The nail salon was open for three days, but there were no customers.
Lu Yao was lying on the table playing with her fingers, cleaning the store, sorting materials, drawing pictures of styles, snacks... She had prepared everything a professional nail salon should have, but she had nowhere to use them.
System: [If you had listened to me and opened a jewelry store, it would have sold out long ago. There is not a single jewelry store in this town.]
Lu Yao: "… This town is not wealthy, and there are no customers who can afford expensive jewelry. They just haven't seen a nail salon before. As long as there is a customer willing to enter the store, the rest will be easy."
She was not in a hurry. The store cost very little. The money spent on decorating the store was the popularity value. The tools and materials were all saved up in the past, so there was no extra money spent.
Waiting is nothing more than wasting time and there is not much financial pressure.
System: [The problem is that no one is willing to enter the store. There are quite a few people sneaking around the door and observing every day.]
Lu Yao: "It's okay to be curious. Wait a little longer, there will definitely be customers."
When she chatted with the neighbors on the first day of opening the shop, she deliberately did not tell them what the nail service was specifically, just to arouse their curiosity.
Human beings are always infinitely curious about unknown things. When curiosity accumulates to a critical point, the first person to try something new will appear.
The system was about to break her naive thoughts, but suddenly stopped: [Someone is coming. ]
Look, here it comes.
Lu Yao sat up straight, opened the tool box at hand, and prepared to receive the first customer of the nail salon.
Si Jin stood at the door of the nail salon, looking up at the sign above the door - Lu Yao Nail Salon, and there was a hint of familiarity.
He remembered that this was the small shop that appeared out of nowhere that day.
No wonder people in the town were talking about it. Even he didn't know where this store came from.
Si Jin was even more curious about what this shop did, and the "nail art service" that was talked about by word of mouth. He pushed open the door and asked loudly, "Is the owner here?"
Hearing the voice, Lu Yao was stunned for a moment. It seemed to be a man
She stood up and went out to greet him: "Hello, I'm the owner."
Si Jin, who has transformed into a human form, has medium-length blonde hair, handsome features, amber eyes, and wears a moon-white uniform with gold edges. He has a strong and sharp temperament.
Lu Yao sighed slightly in his heart, thinking that he was afraid that this deal could not be done.
She was not saying that boys couldn't do their nails. She had taken orders from boys before. It was just that the man in front of her was very imposing and didn't look like the type of person who would be interested in those useless little things.
Si Jin was also observing Lu Yao.
What? The shop owner is just an ordinary human being, so weak that he can be easily crushed with just one finger.
Si Jin looked around. The shop was very clean and didn't look dangerous. There were just a lot of small boxes with unknown contents and tools that he had never seen before.
After looking around and making sure he couldn't see anything, he lowered his head and looked at Lu Yao again, "I want a manicure."
Lu Yao blinked, reacted quickly, and immediately led him to sit next to him.
Since you asked for it, we can't let you go easily.
Lu Yao sat down opposite him, opened the tablet, and looked up the styles he had made in the past. "Take a look and see if there is a style you like. I'll trim your nails first."
Manicure your nails
It turned out to be a nail care service. Si Jin suddenly felt that the name "nail service" was simple and easy to understand.
He held out his left hand, wanting to see how the human was going to trim his nails.
When Lu Yao saw Si Jin's hand, his eyes suddenly lit up.
She doesn't have any special fetishes, but after working in this industry for a long time, when she sees particularly beautiful hands, she will still be attracted to them without any preparation.
This customer's fingers are thin and slender, his knuckles are evenly proportioned, and his nails are very long, which exceeds the usual length of boys' nails, but they are very clean and look inexplicably beautiful.
To use Lu Yao's words, these hands are perfect for manicures.
The customer's hands were so perfect that she just planned to polish them briefly.
Lu Yao took out the sanding strip, gently held Si Jin's left hand, and began to grind the nails.
Just after grinding it a bit, there was a crisp "snap" sound and the sanding strip broke.
Lu Yao smiled to ease the embarrassment, "Wait a moment, I'll change the tool."
She took a new sanding strip, rubbed it twice, and it broke again with a "snap".
After replacing five sand strips, Lu Yao fell silent.
