I will never give in to Miss Death

"Eh? Ah... nothing."

I felt like I couldn't avoid today's "skipping rubber bands to win clothes" activity. I took Cai Jingtong's phone and asked, "Let me see the specific movements again. Do you have a slow motion?"

"Yes, slow it down here. It can be slowed down up to 0.5 times."

"Ok."

I replayed the action in slow motion a few more times.

The first and second times are both facing forward with hands slightly clenched into fists to act cute. First step with the left foot, then step with the right foot, turn around, face away from the camera, lift the right foot, land with the left foot, step with one foot, and finally turn around and land frontally, keeping the body in the rhythm of rotation, with hands behind the back, blinking, and acting cute.

That's right, this is a revised version of skipping rubber rope, 2825658257, it follows this melody, except that this set of "attack moves" has cut out the first four jumps, and instead it just jumps twice and then turns around, but the general melody and flavor remain unchanged.

The core of this action is whether you can grasp the overall rhythm. It feels like playing a music game, combining the rhythm of skipping rope with the cuteness of the little girl, showing an innocent childhood charm.

"I...I'll try..."

After putting the clothes on the table, I walked to the empty space on the side and recalled the scene I just saw: "I have never tried similar movements before, and I don't have any dance foundation. Don't laugh at me if I don't dance well..."

"Uh-huh."

Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu sat down on the chairs obediently, took out their phones and pointed them over here: "Come on, Nuoer!"

Well……

After looking around at the customers who came to the second floor to drink milk tea, I took a deep breath, adjusted my skirt... and jumped.

Left, right, turn around, jump on one foot, then turn around again and step on both feet, finally lift your foot slightly following the inertia of turning, put your hands behind your back, blink, and act cute.

Completed!

This is probably it, right? It was the same feeling when I was a kid jumping rubber bands...

"Wow!"

The moment I finished my last move, Cai Jingtong in front of me stood up and said, "Nuo'er, have you been practicing this move for a long time? It's just... it's just like Nashida herself!"

"Have it?"

I felt a little embarrassed: "I... this is my first time dancing."

"Noer, what are you doing?"

At this time, Yin Xiamo also came up from downstairs. She first glanced at Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu, and then her eyes fell on the green and white skirt on the stool: "Do you like this dress?"

"No...no."

I waved my hands quickly: "Didn't you say before... there's a comic convention in Dadong District tomorrow? I thought you wanted to go."

"You thought I wanted to go, so you wanted to exchange a piece of clothing for me?"

Yin Xiamo showed an interested expression: "You are so cute, little kitty."

"Yes, so what!"

I was not convinced and said, "They are all my readers. It's not right for them to reward me with a set of clothes!"

Yin Xiamo smiled: "Of course."

I noticed that Gabriel hadn't caught up with me, so I couldn't help but ask, "Where's that little angel?"

"Trying to use the computer down there. I just finished explaining some of its functions to her."

Yin Xiamo walked up to me and said, "Nuo'er, I may have to go back there after dinner with you guys tonight, and will be back tomorrow morning. If you like that set of clothes, I can help take it over and ask the elves to use the materials there to make a set of the same one, and then go to the Holy Heaven to find the Archangel Gabriel."

I was shocked: "Can I bring anything back?"

"Of course you can, but if you bring too much it will take longer to get there, so one set of clothes is fine."

Yin Xiamo said in a voice that only we could hear: "Then tonight you and Philo take Gabriel to the city center to familiarize yourself with the environment. If you encounter any problems or dangers, just listen to Philo."

"Is it really okay?"

I was a little worried: "Xiao Mo, you are a demon, and you ran to a place like Holy Heaven..."

"I'm not a pure demon or undead, so why can't I go to heaven? After all, I'm a hero of the times there, on the same level as the Dragon King Archangel."

Yin Xiamo looked at me like I was a fool. "By the way, let me briefly tell the Elf Queen and the others about the situation here. You and I both have elven blood, and the Elf Forest is half of our home. If possible, I plan to bring the seeds of the Tree of Life here and plant them on Yueerlan Island."

