Guild Boss's Ambition

Catwoman: "That's just... I just happened to think that style was pretty! I don't particularly like someone's design!"

After listening to the conversation between the cat and dog pair, I also remembered the identity of the beautiful lady who had just walked in. She was a fashion designer named Mafeluna, who ran a fashion store also called Mafeluna. Xiaolan often said that she was a smart businessman, and Hai Lao said that that kind of good figure was his favorite when he was young.

It happened so quickly that Mafeluna had already started talking to President Ehard.

What exactly will they talk about?

I pretended to tidy up the cutlery box beside me and pricked up my ears.

Mafeluna said: "I am here to look for Miss Bai Ye. Is she here?"

President Ehard said, "Are you here to look for Bai Ye? She went out two days ago."

Mafeluna said with a slightly troubled tone: "Is that so? This is a bit troublesome."

President Ehard said, "What kind of trouble is it?"

Mafiluna said in a serious tone: "That is a serious problem that may even affect one's life! If possible, I would like to borrow your backup key. I need to go to Miss Bai Ye's room to get a small item."

President Ehard asked, "What kind of little thing is it?"

Mafeluna said: "It is not convenient for me to say this here. After all, you also know what kind of person Lord Bai Ye is."

"Master Bai Ye?"

"What is the relationship between Malefeluna and Bai Ye? Why do you use such a respectful title?"

I was very confused, but the president showed an expression of "we are experts". She looked around and nodded and said, "If it is about that matter, it is indeed not appropriate to explain it here. How about this, please come to my office. There are no other people there, so we can talk conveniently."

After saying this, Mafeluna nodded and agreed to the president's proposal.

The next second, the president suddenly glared at me.

"Gu Shan, when the things are ready, please send two cups of hot drinks to the president's office, thank you."

"Yes! President!"

I thought I was caught eavesdropping, but I heaved a sigh of relief. I immediately followed President Ehard's instructions and tidied up the cutlery box, which was not very messy to begin with. Then I slipped into the beverage section in the kitchen and asked Hayato for two cups of hot coffee. On the way, I touched the belly of the coquettish Augustus, and finally delivered the coffee to the door of the president's office.

Cluck, cluck—

I knocked on the door of the president's office.

"Come in, Gushan."

"Excuse me, you two."

After entering the room, I found that the conversation between Miss President and Miss Goddess seemed to have come to an end. The smiles of both of them were sincere and natural. There was no longer the negotiation-style military exchange atmosphere of "I suspect you, you guard against me" at the beginning. Even though there were more eyes and ears from me in the room, they did not stop talking.

"Thank you so much, President Ehard! If I didn't have that dark potion, I wouldn't have survived until the next week!"

"You're welcome, but I hope you can explain the situation to Bai Ye in person later. Here, this is the spare key to her room."

I first served the president her favorite mocha coffee, and then handed the goddess the standard brown sugar coffee for guests. I listened silently to the things that had nothing to do with me. At this moment, an object on the president's desk firmly locked my eyes, and I stayed there for a long time, and suddenly I was lost in thought -

"Gu Shan! Gu Shan!"

"Hehehe..."

After a long while, I was awakened by the sweet laughter of Marfiluna and the serious shout of President Ehard. Faced with this embarrassing situation, I habitually touched my head and smiled foolishly. Because of this silly smile, the president just rolled her eyes at me as a warning, waved her hand, and asked me to leave: "Stop laughing foolishly and get back to work."

"Wait, little girl, can you stop and let your sister take a closer look?" The goddess at the side suddenly asked Jinkou.

"Eh?"

Although I asked, Mafiluna had already grabbed one of my ponytails by force and forced me to stay there. Faced with this unexpected change, as a small employee, of course I immediately asked my boss for instructions.

I looked at President Ehard.

She nodded at me, probably telling me to figure it out on my own.

"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with? Goddess... No, Miss Marfiluna."

Standing in front of the famous fashion designer, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, especially as her eyes were obviously looking at me critically. It made me regret not reading more magazines and studying how those shiny models posed and walked on the catwalk.

After a while, Mafeluna turned her head with a sexy face and asked the president: "Although the summer clothing design is quite good, don't your poster girls have winter clothing? Asking them to put on a thick coat when it's cold is a bit disrespectful for an adventurer's guild..."

Looking at the slightly excited goddess, President Ehard could only smile apologetically: "I'm sorry, because our guild has only just returned to the right track not long ago, so there are many things that may not be considered thoroughly..."

