Guild Boss's Ambition

Page 31

Listening to the hurried footsteps, I laughed happily, but the smile only lasted for a moment, because I suddenly realized that I seemed to have few friends in this world?

Blanny and Annie are still working...

Gu Shan was tricked by me again...

This pervert, Ebi, cannot be considered a friend...

That idiot Xuanxun hasn't appeared much recently...

Bai Ye was sent off to do a mission again...

Sister Meng'er is probably still struggling with the mountain of documents...

"Instead of being bored alone, why don't I go back to the store and help out?"

So I went back downstairs and found Belanny and Anne.

Fighter Berlani said calmly, "Children should rest more and work less."

Half-elf Annie added, "Little Blue, I have to explain to you what Little Berlane means. Ahem, if you don't want to be punched, then get out of here right now!"

So, feeling unwelcome, I had no choice but to run back to the second floor in despair.

"If there is no place for us here, there will be other places for us!"

I sat on the stairs and thought about life for a while. Finally, I was so bored that I decided to go and harass others. Because of the relationship between Blanny and Annie, the lobby on the first floor and the square on the third floor were very dangerous. Now there was only one person who might stay on the second floor whom I knew...

"Well, let's go find Sister Meng'er!"

Soon, I knocked on Sister Meng'er's door and was greeted with a "come in".

"Good night, Sister Menger."

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Sister Meng'er sitting in front of a table full of documents with a look of deep resentment on her face. Because of the recent benefits brought by Morning Star Cocktail, Stone House has made many big moves. Just the decoration matters alone are too much for Sister Meng'er to handle alone. But in order to train her abilities, I forced myself not to help with everything.

Moreover, lazily watching others work is a rare pleasure in life.

"No! I need to rest! Xiaolan, can you make me a cup of tea?"

Seeing me, Sister Meng'er immediately relaxed. She slumped over the table, and seeing that I had completely lost my motivation to work, I could only smile helplessly, shook my head, and made her a cup of black tea.

"The tea is hot, please enjoy it slowly."

"Hoo-hoo--Xiao Lan, I can't do it anymore. Can you help me deal with that pile of stuff?"

She lay on the table, her head tilted to blow away the white smoke from the tea, her eyes full of numbness.

"No, you have to do your own thing, and Berlani and the others won't let me work."

Hearing this, Sister Meng'er rolled her green eyes, smiled slyly, pulled out a stack of white paper from the pile of documents, handed it to me, and said, "Here, this is the math homework that I gave you. You must study hard, kid!"

The stack of white paper was the renovation expense list for the Stone House. I looked at Sister Meng'er and sighed. I decided to make an exception and help her deal with it. At the same time, I also taught her how to deal with it: "You should find someone to do your accounting. Don't be reluctant to spend money on business. A smart accountant can also help you save a lot of unnecessary expenses. They are like magicians when you file your taxes every year."

Sister Meng rolled her eyes and disagreed, "Aren't accountants just doing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division every day? How can they perform any magic? They are not alchemists."

I insisted, "No! They really are alchemists, Sister Meng'er, for the long-term development of the guild, please find an excellent accountant as soon as possible before you mess up all the accounts!"

"Okay, okay, Xiaolan, you are always right."

Although she seemed a little unconvinced, Sister Menger finally accepted my advice. She took out her schedule and wrote down the matter of recruiting an accountant. I glanced at her schedule from a distance and couldn't help but frown again.

"Sister Meng'er, you can't handle so much work by yourself!"

I snatched Sister Meng'er's schedule, looked down at it, and immediately couldn't help but bombarded her: "Look at what tasks you have arranged for yourself? Food procurement? Negotiations for the renovation project? Meeting with the contract adventurer Sophia? Solving the long-term rent arrears problem of Room 266? Sister Meng'er, think about it carefully, are these really things you need to complete in a hurry?"

"I……"

I didn't give Sister Meng'er any chance to explain: "You should leave the food procurement work to Berlane or the chefs, and you should leave the meeting with the contract adventurers to Hai Lao. As for the thorny issue of unpaid rent, you can actually leave it alone for the time being. As for the renovation project... well, you'd better go there yourself, but!"