"Seeds from the Tree of Life?!"

I was a little dumbfounded: "That...what's the use?"

"I'll explain it to you when I get back. Anyway, Gabriel will be left to you and Philo tonight. Philo has only been here for a few days, so you have to keep an eye on them both at night."

After saying that, Yin Xiamo turned to Cai Jingtong and Zhou Lulu: "Hello."

"Ah, hello, hello."

Cai Jingtong said as he moved closer to Zhou Lulu: "Nuo'er looks like a henpecked husband. You see, she seems to obey Xia Mo's every word."

"I heard everything!"

I put my hands on my hips and said in dissatisfaction: "Someone is openly saying bad things about me!"

"No, no, I'm not being derogatory."

Cai Jingtong quickly explained: "I just think Nuo'er is very obedient. Yes, that's what I mean."

Isn't "good and obedient" a derogatory term? This is no different from describing a stupid loli!

"Store manager!"

"Sister Ouyang, are you back?"

Then, as the customers downstairs greeted her, Ouyang Xue climbed up the stairs from downstairs in one breath. She first looked at me, then at Xiaomo, and said breathlessly: "Where is the angel?"

"Oh, we've got it all settled."

Yin Xiamo said calmly, "Manager, you don't have to be so anxious."

"Is it settled?"

Ouyang Xue was stunned: "What are her conditions? How much salary do you want?"

"No salary."

"what?"

"I said, other people don't want a salary, but of course you can give it to them."

Yin Xiamo walked towards Ouyang Xue:

"Her only condition was that we take her in and she could go to the basement to play games every day. She didn't care about the salary or benefits."

"..."

……

No. 255 Humans have limits, but angels do not.

Taking into account that Gabriel had just arrived on Earth and did not have the basic common sense of human society here, and that her daily communication also required the assistance of Xiaomo's adaptive language barrier, we did not let her discuss work-related matters with Ouyang Xue. We simply said that Gabriel was basically certain to come to help, and the salary issue would be discussed in a few days.

"I've watched the child's situation on the surveillance camera. She seems to be very curious about everything here."

While changing clothes in the bathroom on the second floor, Ouyang Xue next door looked a little emotional: "Nuo'er, I don't know how...how to describe you now. You are like a little angel sent to me by God. You make my...um, work...work, and those...all kinds of things go so smoothly that it's a little unreal."

I took off my clothes, changed my tampon, and then opened the beautifully packaged box of clothes that Cai Jingtong had given me.

Suddenly, all the basic accessories of the Cosplay uniform of "Nashida the Grass Goddess" in the mobile game appeared in front of me in the box.

"What do you mean it's not real? It's because you are too strict with yourself, Sister Ouyang."

I carefully unpacked the box and checked the seal.

Well, it is indeed brand new. Cai Jingtong and the others didn’t even open the box. They just brought it to me.

This must be intentional, right?

I heard that the animation club in school was holding an event. When I went to participate, I had already thought about it. If I won the first prize, I would use it myself. If I won the second prize, I would give it to some failed author or something...

I held the package up to my face and tried to smell it.

The smell of brand new clothes.

"No, I'm serious."

Ouyang Xue, who was changing into a maid outfit next door, coughed dryly. "When Tongmeng.com asked me to come here at the beginning, almost everyone knew that this was an impossible task. They just... they wanted to throw in the towel. At that time, the Zhao family had been eyeing this project. Not to mention the coffee shop, even the construction of the commercial street was difficult. In addition, Nannai District itself is a retirement area. Being sent here to serve as the store manager is almost like being exiled to the frontier in ancient times. The salary is low and the work is heavy."

Hmm...it seems to be the case.

Ouyang Xue’s words reminded me of the helpless tone Master Wang Jie used when he talked about this girl and what Su Yunjin and Li Chen mentioned.