However, just as President Ehard was about to finish his words, Mafeluna frowned and scolded, "No matter what! Fashion design is ranked first in Number_One! Even if all the adventurers in your stone house die every month, your poster girl must wear something beautiful and comfortable! Otherwise, I will go to the Labor Department to sue you for abusing your subordinates──"

"Hey, hey, calm down, buddy!" Our family president was stunned.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I can't stand things that lack beauty, so I neglected it for a moment."

Mafeluna said in an embarrassed tone: "To be precise, I should sue you for employing child labor!"

"Eh? Wait! Hiring child labor?"

“What should I do? What should I do?!”

"President Ehard, you have to think of a solution quickly! Otherwise, I, Gu Shan, will be out of a job!"

After hearing Mafiluna's threat, I was even more nervous than President Ehard. When it came to violating the child labor law that no one wanted to care about, even if the guild broke the law, they would only have to pay twenty gold coins at most. But I, the eldest sister who is alone and has a house full of children to support, cannot suddenly lose my job!

Fortunately, Mafeluna just wanted to scare us.

She quickly smiled again and suggested, "Hehe, if you don't want to be sued by me, then let me design new costumes for your guild! Don't worry, I won't charge you. After all, you, the president, have already risked your life to give me the spare key to Lord Bai Ye's room, so how can I not repay you?"

"Oh, free? Well, then Miss Lao Mafiluna will be there!"

I don’t know if it was my fault, but when she heard the words “free of charge”, the president’s eyes seemed to light up, and Marfiluna smiled like a fox in return, hooking her little finger towards me: “Hehe, little cutie, soon you and Lady Xiaolan will have new uniforms to wear! I can’t wait to see the actual scene!”

Guided by the goddess' fingers, I seemed to be about to smell her body fragrance.

That wild cat-like figure makes me feel itchy.

This is a completely different kind of temptation from that of Anne's predecessor.

It's like pudding and jelly, although they look similar, they are essentially different.

But──

Why do I always feel that this goddess has set a huge trap from the very beginning?

Besides, why did she call the little guy Lord Lannong?

The world of adults makes me feel so confused!

……

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18. I heard that the protagonist is going to be online (Gu Shan)

(Ancient Mountain)

Last night, I went home to visit my brothers and sisters.

Thanks to God, they all seem to be living a good life.

When they saw me coming back, a surprised smile appeared on each of their faces.

Of course, there are still some troubles in our family life.

For example, the second sister Gulin was clamoring for a new pair of shoes, the third brother Gufan was terrified because he suspected that the two loose milk teeth in his mouth would cause him to bleed to death, and the fourth brother Gude accidentally broke his knee while playing with other children at the street corner. The worst thing was that the fire crystal in the family stove had a technical problem and sometimes it didn't work.

However, as long as I, a sister who is proficient in various life skills, come forward, all problems can often be solved immediately.

All I have to do is replace the cooking stove with a brand new second-hand fire crystal.

As for the troubles of those three naughty kids? Come on, can't you just figure out a way to solve a problem of that magnitude yourself?

When you are a poor child, you must be conscious of living frugally.

Are your shoes worn out? Just mend them yourself and you can wear them again──

What? My milk teeth are falling out? This lady is just a natural phenomenon.

As for the scuffed knees, that is a trivial matter! Not worth mentioning!

"But, speaking of which, why is the goddess so fast?"

"If this isn't a carefully planned conspiracy, I, Gu Shan, would just run into a candy candy and die!"

Just yesterday, she said she would help with the design. This morning, Marfiluna actually sent someone to deliver the new winter version of the receptionist uniform to our guild. This supernatural efficiency even surprised President Ehard, who signed for it in person. He then expressed the same thought as I did in all seriousness: "There must be some conspiracy behind this."

But no matter what conspiracy Mafeluna has, it doesn't seem to mean much to us poster girls.

The unchangeable fact was that we had to wear the winter clothes she provided.

To be honest, the new clothes make me feel weird.

The theme of this costume design is "Winter Fairy Flowers". The design tone of the lower body is a leafy elf wavy skirt, while the upper body is a dress extended according to different flower varieties. However, although the color and style of this design are a little exaggerated and eye-catching, it does not make me feel strange or uneasy.

What really made me nervous was the big Ruyi flower hat on my head.