I put my hands on my hips and taught him earnestly, "The most important thing is that you must learn to delegate some of your power and responsibilities appropriately. A qualified manager is definitely not a chores person. As a guild leader, the most ideal state is not to be busy day and night. Your time is used to deal with those sudden changes. You have to make yourself freer than anyone else."

"sorry."

The girl lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.

I couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.

I pretended to be reluctant and said, "Forget it. Since you've worked so hard, I'll sacrifice some of my personal time to help you with some official business today. Please don't thank me."

But Sister Meng'er, who was silly and cute just now, suddenly became shrewd. She saw through my little thoughts at a glance, stood up suddenly, pulled me out of the door like a chicken, put me down, and then simply closed the door.

"Why don't you give me a job──" I felt extremely aggrieved.

……

31. In the end, it was Ebisu who treated me the best (Xiao Lan)

(Ulu-Lannon)

"Little girl, if you continue to stay by my side, I will be scolded."

Finally, I was so bored that I went to the third floor to disturb Hai Lao. Although the business on the first floor was bustling, his third floor was still deserted. Compared with the Adventurer's Guild, the stone house now looked more like a simple tavern.

"The evening market has just begun. How can Berlane and the others have time to come up to your place?"

"As the old saying goes: Don't be afraid of a thousand things, just be prepared for the worst."

"If you chase me away, I'll tell Berlane you molested me."

"You're so cruel, you little bitch!"

In this way, I, who was not welcome by everyone, finally found a place to stay in an old man. Actually, Hai Lao's place was quite interesting. At least there were many collectible books worthy of reference on his seat.

I opened a book at random and was immediately fascinated by it.

I have to say, although the design of this world is based on a medieval Western fantasy background, these portrait books are printed without any ambiguity. In addition to the rich colors, the paper is also tough and shiny, not much worse than that on Earth.

And the models here are above the average level on Earth!

Soon, my attention was caught by a blonde girl in the photo. The girl was tall and slender, and her milky white skin and the morning sunshine gave people a feeling like a spring breeze. She was like a healing beauty.

"Hmm? Why does this beauty look familiar?" I looked at the girl's facial features carefully, lost in thought.

"Hey! Who allowed you to touch my treasure?" I hit the old man's photo with my head.

It hurts a little.

But I care more about the beautiful girl in the photo.

"Ebi! Ebi! Who is this beautiful lady? Do you know? Do you know?"

I showed the innocent girl in the photo to Ebi. When Ebi saw the image of the girl clearly, the expression on his old face froze for a moment, and finally he showed a helpless smile.

"This girl is none other than the eldest daughter's mother. Before she married the previous president, she was actually the poster girl of our Stone House. This photo album is her last work before retirement. It makes people nostalgic when they look at it."

However, such a beauty is no longer there.

It's such a pity.

I have been a human being for almost half my life, but this was the first time I saw a posthumous photo. And the protagonist of the photo happened to be my friend’s deceased mother. I fell into deep silence with mixed feelings, and then I remembered something.

"Ebi, why did you hide your aunt's photo and look at it secretly?"

Hai Lao's face turned red, and he scolded: "There will be retribution for blaspheming the dead!"

Seeing that something was fishy, I naturally would not let Hai Lao off easily: "Auntie is very generous, so she is not so stingy! Don't try to change the subject! Tell me! What is the purpose of hiding this photo album?"

"Wait? What's it for?"

For a moment, I couldn't help but be shocked by my own doubts!

For most men, the purpose of photo albums is often self-evident.

"Ebi! You old immortal who blasphemes the dead!"

I glared at Hai Lao with disdain and jumped out of the counter holding the portrait of the former president's wife. But just as I was about to run away, Hai Lao conjured up his magician's hand and pulled me back in front of him.

Hai Lao pinched my cheek viciously with one hand: "Little girl, please don't let your imagination run wild! I, Hai Lao, would never do such a dirty thing that would be unworthy of the dead. Besides, which bastard taught you that strange knowledge?"

