I will never give in to Miss Death

As I said that, I took out my phone and looked at the time on it, then smiled slightly: "I feel like Sister Ouyang will be angry with me if I don't go back."

She's not a vicious person. Ouyang Xue has always been very patient with us.

The reason I wanted to go back was mainly because I noticed that the relationship between Li Chen and Ouyang Xue was not quite "normal".

The relationship between the two of them should be that kind of...how to put it, more than friends but less than lovers.

Li Chen and Ouyang Xue must have known each other for a long time. And from the fact that Li Chen knew that Ouyang Xue had an uncle in her hometown and that Ouyang Xue had raised kittens, even if the two were not the kind of "childhood sweethearts" that often appear in anime, they were at least "innocent little friends."

Although they are no different from ordinary colleagues in the coffee shop, and even Ouyang Xue's attitude towards Li Chen is completely different from that towards us maids, but I can vaguely see that Li Chen likes Ouyang Xue, and Ouyang Xue's attitude towards Li Chen is probably... she dislikes this man very much, but she doesn't hate him.

In this situation, if I stay here I will just be a light bulb.

"Hello? Boss, it's me, Xiao Huang. Um, I... I'm cured of my illness..."

The young man who had just been discharged from the hospital in the corridor took out his cell phone and made a call when he passed by me and Li Chen. His voice was a little weak: "It's about that... my perfect attendance this month... you see... oh, ah? I'll be there in a while? But I... okay, um, then... okay then."

I don’t know what the “boss” on the other end of the phone said, but I saw from the corner of my eye that the young man’s already very tired face suddenly became much more haggard: “I have some things here, can I take them directly to the company later?”

"..."

"Let me drive you back."

Hearing me say I was leaving, Li Chen took out the car keys from his pocket and said, "I'm really sorry, Ouyang, I've caused you trouble."

"No, I can just take the bus back. It's only a few stops away."

I gestured to the door of the ward next to me with my eyes: "You should spend more time talking to Sister Ouyang. The doctor said she will have to stay in the hospital for several more days. It would be best if someone familiar came to accompany her and chat with her every day. This will help her recovery."

"Then...that's okay too."

Li Chen didn't seem to be very good at talking, or he wasn't good at talking to girls. He scratched his head awkwardly: "Then...why don't you go and say goodbye to Ouyang first?"

"Director Liu..."

At this time, the young man with glasses who had just walked past us towards the stairs turned back and approached the nurse's station. He asked a doctor inside: "Is there any cake shop or dessert shop nearby?"

"A cake shop?"

The doctor who had been chatting with the young man and asking him to "eat on time" stood up from his chair and said, "Oh, I remember, it's your birthday today, right? Haha, happy birthday, young man. There is a cake shop on the left hand side of the inpatient department at the bottom of our hospital. They sell small birthday cakes. Do you want a big one or a small one? You may need to make a reservation for a big cake."

"A small one is fine. I'll eat it alone."

"Small ones are fine. There are many small cakes in the cake shop. I bought one for my wife last time. It cost about ten yuan."

The doctor laughed and said, "You should rest well at home these few days and don't think too much. Our stomach... although it has not been confirmed yet, the stomach is actually our second brain. Our daily negative emotions... like anxiety, can easily affect the gastrointestinal digestive system. You have just recovered from your illness. When you go back home, you can play games, or watch happy movies or cartoons. Don't work for the time being and don't get tired. You asked your boss for leave, right?"

"Ah... um."

The young man seemed unwilling to say more on this topic. He put away his phone and waved to the doctor: "Thank you, doctor. I'm leaving."

"Hey……"

I turned my gaze back from the young man and the doctor and nodded to Li Chen in front of me. "Okay, I'll go talk to Sister Ouyang. It's not too late to go back to the coffee shop now. She keeps talking about the signature shop. I think Sister Ouyang will feel more at ease when we go back."

In fact, in a sense, Ouyang Xue is right.

There are indeed many things in the world...or opportunities. If you don't cherish them and work hard when you need them most, it will be useless to remedy them later.

For example, online novels.

I don't have the ability to write a hit or popular novel, but when I was still an uncle, I played games and chatted with Pippi Marisa and others on voice, and I heard them mention this matter more than once.

Novels are divided into many stages: new book stage, recommendation stage, shelf preparation stage, shelf stage, explosive update stage, level-up stage...

When the author starts a new book and enters the new book period, the editor will not have any requirements for updates because there are not many readers. Even if there are readers who come in and click on the collection, they will just add the book to the bookshelf. No one will follow up to read it because the word count is too small. During this period, the author can write 2000 or 4000 words a day. Even if there is a break, it will not have much impact because no one reads it and it is impossible to get full attendance at the beginning of a new book.