Is this nail made of steel
So hard.
She made sure she didn't use too much force, the sanding strip seemed to break just by touching his fingernail.
It could only be a problem with the nails. Lu Yao let out a sigh and took out a stainless steel nail file from the toolbox.
It's a bit rough to use this, but the store is out of spare sanding strips, so I'll try this first.
The stainless steel nail file is a little better than the sandpaper strips. It took at least three strokes to break.
Lu Yao: “…”
Si Jin had been looking at Lu Yao. Her expression was very interesting, and she seemed to be at a loss as to what to do.
He raised his hand and asked with interest, "Are you still grinding your nails?"
Lu Yao heard a hint of provocation. This guy was just thinking this was fun.
System: [Spend 100,000 popularity points to exchange for a dragon-specific black gold nail file. Do you want to exchange it? ]
Lu Yao’s expression remained unchanged, but his heart was shaking violently: … Are you saying this guy is a dragon
The system remained silent, and Lu Yao had no choice but to redeem it.
She pretended to get up and look for new tools, and took out the dragon-specific nail file she had exchanged for from the warehouse. This time she was finally able to grind her nails successfully.
Si Jin watched her take out the new tools and concentrate on sharpening his nails. No human had ever dared to treat a dragon like this.
But anyway, it’s quite comfortable.
He was so focused on watching the human's movements that he forgot what she had stuffed into his pocket.
It was not until Lu Yao reminded him that he lowered his head to take a look at the "tablet" she mentioned, and from then on he couldn't take his eyes off it.
Lu Yao taught him how to stroke the photos. After knowing that he was a dragon, she repeatedly reminded him to stroke gently. She didn't want the tablet to end up like the pile of sand in the trash can. She would be heartbroken.
Si Jin swiped the screen carefully.
He was smart enough to use the pads of his fingers instead of the tips of his fingers. His golden eyes stared at the small shiny pieces on the nails in the photo and asked, "What are these shiny things? Did you crush the gems?"
Lu Yao nodded seriously: "Yes, not only gems, I also picked stars and collected rainbows, crushed them and put them into nail polish to decorate the nails, so they are so beautiful with glittering colors. Do you have any styles you like?"
The system didn't expect that Lu Yao would dare to deceive Long, so it jumped out to remind him: [Shopkeeper, don't deceive Long, the consequences will be terrible.]
Si Jin nodded repeatedly, completely captured by the beautiful nails in the photo.
Dragons are naturally fond of shiny treasures. Si Jin himself has a mountain full of gold coins and jewels. Every few days he goes back to roll around and sleep on those treasures, but he has never thought of decorating his nails with those treasures.
This is so beautiful!
Well, it’s more like it suits the taste of the dragon clan.
He wants to have gorgeous nails like this right now!
Si Jin quickly scrolled through the pictures and finally pointed to two samples and said, "I like these two styles, the colors must be blue and gold."
The two styles he liked were a silver-blue cat-eye style and a red-gold background with tiny diamonds in the pattern.
As expected, Long likes shiny and exaggerated things. Lu Yao saw the design and nodded, "Okay, I can make it right away."
The nails were done very slowly. Lu Yao was worried that Long would not be patient, so he brought some snacks and drinks and asked, "The tracing can be changed. The original one was a kitten. Do you want to change it to something else?"
Si Jin said without thinking: "Change it to a dragon."
Lu Yao nodded, grabbed his left hand and started working.
The style Si Jin wanted should have the brilliance of a cat's eye, the sparkle of small diamonds, and should also have his favorite dragon painted on it.
Apply base coat to the nails and bake them dry, then you can start.
Apply a thin layer of blue base coat once and then layer it after it dries.
Lu Yao wanted to make different designs for his two hands. He wanted to make a gorgeous design with cat's eyes and diamonds on his left hand, and draw a little dragon on his right hand to create a cat's eye effect.
Her hands were steady. Without referring to any pictures, she picked up a soft brush and drew the outline of a little dragon on Si Jin's index finger. It was a little dragon sleeping with its tail coiled. Then she drew a little dragon squatting and shaking its tail on the middle finger. On the little finger was a pile of sparkling treasures, and a golden dragon tail appeared on the edge of the treasures.