To put it bluntly, Tongmeng.com's logistics management is warehouse and cargo management. When needed, they will count the cargo and look after the warehouse. When nothing else, they can do their own thing, just like a security guard who "avoids forty years of detours".

However, Ouyang Xue is one of those people who is particularly aggressive in logistics management. When she has nothing to do, she will take the initiative to help the company with various things because she has a strong sense of crisis.

When I have no money, I think about saving money. After I save money, I think about saving more. After I have saved enough money, I think about all the extreme situations that may occur in the future.

To put it nicely, this kind of personality means having a strong sense of crisis; to put it bluntly, it means pessimism.

I have never had a pet, but if you put yourself in their shoes, if one day Ding Man, Nen Bao, and Mosquito Bag Building No. 3 in the coffee shop got sick and needed a lot of money for treatment, but I couldn't afford enough money to take them to the pet hospital, and could only watch the little guys leave, it would definitely bring me huge painful memories.

"But now it's running smoothly here!"

In the bathroom, I carefully tore off the seal of my clothes while saying, "Don't worry, it's okay. There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain."

"No one was optimistic about this project at the beginning. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to get this place up and running so quickly. This time, Tongmeng.com must have asked to open the e-sports area on the first floor of the basement in advance because they saw how efficient we were. I originally thought..."

As she spoke, Ouyang Xue seemed to realize that she was a little too "negative" and suddenly smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, my old habit came back and I said something weird to you again, Nuo'er, don't mind it."

"Ah...it's okay. If you're unhappy, just say it."

I raised my head and tried my best to make my voice pass through the door next to me: "If Sister Ouyang has anything else to say in the future, you can come to me directly!"

Ouyang Xue...really doesn't look like a boss.

Or maybe her personality isn't suitable for being a boss.

Let's not talk about whether a real boss will pay such a high salary as promised. In a case like Ouyang Xue, the head office sent her to the coffee shop as a manager, and then recruited people. If she was lucky enough to recruit good employees and completed the task ahead of schedule, then the boss would at most give her a bonus, or hold a celebration party or something like that. A stingy boss might even just give a few words of verbal praise. He would never "talk to" employees in a private place like the bathroom like Ouyang Xue did.

In addition to expressing gratitude to me, Ouyang Xue's words also conveyed a very fatal message - we can't live without you.

This is a big taboo for the boss.

Once the boss makes an employee realize that "the company cannot do without you", the employee will either be arrogant at work or ask for a salary increase. In either case, it will be a thankless task for the boss.

In comparison, Su Yunjin and Tongmeng.com are qualified "managers".

If the coffee shop is operating well, we will increase the performance requirements. If the increased performance requirements can be completed on time, we will give a small bonus and a few words of encouragement, and then continue to increase the requirements.

For example, when Su Yunjin came to talk to us, he was laughing and looked harmless, and he used a negotiating tone when speaking, but the content of his words was very strict - find a beautiful girl with a good figure, who knows games and computers and is willing to work full-time. The salary will be no more than 70,000 or 80,000 yuan, and you can figure it out yourself.

"Well, thank you for meeting you..."

Ouyang Xue on the opposite side seemed to have changed into a maid outfit: "By the way, Nuo'er, what's the name of that young lady?"

"Gabriel."

"Gabriel? A foreigner?"

"Well, but she...she has obtained a permanent residence certificate from our country, so don't worry about that."

"You even know foreigners? Which country are they from?"

"This...is confidential."

"You girl..."

Ouyang Xue's voice came from outside the door: "Forget it, foreigners are more suitable for the feeling of 'angels'. Now Su Yunjin should have nothing to say. Is her Mandarin okay?"

"no problem."

"Is she still playing in the basement?"

"Yes, she is very interested in computers. She said... uh, she wanted to investigate the environment here."

"Okay, then I won't bother her for now. If that young lady is free later, just ask her to come to the coffee shop to find me... Where does she live?"

"I'm staying in Xiaomo and I's rental house temporarily."

"I knew it……"

"Eh?"