However, once a new book reaches a certain word count and the website has recommended it, it will not be allowed to be discontinued, especially during the recommendation period. This is the most fatal. If a book is discontinued during the recommendation period, it will greatly affect the reading experience, and the editor's impression score will be reduced to the lowest. It is very likely that the book will not be recommended in the future. This behavior is undoubtedly tantamount to sentencing the book to death.

After the new book recommendation period, if the data is good, it is time to enter the preparation period for listing. After the preparation is completed, the book will be updated frequently before and after listing. During this period, more updates must be made to attract as many readers as possible. The life and death of most books depends on the recommendations and frequent updates before and after listing.

When you put your work on the shelves, you need to compete with a lot of authors of the same period. There are only a few recommendation positions and only a few readers who read your work at the same time. If you don't update, others will read other books, cancel their collections, and vote for those books that are updated frequently.

Just like a coffee shop that has been preparing for several months and must not make any mistakes when it finally opens, a book must be updated frequently during the period when it is on the shelves. You can say that you are sick, something happened at home, you are stuck, you can't write, you have no inspiration... None of these are useful. If you can't write during the critical period, the book will die. There will be no collections, no subscriptions, and no recommendations. If the subscriptions drop, the editor will be disappointed in you and will allocate more resources to other authors under your command. Later, the book will either be hastily concluded or you will have to write painfully step by step every day and cry at the backend income.

Pipi said that this was the case with one of his previous books. He had been prepared to update frequently during the new book period, and the editor had also given it a recommended position. However, his daughter fell ill, and he had no choice but to go to the hospital to accompany his daughter. He took his notebook with him to type, but the daily update volume was low and the recommendation effect was extremely poor. The book missed the recommendation, missed the golden period for new books, and missed the best period to attract popularity before and after it was put on the shelves. No matter how many more updates were made later or how he tried to make up for it, it could not catch up with the other books of the same period.

"Sister Ouyang."

Pushing open the door of the ward, I walked to Ouyang Xue's bedside and bent down slightly: "Why don't I go back to the coffee shop first and let Brother Li Chen take care of you here."

Ouyang Xue's face on the hospital bed was still very pale, the kind of pale that comes with anemia.

Li Chen was right. Fortunately, Ouyang Xue fell down near the coffee shop, and Yin Xiamo and I happened to be nearby. If she had gone to some deserted place before losing consciousness, the people in the store might have thought that she had gone out to purchase goods, and they might not have been able to find her until late at night. Even more dangerous... What if Ouyang Xue walked outside to the busy road and fell down on the road while walking? How dangerous that would have been.

Now that Li Chen, who is most familiar with Ouyang Xue, has arrived, and this store manager cares so much about the revenue of the coffee shop, my best course of action is of course to go back to work, and then let Li Chen serve as a ward caregiver, so that Ouyang Xue will have no reason to object.

"Ah? Let this idiot stay here?"

On the hospital bed, Ouyang Xue looked at Li Chen with disdain: "With him here, I don't know when I can recover from my illness. It's good enough if I don't get mad at him to death."

"OK."

Li Chen seemed to have the same idea as me. He crossed his arms and said, "Then let Nuoer stay here. I'll go back to serve the customers. It doesn't matter."

"you……"

Ouyang Xue wanted to say something, but I quickly stepped forward and said, "Sister Ouyang, please stop fighting with this guy."

"And Brother Li Chen, please stop talking. Ouyang Xue is sick..."

"How did she get sick? What did she do before? I told her several days ago to stop doing this and to tell everyone if she felt uncomfortable, but she...Okay, I won't say anymore."

"Humph, for Nuo'er's sake, I won't bother with you."

With a guiltily snorted, Ouyang Xue seemed to want to try to pick up the mobile phone on the bedside table with her left hand which was receiving an IV drip. She moved her left hand and found that it was not very flexible, so she turned over and tried to switch to her right hand.

"Want a cell phone?"

I quickly handed over the phone: "Call?"

"No, you don't need my phone."

Ouyang Xue turned to me and said, "Nuo'er, isn't your phone the latest model? It has high pixels, right? How is the photo taking effect?"

"Pixels... My phone's main features are high memory and large storage, but I don't know much about taking photos."

I was puzzled and asked, “What are you going to shoot?”

"Take a few photos of the bedside records and the ward. Take a few photos from different angles."

Ouyang Xue pointed at the documents on the bedside table and said, "Take clear pictures of the medical records and the instruments so that you can clearly see the diagnosis and machine model."

"Oh……"

I took out my cell phone, not really understanding what was going on, and started taking several photos of these things.

"Take two pictures for me, too."

Using her still-flexible right hand to simply adjust her bangs, Ouyang Xue smiled weakly, "Li Chen, take two photos of Nuo'er as well."

"What is this for?"

Li Chen obviously didn't understand what Ouyang Xue was up to, just like me: "We've been here several times. Are you afraid that the hospital will rip you off?"

"I won't tell you, you idiot."