Even though it was beautiful, it made me feel like a blooming plant, and the various unusual looks from the guests made us, the poster girls, feel uneasy.

However, no matter how uneasy we were, even after wearing such avant-garde clothes, Shuofang and I still had to continue to do our duties. During the whole day's work, we each heard a lot of gossip about this new outfit. Fortunately, most of them were positive comments, and the rest were almost all nitpicking remarks, such as -

"Why are skirts still so long? Wouldn't it be impossible to see the panties?" by a certain Kappa.

"The world needs more white shirts that turn transparent when wet and are worn by girls." by an old man.

"Why do you want to change the uniforms suddenly? Do you know the importance of tradition? The uniforms of the Stone House have a long history of more than two hundred years. It is a spiritual culture. How can it be changed into such frivolous and weird non-mainstream clothing at will? Oh! God! I really don't understand what your president is thinking──" by the red-haired poster girl of the Tree of Life Guild opposite.

All in all, after such a morning, I almost thought that all men, women, young and old in the world were fashion experts. Almost everyone would open their mouths to comment on our novel clothes. Even my unchanging twin ponytails were unfortunately affected. A certain evil-looking monk lady suggested that I trim them into a shiny nun's hair.

She said that would be more suitable for wearing a flower-decorated hat on her head.

But whenever I think of the chill on my scalp with not a single strand of hair left, I feel like it’s definitely not a deal.

No one can touch my hair!

No! Boby!

"But—"

But there is one thing that concerns me more than anything else.

That was Anne-senpai’s photo album, and there was also a photo of Miss President.

The same golden-haired beauty was recorded in different photos of both parties.

"I care so much! I care so much! I care so much! Who is that woman?!"

"How about we go and ask Senior Annie directly?"

I glanced at Senior Annie who was working in the bar area, and quickly dismissed this bad idea. I had just peeked at someone else's treasured photo album the day before, and now I was going to ask the person in person about the inside story the next day. That really didn't look good. I thought about it over and over again, and finally decided to go find Hai Lao to ask after get off work.

In the stone house, he has the most experience, so if you want to know about old friends and old stories, you can ask him and he will answer your questions with certainty!

Find shrimp! Find shrimp!

With a strong curiosity about the mysterious blonde woman, I took off my uniform after get off work and ran up to the third floor to find Hai Lao.

Because it was time to get off work, Hai Lao was leisurely packing up his things and preparing to leave.

I rushed forward and caught him.

"Ebi! Ebi! We're here to visit you!"

"Bullshit! Are you here to gossip?"

Hai Lao saw through my motives at a glance, his two old eyes shining brightly.

I smiled and said flatteringly: "Ah, isn't it because you are knowledgeable that I came to ask you for information? Who in our Qingyun Road doesn't know that our Hai Lao can predict 500 years in the past and 500 years in the future, understand the way of heaven and earth, communicate with the spirits of ghosts and gods, and have the virtue of covering the earth, the brightness of the sun and the moon, and the order of the four seasons..."

Before I could finish the compliment I had been thinking about for a long time, Ebi flicked my nose without any hesitation.

"Alright, alright, shut up, shut up. If you keep talking like this, I'm about to become a creator god. If the people from the Inquisition kill me in the middle of the night because of your nonsense, I'll see if you dare to make up stories all day long. Come on, just say it! What are you doing here today, you damn girl No. 2 -"

I secretly cheered for Hai Lao's arrogance and laughed like a child who stole candy. "Hey, Hai Lao grandpa, please don't make me sound as cunning as Xiao Lan. I just came here to discuss the history of our stone house. By reflecting on the past, I can understand the essential characteristics of our stone house and improve myself to be a better and more complete poster girl."

Hearing this, Hai Lao looked at me coldly and said, "If you just stop gossiping, that would be a historic progress."

I decisively ignored Hai Lao's criticism of my personality and said, "Hai Lao, do you remember? There is a photo of a blonde woman on the desk in President Ehard's room. Do you know who she is?"

Hearing my question, Hai Lao's expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal: "Oh - you are talking about that photo. It's not a secret that needs to be hidden and told secretly. The lady you saw is the eldest daughter's mother. Like you, she was also the poster girl of our stone house. That photo was taken by her with the recording crystal."

!!!

Oh──it turned out to be President Ehard's mother! No wonder I kept feeling a sense of déjà vu!

Now that I think about it carefully, the president looks quite similar to her mother!