.
But he didn't lie. The young girl on the other side of the screen did say that he had a good personality and was suitable for the job of a switchboard operator.
I just don't know what her reaction will be when she sees his legs
Ji Zhi felt a little guilty, but he didn't want to explore or analyze himself.
He knew better than anyone that Ji Zhixin was a bad person.
-
Ji Feiming only found out after receiving a call from Ji Feirong that Lu Yao had chosen Ji Zhixin, but he did not recommend this junior.
He didn't know whether Lu Yao knew about Ji Zhixin's physical condition. After hesitating for a long time, he called her.
"Hello, what's up?" The shopkeeper's voice was filled with laughter, and in the background Harold could be heard arguing with someone else.
Ji Feiming grabbed the sofa with his free hand, "Shopkeeper, it's me."
"I know. There's caller ID."
"I heard you chose Zhixin."
"Oh, yes. The other younger generations in your family are not suitable for working in the store, so Ji Zhixin took the initiative to come to me. We chatted for a few minutes and he is quite suitable and willing to come." Lu Yao said very tactfully.
The Ji family is worthy of being a family that has served the gods. They are straightforward, decisive and calculating in their words and deeds, and no one can find fault with them. She almost gave up.
Finally, she agreed to choose Ji Zhixin, not only because he was more suitable than the previous ones in every aspect, but also because his eyes were too similar to the autistic fish she first met in the Sea of Eden.
And by choosing one person, I can give an explanation to Ji Feiming.
Hearing Lu Yao's tone, Ji Feiming knew that something must have gone wrong.
The Ji family has always been arrogant and proud, and the owner may have known from the beginning that the result would be bad.
Ji Feiming's mood was in turmoil. "Shopkeeper, I'm sorry. There are some things about Zhixin that he may not have told you. He was originally the most promising one in the Zhi sect. Unfortunately, something happened to him five years ago, and since then his legs have become weak and he can't walk normally."
There was silence on the other end of the line for a few minutes, and then Lu Yao suddenly said, "Ambrose, Edward, this mooncake is too fancy, reject it." Then her voice came close to my ear again, "Okay, I got it. How about we pick him up at the airport tomorrow?"
Ji Feiming didn't react for a moment: "Ah?"
Lu Yao: "Tomorrow, I want to go to a dessert shop downtown and pick up Ji Zhixin. What do you think?"
Ji Feiming didn't understand what the shop owner was thinking, but she understood one thing—she didn't mind Ji Zhixin's leg problem, and the stone in her heart slowly fell down.
He whispered, "Okay, thank you."
After ending the call with Lu Yao, Ji Feiming was depressed for a while.
Life went through ups and downs so fast that he didn't even have time to react, and even the younger generation started to treat him perfunctorily.
Messenger of God, it doesn’t mean much.