Ouyang Xue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Nuo'er is so smart, she will definitely be able to guess it."

"Uh……"

I thought about it carefully: "Are you taking these photos to prepare for an official account?"

"See, I told you Nuoer would definitely be able to guess it."

Ouyang Xue glared at Li Chen with disdain again: "Fortunately, I didn't ask you to do the important things in the coffee shop, otherwise, with your stupid brain, the coffee shop would definitely go bankrupt in a few months."

"no……"

Li Chen was obviously a little unconvinced: "What do you mean by posting on an official account? Why do you post these on an official account? The official account of Tongmeng.com?"

"When Sister Ouyang fainted, there were quite a few customers in the store, as well as many anchors and UP hosts."

I explained, "If there are some people who like to stir up trouble or secretly take videos or photos saying that we are a black shop and that our employees faint from exhaustion at work, it will be very troublesome to dispel the rumors. We can keep the evidence first, and it will be convenient to explain if there is any trouble later."

From this we can see that Ouyang Xue has indeed experienced too much of the dark side of society and has been tempered.

When I was working in a small restaurant, I would occasionally encounter some unreasonable customers. The problem had been perfectly resolved at the time, with apologies and compensation, and everyone was happy. Then three months later, this customer came back to make trouble after the store’s surveillance video was deleted, and insisted that we beat him three months ago, causing him to go to the hospital and spend several thousand dollars, and asked us to pay for it.

My boss at the time taught me that if I encountered a troublesome customer, no matter how the matter was resolved, no matter how much he said he would not pursue the matter or how much he laughed at the time, all evidence must be preserved and I must be prepared for the worst no matter what. After that, he deducted my bonus for that month while swearing.

However, until now I still haven't learned to make this kind of "malicious speculation". If Ouyang Xue hadn't reminded me this time, I wouldn't have thought of taking pictures to keep evidence.

"Send me a copy of the photo later. If it's convenient, Nuoer, you can also post an update on your personal account saying that you were taking care of me in the hospital this afternoon."

When Ouyang Xue spoke to me, she was obviously not as impatient as she was with Li Chen: "In order to prevent the customers in the store from coming all the way from other cities to see you, go back and lead the way."

"Ok."

I opened my Tongmeng.com profile in front of Ouyang Xue, posted the photo I had just taken, and posted the first update on this account:

[Look at our stupid store manager, she is working even though she has a severe cold. Good kids should not learn from her.]

"Here."

After sending it, I showed the phone screen to Ouyang Xue: "Is this all right?"

"Okay."

Ouyang Xue then showed a relieved expression: "Then Nuo'er, you should go back first. There must be a lot of people in the coffee shop right now, and the two of them will be too busy to handle it."

"Row."

I adjusted my maid skirt a little bit and said, "Sister Ouyang, take good care of yourself. I will come to see you tomorrow when I am free."

"No, just having this idiot here is enough. You will be busy tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and the weekend."

Ouyang Xue gestured to her phone: "If you really want to see me, why not just start a video call?"

Also.

"Li Chen, go and see them off."

"it is good."

At Ouyang Xue's request, Li Chen took me out of the ward.

"Goodbye, Sister Ouyang."

"Goodbye, and take care of yourselves too."

"..."

After leaving the ward, Li Chen and I took the elevator at the end of the corridor and went downstairs.

"It's good to be here, the bus stop is right outside,"

Outside the inpatient building, I saw this young man trying to get out, so I quickly said, "I'm not a child anymore, don't send me off."

Li Chen blurted out: "Aren't you a child?"

"At least not at my age!"

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, okay, go back quickly!"

Why are so many of them like this? I’m just a little shorter!

I walked along the path outside the hospital to the bus stop in a depressed mood. I checked the station name on the sign, checked the direction of the bus, and after confirming that the vehicle was going in the right direction and not in the opposite direction, I straightened my skirt and found a corner to sit down.

Just like in the hospital, I stood out in the crowd at the bus stop in this maid outfit and white stockings. Over 100% of people turned their heads to look at me, with people constantly looking at me with surprise or curiosity.

"The vehicle is arriving. Please hold on to your seats. Next stop..."

As the train I was waiting for slowly pulled into the station and stopped, I saw the young man who had just been discharged from the hospital and who had been in the same ward with Ouyang Xue running over in a hurry, holding a small cake in his arms.

"Huhuhu..."

Maybe he ran too fast, the small cake wrapped in transparent plastic fell to one side or the other in the young man's arms, with a lot of cream stained on the packaging.

"Two yuan per person. Don't crowd at the front door. Go to the back."

There weren't many people on the bus and the driver was very aggressive. After I got in and paid the fare, I walked straight to the back seat under the gazes of the people around me and sat down in a random seat.

After a while, the car door closed and the car started slowly.

The young man holding the cake sat down by the window on my right.

"Old... Boss..."