"A──V──" was difficult to pronounce because his cheek was pinched.

He let go of her hand and asked, "AV? What is AV?"

I secretly laughed when I heard the question from Hai Lao's mouth, but I couldn't tell him the truth about the earth, so I just made up a name to perfunctorily answer: "Abraham Vitamin, AV for short. It was this weird uncle who called himself AV who told me all those dirty things about you. Oh! Hai Lao, why did you hit me? It hurts!"

"Little girl, if you dare to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I will throw you back to the first floor right away."

Throw me back to the first floor? I'm not afraid!

I stuffed the photo album into my chest through my collar and smiled slyly: "Okay, you can throw me back to the first floor, but when I meet Berlani and the others, I can't guarantee that I won't reveal any shocking secrets──"

Ugh……

The helpless Hai Lao finally sighed in defeat, sat down sullenly and asked, "You are such a little devil with evil thoughts in your mind. Tell me! What do you want this time?"

I smiled slyly and raised my eyebrows teasingly: "Can I take it as hush money?"

He angrily accused me of my evil deeds: "First, slander, then threaten, and finally blackmail."

that……

Although that was not my intention, it seems to be the case.

However, since I had already succeeded in blackmailing someone accidentally, it would seem a bit unfair to myself if I didn't take advantage of the opportunity. I rubbed my chin and thought for a moment, and soon came up with an idea.

"Ebi, teach me your skills in identifying tasks!"

"No, you don't have the talent!" He rejected me without hesitation.

"Why do you say I don't have the talent?" I was naturally unconvinced.

Hai Lao raised three fingers and said calmly, "Observation, knowledge, and judgment. Mission assessors place the greatest emphasis on these three abilities. Not only do you not have combat knowledge, you may not even remember all your daily knowledge. In this situation, how are you going to define the nature of each mission?"

"If you don't have knowledge, can't you just study hard?"

My idea was very simple, but it was still not enough to convince Hai Lao: "I don't deny that you are very smart and often have unique insights in observing people and things, but the knowledge of adventurers cannot be supplemented by books and documents. People often have to be pierced by a sword in person to understand the horror of blood loss, but you, little girl, are powerless..."

"I can exercise myself, too!" I assured loudly.

Hai Lao looked at me deeply and shook his head, "Impossible. I don't sense the necessary elements to learn magic or martial arts from you. Your physique is one of the few that is insulated from magic or martial arts. You will never be able to learn martial arts in your life."

Never be able to learn martial arts in your life?

I was shocked to hear this sudden bad news: "Ei Lao, why can Berlane and the others perform some tricks, but I am a useless person who is born unable to practice martial arts? Ei Lao, you are deliberately lying to me, right?"

Hai Lao sighed and said calmly, "I can use the crystal measuring instrument to test you again, but compared to the goblins' inventions, I trust my own identification skills more. Your physique is definitely an insulator of magic and martial arts."

"..."

I believe that Hai Lao did not lie to me, but wouldn’t the result of this be too hurtful?

I shrank listlessly to the corner of the counter, and at this time, several adventurers began to appear one after another.

Ebi was lazily serving the guests, while I was swiping the system window boredly.

Inadvertently, I opened the prop bar. As the design of the prop bar was very convenient, I had stuffed a lot of daily necessities into it a long time ago. At this moment, among the nail clippers, wooden combs, fruit cakes, quill pens, black ink, and half a butter sandwich, I suddenly noticed a parchment scroll that I had completely forgotten!

Basic life skills learning scroll!

I took it out out of curiosity and signed my name on the scroll according to the instructions provided on the paper.

Then, with a flash of blue light, the scroll disappeared.

Fortunately, Hai Lao was still working at the counter and did not see the unusual scene just now.

After the blue light was eliminated, a deep blue system window appeared in front of my eyes.

Please choose one of the following six life skills (life skills are randomly selected by the system):

1. Primary pet training

2. Elementary Herbal Medicine

3. Primary weapon forging

4. Primary armor forging

5. Primary Identification Technique

6. Primary Engraving Technique