The thumb and ring finger were made into a "dragon eye" cat's eye effect. The golden vertical pupils were reflected in the middle of the quiet blue nails. A circle of faint black lines appeared around the edge of the thick golden pupils. This was exactly what Si Jin's eyes looked like.
When Lu Yao was painting, Si Jinping concentrated his attention for fear of disturbing her.
When the dragon's outline appeared on his nails, he fell in love with it at first sight.
The little dragon she drew was very cute, just like the chubby and silly little dragon cubs in the Dragon Valley.
He also likes "Longmu", which is majestic and powerful, and has his shadow.
This human is very dexterous and smart.
Tracing is the more complicated part. Once you have done a good job with your right hand, the left hand should be a little simpler.
Lu Yao brought out a pile of boxes, picked out a dozen suitable small diamonds and sequins, and asked Si Jin which style he liked.
She underestimated the dragon's greed. This guy was the epitome of "I want it all".
No matter what kind of material she asked about, he would nod and ask for it, wishing he could put his hand into the material box and roll it around before coming out.
Lu Yao put down the box, picked up a few small diamonds and sequins of different sizes, and held his hand while saying, "These little things are for embellishment. The more the better. The best is to have the right ones."
Lu Yao felt satisfied after doing a good job with both hands.
He has beautiful hands and a nice temperament. Even the heavy and solemn colors like blue and gold look noble on his hands.
I am good-looking and imposing, and with gorgeous manicures, I don’t look feminine at all.
She took a few photos to keep as a record, "Okay."
Si Jin held up his hand and looked at it for a while. He didn't say it was good-looking, nor did he say he was dissatisfied. "How much?"
Gold coins, silver coins and copper coins are circulated in this world. One gold coin is equal to ten silver coins, and one silver coin is equal to one hundred copper coins.
The data provided by the system shows that one copper coin is roughly equivalent to one RMB, and one silver coin is roughly equivalent to one hundred RMB.
Regardless of the difference in purchasing power between the two worlds, Lu Yao directly quoted the price: "Two gold coins."
Si Jin's eyes widened slightly, as if he couldn't believe it.
Lu Yao felt uneasy. He thought it was too expensive
If Long didn't want to pay the bill, there was nothing she could do to him.
Si Jin stared at Lu Yao for a while, and when he realized that she didn't understand him, he had to speak up: "Isn't there a star and rainbow nail polish on my hands?"
Long has a strong learning ability and he was very proud of saying the new term "nail polish".
Lu Yao smiled sweetly: "How could it be so bright without stars and rainbows?"
Si Jin stared at his fingers for a while, then nodded slowly, "But why is it so cheap? Only two gold coins."
Long was indeed very rich. Lu Yao found out from his neighbors that one gold coin could support a family of three in Emerald Town for two months, which was more than enough.
Lu Yao: "… You are the first customer of our store, so we have a special offer for you, a 50% discount."
Long didn't understand the meaning of "special offer" and "50% discount", so Lu Yao explained it to him for a long time.
Si Jin was very happy when he understood. He paid the bill and walked out of the store with his ten useless paws raised.
He only had one thought in his mind: The manicure service was great, I want to tell my friends!!!
[Successfully received a guest, initial mission completed! Illustration collection progress 1, elementary magic theory 1. ]
A thick, translucent biological illustration book appeared in front of Lu Yao. It was pitch black in front of him, as if the lights were off, and he couldn't see anything.
Turning to the back, there was a page with a "golden dragon" lit up, with a small note next to it: One of the oldest and rarest dragons in the Alexandria continent, in charge of the mines.
When Si Jin left, he told Lu Yao his name. It seems that this little golden dragon is his dragon form. He is in charge of the mine and his home is really in the mine.
The system popped up: [But you lied to him. ]
It's still fussing about stars and rainbows.
Lu Yao: "That is the artistic form of language. This little golden dragon can't escape. Don't be afraid."
system:[…]
What confidence does she have
The dragon was just curious and had no interest in her manicure. After experiencing it once and satisfying its curiosity, why would it come again
The illustrated book can only read one page, so Lu Yao put it back in the warehouse after reading it, picked up the elementary magic theory, and flipped through two pages at random: Orthodox magic is divided into five categories - wind, fire, thunder, earth, and wood, and there are also light magic and dark magic...
Lu Yao: "This reward is so strange, do I have to learn magic?"
System: [Tasks and rewards are automatically generated based on the main business direction chosen by the store owner. Please keep working hard! ]
Based on the experience of the previous store, Lu Yao is not in a hurry and will always reach the end by following the mission.
There were no customers in the store at that time, so Lu Yao prepared to take a good look at the magic book.
She must not be the only one who fantasized about being a magical girl when she was a child, right
Maybe I can really fulfill my childhood dream in this world.
As soon as Si Jin left the nail salon, those people who were secretly spying on him quickly dispersed. There didn't seem to be anything special about this shop.
Pharmacist Lixiu's pharmacy is just across the nail salon, and she has been observing this small shop that suddenly appeared.
She saw the man with a terrifying aura walk into the nail salon curiously, and leave in a hurry a few hours later. There seemed to be no change in his body, which aroused her curiosity for no reason.
Lixiu tried to divert her attention by sorting the herbs, and she was still busy sorting the first bag of herbs after spending the entire afternoon.
The attempt to divert her attention failed, she was just too curious.
Lixiu put away the herbs, closed the shop early, slowly walked to the door of the nail salon, took a deep breath, and mustered up the courage to push the door open.
Lu Yao heard footsteps, put down the book and looked over.
Sure enough, as long as the first person to eat crabs appeared, the second customer would come soon, and she was a lovely young lady.
She stood up and greeted him warmly: "Hello, please come and sit down."
Li Xiu was surprised by Lu Yao's enthusiasm, but her eyes were clear and her temperament was gentle, not annoying. Li Xiu calmed down, walked over, and whispered: "Owner, I want to know what the manicure service is?"
Lu Yao handed the tablet over skillfully. "To put it simply, it's a manicure, using nail polish and accessories to decorate the nails. These are the styles I've made, you can take a look and see if you're interested."
Lixiu found that this tool called "tablet" was very powerful. Before she could think about it, she was suddenly attracted by what she saw. These are all nails? How can they be so beautiful
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Si Jin left the nail salon, fearing that his nails would break, so he did not dare to transform into a dragon. He ran all the way and finally arrived at the Black Mountain Wasteland before dark.
The Black Mountain Wasteland is vast with extremely harsh conditions. There is a huge dark swamp on the periphery where weak creatures cannot survive and humans dare not set foot in. Only the powerful dragons can enter and exit freely as if they were in an empty place.
Si Jin and Harold often meet here to fight, to consume the dragons' excess energy.
A black dragon squatted at the end of the wasteland, looking at the last rays of sunset in the distance sinking into the mountains and the sea.
Si Jin stopped behind the Black Dragon, trying to find a topic to lighten the atmosphere, "Harold—"
As soon as the name was called out, the black dragon's powerful tail swung over and headed straight for Si Jin's face.
Si Jin dodged left and right, but was still hit twice by the angry little black dragon.
Si Jin jumped onto a distant tree, covered his hands and distanced himself from the black dragon, trying to reason with him: "Harold, listen to me."
If he hadn't jumped quickly, his finger would have been nearly slapped. This was a freshly done manicure and he hadn't seen enough.
“Si Jin,” the black dragon turned his head, his dark blue eyes staring at Si Jin as if he were a dead dragon, “it’s getting dark.”
"I'm sorry, there's a reason why I'm late. Listen to me." Si Jinnong's golden eyes still sparkled in the night, and his tone was soothing.
Harold stopped swinging his claws and stared at Si Jin coldly, "Speak."
If it wasn't for the convincing reason, he would immediately kill the golden dragon that had made him wait for the entire afternoon.
Si Jin didn't feel the low pressure on Harold at all. He spread out his ten weak fingers and stretched them in front of Harold: "Look, this is called manicure. A new shop opened in Emerald Town, specializing in nail beauty. This is the style designed for me by the owner himself. Look at this sleeping dragon, it looks so much like you when you were a child."
A vein popped out on Harold's forehead.